I honestly respect how neutral and honest you were about this. I won't be buying it anyways, but I wish more people had your integrity and analysis when it comes to games.
This calls for a candle-lit dinner with romantic music! lol!! But yeah nice execution on review. Better review than all the others I've seen (and i have watched a ton just about this game). Thanks Mate!! :)
Tallborn Stev, bioware just should have scrapped the star child ending. Just automatically do the destroy ending after Andersons passing and keep the geth/EDI alive + the extended cutscenes.
Tim van der Beek Honestly if they just bring back Drew Karpyshyn and redo mass effect 3 with a different ending they could actually fix the Mass Effect franchise.
@@TopHatNinja68 i just did,i was not sure if i would like it but i did like i did with anthem....it was only 5 Bucks as well and i ended up loving it so much and since its made by the same developers and i love rpgs i decided to buy it,hopefully i'll enjoy it like you man😂
I don't find them ugly. But, every character looks like they are still in high school. Which if the game sold that (like mabe the 100, or something similar) it would be ok.
Inquisition was a piece of shit yet many people liked it. I don't understand. I fucking hate the new Bioware team they should all be put on B rated games honestly. Guess I'll stick to the old Mass Effects and Witcher 3.
I honestly love this game, I'm not really one for going and picking out all the flaws. My main focus when playing is having fun and progressing. Yeah, there might be needed improvements but that doesn't make the game terrible. The characters are awesome too, especially PeeBee. I agree with what you said the original Mass Effects were awesome and commander S. was bad ass, but I'm glad they switch to the Ryder's, it gives a newer and fresher feel. Remember mass effect came out 8-9 years ago, the switch was needed and I love the direction they took in space exploration. Hopefully people can start enjoying the game instead of hating it just because of some facial feature or a bit of a confusing story set up. I promise, if you actually focus on the gameplay and not the small details you'll enjoy this game a lot. Good review btw, subscribed.
I got it on sale for $10 during the big EA sale that will continue until March 6th. I may just delve back into the original trilogy later this year after Monster Hunter.
andromeda is actually pretty damn good once you get to the second planet and the game opens up sure the animation is jank as hell sometimes but the gameplay is clean and addictive i think the biggest problem is that its a mass effect title and our expectations where way too high i see this game following the path of destiny once dlc starts dropping it will end up being exactly what we thought we would get in the first place this is just the landscape of gaming now games get released unfinshed and patched to all hell once the first major dlc drops
to be honest, recent patch did improve the gaming experiences a bit (i emphatize "a bit"), with all that lighting, shadow and animation fix (though they just outright cut some parts) and i had fun with it for a while and ready to jump back in for another play after a while. Still, i wish bioware and EA (fuck you EA!) spent more time on the game and make it more of a real Mass Effect game. So many potentials gone to waste.
Why is everyone such nazi and greedy about animations and graphics these days remember when games were about gameplay and how much a piece of art it is I would like them to be great to but people are overeating over this shit now it's just sad
Man I haven't seen one single god damn minority in this game what the fuck diversity are you talking about? You think they gave the female chars bad animation on purpose? Even if I was a SJW why the f*** would I want glitchy animation in my female chars? That doesn't make any damn sense. It seems to me, that the anti SJW crowd are once again, whining about an imagined problem. What does bad animation have to do with wanting equality? I mean shit, I havn't seen one SJW say shit about this game, I just see people complaining about them and it's starting to get old real fast. To me this is about lazy game designers, bad resource allocation, and rushing a game to market. And they have been pulling that BS long before SJW was a thing.
Erm, there's quite a few minorities. There was a even a black guy in the release trailer? And I've seen quite a few Asians too, don't know what you're on about there. This game /does/ look uglier than it's previous incarnations when it comes to character models, and that just doesn't make any damn sense at all. From what I can tell, this was a studio of people who did not care about the game they were making, resulting from their racist as hell diversity specialist hiring based on race/sex diversity instead of talent/passion. It wasn't a dev team of SJW's, it was one SJW in the right position of authority that screwed things up for everyone.
If you loved this game, then your standards must be terribly low and I'm99% sure that you didn'tplay the original trilogy. Anyone who played the original games hates this game and the lame asses who never played the original trilogy love this pile of shit. This game was cheesy trash with poor/loose game controls, mediocre story, and cheesy dialogue. The original series was wayyyy better than this one.
John von Shepard how is Angry Joe a racist? I'm starting to think people don't know what that words mean. "PEWDIEPIE IS RACIST!, JonTron is a racist!, he's a racist, my dog is a racist, he/she is a racist,"
I've been playing ME Andromeda since dayone and i love it. i love the adventure and the self gratifying feeling you get when you've made a planet habitable. i give this game an A+
yeah id by it if it were 50, maybe 60 dollars but im not ready to doll out 80 bucks for this game like i would have done for any of the OG trilogy games. the facial animations look worse than any of the previous games for some reason.
I don't know why everyone say the combat is great. They took ME3 gunplay and made it even more generic. When ME3 came out the combat was one of the main critic (beside the ending obviously). It became a gears of war or any other 3rd person shooter like that feels like you're using plastic airsoft guns. Remember ME2 were you felt powerful, biotics that had impact, guns that felt like guns (like the carnifex that felt like a toy in ME3 instead of the sci fi version of the biggest revolver you could think of) They changed the pace to a fast generic running and gunning instead of keeping the slower, much more satisfying powerful tank-feeling gameplay and I'm sad they decided to make it worse in andromeda I guess I'm one of a few how think that way now for andromeda and it's strange considering the mass of people disapointed by that bland ME3 gunplay
@@enlightenmentdoesntcomeeas5337 Honestly, it doesn't play too bad at all it can be pretty fun and graphics can be beautiful, I wouldn't say its as bad with new the new patches (however, it can still get pretty buggy). However id say its biggest problem is that it just lacks some soul id describe it. Not as interesting, sense of urgency in its story doesn't have me compelled, overall, worth it at a cheap/discount price at maybe $20 but i wouldn't spend more on that.
My girlfriend, myself, and two friends all bought the game. It's pretty good, but it's flaws are based entirely on the fact that the game shares the DragonAge: Inquisition engine (A move that was put fourth by EA since Bioware had Mass Effect on it's own engine in prior games). The biggest complaint that people seem to have is the facial animations. However it should be mentioned that in prior games the faces were all motion-capped from real actors. Unfortunately with how huge the game is (and with few to none of the npcs being copied and pasted like previous games) this has led to them just animating all the faces manually. Overall the game has many improvements compared to the previous games, but the few issues the game does have will probably be pretty noticeable early on. Although personally I don't even notice them anymore. My only major complaint though, is the STUPID choice to make the Multiplayer peer to peer connected since it has made the Multiplayer ridiculously laggy and filled with bugs such as random disconnections, textures not loading, enemies that cannot die, ect. (And this is stuff I have experience playing with friends who all live in the same area/city).
Can't help but wonder how the game would have looked if it was directed by Casey Hudson (director of KOTOR, Jade Empire, Mass Effect 1, 2 and 3). That guy understood what makes a RPG great. Sadly he left Bioware for Microsoft Studios.
How did that guy understand what makes RPG's great? He literally said that he would never inflict an ABC ending on the fans, and then he gave us an ABC ending. He sold people a trilogy in which choice was supposed to carry over from story to story, only to make us discovering during the ME3 ending aftermath that they actually never planned the story out. Casey Hudson and Mac Walters are the main reasons that this game takes place in the Andromeda galaxy. They botched it so bad that a scorched earth tactic was the only viable choice. You didn't think that Bioware wanted so explore a new galaxy so badly after they spent three games building up the Milky Way, did you? It's a tactical retreat, and they have Hudson to thank for it.
Damn Hudson and Walters for fouling up the end of the original trilogy. Its a damn shame that Drew Karpyshyn (did I spell that correctly?) left Bioware, he knew his stuff.
Thank you for this actually unbiased review of the game. Given the massive love it or hate it response I have been uncertain about whether or not I'd like this game but after this review I feel like I would in fact enjoy playing. Thank you for covering the pitfalls and highlights without seemingly bashing on or praising the game unnecessarily. There really is no way to follow up the original trilogy in any way that would feel like it did it justice, but I like the direction they went with this and I look forward to playing it myself.
