Reg do not play ME Andromeda any time soon after playing ME2. don't torture yourself by doing that. ME2 bone a fide classic.

Raiziel wrote:

Dinostar77 wrote:

Reg do not play ME Andromeda any time soon after playing ME2. don't torture yourself by doing that. ME2 bone a fide classic.

This makes me incredibly sad.

How do you think I feel? I love the mass effect series. But so many mistakes made in latest release.

So, after 63 hours and lots of ups and downs I loved it as an experience. It sums it up perfectly that in the final sequence after I'd finished off the final boss it froze and I had to reload the last save and finish off the boss again, but...it says a lot that I was happy to do so, and instantly. Cinty wrote a big thing and I mirror a lot of his thoughts but here are some main bits through my eyes. No spoilers.

There are a lot of irritating issues with this game. Choppy frame rate, false loads, crazy animations, its as hilarious as it is frustrating sometimes, but there's a very enjoyable game underneath that makes it completely worth it. What makes it worth it for me is, its still Mass Effect. The soundtrack to me is Mass Effect sci-fi gubbins, the crazy uncomfortable romancing is ME, the combat is ME on steroids, and I really don't mind the ME volume fetch quests as I want to drink in the odd universe and find some quite rewarding. Its just more ME and whilst I'd of loved a big next gen step I'm more than happy for this adventure. Its not great and its at the very most an 8, but man I enjoyed it. The story is reasonably good sci-fi bobbins, which is very similar to Halo and its forerunners cycle, so that's a plus for me in a way. But what really does it for me is the combat options and range of abilities. Its f'ing amazing, in most games of this scope and size you almost actively avoid combat situations after a time as there's little depth or perhaps not the focus under development, but right up until the end of this I had more combinations to try and different things to experiment with both in my own abilities and coupling those with different teammates. I'll admit the AI isn't upto much and its more volume than intelligence but it just worked. The combat box within missions were great as you could be flanked and pressed quite easily so it was wise to stay mobile and in particular use verticality to keep your options open. Releasing your teammates to just go nuts worked nicely and its aces trying to work combo's with them, and a few times I'd be struggling before having Cora appear out of nowhere and F-SHIT up to save me. Loved it, brainless awesomeness.

Not sure where its gonna go from here with the sequels but you can count me in day one.

Feck, this is now 30% off on PSN

For the comedy.

Got an email from PSN store with a voucher code.

Blocks100 wrote:

Feck, this is now 30% off on PSN

PM me your address and I'll send you mine.

legaldinho wrote:

Desperation, they want to tempt waverers.with andownload so they can't resell, they know from data that most players drop the game quickly, and MP is so poor retention rate is low. They know this game is heading for the £15 - 20 second hand tag for physical copies come Christmas.

As soon as I see this for sub £20 I'm buying. It may be uninspired but mass effect goddamit

@live its a very average game. Edge said that EA forced it out of the door early so it be added to their end of year financials. It needed another year of development. There are ideas which were cut to get the game to retail. One of them being an in-game mini map on Ryder's wrist. That was cut and you have to go into the menu to access the map, which is needed when travelling in the nomad and just fecking annoying. That's just one example.

Blocks100 wrote:

Dinostar77 wrote:

Edge gave it a 7

Which is what they gave the original Mass Effect.

And that's the right score for it.

I'd be enjoying it if it wasn't for the respawning Kett at bases.

Im waaaay late to the party. But Sony sent out a 30% off code for Andromeda and a space nerd in work was saying how good it was. So I took the plunge. Fuck me sideways. Those fa(e)ces. EA should patch the game so that ALL human and Asarii are replaced with Quarians. Or there is an always on helmet option. Disgraceful.
The standout issue is that the game is boring. The main story yeah fine. But the side quests and dialog are terrible. Fuck, the voice acting is even worse. Danesh from Silicon Valley is shockingly bad and the voice of Sam.....wow, the less said about that the better.
Its a killer for me cos I was an ME super geek, I have all 3 collectors editions, Ive an N7 cup,model of the Normandy etc etc but my gawd EA have ballsed this up. I normally am a 100% side quest guy, Ill read all emails,datalogs and listen to all audiologs but in this game there doesnt seem to be any point. Its all shit. Now Im only on the second planet so Im hoping things pick up.
The final nail is the music. Its barely noticeable.
The music in the first 3 got me into all manner of ambient, electronic stuff. Real shame.
As a 3rd person space game, yeah its a 3 out of 5, cos as I said the main thrust of the game is fine but as a ME game...... its a hard no.

Ok, fine... I said FINE! I am starting to enjoy this.

Nobody knoooows thetroublesI'veseeeeen

ME Andromeda development hell.

In two minds about trading this in or just pushing through and finishing it. It's not engaging me like previous mass effect games.