Seeing as Andromeda is still very buggy at the moment, how many people have gone back to start a new playthrough of the original triology to pass the time until Andromeda is patched.
@EgoMania wrote:
@VladVonCastein wrote:I know I am a little strange, but I actually liked ME3 the most out of the entire ME series(including MEA), ME1 is just old with the mako and combat, I didnt play it when it first launched I played it with ME2 and ME3. ME2 was much better and I started falling in love so to say with the series. ME3 was excellent until the ending... So these days I play it up to the point I kill Kai Leng, either that or run Citidel DLC before thessia then stop and restart it. The thing that annoys me is that I cant bring my ME2 LI with me(with the exception of Tali). Miranda and Jack make little appearances in ME3...
Well, strange or not you're not the only one. I also like ME3 the best. ME2 is a close second and ME1 I played a lot as well but compared to the others it does feel old. I'm not sure why but I just don't like playing male characters (even though I am male myself), so I played FemShep all the way, just preferred romancing female companions. I guess that's sort of the middle ground for me. So the best-looking companions like Jack, Miranda and Ashley were automatically not an option sadly, but then as the Rolling Stones sang "you can't always get what you want".
I'll make it even worse though, I actually do like the ending of ME3 as well. Now, I will say this about it. When ME3 came out the media was raging against the ending of ME3 and it sort of turned me off the game. So I didn't buy it at first.
Then a while later when the dust settled I decided to give it a go just the same. Now by this time the alternate ending was a fact and also very important, the Leviathan dlc was out. As a result my first playthrough happened and Leviathan really filled in the missing holes in the story and so the choice as they were presented with the ending at that time actually made sense to me. I do get that people were upset at the original ending especially with Leviathan not being out yet. It's still strange to me that they released Leviathan as a separate dlc, when it was so key to understanding the story and the outcome of it.
Needless to say, my preferred ending is the one where Shepard may not be dead.
Also I did enjoy the multi-player aspect although I didn't like how it tied into galactic readiness for the single-player campaign. I basically felt forced to play daily when I wanted to play through the story instead and it kinda took the fun a bit out of it that way. Overall though, the game was very solid to me and I spend many hours in it. The redesign of Ashley also helped I admit.
I suppose that because Jack and Miranda were never love interests for me as I played FemShep, I didn't feel their lack of presence in ME3 as much as others would have.
Still ME:A really is a different game from the original trilogy, I just really don't know what to make of BW's stance on not wanting to make another trilogy. I really wonder why that is.
Im really bothered by the thought of the Ryders not being the protags for the next couple of games at least.
Give us young, green chars and then... don't let us play through the potential char growth they have there?! What the? I already play games where i don't get to be as invested in the chara - with dragon age. I really didn't want ME to also take that direction. Its a bad direction. I don't want the Ryder's as NPCs or afterthoughts in following games - i want to keep with them long enough to get to know them and their crew better and feel invested in them.
@Nykara360 wrote:
Im really bothered by the thought of the Ryders not being the protags for the next couple of games at least.
Give us young, green chars and then... don't let us play through the potential char growth they have there?! What the? I already play games where i don't get to be as invested in the chara - with dragon age. I really didn't want ME to also take that direction. Its a bad direction. I don't want the Ryder's as NPCs or afterthoughts in following games - i want to keep with them long enough to get to know them and their crew better and feel invested in them.
Well, they can always change their mind I guess, but it's something that's been the case for Dragon Age already. Personally I find it the lesser choice because you do not grow with your characters throughout the story. I'm having trouble myself explaining why they came out and basically stated that this was not going to be another trilogy like the original, but then again, who knows how they can spin that later on.
They also added that it was supposed to be a full story that basically ended within this game, but after playing through it, it feels anything but a finished story. There's still too much open. What about the Ryder family secret? What about the Jardaal? What about the Kett Empire that the Archon only represented a small portion of?
There is just a lot unfinished stuff still and it makes little sense compared to their comments.
I really wanted to play to original trilogy, I went out and bought my Xbox One once the backwards compatibility came out. I saw ME 1 listed as backwards and didn't bother to check the other two so I foolishly gave up my Xbox 360. Now I can play the original trilogy!
After the first major patch, most of the issues stopped bothering me. There ARE STILL SOME weird things that pop up but not really game breaking.
@EgoMania wrote:
@Nykara360 wrote:Im really bothered by the thought of the Ryders not being the protags for the next couple of games at least.Give us young, green chars and then... don't let us play through the potential char growth they have there?! What the? I already play games where i don't get to be as invested in the chara - with dragon age. I really didn't want ME to also take that direction. Its a bad direction. I don't want the Ryder's as NPCs or afterthoughts in following games - i want to keep with them long enough to get to know them and their crew better and feel invested in them.Well, they can always change their mind I guess, but it's something that's been the case for Dragon Age already. Personally I find it the lesser choice because you do not grow with your characters throughout the story. I'm having trouble myself explaining why they came out and basically stated that this was not going to be another trilogy like the original, but then again, who knows how they can spin that later on.
