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Mass Effect Andromeda the Meme
#24179425 - 03/21/17 03:35 AM (7 years, 10 days ago) |
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Don't know much about this game.
Played & finished the first one, never got onto the other two but will one day.
Heard bad things about the game coming up to it's release.
A mate linked this video to me which got me laughing & thought I would share it here.
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Re: Mass Effect Andromeda the Meme [Re: SludgeCity]
#24182033 - 03/21/17 11:38 PM (7 years, 9 days ago) |
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Have been watching a Let's Play over the last week or so, it actually convinced me to order it The facial animations border on disturbing, think it is partially because the eyes in particular look so fake the lip syncing frequently works well, but the absence of facial expression above the nose kills emotional conveyance the shadowing is also really poor which makes them look plastic
it confuses me slightly as most of my experience with Dragon Age Inquiistion was decent animations and this was apparently built in the same engine but graphics are not actually that important to me, despite my constant chase of them and am a fan of old campy sci-fi, so if they unintentionally flub my ability to take the universe seriously all the better
Never actually played 1 through 3, only ever watched streamers and decided it was not really for me
gameplay-wise Andromeda caught my attention tho Mass Effect 2 and 3 went with really linear levels and shooting-gallery cover-based fire mechanics Andromeda has some more fun things going on, with higher levels of combat mobility available and somewhat more open world feels to each planet, compared to running down corridors in 2 and 3 particularly like that Biotics can be used to throw people around through the air a lot telekinesis is fun even though the multi-classing system may kill some of the potential for replay compared to more narrow scope classes
Quest-wise am not expecting much in the way of content; the game seems to be mechanically geared towards playing like Dragon Age Inquisition which had a lot of errandy MMO style missions to do tho it is nice that Andromeda seems to have moved somewhat away from hand-holding as there have been quests where the objectives go unmarked, and unlisted in the journal so it actually means listening to the NPC for backstory, and going out and tracking down something without guidance beyond that
Also, they seem to really be pushing multi-player mode on this one, which holds no appeal to me and will probably not participate in but it still bothers me that they decided to charge 40 dollars extra for a super deluxe version where the only bonus to ordering it would have been a bunch of power ups to help players to 'own' in multi naturally did not bother to upgrade
My copy is downloading at the moment, so will have a better sense in a few days how it pans out they were willing to preview the first 10 hours to anyone who signed up which gave a good number of streams and access to watch and decide from but it is always possible they did so due to putting less effort into the end game
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Re: Mass Effect Andromeda the Meme [Re: Tantrika]
#24182325 - 03/22/17 04:58 AM (7 years, 8 days ago) |
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By the sounds of what you are saying the first 1 seems up your ally more.
I would bet that the first one shits all over Andromeda, game-play & graphically wise.
I mean not only are the animations trash but the voice acting is also terrible. Examples are in that video at 2:49 with sudden tone changes that feel way out of place & at 3:30 that "NOOOOOOO" is just so cringe that the only redeeming factor is that it's funny as fuck.
To me Mass Effect relies heavily on its atmosphere. I am not asking for crisp graphics but at lest give us passable animations.
There is zero excuses for that backwards gun, someone surely would of animated that from all angles before finishing it & would of noticed the backwards gun in replays before releasing the footage to the public.
Again I haven't played the game or seen too much footage but if what I have seen is anything to go by, you are better of playing the first 3, mainly the first one.
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Re: Mass Effect Andromeda the Meme [Re: SludgeCity]
#24183010 - 03/22/17 11:42 AM (7 years, 8 days ago) |
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Probably going to go back and play ME1 after Andromeda, not likely to hit up 2 and 3 tho. The individual on the channel that has done the various playthroughs has expressed a fair bit of satisfaction with Andromeda compared to the gameplay of 2 or 3 and how Andromeda does more to go back to the series' roots and am personally finding my own satisfaction with exploring and scanning all the things
tried to make a character that looks as much like me as possible, but the inability to tweak eye size has me walking around with a look of discouraged surprise all the time the facial animations can get pretty hilarious at times am enjoying the combat and exploration tho, boosting around with the little jetpack, or hovering in the air to unleash powers from a height advantage before dropping back into cover is quite good fun
Worst case scenario for me, end up going back and playing the better game second, rather than being hit with disappointment and feeling let down by lack-luster sequels. When the worst case scenario means potentially watching my experience improve, it seems like a solid course of action to take
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Re: Mass Effect Andromeda the Meme [Re: Tantrika] 1
#24187345 - 03/23/17 09:09 PM (7 years, 7 days ago) |
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The sound effects are perfect, I can see why you shared that, I cracked up! I think if the dialogue was different, it wouldn't match with the effects, but the fact it always ends dull, is lulzy.
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Re: Mass Effect Andromeda the Meme [Re: Chakanooga]
#24187397 - 03/23/17 09:38 PM (7 years, 7 days ago) |
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I am assuming you are replying to my OP.
Yeah the game is just one fat meme when it comes to that by the looks of it. No way I could dump money onto this game since I know Mass Effect from the 1st one which is worlds above this one imo.
Again I haven't played it but going by most recent AAA game titles over the last few years show's the industry has really fucking dropped the ball & is just filled with money hungry companies. Sad times indeed.
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Re: Mass Effect Andromeda the Meme [Re: SludgeCity] 1
#24195085 - 03/26/17 03:55 PM (7 years, 4 days ago) |
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This video shows way more of it's bugs There's definitely some spoilers in it though, so if you care about that then watch it when you're finished with the game.