@@DeviIInADressdamn you beat me by 9 months 😂 I replayed the trilogy recently, still incredible. The ending of three is still iffy but ngl I haven’t been able to replay andromeda. I played it once & absolutely hated it, unplayable almost, uninspired for sure but I’m thinking of going back in & attempting to leave my biases at the door. So idk about this dude but I’ll definitely lyk when I wrap on it 😂
@@joeaguilera6448 yeah I tried with andromeda but I didn’t get very far lol. That was right after I replayed the trilogy though, so I might try it again in the future. I’m thinking it might be more bearable without the trilogy so fresh in my mind, we’ll see 🤷🏻♀️
Even tough I loved the previous 3 Mass Effect games, I think I will wait until the price goes down to get this one. I prefer to spend the 60 bucks on Horizon Zero Down for now.
HZD is an amazing looking game and that's it. The actual quests are kinda dull and things get real repetitive and the story is ok. I'd wait till the price went down on it too. TMO (That's my opinion).
Glen Damico horizon is not that much about quests cause it's not rpg in the first place. It's about greatly directed dialogues, absolutely stunning visuals and design, unbelievable immersion and brillian facial animation after all (nailed it)
@@DantesInferno96 Well, I don't agree. Sure, it's not a great storyline, and not as good as the first trilogy... But it's not that bad either. Some of the twist are interesting ( like the Kett ), and the lighter tone of the dialogues, putting you more in a position of explorer than in a grim galactic war, make it somewhat nice. Not great, but acceptable.
They should redo the ending where Shepherd survives and defeats the Reaper invasion. The council then tells Shepherd, ''Spectre, who knows what hidden evil lays elsewhere in the galaxy, we are not safe, we must expand our reach beyond the milky way galaxy, while you were off we assembled the Andromeda Initiative. You will be the tip of the spear leading several Arc ships to Andromeda. God speed nigga'' that would have been fucking awesome. Because then it would feel like everything was worth it, and depending on how many crew members survived in your playthrough you get to decide if they can accompany you on this journey to Andromeda. Nobody wants to play a Mass Effect game w/o Shepherd. Get a clue BioWare. PLEASE!
Peasant Omg that sounds awesome. Or at least they could have made a character similar to shepard!! OR since it's Cannon that Shepherd had clones it would have been good if the ark had a shepard clone.
You got it wrong, it's not "a game without Shepard" that is the problem, it's: a game without YOUR Shepard.Everyone made Shepard his own, and his comrades felt like your friends, the more you played through the trilogy the more you loved it because of this, everything was tied togheter by your actions. However Andromeda is fresh, and while Mass Effect 1 had enough flaws, Andromeda seems more hated, and without a sequel to it, it can't redeem itself.
I don't agree... Shepard had a begining, and an ending, and it was worth it. Having it continue on to long wouldn't have the same taste. Yes, the new MC isn't Shepard, and it shows in the dialogue, with a more uplifting tone and persona... And I'm fine with it. It's another character I will develop differently, which will make different and new friends, and will grow... If there is an Andromeda 2 ( which is somewhat confirmed by Bioware insisting they aren't done with Andromeda yet ), I think they won't rush it like the first... And I'll be okay with ME1 being the Mass Effect 1 back in the day. New, fresh, kinda weird and buggy ( hi there, Mako ), and prelude to Mass Effect freaking 2.
M.F. Luder the only bad looking thing is the human characters' faces. The scenery looks top notch. They're pretty much using frostbyte to its fullest potential.
I personally loved this game. I've beaten each ME three times, and I have played this game for the same amount. This game has a good story, and the graphics are beautiful. This is a great, almost brilliant game, but is flawed. Almost every game is, no matter how "perfect" they are, flawed.
B-Tier Mass Effect is exactly right. It's like a bad Star Treck Episode. You can still watch it, it belongs there cause it's in the same universe. You have the same races and sometimes you will get that typical ME Feeling. But you will still get disappointed if you expected something great and it's just a good game nowhere near the brilliance of the old trilogy.
yeah! The expectations on a game can hurt it! Lets see what CDPR can do about it. You know? Witcher 3 was a mark, ahead of its time. Something unique! Cyberpunk is another formula. Anyway, My point is: Everyone can make mistakes! The hype train is a blind disease! Watch out!
+Kamran Keyium I am not talking about graphics/downgrade or whatever. I am talking about the most important concept I seek in games with my 30 years old ass playing video games: writing, story, characters and immersion. I love movies and love books. Witcher 3 was all that, but as a GAME. My biggest dissapointment with Andromeda, what the poor and shallow writing. Man, is so sad. I was hoping so much for this game. Just sad.
i kinda always got a chuckle out of that, i expect more from bioware. when your decisions hold no real weight in a mass effect game, that was mass effects selling point.
Don't recall too many things bearing much weight in the original trilogy (I can only think of Wrex, Ashley/Kaidan, and the Rachni), apart from whether your squad mates survive the ending of ME2 and ME3. And who is present in the human embassies in ME2 (....which doesn't even carry over to ME3, though I can see why).
When this game was first revealed, I thought it might be a good way to get into the Mass Effect series. I'm probably just going to buy the first game after seeing the reviews.
Buy the Full Trilogy in one game, i think its called Trilogy :D There even some DLC already in there exept for some very good one but u still can wait for the sales and the DLC become more affortable, watch a video about the dlc that maby interest you. It will be MUCH MUCH more fun and even cheaper than this PIECE OF SHIT SJW GAME.
Watplr Wraith know that it hasn't aged well. You should also consider your class ahead of time...ME 1 limits your proficiency with certain weapons based on your class. You can use each one but if you're restricted to say, a Pistol only as a Biotic, then every other gun you use won't be able to hit the broadside of a barn at spitting distance. Soldier is pretty OP in #1 but gets a little boring. Biotics are cool but don't flesh out until the 2nd game. Tech abilities are multifaceted... I recommend bringing a party member with a focus on those types of skills if that isn't what your character will be using. You'll see what I mean if & when you play it. Bonus Points: Ragdoll is hilarious
You can buy the whole trilogy for $30 on origin. I just played all 3 in a row and it was great. Idk what that guy is saying that they haven't aged well, they aged very well in my opinion at least.
Watplr Wraith this game has nothing to do with the original franchise beacuse it's happening about 600 years after the main event and it has different characters and that's why most people hate it, otherwise its a good game its just that faces lack emotion but that's probably beacuse this is different studio and it's pretty new which means it has some inexperienced coders and animators so that could be it aswell but from that only people are throwing in bad reviews... its honesty retarded
Sometimes when I finish a game, I like to come listen to your videos to see how our opinions compare. Much respect -- you nailed this one even while the internet was hating on it at time of release. Makes me like your videos all the more.
Why did people not moan about the witcher 3's launch animation bugs and mediocre story? That game has been patched to kingdom fuck, who's to say this can't be patched as well? Why is no one moaning about horizons obnoxious exposition and npc animations which switch between planky uninterest and crack-whore twitchiness. It's because you're all so afraid of falling off the bandwagon. Modern gamers should at least be consistent about their bitching.
Did u know that they have Racist Workers in there development? They even supported him for doing so. I will never touch a Bioware game EVER again, BIOWARE IS DEAD no one of the staffmember who are beeing Praised for there work the past decades are working there anymore, just a bunch of SJW assholes. We have so MANY fucking awesome games coming out the past 3 month, better get one of this, MEA is Shit, in comparison of the games we have gotten so far. Dont waste your money please.
No they DIDNT fire him, he got independant AFTER he finished his work for this Project, Watch some other Videos about this stuff, ITS ALL DOKUMENTED, they have even more of this fuckers in BIOWARE. They didnt even Appologice for this in at least 3 YEARS. Boycot this POS Developers.
Jarvis Ritch well Garrus could get the last laugh if they do that. but no you're right, i gues that i'll need to play it on the ps3 again. "totally worth it "
maybe these huge publishers have set the bar too low, they force these aaa titles out and they end up just losing money in the long run...o wait they have micro-transactions for that
I'll be picking it up tonight on the way home. Everything Jake highlighted sounded good to me. Graphics don't bother me much, content certainly is there. I am the minority who loves the ME3 multiplayer. Thanks again guys for the sound advice and another great, informative vid! Keep up the good work!
