Mass Effect: Andromeda

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  1. KaptainSkyrim
    Mar 25, 2017
    0
    TL;DR - Something managed to be worse than Spider Man 3

    I wanted to like this game, I really did, but there are just too many problems, too many bugs and glitches that shouldn't have gotten past the dev phase, and definitely shouldn't be in the finished product.
  2. thegoatman
    Mar 26, 2017
    0
    Severely lacking in character connection (feels more like a BRO shoot-em up), and the facial animations and general glitches are unforgivable for a reputable company like BioWare... even if the publishers are the poison of gaming, EA.
  3. Coupe
    Mar 26, 2017
    0
    Poor animation. Buggy. Errors in coding. Writing is poor. Story suffers greatly. Doesn't seem like a BioWare game at all if you look at earlier games like Dragon Age Origins or Knights of the Old Republic.
  4. superjarate
    Mar 26, 2017
    0
    They released a broken, crappy, generic game to milk the Mass Effect franchise. Emphasis on broken. No idea why half the users here give it such high scores, maybe they get paid to say nice things about terrible products. Bottom line, this hideous mess should have undergone another year of beta testing before release, but we all know that's impossible nowadays when EA is squeezing you forThey released a broken, crappy, generic game to milk the Mass Effect franchise. Emphasis on broken. No idea why half the users here give it such high scores, maybe they get paid to say nice things about terrible products. Bottom line, this hideous mess should have undergone another year of beta testing before release, but we all know that's impossible nowadays when EA is squeezing you for maximum profit.… Expand
  5. jclark28
    Mar 26, 2017
    0
    An absolute travesty. Gamebreaking combat/exploration bugs, floating NPC's, glitches, animations so bad peoples hands go inside their own faces, goofy animations that make everyone look crazy.

    In addition, the game is an absolute masterpiece of leftist 3rd wave intersectional feminist propoganda. It is absolutely full of leftist propaganda. There is an absurd number of homosexuals and    An absolute travesty. Gamebreaking combat/exploration bugs, floating NPC's, glitches, animations so bad peoples hands go inside their own faces, goofy animations that make everyone look crazy.

    In addition, the game is an absolute masterpiece of leftist 3rd wave intersectional feminist propoganda. It is absolutely full of leftist propaganda. There is an absurd number of homosexuals and "trans" on a COLONIZATION mission to another galaxy. They, in the most cringy way possible, managed to insert the "respect my pronouns" (male/female/neutral) **** into the game and retconned Asari lore in the process.

    The "exiles" are clearly the libertarian/conservative minded people; and are implied to be mentally impaired and suffering from neurological disorders that makes them dislike and reject the technocratic/progressive/state/government control of the Nexus who "plays God." You can even "fix" the exiles with medicine to make them less "violent" and rejecting of the "rightful authorities."

    The game is a travesty. Bioware is filled with SJW's, people unqualified for their jobs, and are more concerned with creating liberal/leftist propaganda than art.

    RPG's are my thing. I've played near every one that has ever come out, from single player to multiplayer to MMO; WoW, FF14, ESO, Everquest, SWG, LoTR Online, Elder Scrolls, and so on and so forth.

    Don't buy Mass Effect Andromeda. Go buy The Witcher III, or replay it and do the DLC if you haven't. Do not buy Mass Effect Andromeda. Bioware needs to be punished for this travesty and for pissing on the gaming community for making leftist propaganda filled with horrible bugs and crap animation instead of trying to make ART like CDPR, Bethesda (TES III), and some other companies have in the past and present.    … Expand
  6. AlCappuccino
    Mar 27, 2017
    0
    Waited 5 years to realize that they **** the game up. Story average, faces made by an intern, no polishing, fetch quest.... This game is not even worth to pirate it
  7. akitcitawin
    Jun 6, 2017
    0
    Killed the ME spirit. The redundancy in the side missions, even main missions...so boring. Combat, decent. Graphics... insulting. I want my $ back and I'm gonna play ME1-2-3 again instead.
  8. ToddDow
    Mar 30, 2017
    3
    A mixed bag here. Old school RPG game, in both good and bad ways.

    The bad: 1. Animations are HORRIBLE. 2. Fighting is sometimes stale and "wonky", but has it's moments. 3. The main/overall story arc is promising, but poorly played out. 4. Writing and story line(s) are not good and pretty forgettable. 5. Voice acting is usually bad. 6. Bugs and glitches. 7. Starts really slow,    A mixed bag here. Old school RPG game, in both good and bad ways.

    The bad:
    1. Animations are HORRIBLE.
    2. Fighting is sometimes stale and "wonky", but has it's moments.
    3. The main/overall story arc is promising, but poorly played out.
    4. Writing and story line(s) are not good and pretty forgettable.
    5. Voice acting is usually bad.
    6. Bugs and glitches.
    7. Starts really slow, doesn't pull you in or make you care about the story or playing.

    The Good:
    1. Once you get several hours in and more things open up, the game gets a bit more exciting and fun.
    2. The old school RPG elements are pretty fun once things get going.
    3. Some of the graphics are very nice, despite the goofy animations.
    4. Fighting is sometimes stale and "wonky", but has it's moments.
    5. Plenty of missions/quests to keep you busy.
    6. Decent pacing of story and action, after you get through the bland beginning.
    7. The leveling up and crafting systems are decent.

    Overall, this feels like a game more from the early to mid 2000's than 2017, in both good and bad ways. But since we are in 2017, it just feels like a solid concept that was poorly, lazily, and half-assed executed. It could have been so much more. EA is really starting to put out a lot of games like this.

    Edit: After playing this game some more, I sat down last night and decided to give it up. I just don't care for the gameplay and have absolutely zero connection or care for these characters. Part of the appeal of a good RPG is to be drawn into and immerse yourself into another world, and Mass Effect Andromeda absolutely fails to draw you in.    … Expand
  9. Nutzzer
    Mar 24, 2017
    0
    Dont buy this game. Waste of money. Game is similar to no man's sky. game created by EA and Bioware with glitches, poor dialogue, poor graphic animations. Typical EA style garbage game.Game is done in 50%. Game feels like alpha/beta
  10. 9to10Gaming
    Mar 24, 2017
    0
    What have you done to this wonderful franchise? My heart is bleeding...
    ME: Andromeda is a disappointment in relation the the trilogy, which was simply a masterpiece.

    I can't understand how someone could give this game more than a 6/10
  11. skorodumo
    Mar 23, 2017
    0
    У меня нет слов... Сожгите это на костре и не покупайте это фигню
    Sorry, but if game is released that is buggy, incomplete, broken, or otherwise not worthy of retail release, I give it a zero. None of this partial credit garbage. When a AAA franchise game gets released with some of the most basic issues with animation, design, programming, clipping, poor textures, etc, a zero to me means    У меня нет слов... Сожгите это на костре и не покупайте это фигню
    Sorry, but if game is released that is buggy, incomplete, broken, or otherwise not worthy of retail release, I give it a zero. None of this partial credit garbage. When a AAA franchise game gets released with some of the most basic issues with animation, design, programming, clipping, poor textures, etc, a zero to me means it isn't even worthy of a score. It has obviously not been sent through QA and polished beforehand. Let this be a warning to all the developers out there. We the gaming community will no longer pay full retail for a broken game, AND will no longer act as your free QA team to report all the problems for you AFTER we've purchased it just so you can patch it after release and save a buck not having to hire your own QA personnel. WE DON"T WORK FOR YOU. YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO BE WORKING FOR US!!! YOUR CUSTOMERS!!    … Expand
  12. GearsofSkorge
    Mar 23, 2017
    0
    This game offers virtually nothing, a very poor attempt at a story, honestly one of the worst you will get the displeasure of experiencing, and it only gets worse from here on out, the voice acting is so bad, it's the worst I have ever heard on any title this this generation. The animations really break any immersion you possibly (somehow) could still have, and the final nail in theThis game offers virtually nothing, a very poor attempt at a story, honestly one of the worst you will get the displeasure of experiencing, and it only gets worse from here on out, the voice acting is so bad, it's the worst I have ever heard on any title this this generation. The animations really break any immersion you possibly (somehow) could still have, and the final nail in the coffin, is the entire game feels like it's in alpha testing stage, this game is not fit for release and a very obvious cash grab.

    Do not buy.    … Expand
  13. Rayjaya
    Mar 23, 2017
    0
    Where do I even begin. Easily much worse then mass effect 3 in every facet. You probably already know that the animation and character models are awful, however that's nothing compared to the dialogue, which is beyond terrible. Almost as if it was written by someone who has never had a verbal conversation in their lives. Sound, story, and characters are an all time low. Not a singleWhere do I even begin. Easily much worse then mass effect 3 in every facet. You probably already know that the animation and character models are awful, however that's nothing compared to the dialogue, which is beyond terrible. Almost as if it was written by someone who has never had a verbal conversation in their lives. Sound, story, and characters are an all time low. Not a single character even remotely as memorable as garrus, Tali wrex, or even the forgettable Ashley.

    The only place where this game isn't abysmal is gameplay. The controls are actually pretty fluid. To bad the awful enemy AI ruins it. No where is this as apparent as in multiplayer where enemies literally try to stand on you. Just walking towards your location without regard for their own safety. And on the subject of multiplayer, enemies are in some cases immune to damage, can shoot through walls and their bullets literally follow you around corners. Instead of having them aim or even reloading, they just constantly hit you with a locked on string of bullets and Lazer beams that follow you while jumping and dashing, never actually missing.

    This is the biggest piece of **** I've ever played. The single player is tied to multiplayer, which is designed to be almost unplayable if you don't drop $100 on micritransactions first. Bravo.    … Expand
  14. SnakeEx
    Mar 23, 2017
    0
    Ola.. ainda não joguei muito o modo historia.. mais so pelo fato de eles nao terem colocado um multiplayer na historia pra mim ja foi bosta.. eu pelo menos dou preferencia a games com COOP... outra coisa que nao gostei foi o multiplayer.. joguinho bosta.. repetitivo de merda cm uns inimigos praticamente iguais com skins diferentes.. uma mesmisse que nao existe.. tedioso.. parece que hj asOla.. ainda não joguei muito o modo historia.. mais so pelo fato de eles nao terem colocado um multiplayer na historia pra mim ja foi bosta.. eu pelo menos dou preferencia a games com COOP... outra coisa que nao gostei foi o multiplayer.. joguinho bosta.. repetitivo de merda cm uns inimigos praticamente iguais com skins diferentes.. uma mesmisse que nao existe.. tedioso.. parece que hj as empresas de jogos nao querem mais inovar e sim so lucrar.. empurram um jogo merda sem qlqr tipo de novidade.. dinheiro jogado fora :/… Expand
  15. KorFaeron
    Mar 24, 2017
    0
    Booooring!
    90% time it is only rock scanning simulator + Sudoku.
    Animations are horrible, female models are awful, gameplay is insipid.
    This game is mockery of the players.
  16. Blarg24
    Mar 25, 2017
    0
    This is one of the most boring and disappointing games I've played and I loved the Mass Effect franchise.

    You really have to force yourself to keep interested in this game,

    It also looks like Bioware went out of there way to make the female characters unattractive, not sure what they were trying to accomplish.

    Just rent it before you buy it.
  17. 4reel
    Mar 22, 2017
    1
    Mass Effect Andromeda present itself as a re-imagination of the beloved series which tries to capture discovery aspect of ME1 and character-driven epic-plot from ME2. But unfortunately it fails in almost every aspect of it.

