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Mass Effect Andromeda the Meme
    #24179425 - 03/21/17 03:35 AM (7 years, 9 days ago)

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, 8 days ago)

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:lol:

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 :lol:

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)

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)

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 :lol:
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, 6 days ago)

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, 6 days ago)

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. :sad:


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Re: Mass Effect Andromeda the Meme [Re: SludgeCity] * 1
    #24195085 - 03/26/17 03:55 PM (7 years, 3 days ago)

This video shows way more of it's bugs :lol:  There's definitely some spoilers in it though, so if you care about that then watch it when you're finished with the game.


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Re: Mass Effect Andromeda the Meme [Re: AmericanPsycho]
    #24197663 - 03/27/17 05:25 PM (7 years, 2 days ago)

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

Edited by Konyap (03/27/17 05:28 PM)

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Re: Mass Effect Andromeda the Meme [Re: Konyap]
    #24197725 - 03/27/17 05:47 PM (7 years, 2 days ago)

Quote:

Konyap said:
the main character looks like garbage
she looks like a sci fi nerd and not an actual space marine or whatever
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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

Quote:

Konyap said:
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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, 2 days ago)

Couple more review/glitches videos that I found :rofl:




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Re: Mass Effect Andromeda the Meme [Re: AmericanPsycho] * 1
    #24198477 - 03/27/17 10:47 PM (7 years, 2 days ago)

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, 2 days ago)

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)

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)

Mass effect: SJW edition.

Fucking cancer.


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Re: Mass Effect Andromeda the Meme [Re: Visionary Tools]
    #24202358 - 03/29/17 11:05 AM (7 years, 1 day ago)

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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Re: Mass Effect Andromeda the Meme [Re: Visionary Tools]
    #24202361 - 03/29/17 11:05 AM (7 years, 1 day ago)

Quote:

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

:triggered:

Flirted with Cora as well,
but having a video game woman tell me she's not into women
is nothing to lose sleep over :lol:

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)

Quote:

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
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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)

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, 17 hours ago)

Cora and Peebee merged together in my playthrough....:facepalm:




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Re: Mass Effect Andromeda the Meme [Re: AmericanPsycho]
    #24203916 - 03/29/17 09:26 PM (7 years, 15 hours ago)

That 2nd image.
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