ME: Andromeda Mourning Thread

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@OldHermod wrote:

From the PC Gamer website

EA's Patrick Soderlund thinks Mass Effect Andromeda criticism was a little unfair

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I think the review scores are fair, but their content focused on the wrong aspects of the game. The facial animations became a meme before the game was out and were low hanging fruit for critics and other content creators. As a result the game's major flaws often got overlooked. I hope BioWare has learned the following lessons:

• Players still don't like fetch quests.
• Open world only works when the combat system is designed for it. The linear corridor missions were much more fun because they suit the combat system better. Same goes for Dragon Age.
• BioWare hasn't had good menu design for mouse and keyboard since Dragon Age II. Mass Effect Andromeda is by far the worst one. Press V to inspect your multiplayer squad? That's an odd hotkey. You just clicked something? Now suddenly V means 'kick player'. The inconsistency is very jarring. Also, the mouse wheel should scroll the view, not change your selection. Also, why does it take so long to load and unload things in the menu? Why is my entire squad the inventory menu for several seconds until the game finally figures out which characters to unload? The game is installed on an SSD, this shouldn't take this long.
• Speaking of SSDs, not everyone is playing on the PS4 or Xbox One and therefore doesn't have the game installed on a slow 5400 RPM hard drive. A fixed length for cinematics that mask loading screens is a horrible idea. Just start the level when it has finished loading. Dragon Age Inquisition had a great loading screen.