Mass Effect Andromeda

[Valmy]

I think ME2 was a vast improvement over ME1, personally, but it still had one major problem, being made for consoles.  Straight level, narrow corridors, a few jumps up and down, get to the boss, end the level.

ME2 was excellent. It was not the quality that concerned me. It was the kinds of design decisions they were making. But again I will talk about this at depth when I get to that game in my AAR.

[Valmy]

There's always Obsidian and CDProjekt.

I wish Obsidian got a shot at another AAA project though.

I don't. I much prefer them making the games they want to make with our support. Though I am sure they would be overjoyed to get a big AAA contract.

Is CDProjekt going to make anything besides Witcher gams?

[celedhring]

There's always Obsidian and CDProjekt.

I wish Obsidian got a shot at another AAA project though.

I don't. I much prefer them making the games they want to make with our support. Though I am sure they would be overjoyed to get a big AAA contract.

Is CDProjekt going to make anything besides Witcher gams?

Yeah, they've got a cyberpunk one in development.

[Fate]

I enjoyed DA Inquisition. I guess it's no surprise that I am enjoying  Andromeda. Yeah, the stuff on facial animations is true. But it doesn't ruin the rest of the game for me. Currently about 15 hours in on the 3rd planet.

[Valmy]

I enjoyed DA Inquisition. I guess it's no surprise that I am enjoying  Andromeda. Yeah, the stuff on facial animations is true. But it doesn't ruin the rest of the game for me. Currently about 15 hours in on the 3rd planet.

That is what I thought. Thanks for confirming it.

[Legbiter]

FAcial animations are poop. Just fucking awful. Otherwise, the game plays really well. In game menus suck, but this is Bioware, so what do you expect? They are known for their shitty menus and opaque GUI stuff.

What about the story, does it have any punch? The premise sounds intriguing, playing as an AI's meat puppet as it colonizes a new galaxy. 

[Grallon]

I enjoyed DA Inquisition. I guess it's no surprise that I am enjoying  Andromeda. Yeah, the stuff on facial animations is true. But it doesn't ruin the rest of the game for me. Currently about 15 hours in on the 3rd planet.

I'm dubious about this.  A Mass Effect game without Shep or the Reapers doesn't feel right.  And while I greatly enjoyed Inquisition there was much MMO inspired bloat there.  I looked at the specs last night - 55G of empty HDD space?  Really?



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[garbon]

I enjoyed DA Inquisition. I guess it's no surprise that I am enjoying  Andromeda. Yeah, the stuff on facial animations is true. But it doesn't ruin the rest of the game for me. Currently about 15 hours in on the 3rd planet.

I'm dubious about this.  A Mass Effect game without Shep or the Reapers doesn't feel right.  And while I greatly enjoyed Inquisition there was much MMO inspired bloat there.  I looked at the specs last night - 55G of empty HDD space?  Really?



G.

On the otherhand, it is about time for the story to move elsewhere and 55GB isn't all that crazy in these days of affordable 1TB drives. Heck even my 4 year old PC has 2 of those attached.

[Valmy]

It is not like the Reapers was such a super compelling plot. Star Control 3 already had that exact set up, though that game had an incredibly lame resolution to that plot at the end so cannot really be compared to ME3.

[Grallon]

It is not like the Reapers was such a super compelling plot.

Trying to find a way to defeat the Reapers was what was compelling - the near impossible odds.  Too bad they cheapened the whole plot with that tangent the trilogy took with Cerberus - and that horrendous jumping cliché Kai Leng. 

If you haven't read it - I suggest this series of article on the Trilogy by Shamus:

http://www.shamusyoung.com/twentysidedtale/?p=27792


It's long but worth it.


G.

[Valmy]

I haven't played ME3 yet so I, beyond knowing people did not like the ending, I am trying not to spoil myself too much. But I will certainly check it out after I do. Thanks

[Fate]

I enjoyed DA Inquisition. I guess it's no surprise that I am enjoying  Andromeda. Yeah, the stuff on facial animations is true. But it doesn't ruin the rest of the game for me. Currently about 15 hours in on the 3rd planet.

I'm dubious about this.  A Mass Effect game without Shep or the Reapers doesn't feel right.  And while I greatly enjoyed Inquisition there was much MMO inspired bloat there.  I looked at the specs last night - 55G of empty HDD space?  Really?



G.

Reapers were replaced by the Kett Emprie (humanoid religious/gene editing zealots) as the big bad and Protheans were replaced by the Remnant as the highly advanced, extinct people of Andromeda. I think it works.

I just finished a full play through of Andromeda at 67 hours with 87% completion of all sidequests/main story. It's not as good as ME3 but the graphics are absolutely gorgeous (bought a 1080 Ti just for the game). I don't love the characters as much as I did after ME3, but a more fair comparison would be how I felt after ME1. I'll be buying Andromeda 2 if they make it. It's not like we have many other options for space opera RPGs. Maybe the Witcher guys should take a stab at the genre.

I haven't played ME3 yet so I, beyond knowing people did not like the ending, I am trying not to spoil myself too much. But I will certainly check it out after I do. Thanks

People didn't like the original ending. They released a new ending with extended cinematic a few years back and the Leviathan DLC which were a huge improvement.

[celedhring]

My only gripe with the story - ME3 finale notwithstanding - is that ME2 felt a lot like a rethread/sidequest. The Collectors felt very much like Geth 2.0 from the first game, and I didn't care zilch for them as enemies.

It was still very fun to play. And Cerberus was an interesting concept, even if they kinda wasted it in the end.

[viper37]

I haven't played ME3 yet so I, beyond knowing people did not like the ending, I am trying not to spoil myself too much.

It's not a bad game, it's just not as great as we all hoped it would be.  And it's still a 32bit engine, tweaked ME2 engine (Unreal 3) and it shows its limits.

But games had graphical mods that greatly enhance the textures, in case I didn't mention it
Talk to me once you reach ME2, I'll point you in the right direction.

[Legbiter]

There's always Obsidian and CDProjekt.

I wish Obsidian got a shot at another AAA project though.

I don't. I much prefer them making the games they want to make with our support. Though I am sure they would be overjoyed to get a big AAA contract.

Is CDProjekt going to make anything besides Witcher gams?

Yeah, they've got a cyberpunk one in development.

Release date: 2077.