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al0324

Mar 22, 2017

5

Game plays like Dragon age Inquisition, which isn't the history of how Mass Effect trilogy plays. The ME trilogy sets the tone that you're already an elite soldier, carving your way thru space to save it. The writing is simple but fun. The mechanics, again, simple, but fun. It eventually evolves into a much more action packed game with story elements cut through it. The camera angles,Game plays like Dragon age Inquisition, which isn't the history of how Mass Effect trilogy plays. The ME trilogy sets the tone that you're already an elite soldier, carving your way thru space to save it. The writing is simple but fun. The mechanics, again, simple, but fun. It eventually evolves into a much more action packed game with story elements cut through it. The camera angles, story, and protagonist really makes ME what it is.

But ME:A... really plays like DA:I, with open worlds, tons of crafting, kind of docile characters and character development. It drops you in very "ho'hum" - not as much buildup as ME1, ME2, or ME3 intros. It's a very long drawn out intro/tutorial that i couldnt first put my finger on it, but once it dropped me into open world, made me realize it's DA:I but in space.… Expand

jfish718

Mar 21, 2017

1

For a gaming company I once considered the most innovative, most provocative story tellers with some above par game-play, I cannot express enough about my disappointment for "Mass Effect Andromeda." Bioware's nature to decline in quality from the glory days of "Dragon Age Origins" and the original "Mass Effect" series continues here.

This game is a glorified terrible sequel/reboot. TheFor a gaming company I once considered the most innovative, most provocative story tellers with some above par game-play, I cannot express enough about my disappointment for "Mass Effect Andromeda." Bioware's nature to decline in quality from the glory days of "Dragon Age Origins" and the original "Mass Effect" series continues here.

This game is a glorified terrible sequel/reboot. The animations are some of the worst carny looking examples that are full of bugs and baffle me how they got through testing with someone thinking anything beside "This looks horrible." (They're almost disturbing)

The game feels rushed, underwhelming and the story is a shell of the former glory of the original series. It's actually a very shocking result after the debacle of a ending that was the climax of the first trilogy. The characters are all worse than their original counter parts, and when you naturally compare them to the original cast all you can feel is a longing that you were back with your original gang from the first series, they were at least interesting and left the player with a emotional connection. You cannot grow a attachment for these lifeless monstrosity mannequins.

The games FILLED with uninteresting, none engaging filler side-quests, If I wanted to play a MMO style game i'd simply play a MMO, there is absolutely no excuse for quests that have no meaning to the game or story, it's off putting and makes the gamer want to stop playing. The tragedy of this is that there are some actual decent quests in the game. Unfortunately, there is no way to differentiate between a engaging quest and another pointless fetch filler quests - leaving you to ultimately abandon side-quests all together because of how off putting the filler quests are. It's very shameful considering that decade old bioware games didn't suffer from the misery of fetch quests yet almost every recent "Bioware" title thinks implementing them in their games is a good idea.

The illusion of choice is also apparent in this game. There are less than a handful of meaningful choices in a game which is supposed to have story driven content based of the users decisions, which I find a cardinal sin as this being a "Bioware" game. Casting out the "Paragon/Renegade" system is fine and dandy. However, removing the element of choice all together is completely unacceptable, it feels like fallout 4 all over again. It's truly heartbreaking.

The combat is below mediocre and a let down in general, you also cannot issue commands beside "stand here" to any of your companions. I'd give it a pass however, when the rest of the of the game truly lacks any strengths it's just another terrible example of why Biioware getting in bed with EA was the absolute worst idea for the studio. It's also mentioning that the game does not have a "quick save" option IN 2017! Terrible, and you also run the risk of corrupting your save if you save inside your ship.

A truly buggy experience that I'm shocked pass the editor's floor, this game at the very least should have been delayed and fixed all of the terrible bugs that hinder the game. Even then, I truly doubt it would be enough to save this terrible example of a game. A tremendous disappointment and every single person involved in this projected should be ashamed of themselves. It's more of a insult to the "Mass Effect" universe and those who loved this franchise than the original's trilogy's ending. Congratulations Bioware/EA you did what you seem to do best lately, disappoint.… Expand

jcanfis

Mar 21, 2017

4

I will try to review this Game on how well the different parts work together.
This game had a lot of good opportunities and the foundation for a good start. Unfortunately the overwhelming amount of small annoying bugs, rushed developments and bad choices breaks the flow of the game on the players immersion in a terrible way.
Negative: - UI is suffering from a lot of bad decisionsI will try to review this Game on how well the different parts work together.
This game had a lot of good opportunities and the foundation for a good start. Unfortunately the overwhelming amount of small annoying bugs, rushed developments and bad choices breaks the flow of the game on the players immersion in a terrible way.

Negative:
- UI is suffering from a lot of bad decisions (Profile Swap is not swapping weapons, inconsistent button settings, overcomplicated menus like quest tracking)
- missing save options can get players pretty angry
- stuck several times so badly that i had to return to orbit.
- you know about the animations :/
- planets feel huge and empty
- dialogues are a pain
- story copycat from ME3. Once again assimilation :/
- scan simulator 2.0
- decisions have no impact
- you can read or hear about important news but often you are not seeing them/taking part in them on the nexus
- Quest design

Positive
- Great object animations in space
- Nice quest start with the environment. Explosions on Nexus starts quest. Firework on the sky
- Combat feels fast paced and clean
- The Tempest is looking awesome !!!
- Loading times
- I like the profile switching (without the weapon part mentioned above

Resume: Overall i think a more linear approach would have been a better decision. The quality of the different development parts differs greatly. Many of the problems and bugs can not be patched (Quest placement, Dialogues). Sorry but this game is good in concept but the lack of practise in this development team shows.
Q&A not existing.

On my Rating:
Andromeda got a 4 from me although it might have been a 6. My main reason for only giving a 4 is because of a very personal emotional dislike of a story/dialogue option.
The conversation with my twin in coma did disturb me so much that i walked away from my console and did not want to play for some time.… Expand

TheFreeman148

Mar 25, 2017

8

really not understanding the low score. Having read through user reviews I've seen a lot of BLATANT lies about this game which makes me think people haven't even played the damn game in the first place. I'm about 6 hours in and am REALLY enjoying it so far. The dialogue and characters are interesting enough and the story is pretty solid! Lots of weapon choices and options forreally not understanding the low score. Having read through user reviews I've seen a lot of BLATANT lies about this game which makes me think people haven't even played the damn game in the first place. I'm about 6 hours in and am REALLY enjoying it so far. The dialogue and characters are interesting enough and the story is pretty solid! Lots of weapon choices and options for customization for your character. The star of the show for me is the combat. It is faster than previous games, intense, and encourages strategy to take out tougher groups of enemies. I did notice these bad facial animations but it really hasn't taken me out of the experience enough to give this game a 4 like other people have. I know its EA but they have made a huge game here that you can sink 50-80 hours into. Talk about bang for your buck. I've been a fan of this series since it launched a decade ago and I truly believe this is a good successor for the series. Give the game a chance and you'll see this low score IS NOT fair on this site… Expand

bowsie

Mar 22, 2017

8

I am really enjoying this game, I have found the first 15 or so hours exhilarating at times. I think they have really nailed the feeling of exploration, and the openness of the combat.

Some of the prominent criticisms are not without merit - I have come across a fair few bugs and the facial animations are disappointing. The jury is out on the story and characters, although I lovedI am really enjoying this game, I have found the first 15 or so hours exhilarating at times. I think they have really nailed the feeling of exploration, and the openness of the combat.

Some of the prominent criticisms are not without merit - I have come across a fair few bugs and the facial animations are disappointing. The jury is out on the story and characters, although I loved colonising my first planet. Some of the systems are too complex and burdensome, rather than flowing from the rest of the game.

The quest design is not W3 standards but it is a noticeable improvement over DA:I. Having completed the first open-world planet I did not feel any of the boredom and frustration I did in that game. Any of the random encounters are worth engaging in since the combat is so fun and varied - I think the combat is so open that it produces novel and emergent battle scenarios. I enjoy the feeling of progression - from the building of colonies to the improvements in the Nexus hub-station. I think the multi-player is just fine, it is too similar from ME3 to truly stand-out, but it is nice to boot it up from inside the single-player and a good change of pace from the campaign.

However I can honestly say that my overall experience from playing the game has been joy. I think the game has its flaws and I can see it is not for everyone, but personally I am completely enthralled by the galaxy Bioware have built and feel very happy that I have another 50-100 hours left to spend in it.… Expand

Merostin

Mar 21, 2017

4

This deserves no Mass Affection.

I keep it short:

ME1, ME2, ME3 are about story, characters, species and relations between the latter two.

ME Andromeda tries to be the same, but it also includes new gameplay layers due to its focus on an outdated openworld concept. The result: It fails at both ME's core elements (see above) and at being a great openworld game.

Sad, but true.

lokilaufeypurr

Mar 22, 2017

10

These reviews are largely overly critical.

This game is your standard Bioware fare with all the bugs and inconsistencies that go with it. This is a brand new story, keep that in mind, do NOT compare it to the original trilogy. Go into it with the mindset of ME1. If you love the series for what it is you will love this game. After talking with multiple fans of the series everyone hasThese reviews are largely overly critical.

This game is your standard Bioware fare with all the bugs and inconsistencies that go with it.

This is a brand new story, keep that in mind, do NOT compare it to the original trilogy. Go into it with the mindset of ME1. If you love the series for what it is you will love this game. After talking with multiple fans of the series everyone has positive reviews. It has all the feel of the previous ME games with UI set up and weaponry. The AI is surprisingly good for your teammates since you no longer can control them, which to be fair, I never bothered controlling them in the first place in the previous games, so for me that is no big loss. The only big issues seem to stem from the stutters and uneven framerate issues which I lay the blame more on the console than the game itself. (I get horrible screen tearing from even overwatch) But none of that affect the important part of the game, which is the greatly improved combat systems. The jetpack rocks. We needed it 3 games ago.... I have to say after waiting for this game, for me this met all of my expectations and then some. I can't wait to go back to it!

Happy space hunting folks!… Expand

DarkLordReveng

Mar 28, 2017

10

This was a fantastic game.

Does it have bugs. YES. So did Mass Effect 1, ME2, ME3. So did Dragon Age Origins. These large scale games often do have bugs. Thats the reality. The story is solid. This game had to introduce new players to the entire canon of information plus a TON of new information. So ya, it can start a little slow. But it gets so much better. It starts to gainThis was a fantastic game.

Does it have bugs. YES. So did Mass Effect 1, ME2, ME3. So did Dragon Age Origins. These large scale games often do have bugs. Thats the reality.

The story is solid. This game had to introduce new players to the entire canon of information plus a TON of new information. So ya, it can start a little slow. But it gets so much better. It starts to gain traction on Eos and by Kadara I was totally hooked. So many new questions I have which are leaving me on the edge of my seat already for the next game. Characters like Liam start off slow but they develop into really interesting characters as they go. Drack reminds me a lot of Garrus. The characters we loved from the original had 3 games to develop. Ashley and Kaiden were dull as dirt in ME1, even Garrus was great. ME2 made me love them and ME3 made them remarkable.

Andromeda deserves no where near the hate. The professional reviews are closer with fair concerns but also acknowledging the strengths. It does take much to see a pattern with the hate. Those that wanted a sequel to the original series hated this concept from the beginning and I won't even start on the ones who hate any game that shows the slightest bit of diversity. There are some generally insightful comments that give this a 7 and depending on what you like in a game that makes sense. But the 0 and 1s are ridiculious.

Give this game a chance, a real chance, and if you like these kinds of games you will enjoy it.… Expand

st211

Mar 21, 2017

8

The same people who rated this a 1 or 0 are probably the same people who thought No Mans Sky was the best game ever.

But seriously the game has some cosmetic things that needs patching up and isn't the most groundbreaking of the series, but a good game is still under all of this, so far the story seems cohesive enough to be good, and while the humans look a bit dumb or emotionless i amThe same people who rated this a 1 or 0 are probably the same people who thought No Mans Sky was the best game ever.

But seriously the game has some cosmetic things that needs patching up and isn't the most groundbreaking of the series, but a good game is still under all of this, so far the story seems cohesive enough to be good, and while the humans look a bit dumb or emotionless i am hoping they fix it sooner. I throughly enjoy it so far as is. May come back and redo the review upon completion.

I say read up on things and don't listen to all the negative, if you want a solid game, that plays well i recommend. And don't listen to all the hype behind "Oh this game is awful" read the good and bad and make a decision for yourself.… Expand

lastghost68

Mar 21, 2017

2

What has happened to Biowate? They are getting worse with each new game! I used to love the Mass Effect Series, but this is just a big Mess! From ugly characters that look like they are made of plastic to laughable animations, bad writing, voice acting sounds like teenagers voiced it! Just terrible.

moolymangler

Mar 21, 2017

10

This game is amazing. Sure there are some minor issues with pop in textures and facial animations, but this is thoroughly a mass effect game. It may not have Commander Shepard anymore but the Ryders do a decent enough job of at least trying to replace him. I dont feel there were enough moments where the main character had a chance to really shine. There definitely needs to be more doneThis game is amazing. Sure there are some minor issues with pop in textures and facial animations, but this is thoroughly a mass effect game. It may not have Commander Shepard anymore but the Ryders do a decent enough job of at least trying to replace him. I dont feel there were enough moments where the main character had a chance to really shine. There definitely needs to be more done with the writing, but aside from the minor technical flaws, and the sub par writing this game is an insanely fun game. Hopefully they can make a few changes with the dlc or the next installment in the series, because mass effect is definitely one of the best video game franchises ever made.… Expand

Dema9o9ue

Mar 21, 2017

8

This game clearly has a few issues. UI and facial animations are a bit sub-par. I honestly think the original Trilogy looked better graphically even in a side by side.

However, the combat is the best in the series. The new cover system is pretty awful but with the added mobility options cover isn't super necessary and isn't even that fun. It's more fun to beef up your health and go fullThis game clearly has a few issues. UI and facial animations are a bit sub-par. I honestly think the original Trilogy looked better graphically even in a side by side.

However, the combat is the best in the series. The new cover system is pretty awful but with the added mobility options cover isn't super necessary and isn't even that fun. It's more fun to beef up your health and go full Krogan on badies.

The writing is still pretty great IMO. I find the main storyline to be very intriguing and full of wonder. I also find the characters to be pretty interesting. Peebee being the most fun IMO.

I think this game suffers most because people compare it to a beloved trilogy that is some of the best video gaming out there. Try not to compare. Take it as its own game and story and allow yourself to have fun.… Expand

Dunny2k16

Mar 21, 2017

10

An amazing game that everyone hates because they like to follow the bandwagon that has been going around lately. 10/10 from me. Truly breathtaking experience.

redman443

Mar 21, 2017

1

I am a huge mass effect fan. I played and beat the 3 original games till I was blue in the face and loved them. I even read one of the novels and loved it. Naturally I was excited for this game. I was willing to look past the new galaxy and ship and characters. I pre ordered it and picked it up from gamestop. I started playing it and at first it was okay but as I got into the main story,I am a huge mass effect fan. I played and beat the 3 original games till I was blue in the face and loved them. I even read one of the novels and loved it. Naturally I was excited for this game. I was willing to look past the new galaxy and ship and characters. I pre ordered it and picked it up from gamestop. I started playing it and at first it was okay but as I got into the main story, it seemed very repetitive and bland to me and not the story I was used to from the first 3 games. I was willing to look past the horrible face animations which looked downright creepy not gunna lie and tried to get into the plot but I just wasnt feeling the magic from the original series. The animation sucks, the story was written by an 8th grader and is bland and predictable, the weapons crafting system is incredibly confusing. The characters do not have any emotion. I cant name a time one of the characters got angry or happy or sad. It was like a robot was talking and not a human character. Now if you are new to Mass Effect, you might like this game but if you loved the previous games. its pales in comparison to 1 2 and 3. Thank you Bioware for wasting my time and money. I ended up returning my copy and trading it in for another game.… Expand

Slowery

Mar 21, 2017

8

Playing just over 20 hours, we can say that playable, the game is not as good as the previous parts, but playable.
At its 8 (with a stretch of course), she deserved, but only with the stretch set as a fan of the series.