    To begin with I'd say that MEA has the best environment among all of Mass Effects games. Planets looks exotic, interesting to explore and distinct from each other.    Mass Effect Andromeda present itself as a re-imagination of the beloved series which tries to capture discovery aspect of ME1 and character-driven epic-plot from ME2. But unfortunately it fails in almost every aspect of it.

    To begin with I'd say that MEA has the best environment among all of Mass Effects games. Planets looks exotic, interesting to explore and distinct from each other. And that's all the good stuff.
    On the other note, we were told by Bioware Montreal that we can expect ME2 level of characters and deep, intriguing, exciting interaction with them like it was in ME2. And on that front it is a complete bust. Protagonists and their crew are straightforward, awkward and rather ludicrous (not even accounting for facial animation).
    The other part of bad character writing and plot itself is lackluster warped dialog wheel, where you don't even have binary paragon/renegade option. Rather, in most cases it has only one option divided into two just for an illusion of options.
    But that's just ruined core values of the series, somehow MEA manages to turn cinematic-single player RPG into mediocre MMO. Forget about epic stories of curing genophage, chasing villains and saving planets. Now you are a Pathfinder - Sudoku-solver, space-plumber, bug-collector and fungus-scanner and of course in order to complete all these collect-fetch quests you have to travel all over the map on the Nomad, clunky ground car.
    And now the funniest part - even praised by many reviewers combat system actually looks like 5th wheel in a car. Here is the thing - designers of MEA just without thinking pasted on jump-jets onto ME3 combat system, where you can survive without a cover just a few seconds. And more than that, many of ME3 skills were ground based (charge, nova, shockware) which requires target to be on or slightly above the ground. And everything would be fine in MEA to, but many species are flying, so your skill can't do damage to them. These things turns brilliant ME3 combat into "cheap Chinese clone".
    Overall it feels and plays like mediocre clone of greatest game series.

    P.s. Just to mention it, there is also many of technical issues like: Facial animation, technically bad UI (which again looks like a mediocre copy of ME3 UI) , frame drops, audio clipping, p2p multiplayer and many more.    … Expand
  18. Harlotsmouth
    Mar 23, 2017
    0
    SJW paning game, that has no appeal other then to the casuals that eat at McDonalds everyday and think it's good. no thank you, knew this franchise was terrible ever since the ending to mass effect 3.
  19. logan0178
    Mar 25, 2017
    0
    I played every game in series and I can say this is worst in series by far. There are overwhelming amount of bugs and animation problems. Characters pop in and out randomly at points, facial features bleed sometimes, occasional crash, and movement animations make me think this is a playstation 1 game. You can also fall through the ground at many places in the world which shows justI played every game in series and I can say this is worst in series by far. There are overwhelming amount of bugs and animation problems. Characters pop in and out randomly at points, facial features bleed sometimes, occasional crash, and movement animations make me think this is a playstation 1 game. You can also fall through the ground at many places in the world which shows just horrible polish. Those are just bugs and could be fixed but the worst part is the interaction between characters. The dialogue is worse than a Mexican Soap Opera and facial animations are literally inhuman and unnatural. It's like they had some heavily autistic animator animate these characters based on his own understanding of how humans should interact.

    Aside from the unnatural facial animations the faces of the characters are also very ugly and unnatural which compounds the problems when combined with the bad diaologue. I actually looked up the real actors and actresses that they modeled these characters off of and the actresses were far prettier in real life which tells me they either messed up or made them uglier on purpose for some arcane purpose.

    I would've rated this game 4/10 if it were some small independent developer and it cost 19.99 instead of 59.99. But since this is supposed to be a AAA title from one of the largest developers in the industry it's totally unacceptable and it get's a 0.    … Expand
  20. Nightscape
    Mar 23, 2017
    2
    Played through the demo and cannot recommend a purchase for Mass Effect, RPG, or shooter fans. This game not only feels incomplete but is also exceedingly boring and outdated.

    What genre first comes to mind when you think of the original Mass Effect (2 and 3 to a lesser extent)? RPG. This is not. This is Mass Effect: Battlefront. The decisions you make feel petty in the grand scheme of    Played through the demo and cannot recommend a purchase for Mass Effect, RPG, or shooter fans. This game not only feels incomplete but is also exceedingly boring and outdated.

    What genre first comes to mind when you think of the original Mass Effect (2 and 3 to a lesser extent)? RPG. This is not. This is Mass Effect: Battlefront. The decisions you make feel petty in the grand scheme of things and you cannot control your squad mates in any meaningful way. This feels more like a single player shooter MMO with some RPG elements thrown in.

    If it is trying to be an RPG, characters, story, and dialog are paramount. All fall flat here. RPG players live in a post-Undertale society and expect intelligent, emotional writing. This feels as though it was oriented towards elementary and highschoolers, which seems strange for a mature-rated game. You are supposed to feel immersed in an RPG - you are supposed to embody the protagonist. Regardless of what gender you choose, you feel like a fool with the logic, choices, and writing in the game. I really kept wondering if anyone on the writing team had ever stepped foot in a university. If you are working for one of the most beloved RPG gaming companies, you should be a Subject Matter Expert (SME) in your field. This feels as though BioWare hired temps or used an evolutionary algorithm to write this. Think of the most cliché game or movie you have seen, this is what you get here.

    Graphics; where do I begin? Again, if you are hired by a "prestigious" company like BioWare to make games, you should be an SME in your field. This game is littered with wonky looking characters and models. This game looks outdated for Mass Effect 1. The human models are anthropomorphically inaccurate. The humans seem more similar to australopithecine rather than homo-sapiens-sapiens. We live in a post-Witcher 3 world, we as Millennial and younger consumers would rather have you take your time and make an incredible game than try to rush (not sure how five years is rushed) something to market. The cultural landscape has changed, we are not Baby-Boomers or gen-Xer's trying to keep up with the Joneses, we prefer quality over quantity.

    If you are looking for an average shooter with some decent scenery, I still would not recommend this. EA and BioWare do not live in a vacuum; they have to compete in the market with other companies whom have made much better RPG shooters (Borderlands, for example). I would not recommend supporting BioWare or its publisher (meaning, do not spend your hard-earned cash on their products) until they can make a competent game.

    Since Mass Effect 2 and 3, BioWare made the decision to move away from what had been their primary demographic, RPG players, to more mainstream individuals that prefer generic shooters, sports, and action games - and this even lets them down. Nothing special to see here in any form. Save your money for a company and a game that deserves your support, such as Horizon Zero Dawn, Breath of the Wild, Nier Automata, or Persona 5.    … Expand
  21. Surt
    Mar 23, 2017
    4
    This game in a nutshell is disappointing. Everyone knows about the terrible animation. But Its also the game play that at first 3hrs is fun, quickly dulls. For a $19 game that wouldn't be a problem, but for $60? AI is terrible. Controls are Ok. Don't go in expecting the witcher 3 kind of open world. Its mostly empty spaces, with little details.

    Someone pointed out that its like    This game in a nutshell is disappointing. Everyone knows about the terrible animation. But Its also the game play that at first 3hrs is fun, quickly dulls. For a $19 game that wouldn't be a problem, but for $60? AI is terrible. Controls are Ok. Don't go in expecting the witcher 3 kind of open world. Its mostly empty spaces, with little details.

    Someone pointed out that its like dragon age but with space. Some merit to that. And that's not a positive. Game had great potential. But when you realize that the original dav team did NOT make this, but the DLC team are the ones that made it, you kinda get why this game got a 74 critic review.    … Expand
  22. Yallmae
    May 5, 2017
    0
    An absolut Desaster. Iam not gonna lie to you Mass Effect Andromeda is a train wreck. its one of the worse games ive ever played and it has so many bugs. bioware should be ashamed of themself.
  23. hadlyk
    Mar 23, 2017
    0
    I don't usually write reviews but I've been a mass effect fan all the way since the first one and I feel that this latest iteration of my beloved franchise deserves one.

    Firstly, Id like to get the reason I scored it extremely low out of the way. In terms of the game content and quality I'd rate Andromeda around the 4 maybe even 5 out of 10, you can see glimpses of a good game hidden    I don't usually write reviews but I've been a mass effect fan all the way since the first one and I feel that this latest iteration of my beloved franchise deserves one.

    Firstly, Id like to get the reason I scored it extremely low out of the way. In terms of the game content and quality I'd rate Andromeda around the 4 maybe even 5 out of 10, you can see glimpses of a good game hidden here. So why the zero score? To be honest its to counteract the biased scores that hardcore fans have been giving this game. I totally understand where their coming from, no one likes people trashing on stuff they like its natural. However I hope as true fans of the series you can see that this franchise deserves so much more and that scoring Andromeda anything beyond a 6 is an exaggeration and only serves to downplay the franchise and present to people that mass effect fans have low standards.

    Bluntly put as consumers we deserved so much more then an unfinished and unpolished game riddled with bugs and technical issues (I've crashed quite a number of times) of which unfortunately is the group Andromeda is in. With that out of the way let me address the cons of this game so new comers and old fans that haven't pre-order yet can know what exactly their jumping into.

    Right of the bat you're treated to some of the most horrendous character designs and animations that make u paused and wonder if they transferred this particular part of the game creation to some shady third party. The contrast in quality between your characters and the level is striking with emotionless faces being the norm in almost every conversation, not a soothing thought when mass effect highly prides itself in conversations and character buildup. Speaking of character buildup its very weak, at least in comparison to previous mass effects. Everyone seems too willing to be your pawn and despite bioware clear attempt to introduce varied personalities, none of them brought a sense of companionship instead feeling very artificial and forced.

    Gameplay wise Andromeda gun fights are fun despite the AI occasional suicidal nature. Its clear from the start though that Bioware focused more on the shooter elements then the RPG side. The game is much more fast pace and hectic then previous iterations and this might put some old time fans off. The removal of locking you to a class is a good improvement and helps more people experience different classes as opposed to starting all over, you can also mix skills between classes.

