****MASS EFFECT : ANDROMEDA****
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It's on Origin Access, you have to subscribe.
Soldato
As above, it costs £4 a month or £20 a year, I think. You also get other games for free like Titanlfall 2 and money off the store.
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It has been massively patched since release. It is enjoyable enough.
Man of Honour
Everytime someone bumps this thread I get my hopes up that they're announcing DLC and reverting their original stance. Oh well.
Soldato
Big fan of the original trilogy although have yet to try Andromeda after being put off by all the negative feedback. I will get to is now that's it's available through Origin Access.
I can't help but wonder how they got it so wrong though? Ok the technical issues are well documented but if they had gone with a story than kept it closer to the original characters and universe, a prequel or some clever way if making it more like the Mass Effect we all know and love, would the game have sold better? I can't help but think that if they got the story and setting right then all the flaws and padded out side quests may have been forgiven...
I can't help but wonder how they got it so wrong though? Ok the technical issues are well documented but if they had gone with a story than kept it closer to the original characters and universe, a prequel or some clever way if making it more like the Mass Effect we all know and love, would the game have sold better? I can't help but think that if they got the story and setting right then all the flaws and padded out side quests may have been forgiven...
Soldato
I think they were right to go with a new game in a 'mass effect setting'. Even with the crap ending of 3, it's still one of the best Trilogies in the history of gaming so it was going to be impossible to live up to what came before. I'm not sure they got it 'so wrong' though. It's not a great game but it's not a bad game either, as usual gaming community hypes something to frothing at the mouths level and they believe it will be something it never intended to be.
Soldato
Yeah it's a fair point about the community rantings. It can't have got it 'right' either though if the reception the game got caused them to cancel any future plans and make it available on Origin Access after 6 months. Can't comment on how good or not the game actually is to play as I haven't tired it yet - I'll do so before passing further comment...
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Plenty of Youtube videos explain how they got it "so wrong" and the fact that the studio was effectively shutdown and development (patches / DLC) ceased tells you that EA agreed.
Soldato
What I meant by 'so wrong' was it being a bad game, not about how much it sold etc. While it does have problems and criticism is completely fair and justified this is another example of the gaming community with toxic over reactions.
Man of Honour
It wasn't a bad game (buggy release aside). I feel most of the backlash comes from people going into it expecting Mass Effect 4.
I am not playing anything atm after finishing Assassin's Creed. I thought i would reinstall this and maybe try another playthrough. I set it to download, then as I was going through Origin I saw the word 'Remnant'...and suddenly I had no wish to play it again so cancelled the dl. I think that word acted as a reminder of how tedious a large portion of the game is!...If I play it again I'm gonna have to go through all those Remnant buildings again.
I really enjoyed the game. The more the story unfolded the more the game and characters came together, so much so that after completion I started a new game to play through it again with a better understanding of what was going on and to see what if anything I'd missed. I enjoyed ME1 and ME2 but the controls on ME3 were so bad I just gave up (after repeated attempts).
IMHO Andromeda doesn't deserve the negativity, the only "bug" I encountered was overlong load times in some locations, the graphics and controls are a huge improvement, there is a decent solid storyline and characters which lend themselves to further development which I hope will come in the future.
IMHO Andromeda doesn't deserve the negativity, the only "bug" I encountered was overlong load times in some locations, the graphics and controls are a huge improvement, there is a decent solid storyline and characters which lend themselves to further development which I hope will come in the future.
Soldato
I have it downloaded now on Origin Access, going to start playing it once I finish South Park The Fractured but Whole which I think is almost over.
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So it's worth getting? It's currently available for around £12 at various key sites.
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I need to finish this over the Christmas holidays. Can't complain for £12, it has had 10 big patches since release and is in good shape.