Azeriel

Mar 31, 2017

0

Remember when they said they wanted to make a game that rivals "The Witcher 3"?

Kinda made you wonder if they were saying that ironically because at this point they are not even playing in the same league anymore. The best part about one of the high scoring reviews on this site was and I quote "Bioware was never known for their strong dialogue". HAH! Shows you the level of exposureRemember when they said they wanted to make a game that rivals "The Witcher 3"?

Kinda made you wonder if they were saying that ironically because at this point they are not even playing in the same league anymore.

The best part about one of the high scoring reviews on this site was and I quote "Bioware was never known for their strong dialogue". HAH! Shows you the level of exposure these "high-scorers" have with Bioware games.

If you're an old-school Mass Effect fan (like I am), feel free to skip this one - or get it once it's heavily discounted with all DLCs included. There is nothing Mass Effect about this except in name and the "sci-fi" theme. You lost control over your squad, you lost squad customization, you lost paused strategy, and you lost having all your abilities instead of just 3 loadouts per combat. Furthermore, this is not a Mass Effect story you'd love and respect. Facial animation and all the other glitches are one thing, the simple fact that you simply couldn't care less to the two main protagonists (because they're as bland as a sack of potato) is another. Unlike Shephard, the game removes majority of you meaningful interaction and decision by removing the Paragon/Renegade option. All four options of your dialogue wheels pretty much saying the same thing with a different intonation or sentence structure. If the original Mass Effect trilogy is an epic full-length premium cinema, this is their direct-to-DVD spin off.

If this is your first RPG however, and you never played Mass Effect before. Go for it. You have no greatness to base on, and the simplified RPG system of this game will serve you well as a training wheel of such genre going forward. Not to mention there will be more than enough flashy combats to keep your attention glued to the screen before you can repeatedly press skip on the next conversation.

TL;DR, if you're a Mass Effect fan, let the taste of that great masterpiece fade with Shepard instead of being marred by this new release. If you're new to the genre, the franchise, or just looking for a mediocre cover-based shooter masqueraded as a Fischer-Price RPG. This is for you.

In the era where we seen The Witcher 3, GTA V, and Horizon Zero Dawn, in what way this garbage release is deemed acceptable?… Expand

tenafter

Mar 21, 2017

8

First off let me say, I've played 30 hours and still enjoying my time with ME:A... If you are a fan of the series just think of this as Rouge One in a sense. The fresh story will keep you locked in despite the tech issues...

Graphics: (7) Well this is hit or miss, it looks great until characters start moving in cut sense... But the voice acting is so good after a few hours you'll notFirst off let me say, I've played 30 hours and still enjoying my time with ME:A... If you are a fan of the series just think of this as Rouge One in a sense. The fresh story will keep you locked in despite the tech issues...

Graphics: (7) Well this is hit or miss, it looks great until characters start moving in cut sense... But the voice acting is so good after a few hours you'll not think about it (it's actually so bad it's enjoyablely funny)

Sound: (10) If it is one think they got 100% right it's the sound, every gun blast, jet pack sound, chatter is dead on...

Gameplay: (8) It's Mass Effect at its core, but didn't improve on anything.., if this game came out in 2014 it would be game of the year... but Bioware raised the bar so high in these sorta open ended RPG's that other games (Witcher3, etc) had to meet those expectations... sadly ME:A does not but it's still a hell of a lot of fun...

FunFactor: (9) I am having a blast with this game, I know it's s let down but if you take away the hype and the name and just play the game like a new ip you will too have a blast with this...

P.s : Most reviews attack this games of lip sync and other tech stuff... if you play a game like Zelda that doesn't have that problem because it doesn't do all the tech things.... so is it better to not have features or to have them but not work as they should?… Expand

Nareke

Mar 21, 2017

0

The AI is a mess. If the AI is bad in the first 10 hours, it's going to be bad throughout the game. There's no reason why it would suddenly magically improve later.

frans_nordstedt

Mar 21, 2017

0

this quality is simply unacceptable for an triple-A title in 2017.

-A 12 year old could write better story and dialogues -Characters and Animations are simply unacceptable -Buggy as hell -Boring/arcade-ish gameplay that feels targeted for small children -Mediocre graphics most of the time -Exploration is pointless (unless youre only searching for loot, dont expect to find anythis quality is simply unacceptable for an triple-A title in 2017.

-A 12 year old could write better story and dialogues
-Characters and Animations are simply unacceptable
-Buggy as hell
-Boring/arcade-ish gameplay that feels targeted for small children
-Mediocre graphics most of the time
-Exploration is pointless (unless youre only searching for loot, dont expect to find any exciting story elements at all)

I tried really hard to finish the game, just to make my money worth something, but unfortunately i couldn't… Expand

TheTG

Mar 21, 2017

0

Absolute garbage and waste of my money, very bad game. Full of glitches and bugs, boring gameplay and terrible story and animations. Poorly optimized, everything about this game is an epic failure, how could this have happened?

Zlare

Mar 21, 2017

10

Characterdevelopment is great with many choices and skills. Rather than having a class system you can create your own class now. The world is beautiful and actualy visualy reflects your progress in main and side story in the form of outposts and the new citadel, which actualy grow and develop. The battle system is fluid and fun. The new vehicle is a lot fun and controls a lot better thanCharacterdevelopment is great with many choices and skills. Rather than having a class system you can create your own class now. The world is beautiful and actualy visualy reflects your progress in main and side story in the form of outposts and the new citadel, which actualy grow and develop. The battle system is fluid and fun. The new vehicle is a lot fun and controls a lot better than the one in Mass Effect 1.
However the game has its flaws aswell. The face animations are pretty bad. After a few hours it didnt realy bother me anymore, but it has to be said. The story is interesting and very different. I like to compare it to a more anime like story where the characters are funny and cool, sometimes in an exaggerated but funny matter. Of course there are also plenty of serious moments in the game.

The game is great and a lot of fun. It is not perfect but it is a solid 8 out of 10. The 10 rating is supposed to counter the clownes who gave 0-4. Most haters just dont like Biowares political opinion. Dont miss out on such a great game.… Expand

akraje47

Mar 21, 2017

10

Resume:
Better than ME1 and ME3. Worst than ME2.
Not a single glitch found, amazing atmosphere, sound, climate. Each planet is unique! Nice graphics, more paced combat (which is very nice and fluid). Amazing cover system, really usefull.
Also, unique game in current gen. There is nothing like it on market.

Kubasa_Undead

Jul 3, 2017

6

First of all I wanna say that I'm a die-hard fan of Mass Effect's franchise and that fact makes it very hard for me. So. let's start with saying that this game definitely did not live up to my expectations. It still is a solid game but there are a lot of things missing or made completely wrong. It's very sad because I was really waiting for this release for a long time. But let's get toFirst of all I wanna say that I'm a die-hard fan of Mass Effect's franchise and that fact makes it very hard for me. So. let's start with saying that this game definitely did not live up to my expectations. It still is a solid game but there are a lot of things missing or made completely wrong. It's very sad because I was really waiting for this release for a long time. But let's get to the game itself, it's as I said- solid. It has most of the modern open-world game mechanics and it works pretty good. My overall experience was great, I've had fun playing it. I just think that it shouldn't be called Mass Effect because it doesn't feel like it.… Expand

spookydook

Feb 26, 2019

10

This was received as mixed on release , as the original trilogy had us all captivated for years.. Andromeda is a new adventure , with a new agenda , and after a few updates and a revisit it is a rather special game. Anthem take note ...

kirpolnov

Jan 3, 2021

10

Good adventure and game play. After a while, the game is fixed from bugs, and looks very good.

tom974

Sep 30, 2019

7

Good game, lacking the aura of the original trilogy but it still is damn good to go back to this universe.

TeaTom92

Jun 2, 2020

8

Mass Effect: Andromeda is pretty great. I had an excellent time with this game. It isn’t perfect, and it certainly doesn’t *run* perfectly, but I never experienced anything game breaking. The development behind the game was a damn hellscape so the fact they got it this good is no small feat. I feel like it was popular and trendy to hate this game, so it was hated. EA and Bioware completelyMass Effect: Andromeda is pretty great. I had an excellent time with this game. It isn’t perfect, and it certainly doesn’t *run* perfectly, but I never experienced anything game breaking. The development behind the game was a damn hellscape so the fact they got it this good is no small feat. I feel like it was popular and trendy to hate this game, so it was hated. EA and Bioware completely shot themselves in the foot by releasing it so early, when it needed a few months of clean up. If this game released in June instead of March I’m willing to bet it would have been received a lot better.… Expand

Dealek

Sep 16, 2021

9

Me encanto el sistema de combate, solo que siento que le falto ser mas pulido en general al juego

star_nerdy

Apr 1, 2017

6

Overall, the game was ok. What bugged me the most were easily correctable things that people didn’t think through. Here are some of the things that I think would have made the game better:

1. Get to the planet faster. Once a system has been explored 100%, we should go straight to the planet. The animations of going from planet to planet are pretty, but it’s something that demosOverall, the game was ok. What bugged me the most were easily correctable things that people didn’t think through. Here are some of the things that I think would have made the game better:

1. Get to the planet faster. Once a system has been explored 100%, we should go straight to the planet. The animations of going from planet to planet are pretty, but it’s something that demos really well, but in practice it gets tiresome.

I’ve explored the system, there is nothing new, so why should I have to click on a system, then click on a planet and then click on a landing spot? That’s 3 clicks that could be minimized into 1.

2. Universal shop. I get it, all these planets have different shops with different things to offer. That’s cute. How about all the shops have the same stuff, except things cost more at certain shops because they have to pay extra to have it shipped?

I hate having to run around the universe to find element zero or maybe find a mod. One stop shopping would be nice. In the real world, these shops would be talking, so they should talk in the game.

3. Targets for every mission. Some missions have targets and some have you run around guessing and trying to uncover things. I’m sorry, I finished the story mode and am going for 100%. I hate having to go on forums and try to find where everything is.

Maybe you can buy maps with everything on it on those planets. IDK how it’s done, but guidance on where to go next for every mission item is ideal. Running around scanning things gets super old super fast.

4. Where are things. To piggy back on #3, some missions say find a tablet or something random. That’s fine, but it won’t tell me what planet I got the mission on. So now I don’t know the location or even planet the mission was assigned on. This gets annoying when all you have are tasks left and can’t remember where to go.

5. Glitches. Forget animations, when you arrive on planets you arrive without a helmet and then the screen goes black and reloads with your helmet. Some planets have doors to places you need to go that won’t open. I expect glitches week 1. I just hope this is short term not long.

6. Shorter conversations. Less is more.

7. In the future, have actors record together! It’s super annoying to hear actors argue as part of the story and you can almost hear where audio was cut and spliced together. If they interact on script, they should record together. Audio spliced together is lazy and sucks.

8. Character writing. Some characters do grow on you. But some…yikes. Some of the scripts are bad. The words on paper seem ok (which means heavy editing is needed), but besides that they are emotionless.

This is a preference thing, but I would have preferred Cora didn’t have the whole Asari arc. In fact, I would have swapped Cora and Vetra’s stories. I also would have made the Krogan female, the doctor human and male and I would have made the loyalty missions more fun.

9. Slow down! Some parts of the story were rushed. I would have appreciated if certain parts were slowed down. Getting to know Ryder and his father more, get to know the crew more, understanding the universe, how dire things are, why some people are on the planet and out of stasis and others aren’t, etc. The story should have been slower.

I had to purposefully slow myself down because you can gun through the story in 10 hours if you’re not careful.

10. Make simple what you can. I think the game was too busy trying to be too much. A simple story about everyone being stranded and lost, trying to get everyone united, terraforming planets, but finding out there are reasons why your scientists were wrong on the planet would have been nice.

So many good missions could have been made with this. You could have had western style missions bringing order to outposts. You could have had missions where you’re connecting outposts. You could have seen outposts grow due to connectivity and taking down Kett bases. Then, you find out there are alien things in the grown you can unlock and then you find out they can fix the planet. You do this on one planet and then your dad dies. Then, being the only one that knew what he did, you are tasked with helping other planets.

Overall:
There was potential and there still is potential. I’d argue that Mass Effect Andromeda would benefit greatly from better writers. I’d happily write or help plot what happens next. There’s plenty of potential, but you have to keep things simple.

Also, stupid running around missions are super old and annoying. Don’t have me run around to scan things to then tell someone what I found. That’s super lazy and cheap. Make it mean something.… Expand

GsPlayer

May 15, 2017

4

As the 810 reviewer, I understand this wont get read much. But the game was such a disappointment, I couldn't help but put a review in.

The tone of the game is just terrible. Travelling to a new galaxy should bring high levels of excitement and 'fear of the unknown' to the characters. Instead, it's self-consumed whinny wimps, asking for you to make them feel better everywhere youAs the 810 reviewer, I understand this wont get read much. But the game was such a disappointment, I couldn't help but put a review in.

The tone of the game is just terrible. Travelling to a new galaxy should bring high levels of excitement and 'fear of the unknown' to the characters. Instead, it's self-consumed whinny wimps, asking for you to make them feel better everywhere you turn.

Ryder talks like a civilian and lacks any true leadership skills or toughness, although he/she is a good smart ass at times.

Driving around in the future's worst off road vehicle is just brutal. And made three times worse given you have to listen to your team member's P@ssy Whinny Wimpy Self Absorbed banter the whole time.

Gameplay is long and tedious, and outside of a handful of good battles the shooting is easy and repetative.

Im just finishing the game in hope of the next game being better, and to see if any of my choices actually matter to the ultimate outcome.… Expand

CTDave

Apr 10, 2017

4

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. ******MILD SPOILERS******

I was a huge fan of the original trilogy, though I was critical of the final 20 minutes of the ME3 to the point where I stopped playing the games entirely until the ending got patched up.

I went into playing this game with some expectations, as BioWare had done an awesome job on Dragon Age: Inquisition and had seemingly redeemed themselves in my eyes, and thus, I relinquished $90 for the deluxe edition of Andromeda. I sincerely wish I hadn't. I should have waited until Black Friday to scoop the game up on sale.

The game is unoriginal and liberally borrows/steals from the original trilogy. Essentially, this is Mass Effect, just with: slightly upgunned graphics; a slightly new galaxy (where it seems physics really took a holiday); gender swapped, carbon copies of old squad mates; even the new enemies, the Kett, are essentialy dumbed down Reapers.

It was a tough to slog through the first 8 hours, where I'd give the game a 3/10, but then the game opens up and BAM! 7/10. The next 30 hours were a delight to sit through...

But then, 80 hours and far too many fetch quests later, the game has left too many threads open for the sequel rather than wrapping things up. After 80 hours, you begin to really see that the graphics were not where they should be with the current power of consoles, with too much texture pop-in, frame rate drop, and weird animation glitches. The game beat me down via poor design.

They had 5 years and $40 million to get this done. They relied far too heavily on name recognition to get them through, and have lost me as a day 1 buyer. I will wait until their new titles go on sale before laying down my hard earned cash on them again.

