One month since Mass Effect Andromeda was released, the patch 1.05 was very appreciable . But any news , updates on 1.06 , i'm very curious what will you do with the character creation so I hope to have some news soon as possible and I think i'm not the only one 😉
http://blog.bioware.com/2017/05/09/mass-effect-andromeda-patch-1-06-notes/
There you go people.
@angrybunnie are you by chance talking about amplitude studios (developer of endless space and endless legend) when you say "there are even companies out there who post their issues lists publicly and let users vote on the issues they want to see fixed first" because.. well, sega is now their publisher.. so i dont think we will be seeing THAT particular bit of brilliance again.
ofcourse everyone deserves to be managed in a way that maximizes their potential, but until i see a barista take a bullet or run into a burning building i will never count them as important as a first responder. maybe its just my coarse view of reality but too many people THINK they have lives despite the fact that they do nothing to improve the world. i DO look forward to the rise of machines in that manner, it will be great to have a machine run into a burning building to save a family rather than having the task fall on humans. as you mentioned before we already have software that can troubleshoot code, so im astounded baristas are even a thing, weve had machines that can deposit fluids in a cup for decades after all.
if you must be a fanboy of anything.. you couldnt do much better than CDPR. i too respect their ideology and approach (plus you gotta love them for GOG). in an industry where i generally hate developers i once loved (bethesda, firaxis, sega, gearbox, no really i could do this for an hour) i really have nothing bad to say about them as developers.
@mcsupersport reddit? what do they think we are all 12? why wouldnt they be looking >HERE<? more of their asinine b/s! what next, "oh we check the feedback on fatchix.com so leave it there if you have any"? their entire approach is just STUPID, and ill be damned if im going to stop calling a spade a spade at this point.
for all those people crying about them not doing anything for single player.. YOU arent their long term sustainability, YOU arent the ones getting your friends to buy the game to play WITH you, and you arent the ones who will walk away and not look back. theyll fix the single player mode 20 times before they release all the paid DLC for this game (remember all MP dlc is supposed to be free) and they know from past experience that each time theyll pull you back in to atleast try again. single player people are easily regained, take a look at marvel heroes on pc or even darkspore.. once a multiplayer game has its population drop past a certain point its pretty much impossible to get it back (props to EA for keeping darkspore up as long as it did.. keeping the servers up for over a year with like 23 people a day playing the game is NOT something SOE would have done). so focusing on FIXING (see: NOT adding to) the multiplayer was the only real move they could make.
@MEGAF1UX, no I was not talking about amplitude, specifically. I am more of a casual gamer, so I rarely get involved at this level of discussion.
I think I will disagree with you about the value of people's contributions. I love the Chinese concept of kung fu -- the concept, not the cheesy 1970s David Carradine TV show. The idea is that one achieves kung fu in mastery of something -- whether you are a martial artist, baker, programmer, carpenter, or barista. The Japanese use the term kaizen to describe organizations focused on continuous improvement. I love and admire people who take their profession or vocation seriously and want to continuously improve their skills. By your terms, I do not risk anything. However, I spend 5 to 10 hours each week outside of work studying what I do so I can keep up with the rapid pace of technology, and so I can do a better job of helping people and organizations grow. And I get to write some cool software along the way. ;-) I am not a firefighter or police officer. I do not run into burning buildings. But, I have made a difference in a lot of people's lives. Whether helping them to be better professionals or helping them give customers get better service, get vendors get paid on time, have more efficient manufacturing, or whatever. I do not run into burning buildings, but maybe someone I mentored wrote the GPS software that gets the firefighters there in time to do so. You never know.
Sure you can buy a Jura fully automatic coffee machine, but I like and value the human touch.
As for CDPR, OMG, hah! I didn't realize they did GOG. LOL. I am glad they did not go the way of Valve and drop game development altogether.