    In conclusion, I really can't recommend this game to anyone. Sure the fights can be fun, the levels can look amazing. However the cons makes this a game worth passing. If you're a sci-fi junkie or/and mass effect fan like me, then I'd suggest you wait till bioware comes and fix the glaring issues plaguing the game. Ultimately this score reflects my opinion that a game should never be released in this state.    … Expand
  24. kead
    Mar 24, 2017
    0
    Jesus Christ, the worst game ever with the worst SJW plot ever. As a old Bioware fan, this game doensn't bring the feels of a great adventure, but a repetitive game, with characters who has to show his sexuality without asking and a bad animation
  25. takulinichh
    Mar 25, 2017
    0
    This is not a game. This squalor and outrage against the players. Shame and disgrace for this vomit. Full of disappointment. How could such a quality control pass?
  26. sogopepi
    Mar 25, 2017
    0
    What a turd. They got Wrex's name wrong, as well as Garrus's sex of all things. And you can shag the Illusive Man's daughter? Is that supposed to be a joke? Why can't you shag your sibling instead... on second thoughts it's probably best that you can't because they didn't implement putting a bag over their heads to hide their stupid ass faces.
  27. KingofallHeroes
    Mar 25, 2017
    0
    game is garbage. tumblr fest cringe worthy writing. bugs that would make bethseda blush. facial animations that look worse than ME1. this is one huge rushed mess. Ui interface still bad. Not much to do on the worlds but grind.
  28. RussianAgent
    Mar 25, 2017
    0
    the story is **** ridiculous **** players don't get to make any meaningful decisions, the characters are boring and use stereotype dumb dialogue that seems like it was written by a 14yo, and the fighting is now your typical shooter like Call of Duty with a jetpack instead of an engaging tactical challenge. And where's the "exploration"? You get to do the same **** thing on every planet andthe story is **** ridiculous **** players don't get to make any meaningful decisions, the characters are boring and use stereotype dumb dialogue that seems like it was written by a 14yo, and the fighting is now your typical shooter like Call of Duty with a jetpack instead of an engaging tactical challenge. And where's the "exploration"? You get to do the same **** thing on every planet and it's totally meaningless. I give it a 5/10 but in order to counterbalance the mass of fanboys voting 10 on this garbage I have to actually vote 0.… Expand
  29. moondog255
    Mar 25, 2017
    0
    A tragic waste of effort. They killed the franchise with ME3's ending and now they give us this? Unplayable, boring, unlikable characters and just generally disappointing. Don't waste your money.
  30. Esfar
    Mar 26, 2017
    0
    What a terrible game. Mass effect 2 was masterpeice with fluid animation.But this game is utterly garbage.Bad animation,glitch, shallow character design,lake of male characters, sound problem and the graphics is the most dissapointing thing about this game.Masseffect 2 had better graphics and animation than this garbage.
  31. Ristul
    Mar 29, 2017
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game is made by BioWare, a once leading developer in the gaming industry, now under EA they are on a downward spiral to irrelevency. Do not buy this lazy, buggy, badly animated, poorly written crap of a game. Support the developers that actually care, like CDPR and Witcher 3.… Expand
  32. Ronyo30
    Mar 23, 2017
    4
    I really wanted to like this game, the series only got better after the original Mass Effect, and after a 5 year wait I had high hopes and expectations. I've played about 20 hours in now and unfortunately it seems the wind in the sails of the series died out long ago (I'll update the review if any of that changes, but at this point I don't think I can take more punishment from this gameI really wanted to like this game, the series only got better after the original Mass Effect, and after a 5 year wait I had high hopes and expectations. I've played about 20 hours in now and unfortunately it seems the wind in the sails of the series died out long ago (I'll update the review if any of that changes, but at this point I don't think I can take more punishment from this game without some major fixes). From funky animations, homely looking uninteresting character, to a questionable story and boring repetitive gameplay. To make matters worse, the different parts of the game don't even mesh real well with one another; it's like a whole bunch of different people worked on different parts of the game and failed to ever communicate with one another. It has left the game at launch to be one big dysfunctional mess.

    Starting out it goes wrong real quick. The default characters are certainly nothing to write home about. Male Ryder is salvageable, but Female Ryder looks plain bad. Attempting to fix it in the CC is no easy task either. You cannot modify the default faces and the pre-set CC faces are one step above abominations. One you decide upon a face, again another challenge presents itself in the form of a very (think 2002) simple CC, there aren't many options available and whatever you come up with will always resemble the pre-set face.

    The poorly implemented animations hit you almost immediately, and continue throughout. From odd facial expression to no expression at all, lifeless hands, strange walking behavior, and the biggest offender, poor lip-syncing to the dialogue, it plain out doesn't look good. It fails to suspend disbelief and for a game based on so much dialogue is difficult to get past.

    Aside from animations, graphically the game holds up no mind-blowing or spectacular, but by no means bad. The landscaping is nice and much of the game looks good enough to immerse yourself in, the problem here is the characters stick out rather badly. They are cartoonish, waxy, and in some cases downright inhumanly ugly. The aliens naturally look better, mostly because there isn't a frame of reference for exactly "how" they should look, the humans are simply ridiculous. Some of them look like they were taken strait out of The Old Republic and just had new textures slapped on them.

    Gameplay is okay at points and boring at others. The combat is familiar and largely unchanged from ME3, aside from the addition of the jet pack. The Nomad is okay to drive for about 10 minutes but quickly starts feeling more like a family van on a road trip than an APC. The lack of weapons was a terrible mistake and after awhile just getting in and out to fight things becomes a chore. The original devs dumped it for a reason, it should have stayed in the garage. The mini-games/puzzles are horrendously boring/frustrating and mining for things, we'll I'm just not going to mine (really what was wrong with the orbital probe?) Missions are at best mildly entertaining and at worst mindless tedium, too much fetch filler and pointless dead-ends.

    The story, at least to the 20ish hour mark is less than stellar. It takes a long time to get going and once it does, it feels more like the buildup to an aborted launch than an actual liftoff. It doesn't have the urgency or charm of the original series and it doesn't help that it is being played out by largely uninspired characters. The main antagonist seems more like a speed bump instead of that giant imposing stop sign that makes you take pause at what your are up against.

    The developers it seems were out to make a game of a grand scope and scale and in doing so failed to see the little things that passed right by the wide angle lens they were using to see the game with. Mass Effect was never about having vast landscapes to explore or tons of mindless things to do. It was about the story and characters, and the interaction of those two that made Mass Effect special. By attempting to make such a grand scale game they lost sight of that and ended up with a grand mess. What would have been wrong with simply making a Mass Effect game? Why try to turn it into something it is not, something that other games do so much better? Hopefully with time they can iron out and fix much of this, it's just unfortunate that they chose to go down a path that attempts to make Mass Effect just another sandbox game instead of narrative masterpiece.    … Expand
  33. ZoltyKot
    Mar 23, 2017
    0
    Whole evening spent on trying to make it work on my PC. It just fails to play at all. This is so bad. Im just gonna return it. I urge you not to buy this before they release a number of patches :/
  34. Nintendo_Gamer
    Mar 27, 2017
    0
    Que pena, después de esperar con tantas ansias éste nuevo capítulo recibir este juego es completamente decepcionante... qué lástima. Definitivamente entre los fracasos del año.
  35. Phat_Ash_Pirate
    Mar 23, 2017
    0
    Horrible Character Creation, Horrible facial animations. Thankfully I rented this crap. i am slogging through and it feels more like a chore than anything fun. I remember playing the amazing ME1, it was a great game. This makes me wonder what happened to Bioware?
  36. UbajaraMalok
    Mar 26, 2017
    0
    I keep asking myself why did microsoft cancelled fable legends and scale bound, why capcom keeps delaying Deep Down. Well, its probably because they were not satisfied why the game. Now comes the greatest question: Why is EA and BioWare satisfied with this garbage? Because they released it and that means they think it is a good product. This game should have been canceled! It is not worthI keep asking myself why did microsoft cancelled fable legends and scale bound, why capcom keeps delaying Deep Down. Well, its probably because they were not satisfied why the game. Now comes the greatest question: Why is EA and BioWare satisfied with this garbage? Because they released it and that means they think it is a good product. This game should have been canceled! It is not worth the 40 million dolars they claim to have spent on this. This game is lazy, poorly done and disapointing! If game have a bad story and it fails to deliver it properly (like this game) but is focused on multiplayer and gameplay (like for honor, battlefield and others) its OK. But Mass effect Andromeda still try to be the game where the campaing is the most important part, but it fails miserably at delivering it. This game isnt worth a penny from the consumer and if the critcs are afraid to give it a bad review of fear to upset the company, or the fan boys, the consumer is not afraid, we have nothing to loose. This game is bad and you should not buy it. It is not bad for minor mistakes, it was deliberatly done like this and aproved by EA and BioWare.… Expand
  37. pvnkzy559
    Mar 24, 2017
    0
    tried my best to get into it...couldn't get into it. characters are too ugly. 300 pounds in real life i dont want to look like a hippo in a fantasy world also. Refunded.
  38. Chenhanhnannnah
    Jun 3, 2017
    0
    I never like the combat in Mass Effect franchise because using gun in such futuristic setting should only occur in sarcasm movies like Starship troopers. If the game is good in general, a good combat system is a bonus. But the combat cannot change everything. What made me play through the original trilogy is the interesting sci-fi setting, about why no advanced lifeforms can last longI never like the combat in Mass Effect franchise because using gun in such futuristic setting should only occur in sarcasm movies like Starship troopers. If the game is good in general, a good combat system is a bonus. But the combat cannot change everything. What made me play through the original trilogy is the interesting sci-fi setting, about why no advanced lifeforms can last long enough to occupy the entire universe.
    I was skeptical about this game because the ending of ME3 ruined the entire trilogy. I was so disheartened that I never play ME since I finished ME3. However, Andromeda's story is even worse right in the very beginning. The game was rushed so I tempered my expectation. I actually don't mind the graphical glitches because these issues can be patched eventually. But the story is so bad that I feel torn apart, even in the first hour. I was just speechless, after the first hour of play through, after three years waiting. I don't think I will ever want to play a mass effect game again.
    This is kind of the game that should never been released. Andromeda offers nothing innovative. A mediocre game has no value of existing.    … Expand
  39. GblPower
    Mar 23, 2017
    4
    Это полный провал.
    ● Сюжет для 13-летних школьников.
    ● Вариативности диалогов почти нет, вариативности сюжета абсолютно нет. ● Все персонажи в подметки не годятся персонажам из трилогии. Главного злодея так вообще скорее хочется пожалеть, чем бояться и ненавидеть. ● Боевка стала получше, чем в трилогии, но если абстрагироваться и оценивать ее, как самостоятельную боевую систему, то она    Это полный провал.
    ● Сюжет для 13-летних школьников.
    ● Вариативности диалогов почти нет, вариативности сюжета абсолютно нет.
    ● Все персонажи в подметки не годятся персонажам из трилогии. Главного злодея так вообще скорее хочется пожалеть, чем бояться и ненавидеть.
    ● Боевка стала получше, чем в трилогии, но если абстрагироваться и оценивать ее, как самостоятельную боевую систему, то она по-прежнему уныла (хоть и, повторюсь, динамичней, чем в трилогии)
    ● картинка приятная, но мир не реагирует на игрока: кусты не гнутся под колесами вездехода, etc

    Резюмируя: это провал. Захотели по-легкому срубить бабла прикрывшись названием. Не выйдет!
    p.s. зато геев запихнули, лесбиянок и всякий прочий мусор. Больше меньшинств, ура!    … Expand
  40. Zurce
    Mar 23, 2017
    4
    Una inesperada decepcion que falla en bastantes puntos de los que hicieron a sus predecesores grandes juegos, tecnicamente descuidado con elementos que lo llevan a ser comico por accidente, problemas de rendimiento y un online injugable convierten a este Mass Effect Andromeda en un producto muy mediocre

    Como puntos positivos se pueden destacar la carisma del universo con la que cuenta    Una inesperada decepcion que falla en bastantes puntos de los que hicieron a sus predecesores grandes juegos, tecnicamente descuidado con elementos que lo llevan a ser comico por accidente, problemas de rendimiento y un online injugable convierten a este Mass Effect Andromeda en un producto muy mediocre

    Como puntos positivos se pueden destacar la carisma del universo con la que cuenta la cual se gano el titulo de BioWare la pasada generacion y una jugabilidad entretenida (Pero no se trata de nada revolucionario)    … Expand
  41. natanfk
    Jun 25, 2017
    0
    There is absolutely NOTHING good about this game. I doubt whoever produces this game has a brain. Not just the game is bad, it's full of glitches and bugs. Worthless piece of ****
  42. LucvdM
    Mar 23, 2017
    4
    When reviewing a game, a lot of it will be subjective because art is subjective for the most part. But what is not subjective is the technological aspect of the game. The graphics, the gameplay, the animations, the bugs, the performance, etc.