I actually really liked Mass Effect 3's multiplayer. Playing as different races and nonstandard classes was really fun. Some of the classes, like the Geth Juggernaut, were really easy to play. Others, like the Volus engineer, provided more high risk high reward gameplay. It was very well balanced.
sadly it won't happen any time soon because, and I quote, "it would be easy money" and they want to keep working on new projects, instead of devoting time into a project that the player's want
Mass Effect: Halo 5 Inquisition? They didn't have much to fix from ME3, the game wasn't broken. This feels like the transition from Halo: Reach to Halo 4/5. It was painful and I still turn back to Halo: Reach.
I'd rather have a andromenda sequel over a sequel for the original trilogy. Shepherds' story is done, and judging one game based on a trilogy is wrong.
6:43 "you can flirt and have sex with a lot of them too" here's my biggest issue since i'm a fan of turian race, this might be a spoiler for some but this is related to vetra the ONLY female turian romance able in the whole franchise ready? her romance scene ALSO cuts to black like garrus did, which is a huuuuuge disapointment since i'm a huge fan of the turian race. first with garrus and now vetra. :/ meanwhile every other romanceable option I hear has at least tasteful romantic nudity but turians? oh no bioware ain't rendering that, either lazy or something
I just finished playing the ME trilogy for the first time and went right back to play ME 1 again, after watching Andromeda on Twitch... It's not a bad game, but the game is just not finished as it was not finished with ME2 and ME3 and it's hard to support a company for spending hundreds of millions of dollars, advertising for an unfinished game, instead of delivering something great. I'm not disappointed in the game itself, just hate to watch the business practices of EA and how they ruin the best games for several years now.
lol i love the whole, "previous mass effects had shit animation." Ye they do, because they were made in like 2007 and they had better animation than this game.
I played it early on and absolutely loved it. He is saying it feels less inspired probably because what you are doing in the story carries less gravity than fighting reapers. Also things you say do matter less a lot in andromeda but not all the time. Years later and I’d still recommend it.
thank you for finally giving an honest, neutral review, just what i've been looking for, personally i cant wait to play this game and will be buying it the moment i'm paid. Sure some things look a bit silly with the faces but all the hate for that? it'll likely get patched anyway at some point. Personally I just want to enjoy a new chapter in ME, plus the thought of being a sword wielding, stealthing biotic badass just makes me want to play it even more xD
Never EVER preorder games, iv only preordered two, halo 4 and fallout 4... So yeah you can see why i say never preorder. Because no matter how good they look games these days just aren't good enough to gamble on. Ha ha halo4 failed, fallout 4 failed and now it looks like Mass effect 4 will fail too (yes i know it Mass Effect Andromeda and not four) .
This game is NOT about Shepard. It is NOT about the trilogy. Why people are comparing to that? It's very good and it's been fixed months ago. Also the co-op is tons of fun and very rewarding. My only complain is the price, but I got it on sale :]
masterchaoss look, you wanted to say that the writing isnt shit, something so dumb, that your brain refused to write it down an made you miss the “wiriting“
i got it but havent played it. im glad because there are already two patches out to fix bugs lol. ill finish horizon zero dawn. maybe i should wait a little longer to play this game. looks like a few more patches. the 1st mass effect didnt have patches. it was only on pc and no one cared about the story line or plot that sucked. the first one really sucked and now people are complaining about this game.
like broadwayat said never preorder games, it gives a company money without delivering anything to it's audience just look at aliens colonial marines, a complete trainwreck.
I like how you addressed the reasons why the game isn't quite up to par with other Mass Effect games. For me, personally, Andromeda was actually the first Mass Effect game I played, and I absolutely love it. I am not one for shooter games, but after having my brother cram it down my throat and seeing him play it a couple of times, I decided to give it a shot. For me, I got especially invested in only a few characters, but that's mostly because I didn't get the chance to romance all of them. I'm not about to be a space playboy lol. I'm glad to hear that the characters in the game were on a somewhat higher level than previous games, because I really enjoyed them. Sure, the expressions fall flat sometimes, but when don't they in video games? Remember when games were just tiny 16bit sprites? Geez people, have there been better facial animations? Yes, but that's no reason to hate the game before giving it a real chance. Overall, I can see how fans of the franchise didn't LOVE this addition, and hearing it put in a more pragmatic light is a nice change of pace.
It was a fun game. People on TH-cam killed ME:A and Bioware, because they only care about the pre patched game. Play it today, and see that it was fixed. People need to remember how ME1 looked, before ME2 and M3 added to it. That story was not complete, and you needed the others to add to it. ME:A2 could have added to the story that we never finished here.
i dont know. care to explain/tell how to get/craft good weapons without any cheats? cant get forward due to the asshole kett cardinal fight. and its minions.
I developed a different kind of respect for Ubisoft after playing this game, because no matter how disappointed I got with the AC franchise post Black Flag, their games still had something that kept me engaged, except for Unity. Besides, now with the AC games taking the Open world RPG road, a lotta fans of the older games are disappointed yet not as much as with Mass Effect : Andromeda.
I know your comment is slightly dated, but I just started the Legendary Edition. This is my first time trying the RPG genre and I am seriously enjoying Mass Effect 1 atm. Glad to see there’s more good content after the original trilogy :)
I am very thankful that I waited over a year to play this game. After all of the bugs were fixed, it easily became one of my top 5 favorite games of all-time.
Sagrotan Sure, keep thinking that. I have my critiques of the game, but they are somewhat minor and won't keep me from playing the rest of the game. So in other words, bugger off and let me have my opinion
I absolutly loved Andromeda, I played on PS4 for the first time this past year with the last patch released, which did fix some issues, but not all. Even with that, I enjoyed the gameplay, the story and exploration. The only downside the game had was the knowledge that there is no MEA2, because after multiple play throughs and hundreds of hours played, I just wanted more of this game and I was invested enough that I wanted to see where the story goes from here. And if visuals are things you just can't look past, play the game on PC with some mods and you'll grow to love the game, maybe not on the same level as ME2 or ME3, but it is it's own experience.
This is great news to hear! Ive never played other Mass Effect games so it doesn't need to be like the others. Im just wanting a game with fun gameplay/combat and exploration. Im playing FF16(which is gorgeous with a great story)and the loot and gameplay is pretty boring when not fighting bosses or battles.
Sad so you only want perfect games, It's that type of attitude that killed mea2 and any dlc that was planned had the game not been murdered on social media and the Sheep all followed. I've played many games worse than this and am a massive ME and am pissed this got treated so badly to the point of the whole series being shelved. Thanks for another epic story not going to see a conclusion.
I agree.. the combat system was my favorite combat system i have maybe ever played, and they really set up for a great trilogy. People expected way too much. How many alien races did you see in ME1? They are all here... the only thing that was truly unacceptable was the facial animation issue and the number of bugs at launch imo.
i enjoy it,good combat,awesome weapons,exploration,stunning landscapes and good music chill me,it relax me a lot,and i also like the ideea of an open world,to discover new dimensions,to me is a GOOD GAME,especially i got it for only 12 euro
Making all classes available at the push of a button and removing the karma system KILLS the replayability of the game COMPLETELY! Why would you ever pick the game up again if you've already done everything?
i had dozens of playthroughs of eah ME game with the same class and just once wen't renegade. Besides, paragon/renegade gone isn't that bad, at least you no longer have to choose answers based on their position in the wheel of karma, unless you want you team mates to die that is.
mae That worked for ME2 because your decisions bore consequences that changed how the game felt. Meanwhile what I've seen of Andromeda seems to be more about city management, which isn't very exciting.
Replayability lies in the biotic/tech/combat upgrades you make, it's near impossible to unlock everything you want and put it to good use in just one playthrough unless you do some serious grinding
I watch stuff like this because I always hear so much hate on this game. This is the first bioware or space game I have ever played, its really fun for my first mass effect experience.
daniel Shah Of course its going to be great....Im just saying its laughable that someone plans on saving 60 dollars for a game that might not even come out till summer 2018
This will be interesting.
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*Ryder:* :)
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This is to good.
yea just take turns gulping air
And, from that moment... Nepotism arrive Andromeda.
I honestly respect how neutral and honest you were about this. I won't be buying it anyways, but I wish more people had your integrity and analysis when it comes to games.
That means a lot to me, thanks.
