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Francis is just a character the guy plays. He's funny at times, although I find him too much most of the time.I lasted about 90 seconds before I closed that video. Who the fuck watches this? Why would you post it?
Mass Effect Andromeda
Expectations and hopes were impossibly high given the legacy of the original trilogy. Still, the game was such a disappointment to so many. Perhaps, the worst part was Bioware's total disregard for the fans of Mass Effect. They basically killed the franchise with MEA and scolded us for not thanking them for it.
I really couldn't disagree more with this comment. As a enormous fan of Mass Effect, I absolutely loved Andromeda. I think the problem with today's audience is the level of expectations that people have for something instead of enjoying it for what it is. There is still a bunch of Mass Effect lore, great exploration, good stories, and it felt very much like a Mass Effect game. I mean, people should have just accepted the fact that the Shepherd trilogy is over and done with. They tried something new with Andromeda and I personally loved the idea... I truly felt like what I would feel if I was a person going out into the galaxy and looking for a new home. You have people already there not happy to see you, you have moral problems with being a outsider, and you have to be able to be a positive representative for the human race. Andromeda and the premise of it, as well as what you were doing, is what I would imagine happening if I myself were trying to find a new home for humanity.
Anyway, I could go on and on about the game but it really baffles me how fans of ME could be so upset about Andromeda. It's not a terrible game by ANY stretch of the imagination, and what really murders me is that I fear EA will never give the franchise another shot because of the overblown negativity the game got. I mean people were seriously posting on Reddit about how shit the game was b/c the facial animations and the running animations were wonky. Really? That's your gripe? Did you listen to WHAT they were saying? Did you listen to the context of what was happening? I personally was too focused on what was being said to care about how the lips were moving on the character. In either case I think it's criminally under-rated, and I think as time goes on it will be remembered more fondly and perhaps it will get some new fans along the way.
ME:A comes along, goes back to the roots in some ways, tries to push out in others, but also drops the ball in others. That means you're pleasing exactly two separate thirds of your original audience, dropping the last third (these are rough estimates) due to the graphical issues, and then it all balloons out of control because this is the internet after all. So it gets a bad rep, but really two thirds of fans think it's still pretty good, but nobody is talking about it anymore.
At least that's kind of my theory.
Personally, I think Mass Effect is such a wonderful and fleshed-out universe that it excels in what it tries to say in gameplay and story that Star Wars and other science fiction fails. There is so much more in that universe left to explore, and luckily I played Andromeda with no expectations. I bought it at launch and I couldn't put it down until I finished it. It took everything that made 1 great with exploration and lore, and opened it up into multiple planets that you WANT to explore. Even if some of the stuff is mundane like collect 20 of this. Do yourself a favor and try to go into it with a open mind. Don't go into it thinking of the first trilogy, or thinking it will be better or worse because of this or that, or because of what others have said. Make up your own mind. Just try to enjoy it. Read everything. Talk to everyone. Explore everywhere. Give it a chance. If you don't end up liking it then that's okay too, but being a huge Mass Effect fan myself I found it hard not to thoroughly enjoy.
I agree, except for the part about ME1-3 not being great games.I'm still convinced 2/3 of the Andromeda hate is coming from people who either didn't play it or didn't like it because the internet said so. It's not a great game, but neither were the first 3. If you took Dragon Age Inquisition and tossed it into space, you have a pretty good idea of what the game is like. The plot is simplistic, but it's no worse than 95% of the other games out there.
I agree, except for the part about ME1-3 not being great games.
Yes, those are true observations, (I Liked the mako anyway) and they removed the mp requirement for war assets from 3 in a patch, and the MP was quite fun regardless, and trust me that's big praise coming from me.I consider #2 to be close to great. I still feel like I just shot up a warehouse on a dozen planets rather than actually exploring anything. #1 had a great story, but the gunplay and Mako sucked ass. #3 was on its way to being great if they hadn't had all of that war asset and MP nonsense. Each game had some major caveats keeping them from bring truly great, but most games tend to.
I consider #2 to be close to great. I still feel like I just shot up a warehouse on a dozen planets rather than actually exploring anything. #1 had a great story, but the gunplay and Mako sucked ass. #3 was on its way to being great if they hadn't had all of that war asset and MP nonsense. Each game had some major caveats keeping them from bring truly great, but most games tend to.
Yes, those are true observations, (I Liked the mako anyway) and they removed the mp requirement for war assets from 3 in a patch, and the MP was quite fun regardless, and trust me that's big praise coming from me.
But despite those flaws they're great games, and I'd be hard pressed to mention any other game from the era that had the same effect on me.
Yes, those are true observations, (I Liked the mako anyway) and they removed the mp requirement for war assets from 3 in a patch, and the MP was quite fun regardless, and trust me that's big praise coming from me.
But despite those flaws they're great games, and I'd be hard pressed to mention any other game from the era that had the same effect on me.
I think DeusEx the original comes close, of course it's 10 years older, so the technical capabilities of the time doesn't do it justice in terms of graphics and animation. I'll never forget how you could go on for minutes in it debating an AI about the nanny state. It also has the best and most believable story of any game I played. As in it's only so slightly different than actual reality, they used all the most popular conspiracy theories and implemented them as facts in the game world. I think that game set the bar for nuance back in 2000, and it's still yet to be beaten in that regard. Many conversations in it ring so true that it could be 100% real. It's a game where every little tidbit of information or secret you can find will be interesting.True, each ME game had a weak point. But part of the reason why I consider ME1 to be the best is because it really raised the bar in terms of spoken diolgue. I haven't played any RPGs older than that era, but can you think of a game that had better written & spoken diolgue prior ME1? I know the Witcher 2 is essentially on par, and The Witcher 3 carried that and expanded it to a massive open world. But prior to that, ME1 certainly advanced the industry forward in that one aspect if anything.
he's an annoying dude, and messed up with ME, he means andromeda, not 3, anyways, I found it a terrible year for gaming, seen a bunch of best games of 2017 lists and only a couple in there I would play, or have played.
True, each ME game had a weak point. But part of the reason why I consider ME1 to be the best is because it really raised the bar in terms of spoken diolgue. I haven't played any RPGs older than that era, but can you think of a game that had better written & spoken diolgue prior ME1? I know the Witcher 2 is essentially on par, and The Witcher 3 carried that and expanded it to a massive open world. But prior to that, ME1 certainly advanced the industry forward in that one aspect if anything.
I think DeusEx the original comes close, of course it's 10 years older, so the technical capabilities of the time doesn't do it justice in terms of graphics and animation. I'll never forget how you could go on for minutes in it debating an AI about the nanny state. It also has the best and most believable story of any game I played. As in it's only so slightly different than actual reality, they used all the most popular conspiracy theories and implemented them as facts in the game world. I think that game set the bar for nuance back in 2000, and it's still yet to be beaten in that regard. Many conversations in it ring so true that it could be 100% real. It's a game where every little tidbit of information or secret you can find will be interesting.
It also predicted the Roomba...
This was a game way ahead of its time, the soundtrack still holds up today, nearly 20 years later...