    Sadly, ME:A is objectively mediocre at best in those departments. The environmental graphics are stunning, but the characters look cartoony and    When reviewing a game, a lot of it will be subjective because art is subjective for the most part. But what is not subjective is the technological aspect of the game. The graphics, the gameplay, the animations, the bugs, the performance, etc.

    Sadly, ME:A is objectively mediocre at best in those departments. The environmental graphics are stunning, but the characters look cartoony and out of place, especially with the terrible animations. The gameplay is decent, not perfect but not bad either. It feels a lot like ME1's gameplay but faster and more action-packed. Sadly the game has plenty of glitches and bugs, mostly of graphical nature but in general the game feels very rough around the edges. Performance-wise, the game is also rather poorly optimized. You need a beast of a machine to play this game on 'ultra' while honestly it doesn't look better than The Witcher 3 or Dragon Age: Inquisition (which both had much less extreme hardware requirements).

    If we look at the open-world exploration aspect of ME:A, there's much left to be desired there too. The world look graphically stunning, but the things to do feel like busywork and things get pretty repetitive and can sometimes feel like a grind. This is especially obvious after having played The Legend of Zelda; Breath of the Wild, a game that really set a new standard for open-world games and really managed to make open-world exploration fun! ME:A just falls kinda short in that aspect compared to Zelda BoTW.

    Then there's the writing, which is a bit more of a subjective thing (some people love BioWare's writing, others hate it), but even so, some of the dialogue feels objectively awkward and out of place, with sometimes rather questionable delivery. Several times I felt "wow, a real person would never say that" or "a real person would never say it that way". I have some objections with the main story too, but I won't be going into that here. I will say however that in my opinion ME:A has the worst main story in any Mass Effect game to date. The story feels like a rip-off from DA:I and not as well thought out.    … Expand
  43. athiambo123
    Mar 28, 2017
    0
    wow just terrible, I cant believe this is a game developed by the same developers who created mass effect 1-3 and dragon age 1, just so sad how EA managed to mess up such a massive title
  44. timeknight
    Mar 22, 2017
    4
    First of all, I have to say that the artists did a good job with this game. Music and art are synchronous with Mass Effect.

    Everything else related to gameplay, and cinematography though? Very poorly executed. There are a lot of bugs and technical issues. The dialogue wheels literally are "split second" choices, not even enough time to read what you are about to say. This feels like    First of all, I have to say that the artists did a good job with this game. Music and art are synchronous with Mass Effect.

    Everything else related to gameplay, and cinematography though? Very poorly executed. There are a lot of bugs and technical issues. The dialogue wheels literally are "split second" choices, not even enough time to read what you are about to say.

    This feels like a game that shipped far too early. EA in its corporate greed and "infinite wisdom
    thought it would be better for their reputation to ship an unfinished game.    … Expand
  45. DragonDai
    Mar 26, 2017
    4
    There are a lot of problems with this game. It's got some of the most amateur animations ever in an AAA game, sophomoric and cliched writing, phoned-in and dead voice acting, tired and boring quest structure, giant empty areas with little to nothing to do, repetitive tasks, boring squad mates, dumbing down of gameplay mechanics, lack of quick save, bugs, one of the worst character creatorsThere are a lot of problems with this game. It's got some of the most amateur animations ever in an AAA game, sophomoric and cliched writing, phoned-in and dead voice acting, tired and boring quest structure, giant empty areas with little to nothing to do, repetitive tasks, boring squad mates, dumbing down of gameplay mechanics, lack of quick save, bugs, one of the worst character creators in the last 10 years, performance issues, overly long transitions sequences, awful balancing, extremely awful pacing, awful scanning that's worse than the crap in ME2, some of the worst companion AI in any game ever, etc etc etc.

    I could go on and on about the flaws with this game and why these flaws matter and how Bioware/EA royally screwed the pooch here and how there is no system in this entire game that isn't without some sort of major flaw. But here's the thing. When you're actually playing the game...when you're not busy staring at a loading screen or a transition screen or rolling your eyes at the god awful animation/voice acting/writing/etc, you're liking having fun.

    And that's what's important, right? Fun? That's why we play video games? To have fun? You WILL have fun with this game. Whether it's you + 3 friends getting some coop multiplayer going or you out alone (cause your AI companions have died in the first 3 seconds of combat...again) against the hordes in single player, you will almost certainly be having a really really good time.

    In fact, you'll like be having a 7.5/10 sort of good time. If I had to compare MEA to another game, I'd compare it to Fallout 4. It was horribly disappointing for a lot of the diehard fans, there were a LOT of serious problems, but, at the end of the day, it was still a fun game worth the purchase.

    So if it's a 7.5/10 sort of game, why am I giving it a 4/10? Why am I writing a negative review? Well, two reasons. The first is that, despite their response since launch (which has been quite good), Bioware and EA behaved AWFULLY before launch. Some of the devs behind this game have acted in a way that would have gotten others in their field fired in a heartbeat. Truly awful behavior and truly reprehensible actions towards their paying customers and long time fan base.

    But more importantly, the second reason is that there is a sizable group of Bioware fans that absolutely will not hear ANY criticism of this game or Bioware as a company no matter how legit or reasonable said criticism is. Even the slightest break from the hive mind of "Perfect game 11/10!" is met with hate and scorn. It's **** disgusting. These people give gamers in general a bad name and they are 100% responsible for the state of the industry and **** like MEA. They are the reason this game is so subpar, because EA/Bioware knew they could farm out the fourth game in their biggest franchise to some B team that's never produced a full game before and no matter what quality the game ended up being, there would be enough of this type of fan to lap it up and defend the game regardless of criticism that it'd be a success.

    So yeah, 7.5/10 if you're JUST looking at the gameplay. 4/10 when you look at the bigger picture, everything included.    … Expand
  46. KerTilz
    Mar 26, 2017
    4
    К большому огорчению игра ориентирована на 14-16 летних. Сюжет, диалоги, мотивация персонажей отлично зайдут для подростков. Все поверхностно, просто и проходит БЕЗ ПОСЛЕДСТВИЙ. Если ME 1-3 были играми о выборе и ответственности, то Андромеда всего лишь шутер с элементами прокачки и гринда. Жаль, что от BioWare осталось только имя.

    Как продолжение серии Mass Effect тянет на 4. Если бы    К большому огорчению игра ориентирована на 14-16 летних. Сюжет, диалоги, мотивация персонажей отлично зайдут для подростков. Все поверхностно, просто и проходит БЕЗ ПОСЛЕДСТВИЙ. Если ME 1-3 были играми о выборе и ответственности, то Андромеда всего лишь шутер с элементами прокачки и гринда. Жаль, что от BioWare осталось только имя.

    Как продолжение серии Mass Effect тянет на 4. Если бы она вышла без этого слогана в наименовании - 6 баллов.    … Expand
  47. Metailurus
    Mar 28, 2017
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Should have called it Mess Defect: Gays in Space.

    The Good:

    - The combat is fairly decent and should have been the core of the game instead of travel cutscene simulator.
    - Space Sudoku - fun diversion, should have been used more.
    - Overarching story idea and intricacy - the actual idea of the story is fairly decent, and quests branching off gives the illusion of a less linear game.

    The Bad:

    - Pretty much everything else
    - Particularly the character writing that has been clearly pieced together by a social justice whining millennial.

    The Ugly:

    - All female characters who have more than 2 lines.
    - There are significant animation problems, but they are a lesser concern when placed next to bigger problems such as the pathetic writing, and terrible game design decisions.
    - Female Ryder is particularly shambolic, do yourself a favour and play as Male Ryder, who is generally alright.

    Expect to spend your time in this game as follows:

    25% - tabbed out reading websites while the game plods through travel cutscenes as a result of the most abhorrent game design decision this side of the year 2000.
    10% - spamming spacebar to bypass as much of the torrid writing as quickly as possible.
    5% - right clicking things then left clicking them while in space
    5% - jumping on stuff and pressing buttons
    5% - combat
    10% - driving around in your car and ignoring anything that isnt a forward station or a quest marker as it is irrelevant.
    5% - navigating the worst UI/Menu system known to mankind.
    1% - playing Space Sudoku
    4% - Being forced to unnecessarily run from area to area to hand in quests.
    10% - running around speaking to NPCs over and over as the quest marker system is broken and it is the only way to be sure you have picked everything up/handed it in.
    5% - opening terminals and either pressing spacebar or marking everything as read.
    10% - Scanning things
    0% - Pursuing romance options as the characters are either all gay or have been hit repeatedly by the fugly stick.
    5% - trying to work out how to create a white custom character, realising that you actually cant, and then giving up and using one of the defaults.

    In Bioware games, your team are always an important feature, as well as what they wish to do with their private parts, here is who you get to carry through the course of the game on your ship:

    "Active" Team (the characters who go on missions)

    - SAM - Asexual disembodied robot who lives in your head.
    - Peebee - chubby bisexual Asari with the mental acuity and behaviour of a petulant teenager.
    - Cora - Human female biotic, has a lesbian haircut but appears to be straight. Behaves like a 16 year old girl who likes to pretend they are grown up.
    - Liam - Straight guy (but here's the twist, hes black, because gotta have the minority factor). Likes to make stupid decisions and is all about morale.
    - Jaal - Beta male pink vagina shaped space alien who is all about the feels, is straight despite his favourite colour.
    - Drack - Krogan who doesnt give a damn about much of anything as far as I can tell.
    - Vetra - Female bisexual Garrus, except only about 10% as interesting/entertaining.

    "Inactive" Team (they live on your ship)

