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As Time Goes By – Mass Effect: Andromeda

As Time Goes By returns to Player 2 with a look at the much-maligned Mass Effect: Andromeda. Has time (and a few patches) been kind to this space RPG?

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Gridknac2886d ago

If your pc is stout enough, this is one of the best looking games to ever come out. The dolby vision hdr is something to behold on a 4k screen.

starchild2886d ago

Yeah, it looks really nice. The gameplay is actually pretty awesome too. Especially the combat. The storytelling didn't seem up to the same quality level as the previous games, but certainly not nearly as bad as some make it out to be, IMO.

BiggerBoss2886d ago

The game itself looks great, but there's no helping those animations...

Wtf were Bioware doing?

EDKICK2886d ago

@BiggerBoss
Bioware's most inexperienced team was rushed and had to outsource facial animation stuff, if I'm not mistaken. Super unfortunate that EA rushed it, 6-8 more months would have done this game some good.

Skull5212886d ago

Shame it never got an X patch. Looks really good but soft on the XBOX.

IanTH2886d ago

I forget, is this the game where they had HDR and then dropped support later, so you have to have something like an old version of the game *and* older nvidia drivers to make it work? I remember hearing a lot of praise for one of the big PC games in terms of how HDR looked, only to have it later taken away.

Gridknac2885d ago

It launched with just hdr10 support and then later added Dolby Vision hdr to it. I'm not aware of any thing being taken away. My copy is up to date and it supports both.

AK912886d ago

This game was a laughable mistake from start to finish I can’t believe how badly EA messed it up, it will forever be a black mark towards them for a LONG time.

DialgaMarine2886d ago

Probably killed the franchise, that’s for sure. If Anthem is successful, we’ll never see another Bioware ME for sure.

BiggerBoss2886d ago

EA is a pro at killing franchises. After they murdered Dead Space, I officially refused to buy another EA game.

And the fact that they SOMEHOW managed to ruin a great franchise like Mass Effect, well that kinda speaks for itself...

Segata2886d ago

Bioware is the first studio EA killed without killing it. Anthem looks mediocre. They have not made a great game since DAO and ME2. Saddens me. DAO is my favorite game of theirs.

Razzer2886d ago (Edited 2886d ago )

Disagree. Once the problems were fixed, I thought it was actually a pretty good game.

UCForce2886d ago

It was good, but this ME game is by far the weakest of them all. What even worse is that EA completely stop supporting MEA post launch meaning there would be no Single Player DLC for MEA.

Jmanzare2886d ago

I got the game at launch and loved it. It's not my favorite mass effect game but it was still a good game

TheColbertinator2886d ago

Halfway through I gave up. No more chances for Andromeda.

shinrock2886d ago

I'm in the same boat. I just don't like the characters, they all annoy me.

potedude2886d ago

I made it about 1/3 of the way. My time is too valuable.

kevnb2886d ago

It’s too bad because the game could have been much better received if they delayed it a year.

Segata2886d ago

Still would have had poor writing and acting.

kevnb2885d ago

That could have been fixed though, oh well too late now.

InKnight7s2886d ago

This game could recieve a revive if EA did what SE did for FFXV, they released a decent game technically but bad story and finishing and that helped to get less hate and far from bad game.

Andromeda is odd and still running so awkward and alpha like stage animations.

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For All Its Flaws, Mass Effect: Andromeda's Approach to Romance is Something ME4 Can Learn From

While Mass Effect: Andromeda was let in several key areas, one of its approaches to romances is something Mass Effect 4 should consider revisiting.

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VenomUK485d ago

I hope Mass Effect 4 ignores the inferior prequels and instead closely follows the far superior Mass Effect: Andromeda and Dragon Age Inquisition.

anast485d ago (Edited 485d ago )

Mass Effect 4 should just make Mass Effect 1 but better with current tech. Fans would be happy. As far as romance, they should take notes from the Witcher and Cyberpunk.

Ristul485d ago

Later Bioware games have to little build up. You can have a normal conversation and all of a sudden BAM! The character you talk to becomes super flirty.

