Current Events > Confession: I enjoy mass effect andromeda

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I only first got it after it was already patched, so I can't speak for how it was at launch.

The ending of me3 kind of killed the series for me, but as a Sci fi shooter game with lite rpg elements, it's fun. It's actual gameplay is the best in the entire series. To this day I occasionally replay it, continuing my guy. The ability to switch "classes" on the fly(profiles), the movement, the ability to build whatever kind of class you want, a rover that is actually fun to drive, beautiful planets, etc. The story is shit, and the characters are mostly shit(with some exceptions), but its actually fun to play, if repetitive.

I just love coming up with different ability combos and seeing how they work. My favorite has been my vanguard/infiltrator hybrid using the explorer profile.

This game made vanguard so stupidly fun, with shotguns and charge being so goddamn n effective.

I adore the power combos you can do in combat too.
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pres_madagascar posted...

This game made vanguard so stupidly fun, with shotguns and charge being so goddamn n effective.

...stop making me want it
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It wasn't terrible, but at the same time, I have no desire to go back and play it again.
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The combat was pretty fun. I like the party members too.

But man the actual game design and main plot really let it all down. So many baffling decisions.
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If you're jonesing for more ME lore or otherwise just like the game play, it's not terrible. But even after the patches, the facial animations are questionable. The plot is cliche and forgettable, which is a shame because they could have done so much with it given an entirely new galaxy. Andromeda felt "small" compared to the Milky Way.
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I still want to know what happened to the Quarian Ark.
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best part was the asteroid you can land on
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The only thing I disliked about the game is that it gives you far too much to do, and most of it is not worth doing. I should probably go back and just focus solely on story and loyalty missions, but I just haven't felt like it.
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spudger posted...

best part was the asteroid you can land on

I spent more time there doing tricks with the rover than I should have lol

GeneralKenobi85 posted...

The only thing I disliked about the game is that it gives you far too much to do, and most of it is not worth doing. I should probably go back and just focus solely on story and loyalty missions, but I just haven't felt like it.

Thing is, since there's no level requirements for anything, it's entirely possible to do just that.

DrizztLink posted...

pres_madagascar posted...

This game made vanguard so stupidly fun, with shotguns and charge being so goddamn n effective.

...stop making me want it

If you like the vanguard playstyle, this game is for you. You can usually find it dirt cheap too. A vanguard build with shotguns and melee is great.

BlameAnesthesia posted...

If you're jonesing for more ME lore or otherwise just like the game play, it's not terrible. But even after the patches, the facial animations are questionable. The plot is cliche and forgettable, which is a shame because they could have done so much with it given an entirely new galaxy. Andromeda felt "small" compared to the Milky Way.

The plot is cliche, it's basically if they made an rpg shooter set in the jj Abrams star trek universe. Some of the characters are solid though. Drack is definitely better than grunt, but he's no wrex.

Darmik posted...

The combat was pretty fun. I like the party members too.

But man the actual game design and main plot really let it all down. So many baffling decisions.

Them never addressing the morals of colonization was a huge missed opportunity imo.
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Strider102 posted...

I still want to know what happened to the Quarian Ark.

Didn't they address it in a comic or novel or something?
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pres_madagascar posted...

I spent more time there doing tricks with the rover than I should have lol

i felt it deserved a stunt-jump competition sidequest
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pres_madagascar posted...

Them never addressing the morals of colonization was a huge missed opportunity imo.

There are so many missed opportunities.

I don't even remember anything about that new alien race. They just felt like a new humanoid Citadel alien.

It also seemed like they were saving the interesting stuff about the alien empire for the sequels.
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Darmik posted...

pres_madagascar posted...

Them never addressing the morals of colonization was a huge missed opportunity imo.

There are so many missed opportunities.

I don't even remember anything about that new alien race. They just felt like a new humanoid Citadel alien.

It also seemed like they were saving the interesting stuff about the alien empire for the sequels.

The guys who created the remnant/monoliths? Yeah.

And the angara are OK, mostly because of jaal, but other than that they're exactly as you said. The way first contact with them is handled is laughable. That goes for both sides. "oh hey new aliens our translators seem to magically understand, how y'all doin"
"you're new, we don't trust you, do this extremely important thing for us and we'll like you"
"ok no problem"

That should have been some huge occasion for both parties, and instead it's like bumping into an old friend.
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I was referring to this stuff;

The kett government is referred to as an empire with the main ruling body being referred to as the Senate, situated on the kett homeworld of Sarhesen. According to Dr. Medrow Aden's intelligence, their society may be an eugenocracy. There are apparently twenty-one ancestral lineages from 'pure' ancient kett that act as the heads of ancestral lineages who lead their society. Contingents of kett stationed in a star cluster are led by an Archon, also called a "campaign leader". These Archons have a high degree of autonomy but still ultimately answer to the Senate and are required to report on their progress every 15 cycles. The kett send forces across the galaxy to exalt new species and expand the empire. While exaltation of other races is the goal of the kett, their empire is also comprised of at least a dozen vassal species including: the eealen, thusali, and sirinde.

Basically we deal with a boring generic army and the actual interesting stuff is in another galaxy.
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>mass effect
>literally none of your choices matter

it was okay
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I did too. It certainly had it's faults, but it seemed like everyone already hated it before it even came out. Was nowhere near bad enough to kill the entire franchise like it did..... although it may have not been just that game but the shift to focus on Anthem.
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Darmik posted...

