Posted: Apr 21, 2017 8:50 am
Almost fucking done with my first and possibly only full play-through of MASS EFFECT ANDROMEDA .
110+ hours. Feels like a fucking chore to do. Gonna start a fem-Ryder and fuck about a bit. Literally, too. Then watch squad banter and other stuff on YouTube, because I am NOT going through all this, again.
Game isn't as polished or as memorable as the first 3. Or just the 1st, really. Story is exciting, but not that epic (just about to return to Meridian, so it may yet grow).
Soundtrack is forgettable, unlike in the first 3 games.
Lots of bugs, including very noticeable ones, like not being able to talk to NPCs, because the button prompt doesn't shows up properly, only from certain angles or not, at all.
Skills system and the profiles are fun. Even though I'm only using two out of four, but that's me limiting my own experience.
Still couldn't get the update, because no one uploaded it, separately. People kept whining about the inventory size, which the update increased to an absolutely mental 200. Unnecessary. Did just fine with 50, for most of the game, then 80 with the pod-upgrades. Comfortably enough. Facial animations weren't terrible. Barely any weirder or lacking any more than in previous games. Saw comparison with the update. Not much of a difference. And if I don't use the default fem-Ryder, it is even less noticeable.
Squad-mates weren't any less or any more interesting. What WAS interesting is the references they made or ties some characters had to other in the previous games. Kandros at Operations being related to Nyreen, Garrus' dad on call with Alec Ryder, Liara in the logs, the Shadow Broker, Okeer is mentioned. The reviews I read said we'd barely get any mentions of earlier character. But, I actually saw a lot of nice references that brought a smile to my face.
I can see where the comments, who say this was the B-Team, are coming from. Still entertaining. Not leave it on my hard-drive in case of future DLC, which I can play after the campaign. But, I don't see any room or need for those.
One of the funniest moments:
Love that old coot!
110+ hours. Feels like a fucking chore to do. Gonna start a fem-Ryder and fuck about a bit. Literally, too. Then watch squad banter and other stuff on YouTube, because I am NOT going through all this, again.
Game isn't as polished or as memorable as the first 3. Or just the 1st, really. Story is exciting, but not that epic (just about to return to Meridian, so it may yet grow).
Soundtrack is forgettable, unlike in the first 3 games.
Lots of bugs, including very noticeable ones, like not being able to talk to NPCs, because the button prompt doesn't shows up properly, only from certain angles or not, at all.
Skills system and the profiles are fun. Even though I'm only using two out of four, but that's me limiting my own experience.
Still couldn't get the update, because no one uploaded it, separately. People kept whining about the inventory size, which the update increased to an absolutely mental 200. Unnecessary. Did just fine with 50, for most of the game, then 80 with the pod-upgrades. Comfortably enough. Facial animations weren't terrible. Barely any weirder or lacking any more than in previous games. Saw comparison with the update. Not much of a difference. And if I don't use the default fem-Ryder, it is even less noticeable.
Squad-mates weren't any less or any more interesting. What WAS interesting is the references they made or ties some characters had to other in the previous games. Kandros at Operations being related to Nyreen, Garrus' dad on call with Alec Ryder, Liara in the logs, the Shadow Broker, Okeer is mentioned. The reviews I read said we'd barely get any mentions of earlier character. But, I actually saw a lot of nice references that brought a smile to my face.
I can see where the comments, who say this was the B-Team, are coming from. Still entertaining. Not leave it on my hard-drive in case of future DLC, which I can play after the campaign. But, I don't see any room or need for those.
One of the funniest moments:
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Love that old coot!