They also added that it was supposed to be a full story that basically ended within this game, but after playing through it, it feels anything but a finished story. There's still too much open. What about the Ryder family secret? What about the Jardaal? What about the Kett Empire that the Archon only represented a small portion of?
There is just a lot unfinished stuff still and it makes little sense compared to their comments.
I agree with it being the lesser choice.
EG. From my standpoint although I enjoy the DA games i dont get so excited about a new one like i did with me1 - 3. I don't feel the need to pre- order da because these is no chars to 'get back to'. I wait till my next bday - xmas - whatever and put it on my list. When I knew i was going back to Shep i got excited - must have asap excited - we pre-ordered. Pre- ordered andromeda expecting to have that same feel again over the next games, but looks like they might not☹️
No trilogy also means that they could leave it open ended and they could just keep coming out with sequels.
@arthurh3535 wrote:
No trilogy also means that they could leave it open ended and they could just keep coming out with sequels.
They could do that anyway so long as they don't pull an ME3 ending that basically closed the doors on that happening in the milky way.
Like go for an actual video game ending of an epic battle, not blue, green, red.
Ryders could get a trilogy in androomeda leading up to some big battle. Next could also be in andromeda with diff chars etc.
Could have happened in Me3 if we got to actually fight win against the reapers and not pull some crucible thing.
@Nykara360 wrote:
@arthurh3535 wrote:
No trilogy also means that they could leave it open ended and they could just keep coming out with sequels.
They could do that anyway so long as they don't pull an ME3 ending that basically closed the doors on that happening in the milky way.
Like go for an actual video game ending of an epic battle, not blue, green, red.
Ryders could get a trilogy in androomeda leading up to some big battle. Next could also be in andromeda with diff chars etc.
Could have happened in Me3 if we got to actually fight win against the reapers and not pull some crucible thing.
i just hope they're not too lazy too pull that off... though i do hope they'd prove me wrong, or at least try.
@ViViD_Prime wrote:
other then 2-3 bugged quests one being the infamous nomad shield bug I haven't run into any major bugs also people need to take of their rose tinted glasses ... .
Think if you read the threads, people are happy or unhappy for different reasons, I for one am ok with the number of bugs, even the animation ones and I can even forgive the broken leveling mechanics.(which in a AAA game, we should be enjoying more of the game and shouldnt have to practice that much forgiveness). For me its ultimately the story, the quality of writing, I am enjoying some of EDI's quirky lines a lot more than the current MEA lines. Little stories that brings out the emotions such as the blue rose of illum are a nice touch. Rose tinted glasses? I think not. I prefer the term benchmarking and comparative analysis, sounds a lot less biased and offensive.
https://www.vg247.com/2017/03/21/mass-effect-andromeda-reviews-all-the-scores/
Extracts:
So the Metacritic rating for Mass Effect Andromeda currently stands at 78 on PC, it’s highest rating of the three systems.
That’s not a poor by any means, but if you compare it to previous games there’s a big difference in the response to Mass Effect 2. That sequel scored a Metacritic rating of 94 on PC, the highest rating for the franchise.
The original Mass Effect and the end of the trilogy, Mass Effect 3, both scored a consensus of 89.
So as it stands, Mass Effect Andromeda is the lowest scoring game of the franchise so far in its ten year history.
Personally I enjoyed MEA more than ME1, but 10 years is a long time, people progress and so does our expectations.
@arthurh3535 wrote:
No trilogy also means that they could leave it open ended and they could just keep coming out with sequels.
Or it could be the introduction of the upcoming Mass Effect MMO with the Kett Empire and the Scourge as the continued threats to the universe. I think a few years ago I would've been looking forward to a ME MMO, but nowadays I suppose I prefer them to keep going with single player games. Just wish they didn't have such vague communication but then that's BW for you.
They stated in interviews that ME:A would be a complete story but this open ended would belie that. The dlc will really have to deliver to make that happen. It's certainly possible they are planning some big dlc's.
At the same time I guess the underlying thought is that if this is a one-off story...what's next for Mass Effect as a franchise?
They aren't seriously turning it mmo?
Tell me thats speculation pleaseeee
The way MMOs form and die these days - they might as well kiss the frachise goodbye if it goes MMO.
I know that would be me out. So sick of MMO's and the mindset of forced grouping, raiding etc that goes with them. Mass Effect and Dragon Age are the two golden lights of my single player gaming world.