Edited by AmericanPsycho (03/26/17 05:00 PM)
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the main character looks like garbage she looks like a sci fi nerd and not an actual space marine or whatever
i tried to customize her you have 8 different people that are all varying shades of brown seriously there isn't a white race in this game that you can play but there are 5 different indians and a black girl and a dark skinned blonde
the last option says customize but it doesn't let you do shit it's just another oriental variation demon souls and bloodborne let you do way more at least blood borne let you make really sexy looking chick andromeda, more like androgenous the character even as a preset never smiles or gets excited, by me making her look somewhat decent looking when they show her a new space ship she goes : [ with her teeth showing.. she seriously looks and feels like she's completely bored all the time.
it's really bizzare and a lot of the text is too small to read
also scuri or whatever looks like shit, in the CG she's hot but in game she has a mole and blotchy skin, she looks fucking hideous it's like she has the skin of a tanned 50 year old
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Re: Mass Effect Andromeda the Meme [Re: Konyap]
#24197725 - 03/27/17 05:47 PM (7 years, 3 days ago) |
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Konyap said: the main character looks like garbage she looks like a sci fi nerd and not an actual space marine or whatever ...
She's not a space marine, her father was kicked out of N7 and got a job on Andromeda, the kids are just along for the ride she's more of a sciencey explorer nerd
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Konyap said: ... i tried to customize her you have 8 different people that are all varying shades of brown seriously there isn't a white race in this game that you can play but there are 5 different indians and a black girl and a dark skinned blonde
the last option says customize but it doesn't let you do shit it's just another oriental variation demon souls and bloodborne let you do way more at least blood borne let you make really sexy looking chick andromeda, more like androgenous ...
The character creation is lame, but there is minor customization basically have to choose one of the presets, then click over into the customization tabs up top what is weird is how many steps back it is from Dragon Age Inquisition, which was made in the same engine in Mass Andromeda, can adjust skin tone from a shade of white to very dark, then brow and cheek heights, chin, lip and nose size and position then eye position and colour (with a huge amount of choices) but never eye size, so everyone looks bug-eyed then hair style and colour, tattoos and scars
DA:I was more similar to Fallout 4, where it was possible to move face aspects around with the cursor and adjust size and position of everything
It is also irritating that it does not allow mix and match of facial features so liking a certain type of lips, nose, or eyes ends up meaning that the rest are stuck with whatever the first match is on
Also the lighting on character creation is ass, but that was an issue with DA:I as well
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Re: Mass Effect Andromeda the Meme [Re: Tantrika]
#24197989 - 03/27/17 07:32 PM (7 years, 3 days ago) |
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Couple more review/glitches videos that I found
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i played today the asari is stilll holding the gun backwards
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Re: Mass Effect Andromeda the Meme [Re: SludgeCity]
#24198829 - 03/28/17 04:03 AM (7 years, 3 days ago) |
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Have also discovered that they managed to turn animation issues into outright game-breaking bugs while the Architect fight was great; fought a different type of boss later on it teleported around the room when attacked and, to my misfortune, teleported inside a wall, forcing me to reload an earlier save and make my way back to the fight and it was not just a one-off issue had it happen 3 separate times once it teleports into the wall, nothing gets it to teleport back out
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Re: Mass Effect Andromeda the Meme [Re: Tantrika]
#24199252 - 03/28/17 09:55 AM (7 years, 2 days ago) |
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yeah at the end of the first big mission peebody's vocals look face as fuck
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Re: Mass Effect Andromeda the Meme [Re: Konyap] 1
#24202093 - 03/29/17 08:56 AM (7 years, 1 day ago) |
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Mass effect: SJW edition.
Fucking cancer.
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one of my characters fights cora i think her name is she teleports but when the enemy is in the air she ends up falling from the sky in front of him it looks really stupid
the game got such low scores i bought it for 45 bucks the day it came out
spending 40million on a mass effect game is ok... in like 2009 this game could have used at least another 10-20 million there was nothing holding them back people play mass effect games
had they invested another 5 million into more script writers, debuggers the game would have probably been better
even walking around my hub world I get confused because I see constant reuses of rooms some of the ideas are really cool concerning the graphics and combat but you can tell the rest of the stuff is kind of cookie cutter
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Visionary Tools said: Mass effect: SJW edition.
Fucking cancer.
The SJW response to Andromeda has been hilarious people upset over Cora 'looking like a lesbian' while being straight or the sex scenes being tilted in favour of the straight romances
Flirted with Cora as well, but having a video game woman tell me she's not into women is nothing to lose sleep over
Too many people subscribe to the sarkeesian school of turning gaming into a politicized battle ground throw fuel on the fire and put money into her pockets
meanwhile, am lezzing out with an Asari in zero gravity but Cora's rejection is within the first few hours of gameplay so it is within the attention span of their ilk
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Re: Mass Effect Andromeda the Meme [Re: Konyap]
#24202371 - 03/29/17 11:10 AM (7 years, 1 day ago) |
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Konyap said: one of my characters fights cora i think her name is she teleports but when the enemy is in the air she ends up falling from the sky in front of him
it looks really stupid ...
It also gets mechanically awful because she'll teleport into areas that kill her if the enemy has AoEs or is in a hazard
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Re: Mass Effect Andromeda the Meme [Re: Tantrika]
#24202385 - 03/29/17 11:17 AM (7 years, 1 day ago) |
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yeah I've never had team mates straight up die on me until this game they seem more helpful tho in previous games I would lead and there would be dozens of enemies everywhere and they'd still be like 10-15feet behind me in this game it seems like they get flanked pretty easily even on normal
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Re: Mass Effect Andromeda the Meme [Re: Konyap] 2
#24203588 - 03/29/17 07:33 PM (7 years, 1 day ago) |
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Cora and Peebee merged together in my playthrough....
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That 2nd image.
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