TricksterArrow484d ago

Reminds me of Baldur’s Gate. I wanted to practice some magic and Gale made it super weird. Not even gonna mention Astarion.

gold_drake484d ago (Edited 484d ago )

iii dunno about that.

the only really great and funny dating partner, is that outlaw guy anyways haha he was funny as hell.

other than that, i found every character to be very annoying.

ZeekQuattro484d ago

Shout out to Keri the Asari reporter. Current relationship status be damned as she's game either way. Anything for a good story. 🤣

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Mass Effect Companion Tier Ranking

One of the best things about the Mas Effect series is the companions you meet along the way. So here is a tier list of all the companions from Mass Effect!

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IAMRealHooman526d ago

Bro missing companions: Legion, Grunt, Samara/Morinth, Javik, EDI

anast526d ago

Legion, Zaeed, and Jack are my favorites.

RiseNShine526d ago

To think that Bioware at some point was capable of doing games like this, you see those characters and remember them like good old friends, and now check ME Andromeda, Anthem, Veilguard etc and wonder what the hell happened.

anast526d ago

They lost too much talent.

IAMRealHooman526d ago

some in andromeda are decent, I agree with peebee and Vetra being good companions. Except Liam he's trash tier

anast526d ago

Liam lol I can't stand that dude.

IAMRealHooman525d ago

it's like bitch but your shirt back on, your not blue or spikey get away from me

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BioWare Thinks Mass Effect Andromeda Was Better Game Than Reception Suggested

BioWare thinks Mass Effect: Andromeda was a better game than what reception suggested; taught the studio not to shoehorn open-world without any meaningful content in it.

thorstein562d ago

I played it and it wasn't as bad as people said. Is it in the 8-10 range? No.

It's a 6-7, which means it's a solid game.

LordoftheCritics561d ago (Edited 561d ago )

Veilguard and Andromeda are of similar level to me.
6 to 6.5 ish

Though I think i enjoyed Andromeda's combat and sense of scale a little bit more.

XBManiac561d ago

Veilguard has better graphics.

neutralgamer1992561d ago

I agree with you It was a 6.5 type game. Gameplay was solid everything else was lacking. Playing at launch with all the issues was just absurd. EA could have let the developers keep patching and fix the game but they stopped just like they did with anthem. It’s crazy to think multi billion dollar publishers can’t afford to keeping patching their games get medium size developers can support the game for years

But when you have android wilson running the company what else can we expect.

OtterX561d ago

Except 6-7 doesn't translate as solid. 6 means a bit flimsy, but still good/enjoyable if you can look past the flaws. 7, a little less flimsy, and enjoyable. 8-10 would be "solid".

But I get your point. I skipped the game entirely, so I don't have an opinion on it.

H9561d ago

I played this game back when I wanted to give every game I bought a fair chance and finish it, it was the reason why I stopped doing so, god the game was bad

TheNamelessOne561d ago

I actually enjoyed Andromeda. It wasn't a 10/10, by any means, but I played it years after the fact, after a lot of patching, and I had a good time with it.

anast561d ago

Same, I enjoyed it too. I might even replay it soon.

TheNamelessOne561d ago

Might do the same, honestly. Went through the trilogy a couple months back.

raWfodog561d ago

I liked it as well, and also played it for the first time over a year after it was released. The original trilogy was a better story overall IMO but I still enjoyed Andromeda.

lellkay561d ago

The game is so unbelivably bad, it's laughable.

pwnmaster3000561d ago (Edited 561d ago )

It really wasn’t. Well for me nd I’m a big fan of the series.
Was it mass effect standard? No
But overall I thought it was a decent game.
6-7/10.

Armaggedon561d ago

You might want to try playing a truly bad game. Go boot up two worlds or gollum to get the perspective you need

MatrixxGT561d ago

Wow, two worlds…red ringed my 360.

Armaggedon561d ago

Lol. Its one of the only games that I have experienced buyers remorse with. The only one I can think of is riders Republic.

matt139561d ago

So delusional, the title was an embarrassment to the original trilogy. it’s the equivalent of 2042 to the battlefield franchise.

thorstein561d ago

2042 had a redemption arc and what exists now is a pretty good FPS.

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