    - Suvi - Lesbian Religious Scottish Scientist/Navigator/Something - Kallo - Straight male Salarian pilot, he gets the least lines and involvement in the story. - Lexi - Asari doctor, spurns your advances due to not being fugly. Bisexual - Gil - Chief engineer and king of the gays. In summary - do yourself a favour and don't inflict this game on yourself, unless you are into staring at your computer while nothing happens, or pursuing badly written gay imaginary space aliens.    … Expand
  48. claytastic
    Mar 28, 2017
    3
    I've never played a Mass Effect game before, and seeing as how Andromeda was said to be very distant sequel that has almost nothing to do with the original series, I thought it might be a good place to start. Apparently, I was wrong. Andromeda is a terrible game that falls flat in almost all areas. One of these would be the story. One of the biggest praises I see about the original trilogyI've never played a Mass Effect game before, and seeing as how Andromeda was said to be very distant sequel that has almost nothing to do with the original series, I thought it might be a good place to start. Apparently, I was wrong. Andromeda is a terrible game that falls flat in almost all areas. One of these would be the story. One of the biggest praises I see about the original trilogy is that it the games have incredible stories, while Andromeda's feels like it was thrown together last minute. None of the characters managed to interest me for extended periods of time, and most of them were really generic, bland, lifeless beings with nothing special about them. This is especially conveyed through the game's facial animations, that I won't talk about because you don't need me to tell you about it. It also didn't help that the characters were voiced by some of the most talentless people in the industry, not including Natalie Dormer and Kumail Nanjiani. However, a lot of games have been able to push aside a flawed story with incredible gameplay. So has Andromeda done that? Well, no, not really. The combat is extremely dull and not very fleshed out, and fighting the same enemies over and over again didn't make it better. Also, for some reason, BioWare decided that it would be a glorious idea to make the game open world. This didn't help the game, either, and actually hurt it in some aspects. For starters, the poor world design, in terms of structure and layout or the map, was repeated constantly on every planet I came across. I barely saw a change in an overall world, and the fact that the maps were very limited in where you could go when the game was advertised to be all about the freedom of the player really crippled my experience with the game. Traversing this travesty of a game map is also a pain in the ass, as the Nomad can barely go up a slightly steep hill without you having to switch into 6 wheel mode, and the customisation is way too limited and unimagined. But enough about the main game, let's discuss the multiplayer. It's not good. On a technical level, I'd compare it to Assassin's Creed Unity levels of functionality. Matchmaking is almost instantaneous, but there are constant song bugs and frame drops that seemed to happen every match, at least in my experience. In addition to that, there's only two game modes, neither of which are worth your time. Also, because it's published by EA, the multiplayer is loaded with microtransactions. The only good thing I could say about this game is that the customisation in the single player, in terms of armour and weapons, is pretty spot on, but nothing else besides that. In conclusion, Mass Effect Andromeda is the most boring, monotonous and overall awful AAA game I've played since The Division. Please don't buy this game, and please, BioWare, stop trying to be SJWs and make an enjoyable game.… Expand
  49. AdromedaTurd
    Mar 27, 2017
    2
    The narrative in Mass Effect Andromeda, is some of the most piss poor drivel imaginable. NExt up is the dialogue which when not being all around terrible it contains terrible cringy jokes that are supposed to appeal to someone? probably alien life as no one with half a brain cell would enjoy it. The menus are come of the most overly complex menus imaginable. I feel like i am using softwareThe narrative in Mass Effect Andromeda, is some of the most piss poor drivel imaginable. NExt up is the dialogue which when not being all around terrible it contains terrible cringy jokes that are supposed to appeal to someone? probably alien life as no one with half a brain cell would enjoy it. The menus are come of the most overly complex menus imaginable. I feel like i am using software from the 90s. The game managed to take a step back in every possible way from the franchise and games before it.… Expand
  50. Koristo
    Oct 27, 2017
    0
    Andromeda today in its current state is a fantastic game end of! Yes when it first released it was broken but today all patched it’s worthy alongside the previous trilogy. As a fan and bought each game multiple times on PS3/PC and PS4 any chance to revisit the universe is a pleasure. I accept the choices made by the design teams and just get on with enjoying the game they made for usAndromeda today in its current state is a fantastic game end of! Yes when it first released it was broken but today all patched it’s worthy alongside the previous trilogy. As a fan and bought each game multiple times on PS3/PC and PS4 any chance to revisit the universe is a pleasure. I accept the choices made by the design teams and just get on with enjoying the game they made for us because a world without any Mass Effect would be rubbish one at best!!… Expand
  51. karelpica99
    Dec 20, 2017
    0
    Well, its EA... they f***ed up Battlefront 2 and they sure did f***ed up NFS aswell. Lootboxes, u get a Lootbox system, u get a lootboxes System EVERYONE gets a Lootbox system.... F**K u EA

    Card... CARD for upgrading/tuning your Car... what a joke and even the most lazy way i could think of... pathatic... the "Story" is cheesy I Hope someday EA will get bankrupt for the stupid s**t
  52. Jmaxx
    Jul 4, 2018
    0
    This game is trash. Never even finished it due to all the glitches I encountered as well as stupid AI, map markers that jump around, characters scream the same 2-3 things over and over and for the sizes of the maps it just feels extremely empty aside from a couple battles. The dialogue is cringey and awkward and they have ZERO emotional depth. There are also almost no weapons compared toThis game is trash. Never even finished it due to all the glitches I encountered as well as stupid AI, map markers that jump around, characters scream the same 2-3 things over and over and for the sizes of the maps it just feels extremely empty aside from a couple battles. The dialogue is cringey and awkward and they have ZERO emotional depth. There are also almost no weapons compared to prior games and even then you have to grind through a barren landscape that feels like no man's sky in order to upgrade them. Overall I'm shocked that any critic gave this game higher that a 50% (gotta make that paycheck I guess). I love the ME series and honestly this isn't it and probably killed any chance at a sequel.… Expand
  53. DrJones
    Mar 10, 2019
    0
    Mass Effect Andromeda is the typical modern game which was designed and made by SJW's for NPC's. The dialog's range from safe space answer to normal response no variation and there are no consequences for choosing any answer. And you can see anti Caucasian men agenda, in the entire game I saw 1 maybe 2 Caucasian men in the entire game consisting of hundreds of NPC's and also consideringMass Effect Andromeda is the typical modern game which was designed and made by SJW's for NPC's. The dialog's range from safe space answer to normal response no variation and there are no consequences for choosing any answer. And you can see anti Caucasian men agenda, in the entire game I saw 1 maybe 2 Caucasian men in the entire game consisting of hundreds of NPC's and also considering this game was made for western audiences which compromise of 95% of Caucasian persuasion.… Expand
  54. Jacobo90
    Oct 11, 2017
    2
    This game is an absolute disgrace to the Mass Effect franchise. They basically managed to destroy what was one of the best game franchises.

    Way to go EA, always ruining all the good franchises that you touch. Just like you did with battlefront, red alert, generals and the list goes on and on.
  55. sonofsun
    Feb 25, 2018
    0
    Симулятор космического бомжа. Таскаешься по системам чтоб собрать кучку материалов для апдейта винтовки. Анимация из систем симпатичная, но надоедает со второго раза, отключить нельзя только частично пропустить. Афрокомпаньён раз в 10 минут начинает дергаться как паралитик ну и т.п. плюшки. Не фанат серии МЕ, но это вообще днище.Симулятор космического бомжа. Таскаешься по системам чтоб собрать кучку материалов для апдейта винтовки. Анимация из систем симпатичная, но надоедает со второго раза, отключить нельзя только частично пропустить. Афрокомпаньён раз в 10 минут начинает дергаться как паралитик ну и т.п. плюшки. Не фанат серии МЕ, но это вообще днище.
  56. yfaith
    Apr 7, 2018
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I used to be a bioware fan but probably not anymore after I bought Andromeda. I played every game they produced, but characters are just simply getting more and more ugly. I don't understand why but I can't bear play any ugly characters especially the female ones. I didn't throw away this game disc because I was hoping one day they will beautify the issue but it seems they don't, so bye bye Andromeda and I wouldn't buy any bioware games before I see the characters in the future.… Expand
  57. greninjaX
    Dec 3, 2018
    0
    it's games like these that remind us all that AAA does not automatically equal good.
  58. Versalador
    Mar 1, 2019
    0
    Eu estou jogando a versão mais recente do jogo, mas ainda acho tudo muito feio e travado para um jogo de 45 milhões de dollares... pelo amor de deus, o jogo não é 0, mas por esse motivo vou dar 0.
  59. Babensky
    May 1, 2020
    0
    **** SJW agenda driven liberal **** **** this is so baddddd
    i cant even imagine it exists!
  60. Vigil
    Mar 23, 2017
    1
    This game has almost no redeeming qualities. The negatives vastly outweigh any positives.

    As others have said; the animation, the character modeling, the dialogue, the story, the voice actors and the music score are is inferior to previous titles. This isn't even mentioning the bugs and hard-crashes the game suffers from on all platforms. The one redeeming feature is the world art (not    This game has almost no redeeming qualities. The negatives vastly outweigh any positives.

    As others have said; the animation, the character modeling, the dialogue, the story, the voice actors and the music score are is inferior to previous titles. This isn't even mentioning the bugs and hard-crashes the game suffers from on all platforms. The one redeeming feature is the world art (not the level design); the art team have done a reasonably good job of making pretty vistas. Everything else, however, is extremely disappointing. It's very sad to see Bioware fall as far as it has. The signs of this company going in the wrong direction have been apparent since Dragon Age: Origins, but as a long time fan this is the nail in the coffin.

    Either Bioware needs to seriously reconsider who it's employing and why, or they're heading the way of previous studios who have been consumed by Electronic Arts. Rest in peace, Bioware. Say 'Hi' to Bullfrog, Maxis, Westwood, Dreamworks Interactive, Phenomic, Blackbox and Pandemic for me.    … Expand
  61. Rastapus
    Mar 24, 2017
    0
    First of all, I really enjoyed the previouse Mass Effect games, and I've been waiting for years for this release. I would like to start off by saying that all these negative reviews staiting bad animations, bad dialouge and then calling it a dissapointment to the series. You guys really need to realize something. This is NOT Mass Effect 4. This is a game that takes place in the Mass EffectFirst of all, I really enjoyed the previouse Mass Effect games, and I've been waiting for years for this release. I would like to start off by saying that all these negative reviews staiting bad animations, bad dialouge and then calling it a dissapointment to the series. You guys really need to realize something. This is NOT Mass Effect 4. This is a game that takes place in the Mass Effect universe. So this doesn't have to be related at all to the previouse games....

    Now to the review...

    I really enjoy playing ME:A and still do. I'm gonna be honest with you guys, I haven't finished the game yet, yea ikr. But I got a kid, I can't play more than a few hours a day. The dialouge and animations are retardet, I'm not dissagreeing with you guys, but it's not worth calling the game unplayable and throwing the game out the window because of that. The story is great so far, it's mysteries and I constantly wanna know what comes next.

    There's a lot to take in when you jump into the game. There's a lot of story and new things you have to try to understand. But you catch on quick. The combat is fun and there's manay options to choose from when choosing your prefered combat style.

    This is my first review ever and I really don't know what to write.... Please don't listne to these idiots giving 1-2 score. The game is definently worth buying and playing. These people expected a sequel and the impossible. Anyone thinking that Andromeda would live up to the hype are obviously idiots... I'm just happy that we got another Mass Effect game at all, you ungreatfull morons.

    Buy the game, play the game. You won't regret it unless your a spoiled little ****    … Expand
  62. Nautilus
    Mar 25, 2017
    0
    Lack of any customization in character creation, horrible looking females, bad writing intended for 11 years old players, weird facial and body animations, no pause in combat means less tactical gameplay, more mmo style quests. A basically this game has less to do with what makes previous Mass Effect great and more to do with new path Bioware is headed which is full of SJW and politicalLack of any customization in character creation, horrible looking females, bad writing intended for 11 years old players, weird facial and body animations, no pause in combat means less tactical gameplay, more mmo style quests. A basically this game has less to do with what makes previous Mass Effect great and more to do with new path Bioware is headed which is full of SJW and political correctness stupidity.… Expand
  63. Amulrei
    Mar 24, 2017
    0
    If for some reason you needed more proof that Bioware is a now corpse-shell worn by unqualified SWJs pretending to be real developers, here is your Exhibit A through to F.

    Horrible writing, awful combat and animation bugs we would mock in an indy title let alone a full price triple-A release. Utterly disgraceful.
  64. Nemrodh
    Mar 24, 2017
    0
    Im not even sure were to begin. but hell if they even used the same engine they used for 3. it would be at least 50% better. cant even believe they allowed this to ship. This is the last game i buy from bioware. GG GL HF.
  65. kirillgil
    Mar 23, 2017
    0
    Unplayable. The inventory system is a mess. Combat is eh. Dialog....who wrote this? Acting is awful too.... There is absolutely no investment into characters or the role that you are supposed to play. I cared more about a single person in other games than I did about the 10,000 people onboard the ship. Not sure what is happening with the character creation, I could not make a decentUnplayable. The inventory system is a mess. Combat is eh. Dialog....who wrote this? Acting is awful too.... There is absolutely no investment into characters or the role that you are supposed to play. I cared more about a single person in other games than I did about the 10,000 people onboard the ship. Not sure what is happening with the character creation, I could not make a decent looking female character no matter how much I tried.