This calls for a candle-lit dinner with romantic music! lol!! But yeah nice execution on review. Better review than all the others I've seen (and i have watched a ton just about this game). Thanks Mate!! :)
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If at any point an NPC says, "Pathfinder, another settlement needs our help," I'm just flying back to the Milky Way.
krudmonger preston how did you make it out here lol damn you preston
krudmonger They actually did basically say that at one point later in the game. :3
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"combat is fast, frenetic and really encourages-" *AI STEPS IN FRONT OF PLAYER WHILE SHOOTING*
All I need to see
AI just strolls around in front of his gun the whole time haha
At least that hasn't changed.hehehhehe
LMAO
the facial animations were inspired by tommy wiseau
Hahahahaha, what a story Shepherd!
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Jake's character looks like human Shrek from Shrek 2
HAHAHAHAH
The funny thing is i think he tried to make him look like himself.
Jake confirmed for Shrek
look like jfk
Necromantic Giraffe was just going to type that lol
This game accomplished something incredible I never thought it could do, it made me appreciate Mass Effect 3 even more.
Me3 was awesome except the ending.
Tallborn Stev, bioware just should have scrapped the star child ending.
Just automatically do the destroy ending after Andersons passing and keep the geth/EDI alive + the extended cutscenes.
+Tallborn Stev the ending wasn't even that bad, made enough sense to me, didn't ruin the game at all imo.
Tim van der Beek Honestly if they just bring back Drew Karpyshyn and redo mass effect 3 with a different ending they could actually fix the Mass Effect franchise.
Typickoopakid honestly the ending was great (if you take into account the indoctrination theory)...
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I`m enjoying the game more than I expected, the gameplay is fun and bought it for 13$, so totally worth it.
@@Iced_Out_Dumptruck I hope you did. I did and I'm so absorbed in it!
@@TopHatNinja68 i just did,i was not sure if i would like it but i did like i did with anthem....it was only 5 Bucks as well and i ended up loving it so much and since its made by the same developers and i love rpgs i decided to buy it,hopefully i'll enjoy it like you man😂
Agreed, it's WAY better than reviewers said
It's not bad, open worlds are detailed, your crew has personality, and the crafting system is awsome, but the story is just okay.
Today I'm buying this..
9 usd.
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I should... come back?
You should go.
I did and look what happened
We'll bang, okay?
Yes
No old friend, stay away from this place. Andromeda isn't big enough to contain your awesomeness. You were one of a kind...
I don't understand. How has the facial graphics become uglier? Logically they should either be better or the same in 2017.
probably some problems with the engine, just wait for some patches
Because all this is is an inquisition facelift. look at the faces there, there's your answer
I don't find them ugly. But, every character looks like they are still in high school. Which if the game sold that (like mabe the 100, or something similar) it would be ok.
they are ugly but at least they are 100% better than the 1st 3. everyone looked like shit outside of male sheppard in 1-3
Inquisition was a piece of shit yet many people liked it. I don't understand. I fucking hate the new Bioware team they should all be put on B rated games honestly. Guess I'll stick to the old Mass Effects and Witcher 3.
I honestly love this game, I'm not really one for going and picking out all the flaws. My main focus when playing is having fun and progressing. Yeah, there might be needed improvements but that doesn't make the game terrible. The characters are awesome too, especially PeeBee.
I agree with what you said the original Mass Effects were awesome and commander S. was bad ass, but I'm glad they switch to the Ryder's, it gives a newer and fresher feel. Remember mass effect came out 8-9 years ago, the switch was needed and I love the direction they took in space exploration. Hopefully people can start enjoying the game instead of hating it just because of some facial feature or a bit of a confusing story set up. I promise, if you actually focus on the gameplay and not the small details you'll enjoy this game a lot.
Good review btw, subscribed.
планета Нептун I agree I played and had fun enough to keep coming back from time to time.
I got it on sale for $10 during the big EA sale that will continue until March 6th. I may just delve back into the original trilogy later this year after Monster Hunter.
I'm going to miss Tali she was nice :'(.
Same she's one of my fav companions
By nice you mean hot?
@@roha5220 they meant nice 😐
Mordin 😭😭
yea i made her suicide tho ngl XD
*Before You Pirate
Reikis645 They should fucking pay you if you pirate the game.
argh! I wouldn't waste me money even pirating this game.
ReviewPirateUSARGH! Your name and pic; made my day :)
This is so shit and bugged that not worth of play the pirate version.
give me free internet
free computer to play mass effect andromeda
and pay my bills
Then i might consider pirating it bioware
andromeda is actually pretty damn good once you get to the second planet and the game opens up sure the animation is jank as hell sometimes but the gameplay is clean and addictive i think the biggest problem is that its a mass effect title and our expectations where way too high i see this game following the path of destiny once dlc starts dropping it will end up being exactly what we thought we would get in the first place this is just the landscape of gaming now games get released unfinshed and patched to all hell once the first major dlc drops
If only they made dlc for this...
Oh how you were wrong kiddo hahah. Game abandoned for Anthem which in turn was abandoned for Dragon Age 4.
@@DantesInferno96 It really went to hell in a handcart XD
New Mass effect in development gentlemen
@@larrywilliams4967 i'd rather they stick the gameplay llike the original ones.
I'm sorry, my face is just tired...
to be honest, recent patch did improve the gaming experiences a bit (i emphatize "a bit"), with all that lighting, shadow and animation fix (though they just outright cut some parts) and i had fun with it for a while and ready to jump back in for another play after a while. Still, i wish bioware and EA (fuck you EA!) spent more time on the game and make it more of a real Mass Effect game. So many potentials gone to waste.
How TF do you have shitty facial animation in a game where conversation is one of the highlights of the story? No excuse.
The Amazing Lucas tell that to the original trilogy
Soundwave R247 the more reson they should have polished it... there is no excuse to be mediocre...
*reason
Why is everyone such nazi and greedy about animations and graphics these days remember when games were about gameplay and how much a piece of art it is I would like them to be great to but people are overeating over this shit now it's just sad
***** I'm not saying it doesn't need good animations or I don't want them in the game I'm saying people are overeating about how bad they are
I just want another Kotor.
Dave K yes... ive been praying for a new kotor for so long lol one of my favorite rpgs
Dave K been saying the same for yrs. I still play Kotor 1 and 2 on the PC, hell I have 1 on my smartphone.
Dave K sorry Disney killed the EU Canon those monsters!
Can't say I trust BioWare for producing a KOTOR game after destroying the Mass Effect franchise :/
Thank you! We as a community agree to at least that.
40 million dollars, I repeat, 40 million dollars went into everything but the animations.
40 million dollars? ok thats not that much :/
How much of that was spend on diversity. And diversity training.
Okay pls explain this to me. Why is everyone bitching about SJW nonsense that to me has nothing to do with anything.
Man I haven't seen one single god damn minority in this game what the fuck diversity are you talking about? You think they gave the female chars bad animation on purpose? Even if I was a SJW why the f*** would I want glitchy animation in my female chars? That doesn't make any damn sense.
It seems to me, that the anti SJW crowd are once again, whining about an imagined problem. What does bad animation have to do with wanting equality? I mean shit, I havn't seen one SJW say shit about this game, I just see people complaining about them and it's starting to get old real fast.
To me this is about lazy game designers, bad resource allocation, and rushing a game to market. And they have been pulling that BS long before SJW was a thing.
Erm, there's quite a few minorities. There was a even a black guy in the release trailer? And I've seen quite a few Asians too, don't know what you're on about there. This game /does/ look uglier than it's previous incarnations when it comes to character models, and that just doesn't make any damn sense at all. From what I can tell, this was a studio of people who did not care about the game they were making, resulting from their racist as hell diversity specialist hiring based on race/sex diversity instead of talent/passion. It wasn't a dev team of SJW's, it was one SJW in the right position of authority that screwed things up for everyone.
I actually loved this game. When I heard about the bugs I waited a few months before playing it and actually had a great experience.
If you loved this game, then your standards must be terribly low and I'm99% sure that you didn'tplay the original trilogy. Anyone who played the original games hates this game and the lame asses who never played the original trilogy love this pile of shit.