My final score is 4/10. Sad given that I really wanted to like this game.… Expand

Knightley

Mar 28, 2017

7

Mass Effect Andromeda is a game that I was honestly looking forward to in 2017. Although my worries appeared after the memes of the game's animation surfaced. Despite all of the backlash, I thought I'd get it and judge for myself (thank god for prime savings).
Starting off i must admit that yes the game isn't the best to look at, it's covered in bugs, and overall lacks polish. The gameMass Effect Andromeda is a game that I was honestly looking forward to in 2017. Although my worries appeared after the memes of the game's animation surfaced. Despite all of the backlash, I thought I'd get it and judge for myself (thank god for prime savings).
Starting off i must admit that yes the game isn't the best to look at, it's covered in bugs, and overall lacks polish. The game itself feels like it's still in beta and didn't get put through any worthwhile QA testing. Even through all of this, I feel I had one of the better experiences with only minor framerate drops and certain characters popping in and out of locations. In addition, I got my Ryders to look somewhat decent. In spite of all this, most of the aliens manage to look pretty good while most of the humans look like plastic dolls.
The story and writing of Andromeda is honestly not very good. As new players are thrown into a giant pile of exposition. Ryder makes way too many jokes all the time (most not funny), taking barely anything in the entire game even slightly seriously. The romances that Bioware has become so well known for are rather disappointing, as most of them happen late game or barely happen at all.
By far the best part of the experience was the combat. There's an added layer of mobility with the new jump jets. No more class restrictions or level caps (that I know of) give a feeling of freedom that wasn't really in previous games. It may start off slow when you have nothing unlocked but it only gets better as you progress
There's also multiplayer but I couldn't even be bothered to try it as it's pretty much horde mode with microtransactions. The menus are also confusing to navigate. There's a crafting system that is just plain not fun. I enjoyed the crafting in Dragon Age: Inquisition, so i'm curious as to why they didn't just carry over that system instead of this mess.
Despite all of it's flaws, I did enjoy the game. In it's current state it deserves more of a 6.5 but it gets a 7 because I was feeling generous, and because of my better experience with the game. In the end it feels more like a Dragon Age game with a Mass Effect paint job.… Expand

sadamo1

Apr 6, 2017

4

This is not a fully baked game. The game play isn't snappy at all. "Cumbersome: is a better word to describe it. Controller inputs are "drifty" so when you point Ryder in a particular direction there seems to be too much momentum. Also, the graphics are almost laughable for an XBox One game. The characters graphics in the first three were much better which is an enormous stepThis is not a fully baked game. The game play isn't snappy at all. "Cumbersome: is a better word to describe it. Controller inputs are "drifty" so when you point Ryder in a particular direction there seems to be too much momentum. Also, the graphics are almost laughable for an XBox One game. The characters graphics in the first three were much better which is an enormous step backwards. You would almost have to try to mess them up given the advanced power of a third generation console. All in all I'm disappointed so far. I have heard that the "updates" will improve the game but this is a perfect example of a developer bringing a product to market well before it is ready. Even worse, it is not like there was a huge lead time issue here. It had already been several years since ME3. Why not hold the release until you are ready? Really disappointed so far, especially considering this is one of my all time favorite franchises.… Expand

sikfuk

Apr 8, 2017

0

BW needs to hire competent people to make their games in the future. this is not good. i miss the good old games like Kotor, Jade Empire, Dragon Age: Origins. back then the company had a passion for making great games with a fantastic story. now the company has been infested with sick people who focus more on pushing their twisted political and social agenda rather than making good games.

Alecj

Apr 19, 2017

7

Mass Effect Andromeda is a good game with too much expectation and pedigree to allow that to be enough. It should have been better. It seems like corners were cut. Why? The tech issues it has are inexplicable. The lack of focus leaves you prone to meandering through the open worlds lacking that feeling of purpose the previous games in the franchise gave you.

BUT- purely as a spaceMass Effect Andromeda is a good game with too much expectation and pedigree to allow that to be enough. It should have been better. It seems like corners were cut. Why? The tech issues it has are inexplicable. The lack of focus leaves you prone to meandering through the open worlds lacking that feeling of purpose the previous games in the franchise gave you.

BUT- purely as a space adventure, on the merit of its combat and expansive worlds to discover, ME:A is still a fun friggin game.

The multiplayer is exactly the same as it was in ME3 which seems, like one of several missed opportunities for the franchise to innovate much like its predecessors. Its a good enough system, but why not try some new ideas or attempt to make it even better. It truly seems like a straight remaking of a MP component that is over 5 years old.

The characters are not as strong as the previous trilogy but i have a few favorites.

Overall, it isnt a bad game when judged on its own merit, but place it next to the paradigm change caused by the original Trilogy, and it seems a bit middling.

Also after a long, well funded development cycle in the care of Bioware, it should have been better.

I still have enjoyed my 60 hours with Mass Effect Andromeda, and plan on continuing for a couple dozen more. Just dont go in with inflated expectations and you may come away having enjoyed your time with ME:A… Expand

Achtlos

May 7, 2017

7

We all know this game has unforgivable technical faults, considering it's the 4th instalment in a series, running on much better hardware than the previous games. I picked this up and started playing more recently, commencing after some of the patches. (I did play the preview hours last month). The game is undeniably fun. The graphics work well presenting great vistas, just the animationsWe all know this game has unforgivable technical faults, considering it's the 4th instalment in a series, running on much better hardware than the previous games. I picked this up and started playing more recently, commencing after some of the patches. (I did play the preview hours last month). The game is undeniably fun. The graphics work well presenting great vistas, just the animations are poor at times. The dialogue choices can often feel like there's no distinction between two opposite paths. The open world "go to point A then B" is falling into the Ubisoft "Map or markers" trap. All that said, the game is engaging and the Sci Fi plot, although clichéd is very fun.… Expand

jimjim101

Mar 26, 2017

7

If you're not giving it a rage-score and you're not giving it a fan-score, this Mass Effect sequel is a firm 7. It's a good game, but not a great game - and with very noticeable flaws. In its current state, you can expect to see inconsistent texture quality, pop-in, the map looking like garbage for half a second every time you go to it, rough level geometry, and bad camera positioning (inIf you're not giving it a rage-score and you're not giving it a fan-score, this Mass Effect sequel is a firm 7. It's a good game, but not a great game - and with very noticeable flaws. In its current state, you can expect to see inconsistent texture quality, pop-in, the map looking like garbage for half a second every time you go to it, rough level geometry, and bad camera positioning (in conversations). Some people see this as "rushed", but the fact is that the quality is there - the models and textures for example are better than any previous Mass Effect game - but there's a lack of polish which speaks to an overwhelming push for features.

What about those features? It has the usual Mass Effect/Bioware explore/fight/quest loop that keeps you moving forward until you suddenly realise that eight hours have passed. That one-more-objective addictiveness is propelled by good-quality story and cutscenes, different for the Mass Effect universe (no Reapers here, it seems!) but with a lot of influences from other sci-fi sources. It's a new galaxy with new characters, and ME3's "galactic readiness" activities have segued into basic colony-building, a vastly less boring result. There's more involved crafting than before, but the only benefits relate to combat.

The best summary of its shortcomings is that after the publisher/developer logos come up, the first thing you see (with a complete install) is... a loading screen, not even the game splash because that's what it's loading. The combat is in the normal vein for the series: completely serviceable but not really exciting or interesting, and it keeps throwing you into it. The RPG elements are the very traditional run-here-do-that-talk-to-npc loop that you've seen a million times. It's as if the Mass Effect team suddenly forgot everything they've learned about making games (tech aside) since Mass Effect 1; or, as if the guys who made the Star Trek reboot tie-in game in 2013 had been given a heap of money to try their hands at Mass Effect.

We'll probably look back at this as a good one that was overshadowed by a bad launch and unfortunate timing in being released so close to the well-loved Breath of the Wild. For me, it's a notch below Mass Effect 2: I'll play it, I'll finish it, then I'll never go back.… Expand

Troublewalking

Mar 25, 2017

8

If your a fan of Bioware roleplaying games and Mass Effect, you should have this game. After having played this game for 4 days since release. I have not seen any of the bugs that are floating on the internet, neither has anyone else in my house playing it.. In fact, it seems the people who 0 bombed this, never played this on Xbox. As XB1 doesn't seem to have the issues in those videos. AtIf your a fan of Bioware roleplaying games and Mass Effect, you should have this game. After having played this game for 4 days since release. I have not seen any of the bugs that are floating on the internet, neither has anyone else in my house playing it.. In fact, it seems the people who 0 bombed this, never played this on Xbox. As XB1 doesn't seem to have the issues in those videos. At least not the extreme cases. It does have some animation wonkieness and the bodies stand like puppets from far angles. But all the Mass Effect games have that odd animation issues. So far it's not the best in the Mass Effect series. For me that's 2. But it's pretty good. So I give it an 8.… Expand

Vheod

Mar 24, 2017

9

If you were thinking of buying the game, do it! Don't let the negative reviews affect you. Positive things far outweigh the negative here. I think Andromeda is quite a bit better than the original trilogy. So many things have been done better here.
Let's begin with the positives. I'll try to keep it short.
+ Character creation. It's excellent, just what you can expect from bioware. AllIf you were thinking of buying the game, do it! Don't let the negative reviews affect you. Positive things far outweigh the negative here. I think Andromeda is quite a bit better than the original trilogy. So many things have been done better here.
Let's begin with the positives. I'll try to keep it short.
+ Character creation. It's excellent, just what you can expect from bioware. All the sliders and options are there for you to tinker. Many of the preset faces are ugly, but you can pick the best one and edit it to your liking. Scars, tattoos, hairstyles ect. The character animations overall are not bad. I found most of the hilarious ones during the prologue and only a few after that. Even the original trilogy had it's funny moments with animations, so I STRONGLY disagree with anyone having issues with animations. It's certainly not a problem here.
+ Galaxy map. Its the most extensive yet! You have all the various solar systems in there, you can mine asteroids, find anomalies, scan and land on planets! The map is also now beautifully animated and you can fly through the space which is beautiful.
+ Leveling system. You are not locked to a specific class but rather create your own class depending on what skills you choose. You have lots of ways to spec your character, and it's rewarding. Only things I miss from original mass effect are skills like hacking ect.
+ Crafting. You have LOTS of different blueprints to research and then develop. Much better than anything found in the previous mass effect games. Makes mining and exploring every corner of the world rewarding!
+ Characters and story. Writing is excellent as usual and you will certainly find the characters you love and the ones you hate. There's also a lot of variation here with different species and personalities. This game has some GREAT cutscenes! It really feels like watching scifi series or a movie. There also a lot of different things going on in the story at the same time which keeps it interesting.
+ Best combat yet! If you get tired of playing a certain way, its easy to try different tactics with the "jetpack" ability. You'll find trying other thing to than just staying in cover. And the fact that your main character can now use all, combat, tech and biotic powers together is awesome.
+ Nomad and Exploration. Finally I can drive on the planets again! My wish after the first mass effect was to get more in depth driving and exploration with mako and now I got it :) This is on of the best parts of the game. You can change between two driving modes, all terrain or speed. You can jump with the nomad, use speed burst, turn on driving lights, mine minerals using mining interface.. It's all great and what I was expecting from mass effect 2 and 3 but never got...
+Pacing and overall gameplay. I find myself doing more talking and exploring than fighting which is amazing! This really feels like space RPG and not an linear action-rpg like mass effect 2 and 3 for example. The game is also almost as long as the damn trilogy combined.. This is all great but it's not a surprise it will drive away most casual players.

And now the negative, which isn't much.
- Bugs. The largest problem I had was doors. In every gaming session I ran to a problem with doors not opening at some instance. And still this wasn't anything game breaking since if you just saved and loaded where you were, it got fixed or just waiting a bit and moving in front of the door got it to open. Other small problems were facial textures not fully loading on conversations, game freezing for a sec when driving or small framerate issues. Nothing to worry about.
- Music. This time around the music is much more minimalistic and there isn't enough of it. Some of it is great, but especially when you are out exploring there should be more atmospheric music. Original mass effect had GREAT tracks and here I think andromeda doesn't reach to the same level.
- Graphics. While okay most of the time, I think more could have been done here. I am bigger fan of gameplay, story and characters so that's why this doesn't bother much.… Expand

ZMannZilla

Apr 9, 2017

4

Mass Effect Andromeda has a lot of hurdles to overcome, the biggest being "the new chapter of an epic IP famous for a deep rich storytelling experience". I went into ME:A trying to be fair and remembering that this was supposed to be a whole new story set in the Mass Effect universe. This means I was able to find wholly unique reasons to dislike it on its own merits.

While the gameMass Effect Andromeda has a lot of hurdles to overcome, the biggest being "the new chapter of an epic IP famous for a deep rich storytelling experience". I went into ME:A trying to be fair and remembering that this was supposed to be a whole new story set in the Mass Effect universe. This means I was able to find wholly unique reasons to dislike it on its own merits.

While the game wasn't entirely terrible, here are the other hurdles I had to get over to find the little nuggets of fun:

- BLATANT palette-swapping: You can look at so much and tell which Mass Effect things they were either smooshing together or baltantly lifting. Peebee = Liara/Jack, Jaal = Javik/Garrus, Remnant = Geth/Proteans, and so on. There's also a lot of things that make the game feel like Dragon Age Inquisition wearing a Mass Effect skinsuit - Architect (read: dragon) battles, the crafting system, and the strike teams thing come right to mind.

- So... Much... Busy work: There are way, WAY too many missions in this game that boil down to "go to 3 places and do a thing", and/or include "go to 3 or more planets to do things", because spending 30% of your total mission time sitting through transitional animations and load screens counts as play time, I guess?

- The scanner is just obnoxious: What seems like it should be a cool feature ends up becoming the bane of your existence, as you'll waste so much time (which again, apparently counts as play time) trying to find the tiny thing that's making your controller vibrate.

- The entire "twin sibling" thing: Without spoiling anything, I felt like they did nothing good or fun with this otherwise intriguing concept

- Lame payoffs: Again, no spoilers, but SO MANY stories and missions in this game end with lame payoffs, and the cheesy unsatisfying conclusion of the final battle, followed by a sudden cut to credits, should take the crown away from the end of ME3 as the worst official ending in the series.

- Obvious sequel setups: Not to nitpick, but ME1 didn't actually leave any gaping cliffhangers in its subplots. By contrast, ME:A leaves you hanging SO HARD on multiple fronts.

- Planet Kadara. Just... ALL of it. Movement in Kadara is unnecessarily clunky, between the "switch from city to surface" thing and the doors that open way slower than literally every other door in the galaxy. But hey, it adds play time! This game deserves Hell just for turning its version of Omega into the most annoying place to spend any time. Honorable mention: Planet Havarl can also go sit in the corner and think about what it did.

- And yeah, blah blah bugs, blah blah bad faces, blah blah et cetera, honestly this stuff didn't bother me nearly as much because I already knew about them and frankly, that's just AAA gaming these days.

OK, so I got through all that... what was good about it? What kept me playing to the end? Here it is:

- The angarans are actually kind of cool: I really like the new race they introduced. The angarans have a unique culture and philosophy that make every encounter with them engaging, as well as a history so in tune with the colonial/expansionist undertones of the plot that their inclusion adds so much towards making the struggle feel real and important.

- Decent combat: I really enjoy having the freedom to build my Ryder in whatever direction feels good (even if I basically just made another by-the-book Vanguard by the end of it all). The combat isn't without its problems but at least this way you can really develop your own unique personal Ryder. I never actually used the profiles system but I'm sure it was pretty cool.

- Romance options out the wazoo: There's multiple choices for everyone here. Multiple gay options, multiple straight options, even options if you just want to be a horny Captain Kirk type and get randy with anything that has a heartbeat. They even added a krogan romance option. Sort of. Yeah, I went for it. Then reloaded my save.

- Dat sarcastic dialogue tho: It's not exactly genius-level dialogue, in fact in places it's clunky and horribly read. But trust me, if you choose the "casual" response whenever possible, you're gonna have a good time. In a lot of ways, it feels like the writing team from the Citadel DLC had full creative control over Sarcastic Ryder.

All in all, I highly recommend that casual fans of the series wait for this one to hit bargain bins. Hardcore fans should... lol, we already bought it, and we're gonna buy the next one too. We're in an abusive relationship with BioWarEA. They steal our money and insult us constantly, but at least the sex is fun.… Expand

VgilAntikz

Apr 14, 2017

5

If you love Mass Effect...don't buy this game at full price, wait until it hits the 15 to $20 range so that way you won't get too disappointed when you play it, definitely not for your collection, and feels like that time you wake up in bed with the result of some very bad choices when you went out and got pissed drunk the night before.

Noiseblock

Mar 21, 2017

7

The vast emptiness of space.

To say it right from the start: Andromeda is not a bad game. It´s disappointing in ways it should not be, it is technically flawed in a couple of places and it is not aware of how badly it is lacking a sense of wonder. But it is not bad. However, "not bad" is simply a huge disappointment after five long years of waiting and a whole Triple-A-studio withThe vast emptiness of space.

