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ixigia
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| jackbomb wrote: | | FireMaster wrote: | | ME1 still looks good |
moreso with the HD texture mod |
Absolutely! I've recently replayed it with all the goodies (MEUITM + its specific ini tweaks, proper FOV, ambient occlusion/AA forced via drivers, downsampling and even Reshade for some artificial sci-fi beams), it definitely holds up well for a game that was released a decade ago. There is actually another mod that was recently updated and I didn't get to try (ALOT), it is compatible with MEUITM and should fix many of the generic low-res looking textures left. |
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jackbomb
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Sin317
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| Posted: Mon, 9th Apr 2018 10:12 Post subject: |
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I'd suggest getting over your pride guys and especially get over the "lacklustre graphics" part and continue to listen what he has to say.
Because he does point out a lot of very important and very true points and they mostly turn around the plot and never about the graphics.
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| Posted: Mon, 9th Apr 2018 10:43 Post subject: |
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| Sin317 wrote: | I'd suggest getting over your pride guys and especially get over the "lacklustre graphics" part and continue to listen what he has to say.
Because he does point out a lot of very important and very true points and they mostly turn around the plot and never about the graphics. |
For those that don't want to sit through an hour of that guy droning on, here's the summary.
The writing sucked.
The plot sucked.
The characters (specifically yours) sucked.
The villain sucked.
These four points, taken together, mean the game sucked, even though it was "technically competent" after being patched up.
There, I just summarized in five sentences what took him almost an hour to articulate. You're welcome. 
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| Posted: Mon, 9th Apr 2018 15:58 Post subject: |
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But you don't have a video on YouTube, so your summary is irrelevant. How do I know I can trust you without a vid on YT?
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Waargh
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| Posted: Tue, 10th Apr 2018 12:07 Post subject: |
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| Posted: Tue, 10th Apr 2018 12:33 Post subject: |
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no. unpolished AAA garbage game from EA's intern / grad studio.
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| Posted: Tue, 10th Apr 2018 16:15 Post subject: |
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It's an enjoyable game worth a play.
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Sin317
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| Posted: Tue, 10th Apr 2018 16:19 Post subject: |
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The gameplay itself is solid and the graphics are good, too. What it lacks is
a) a compelling story
b) an actual enemy (links with point a)
and c) actual ending storylines.
A lot of things are just let open and it makes no sense.
A lot of the storylines simply are missing an ending and most things just are never explained, to begin with.
It's basically a sandbox open world without much of a story.
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| Posted: Tue, 10th Apr 2018 16:37 Post subject: |
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| Posted: Tue, 10th Apr 2018 16:37 Post subject: |
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So if no polish for a $60 title doesn't bother you.
A bad story
Poor animation.
Open-ended / no ending
Supporting EA
Lots of pointless side quests with poor writing sounds good.
there are many many better games you could sink 30-40 hours into.
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Nodrim
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| Posted: Tue, 10th Apr 2018 16:42 Post subject: |
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It's a complete lackluster. The gameplay is enjoyable for the first few hours, but everything gets repetitive and boring fast. There is no hook in this game, the story is terrible, the planets are not interesting, etc. You can imagine how much effort they put into this game when on each planet you find the same kind of creatures.
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| Posted: Tue, 10th Apr 2018 17:05 Post subject: |
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I kind of enjoyed roaming around, exploring and upgrading the buggy.
| Lutzifer wrote: | | and yes, mine is only average |
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Nodrim
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| Posted: Wed, 25th Apr 2018 00:28 Post subject: |
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i decided to give it another chance, and after 4-5 hours i think director/designer Ian Frazier should be fired and get restraint order from keyboard and mouse, why in the hell are so many same unskippable animations when jumping from planet to planet, and leaving the planet and entering planet, missions are really hard to track, unless you turn them on in journal, amazingly annoying, what is interesting after the last patch game is really still a huge bugfest where i want to slap Ian Frazier in the fucking face and tell him you are fucking idiot. For finishing one mission on some planet, i must watch 4-5 unskipabble animations, and when mission is finished again watch 4-5 same animations when going to next planet, very annoiyng. And upgrading/researching is confusing as fuck. Fuck you Ian.
Why walk, when you can ride.