This game was cheesy trash with poor/loose game controls, mediocre story, and cheesy dialogue. The original series was wayyyy better than this one.
might pick it up once it goes to $20-30 down the year 👍
Yup exactly my plan. This is a 20$ buy for me tops
USED if u buy this crap. Dont Forget, if u are Looking into the Abyss, the Abyss is looking into you too.
I'm gonna wait for the crack release, I'd be damned before I give even a dime to EA.
DevilGames, after playing it.... I would say its worth around $20-$25
DevilGames same
*this guy and angry joe have the best reviews. ign and gamespot can't review shit*
AngryJoe is racist and Gameranx just don't give us the full truth about games they reviewing.
John von Shepard angry joe is a racist? do you have proof? Just wondering. Thats a pretty serious claim.
John von Shepard how is Angry Joe a racist? I'm starting to think people don't know what that words mean. "PEWDIEPIE IS RACIST!, JonTron is a racist!, he's a racist, my dog is a racist, he/she is a racist,"
ACG FOR THE WIN!!!
Your could try ACG. His reviews are spot on and his rating scale is The most practical imho
"Pathfinder another settlement needs your help."
It felt like I have Preston Garvey behind my back 😂
I've been playing ME Andromeda since dayone and i love it. i love the adventure and the self gratifying feeling you get when you've made a planet habitable. i give this game an A+
Jake your character looks like he's wearing an adidas tracksuit
S L A V
I will wait until it's cheaper. it's definitely not the full price worth
yeah id by it if it were 50, maybe 60 dollars but im not ready to doll out 80 bucks for this game like i would have done for any of the OG trilogy games. the facial animations look worse than any of the previous games for some reason.
where the fuck do you live that you must spend 80 bucks ? wtf i got this game for 38€
in sweden, for console it would cost something equivalent to 79 dollars. for PC around 50 dollars.
*cough* or pirate. *cough*
Fantastic, that's just what I wanted out of a Mass Effect game...
Great *combat*...
Nah, I'd just rather they put their efforts into other more important things. No one ever played Mass Effect for the combat.
Mantas Pavardė In an age of Multiplayer games, the story should be equal to the combat, not a set back from it.
Making Mass Effect multiplayer just seems random and stupid.
Typical EA not even knowing why their games are good
I don't know why everyone say the combat is great. They took ME3 gunplay and made it even more generic. When ME3 came out the combat was one of the main critic (beside the ending obviously).
It became a gears of war or any other 3rd person shooter like that feels like you're using plastic airsoft guns. Remember ME2 were you felt powerful, biotics that had impact, guns that felt like guns (like the carnifex that felt like a toy in ME3 instead of the sci fi version of the biggest revolver you could think of)
They changed the pace to a fast generic running and gunning instead of keeping the slower, much more satisfying powerful tank-feeling gameplay and I'm sad they decided to make it worse in andromeda
I guess I'm one of a few how think that way now for andromeda and it's strange considering the mass of people disapointed by that bland ME3 gunplay
"It isn't terrible."
"I don't hate the characters."
Praise indeed.
I’ll buy it cause it still looks entertaining nevertheless and honestly just a few facial expressions aren’t going to stop me
@Miranda Young play on PC and get some mods for the faces. Then it is
Miranda Young I got it for 8 bucks it’s worth it 😂
@@persono6658 ya I only picked it up cuz I got it for $10 haha
Is this game worth getting now in 2019? I'm really interested but I also don't want to waste money on a bad product.
@@enlightenmentdoesntcomeeas5337 Honestly, it doesn't play too bad at all it can be pretty fun and graphics can be beautiful, I wouldn't say its as bad with new the new patches (however, it can still get pretty buggy). However id say its biggest problem is that it just lacks some soul id describe it. Not as interesting, sense of urgency in its story doesn't have me compelled, overall, worth it at a cheap/discount price at maybe $20 but i wouldn't spend more on that.
My girlfriend, myself, and two friends all bought the game. It's pretty good, but it's flaws are based entirely on the fact that the game shares the DragonAge: Inquisition engine (A move that was put fourth by EA since Bioware had Mass Effect on it's own engine in prior games).
The biggest complaint that people seem to have is the facial animations. However it should be mentioned that in prior games the faces were all motion-capped from real actors. Unfortunately with how huge the game is (and with few to none of the npcs being copied and pasted like previous games) this has led to them just animating all the faces manually.
Overall the game has many improvements compared to the previous games, but the few issues the game does have will probably be pretty noticeable early on. Although personally I don't even notice them anymore. My only major complaint though, is the STUPID choice to make the Multiplayer peer to peer connected since it has made the Multiplayer ridiculously laggy and filled with bugs such as random disconnections, textures not loading, enemies that cannot die, ect. (And this is stuff I have experience playing with friends who all live in the same area/city).
Can't help but wonder how the game would have looked if it was directed by Casey Hudson (director of KOTOR, Jade Empire, Mass Effect 1, 2 and 3). That guy understood what makes a RPG great. Sadly he left Bioware for Microsoft Studios.
This..
explains alot actually. im still really looking forward to playing it (in aus i dont get it till 23rd)
Same in czech, but hey at least we will get to know what characters are romancable by male/female ryder eh?
How did that guy understand what makes RPG's great? He literally said that he would never inflict an ABC ending on the fans, and then he gave us an ABC ending. He sold people a trilogy in which choice was supposed to carry over from story to story, only to make us discovering during the ME3 ending aftermath that they actually never planned the story out.
Casey Hudson and Mac Walters are the main reasons that this game takes place in the Andromeda galaxy. They botched it so bad that a scorched earth tactic was the only viable choice. You didn't think that Bioware wanted so explore a new galaxy so badly after they spent three games building up the Milky Way, did you? It's a tactical retreat, and they have Hudson to thank for it.
Damn Hudson and Walters for fouling up the end of the original trilogy. Its a damn shame that Drew Karpyshyn (did I spell that correctly?) left Bioware, he knew his stuff.
2 and 3 were barely even RPGs, come on
Thank you for this actually unbiased review of the game. Given the massive love it or hate it response I have been uncertain about whether or not I'd like this game but after this review I feel like I would in fact enjoy playing. Thank you for covering the pitfalls and highlights without seemingly bashing on or praising the game unnecessarily. There really is no way to follow up the original trilogy in any way that would feel like it did it justice, but I like the direction they went with this and I look forward to playing it myself.
Did you ever end up playing the game? If so, did you enjoy it?
@@DeviIInADressdamn you beat me by 9 months 😂 I replayed the trilogy recently, still incredible. The ending of three is still iffy but ngl I haven’t been able to replay andromeda. I played it once & absolutely hated it, unplayable almost, uninspired for sure but I’m thinking of going back in & attempting to leave my biases at the door. So idk about this dude but I’ll definitely lyk when I wrap on it 😂
@@joeaguilera6448 yeah I tried with andromeda but I didn’t get very far lol. That was right after I replayed the trilogy though, so I might try it again in the future. I’m thinking it might be more bearable without the trilogy so fresh in my mind, we’ll see 🤷🏻♀️
i hope for the best lol@@DeviIInADress
New facial animation will be available with EA dlc :p
That's most likely an extra 60 bucks
but only after you purchase the dlc which will let you purchase dlcs...which costs $20
Timmy Rascal But before that ..you will need to buy another EA game
can they fix the story and the voice acting as well?
$30 bro.
Even tough I loved the previous 3 Mass Effect games, I think I will wait until the price goes down to get this one. I prefer to spend the 60 bucks on Horizon Zero Down for now.
Good choice.
HZD is an amazing looking game and that's it. The actual quests are kinda dull and things get real repetitive and the story is ok. I'd wait till the price went down on it too. TMO (That's my opinion).
Glen Damico horizon is not that much about quests cause it's not rpg in the first place. It's about greatly directed dialogues, absolutely stunning visuals and design, unbelievable immersion and brillian facial animation after all (nailed it)
Glen Damico isn't that by chance everythig that retardromeda lacks?
FreakOut Tech horizon is 10 times better than this andromeda crap
Am i the only one that liked the game, sure its not as good as the originals but its a solid game.
I like it too ^~^
I love it
Same here, I thought it was a decent game. Well worth the money.
It's good if you skip the story. The gameplay is pretty entertaining. Just the skip story entirely though. None of it is impressive.