To say it right from the start: Andromeda is not a bad game. It´s disappointing in ways it should not be, it is technically flawed in a couple of places and it is not aware of how badly it is lacking a sense of wonder. But it is not bad. However, "not bad" is simply a huge disappointment after five long years of waiting and a whole Triple-A-studio with experience and an enormous budget working on it. Yet first of all, the positive things should be mentioned; and there are quite some important ones, even though the current hate-train is steaming away (and not entirely without reason, even though the dimensions are disproportionate).

Combat: Let´s start with the easy plus. Combat is tremendous fun and reminiscent of Mass Effect 3, which had the most frantic, yet also the most challenging and tactical gameplay of the original series. There is a vast variety of different tools and skills to experiment with and it feels natural, simple and still challenging. The camera and perspective during these fights is also great and it helps to bring out that there actually is a diverse cast of enemies this time around; icy land-sharks, huge pitbull-looking behemoths, floating robots and a bunch of different humanoids make combat flexible, exhilarating and quite rewarding.

Characters: This is basically the saving grace of the whole game. The characters are for the most part deep and satisfyingly written, especially the thoughtful, reclusive Vetra, and the devoted, yet seeminly unstable Liam. Bioware has managed to assemble a colorful cast of characters who beautifully bring out the strengths of each other when the writing and mission-design is on point, which it is more often then not. Generally, the characters are good and some even great, the only real misshappen one being the Krogan Drack who feels like a tired, forgettable retread of Wrex. Strangely enough, even though the characters manage to save the game to quite some extent, none except said Liam and Vetra reach the tremendous standards of the original trilogy, and even these two can´t measure up to the likes of Garrus or Mordin. (To be fair, though, none of them are the snooze-fest that was Jacob Taylor.)

Story: The story was also not a letdown for me. While it follows the same old tracks of established, popular scifi-tropes, the depth of the quite intriguing main antagonist and the underlying sense of mystery helps to make it feel alive and gripping. It is not without fault, though, since the game actively seems to try and work against the player as it constantly bombards him/her with meaningless sidequests, distrubing the pace of the narrative. Why was such a decision made?

Dialogue: Hit and miss, sadly, even though there is more hit than miss. It is baffeling how a game can feel like it´s written by both an experienced storyteller and an adult desperately trying to sound "hip and cool". The interpersonal dialogue is mostly good when 2 or 3 characters are having a discussion and can play to each other´s strengths, but once more are involved, it slips surprisingly fast in tiresome, often cheesy and simply bad dialogue. Imagine if the Guardians of the Galaxy were just endlessly bumbling on about trivial stuff without ever really being funny.

Technical blunders: The facial animations (yes, this topic) just slip into "oh God, why?"-territory all too often, the walking-animations are stilted and awkward, weapon-sounds sometimes cue in too late and the pop-in is honestly atrocious in densely populated areas. Strangely enough, for all these weaknesses, the game steadily upheld its framerate, which makes this a bit more forgivable. Bioware, it is still not really acceptable with that budget.

Sidequests: "Oh God, why?" once again. I titled this "review" the vast emptiness of space because this is what Andromeda feels like for the most part. It´s vast, it seem to be ambitious, it got hours aplenty to play through, yet there is no incentive to do that because everything feels repetitive and the planets ARE empty. Quests revolve around fetching stuff I do not want to collect for people I do not care about for goals which are abstract or feel non-crucial to literally everything. EVERY story-driven openworld I played in the last years handled its sidequests better. The Witcher 3 created whole storythreads, AC Syndicate (which is surprisingly great, btw) gave background to every assassination-target and wove every activety neatly into the plot, Zero Dawn rewards you with insight into the intriguing story etc. Andromeda does none of that. It´s like someone created this huge playground and then left it without anything to play with.

In the end, an exiting story and neat characters helped me push through, but after five years, great predecessors and this budget, I´m not entirely satisfied with a product with so many rough edges and little genuinely exiting activities. Solid, but deeply flawed. 6-7/10… Expand

SpartacusNZ

Apr 13, 2017

0

You greedy ar__holes Bioware. Sort out your **** with EA - stand up to them and delay release until testing AND corrections are finished. This is full of bugs and looks appalling. Get is right! You had an amazing franchise and you let greed get in the way.

SuperkenGaming

Mar 28, 2017

8

Mass Effect Andromeda
A Love Hate Relationship
Mass Effect Andromeda tells the story of the 2 Ryder Twins You can fast start as either of the 2 or customize your character Since Scott Ryder looks like an identical twin of a certain handsome game review I know, not mentioning any superken from superkengaming names... I didn’t have to edit a thing But if you do choose to customize, theMass Effect Andromeda
A Love Hate Relationship
Mass Effect Andromeda tells the story of the 2 Ryder Twins
You can fast start as either of the 2 or customize your character
Since Scott Ryder looks like an identical twin of a certain handsome game review I know, not mentioning any superken from superkengaming names...
I didn’t have to edit a thing
But if you do choose to customize, the game will make a twin version of your character who does show up in your story…
Mass Effect fans seem to hate this entry...
But im not a mass effect fan and I loved it.. I played the first 2 games in preparation for this one and found them to be pretty boring... Mass Effect Andromeda is more of my play style… and without having played mass effect 3, As of right now, Andromeda is my favorite game in the series…
For the fans of the series, there’s a lot here to love as much as there is to be desired…
And I don’t mean just the aliens…
There are tons of missions to do here outside of the campaign, including loyalty missions like everyone loves from mass effect 2…
But there is a noticeable lack of emphasis on your crew this time around…
Because the story is about making a planet inhabitable for life forms to call home
Wasn’t really interesting though…
So lack of interesting story, boring crew members... I understand why fans of the series don’t like this game... what about the rest
Lets get the elephant out of the room right now
You cant romance natalie dormers character
I should honestly stop the review right here and give it a 0/10 for playing with my heart like that…
But they did throw some real nudity and booty in here.. So slightly forgivable... but... Natalie Dormer guys...
How could you do this to me?
But the worlds in mass effect Andromeda are beautiful and the campaign which takes about 12 hours one its own is actually fun to run through…
The direction system does a great job of telling you where to go, though the command to show the point on the map frustratingly doesn’t always work…
Not sure on the rules behind when it will and when it won’t…
But the fact that clicking down doesn’t always show you where you’re going to is annoying…
And many missions here are set in an open world that you can explore with the nomad, that drives perfectly…
You also have a jump pack for hopping gaps and doing sick in air kills with your weapons that are equippable with mod slots…
And you can upgrade these weapons as well as unlock special moves for you and your crew with the skill points you get for leveling up…
My only issue with the campaign is the annoying scanning…
You’re asked to scan items way too frequently, stopping the flow and excitement of missions…
And the final stretch of the game feels recycled… and therefore feels like a grind…
I was happy with the games ending..
But the boring final stretch to get there almost seemed unworthy it, especially with a forgettable throwaway feeling boss fight…
I understand why mass effect fans don’t like this game... its very action third person cover based shooter heavy... very few dialog options that matter to make this feel like an rpg…
But if you look at this as just a game without the name mass effect attached, Andromeda is a solid experience…
People have noted animation problems.. but I didn’t notice any in my play through, and besides a few awkward transitions, my play through was fairly clean of bugs
And when you’re done with single player you can hop right into multiplayer where you’ll spend 15 seconds and realize you’re not going to waste your time on this garbage just like ea should have
This mode is a lazy and boring co-op objective based wave mission mode.
Every game developer in the world play uncharted lost planet 2 and lost planet 3 multiplayer
IF you don’t plan on making anything like them in your 3rd person shooter
save your time and money and don’t bother.
Despite the disappointing multiplayer, and disappointing RPG bioware DNA elements…
Mass Effect Andromeda is a solid experience that as a 3rd person shooter action adventure fan you shouldn’t pass up
I give Mass Effect Andromeda
an 8/10… Expand

kelnagryphon

Mar 30, 2017

8

Long term and massive fan of the original trilogy.

Like pretty much everyone, I thought the ending of the original trilogy was a clusterf**k, but I loved the universe, the lore, the characters and I really wanted Andromeda to be the next stage. I joined EA Origin purely to get my 10 hour trial and I must admit that I left it pretty disappointed, the Internet criticisms, whilstLong term and massive fan of the original trilogy.

Like pretty much everyone, I thought the ending of the original trilogy was a clusterf**k, but I loved the universe, the lore, the characters and I really wanted Andromeda to be the next stage.

I joined EA Origin purely to get my 10 hour trial and I must admit that I left it pretty disappointed, the Internet criticisms, whilst massively overblown, are valid, the first hour or two is rushed with fairly poor writing, my game crashed to the extent I had to pull the power cord out of the wall to reboot the xbox, Addison really does come from the hideous depths of the Uncanny Valley, and really does actually say the line "my face is tired"

However, once the tutorial stage of the game is out of the way and everything opens up, it starts to feel like 'Mass Effect' again, the planets look absolutely gorgeous, some of the attention to detail (snow frosting on armour, sand spilling over the entry ramp of the Tempest when landed) is impressive, and the crew are perfectly lovely, likeably, interesting people.

The biggest problem Mass Effect: Andromeda has is that it's Mass Effect, Drack is absolutely awesome, he's gruff, grumpy, angry and likes to smash things, but he's going to be compared to Wrex, who was the mac daddy, Peebee is cuter, more endearing and perhaps even geekier than Liara T'soni, and definitely better voice acted, but Liara has also existed for 10 years now.

If this was the first game in a new franchise, we'd be mocking it like we mock Skyrim for the bugs and cr*p animations, but we'd be enjoying the world and the potential it has, but it's not new, it's 10 year old IP with a massive amount of baggage, and suffers massively for that.

Try and enjoy it for what it is and you really will have a good time, it's not an all-time classic but there are some genuinely great bits, Andromeda is genuinely interesting, intriguing and comedic in places and doesn't deserve to be piled on in this way.… Expand

Ekoc_77

Mar 25, 2017

8

??? What's going on, 4ish from users? wow, it will never get a 10 or even a 9 because is riddled with stupid glitches on the animation and framerate that amateurish, but everything else is there, compelling setting, interesting history, and lore, beautiful scenery (The remnants vaults are pure eye-candy) so yeah, around 8 makes sense, if you are a bit more annoyed by the tech problems sure??? What's going on, 4ish from users? wow, it will never get a 10 or even a 9 because is riddled with stupid glitches on the animation and framerate that amateurish, but everything else is there, compelling setting, interesting history, and lore, beautiful scenery (The remnants vaults are pure eye-candy) so yeah, around 8 makes sense, if you are a bit more annoyed by the tech problems sure a 7 perhaps, (critics landed somewhere in between) but a 4???? what nonsense is this??, I really hope people never get to behave in real life as they do on their internet "virtual" persona… Expand

Diode

Mar 27, 2017

8

The hatred for this game is more about jumping on the "hate train", and little to do with the games own merits. You will find that the majority of negative reviews focus mainly on 3 issues; the animations, bugs and lacklustre story.

While this instalment of the series certainly does suffer from these issues, the game is still hardly deserving of such ridiculously low scores. EspeciallyThe hatred for this game is more about jumping on the "hate train", and little to do with the games own merits. You will find that the majority of negative reviews focus mainly on 3 issues; the animations, bugs and lacklustre story.

While this instalment of the series certainly does suffer from these issues, the game is still hardly deserving of such ridiculously low scores. Especially since this game has been improved upon in many other areas. The combat, game size, graphical fidelity, sound and weapon/armour modifications, have all improved.

But none of that seems to matter because the "faces are weird"........ so it deserves a "1". Give me a break. There are so many games released with bugs and bad animations; this game is not the first, and certainly won't be the last. And I'm not saying that this should be an acceptable practice; only that ME;A is getting crucified for it when so many other games, of the same calibre or less, get a "pass" of a 5, 6 or even higher of a rating. This should tell you that these are nothing more than "hate train" reviews.

Yes, this game is lacking in areas, but all games do, albeit some more than others. There are even design choices they've made in the game I had wished they'd done differently. However, overall, I find it fun and engrossing, despite it's flaws and short-comings.

In my opinion, ME;A is far from a masterpiece, but also far from a terrible game.… Expand

Mustakrakysh

Apr 28, 2017

1

This game is a disgrace to the Mass Effect series. The writing is TERRIBLE. The Story makes no sense. This game is such a disappointment that even a lazy person like me who never writes reviews felt I had to. DO NOT BUY THIS GAME. Let Mass Effect be over with the original series. This game will ruin Mass Effect for you.

HunterCZE

May 2, 2017

3

One big disappointment. Everything I have loved with the original trilogy has been just thrown to the garbage. I had big expectations from this title but it turned out to be a massive let down.

- very poor main story line - terrible animations - absolutely disgusting characters (ME 1 characters were created far way better and that!s a decade ago) - zero impact with the choices madeOne big disappointment. Everything I have loved with the original trilogy has been just thrown to the garbage. I had big expectations from this title but it turned out to be a massive let down.

- very poor main story line
- terrible animations
- absolutely disgusting characters (ME 1 characters were created far way better and that!s a decade ago)
- zero impact with the choices made during the gameplay
- very limited conversation options
- voice acting is hilarious and very bad
- totally boring multiplayer (it's just a waste of time)

+ worlds look so amazing
+ buildings and ships are beautifully made
+ planet exploring is very interesting
+ loyalty missions and side quests are enjoyable

In the state the game is (even with the latest patch) it's just a poorly made game. Not worthy of the money and the time. Every single ME game made you to want to play it again in a different way. Here unfortunately you don't get this kind of feeling at all.

ME Andromeda had such a potential was completely squandered. Makes me wonder how the official reviewers can give this such a high score ... it appears they played a completely different game than the normal players got.… Expand

nicoelcainri

Mar 27, 2017

8

I don’t understand why MEA is so bashed by the majority of the professional testers and players. Of course, the game is not perfect (patches are necessary to correct the bugs and slowdowns), but it’s really a good game. It is worthwhile: To sum up, the spirit and universe of ME are respected. The storyline is interesting (little by little). The fights and side missions are fun. The HeleusI don’t understand why MEA is so bashed by the majority of the professional testers and players. Of course, the game is not perfect (patches are necessary to correct the bugs and slowdowns), but it’s really a good game. It is worthwhile: To sum up, the spirit and universe of ME are respected. The storyline is interesting (little by little). The fights and side missions are fun. The Heleus sector is huge. The lifespan is large. Etc.… Expand

cobwil

Apr 30, 2017

0

This is the first time I've ever breathed a SIGH OF RELIEF upon finishing a game. I was glad it was over. The entire thing was a grind. Had it been any other game I'd have returned it many hours prior, but this was Mass Freakin' Effect, so I stayed with it, hoping that at some point there would be SOMETHING in it that would validate the hours I was putting in. Never happened. Here's why:This is the first time I've ever breathed a SIGH OF RELIEF upon finishing a game. I was glad it was over. The entire thing was a grind. Had it been any other game I'd have returned it many hours prior, but this was Mass Freakin' Effect, so I stayed with it, hoping that at some point there would be SOMETHING in it that would validate the hours I was putting in. Never happened. Here's why:

THE CHARACTERS: As boring as they are unpleasant to look at. It's as if designers deliberately went out of their way to create mannish facial features (PeeBee), gross hair (Cora), or just overall unattractiveness (Vetra). None of them had much of interest to say; I found myself pressing /x/ to skip through dialogue A LOT (which I typically never do in rpg's of any sort, much less BioWare games). The bland dialogue is typical of everything else: I just wanted it to be over.

THE COMBAT: Solid, if not particularly memorable, for two reasons. First (and this may not bother anyone else), they've removed the time-slow mechanic for snipers, making playing as a stealth-sniper much less satisfying. Why? I had similar problems with the way they neutered mages in D.A: Inquisition, taking away a lot of impressive offensive spells (particularly the AoE variety) and making them more dependent on defensive ones. For whatever reason they seem intent on scaling back their most powerful (and fun) playstyles. Secondly...

THE VILLAIN: I won't look back fondly on the combat in this game because I was so unengaged by the enemy I was fighting. The Kett were never very threatening (unlike Superman's "Doomsday", who they seem to be modeled after) or interesting; I realize not every enemy can be something on par with the Reapers, but how about the level of Saren or The Illusive Man or the Shadow Broker? Granted, the Archon finally gets a BIT more sinister toward the end, but it's too little too late... capped by a yawner of a "climax".

