@commander: "ok you're comparing it to graphics of this gen, again what game has planet exploration? No man's sky?"
That's irrelevant. So far there are some problems with the graphics, some of them the typical thing in Bioware games. But I got to say that graphics are the least problem of ME.
"This has nothing to with my feelings, it is about what a game does well, and andromeda does planet exploration and combat very well and there's nothing out there like it right now."
Maybe, but ME always was much more than that. You are reducing the game to the things you love, even with those things done perfectly, which is debatable, there are many other aspects to have in consideration. Ambience, voice acting, sound, story, characters, and so on.
"oh but you compare it with games from last gen, graphics aren't important to you ? oh well let's all sell our xboxone's ps4's and graphics card and go back playing on 10 year old systems."
And this where it comes from? Graphics are irrelevant for me, I like a well polished game, and nowadays there are some beautiful experiences, but I would trade easily those experiences for a game like The Walking Dead Episodes - First season). I need more than mere fireworks. Thats why ME1 is so good.
You lost the point here, I´m not comparing with last gen games (I´m but not in the way you think), I´m comparing the serie.
"Combat has always been a major part of mass effect, heck even me3 had multiplayer."
ME3 is not the bar you should use to compare ME games. You have ME1 and ME2, than you have crap, and then you have ME3.
Combat was always part of ME, never the major part. In ME3 I agree, it's the only part that matters, but before ME3 you have two of the best games ever made.
@killercondoms: Personally I don't have a problem with ME: Andromeda besides the fact that his lead writer is the person I hate the most. Next to him is Casey hudson but he already left so...My problem, as it seems obvious is ME3, and how these people (still the same team) treats ME fans.
But I do agree that it is stupid to give criticism without proper knowledge of the game. But again same goes around.It is also stupid to praise the game without knowledge of the game or being blind to its problems.
@killercondoms: It's a two way street. Fanboys and haters...I probably belong to the second group. But only because of ME3. I will say, directly, nothing bad about Andromeda. You have everything, all type of people from both sides of the barricade.
@commander: "What other game you are going to compare mass effect andromeda with?"
With its past. ME1, ME2 or ME3. This should be obvious.
"I don't think you realize how big the graphics difference is..."
Graphics must always be compared with current games. Horizon, Uncharted, and so on... But I got say that graphics are never my main grudge.
"I never played the mass effect series for this, I played it for the action and to admire the vistas and backdrops when exploring a planet."
Ohhhh... That explain a lot... I´m here for the second part of your statement, the vistas and backdrops when exploring a planet and most of all, for the story and characters. Action is a secondary thing for me in ME.
"me3 is very story oriented"
Trust me... it is not. It has a lot of dialogue, but is far from being "story oriented".
"Andromeda makes me feel like a space explorer again, and I've been waiting for a game like this. That's why I call this review incompetent and/or unprofessional. For a lot of people this game will deliver and it's quite obvious the reviewer cannot see past his own bias in this review."
This is wrong, because you are putting yourself as the one letting your feelings clouding your judgement. You maybe have been waiting for a game like this but it doesn't mean that everyone needs to have that in consideration. I love Enslaved - Odyssey to the West, but that doesn't mean the game is perfect. For me it is, but at a sentimental level nothing more. A review can´t be sentimental, must be fair.
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