@angrybunnie yea, it makes sense that CDPR does GOG if you think about their stance on DRM. infact at one point you could get the first witcher game free just for having an account there.
i DO understand your point with the whole self-improvement thing (i think its actually a taoist concept) but i dont think most people who work part time at starbucks have that level of commitment. YOU may, and thats great but i think alot of people do their job for a paycheck (DEVELOPERS INCLUDED) not for enlightenment or to attain perfect poise or anything of that nature. at the same time i am a hard core gamer (retired nearly 20 years ago) and generally hear about other peoples jobs. you can put importance on anything really, i can do nothing but listen to an icu nurse whinge about their job for 2 hours and im improving their life by giving them an outlet for that stress/disdain/misery.. is it really my accomplishment though? hes been doing it for like 20 years and the job has a 12 year burn out rate.. it must be accomplishing something. i guess i dont register it as important.
im going to guess that you are over 35.. NOT because of your position, but because of your work ethic. maybe YOU should work for bioware! they are hiring after all.
@MEGAF1UX, "listen to an icu nurse whinge about their job for 2 hours and im improving their life" -- that what they call therapists. ;-)
Hey, people find meaning where they can. I try not to judge (but i do anyway, don't we all?).
Age 35 was many years ago for me. I'll give you a hint, though. As a kid, I remember watching the Sound of Music when it was new in the theaters (my ticket was $0.25, really) and remember when William Shatner's Star Trek was a new show on TV.
BioWare may have job openings, but I am not sure the environment would be one that will appeal to me. I am always available for consulting. ;-)
@adrest4 wrote:
BioWare have commented on what they were working on in the past, had to change their mind and then were called liars.
Just look at the trouble Hello Games got into for talking about what they were working on.
Well, they shouldn't need to talk about "What" are they working on, but surely they could ask about what features people would like to see in the game. 🙂
And they did that.
But I guess nobody expected they would focus less on the visual/emotional story telling part. Yes, we have more content (open-world, exploration, which is good imo) , but specific ME "Key" features are missing from Andromeda. Those features give the game spice and immersion.
Obviously it's a lot of work , but ...i don't know... for sure there must be some balance. Maybe make next game shorter and have better visual story telling, more customisation, better character appearance ? oh well... we'll see
@MEGAF1UX wrote:
@mcsupersport reddit? what do they think we are all 12? why wouldnt they be looking >HERE<? more of their asinine b/s! what next, "oh we check the feedback on fatchix.com so leave it there if you have any"? their entire approach is just STUPID, and ill be damned if im going to stop calling a spade a spade at this point.
for all those people crying about them not doing anything for single player.. YOU arent their long term sustainability, YOU arent the ones getting your friends to buy the game to play WITH you, and you arent the ones who will walk away and not look back. theyll fix the single player mode 20 times before they release all the paid DLC for this game (remember all MP dlc is supposed to be free) and they know from past experience that each time theyll pull you back in to atleast try again. single player people are easily regained, take a look at marvel heroes on pc or even darkspore.. once a multiplayer game has its population drop past a certain point its pretty much impossible to get it back (props to EA for keeping darkspore up as long as it did.. keeping the servers up for over a year with like 23 people a day playing the game is NOT something SOE would have done). so focusing on FIXING (see: NOT adding to) the multiplayer was the only real move they could make.
I disagree.
I have talked the Mass Effect games up to a number of people over the years and convinced them to try it because I loved the story so much. On tumblr because I write fanfiction for several of the bioware games I have convinced many who just played DA or SWTOR to also try the others and so on. SP folks can easily talk friends into playing - just so they have someone else to bounce ideas and theories with oe to gush over favorite characters. Do not underestimate the importance of ME SP. Without it there would be no ME games.
@Nykara360 wrote:
I disagree.
I have talked the Mass Effect games up to a number of people over the years and convinced them to try it because I loved the story so much. On tumblr because I write fanfiction for several of the bioware games I have convinced many who just played DA or SWTOR to also try the others and so on. SP folks can easily talk friends into playing - just so they have someone else to bounce ideas and theories with oe to gush over favorite characters. Do not underestimate the importance of ME SP. Without it there would be no ME games.
Indeed. If the game revolved mostly around MP, they wouldn't bother making a SP campaign that takes 50-100 hours to play through on average and come out with 5 MP maps.
Nobody in their right mind would say, hey, we will get 80% revenue out of MP and 20% out of SP, so let's spend 95% of our resources on SP...