THE SIDE QUESTS: Talk to this guy, go here, fetch this, then fetch two more, go back to guy, he sends you to another guy, fight some more humdrum kett... blah! In between each step, you're trying to figure out frustratingly placed nav points, and you end up doing a lot of running-in-circles-around-landform and jumping-repeated-alongside-landform attempting to access things or get to certain places, because the maps are so vague and inadequate. Now someone might say, "Well in real life an explorer would face those challenges so it's realistic!" I agree. In real life, explorers also have to stop to go to the bathroom occasionally, but I certainly don't want THAT experience incorporated into my video game either. When your game consists of 75% uninteresting fetch quests, and you then make the fetching as frustrating as possible with misleading nav points, you're not winning points for the realism.

THE ENVIRONMENTS: THIS they got right. The game LOOKS gorgeous (with the exception of every romanceable female character).

THE SJW FACTOR: We all know it exists, but most of us are afraid to comment on it because if we do, angry trolls label us as hatemongers and bigots. So we tiptoe around it. But look... nobody's being fooled here. Certainly, humanity's diversity must be reflected in games (as BioWare has always done well), but they're now going so overboard with it that it's no longer an accurate reflection of the population. And when you hire angry bigots to oversee the development of your games, that's going to happen.

PUT IT ALL TOGETHER, and it adds up to the biggest disappointment I've had since the Atari 2600 version of Pac-Man.… Expand

Shiranui

May 22, 2017

0

This game has dragged Bioware's name through the mud. An absolutely broken mess with absolutely awful story writing and you still dare to charge people micro transactions for this... EA you ought to be absolutely ashamed of yourself.

MySecretWeapon

Apr 3, 2017

9

This game is better than people are giving it credit for.

What's Good -- The Overall gameplay is fantastic. The core mechanics have been highly polished, and the combat is smooth, responsive and enjoyable. In my opinion, it's better than any previous Mass Effect game in that regard. The skill system is a much greater improvement over the previous games as well. Instead of beingThis game is better than people are giving it credit for.

What's Good --

The Overall gameplay is fantastic. The core mechanics have been highly polished, and the combat is smooth, responsive and enjoyable. In my opinion, it's better than any previous Mass Effect game in that regard.

The skill system is a much greater improvement over the previous games as well. Instead of being tied down to a class, you get to have all the parts of every class you liked in the past. Want an assault rifle wielding, flame-throwing, singularity packing Pathfinder? Go for it! This time around, your imagination in a class gets to run free.

The Multiplayer is back and better than before. Strike teams taking out waves of enemies couldn't be more enjoyable. The versatility in classes and skills available make each match feel worthwhile and nothing short of great fun. Even after tens of hours in multiplayer, it's still enjoyable every time.

Finally, the Research and Development (crafting) system is enjoyable, even if a little overwhelming at first. It's really fun to be able to harvest materials through planetary exploration on the ship, mining on the ground, using mining probes on the Nomad, and through the Strike Team/Multiplayer missions, and then turn around and make your own weapons, armor, and augments. I especially enjoy the ability to modify the weapons during the creation phase.

Assault rifles that shoot grenades? Yes please!

The Not as Good --

The game does have some hiccups. The story isn't as hardly driven as the previous games. If they were going for an essence of confusion and just having to kind of wing it (which is exactly what they were going for) they executed it perfectly.

I think the problem people have is that in previous Mass Effect games, you felt that the hero chose his path and knew the risks. It really gave the sense of heroism on a grand scale. In Andromeda, you know the risks, but you're forced into the role with no choice on your part. Not that you had that choice in Mass Effect 1-3, but the illusion of that choice was there. You chose to be the hero. You didn't chose to be the Pathfinder.

The other major complaint you've all read about is the animations. I don't know if they've patched any of it by the time you've read this, but they're janky at best some times. The facial expressions seldom match the tone of the scene and the eye movements are almost frightening. It feels to me like they did their preliminary work on animations, and then were rushed out by EA and didn't get to go back an polish them up.

Conclusion --

This game is not a perfect game. It doesn't live up to the storytelling standards of the previous trilogy, and it has its faults; as most games do. But what it does right, it does really right. It's an absolute joy to play and when I'm not playing it, I'm wishing I were.

Give this game a chance, If you liked the trilogy or sci-fi RPG's in general, you'll enjoy this game.

8.75/10… Expand

EggShen

Apr 25, 2017

0

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This is not Mass Effect, this is Dragon Age: Inquisition in space, right down to the "dragon" boss encounters on each world. Something has gone horribly wrong at Bioware. For a series that was built on engaging choice driven stories, interesting characters, well written dialogue and a sci-fi world with characters and lore to become invested in... none of that is present in ME Andromeda.

Very little about this game is memorable. I've reached 100% completion and can barely remember anything about this experience that stands out, at least in a positive way. The writing is poor by any standard but its almost unforgivably so for a Bioware game, you'll be hard pressed to take anything this crew says seriously without shaking your head at how cringe worthy the dialogue is.

The story is a poor rehash of ME1: Ancient and absent technologically advanced species left behind tech that humanity can use. Oh and apparently only humanity can use it and does so immediately after arriving in a completely new galaxy. The Kett are the bad guys and are as generic as they come and even have a process that echoes indoctrination from the original trilogy. You're crewmates are also pale rip offs of the previous games. Jaal = Garrus, PeeBee = Liara, Chora = Ash, Drak = Wrex, Liam = Kaiden and Vetra is literally a female Garrus. Vetra and Jaal come the closest to being interesting.

The Archon is the stand-in for Sovereign, voice and all, but unlike Sovereign before him the Archon is about as menacing and threatening as a muppet. You don't even get to fight him in the stories climax (unlike Saren 10 years ago).

You're the Pathfinder and that means instead of using sensors or science teams to determine planetary viability, they send you because: video game. The entire Andromeda Initiative literally waits on one boring guy to give the okay on habitable worlds. Luckily Ryder and his crew gets along with everyone in the Universe save the Kett. Not one argument, not one disagreement, not one raised voice, not a shred of personality can I remember in this game. They're the most agreeable bunch in the entire universe.

The plot is forgettable, like everything else. The Archon wants control of Remnant technology to convert the galaxy to Kett... or something. The Kett can only reproduce through "Exaltation", even though exalting the Andomeda galaxy would basically mean there's no one left to exalt and continue the species.

Then there's The Scourge and The Remnant. The Remnant were at war with... something that left the Scourge behind as a weapon against the Remnant, who themselves vanished for an unknown reason and now the Kett are trying to conquer the Angara but lucky for them humanity is here to do in days what they couldn't in decades... The plot manages to be boring, confusing, unoriginal and nonsensical all at the same time. Oh and first contact with the Angara? Forget about that being an epic moment. Luckily they all speak fluent English, right after the game establishes that they don't.

Combat is an improvement for the series but pales when stacked up against any other modern shooter. The controls are clunky and while the dash ability is handy, the game is too glitchy (especially multiplayer) for this to be anything other than passable. Its good, not great. Enemy encounters quickly get repetitive.

2/3rds of the game is driving around boring empty "open worlds" with tons of unrelated side quests. Actual story content is probably between 8-12 hrs with the rest being filler side quests.

Its not a Mass Effect game. This has nothing in common with the series apart from the art design. This was a cash grab from EA and Bioware using the series name to sell it. You're still better off playing the original trilogy… Expand

pnathan28

Mar 29, 2017

4

This game is a massive disappointment. I am a huge Mass Effect fan, having played the first 3 games multiple times and in comparison Andromeda falls woefully short. First, the combat is smoother and faster but they have removed direct control and customization for squad members. The facial animations are HORRENDOUS and really take you out of the game, but the environments are done prettyThis game is a massive disappointment. I am a huge Mass Effect fan, having played the first 3 games multiple times and in comparison Andromeda falls woefully short. First, the combat is smoother and faster but they have removed direct control and customization for squad members. The facial animations are HORRENDOUS and really take you out of the game, but the environments are done pretty well. The writing is also mediocre at best, given that Mass Effect writing hasn't always been high literature but at least it was funny, charming and enough to get you invested in the story. I'm already 25 hours into Andromeda and i just cant get myself to care about the stories and the characters. My biggest disappointment were the mundane fetch quests that just littered the game. It seemed like a majority of the quests were a simple go here find 3 of these and sent you off to all corners of the map, and it got really old really fast. Which is really sad because there is a good game in here somewhere, the areas are massive and there is plenty to explore.… Expand

LucasGreen

Mar 30, 2017

4

So to begin this game is a great game if it had come out during the Xbox 360 days. Yes to everyone the game play is tedious with no way to tell where you are going. The story is decent but could use refinement. and finally the cut scenes are terrifying with graphical glitches. This is Mass effect by the big dogs at Bioware I expect a better game from them not what honestly feels like a AASo to begin this game is a great game if it had come out during the Xbox 360 days. Yes to everyone the game play is tedious with no way to tell where you are going. The story is decent but could use refinement. and finally the cut scenes are terrifying with graphical glitches. This is Mass effect by the big dogs at Bioware I expect a better game from them not what honestly feels like a AA title put out in the dry summer lull where bad games go to die.… Expand

arcayos

Apr 3, 2017

8

I originally stalled my purchase of the game due to the number of bad reviews . After playing the game I realised that the bad reviews were by angry people with bias and sometimes childish ratings. 0/10? No game is 0/10. I give this game a 7.5/8. The animations at times are bad but it doesn't distract you from the story because the voice acting is fine (abit dodgy on some characters).I originally stalled my purchase of the game due to the number of bad reviews . After playing the game I realised that the bad reviews were by angry people with bias and sometimes childish ratings. 0/10? No game is 0/10. I give this game a 7.5/8. The animations at times are bad but it doesn't distract you from the story because the voice acting is fine (abit dodgy on some characters).

The music needs to be turned up a notch, it seems too backgroundy when it comes to cut scenes that need that umph from the music.

The story regarding path finding is great but the detail within that is pretty poor.

The characters all have strong backgrounds which you can spend a lot of time getting into.

The fighting is good, the open world and quests are mainly good.

The customisation of weapons and gear is good yet confusing interface at first.

The questing interface sucks tbh and could be much clearer. Having to press start to select the map is annoying rather than having a pre assigned button.

I like the worlds , the different aliens, the idea of colonising planets making them habitable is great.

I made my own Sarah Ryder as the preset version of her is rather ugly lol, they gave her a huge mouth for some reason. There are at least two good looking females in me:a Cora,and the asari dr beginning with k.... and The Scottish ginger aired one Suri?

Overall the scale and graphics plus the path finding story, customisation, vibrant planets and worlds make this game a 7.5/8 out of 10. Detail of the story , animation bugs and interface damage it's score but not enough to make you think it's terrible and unenjoyable.… Expand

MrWax

Apr 6, 2017

4

I gave it a four. It really is a 5 or maybe 6 game, but I deducted 1 because of the hurt I felt with the disappintment. This is what happens when executives take Excelsheet-decisions, as in opposed to letting the creative and real gamedevelopers decide what is best for the game.

So much potential in the predecessors, in the the universe they've built, and in the obvious huge budgets aI gave it a four. It really is a 5 or maybe 6 game, but I deducted 1 because of the hurt I felt with the disappintment. This is what happens when executives take Excelsheet-decisions, as in opposed to letting the creative and real gamedevelopers decide what is best for the game.

So much potential in the predecessors, in the the universe they've built, and in the obvious huge budgets a game like this carries. Still, 50-60 hours in the game and I am slowly realising that it is not going to get any better.

Bugs I forget. Graphics is only so-so important to me. This game just lacks playabilty, and the story is a boring one so it doesn't make it better. In all, it just feels like no love has been put in this game. Not the love a creator has for his work, so this game probably lacks just that ... Someone with a vision. This, I think, is to much influenced and shaped by a board or people who don't game themselves.

Dammit.… Expand

arcanum2240

Apr 3, 2017

8

Don't listen to the hate, and notice that most of the 0/1 star reviews state that they didn't even play enough to get past the intro. Took a couple of points off for the technical issues, but these definitely aren't enough to actually get in the way of the game.

djl3485

Mar 30, 2017

8

This review is based on a complete playthrough of ME:A.

ME:A is a good intro for a new trilogy in the Mass Effect universe. It has some problems most likely due to the inexperience of the team making it. This is a learning experience for them all and hopefully, the DLC and following sequels will build upon what was started here. People also seem to hung up on the original trilogy castThis review is based on a complete playthrough of ME:A.

ME:A is a good intro for a new trilogy in the Mass Effect universe. It has some problems most likely due to the inexperience of the team making it. This is a learning experience for them all and hopefully, the DLC and following sequels will build upon what was started here. People also seem to hung up on the original trilogy cast and keep comparing the new cast to them which is a shame because each character has its own story to tell with why the joined the Initiative. The initial start is slow but the game takes off after the first planet.

I've read some reviews say that your decisions do not matter which I disagree with. You can see the effects of some of your decisions at the end and other decisions you won't be able to see their effect until the sequels come out. All in all ME:A is a decent game but the bugs/glitches prevent it from being great, luckily most of these issues can be fixed with patch updates (aka Skyrim).

Pros:
Good companions with good back stories.
Good voice acting like always.
Gameplay is great, along with the inclusion of jet packs.
Multiplayer is fun, if you enjoyed MP in ME3 then you'll love it here.
Unlike other people I had no problem with the Nomad, in fact, I enjoyed it and it was a big improvement over the Mako.
Beautiful worlds.
I liked the new research/development figure but a storage could have been added for your materials.

Cons:
Graphic bugs/glitches - Yes they are there but they are not game breaking. Skyrim had worse bugs/glitches when it was first released. I didn't have as many bugs/glitches that some people seem too.
U/I- It's not horrible but it isn't the best either. Once again it isn't game breaking.
Writing - While the voice acting is good the writing was hit and miss...some convos were plain awkward.… Expand

JonasCroft

Apr 2, 2017

10

Although some buggy gameplay and lack of optimization put into the game, it really shows up that Bioware can bring a great fresh new start to the Mass Effect series. The graphics and gameplay are incredible, and in mine experience, I kept entertained for a good amount of hours. Besides, the planet's exploration isn't boring at all: you have a lot of things to do, and the loyalty missionsAlthough some buggy gameplay and lack of optimization put into the game, it really shows up that Bioware can bring a great fresh new start to the Mass Effect series. The graphics and gameplay are incredible, and in mine experience, I kept entertained for a good amount of hours. Besides, the planet's exploration isn't boring at all: you have a lot of things to do, and the loyalty missions is a good aspect added to the game. The game's story is so powerful, and I really enjoyed (like the previous ME games) the choice system, that makes players think twice before responding. Overall, the game is a great restart to the series, and makes us curious for what's next. Everything I was expecting from this game was impressively done. I'm truly anxious for the next game.
A small update to this review (that I found important to add) - This version in particular (XOne, I mean) needs to be updated, as well the PS4 one. I think Bioware needs to optimize better this game better on the consoles, as I said before, but in a form they can reach a constant 30-fps gameplay. XOne has it's lows, but impressively, can keep up and maintain it's fps where PS4 can't - that's impressive.… Expand

Mrvictor

Apr 3, 2017

10

OH MY GOODNESS USERS RATE THIS A 4.6??? That is outrageous we have truly become a nation of crybabies. This is a terrific game! Im roughly halfway through and I am having blast! The overall story is different and refreshing and the story behind the Kett is pure genius. There are a few bugs, but nothing to seriously detract from gameplay. Not like Skyrim. which I enjoyed, but it hadOH MY GOODNESS USERS RATE THIS A 4.6??? That is outrageous we have truly become a nation of crybabies. This is a terrific game! Im roughly halfway through and I am having blast! The overall story is different and refreshing and the story behind the Kett is pure genius. There are a few bugs, but nothing to seriously detract from gameplay. Not like Skyrim. which I enjoyed, but it had missions that were unplayable because of bugs and that game got sky high reviews! Not to mention numerous other RPGs I have played that all had as much or worse bugs and got much higher reviews! The worst bug Ive seen is Peebee one of the characters leaning on a table that isnt there once or twice. Oh and by the way the worlds are HUGE and unique, there are tons of missions (I have like 15 different missions waiting on me right now). I cant imagine anything that could happen over the rest of the game that would change my mind. My favorite game ever is the Witcher 3 and this game isnt quite that good, but its not far behind! My only quibble is I prefer 1st person to 3rd person and I think this game would be much more fun and replayability would be higher if it was a FPS. But thats just s small thing. BUY IT… Expand

Cale

Mar 27, 2017

8

To hell with the hate and hype, welcome to an objective review.