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| Posted: Wed, 25th Apr 2018 10:30 Post subject: |
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| Posted: Wed, 25th Apr 2018 10:40 Post subject: |
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| keewee23 wrote: | | i decided to give it another chance, and after 4-5 hours i think director/designer Ian Frazier should be fired and get restraint order from keyboard and mouse, why in the hell are so many same unskippable animations when jumping from planet to planet, and leaving the planet and entering planet, missions are really hard to track, unless you turn them on in journal, amazingly annoying, what is interesting after the last patch game is really still a huge bugfest where i want to slap Ian Frazier in the fucking face and tell him you are fucking idiot. For finishing one mission on some planet, i must watch 4-5 unskipabble animations, and when mission is finished again watch 4-5 same animations when going to next planet, very annoiyng. And upgrading/researching is confusing as fuck. Fuck you Ian. |
How I do I know this game is like this without having to play it? This seems a case of, I bought a turd in a box and it's a turd in box  oh and your thanking Ian buy buying /playing it.
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| Posted: Wed, 25th Apr 2018 13:49 Post subject: |
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Bought this for 11 Euro.
It was a good investment, as I like the game. Probably because I was not blown away by any Mass Effect game before, so I guess my expectations were close to none here.
What I like:
- roaming around planets / even the back and forth through the small and large parts of the universe scratches an old itch I always had about space and exploration
- combat
- camera (modded) + immersion + graphics + huge world + details
- the average IQ speech / dialogue of some characters (as weird as it may sound, it makes them less artificial for me, hehe - dumb senators' offspring make a lot of sense in this context)
What I don't like:
- bit too long (?)
- I can see how things can become boring / repetitive
- would say story but I see none, so I can't dislike something that's missing (probably Bioware planned some sort of "build your own story" plan, but I don't think that worked for most people)
Good game overall. Too bad EA's bad image buried this game deeper than it deserved.
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jackbomb
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| Posted: Wed, 25th Apr 2018 16:21 Post subject: |
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| VGAdeadcafe wrote: | | "Scan scavengers' bodies 0/10" |
One of the worst quests ever.
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| Posted: Wed, 25th Apr 2018 16:56 Post subject: |
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| jackbomb wrote: | | VGAdeadcafe wrote: | | "Scan scavengers' bodies 0/10" |
One of the worst quests ever. |
I never focused on a SINGLE quest at once. Exploring a certain area will always lead to some objectives than need to be done there. So it all comes pretty "natural" when you are not chasing specific such "fetch"-type quests.
In a way, it kinda works like an MMO and I am used with these mechanics (I still play WoW). So no problem here.  |
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| Posted: Thu, 26th Apr 2018 09:54 Post subject: |
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| jackbomb wrote: | | VGAdeadcafe wrote: | | "Scan scavengers' bodies 0/10" |
One of the worst quests ever. |
Never finished that quest, was it worth it?
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| Posted: Thu, 26th Apr 2018 16:51 Post subject: |
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No. Just some XP and AVP, plus random Ryder comments.
No tasks are really "worth it". Neither are most sidequests.
Also the main quest is nothing to write home about.
| sin317 wrote: |
typical jew comment
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| Posted: Thu, 28th Jun 2018 23:40 Post subject: |
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Aren't the anthem devs the same ppl who celebrated total biscuits death?
Human idiotic garbage imo.
Let's see how they'll react after anthem gets bad reviews.
Looks not so promising already tbh.
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Nodrim
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| Posted: Fri, 29th Jun 2018 00:33 Post subject: |
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| lametta wrote: | Aren't the anthem devs the same ppl who celebrated total biscuits death?
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Why generalize for the retarded statements of 1 guy?
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| Posted: Fri, 29th Jun 2018 01:15 Post subject: |
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| Nodrim wrote: | | lametta wrote: | Aren't the anthem devs the same ppl who celebrated total biscuits death?
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Why generalize for the retarded statements of 1 guy? |
Those were at least two and if the head dev/managment doesn't punish such behaviour it shows that they tolerate it.
People got fired over much less.
So yeah he had to apologize forcibly because of company image and anti shitstorm tactics.
Imo certain game companies are full of SJWs and bioware is one of those unfortunately.
(E.g.: focribly putting a dialouge about trans character in to push own agenda while offending trans ppl with it)Source: https://waypoint.vice.com/en_us/article/783yky/bioware-changing-criticized-mass-effect-andromeda-scene-featuring-trans-npc
Not to mention all the gay/lesbian/bestialty sex you could have in Dragon Age 3(Bull anyone?)
At least for me their stance on ME:A failing because it wasnt their fault just shows how self centered and unreasonable.
Long Story short:
Imo bioware is full of crazy people.
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Nodrim
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And other elements that show who the writers were, better watch your ass and don't drop the soap, let's put it like that. Also, some annoying characters and weird dialogue.