@@DantesInferno96 Well, I don't agree. Sure, it's not a great storyline, and not as good as the first trilogy... But it's not that bad either. Some of the twist are interesting ( like the Kett ), and the lighter tone of the dialogues, putting you more in a position of explorer than in a grim galactic war, make it somewhat nice.
Not great, but acceptable.
They should redo the ending where Shepherd survives and defeats the Reaper invasion. The council then tells Shepherd, ''Spectre, who knows what hidden evil lays elsewhere in the galaxy, we are not safe, we must expand our reach beyond the milky way galaxy, while you were off we assembled the Andromeda Initiative. You will be the tip of the spear leading several Arc ships to Andromeda. God speed nigga'' that would have been fucking awesome. Because then it would feel like everything was worth it, and depending on how many crew members survived in your playthrough you get to decide if they can accompany you on this journey to Andromeda.
Nobody wants to play a Mass Effect game w/o Shepherd. Get a clue BioWare. PLEASE!
Peasant Omg that sounds awesome. Or at least they could have made a character similar to shepard!! OR since it's Cannon that Shepherd had clones it would have been good if the ark had a shepard clone.
Shepherd IS Mass Effect.... I cannot play a Mass Effect without Shepherd....
You got it wrong, it's not "a game without Shepard" that is the problem, it's: a game without YOUR Shepard.Everyone made Shepard his own, and his comrades felt like your friends, the more you played through the trilogy the more you loved it because of this, everything was tied togheter by your actions.
However Andromeda is fresh, and while Mass Effect 1 had enough flaws, Andromeda seems more hated, and without a sequel to it, it can't redeem itself.
I don't agree... Shepard had a begining, and an ending, and it was worth it. Having it continue on to long wouldn't have the same taste. Yes, the new MC isn't Shepard, and it shows in the dialogue, with a more uplifting tone and persona... And I'm fine with it. It's another character I will develop differently, which will make different and new friends, and will grow...
If there is an Andromeda 2 ( which is somewhat confirmed by Bioware insisting they aren't done with Andromeda yet ), I think they won't rush it like the first... And I'll be okay with ME1 being the Mass Effect 1 back in the day. New, fresh, kinda weird and buggy ( hi there, Mako ), and prelude to Mass Effect freaking 2.
Looks very EA
EA=Electronic Ass
Enormous Androgyny
They are an enormous feminine and masculine characteristics? That's what Androgyny means
TechMan221 Just as much as they're "electric ass." Learn to humor.
You quoted wrong it should be "Electronic Ass" not "electric ass" but okay.
With the more big titles that release, you begin to realise how much of a special game the Witcher 3 is.
Gurmukh Gill indeed Witcher 3 is a Masterpiece and still playing it. Better than this game by 100x
Lacorey Anger Um Witcher 3 is better than 90% of the RPGs on the market so of course it's better than Mass Effect, the entire series not just this one
I didnt like it was boring and had shitty controls. This game for me is better.
Nope they suck.
W3 has great writing, character design and art direction. A great RPG. But the combat is pure dogshit.
How can Bioware make this game so ugly using frostbite engine when Dice makes Battlefield 1 and Battlefront and they look absolutely amazing
Because DICE made the engine and know how to use it.
M.F. Luder because dice is the one who knows how to use it
M.F. Luder DICE holding all the secrets to master their engine. Shame too this game woulda looked incredible. Stills looks nice tho
M.F. Luder Because Battlefield is a much smaller game
M.F. Luder the only bad looking thing is the human characters' faces.
The scenery looks top notch. They're pretty much using frostbyte to its fullest potential.
I personally loved this game. I've beaten each ME three times, and I have played this game for the same amount. This game has a good story, and the graphics are beautiful. This is a great, almost brilliant game, but is flawed. Almost every game is, no matter how "perfect" they are, flawed.
B-Tier Mass Effect is exactly right. It's like a bad Star Treck Episode. You can still watch it, it belongs there cause it's in the same universe. You have the same races and sometimes you will get that typical ME Feeling. But you will still get disappointed if you expected something great and it's just a good game nowhere near the brilliance of the old trilogy.
I can't wait for Cyberpunk 2077
This
You've jumped off this hype train and straight on to the next U mean!!!
yeah! The expectations on a game can hurt it!
Lets see what CDPR can do about it. You know? Witcher 3 was a mark, ahead of its time. Something unique!
Cyberpunk is another formula. Anyway, My point is: Everyone can make mistakes! The hype train is a blind disease! Watch out!
+Kamran Keyium
earliest 2019. guys. It could stretch as far as 2020-2021. CDPR are taking their time as they always do luckily.
+Kamran Keyium
I am not talking about graphics/downgrade or whatever.
I am talking about the most important concept I seek in games with my 30 years old ass playing video games: writing, story, characters and immersion.
I love movies and love books. Witcher 3 was all that, but as a GAME.
My biggest dissapointment with Andromeda, what the poor and shallow writing. Man, is so sad. I was hoping so much for this game. Just sad.
"other than the course of humanity, my decisions didn't mean much."
....
no comment.
Translation: intricacies, the _finer details_, if you will - they were missing.
Hahahaha.
i kinda always got a chuckle out of that, i expect more from bioware. when your decisions hold no real weight in a mass effect game, that was mass effects selling point.
Don't recall too many things bearing much weight in the original trilogy (I can only think of Wrex, Ashley/Kaidan, and the Rachni), apart from whether your squad mates survive the ending of ME2 and ME3. And who is present in the human embassies in ME2 (....which doesn't even carry over to ME3, though I can see why).
it never mattered other than the few times you chose who lived or died and even then the destination is the same.
In 2021 I’m touching this game for the first time and I absolutely love it. Can’t get enough. This is also my first ever Mass Effect game I’ve played.
Same here this was the first mass effect I ever played and I loved it. It can feel a little repetitive at times. It had a lot of lure.
Did u play the original after
i want you to know that i, a stranger you will never meet, hate you
EA won't take my money
sengson lau You idiot, since when they take?
You can't spell steal without EA.
I said the same thing when Dragon Age Inquisition came out.
Not as bad as Activision though they killed call of duty!! they murdered it in cold blood!
Rosy Cheeks it should go back to world war 2 or even 1 for a change.
Rosy Cheeks It better go back to world war 2 or maybe it should go back to world war 1 for a change I don't think EA would approve of that though.
Settlement building and meaningless dialogue choices. Hmm, now where have I seen that before?
EisenKreig another settlement needs you help
Triangle = Yes. X = Yes. Square = Sarcastic Yes. O = I'll come back and say yes later, cause I won't be able to progress otherwise.
EisenKreig I read your comment in Mr. House's voice.
You've played an RPG than?
Fallout 4.
When this game was first revealed, I thought it might be a good way to get into the Mass Effect series.
I'm probably just going to buy the first game after seeing the reviews.
Buy the Full Trilogy in one game, i think its called Trilogy :D There even some DLC already in there exept for some very good one but u still can wait for the sales and the DLC become more affortable, watch a video about the dlc that maby interest you. It will be MUCH MUCH more fun and even cheaper than this PIECE OF SHIT SJW GAME.
Watplr Wraith know that it hasn't aged well. You should also consider your class ahead of time...ME 1 limits your proficiency with certain weapons based on your class. You can use each one but if you're restricted to say, a Pistol only as a Biotic, then every other gun you use won't be able to hit the broadside of a barn at spitting distance. Soldier is pretty OP in #1 but gets a little boring. Biotics are cool but don't flesh out until the 2nd game. Tech abilities are multifaceted... I recommend bringing a party member with a focus on those types of skills if that isn't what your character will be using. You'll see what I mean if & when you play it.
Bonus Points: Ragdoll is hilarious
Unless your arms are severely crippled, the first game is a breeze even on the hardest difficulty for every class.
You can buy the whole trilogy for $30 on origin. I just played all 3 in a row and it was great. Idk what that guy is saying that they haven't aged well, they aged very well in my opinion at least.
Watplr Wraith this game has nothing to do with the original franchise beacuse it's happening about 600 years after the main event and it has different characters and that's why most people hate it, otherwise its a good game its just that faces lack emotion but that's probably beacuse this is different studio and it's pretty new which means it has some inexperienced coders and animators so that could be it aswell but from that only people are throwing in bad reviews... its honesty retarded
Sometimes when I finish a game, I like to come listen to your videos to see how our opinions compare. Much respect -- you nailed this one even while the internet was hating on it at time of release. Makes me like your videos all the more.
