I love Mass Effect Andromeda.

Andromeda isn't perfect, but it's a very good game.

The so called 'video game review sites' did a total hatchet job on it making extra sure to heavily cover any negative angles.

I don't know if EA just refused to pay for reviews or what, but man.. they really had a vendetta when it came to this game.

The game has some problems, it's not like they made stuff up.. but the problem was the way they only covered the negative aspects and totally glossed over all the good things the game has to offer. I know several people who didn't purchase the game because they read that it was horrible and full of bugs. I convinced 2 of them to buy it anyway.. they both loved the game.

Absolutely LOVE this game. Seriously epic size and adventure. ❤️

I've enjoyed this game quite a bit so far, but I certainly don't agree with some of your points. Facial animations are not a nit picky thing as far as I'm concerned. Were the reactions exaggerated? Sure, but it did need improvement because some of those grimaces are just so bad they're distracting. So I applaud the improvements they've made so far. Now they just need to make the graphic quality more consistent.

Of course it's the first ME game on Frostbite but it's not the first game they've made with Frostbite. So they could've learned more from that already from the experience they've had with the engine so far with other games. I've been playing DA:O the last few days and I can't believe how good that UI is compared to ME:A for example. So much user friendlier in so many aspects. It still has it faults like any other game but I just don't get how they did certain things better years ago that they can't do properly today. That just baffles me.

What also baffles me is how quickly people are willing to believe there will be no dlc based on some rumours. 

I really think that ME:A was judged too harshly in the media, but I also think some of the criticism is valid. As long as they improve a few more things and bring out the dlc that makes sense to do, ME:A will simply be a good game. And that's just how I view it.

But please op, try not to make yourself the template for mankind. What you find unimportant or important is your opinion, not the standard.

There is a difference between a characters appearance.. and really bad animations.

All the characters look perfectly fine to me.. but the animations where cringe worthy in places.

You say games are about the enjoyment, well for me and many ithers what we enjoy about Mass Effect is the story and the cinematics as much as any game play it has.. maybe even a little more than the game play. So bad aestheics like that can be very off-putting. No one can tell another what aspects of a game they should find enjoyable and fun, because thats different for all. Im not an fps player, never really played halo or any of the other popular fps, im an rpg player so thats the part of mass effect I enjoy. The story. The lore. The characters. The romances. The cinematics. The banter and so forth. I don't play ME to shoot things in the head.

i did enjoy mass effect andormeda. however, i think at launch it was an average game, not a bad game, nor a particularly good one, but an ok game. 

To me, the sheer size and grand scale of this game alone makes it great. I can't remember a game this massive feeling. To each is own though. 🙂

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@Harpua77V wrote:

To me, the sheer size and grand scale of this game alone makes it great. I can't remember a game this massive feeling. To each is own though. 🙂

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Dragon Age Inquisition is similar, also EA/Bioware, and came out earlier. I think that a lot of the grief MEA got was due to the fact that many people had played ME3 and DAI and felt that EA/Bioware had demonstrated higher capabilities in these three games than they displayed in MEA. I personally like all three games (except ME3's ending, with no worthwhile choices), but if the devs wanted to go back and implement a more DAI-style open world experience I wouldn't shed any tears.

53/55 achievements, 350 hours(250 in single) for now. Well, this game still bugged and we need some news about single dlc.. but i love it. Really.

Your post has good points. But I think that mea has more than just some glitches. There are severe bugs game wide, not just in a particular spot. If all enemies disappear when you resume game after dying in battle, if you get excessive load  times when reload/resume game while in nomad , if game saves disappear from load game file,  if all random combat has been deleted from eos  since the recent patches(as has been reported by a number of people)  ,etc.,this is a severe problem. This makes the game not worth playing if one feels that severe problems will crop up everywhere you may try to go..

      Which brings up a question, since this forum list so many many severe problems with the game, are they mostly with the PC version? Because I do read some posts saying what a wonderful time they had completing the whole game. So they didn't face game breaking bugs? I would like to hear from these lucky ones. I play Xbox on insanity level. Will I face less problems since I'm not on PC? Sincerely, I see so much good in the game :  spectacular set design, huge amount (though buggy) of npc conversations, large worlds to potentially explore, and of course, the mass effect universe.

     I would love to continue on and enjoy mea,  but I've giving up playing it since the 5/10 patch with the widespread posts of new major bugs from the patch, and the old old issues I listed above haven't been fixed. So is there any hope? Thanks.

honestly i would even go as far and but it on place 2 right after ME2.

i played it twice in a row because i think it is that good. it has to be if i'm willing to install origin👎

even with all the issues of witch it has many like crashes, bugs, derpy animations, the Asari clone army and i could go on.

for me in the end totally worth it.

but i can also see that for many people it isn't ok.

and i cant fathom how anyone at Bioware or EA was thinking this was ok to release.

unlike many i like the characters including Sara. and the Tempest is easily my favorite ship it feels homey. i especially like that the crew members aren't Glued to fixed positions except Suvi and Kallo most of the time. and having them talk to each other is also a nice thing. i just wish you had the ability to chime in.

and when i read that they put Mass Effect on ice i actually felt a sting. and i still hope/pray it isn't true. but the fact that neither EA or Bioware have said anything makes it even worth.

i kind of hope that the silence means they haven't decided yet and that a small team of unsung heroes valiantly fights to save ME. but the sad grim truth i probably that they just don't care