    Played for 4-6 hours, asked for a refund. I do have to say the refund process was painless.    … Expand
  66. gustave154
    Mar 21, 2017
    0
    This game should not have been part of the Mass Effect universe. I thought that Bioware would have learnt their lesson from ME3 but Noooo they got even worse. Everything about this game is Terri-bad, from the writing to the voice acting and don't let me get started with the animations. Shame on you Bioware for releasing this piece of sh*t that you call a game.
  67. Vulsion
    Mar 22, 2017
    0
    This is my first review on this site and I made an account just for this. This game is an unfinished mess. I could get over the animations, but the game play is so damn rough that it is not even enjoyable. I just recently finished Breath of the Wild and Horizon: Zero Dawn. Both of those games engaged you from the start and had excellent tight game play throughout. In this filth bucket, IThis is my first review on this site and I made an account just for this. This game is an unfinished mess. I could get over the animations, but the game play is so damn rough that it is not even enjoyable. I just recently finished Breath of the Wild and Horizon: Zero Dawn. Both of those games engaged you from the start and had excellent tight game play throughout. In this filth bucket, I felt like I was playing a game from 2003 on the PS2 that was published by THQ. This is not a BioWare game, it’s a cash-in of a past good series. I usually finish my games regardless and the last time I stopped mid-game from pure disappointment and anger was Sonic 06. After 2 hours of this game, I refuse to put more hours in it anymore. The story sucks, the conversations are so sale, the menu system is an absolute nightmare, and the control of the character is just terrible. I was duped into dropping full price on this and will just trade it in with a loss. Those reviews are read by critics are biased. At least Mafia III was playable and had its moments. The only moment this game will have is being thrown in the trash.… Expand
  68. lippmannk1
    Mar 25, 2017
    0
    This game is horrible.

    55 hours in, and I still can't find a reason to care. The game is just so poorly written and buggy on so many different levels that it breaks the 4th wall so hard that I yell in frustration and turn the game off. What a travesty. Bioware Montreal, what the hell were you thinking? 0/10 for completely dashed hopes of a wonderful mass effect experience TWICE.    This game is horrible.

    55 hours in, and I still can't find a reason to care. The game is just so poorly written and buggy on so many different levels that it breaks the 4th wall so hard that I yell in frustration and turn the game off.

    What a travesty. Bioware Montreal, what the hell were you thinking?

    0/10 for completely dashed hopes of a wonderful mass effect experience TWICE. First with the horrid endings of Mass Effect 3 that ruined the entire original trilogy, and now THIS. I hope your company goes bankrupt.    … Expand
  69. tastywhatever
    Mar 24, 2017
    0
    I'll tell you why people aren't as taken with this game. Aside from the **** animations and voice acting, It's too laid back and relaxed. Mass Effect 1 straight away had a quick tempo to it. Walking round the ship with a reason and a purpose as something important has just happened and you needed to find out what. This game just lacks the urgency. It's more Netflix and chill than Suit upI'll tell you why people aren't as taken with this game. Aside from the **** animations and voice acting, It's too laid back and relaxed. Mass Effect 1 straight away had a quick tempo to it. Walking round the ship with a reason and a purpose as something important has just happened and you needed to find out what. This game just lacks the urgency. It's more Netflix and chill than Suit up and Kill… Expand
  70. Allax
    Mar 23, 2017
    0
    It could have been an average stand alone shooter-rpg game with a name like "Adventures of mentally challenged people in Adromeda", but since it pretends to be Mass Effect it should be judged as one. And as a Mass Effect game this is a total failure. It is as if dialogues and storytelling were done by a 12 years old girl. And those animations and models.... And the main "bad guy" who isIt could have been an average stand alone shooter-rpg game with a name like "Adventures of mentally challenged people in Adromeda", but since it pretends to be Mass Effect it should be judged as one. And as a Mass Effect game this is a total failure. It is as if dialogues and storytelling were done by a 12 years old girl. And those animations and models.... And the main "bad guy" who is evil for no reason at all, like some sort of 1 dimensional antagonist from a comic book. Authors seems to not understand how much this breaks immersion.… Expand
  71. O-reno
    Apr 3, 2017
    0
    This is what happens when devs are more concerned about diversity, inclusivity and other sjw stuff when developing the game, that making a good game itself
    Sadly the old bioware is gone
  72. kingofkoopas
    Mar 27, 2017
    2
    My review was taken down for stating that the male character looks like your typical "man" of today, emasculated and queer looking. Everyone else is focusing on how ugly the women are and that does not get taken down. The real thing that they don't want you to realize and wake up from is that men should not look like the main male character from this game.
  73. PhoneyFree
    Mar 23, 2017
    4
    Long time Bioware rpg fan KTOR 1/2, DA series, Mass Effect 1-3. Sorely disappointed and disillusioned. If you like action heavy multiplayer games then you'll probably enjoy this. If you like story rich "Role Playing Games" with freedom to create your own take on the protagonist and that has depth, engaging, compelling characters etc. then look elsewhere.

    Pro's: decent action/combat.    Long time Bioware rpg fan KTOR 1/2, DA series, Mass Effect 1-3. Sorely disappointed and disillusioned. If you like action heavy multiplayer games then you'll probably enjoy this. If you like story rich "Role Playing Games" with freedom to create your own take on the protagonist and that has depth, engaging, compelling characters etc. then look elsewhere.

    Pro's: decent action/combat. Cons: Underwhelming Story, Dull characters, cringe-worthy infantile dialogue. Really for pew, pew multiplayer action fans. Had to laugh when somebody here said it was like Blasto from the original series. Forgot about Blasto, but your not wrong my friend. I should go.    … Expand
  74. TennesseeTuxedo
    Mar 22, 2017
    4
    I've sunk several hours in the game, with plenty more to go so I'll update my review when I'm done.

    The game has me wanting to trudge on further into the story and the worlds but it in no way has me mesmerized of likes of great RPGs like the other MEs and Bethesda games. I haven't noticed the animations issues too much, although I don't pay as much attention to those as others might    I've sunk several hours in the game, with plenty more to go so I'll update my review when I'm done.

    The game has me wanting to trudge on further into the story and the worlds but it in no way has me mesmerized of likes of great RPGs like the other MEs and Bethesda games.

    I haven't noticed the animations issues too much, although I don't pay as much attention to those as others might and I find myself cutting the through the boring, droning dialog. One thing many of the reviews have spot on is the writing is very poor. Not sure what happened but writing is a cornerstone of any RPG and this is full of sophomoric one-liners and lacks character and story development, seriousness and sophistication. Critical people die and every one looks on as if nothing happened. The characters appear young, younger than prior installments, so maybe they are supposed to be wonder teens or something and this explains the lack of interesting dialog. But it's bad. You feel like you are missing nothing by clicking the space bar.

    The characters and NPCs are god awful ugly, I mean maybe the ugliest I have ever seen rendered in a game. I don;t know if they have poor artists, bad tools, or its the political correctness gone wild that some talk about but there is nothing to look at in this game. If you are enticed by the warnings of nudity and strong sexual content look elsewhere as there is nobody here at all, male or female, that you'd want to see naked. If this is political correctness I don't know what they are trying to prove. I don't look like eye candy hollywood stars/model but I certainly like to look at them and don't feel devalued because pretty people happen to be in my video game.

    I like the combat, however the first aliens you come across look like something out of Dragon Age and not a sci fi.

    I never spend much time with character creation but for those that do, they really dumbed it down, it looks you get the choice of a head, that's it!

    I'll re-post when I get through more of the game but have some bad feelings about it so far.    … Expand
  75. DeRui
    Mar 23, 2017
    4
    I feel like I was deceived. The game is a lot new, and it's good. Let's remember all that we loved Mass Effect for. The game was a drama, a beautiful story, each character had a soul and personal tragedies. In the new game, I did not see this. I did not hear the pain in my voice, I did not see the tears and emotions on their faces. I do not believe in the drama of the people of Andromeda.I feel like I was deceived. The game is a lot new, and it's good. Let's remember all that we loved Mass Effect for. The game was a drama, a beautiful story, each character had a soul and personal tragedies. In the new game, I did not see this. I did not hear the pain in my voice, I did not see the tears and emotions on their faces. I do not believe in the drama of the people of Andromeda.

    Of course, there are pluses. The fighting became interesting. But this is the only plus. But this advantage does not interest me.

    I expected a new story with great emotions. And what did I get? Forgery.

    I'm deceived.    … Expand
  76. Goiters
    Mar 22, 2017
    0
    Another game that shouldn't have been made. Boring story, awful execution of animation and rendering, janky characters paired with laughable voice overs, peppered with bugs and unfinished game elements, all wrapped up in a easy to sell brand name package coupled with distinct social engineering intentions for western culture and demographics. The only positive takeaway from this is theAnother game that shouldn't have been made. Boring story, awful execution of animation and rendering, janky characters paired with laughable voice overs, peppered with bugs and unfinished game elements, all wrapped up in a easy to sell brand name package coupled with distinct social engineering intentions for western culture and demographics. The only positive takeaway from this is the combat system, which can't make up for all of it's other faults.… Expand
  77. xiaolinstyle
    Mar 27, 2017
    3
    Mass Effect Andromeda will be seen as the master class in how to alienate your fan base.

    I'll start with the fact that i quite liked the last three titles and really enjoyed the multiplayer in Mass Effect 3. None of them were without flaws but mostly enjoyable games. ME:A however has almost none of the charm, likability, or even respect for the player that the previous titles did.    Mass Effect Andromeda will be seen as the master class in how to alienate your fan base.

    I'll start with the fact that i quite liked the last three titles and really enjoyed the multiplayer in Mass Effect 3. None of them were without flaws but mostly enjoyable games. ME:A however has almost none of the charm, likability, or even respect for the player that the previous titles did.

    Performance:

    This is probably the most talked about issue with the game so I'll deal with it first. It's a PROBLEM. The game suffers in many ways from technical glitches with animation, sound, quests, game crashes and more. It can look fairly decent at times but definitely not anything to be excited about. HDR implementation also seems to be a bit lacking but that's an emerging technology so i won't fault them for that. Frame rates are all over the place. Drops are frequent (on a standard PS4) and annoying.

    Gameplay

    This is the most well crafted part of the game. Barring aforementioned frame drops, combat is fast and the increased mobility and verticality of jump jets makes you wonder why you couldn't do this all along. No, seriously, why couldn't you? Though the almost draconian reduction in team control has me wondering if the current developers of Mass Effect know what they are doing (yes i know it's still "Bioware", but no it's NOT the same people). Vehicle control feels adequate though I'm confounded by the lack of any offensive capabilities with the Nomad when you acquire it fairly early in the game. Many other parts though seem to be there only to frustrate the player, from unnecessary backtracking to turn in quests, just the worst inventory management, to the complete waste of time scanning the planets you can't land on are. These and many more design choices aren't player friendly and clearly don't come from an experienced team.