Facts
hey i know wont see this gameranx but your channel is my favourite channel keep making videos guys!
Thanks!
βlue lol looks like they saw it.
βlue haha see they care.
holy shit! you guys replied
And this is why we don't pre order games kids!
It's so much fun to play, that makes up for any minor fault the game has.
ShaneD3488 Like a predictable plot, bad dialogue and laughable facial expressions in an rpg where you'll be talking most of the time?
i pre-ordered even after all the memes and reviews came out
+Zenoxs 0 I have not encountered anything major that detracts from the experience. Overall the game is fantastic.
Why did people not moan about the witcher 3's launch animation bugs and mediocre story? That game has been patched to kingdom fuck, who's to say this can't be patched as well? Why is no one moaning about horizons obnoxious exposition and npc animations which switch between planky uninterest and crack-whore twitchiness. It's because you're all so afraid of falling off the bandwagon. Modern gamers should at least be consistent about their bitching.
The game seems interesting and I've been waiting for years to play it. Shitty animation won't stop me even though it's a bit disappointing.
Did u know that they have Racist Workers in there development? They even supported him for doing so. I will never touch a Bioware game EVER again, BIOWARE IS DEAD no one of the staffmember who are beeing Praised for there work the past decades are working there anymore, just a bunch of SJW assholes. We have so MANY fucking awesome games coming out the past 3 month, better get one of this, MEA is Shit, in comparison of the games we have gotten so far. Dont waste your money please.
Orcbuu they fired the racist fuckass
Orcbuu wtf I absolutely had no idea. I didn't expect that from Bioware
No they DIDNT fire him, he got independant AFTER he finished his work for this Project, Watch some other Videos about this stuff, ITS ALL DOKUMENTED, they have even more of this fuckers in BIOWARE. They didnt even Appologice for this in at least 3 YEARS. Boycot this POS Developers.
Orcbuu You mean that racist dude who made racist comments about white people? He was fired.
Dear bioware
you Fucked up
Yours truly, Everyone
(But no serious Bioware needs to remaster the orignal mass effect franchise to redeem themselves)
i don't think that's a good idea could you imagine Shepherd with a buggy face like in ME:A
Jarvis Ritch well Garrus could get the last laugh if they do that.
but no you're right, i gues that i'll need to play it on the ps3 again. "totally worth it "
Danny Dekker Just play it on xbox one or pc. Don't promote remasters..
just dont give EA the fullprize
wait til its drop like its facial animations
+Dank Sans Too late, I pre-ordered the deluxe edition and couldn't be happier, this game is amazing!
^ looks like we have one of these fake amazon customers xD
+APC227 What the hell are you talking about? I bought the game through Origin for PC.
Mass Effect Andromeda, heavy risk, but the priiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice.
Titch the priiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice
Witcher 3 has set the bar way too high.
maybe these huge publishers have set the bar too low, they force these aaa titles out and they end up just losing money in the long run...o wait they have micro-transactions for that
Basically, but you have to admit the facial animations can be.....absolutely hilarious
Solo Dolo good point
Jeremy Manning also the movement (esp with roach) can be very frustrating
Just bought it a couple days ago. Absolutely amazing. £14 as well what a steal!
I'll be picking it up tonight on the way home. Everything Jake highlighted sounded good to me. Graphics don't bother me much, content certainly is there. I am the minority who loves the ME3 multiplayer.
Thanks again guys for the sound advice and another great, informative vid! Keep up the good work!
Taylor Gaston multiplayer in 3 was addictive. From what I heard there's a Pvp mode now too
Taylor Gaston finally, a level headed person
I actually really liked Mass Effect 3's multiplayer. Playing as different races and nonstandard classes was really fun. Some of the classes, like the Geth Juggernaut, were really easy to play. Others, like the Volus engineer, provided more high risk high reward gameplay. It was very well balanced.
Heh, who wants my trilogy remastered?
As long as you get a better ending to 3....
sadly it won't happen any time soon because, and I quote, "it would be easy money" and they want to keep working on new projects, instead of devoting time into a project that the player's want
you know there is tex mods for all the 3.....
I really don't want the trilogy to be "remastered" by the current Bioware. Everyone would get uglier.
Ahh, a remaster of the original trilogy. We have dismissed this claim.
I'll wait for a sale
jerrodkilla23 Id wait till it's about 25% off, good game but needs bug fixes
i got a deal and bought it for $40, i hope it's worth it, still in the mail
jerrodkilla23 yeah, too many other amazing games out right now that I still want to buy first that didn't release before they are ready.
jerrodkilla23 me too
expect it to drop next month then tbh
Mass Effect: Halo 5 Inquisition? They didn't have much to fix from ME3, the game wasn't broken. This feels like the transition from Halo: Reach to Halo 4/5. It was painful and I still turn back to Halo: Reach.
I'd rather have a andromenda sequel over a sequel for the original trilogy. Shepherds' story is done, and judging one game based on a trilogy is wrong.
6:43 "you can flirt and have sex with a lot of them too"
here's my biggest issue since i'm a fan of turian race, this might be a spoiler for some but this is related to vetra the ONLY female turian romance able in the whole franchise
ready?
her romance scene ALSO cuts to black like garrus did, which is a huuuuuge disapointment since i'm a huge fan of the turian race. first with garrus and now vetra. :/ meanwhile every other romanceable option I hear has at least tasteful romantic nudity but turians? oh no bioware ain't rendering that, either lazy or something
I would love to see Bioware render Krogan sex scenes, take a look at that Quad! ;)
Archangel_Omega well that's too bad. I like the Turian race. One of my favourites.
Archangel_Omega Fucking Normies shoving our xeno waifus and husbandos in black scenes because they "look alien"
Y'all are weird asf for actually complaining about something so stupid lol
Lorenzo Pagani lolz
I just finished playing the ME trilogy for the first time and went right back to play ME 1 again, after watching Andromeda on Twitch... It's not a bad game, but the game is just not finished as it was not finished with ME2 and ME3 and it's hard to support a company for spending hundreds of millions of dollars, advertising for an unfinished game, instead of delivering something great.
I'm not disappointed in the game itself, just hate to watch the business practices of EA and how they ruin the best games for several years now.
Thank you gameranx, this was one balanced review.. the game is actually fun to play despite all the negative things being said about it......
i finished mass effect legendary edition , i was crying at the end , chose the destroy ending , shepard a legend . now hopping on to andromeda
lol i love the whole, "previous mass effects had shit animation." Ye they do, because they were made in like 2007 and they had better animation than this game.
When you use the character customization from sims 4 to make characters in Mass Effect
as if it was so detailed
Here because it’s on sale for $5 right now on PSN
Same
I played it early on and absolutely loved it. He is saying it feels less inspired probably because what you are doing in the story carries less gravity than fighting reapers. Also things you say do matter less a lot in andromeda but not all the time. Years later and I’d still recommend it.
thank you for finally giving an honest, neutral review, just what i've been looking for, personally i cant wait to play this game and will be buying it the moment i'm paid. Sure some things look a bit silly with the faces but all the hate for that? it'll likely get patched anyway at some point. Personally I just want to enjoy a new chapter in ME, plus the thought of being a sword wielding, stealthing biotic badass just makes me want to play it even more xD
Just bought this game on Steam. Im going to replay it after 3 years since release.
This game broke my heart. My expectations weren't particularly high but, even with the lower expectation, it still let me down.
As great George Carlin said: "Garbage In, garbage out". You can't make a deal with EA and expect to keep quality.
Don't buy it, wait until bioware actually fixes human features
WF4L Cant wait till it will be a EA dlc..
i was hoping this would be good. I almost pre-ordered it
Never pre-order games.
Never EVER preorder games, iv only preordered two, halo 4 and fallout 4... So yeah you can see why i say never preorder. Because no matter how good they look games these days just aren't good enough to gamble on. Ha ha halo4 failed, fallout 4 failed and now it looks like Mass effect 4 will fail too (yes i know it Mass Effect Andromeda and not four) .
never...