I haven't noticed the strange facial expressions outside the occasional NPC staring at me dead-eyed. I mostly take games as they are, no matter how strange, so it isn't even a nitpick for me. Graphics are fantastic, but aren't as good as I was expecting. I've seen games whose cutscenes make you wonder if they recordedTo hell with the hate and hype, welcome to an objective review.

I haven't noticed the strange facial expressions outside the occasional NPC staring at me dead-eyed. I mostly take games as they are, no matter how strange, so it isn't even a nitpick for me.

Graphics are fantastic, but aren't as good as I was expecting. I've seen games whose cutscenes make you wonder if they recorded it with a live cast, but ME:A's graphics are below that level.

Definitely like the jumpjet mobility. Jumping into something's face, hovering during the aim and giving them a face full of buckshot (aka Shotgun Angel) is one of my favorite things, and something so far limited to Halo 5 and Destiny (that I've played).

LOTS of weapon diversity. I always carry one Remnant tech weapon once I could get it, as they act like ME1 weapons. Heat management is a small price to pay for unlimited ammo.

Didn't like the sudoku-like puzzles. At least they aren't randomized and you can just look up the solutions.

Mining is still tedious, but now has an annoyance factor and is far more time-consuming compared to ME2/3. You're reminded by your AI that you can mine an area every time you open the mining interface in a place you can look for resources. You then wander around in that area looking for the resources through the interface. Sometimes you find the resources in nodes out in the open. I wish that it was more frequently like that.

The auto-cover system while usually adequate was somewhat a nuisance. With no manual override, I found myself out of cover at the worst times, my character standing there like a jackass getting killed as I tried to trigger going back into cover without success. There is also no crouch or prone function, automatic or manual, which can greatly reduce high ground advantages.

Having the 'do/get stuff' button being the same as the melee button means that if one enemy dropped something while you're swimming in enemies, you can't melee. Not cool.

Cryo, disruptor and incendiary ammo are now consumables, meaning I rarely ever use them as there are far better uses to the harder to earn credits. I miss cryo ammo, OP as it was.

Sometimes, voices will play at the same time, making it hard to understand what was said. More than once, it was important enough information to have me running in circles of confusion.

When you need to use facilities aboard the Tempest, you have to take off and go to orbit. Nit-picky, but it bothered me.

It would have been very helpful to have a way to access the map without hitting the menu. Another minor complaint to be sure, but a nagging one.

Strangely, the music is typically subtle and light. It could have used a bit more impact to it from time to time..

All said, it's worth buying. It is the Mass Effect universe, the story is awesome. It is every bit as good and bad as the original trilogy, and hopefully, people won't force this new tale to live in their dark, nostalgic shadow.… Expand

Fair344

Mar 21, 2017

8

Although not perfect, this is still a good game with a good story and lots of quests to keep you busy. The graphics and animation are not nearly as bad as others are claiming. So far I have not come across any game-breaking issues so I don't understand where the zero scores are coming from.

Felgam

Mar 22, 2017

9

Well, people need to stop hating just for the sake of hating. The game is great. It's fun, it's entertaining, it's intriguing. Combat is awesome. Story is way above average. I take it there facial animation issues. But it's easy to go past them. I'm glad I pre ordered and went to bed at 3 am because I could not stop playing. I've been replaying the first trilogy these past weeks and thisWell, people need to stop hating just for the sake of hating. The game is great. It's fun, it's entertaining, it's intriguing. Combat is awesome. Story is way above average. I take it there facial animation issues. But it's easy to go past them. I'm glad I pre ordered and went to bed at 3 am because I could not stop playing. I've been replaying the first trilogy these past weeks and this is just a new chapter. They improved in same aspects and missed others. But I believe it's part of life. If you haven't and is avoiding the game just because of all the hate, don't. Pick a copy and try it for yourself. It is worth it.… Expand

Garren

Mar 22, 2017

5

the game suffers from very bad facial animations that kinda ruin the emotions in the game. I hate seeing a big emotional speech coming from a guy who's just dead in the eyes and shows no emotion at all. For a game that has over 1200 speaking charecters that's pretty bad. Another problem seems to be the new galaxy map ..... sometimes you spend a good ten seconds just traveling to planetthe game suffers from very bad facial animations that kinda ruin the emotions in the game. I hate seeing a big emotional speech coming from a guy who's just dead in the eyes and shows no emotion at all. For a game that has over 1200 speaking charecters that's pretty bad. Another problem seems to be the new galaxy map ..... sometimes you spend a good ten seconds just traveling to planet that end up having nothing to do but look at it which quickly gets you praying their is a anomaly on it so you can scan it and launch a probe so you can't at least say you got 4 seconds of actually doing something besides just looking at a planet with no anomaly....... then their is the epic amount of side quests, not a bad thing I guess but again the emotionless charecters really make you wonder why you should care. I haven't seen too many bugs but this is a big game so they are definitely there but these can be patched ..... the facial animations not so easily. In the end it feels like bioware rushed this out the gate instead of delaying it again to finish everything right. I personally have enjoyed the main story so far with a bit of weak writing but still the story is still good in my opinion and yes I will probably play it again when they hopefully fix everything… Expand

Zeor

Mar 22, 2017

8

Positive points:
- It seems to me the best gameplay of all mass effect.
-Has good graphics not the best, but if they are good. - It has a very rich and varied open world - The fps go Enough fluids at the time of the shooting. -Has a good plot to match the other mass effect. - and the point that makes a game more than great, that has made many people believe accounts to simply give aPositive points:
- It seems to me the best gameplay of all mass effect.
-Has good graphics not the best, but if they are good.
- It has a very rich and varied open world
- The fps go Enough fluids at the time of the shooting.
-Has a good plot to match the other mass effect.
- and the point that makes a game more than great, that has made many people believe accounts to simply give a 0 to this game in all its versions.
-has Great difficulty.
And now the negatives:
-The animations are a little more work.
- It was hurriedly released this month, could have been better.

Conclusion: It's a very good game mechanically, if it gives you a bit like the animations then you patch it.… Expand

ApsidalFanatic

May 1, 2017

10

UPDATE (patch 1.05 / 120+ hours gameplay)

Allright people, after playing at least 120 hours I give it a solid 10. Positive: 1/ Graphics are stunning / after patch 1.05 good framerates / facial animations / lipsync works as well 2/ UI 3/ Weapon Mods are back 4/ Planet design / truly unique beautifully created artwork 5/ Menu System 6/ General atmosphere - do not expect somethingUPDATE (patch 1.05 / 120+ hours gameplay)

Allright people, after playing at least 120 hours I give it a solid 10.

Positive:
1/ Graphics are stunning / after patch 1.05 good framerates / facial animations / lipsync works as well
2/ UI
3/ Weapon Mods are back
4/ Planet design / truly unique beautifully created artwork
5/ Menu System
6/ General atmosphere - do not expect something like ME1/2/3
7/ Nomad / Tempest have VERY nice looks
8/ Sidequests are a real addition // they are just as much amazing if not more sometimes than the main storyline
8/ Enemy AI is smart, permanently goes to cover, moves and dodges / fight is simply very fun and NOT easy to handle even w/ upgraded lvl 7 / 8 equipment
9/ For a new engine, new gameplay concept, new story, new platform, the game is VERY WELL done
10/ Squadmates are smart, are a REAL AID, die on a rare occasions and if they do they DIE HARD / they use their powers / abilities according to situations, dodge and evade (unlike Samara in ME2 who died every minute and left me w/ one squadmate in the worst possible situations)
11/ Storyline (open ended storyline, you defeat the main Enemy but there is more to it - see NOTES section)

Mediocre:
1/ Character Development / till the point you unlock ALL memory triggers
2/ Epic moments are less epic than they should be..
3/ It took time till I got used to Scanner 2.0 - now I am ok w/ it
4/ It took time till I got used to AVP System / Strike Team System

Bad:
1/ There is only one (not even Andromeda native) main enemy, the kett
2/ Incendiary / Cryo / etc. Bullets are now consumables no permanent effect if selected
3/ Augmentations / Mods are HARD to trace if attached as names are NOT displayed
4/ Mining probes system is not consistent, mining zones hard to max out in regards of mined materials
5/ Graphics glitches (characters / npc's animals fall from the sky, and they start attacking you standing in the air)
Sometimes when you get out of Nomad while its moving you get out and stand next to Nomad where your squadmates catapult like rockets in the sky flying around 200 meters and have to run back to you (pont 5 can be resolved easily w/ a patch nothing to worry about happens on rare occasions)

NOTES: This game imho is only the beginning of a new ME Universe. Too much not closed hints, storylines, etc. If I am right the decisions you made in this game will have effect much later on (like in ME1 Rachni Queen decision if you remember).
I give this game a 10 AFTER I played the whole series beginning in 2007w/ ME1 through ME2-3 where I played ME2 at least 6 or 7 times. This is a good solid gaming experience just give it a chance you won't regret it.… Expand

Joshua0813

Mar 23, 2017

8

This game is pretty good, it's my first entry into mass effect and my second bioware game after Dragon age inquisition. If you liked Dragon age you'll love this.
This game has really fun combat. It has automatic cover, and a jump pack that makes the fighting fun and intense
There are alot of side quests some are fun most are go here and do this with little action. The game is hugeThis game is pretty good, it's my first entry into mass effect and my second bioware game after Dragon age inquisition. If you liked Dragon age you'll love this.
This game has really fun combat. It has automatic cover, and a jump pack that makes the fighting fun and intense
There are alot of side quests some are fun most are go here and do this with little action. The game is huge and there are plenty of things to do with massive beautiful planets to explore. Many different species of aliens and alot of people to talk too, but alot of the conversations are mundane and talking becomes a chore. The characters are pretty interesting except for the two main ones in my opinion, which is pretty disappointing.
However, as for the main story, its definitely an entertaining story, I would say it's above average. Not cheesy or corny, but somewhat stereotypical.
The facial animations are a little wierd but it seems to only effect the humans, and the rest of the game is gorgeous. This game is definitely getting alot of hate it doesn't deserve.… Expand

grizzyGR

Mar 27, 2017

8

Mass Effect Andromeda is a great game. While there are many negative reviews keep in mind that the people who are hating Andromeda and are saying the original ME trilogy was amazing are the same people who did nothing but complain about Mass Effect 3 (view their old reviews of ME3 if you don't believe me) In today's day and age, there will always be haters.

Andromeda reminds me a lot ofMass Effect Andromeda is a great game. While there are many negative reviews keep in mind that the people who are hating Andromeda and are saying the original ME trilogy was amazing are the same people who did nothing but complain about Mass Effect 3 (view their old reviews of ME3 if you don't believe me) In today's day and age, there will always be haters.

Andromeda reminds me a lot of the original Mass Effect. It is a solid game with great ideas and promise, but it comes up a little short on some fronts. The primary difference is that Mass Effect (1) introduced us to this whole new universe, and Andromeda is just a new galaxy within that universe.

Yes, facial animations aren't great but they don't ruin the game. Game-play is incredibly fun and the new jump boost takes it to a whole new level. My biotic can now get up close and personal and quickly boost away to get back to cover before getting destroyed. Multiplayer is still great (some issues linking to single player on occasion, but not too bad). The story is decent so far, but nothing groundbreaking. However, the focus that YOU are the alien is a feeling I enjoy very much. Planetary exploring is also very fun and satisfying. Some missions can be monotonous, but there are enough options that you can change things up pretty easily.

Overall, I give this game an 8. However, the level of enjoyment I receive while playing feels like a 10. Give this game an honest chance, and try not to dwell on the bad things you may have read. Having tunnel vision on one or two flaws can make you blind to the beauty around it.… Expand

drnicholasmills

Mar 29, 2017

8

I'm a big Mass Effect fan, especially the original 2 games, 3rd not bad but a let down. The negative reviews on the fourth installment delayed my initial purchase of the game. I'm currently about 6 hours in and generally it is a positive experience. The Graphics are OK, the Sound is good, the story is good at present and everything generally works. I've had a death bug in a firefightI'm a big Mass Effect fan, especially the original 2 games, 3rd not bad but a let down. The negative reviews on the fourth installment delayed my initial purchase of the game. I'm currently about 6 hours in and generally it is a positive experience. The Graphics are OK, the Sound is good, the story is good at present and everything generally works. I've had a death bug in a firefight with a fiend on Eos. The graphics do pop out every so often. But for me, gaming is about enjoying the experience and the first 1 hour or so was absolutely one of the best story openings ever in a game, IMO.

Credit is due to the development team as the world appears really well detailed. The game is full of positives at the moment with very few downsides. I don't know if it's me, but the problems with games now are generally minuscule compared to years ago when they were full of technical bugs. I came from an era where games were loaded by tape, low res 8 bit graphics, movement **** etc, but the games were great. I prefer the experience to the graphics and sound etc, and on that basis, I give the game an 8 so far. Perhaps, Im a bit more forgiving because I understand what it takes to get a game to publication, perhaps others do not. The creative talent out there is absolutely tremendous, and gaming has a great future. However, to produce an error free game is extremely difficult when the games are so complicated and technical, of course, money talks. To achieve excellence is something we should all aim for, very few achieve it. Well done Bioware, great game.… Expand

branysersh

Mar 30, 2017

9

I just finished my first play through for Mass Effect Andromeda after about 70 hours of play I finally finished the main story for Andromeda and overall I found Andromeda to be a pretty good game. First things first yes the animations are terrible there's no denying and it could use some polishing around the edges if issues like these bother you too much then I would say don't buy it orI just finished my first play through for Mass Effect Andromeda after about 70 hours of play I finally finished the main story for Andromeda and overall I found Andromeda to be a pretty good game. First things first yes the animations are terrible there's no denying and it could use some polishing around the edges if issues like these bother you too much then I would say don't buy it or wait for it to go on sale your mileage may vary depending on who you are. Without out of the way I have to say That I found Mass Effect Andromeda to be a very enjoyable experience and should not be overlooked. Andromeda is an ambitious game that takes a few pages out of Christopher Nolan's Interstellar where as a pathfinder it's your job to explore an uncharted in hopes of finding a new home and that is the heart of Mass Effect Andromeda. With that being said you will spend a lot of time exploring multiple planets that each vary drastically from each other and have absolutely amazing environments that will leave you in awe at times. When exploring you will often come across many hostile enemies and have to say combat has never felt this good in a mass effect game it's fast and fluid, the game gives you lots of opportunities to take advantage of verticality and some of the new powers are just a blast to use. The profile system also works out really well with the favorites system as it allows you to save 4 different loadouts with different powers and profiles that allows you to change on the fly and most of the fun with this system is experimenting with what powers synergize the best with each other the only negative thing I can say about the system is you lose the ability to use your squad mates abilities but luckily though they can take care of themselves in battle. Speaking of squad mates I really enjoyed I really enjoyed each and everyone of them and just enjoyed getting to know them and the one thing really like about the squadmates in this game is they always interact with each other in the game when exploring a planet or when your on the tempest. Comparing them though to the squadmates in the original trilogy obviously the original characters are better but that's not such a bad thing especially considering that this is the only game so far where we get to know them and surprisingly there's not one squad mate in the game I found myself disliking (although depending on who you are you will either really like or hate Peebee).Paragon and Renegade system has been removed in favor of a new system where you choose what kind of appeal you want to make and I have to say I have a hard time making an opinion about it because it's a little more realistic in a way and doesn't force you to make paragon and renegade choices so you can use a special dialogue option but it often just feels like have to play a paragon character because you rarely get a chance to make a renegade dialogue choice, I also found there to be very few interrupts which kind of sucks. In Mass Effect Andromeda the game contains plenty of side missions for you to perform if you wish and a lot of the ones I played play out really well and at times force you to make a hard call and those choices you make will often affect the world around you as well as the story, with that being said try to play as many as you can before you decide to finish the story. Overall I would say Mass Effect Andromeda is a really good game for what it is going in I had no expectations for this game to exceed the original since that's what it often gets compared to but that's not a bad thing because the original trilogy set a high bar and it's hard to expect it to surpass that bar, If I were to recommend this game to anyone I would recommend it to anyone who really likes the first Mass Effect game just because this game has so much emphasis on exploration it's really what makes this game great.… Expand

chagordz

Apr 15, 2017

9

Very good game, not excellent but very enjoyable.
Good graphics in the pit and with a fluid gameplay.
The bad thing is some bugs that I have found but not so bad to ruin the game experience.