    Story

    This is where the game takes a huge hit. Mass Effect Andromeda casts you as a Pathfinder for the Andromeda initiative. This ultimately boils down to you, once again, being the savior of everyone you know and love. Also you have a sentient AI embedded in your brain named Sam. So as Master Chief...I mean one of the Ryder twins you are tasked with finding and securing a home for hundreds of thousands of people. Which apparently involves a lot of murder, but whadaya gonna do? Unfortunately for the player much of this is told with a cringe worthy script and barely half baked ideas. Many encounters left me with the reoccurring thought "what the hell just happened??" and very much not in a good way. This is of course ignoring the stilted animations and 'please stop looking at my soul like a bon bon' eyeballs that everyone seems to have. Many have said "it gets better" I have, however, NOT found this to be the case. The further into the dull, uninteresting, me too story I've gotten the less I understand what the hell EA was thinking (aside from sheer avarice) releasing this travesty.

    Sound

    It has some, except when it doesn't. Yup, if you fancy multiplayer, it may very well decide that your PS4's sound card should now **** the bed. Because it will. Frequently. Meaning no game sound, no dashboard sound and any party chat you're in will sound like it's been possessed by an underwater electric demon. 2017 folks. Welcome to EA of the future.

    Summary

    Mass Effect Andromeda had tremendous potential but falls short in nearly every conceivable way. Fans and newcomers alike will be disappointed with what EA and Bioware have produced here. We have had several great titles released already this year, setting a high bar. ME:A falls far short of all of those and more importantly of itself.    … Expand
  78. deathnoise
    Mar 27, 2017
    3
    First Deus Ex: Mankind Divided and now this.. Montreal is a true epicenter of SJW ideology and cancer which has spread into the games, now. The effect is the games that have been ruined by subpar writing, coding, facial animations, tons of bugs, terrible load/save progress handling, plot that feels like it's been written by 12 years old child (or some infantile mature people). I can go onFirst Deus Ex: Mankind Divided and now this.. Montreal is a true epicenter of SJW ideology and cancer which has spread into the games, now. The effect is the games that have been ruined by subpar writing, coding, facial animations, tons of bugs, terrible load/save progress handling, plot that feels like it's been written by 12 years old child (or some infantile mature people). I can go on and on, but enough is enough. Someone should just stop this madness.… Expand
  79. mackz0r
    May 16, 2017
    4
    This is my first review, because I am so frustrated with this peace of **** right now... I heard somewhere that Bioware said they got influenced by Witcher 3. Well, I can't notice that anywhere in the game... I really liked ME 1-3, well written and interesting story, fun to play, played through the whole series and loved it, except ME3:s ending :)

    Bought ME:A on PS4. Don't know how it    This is my first review, because I am so frustrated with this peace of **** right now... I heard somewhere that Bioware said they got influenced by Witcher 3. Well, I can't notice that anywhere in the game... I really liked ME 1-3, well written and interesting story, fun to play, played through the whole series and loved it, except ME3:s ending :)

    Bought ME:A on PS4. Don't know how it runs on PC but on the PS4 it's crap. As soon as combat starts it lags alot, the FPS seems to drop remarkably, this almost alone makes the game unplayable for me. It's now patch 1.06 and the animations are still terrible. Im no "gameexpert" and usually don't care so much for the graphics, but in this game it's so bad so even I notice. The lighting sucks, like one part of the characters face is bright as hell and the other is dark. I haven't finished the game but so far the story is really uninteresting and the dialogue seems to sometimes been written by a 12-year old. I don't even know if I'm able to finish this ****.

    They said they were inspired by Witcher 3, what a **** lie... Well, why do they still have quests like find beacon on 5 different locations and so on like an MMO? Why have this piece of **** quests in a SP game? Who wants to run around in a SP-world and do this? Farming minerals in absurdum.

    And the countless bugs! Characters that are invisible when you talk to them, you are in combat all the time on the map so you cant fast travel and talk to NPC:s.

    So to sum it up:
    the story and the sidequests almost all sucks, no where near the quality in W3 they aimed for.
    bad FPS (PS4) which destroys the only thing that have been improved in the game; the combat.
    graphics, like the lighting and the lack of details and love in the world.
    in an rpg like this you need to have good animations, as it is now it sucks so hard you get distracted.
    dialogue is sometimes so bad and childish it's like a comedy, cant laugh though because I've spent 70$.
    MMO-quests (as in WoW) like collect 4 spacecrapthings on a map and get some XP is totally unfun.

    Maybe the combat and the graphics runs better on PC but the core of the game is still bad. You can put makeup on a pig, but it's still a pig. Though, the game is not a 1/10, some parts of the story is fine, the combatsystem and effects are ok.

    Thanks alot Bioware and EA for destroying the series!    … Expand
  80. goomshill
    Mar 24, 2017
    2
    If you stripped out the 'interactive movie' elements like characters, animation, storyline, music of both Mass Effect Andromeda and The Witcher 3, you'd be left with two games quite similar in quality and ambition- not at all compelling from a gameplay standpoint. When a role playing game becomes mostly a cinematic, it demonstrates the necessity of being well written, well animated andIf you stripped out the 'interactive movie' elements like characters, animation, storyline, music of both Mass Effect Andromeda and The Witcher 3, you'd be left with two games quite similar in quality and ambition- not at all compelling from a gameplay standpoint. When a role playing game becomes mostly a cinematic, it demonstrates the necessity of being well written, well animated and well acted. And thats where a Andromeda fails miserably and a game like The Witcher shows you how its done. I didn't enjoy either game as a 'game', but if you're going to try to be a movie, don't be awful at it. Nothing excuses this botched execution, not when its the title's selling point.… Expand
  81. sunnysunnyho
    Mar 26, 2017
    4
    When I first heard about Andromeda in E3 2015, I was really excited about it. But not until, I learnt that Casey Hudson (who directed the trilogy) left the game with a few other senior staff who developed the trilogy (e.g. Preston Watamanuk- lead designer, David Falkner - lead programmer, Mac Walters- lead writer). At that time I thought, OH MY GOD, the director(s) of the new team has toWhen I first heard about Andromeda in E3 2015, I was really excited about it. But not until, I learnt that Casey Hudson (who directed the trilogy) left the game with a few other senior staff who developed the trilogy (e.g. Preston Watamanuk- lead designer, David Falkner - lead programmer, Mac Walters- lead writer). At that time I thought, OH MY GOD, the director(s) of the new team has to be very very careful in designing Andromeda. Very likely that they will be people who are inexperienced of making AAA games or they simply cannot handle big projects like this Mass Effect reboot. They may think they can, but that doesn't mean they actually can. Most important, after 3 mass effect games, fans have built a certain expectation, high hopes if you like.

    My worries have come true. Andromeda is a disappointment, especially, it is a game trying to reboot the AAA series. I am a big fan of the original mass effect series. Firstly, it is because I enjoy exploring different galaxies, meeting different species, learn about their characters, conflicts and politics. Secondly, during that 40-50 hour gameplay (per game), I could establish a deep emotional connection, pretty much, with most of the characters. I didn't reply the series, and the last time I played ME3 was more than 5 years ago but the story, the characters and, of course, the crap endings are all still pretty much in my head.

    The most frustration point is Andromeda has so many potential and opportunities to be a superb, or even the best, highest ranked game ever. The fact that the game designer thought of exploring a new galaxy could mean many new species, new politics, new wars, new personalities, new characters, new conflicts. But they all are missed by the new development team!! Yes, you can explore new planets. Nevertheless, the new open world maps are big to be BIG, full of empty spaces and repeat buildings and structures and the side missions are all pretty much the same in all 4 planets. Boring and tedious, a well known problem in other RPG games. Due to poor writing, the characters are all more like passers-by, no emotions, no love, no connection. The combat is great (with super bio-power and tech), but you can't even customise your teammates! Don't even mention about facial animations, even mass effect 1 is better than Andromeda. I thought, I was playing a 15-year game but with HD resolution. The story isn't too bad actually, but the story missions are repetitive. All these issues mentioned above would have never been missed by an experienced development team. Sadly, the best talents (created the trilogy) left Bioware, left EA and it is difficult or nearly impossible to find a replacement for them. Not only they knew what they were doing and they got the experience but I admire their teamwork spirit in making the trilogy. The great Mass Effect is likely to be history without the original development team members.    … Expand
  82. Knagen81
    Mar 26, 2017
    2
    Very poor executed title, i feels rushed. I had a good laugh playing to hours of this game. Animations are broken, I cant even take this game serious. This is not what I expect from a mass effect game.
  83. shenlong
    Mar 28, 2017
    4
    EA just rushes games out to make as much money as possible. This game is proof of that. It's incredibly buggy and unpolished. They probably thought it would sell anyway because its called mass effect
  84. Fess257
    Mar 22, 2017
    0
    Если кратко- сюжет абсолютно ни какой.
    Анимации- лучше бы оставили статичные лица. как QA такое могло пропустить вообще не понятно
    Геймплей уныл. битвы не имеют вообще не имееют ни каких тактических составляющих. тупое рубилово. отдельно можно выделить вездеход- МЕ1 вернулся. точно такие же унылые покатушк. Диалоги- абсолютно невыразительны. Баги в игре встречаются очень часто: игра    Если кратко- сюжет абсолютно ни какой.
    Анимации- лучше бы оставили статичные лица. как QA такое могло пропустить вообще не понятно
    Геймплей уныл. битвы не имеют вообще не имееют ни каких тактических составляющих. тупое рубилово. отдельно можно выделить вездеход- МЕ1 вернулся. точно такие же унылые покатушк.
    Диалоги- абсолютно невыразительны.
    Баги в игре встречаются очень часто: игра зависает, фпс просаживаются сильно.

    Удовольствия от игры совсем не получил.
    Игру не рекомендую для покупки.    … Expand
  85. defive
    Mar 25, 2017
    2
    Bioware's devolution into just another bog standard EA dev shop spewing out mass market crap for the console kiddies continues apace. Mass Effect Andromeda is a mediocre shooter and an awful RPG, It's a confused mess of technical issues (poor animation, terrible faces), juvenile writing (it sounds like it was written by a collection of 14 year old Tumblr fanfic writers) and a vast andBioware's devolution into just another bog standard EA dev shop spewing out mass market crap for the console kiddies continues apace. Mass Effect Andromeda is a mediocre shooter and an awful RPG, It's a confused mess of technical issues (poor animation, terrible faces), juvenile writing (it sounds like it was written by a collection of 14 year old Tumblr fanfic writers) and a vast and empty open world model full of mindless fetch type side quests.

