****MASS EFFECT : ANDROMEDA****
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Steam isn't perfect but I'd rather not have multiple platforms running. I don't think you can launch EA games as shortcuts without origin running? Or has that changed?
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I have to ask why? I don't have any running on startup and just open the one I need for the game I want to play. It takes seconds and isn't that much effort.
A trial for ME:A starts March 16th on Origin Access https://twitter.com/masseffect/status/822592761186623490
If anything I'm now the other way round. Most of the time I don't even login to Steam, usually just UPlay and Origin. Zero problems with either really.
I've never played a ME game. I think I played a demo years ago of maybe ME 2.
This game is on my radar though. Hope I can get in to it. I might let the first wave of people buy it first to see what they think. I might buy it on PS4.
This game is on my radar though. Hope I can get in to it. I might let the first wave of people buy it first to see what they think. I might buy it on PS4.
MASS Effect 2 is free to play on origin still just finished a replay of it decent enough game but is 6 years old so gfx a bit patchy in places but for free cant complain
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I hate to say it, but as a huge Mass Effect fan, played the whole series countless times as all the different classes both on xbox360 and PC....this trailer does nothing but cement my fears for ME franchise now. I want a huge free open world experience and build on the feels of ME1, not this new age arcade twoddle. Game has gone to ****, wont appeal to lifelong ME fans.
I have played ME as much as anyone. First one more than 5 times, second one the same. I even managed ME3 twice!
If you had told me before ME3 was released that they would be releasing a new entry and I wouldn't care about it, there is no way I would believe you. ME3 and Dragon Age Inquisition have completely destroyed any enthusiasm I once had for the series.
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nope, not going by what I'm seeing/reading or hearing I'm not. I'd rather go play ME1 again.
still, it's great for the dumb ass gaming generation of today that will lap it up by the thousands as it holds your hand through every linear path.
Maybe I'm being harsh on a trailer, but it just smacks generic fluff, I don't get any original ME feels from them at all.
still, it's great for the dumb ass gaming generation of today that will lap it up by the thousands as it holds your hand through every linear path.
Maybe I'm being harsh on a trailer, but it just smacks generic fluff, I don't get any original ME feels from them at all.
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I don't understand this post at all. You are watching a cinematic trailer for a game series which is famous for being story based and complaining that it is story based. It makes me question if you are actually as big a fan as you claim. ME1 is not a "huge free open world experience" either.
I'm looking forward to this more than ME2/3 specifically because of the unprepared, understated nature of the cast and focus on the theme of exploration - "we're explorers, not an army".
Believe me, following the development of ME1 it was the only other reason (the other was Halo 3) for me to buy an xbox 360 back then and I'll be the first to say the series took a huge nosedive with ME2 and the decision to "reset" Shepard and suddenly work for Cerberus... not to mention so many other things...
I believe MEA could be a better spiritual sequel to ME1 than ME2 was, even with them wrecking the Milky Way with ME3. I'm looking forward to the multiplayer combat and hopefully the singleplayer story too.
Edit: sure I agree the retro sci-fi vibe is gone - but that was gone anyway with ME2 when it became "mainstream". So I don't really see that as an issue, otherwise you could write off the whole franchise. ME1 is still unique in that regard.
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didn't post at a great time, had a huge barny with wife, cooked dinner which was left to long waiting on people and was ruined, had a crap day generally and just spewing off in a few posts with no care of what i was writing so apologies to all for that.
I'm just awaiting the finer details of the game, depth, lore, RPG elements, how much truly is their to explore etc. Just really a bit fed up of the constant focus on gunplay and video stuff, I'm only interested in gameplay and the finer details now.
Regarding ME1 and the open nature of it, of the 3 titles so far, yes its as open world as they have been with plenty to do if you wanted to go off on a tangent. Apart from a few linear moments to nudge you in the right direction to start with, It didn't really force you to go here or there at particular times. To me, it felt like there was always plenty to keep you playing and exploring at your own pace before you go and do one of the main missions. Plus there were the RPG elements which felt far more indepth than in ME2/ME3, kit progression, ammo types, weapon types actually felt like they played a real part in battles, especially when playing Insanity difficulty. The first time you open that galaxy map, and see all the systems appear, you think wow I can go to all these, then as you progress just more and more systems unlock. I read every bit of info there was in every galaxy and every planets spiel, I just got right into it. The feeling of it all for the first time was truly mindblowing for me, ME2 and ME3 was just so watered down in comparison. All the fun in exploring random planets in ME1 was gone in the later titles, activities like landing on planets looking for materials was substituted with automatic button presses with no satisfaction at all. ME2 and ME3 just felt like a dead experience compared to ME1, and the trailers so far look as if this will be much of the same.
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Firstly I should apologise as well, as what I wrote comes across as more confrontational than I intended it to be. You are, of course, entitled to your opinion.
Secondly, I see where you are coming from in regards to ME1 being more open than the other two, although I believe it to be the illusion of openness. IMO, the side-mission worlds are basically all the same and not worth doing more than once, which is one of the many reasons why I believe ME2 and ME3 are better games (although maybe not better stories.) It isn't really an open world game as such. Most of the ME:A marketing so far has pointed to a return to the exploration ideals from ME1, with the return of the MAKO (now called the Nomad) and things like mining resources and creating colonies, but it is going to have a story as well and following that story will mostly be linear. Expecting anything else after the success of ME2 and ME3 (despite the ending controversy) seems like an odd thing to decry at this point.
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