rodericrinehart

Jun 24, 2017

3

Loved the first 3, would put the trilogy in my top 10 series ever. Mass Effect Andromeda is BORING and POORLY DESIGNED above all else. Poor animations, empty areas, pointless fetch quests, and just no respect for the time of the player. Finished it despite really not liking it. Probably done with the series now. Lost a loyal fan and customer Bioware/EA.

aeson1992

Aug 12, 2017

9

I had a great time with the game. It gave me a throwback to the old days of ME1. The stories are well written, the traits of the different alien races are well presented and the gameplay is great. Yes, the game is a bit buggy and sometimes loads in characters a bit late (at least on xone), but it is nothing game breaking and just requires a bit of patience from time to time. I finished theI had a great time with the game. It gave me a throwback to the old days of ME1. The stories are well written, the traits of the different alien races are well presented and the gameplay is great. Yes, the game is a bit buggy and sometimes loads in characters a bit late (at least on xone), but it is nothing game breaking and just requires a bit of patience from time to time. I finished the game within 75 hours and during that time only once I encountered one bad bug in a quest where I had to kill myself to progress....so again nothing special here. The game is in a good state now. The skill system is very nice and easy to understand, giving your followers the right abilities allows you to synergize and create effective comobos. Also the weapon crafting offers a great variety of options. You can create weapons that shoot lighting beams, which melt through shields, or weapons which shoot explosive projectiles. The only thing I didn't like as much was the music in the game, it just didn't hit my spot (but whatever...to each his own)
All in all i had a great time with the game, it really fell in line with the earlier mass effects....too bad they closed the developer team down.… Expand

woodelf

May 1, 2019

10

I'm playing this game only now and I regret it. I was angry with EA and Bioware for ME3, I didn't empathize with Default Ryder's face, so I didn't buy it. Then the bad reviews kept me from playing it for a long time, even after the patch release. I started playing it because I had nothing else that caught my interest, and it took a lot of hours gameplay to actually fall in love with theI'm playing this game only now and I regret it. I was angry with EA and Bioware for ME3, I didn't empathize with Default Ryder's face, so I didn't buy it. Then the bad reviews kept me from playing it for a long time, even after the patch release. I started playing it because I had nothing else that caught my interest, and it took a lot of hours gameplay to actually fall in love with the game. I'm not afraid to call it a masterpiece now. Sure it needed more time to be polished, everybody have the same faces and that's annoying, but once you get used to it and focus on the story and characters, gameplay and fighting, it's awesome. I didn't expect mature explicit sex scenes, and this game treats you like an adult, finally. Jaal romance is just breathtaking.
P.S. finished the game. Too many things left unexplained and the ending felt a bit rushed and confused. But I stick to my 10 because there are too many undeserved bad reviews. The Angara and Jaal are the best things in this game.… Expand

Direwolf73

Aug 18, 2017

8

A struggle early was fixed with several patches and while that should not have had to be done, it was. Thus we get to the real game. Once you manage to start rollin in the old feel of Bioware games is there. The story, the relationships, the fun. The planets were lush and each was given a lot of love with some really fun moments. The story to eventually brought me in and had me just asA struggle early was fixed with several patches and while that should not have had to be done, it was. Thus we get to the real game. Once you manage to start rollin in the old feel of Bioware games is there. The story, the relationships, the fun. The planets were lush and each was given a lot of love with some really fun moments. The story to eventually brought me in and had me just as involved as the older Bioware titles. Was it original Mass Effect good no but it was no-where near the negative reviews I have seen. My biggest regret is that several of the stories that were teased at will never be completed because they were set up to be longer arcs to be answered later.

The combat is this game was by far the most fun I have had in the Mass Effect world. I just liked the differences in this far more than the older ones.

The biggest plus I took away from this game. The Original ME games felt like Star Wars. ME:A felt like Star Trek. Exploring new worlds, meeting new races. It felt fun.… Expand

scottryder

Aug 18, 2017

10

I am a die hard Mass Effect fan. For what Ea has done to the game is unacceptable but still Bioware came through with exploration, great combat and long long loooooonnnnnggggg hours of gameplay that compensates the negative reviews of others. I love Mass effect...always been and I will be waiting for its next release. Casey Hudson it is up to you. Kudos to Bioware. They completed theI am a die hard Mass Effect fan. For what Ea has done to the game is unacceptable but still Bioware came through with exploration, great combat and long long loooooonnnnnggggg hours of gameplay that compensates the negative reviews of others. I love Mass effect...always been and I will be waiting for its next release. Casey Hudson it is up to you. Kudos to Bioware. They completed the creation of the game with greatest pressure and tight resources.

EA and Bioware, please learn from your mistakes.… Expand

St-Anger

Oct 12, 2017

10

I myself am loving this game. The current user score which is in the danger red zone is extremely unfair. Considering what most people are crying about is pathetic. Give this game a chance for the awesome combat and the fact it has plenty to do and offer. It may surprise you.

Koristo

Oct 27, 2017

0

0 out of 10. Which to me is bland. IOt's not terrible, the combat saves that. But the story is poor, the animations terrible, the character customization is weak.The quest system is like WoW which is in a genre where bad quests are sorted expected...that's like 20 years old now. The exploration would be nice, but since the maps are mostly empty and the quest softly bland the visual becomea0 out of 10. Which to me is bland. IOt's not terrible, the combat saves that. But the story is poor, the animations terrible, the character customization is weak.The quest system is like WoW which is in a genre where bad quests are sorted expected...that's like 20 years old now. The exploration would be nice, but since the maps are mostly empty and the quest softly bland the visual becomea as appealing as a well painted empty hallway.

I'd say buy it when its 20 bucks. A huge step back for the series, and arguably the worst Bioware game to date. At least DA 2 had a few solid characters and some eye candy. In this game the characters are as stale as they are repulsive. I don't mind you making all females in your game looking like they were smacked with an ugly stick for days. If you can make them funny, witty, engaging. I loved tali and I never saw her face. After DAI and MEA Bioware has lost alot of respect in my eyes as a consumer and gamer.… Expand

crgnewcomb

Feb 26, 2019

9

After finally playing the game this year, I wish it had a higher score. Something about this project diverged from Mass Effect, but it also had a bigger uphill battle to fight with manufactured controversy and overblown clickbait--this game is NOT as bad as the 'scandals' made it. Bad facial animations up front, yes, immersion breaking at first, possibly, but the gameplay was great, asAfter finally playing the game this year, I wish it had a higher score. Something about this project diverged from Mass Effect, but it also had a bigger uphill battle to fight with manufactured controversy and overblown clickbait--this game is NOT as bad as the 'scandals' made it. Bad facial animations up front, yes, immersion breaking at first, possibly, but the gameplay was great, as well as the nonlinear story. I enjoyed every play session once I 'got' the flow of the game: you need to settle other planets, so you need to get a foothold on a planet to setup outposts. The game handles this with variety quite well, as no 2 planets are the same, environments are designed beautifully (overshadowed by facial animations). To the same effect, searching for each species' lost Ark is also never the same, and I was genuinely impressed by some of the variety & unique gameplay challenges in the general side missions.

Play this game if you haven't gotten around to it. Many things have been patched since the bandwagon scandals, and if you're into 4K / HDR gaming, a more recent update brings this to the game.… Expand

snooginzz

Mar 22, 2017

10

offsetting the absurd negative reviews.

played the EA access trial, and have about 8 hours into retail. Enjoying very much so far. The minor tech problems are overshadowed by the fun I am having. If you enjoyed the original trilogy, I think you will enjoy this as well. If you base your opinion of massive open world RPG games on minor technical flaws (skyrim???), this is probably a skip.

rempedaal

Mar 30, 2017

10

This game is definitely not a 4.5, which is the current user score average. Some really bad critics who seemed to be pissing on this game even before it came out, plus a few glitches that have been blown waaaay out of proportion, has culminated into a herd-mentality-hating-bandwagon-negative-review-fest. This game is a solid 8.5 for me after about 25 hours of gameplay. Not a 10, becauseThis game is definitely not a 4.5, which is the current user score average. Some really bad critics who seemed to be pissing on this game even before it came out, plus a few glitches that have been blown waaaay out of proportion, has culminated into a herd-mentality-hating-bandwagon-negative-review-fest. This game is a solid 8.5 for me after about 25 hours of gameplay. Not a 10, because the menu options for weapons and such could use some improvement, and because what really made the ME series great was the impact of decisions you make. That doesn't seem so apparent in this game so far, but to be honest I'm not really qualified to judge that after 20 hours. But other than that, I like the characters and the dialogues, the environments are awesome, combat is great, I really like the animations in space and overall I'm having a great time playing this game. I'm giving it a 10, not because it's a 10, but to offset the hater bandwagon. Every game has bugs, some a bit more than others, but in my experience with the game so far, I have hardly encountered any. Give the devs a break and stop whining so much. Yes, the faces can look a bit dead sometimes, but that never stopped me from enjoying the game. Overall, awesome game.… Expand

Sunscour

Mar 3, 2018

8

65 hours in Review... OK so it wasn't a "Mass Effect" game, but it was great, looked good, played good and I had a GREAT TIME playing. I did not experience the emotional attachment to the characters like I wanted to, (or thought I should?). Solid, keeping my score at 8
40 hours in Review..
Still loving the game play, combat is fun, I have most of the weapons and Mods I want, but my65 hours in Review... OK so it wasn't a "Mass Effect" game, but it was great, looked good, played good and I had a GREAT TIME playing. I did not experience the emotional attachment to the characters like I wanted to, (or thought I should?). Solid, keeping my score at 8
40 hours in Review..
Still loving the game play, combat is fun, I have most of the weapons and Mods I want, but my romance options are terrible. I am a straight female so my romance options are limited to Liam and Jaal. Moody or Cheerful, No Thank-you.
20 hours in Review...
Yep, Still having a great time and the update so the eyeballs are not crazy made a huge improvement in the way my character looks..
10 hours in review...
I am enjoying the story and the weapon and armor mods. The combat was fun, and love using the jump jets in battle. I LOVE, LOVE charge.. (I guess I am not the norm, but after ME 1, 2 and 3, this is fresh and different?)
It did take me 3 tries to make a character I could stand playing.
End note... I am not a hardcore gamer, I like playing games instead of watching TV or Movies, Mass Effect scratches my Science Fiction itch....… Expand

Kool_Jimmy

Mar 21, 2017

8

TAKE THE HATING WITH A GRAIN OF SALT. Any user review that gives this game below a 6 has failed to fairly rate it. The game lacks polish, it's true, but the gameplay itself is tight and responsive, along with a story that is compelling enough. The graphics are great in spite of some poor animations, in honesty, are blown majorly out of proportion thanks to people expecting the worst. ThereTAKE THE HATING WITH A GRAIN OF SALT. Any user review that gives this game below a 6 has failed to fairly rate it. The game lacks polish, it's true, but the gameplay itself is tight and responsive, along with a story that is compelling enough. The graphics are great in spite of some poor animations, in honesty, are blown majorly out of proportion thanks to people expecting the worst. There are a few moments of awkward dialogue, but the voice acting itself has its strong moments at times. The multiplayer is integrated smoothly, making a welcomed return for all who enjoyed it in ME3, while capturing your gambling sense with loot boxes. Contrary to what you would be led to believe, these are not the aggravating loot boxes like those in Overwatch and Halo 5 (in short, they feel more rewarding and help to create longevity for the mode). While I see where criticism comes from, and understand that this isn't the ME4 people were looking for, this game gives you hours upon hours of gameplay, and surely is not deserving of the mountains of hate it is receiving. I recommend that give this thing a go yourself before listening to half of these user "reviews".… Expand

ElTioJeremy

May 14, 2017

8

Mass Effect: Andromeda nos lleva a la galaxia de Andromeda, a explorar esta y entrar en la bùsqueda de una nueva casa para la raza humana. Precisamente, la exploraciòn en este Mass Effect es un punto muy importante, ya que podremos explorar diversos planetas, en busca de recursos para craftear, podremos hacer muchas misiones en los mìsmos. La exploracion encuentro que esta lograda, tienesMass Effect: Andromeda nos lleva a la galaxia de Andromeda, a explorar esta y entrar en la bùsqueda de una nueva casa para la raza humana. Precisamente, la exploraciòn en este Mass Effect es un punto muy importante, ya que podremos explorar diversos planetas, en busca de recursos para craftear, podremos hacer muchas misiones en los mìsmos. La exploracion encuentro que esta lograda, tienes muchas cosas que hacer, en cuanto a misiones, cosas por recoger, y todo este tipo de cosas.
Otra cosa que hace bien este Mass Effect, son las escenas de acciòn, ya que es todo muy frenètico y muy entretenido. Tanto los saltos, los dashes y los poderes, le dan un toque muy bueno al juego.
En cuanto al rendimiento, va muy fluido. He jugado la versiòn de Xbox One y va muy bien, apenas hay caidas de FPS, y si las hay, no bajan de unos 28,27 FPS. Esto hace que sea agradable a la vista y a la experiencia.
Un punto muy criticado del juego son las animaciones. Y es verdad. Las animaciones estan mal hechas, parece como si le hubieran dedicado poco trabajo. Pero hay una cosa que aclarar. Las animaciones dejan de ser desagradables en cuanto màs tiempo le dediquemos al juego.
Pero las animaciones no son el problema principal del juego, ya que no afectan en la experiencia de juego. El multijugador es el verdadero problema. He jugado unas 3 partidas, porque es INJUGABLE. Al no tener servidores dedicados, hace que las partidas se caigan a cada rato. Arruina completamente la experiencia de juego.

