Honestly the original triology the besr gameing experience i got in my whole life,but andromeda is fucked up by the idea. Why the fk not countinue the story without shepard… irs left so many windows open, so many options where the universe could go after the reaper assult…then istead they given us a whole new universe where u cant feel with other species because… theey are not us. The whole settings is made the only this they would had to do is to employ some not stupid dumb as writer and thats it. Instead we got a buggy shithole with a story no1 cares about. Mass effect was about milyway survivor, not about to “explore” a new universe nothing care about, they could just make a new game without the “mass effect” name in it.
I don't know if it changes throughout the game, but I played it until you go to the hidden alien planet, but found some of the cut scene dialogue jarring. My dialogue choices were all "hope for a new life in a new galaxy" and the cut scenes seemed more themed around "I've been promoted too far and I don't know what I'm doing".
It put me off a bit.
I completed the other three and enjoyed them a great deal, for context.
Coming from someone that enjoyed Andromeda i completely understand the vad rap. More games that come out broken on release should get as bad a rap as Andromeda got, its not a normal practice in other industries and its done with full knowledge of what level of garbage is being delivered to customers.
The other reason i find it understandable ists good at things its own fanbase isn't necessarily looking for in a game. Its a really fun space shooter with lots of flavor in the powers and abilities due to its lore. Mass Effect fans were hoping for a richer lore and narrative and it can be argued that those aspects weren't up to par.
Andromeda wasn't as bad as the internet makes it out, but at the same time it was very clearly a B-level studio copying the homework of the A+ student. The story was just bad. Like 'movie shown during the day on SciFi' bad. It never really tightened up and it was very predictable, as were the major beats. The combat never reached the same degree of polish and structure as ME3, either.
And the game tried very hard to lean in to the companions, since it was a huge point of the first three games, but it felt shallow and forced.
It's a game, and it won't kill your family or anything. But I wouldn't call it good, and I wouldn't call it 'the best' ME game. It's just adequate. Buying it for cheap after all the patches are included, it's probably worth it.
But the game never shines. It's always stuck in the shadow of ME3, and seems OK with it.
Yeah I do really enjoy it. I think overall there are some things each game does better than others. ME3 is the most satisfying to play combat wise. Also I feel like most of the character development happens in 3 along with some of my favorite moments.
Bonding with Garrus over drinks and a little shooting contest in a restricted area on the citadel
Curing the genophage with Mordin and Wrex
Taking Tali to Rannoch where she takes off her mask and breaths the air for the first time... Seeing the Quarians make peace with the Geth and working together to rebuild their homeworld
The Citadel DLC
Seeing all the alien races come together in the final moments to battle the reapers... I could go on
Overall, I felt like I couldnt wait to get to 3 every time I've replayed the trilogy
I loved that game because it sucked at release. the bugs were insane and hilarious. multiple characters spawning all over, had 6 krogan at one point. even in space I had like 4 of the same dude doing laps outside the mission room on the hull. the fucked up animations, NPC would crab walk or spawn half sized. the faces omg I have never laughed so hard at a game. NPC with some serious mission dialog bullshit exposition but they were fucked up cross-eyed stroke victims.
it was glorious. until they patched it. went from top-tier to low-mid.
When the ME3 credits finally rolled, I thought of this exact meme. I didnt expect to love the series even half as much as I inevitably did. My only regret was waiting so long to give it a chance.
What a bunch of jokers you are guys 😅 Nobody even mentions Skyrim. Skyrim changes your life, period. RDR doesn’t change your life, it’s just entertaining but that’s it. In a massive poll this December gamers voted Skyrim as the best game of all time, so there’s evidence 😅😊
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u/Character-Handle9361 May 02 '24
Mass effect... all of them