Kenpachu-Rama-Sama only pre-order from Rockstar
Rasmus Skardenni it IS good, but as he said it just match up to the originals
This game is NOT about Shepard. It is NOT about the trilogy. Why people are comparing to that? It's very good and it's been fixed months ago. Also the co-op is tons of fun and very rewarding. My only complain is the price, but I got it on sale :]
Who else is waiting for the patched, on sale version?
Can't patch shitty writing...but other than that, yeah
Luca S. the writing isn't bad don't know where getting that shit.
masterchaoss look, you wanted to say that the writing isnt shit, something so dumb, that your brain refused to write it down an made you miss the “wiriting“
i got it but havent played it. im glad because there are already two patches out to fix bugs lol. ill finish horizon zero dawn. maybe i should wait a little longer to play this game. looks like a few more patches. the 1st mass effect didnt have patches. it was only on pc and no one cared about the story line or plot that sucked. the first one really sucked and now people are complaining about this game.
It was on 360 too and much later PS3.
Already cancelled pre-order. They had enough time to meet the expectations.
Plus, I know it's not the same dev team, top kek. What a move EA. People will just hate you more, but at least the CEOs are happy :D
I'm glad you care tho
Never pre order anything Normie.
pirate it for a bit. if you like it buy it. if not delete it
like broadwayat said never preorder games, it gives a company money without delivering anything to it's audience just look at aliens colonial marines, a complete trainwreck.
2:40
'' Large evil things ''
REALLY?! LARGE EVIL THINGS! YOU GOT ME SOLD BRO.
Were is the negatives? he is only talking about the positives x-x
I like how you addressed the reasons why the game isn't quite up to par with other Mass Effect games. For me, personally, Andromeda was actually the first Mass Effect game I played, and I absolutely love it. I am not one for shooter games, but after having my brother cram it down my throat and seeing him play it a couple of times, I decided to give it a shot. For me, I got especially invested in only a few characters, but that's mostly because I didn't get the chance to romance all of them. I'm not about to be a space playboy lol. I'm glad to hear that the characters in the game were on a somewhat higher level than previous games, because I really enjoyed them. Sure, the expressions fall flat sometimes, but when don't they in video games? Remember when games were just tiny 16bit sprites? Geez people, have there been better facial animations? Yes, but that's no reason to hate the game before giving it a real chance. Overall, I can see how fans of the franchise didn't LOVE this addition, and hearing it put in a more pragmatic light is a nice change of pace.
It was a fun game. People on TH-cam killed ME:A and Bioware, because they only care about the pre patched game. Play it today, and see that it was fixed. People need to remember how ME1 looked, before ME2 and M3 added to it. That story was not complete, and you needed the others to add to it. ME:A2 could have added to the story that we never finished here.
Your character looks like Shrek when he turns human
lol, yes now that you mention it.
Don’t know why this game gets as much hate as it does
I genuinely enjoy this game tbh🙆🏻♂️
i dont know. care to explain/tell how to get/craft good weapons without any cheats? cant get forward due to the asshole kett cardinal fight. and its minions.
I developed a different kind of respect for Ubisoft after playing this game, because no matter how disappointed I got with the AC franchise post Black Flag, their games still had something that kept me engaged, except for Unity. Besides, now with the AC games taking the Open world RPG road, a lotta fans of the older games are disappointed yet not as much as with Mass Effect : Andromeda.
I just played this game after playing mass effect trilogy for the first time and I think it was really good
Would give it at least a 7
I know your comment is slightly dated, but I just started the Legendary Edition. This is my first time trying the RPG genre and I am seriously enjoying Mass Effect 1 atm. Glad to see there’s more good content after the original trilogy :)
@@NJFraney i am halfway through ME2 and it gets better lol I can’t wait to start the 3
I won't be playing this until it is $20 with all the dlc. LOL
Jacko Ludvich who cares
Jacko Ludvich same. I watched some of it and I was not impressed with it.
Probably wont even play it then, cause there's bound to be better games to spend your time on by then :P
Wise decision my friend!
Never buying this piece of trash. Wouldn't play it for free.
No "I should go" voice line
The only reason to don't buy it
Geralt of Rivia The White Wolf Thanks Geralt.
I am very thankful that I waited over a year to play this game. After all of the bugs were fixed, it easily became one of my top 5 favorite games of all-time.
Before buy Mass effect Andromeda ... think of buying a game
Either be nice or be a little sarcastic? Sounds exactly like fallout 4 dialogue.
Eh, I'm enjoying it. Thats what no expectations do to you, I suppose
Sagrotan Sure, keep thinking that. I have my critiques of the game, but they are somewhat minor and won't keep me from playing the rest of the game. So in other words, bugger off and let me have my opinion
I absolutly loved Andromeda, I played on PS4 for the first time this past year with the last patch released, which did fix some issues, but not all. Even with that, I enjoyed the gameplay, the story and exploration. The only downside the game had was the knowledge that there is no MEA2, because after multiple play throughs and hundreds of hours played, I just wanted more of this game and I was invested enough that I wanted to see where the story goes from here. And if visuals are things you just can't look past, play the game on PC with some mods and you'll grow to love the game, maybe not on the same level as ME2 or ME3, but it is it's own experience.
This is great news to hear! Ive never played other Mass Effect games so it doesn't need to be like the others. Im just wanting a game with fun gameplay/combat and exploration. Im playing FF16(which is gorgeous with a great story)and the loot and gameplay is pretty boring when not fighting bosses or battles.
I suppose I'm the only one who thinks female Ryder is very pretty...
Cash Grab Podcast No. You're not. She's attractive.
She is very pretty. She's not smoking hot, but definitely pretty. These days people think if someone's not smoking hot, it makes them ugly.
Cash Grab Podcast you're definitely not the only one
Anyone who does belongs in a camp.
She's pretty in a pretty mentally disabled way
Best thing I did so far this year is not buy this game.
I cancelled my preorder before it came
nisi bonum I never pre order. I wait
Sad so you only want perfect games, It's that type of attitude that killed mea2 and any dlc that was planned had the game not been murdered on social media and the Sheep all followed. I've played many games worse than this and am a massive ME and am pissed this got treated so badly to the point of the whole series being shelved. Thanks for another epic story not going to see a conclusion.
I agree.. the combat system was my favorite combat system i have maybe ever played, and they really set up for a great trilogy. People expected way too much. How many alien races did you see in ME1? They are all here... the only thing that was truly unacceptable was the facial animation issue and the number of bugs at launch imo.
Thank God you did. Hindsight is 20/20 and I'm glad this game died because it was really, really bad.
congrats
before you don't buy.
i enjoy it,good combat,awesome weapons,exploration,stunning landscapes and good music chill me,it relax me a lot,and i also like the ideea of an open world,to discover new dimensions,to me is a GOOD GAME,especially i got it for only 12 euro
Do you rent too?
Making all classes available at the push of a button and removing the karma system KILLS the replayability of the game COMPLETELY! Why would you ever pick the game up again if you've already done everything?
maoristereo trying new romances/decisions?
i had dozens of playthroughs of eah ME game with the same class and just once wen't renegade. Besides, paragon/renegade gone isn't that bad, at least you no longer have to choose answers based on their position in the wheel of karma, unless you want you team mates to die that is.
i actually liked that.
i hated that i can have all the guns but no bioitic powers in the OT
mae That worked for ME2 because your decisions bore consequences that changed how the game felt. Meanwhile what I've seen of Andromeda seems to be more about city management, which isn't very exciting.
Replayability lies in the biotic/tech/combat upgrades you make, it's near impossible to unlock everything you want and put it to good use in just one playthrough unless you do some serious grinding
Before you buy?Dont even fucking buy it until its price is reduced and the animations fixed.
The way you described this its a 6.5-7.5(based on personal preferences) but people make it sound like a 4/10
I watch stuff like this because I always hear so much hate on this game. This is the first bioware or space game I have ever played, its really fun for my first mass effect experience.
This game is underrated especially in 2019. Go back and play the OG series
Ill save my money for cyberpunk 2077 thanks
lol your going to save your money for a game that doesnt even have a release date yet?
TRIP. tv it's gonna blow people away it's from the creators of witcher 3 one of the highest rated game of all time
daniel Shah Of course its going to be great....Im just saying its laughable that someone plans on saving 60 dollars for a game that might not even come out till summer 2018
TRIP. tv it might not even come out until 2020
exactly my point lol..