En conclusiòn, encuentro que este Mass Effect: Andromeda es un buen juego, muy entretenido y con muchìsimo contenido. Si juegas al modo historia, se te pasara volando la hora. Como fan de la saga Mass Effect, encuentro que este està un peldaño por debajo de los demàs, pero esto no lo hace para nada un mal juego. Lo recomiendo si quieres hecharte unas horas.… Expand

polygon3d

Apr 2, 2017

0

Basically everything that made the original trilogy great will not be found here. The characters have 0 depth and the story is completely dull when compared to the old games.

fubenalvo

Apr 3, 2017

7

I don't care about the animations, it's okay I think. But I have bugged in unfinishable quests on two planets from two. Yep, I'm still playing and I will finish the game because I love the game and the universe. Anyway... this is a public beta now with floating AI-s 5meter above the ground, and terrible camera handling with random dialogues with NPC-s. Meh... There will be any fixes forI don't care about the animations, it's okay I think. But I have bugged in unfinishable quests on two planets from two. Yep, I'm still playing and I will finish the game because I love the game and the universe. Anyway... this is a public beta now with floating AI-s 5meter above the ground, and terrible camera handling with random dialogues with NPC-s. Meh... There will be any fixes for these? Should I wait for them? :/

Oh and... SUDOKU? Why? Why? :(… Expand

Kenmei

Apr 3, 2017

4

I got the distinct impression that Bioware didn't learn anything from the failures of Mass Effect 3, beyond the crappy ending. Andromeda is a very disappointing next step in the Mass Effect world and has no baring on the original series. What was supposed to be a new beginning for the series gets off on a very mediocre note filled with tons of bugs and glitches and just generally boringI got the distinct impression that Bioware didn't learn anything from the failures of Mass Effect 3, beyond the crappy ending. Andromeda is a very disappointing next step in the Mass Effect world and has no baring on the original series. What was supposed to be a new beginning for the series gets off on a very mediocre note filled with tons of bugs and glitches and just generally boring gameplay. And while there are some very good moments sprinkled in the game, there are far too many mediocre/bad ones that those moments can't rise to the surface.
The story is a mix bag. With a slower beginning/middle and decent end part. While the ending is very open to another game in the series, there were tons of unanswered questions left open from the main important quests you could do. While there's tons of potential for DLC there, it's a wonder what Bioware will actually do here. Especially about half of the life forms from the Mass Effect universe aren't in this game (I'm particularly upset there are no Quarians in the game world so far). The two new races are a mixed bag as well. The Kett being very similar in look to the Protheans from the first game and the Angarans not being very interesting honestly. And your crew is also shortened up by quite a bit with only 6 choices to choose from, and 2 of them being regular humans. No one stands out in this group like Garrius or Tali from the first series but there are some good ones here. The best parts of the game are the crew interactions with each other and how witty and clever it can be while driving over planets. And some of their loyalty missions are great, including one that I personally felt was the best mission since ME2. But on the flip side there's also some very boring characters, including the new female Turian who is just boring and doesn't contribute much to the story.
Gameplay hasn't changed much from the ME3, with the addition of a jetpack that is kinda neat. However the jetpack got me stuck a few times, which leads to the biggest problem with the game: the bugs and glitches. I personally didn't have too many problems with this until the mid point of the game where it became almost crippling. Tons of lag and pop-in, doors not opening, glitched cutscenes, freezes, you name it. I had just about every bug type known to gaming hit me during the last half of the game and it almost caused me to quit the game. It feels like the game wasn't finished with testing before it was released. And this is supposed to be with a patch to fix these things.
In the end, I can't recommend this in it's current state because of the bugs and glitches. There are things here that fans will like and the few missions that I loved and the crew interactions are pretty much the only reason why I'm giving this game the score I did. However it's a broken mess that needs patching asap to fix all the problems before answering any questions there might be about story continuation or even a ME:A2. Because Bioware has shown they didn't learn anything beyond not making a crappy ending when they went from ME 3 to this. And I'm losing hope with them that they're figure it out for the sequel.… Expand

peabuddie

May 25, 2017

4

Let's all just agree that Shepard is a hard act to follow. Any thought of going into this thinking that it's going to be like the trilogy is unrealistic. It IS Mass Effect but in a way we haven't seen before.Having completed the game I have lowered my score from a 7 to a 4. It is just that bad.
So first the negative:
I'm with the rest when it comes to the menus, they are a mess and notLet's all just agree that Shepard is a hard act to follow. Any thought of going into this thinking that it's going to be like the trilogy is unrealistic. It IS Mass Effect but in a way we haven't seen before.Having completed the game I have lowered my score from a 7 to a 4. It is just that bad.
So first the negative:
I'm with the rest when it comes to the menus, they are a mess and not very intuitive. There are WAY too many menus, It's ridiculous.
Planet scanning: there are 4 steps of fancy graphics just to scan the planet. Why? When will publishers learn to quit wasting our time. YOLO and I don't want to spend it going through 4 stages to scan a planet. Also apparantly there are anomalies detected even after I've scanned the entire system and found every thing and scanned every planet. If there is still something out there where is it? How did such a simple mechanic become so cumbersome?
Remember how you could set up your team's load out? Well, if you still can I haven't been able to figure out how. 20 hours in and I don't even know what weapons my team is using.
Again too much talk, I'm still trying to get past simply competent when it comes to combat because I've experienced so little of it.

Graphical problems yes, they are there but I don't really care that much.
Character models, expressions ( there aren't any they are all blank faced models), horrible, but whatever.
When not in combat I can't get away from the feeling that I'm playing an electronic barbie house. It's too much Mass Effect the Social Game for me. Way beyond anything in the trilogy.

It doesn't give clear enough information on how to do basic things. Healing is completely different as an example, but I don't recall ever being told how to heal. I just ended up figuring it out after x amount of hours. Considering the difference, it's rather important strategic information when your in the middle of a fire fight. And that's just one example that extends to crafting, resources, etc.

Too me the resource gathering and crafting is a slow and painful process. I have found no joy in it thus far. It's frustrating. The separation of research and crafting uhhg ain't nobody got time for that. Does Bioware think that we live and breath their creations? so much of this game seems so self-involved of the devs. Like they live in a world where everyone has 20 hours to figure out their cumbersome systems for doing things and we're supposed to like it. Games are meant to be fun, not tiresome.
It seems that EVERYTHING is way more complicated and time consuming than is necessary.
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The creative decisions above and many more are mind boggling. They just make no sense.
The writing is the worst writing of any bioware game ever. It is amateurish, immature and boring. Absolutely nothing about Andromeda's mission makes any logical sense on any level.

There is plenty to do (way too much actually) and much of it may keep your attention. There are interesting worlds and situations and pretty environments. The combat IS fun, I just can't get enough of it.
The ships are cool, the Nexus is cool as far as concepts go and there is plenty to see and explore. There is some fun to be had here.

If you want to try this game out, first say your goodbyes to ME as you know it. Let Shepard rest and enter a new world in the ME universe. The cheaper, more amateurish, emptier universe. A universe that exploits the once mighty name of ME and Bioware.… Expand

smokestorm9121

Apr 4, 2017

1

Oh my god.... do you know how much I wanted this game to succeed?... Man I was so ready to pop this in and be transported back to the world of rich story, awesome character development, and fun battles. Unfortunately this game screws up on so many things that made mass effect good. I feel like i'm going through the 7 stages grief man! No **** joke! I think I made it past denial andOh my god.... do you know how much I wanted this game to succeed?... Man I was so ready to pop this in and be transported back to the world of rich story, awesome character development, and fun battles. Unfortunately this game screws up on so many things that made mass effect good. I feel like i'm going through the 7 stages grief man! No **** joke! I think I made it past denial and somewhere between sadness and anger, probably entering anger right about now... anyways to break it down because a lot of people have already made it clear here it is... Bland dialogue, **** ass facial AND BODY (no one ever mentions that) animations, OK graphics. The sound is... oh my god the sound... the thing that actually did it for me was the stock audio you would get at like free stock audio . com or something. And to those who are saying the sjw **** Have you seen Suvi Anwar if you haven't stfu that would be sjw target number 1... anyways games **** And suvi is f***ing hot. Case Closed.… Expand

Drucifer

Mar 30, 2017

10

I had my doubts after all of the negative reviews this game received, but was very pleasantly surprised once I actually played for myself. I absolutely love it. The first couple of hours drag by; this is typical for modern AAA RPGs (e.g. The Witcher 3, Horizon Zero Dawn). However, once the first couple of hours are completed, the game opens up into a true open world(s) game that is utterlyI had my doubts after all of the negative reviews this game received, but was very pleasantly surprised once I actually played for myself. I absolutely love it. The first couple of hours drag by; this is typical for modern AAA RPGs (e.g. The Witcher 3, Horizon Zero Dawn). However, once the first couple of hours are completed, the game opens up into a true open world(s) game that is utterly incredible. The story lines are compelling, the characters are very likable and relatable, and the dialogue is very realistic. Conversations don't fit the typical rigid and over exaggerated format common to many games, which may not work for gamers who are more accustomed to interacting with video game NPCs than having conversations with people in the real world. After 60 hours of gameplay, Mass Effect: Andromeda has impressed me more than I had ever expected and has become one of my favorite titles. I enjoyed this game even more than the original series. The story isn't quite as interesting as the reaper concept, but the rich open world exploration teeming with fun missions to do combined with the amazing lore the Mass Effect series has built up made this one of the funnest games I have ever played. Neither me nor my wife has experienced any glitches or strange/ugly facial animations with our Ryders. It took me a couple tries to design one that I liked, but once I did I had no issues throughout my play through. It seems that a lot of the people giving Mass Effect: Andromeda negative feedback are going into the game expecting to find something bad, only instead of reviewing it objectively, they critically search for flaws to reaffirm their expectations. This type of behavior, along with people rating it who have never even played it has left a game easily worthy of a 10/10 with a user score of 4.5.… Expand

sdwillie

Apr 18, 2017

0

It's broken garbage.

The multiplayer isn't fun to start with, and quickly becomes boring. The campaign was dull until it locked up on an autosave, causing me to force quit. That led to the game failing to load, with the stupid ring in the corner spinning endlessly. For some reason this also caused EA Access to do the same, endlessly trying to connect to their servers. I guess I haveIt's broken garbage.

The multiplayer isn't fun to start with, and quickly becomes boring. The campaign was dull until it locked up on an autosave, causing me to force quit. That led to the game failing to load, with the stupid ring in the corner spinning endlessly. For some reason this also caused EA Access to do the same, endlessly trying to connect to their servers. I guess I have to take them at their word that they fixed some of the creepy faces.… Expand

Derf_Xephon

Apr 4, 2017

0

Buggy piece of crap that needed a better budget or to be in development longer. Writing is terrible and the story is predictable and boring. EA has turned yet another great franchise into garbage.

FlailingPotat0

May 15, 2017

0

Mass Effect Andromeda isn't a game, it's a meme. Play the original trilogy before you play Andromeda if you want to truly understand how terrible this entry is. Bioware/EA took the lazy way out: first, by giving a beloved franchise to their "B" Team in Bioware Montreal, then by stripping away everything that defined Mass Effect as a series. This was a cash grab by EA and Bioware, using theMass Effect Andromeda isn't a game, it's a meme. Play the original trilogy before you play Andromeda if you want to truly understand how terrible this entry is. Bioware/EA took the lazy way out: first, by giving a beloved franchise to their "B" Team in Bioware Montreal, then by stripping away everything that defined Mass Effect as a series. This was a cash grab by EA and Bioware, using the fans love for the series to sell it.

Paragon and Renegade? Gone, replace by a vague "emotional" dialogue wheel with some of the worst lines in gaming history. You have no control over your characters personality, although no one else in this game has one either so why should your character?

Important story altering decisions? Gone as well. There might be 1 or 2 designed to give the illusion of this but neither choice affects the story in any way apart from 1 or 2 lines of dialogue.

Great story telling? Gone. Instead of the focused and exciting 30hr+ narratives woven through various planets, locations and side missions we get... about 6-8 hours of actual story content with about 25 hours of boring, monotonous and unrelated side-quests scattered over the "open" worlds. The typical side quest is something like "NPC needs heat lamp, traverse map to get one". It's like baby's first RPG in terms of design. Hope you like driving because its 2/3rds of the game.

Everything is a rehash of ME1, from characters to story arc only much worse. The Archon (basically this games Sovereign) is so non-threatening its hilarious. If Mass Effect 1,2 and 3 were wide release summer blockbusters, ME:A is the direct to dvd sequel that no one asked for. Did I mention it takes place 600 years in the future in a new galaxy? Bioware Montreal took the lazy way out in terms of writing. Of all the different and interesting ways they could have gone and expanded the lore and universe (Leviathan species? Indoctrination theory?), they chose the most boring, cookie-cutter and lazy way out. And it shows. (First contact with a new species? Prepare to be underwhelmed. Neither side acts like its a big deal).

Interesting locations? Sort of. They're interesting when you first land but you quickly realize they're all lifeless and empty. Although every planet has the exact same Dinosaur/Monster creatures. Every. Single. Planet. That's how lazy Bioware was. The same life forms on every single planet. Even some that are different colors (were these the devs from Grandma's Boy?)

Epic music? Nope. As far as epic music to set the tone for the action/story: there is none. None that is memorable anyways. Remember the music from the Collector Base? Leaving Earth under Reaper attack? Meeting Vigil on Illos? Saving the Krogan? There is nothing like that in Andromeda. Nothing. At any point.

Interesting characters? Nope. All of them are re-skins of ME1 characters, just way less interesting. You will never, ever be conflicted about who to bring with you on a mission (the way most people were with ME1-3). Also this game has odd character models. They all look too short, like kids running around in a theme park. I can't figure out if the camera angle is too wide of the modeler had no clue what he/she was doing.

Graphics? Lol. Mass Effect 3 still looks better. Muddy textures on close ups and cartoony looking open worlds. It has its moments where it looks amazing but its wildly inconsistent.

Multiplayer? That's not why people buy Mass Effect. Moving on.

The combat? There's good and bad. Very fluid and dynamic, but you lose the ability to direct/control squad abilities as well as only having 3 abilities active at any one time. Apart from movement, its a downgrade.

Overall? It's a tremendously boring and stale story, filled with flat, uninteresting characters, no memorable musical score, echoes the story beats of the first game (though poorly), loaded to the brim with boring, unrelated "filler" side quests scattered across vast, empty, lifeless worlds.

I'm a huge Mass Effect fan. You don't have to believe me. But the game has been on sale since it released, EA has put the franchise on "hiatus" and Bioware Montreal is being demoted to a support studio. This game is trash and the evidence for that gets stronger every day.… Expand

sw980

Mar 22, 2017

5

Bioware,Bioware,Bioware.......
Mass Effect Andromeda has just released,and the community already has negative things to say about the game.
The Frames per second are even worse than ME3. And what have you done to the animations? Look on the internet what funny GIFS you can find about the animations. And the story..... it get's to repetitive! I know this is a short review, but alsoBioware,Bioware,Bioware.......
Mass Effect Andromeda has just released,and the community already has negative things to say about the game.
The Frames per second are even worse than ME3.
And what have you done to the animations?
Look on the internet what funny GIFS you can find about the animations.
And the story..... it get's to repetitive!

I know this is a short review, but also based on my personal experiences, i have no choice but to turn MEA down and give it a 5.… Expand

PabloOrejuela

Mar 21, 2017

9

I like this game so far, I don't care about the graphics, it is true that the graphics of the last Mass Effects releases were amazing but for me graphics don't define if a game is good or not, for me a good game should be a game that drag me into the story, a great game should makes me play it for many hours and still feel the need of to play it more and more.

StarGin

Mar 22, 2017

10

Un juego que ha sido tratado injustamente y que merece más calificación! Pueden existir juegos malos, mediocres, buenos o excelentes, pero sólo por un rumor no debemos hacernos una cuenta para desinformar a la gente. Mass Effect Andromeda no es un Call of Duty. Y mrece más que un 4.2

Excesswand3738

Mar 26, 2017

9

I do not understand all the hate that this game has received.
I have played about 30 hours so far on the Xbox one and I have enjoyed a lot of the elements of the game. The combat elements of the game are better than ever, the exploration is exactly what I wanted in the original mass effect game and the characters are interesting and unique. I have not finished the main story yet however II do not understand all the hate that this game has received.
I have played about 30 hours so far on the Xbox one and I have enjoyed a lot of the elements of the game. The combat elements of the game are better than ever, the exploration is exactly what I wanted in the original mass effect game and the characters are interesting and unique. I have not finished the main story yet however I have enjoyed it so far, the pace starts slow and has gotten progressively more intense and I feel that there is more at stake after each mission, including side quests. Perhaps others have had a different experience but for me I have encountered very few bugs, and the ones that I have seen have been very minor and frankly the kind of things that I have come to expect in a RPG open world game. The facial animations are bad in some spots but for the most part they don't bother me. I'm not sure how a fan of the mass effect trilogy would not like this game as everything about it feels like a mass effect game. Though mass effect 2 is still my favourite for story, Andromeda is probably my favorite mass effect game to play. Overall I quite enjoy the game so far and would recommend it to be people that thought the game looked good but didn't get it because of bad reviews.… Expand

NSFDrevan

Mar 26, 2017

8

I don't understand the hate this game is receiving. Yeah it has its problems and some stand out more than others. However, this game has so much to offer that its still easy to sink tons of hours into. It's not trying to be Mass Effect 4, if anything it feels like Mass Effect 1 because its a whole new story with all new characters.

Animations are weird yes, but have they ever beenI don't understand the hate this game is receiving. Yeah it has its problems and some stand out more than others. However, this game has so much to offer that its still easy to sink tons of hours into. It's not trying to be Mass Effect 4, if anything it feels like Mass Effect 1 because its a whole new story with all new characters.

Animations are weird yes, but have they ever been amazing in any Mass Effect game? Is the Voice acting Bad? No not at all. Is there writing bad? Nope, works fine. People are trying to hard to shoot this game down, but in all honesty, its a damn good time if you just go in with an open mind and realize its supposed to be a brand new experience.… Expand

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