    There's very few redeeming features here - easily the worst game in the series.    … Expand
  86. WOP
    Mar 23, 2017
    2
    Although the game creates good additions like the Nomad there was so much taken away and the mechanics of the game is like playing a new IP. Not like you are playing a sequel to an ongoing franchise. The mechanics are choppy. On top of that, one of the things that made me love Mass Effect was because your choices mattered in the game. That was why Mass Effect 3 was so hated by many becauseAlthough the game creates good additions like the Nomad there was so much taken away and the mechanics of the game is like playing a new IP. Not like you are playing a sequel to an ongoing franchise. The mechanics are choppy. On top of that, one of the things that made me love Mass Effect was because your choices mattered in the game. That was why Mass Effect 3 was so hated by many because your choices didn't matter at the end. It was the same. It seems like that with this game. It doesn't matter how much I play, I don't feel like any choices make a difference to the story line. I always like the Paragon and Renegade system which allowed you to make choices if you was good, or bad, enough to make. Now you just give cookie cutter remarks to choices already made. Unfortunately BioWare has gone so far from what made Mass Effect 2 and amazing game and what made Mass Effect 3 good (excluding the ending), to the point that I had to give this rating. Unless BioWare goes back to these formulas that made the previous games great, I will not be coming back to BioWare.… Expand
  87. Jynx182
    Mar 23, 2017
    4
    From the lack of options for character creation, to the slow moving story, this game seems very rushed. I am a very big fan of Mass Effect 1-3, but this barely compares. Not a fan, would not recommend.
  88. l_f
    Mar 26, 2017
    0
    It's horrible. You can check out on Youtube how bad facial animations are. There's also tons of bugs with characters missing or running away from the dialogue screen during talking. Helmets magically disappear during cutscenes (even in highly hazardous environments) to further emphasize how badly faces are made, and reappear when the cutscene ends.
    Story and characters are on par with    It's horrible. You can check out on Youtube how bad facial animations are. There's also tons of bugs with characters missing or running away from the dialogue screen during talking. Helmets magically disappear during cutscenes (even in highly hazardous environments) to further emphasize how badly faces are made, and reappear when the cutscene ends.
    Story and characters are on par with Sonic the Hedgehog fanfictions written by edgy 11-year-olds, and is dragged out horribly with mindless MMO kind of quests, which could be acceptable maybe in 2003.
    Also, the game likes to **** itself and drop from 60 FPS anywhere to 10 FPS during dialogues and cutscenes with close-ups on faces.
    Oh, and the best part? I can't play the game with subtitles in its spoken language due to Origin restrictions on GAME KEYS, not accounts. Apparently, if I wanted to have english subtitles available, I should've bought the game from a retailer in a country where english is native. Good to know now!
    A well deserved zero. Suits who approved release of the game in this state should be fired and forever banned from working in entertainment industry.    … Expand
  89. Pannon
    Jun 26, 2017
    1
    Forget about the technical problems. The game is worse than average. Indie RPGS, action RPGS, Sci-fi _____ (insert whatever game) are better than this. Pointless dialogs, shoved in. Uninteresting characters, boring quests, boring crew, boring galaxy. The villain is a joke. Immersion: scraping paint from a rusty bucket is more immersive and fun.
  90. msalman
    Mar 27, 2017
    3
    This is by far the worst game BioWare has put out. Riddled with glitches, FPS and performance issues on consoles and crashes in Multiplayer make this games unplayable. And that's not counting the **** fetch quests and subpar dialog. Hard to believe how they let such an unpolished games out in an era where we have games like Witcher 3 and Horizon Zero Dawn.
    I couldn't even get myself to    This is by far the worst game BioWare has put out. Riddled with glitches, FPS and performance issues on consoles and crashes in Multiplayer make this games unplayable. And that's not counting the **** fetch quests and subpar dialog. Hard to believe how they let such an unpolished games out in an era where we have games like Witcher 3 and Horizon Zero Dawn.
    I couldn't even get myself to play after the initial 10 hours and a couple of main quests. Starts off slow and then just gets plain boring. The pacing is horrible. EA strikes again!    … Expand
  91. Chapa9dj
    Mar 23, 2017
    0
    This is not Mass Effect, it's just a generic space adventure that puts the real franchise to shame.
    The characters are bland, the animations are terrible, every single model seems like very poorly developed or rushed out of the door, same with their movements. The voice-acting is pretty mediocre, especially when compare to people that did tremendous job in previous ME games such as    This is not Mass Effect, it's just a generic space adventure that puts the real franchise to shame.
    The characters are bland, the animations are terrible, every single model seems like very poorly developed or rushed out of the door, same with their movements. The voice-acting is pretty mediocre, especially when compare to people that did tremendous job in previous ME games such as Michael Beattie, Keith David, Seth Green, Jennifer Hale, Brandon Keener, Martin Sheen and Mark Meer.
    That being said, space exploration is pretty boring, the galaxy map is a chore to navigate and the glitches and bugs that are a NO-NO for a triple A studio.

    The music is uninspiring, there's no Clint Mansell, Jack Wall or even Sam Hulick, it doesn't even come close to the previous Mass Effect. One of the things i mostly liked about Mass Effect was the music, and Andromeda fails terribly at accomplishing a decent soundtrack.

    Then we have generic enemies, some harbinger pimp-like trying to run the galaxy as he sees fits, but it falls flat, because instead of being scary and creepy, it's hilariously ridiculous.
    At least in the previous games there was a sense of urgency, an impending doom and constant threat of death... and don't even get me started on the ending, it makes ME3 ending looks like a masterful piece of art.

    Then moving on to the next topic, we have this constant and cringe-worthy sense of humour between characters, the unnecessary jokes and useless dialogues that makes the game look like a sitcom. 0 drama or tension at all.

    As for the Multiplayer, it's just useless, us true ME fans couldn't care less about the MP and i get the feeling they rushed the single player campaign just to focus on the MP.

    I'm truly disappointed and i'm glad i decided to step back in my pre-order and cancel it on time.
    The SJW pandering and the liberal agenda is also one of the biggest problems this game has, it has been taken over by people that shoehorned personal views and political ideologies in game.

    All in all, a forgettable experience and wouldn't recommend it unless it's $15 or $20 at best. Don't fall for the hype, this will never be a Mass Effect game.

    It's frustrating, i wanted this game to be good, i've waited 5 years and this is what we get. I'm sad disappointed and angry at the same time.    … Expand
  92. SpookyPete71
    Mar 26, 2017
    1
    This game should have easily been a 9/10. Story is pretty good I would say if you can get passed the cringe dialogue (terms like "stay frosty"), and sentences that just plain don't make sense during conversation and awful voice acting. Combat is meh, I find myself just spamming melee because the gunplay is just awful.

    These issues combined with the facial animation issue are pretty    This game should have easily been a 9/10. Story is pretty good I would say if you can get passed the cringe dialogue (terms like "stay frosty"), and sentences that just plain don't make sense during conversation and awful voice acting. Combat is meh, I find myself just spamming melee because the gunplay is just awful.

    These issues combined with the facial animation issue are pretty frustrating. It's pretty clear at this point the game wasn't ready to be released. When will management level bureaucrats realize that QA is important and gamers wont put up with this garbage half baked releases anymore.    … Expand
  93. chainspell
    Mar 23, 2017
    0
    Just terrible, worst thing about this game for me is that I spent $70 for the deluxe edition... Bugs galore, ugly ugly disgusting looking characters, pushing some weird SJW agenda, terrible voice acting and snorefest story. The game play is nothing new and is reminiscent of ME1 but its okay passable, however ME is supposed to be character and story driven which is where this game failed.
  94. yungroj
    Mar 28, 2017
    0
    This is what happens when you focus more on promoting sjw propaganda and diversity hires over actually making a decent video game. This is complete and utter garbage.
  95. Chronos1
    Mar 23, 2017
    3
    Other than the story being written by SJW idiots the combat is okayish.. RPG elements are there but still lacks that ME magic.. However it is a serious waste of $60.. wait for a cheap sale.
  96. SpectreOwnage
    Mar 24, 2017
    0
    This is what happens when EA and SJWs put their best effort into a game...might buy if it becomes free...and I want a good laugh....or I want to scare children with Ryder or whatever that thing is called.
  97. Aristurtle
    Mar 26, 2017
    4
    I liked the original trilogy and even though the issues we had with ME3, the game still did right by fans of the series. I wish I could say the same of ME:A but a generally rushed feeling lets this game down.

    I do believe the creators of mass effect andromeda meant to live up to fans expectations but quite simply put they did not. Theres a number of keys issues ranging from graphical    I liked the original trilogy and even though the issues we had with ME3, the game still did right by fans of the series. I wish I could say the same of ME:A but a generally rushed feeling lets this game down.

    I do believe the creators of mass effect andromeda meant to live up to fans expectations but quite simply put they did not. Theres a number of keys issues ranging from graphical glitches, a cell shaded type of texture (Ive tried tweaking all my graphics settings and cant seem to find a resolution), poor dialogue/facial animations (This is an rpg after all, immersion and story is key), AI glitches that break immersion/ kill the tempo.

    If this had been from a smaller studio of less talented developers then I would have more sympathy and understanding but due to the budget of this title and the creation time, I expected quite a high calibre of content.

    Simply put ME:A is a poor attempt to carry on/revamp the series. Accepting this from a AAA studio is not on. Those giving this 1/10 and 10/10 alike have their own agendas to push I believe. Honestly I would give this game an honest 4 as I believe it is a blatant money grab to ride off the series while leaving the content hollow and generally unmoving.    … Expand
  98. GrumpyReviewer
    Jun 18, 2018
    4
    I love the ME franchise. Mass Effect 2 is actually one of the best games I've ever played... and even though I got ME Andromeda on Day 1, I decided to wait as much as possible until it was patched, since it was a very troubled launch.

    Decided it was time to check it out. Sadly, I could not stand it after a few hours. Call it something else, please. This ugly mess is not Mass Effect.    I love the ME franchise. Mass Effect 2 is actually one of the best games I've ever played... and even though I got ME Andromeda on Day 1, I decided to wait as much as possible until it was patched, since it was a very troubled launch.

    Decided it was time to check it out. Sadly, I could not stand it after a few hours. Call it something else, please. This ugly mess is not Mass Effect. Boring, uninspired, uninteresting, never engaging, never fun, I was getting almost nothing from it. Ok, the combat was kind of fun, but I did not have the patience or interest to go through all the rest to get to it. Gave up.

    It is a sad thing that Andromeda is ME's swan song. This game is a mess.    … Expand
  99. kbar33w
    Mar 27, 2017
    3
    The story is okay, but even that is a stretch. The combat is dumbed down from previous versions. The dialog is gimmicky and full of cringe worthy moments. There are needless sequences anytime you go to/from a planet. The facial animations are like someone is using a Muppet. The amount of bugs I encountered seems high for a AAA game 5-years in development.

    I am now going to group this    The story is okay, but even that is a stretch. The combat is dumbed down from previous versions. The dialog is gimmicky and full of cringe worthy moments. There are needless sequences anytime you go to/from a planet. The facial animations are like someone is using a Muppet. The amount of bugs I encountered seems high for a AAA game 5-years in development.

    I am now going to group this game in with Dragon Age, wait a few months for all the reviews to come in, the updates and fixes to happen, and most importantly the price to come down. I wasted my time and money on this game and I do not trust EA or Bioware to do the right thing anymore.    … Expand
  100. Ltgentanz
    Mar 23, 2017
    0
    What a half baked piece of trash. Biggest disappointment of year. I feel I have been scammed out of money and forced to sit through some marxist indoctrination program. Shame on you EA! Shame on you.
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  1. Power Unlimited
    Oct 19, 2017
    78
    It might be the biggest, most complex and action packed game in the franchise, but Mass Effect: Andromeda is also the least convincing one. The dated facial animations, the inconsistent writing quality and the regularly occurring bugs take you out of the experience too often. On top of that, BioWare has not used the concept of a whole new universe to its full potential, which often makes it feel like Mass Effect: Andromeda has not left our Milky Way at all.
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  2. Playstation Official Magazine Australia
    Jul 7, 2017
    70
    While it’s underwhelming in places, there’s a lot to like as you venture into the weirder parts of Andromeda. Frequent technical issues hamper the experience a bit, as does an uninspiring main story. [June 2017, p66]
  3. Games Master UK
    Jun 6, 2017
    81
    A welcome, if slightly patch return for Mass Effect. The script has problems, but combat is bloody brilliant. [May 2017, p.62]
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