I was referring to this stuff;

The kett government is referred to as an empire with the main ruling body being referred to as the Senate, situated on the kett homeworld of Sarhesen. According to Dr. Medrow Aden's intelligence, their society may be an eugenocracy. There are apparently twenty-one ancestral lineages from 'pure' ancient kett that act as the heads of ancestral lineages who lead their society. Contingents of kett stationed in a star cluster are led by an Archon, also called a "campaign leader". These Archons have a high degree of autonomy but still ultimately answer to the Senate and are required to report on their progress every 15 cycles. The kett send forces across the galaxy to exalt new species and expand the empire. While exaltation of other races is the goal of the kett, their empire is also comprised of at least a dozen vassal species including: the eealen, thusali, and sirinde.

Basically we deal with a boring generic army and the actual interesting stuff is in another galaxy.

And if I remember right, there were undertones of the Archon you fighting throughout the entire thing being somewhat rogue to the Kett empire.
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It was pretty fun in many situations. The plot, backtracking and allies (well, most of 'em) could've been better, though.
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Shotgunnova posted...

It was pretty fun in many situations. The plot, backtracking and allies (well, most of 'em) could've been better, though.

I remember missions which were like
- Get mission in hub area. Leave. Loading screen
- Choose new planet in ship. Loading screen.
- Walk through hub area to reach the location where the next stop of the mission is. Loading screen
- Finally do thing you're asked to do. Hopefully you don't have to repeat these steps to conclude the mission

I think I might even be skipping some loading screens there.

Such a drag. Basically the best way to play the game was to group up mission steps as much as possible. But then you'd have stuff like the vapor trail missions that would make that impossible.

That doesn't even go into each planet feeling so damn samey outside of one or two exceptions.
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That's perfectly fine TC, you are permitted to enjoy what you want to enjoy without judgement. I appreciate your honesty.
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Heineken14 posted...

Darmik posted...

I was referring to this stuff;

The kett government is referred to as an empire with the main ruling body being referred to as the Senate, situated on the kett homeworld of Sarhesen. According to Dr. Medrow Aden's intelligence, their society may be an eugenocracy. There are apparently twenty-one ancestral lineages from 'pure' ancient kett that act as the heads of ancestral lineages who lead their society. Contingents of kett stationed in a star cluster are led by an Archon, also called a "campaign leader". These Archons have a high degree of autonomy but still ultimately answer to the Senate and are required to report on their progress every 15 cycles. The kett send forces across the galaxy to exalt new species and expand the empire. While exaltation of other races is the goal of the kett, their empire is also comprised of at least a dozen vassal species including: the eealen, thusali, and sirinde.

Basically we deal with a boring generic army and the actual interesting stuff is in another galaxy.

And if I remember right, there were undertones of the Archon you fighting throughout the entire thing being somewhat rogue to the Kett empire.

Iirc he wanted more power and that's why he was so obsessed with the remnant. He wanted to be emperor. Iirc the kett are structured similarly to Rome.

Shotgunnova posted...

It was pretty fun in many situations. The plot, backtracking and allies (well, most of 'em) could've been better, though.

The backtracking is honestly my main issue with it. Now that I mainly do new game plus runs, I know how to do it efficiently, but your first time, you will be running around like mad.

So many times you have to go back to nexus just to talk to someone and that's it. Like fuck man, I have a holo cell phone on my ship, just fucking call me.
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Its a game with some charm but it has big flaws.

The writing is bad. Like really bad. There's so many bad lines in the game.

There's so many things that are badly designed. Loading screens, randomly long door openings, big open empty worlds.

Most of the companions are forgettable. In the long list of ME characters. Only two can really be up against the rest. (Vetra and Drax)

Dont even get me start about the UI and Crafting.

However, i really enjoyed the game and its a really beautiful looking game
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I4NRulez posted...

Its a game with some charm but it has big flaws.

The writing is bad. Like really bad. There's so many bad lines in the game.

There's so many things that are badly designed. Loading screens, randomly long door openings, big open empty worlds.

Most of the companions are forgettable. In the long list of ME characters. Only two can really be up against the rest. (Vetra and Drax)

Dont even get me start about the UI and Crafting.

However, i really enjoyed the game and its a really beautiful looking game

Tbqh, crafting becomes entirely pointless pretty quickly. I always buy the next version of my preferred weapons instead of crafting it. They stupidly put all the stuff anyone would want in the initiative category. No one wants anything in the angaran/kett section, nor the remnant section. So it's impossible to craft everything you want/need. My guy is level 55, on ng+, and it's still not possible. I just buy everything.

And yeah, vetra and drack are the best imo. Peebee even grew on me once I fleshed out her "plot", but she can't hold a candle to anyone in the past games.
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Also that fight against the Architect on Eos was brutally long. Cool concept behind it, but it was just such a long fucking boss fight.
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The game started pretty strong, but later on the planets just didn't have much going on.

The UI was a mess and the crafting system just threw every option at you even if you never saw that gun before. Which was a weird decision imo.

I kinda didn't like the whole you can learn every skill since it felt like there was no reason do more than 1 run.

Still the gameplay was fun and the multiplayer was enjoyable though far worse than me3's multiplayer.
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GeneralKenobi85 posted...

Also that fight against the Architect on Eos was brutally long. Cool concept behind it, but it was just such a long fucking boss fight.

Fun fact, there more of them lol.

Tmaster148 posted...

The game started pretty strong, but later on the planets just didn't have much going on.

The UI was a mess and the crafting system just threw every option at you even if you never saw that gun before. Which was a weird decision imo.

I kinda didn't like the whole you can learn every skill since it felt like there was no reason do more than 1 run.

Still the gameplay was fun and the multiplayer was enjoyable though far worse than me3's multiplayer.

I've done three runs as different profiles and abilities. You can be as close to the old way or as far from it as you desire.
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Also, kadara is the best planet by far. It reminded me most of old mass effect, particularly omega from ME2. It had the most worthwhile quests take place on it.
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