Bang for you Buck
You know after all the P_ssing, and Moaning about this game, in the beginning.. And I did my fair share. I have to say this is a Huge game, with and UN-godly amount of things to find, and explore...
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Yup, I agree on most points.
I do think the game still has issues, but it could still be easily patched to fix most of them in one or two more patches. I think the vitriol was so harsh, simply because of ME3 endings and it is popular to bash EA. I also think EA/Bioware helped out in the bashing by releasing a game they knew needed 2-5 more months of polishing before release and then was almost silent on what they were doing to fix it....
Having said all that, the game is very playable, and if you are willing to overlook(or MOD) a few graphical choices by Bioware, then it is actually a really good game. I played multiplayer, which gets boring after awhile to me(would rather have co-op game play as companions drop ins) and I still play single player. I think I have about 600 hours in the game, with my highest character at level 99, and that was recent with a run from mid 60s to 99 on Insanity just to see how it went. The power balance is fairly good, but I still wish they allowed more active powers at least 6 instead of 3. I don't play a whole bunch of guncentric characters so I can't really say much about gun power balance, but the ones I did use on my Adept were pretty good I thought...Hurricane(pistol), Carnfex(heavy pistol), Piranha(shotgun) and Ishrey(Sniper) all crafted with various mods.
I haven't ever gotten 100% completion on a game, and have finished it many times. I still find stuff I didn't know was there, quests I haven't seen before and tibits of dialog that I haven't heard before. I think it is sad that EA abandoned the game instead of sticking with it a bit longer, and thus killed a game that has much to offer gamers and the Mass Effect universe.
Yes I think the closest to 100 % completion was my last game I got 95%, ( I do not concern my self about trophies, that is for me, such a time Waster, and Gimmick by the Game makers ) but just powered out, and I wanted to make a new character, and play the first part's again, so I went ahead, and finished.
I am playing only for story this time, Or at least that is my intention. So no insanity this time I think, for ease, and more looking time I am going with Veteran, and may drop to Normal at times, I have done 2 insanity runs, so I don't feel the need this time, I am not a great player, and a little ease to my strain for story time, and pleasure will be nice this time.
I also want to enjoy the Graphics improvements to my Character, right from the start.
I did not find or figure out how to make those work with Frosty Mod Manager Until this last play through, They made the game so much more enjoyable, To Me .
Echoing what @taglag45 said, I have very few complaints about the game-play or mechanics of MEA. I see the "twisted neck" graphics glitch a fair amount (more than one scene, and consistently in those scenes) and a few of the facial animation oddities, but nothing that puts me off the game. And I won't do MP either. Just no interest in real-time action on other people's schedules. (Which is why I anticipate Anthem with mixed feelings.)
I, too, did my usual "Normal => Hardcore => Insanity" progression, and now am content to play on "Casual" or "Normal" so I can just enjoy the story.
My complaints are all around the relative lack of "story". I've played thousands (yes, thousands) of hours of DAO, and the intra-party banter can still surprise me. I think I had cycled through all of MEA's by about the fifth playthrough. And then BioWare abandoned the game. So many obvious DLC opportunities (Quarian Ark? Angaran AI? Kett homeworld?) left orphaned. ☹️
I also don't think it was fair to bash Bioware or EA either MCsupersport, i agree with your on that.
There is a great deal of things in Andromeda and that goes to show how much attention to detail Bioware put into such a project and how much everyone else should be thankful towards EA about to allow Bioware to build such an expansive game, with the graphics, audio and everything else. Bioware has always been about their Storytelling.
I never managed the 100% either, on my only playthrough back on launch i probably made about 75%, it's a proper game you can spend countless hours on. i might give it another try soon as this cold virus i got has worked its way out.
I remember the Isharay Sniper Rifle, ultra long range with excessive damage potential, but rightfully limited in how many shots it can hold and reload. Thing can own any battlefield with the right person behind it.
When i got a hold of the m8 Avenger though, i never left the weapon for another, i upgraded it and it became a real dominant weapon, with accuracy upgrades and some damage potential, it's real useful at clearing hallways and rooms, but with those accuracy upgrades it goes from a mid ranged weapon to a long ranged weapon.
