SpamuraiSensei said: And I was having trouble finding a job even with relevant experience. Nobody has mentioned this yet? http://theralphretort.com/a-cosplayer-with-no-video-game-experience-was-the-lead-facial-animator-for-mass-effect-andromeda-3017017/ Wtf Bioware. |
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| bioware is trash. the gunplay looked decent but the story and characters looked like trash |
| Bioware's newest game is a disaster ? Wow i'm surprised.... not. .....just fucking disappear, bioshit. |
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SpamuraiSensei said: Nobody has mentioned this yet? http://theralphretort.com/a-cosplayer-with-no-video-game-experience-was-the-lead-facial-animator-for-mass-effect-andromeda-3017017/ Any actual credible sources on that? Not gonna bother reading alt right goober gabler website that links trash like infowars in their links. EDIT: Debunked, as expected. She is not lead animator and the said altrighter nutjob blogger is outright lying in his post. She is just one of dozens of people working in EA and not even in Bioware. Blaming someone like that for it is just insane. Its just another case of Trumpster nutjobs attacking a woman because she is a woman: http://www.polygon.com/2017/3/18/14969390/mass-effect-andromeda-lead-animator-harassment https://www.kotaku.com.au/2017/03/scumbags-harass-woman-for-working-on-mass-effect-andromedas-animations/ https://heatst.com/gaming/bullies-conduct-witch-hunt-against-mass-effect-andromeda-facial-animator/  Hopefully one day "gamers" will grow out of this toxic phase. |
AhenshihaelMar 19, 2017 4:28 AM
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| The whole bullying of that female animator was just disgraceful. Even if she was the lead animator for real, this kind of behavior is inexcusable. Cagliyora said: I know BW's romance have never been stellar or anything but I've never had the urge to cringe as much as I with this: WAHAHAHAHA. That salarian with his "kill me now" was perfect. At least, I have one character I like already. Other than that, yeah, pure cringe. And I dunno, it's like the more and more I see of Fem Ryder, the more horrible I think she is. Poor Shepard, he/she died for this. |
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Cagliyora said: Jesus christ that genuinely made me feel uncomfortable.I know BW's romance have never been stellar or anything but I've never had the urge to cringe as much as I did when I watched this: |
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| @Fai >Kotaku >Polygon And EA could have been talking about Manveer Heir since he was also a lead. She does work at BioWare and worked on Andromeda, unless you're claiming she herself lied. Witch hunts aren't acceptable, but she did work on it and did a shit job, criticizing her and EA/BioWare is something we should do. @PoeticJustice >gunplay  |
Play League of Legends here! Autocrat said: Hitler was good, objectively. |
PeenusWeenusCaim said: Cagliyora said: Jesus christ that genuinely made me feel uncomfortable.I know BW's romance have never been stellar or anything but I've never had the urge to cringe as much as I did when I watched this: The little alien in that video summed things up nicely. |
Those faces... Looks like I won't be getting sleep tonight. |
Even Hand Shakers has better animation than this. AAA gaming is doomed under EA. |
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| So someone finished the game and livestreamed it. Big spoiler: |
removed-userMar 19, 2017 9:42 PM
| The ending is hilarious to be honest. In a way it is still better than ME3 ending nonsense, but still. Going by the stream: The game is pointless. There are some good ideas and stuff there - the tries to go back to Mass Effect 1 tone are welcome, but the rest is just janky plotless mess. If Dragon Age Inquisition were multiple game plots compressed and connected via padding, Andromeda is basically a first act of a game padded out into a full game. Reviews: Gamespot 6/10 - "I frequently felt like Galactic Errand boy" - http://www.gamespot.com/reviews/mass-effect-andromeda-review/1900-6416638/ Destructoid 6.5/10 - https://www.destructoid.com/review-mass-effect-andromeda-424694.phtml IGN 7.7/10 - http://www.ign.com/articles/2017/03/20/mass-effect-andromeda-review Eurogamer - "Bioware's Worst RPG" - http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2017-03-19-mass-effect-andromeda Venture Beat - 55/100 - "A game that would have worked a decade ago on PS3" - http://venturebeat.com/2017/03/20/mass-effect-andromeda-review/ From the sounds of it, it is pretty much Dragon Age Inquisition BUT without animation quality/production values or good characters or moments of decent plot Its sad but I think after this Bioware will yet again learn all the wrong lessons(Instead of "holy shit people hate padding and single player structure" they will go "holy shit people hate rpg systems and exploration" ) and backpedal from ME1-like direction going all Gears of War clone again like with Me3/2 :/ That is if they even make another ME now considering mainline bioware is working on some Destiny/Division clone for EA. |
AhenshihaelMar 20, 2017 12:56 AM
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| Metacritic score for the game now at 74. I don't usually care much for aggregate scores, but the fact that each game in the original trilogy has over a 90+ metacritic rating means Andromeda must be pretty bad lol. |
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| Too bad people are still scared to give a bad game a rating of 5 or below. Sounds like it deserves way less than 73. |
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| Ah well, not surprised with the reviews and the ending, which to be honest doesn't sound too bad in concept. If Mass Effect: Andromeda really is a trainwreck, I'm going to see it for myself in a few days. Sad to see a once great franchise fall so far. OR maybe I would still enjoy myself somehow. |
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| From RPS: Perhaps most significantly, they made the bold decision to remove good/evil responses that have been a mainstay of the developers’ RPGs, but they’ve failed to replace them with anything close to as meaningful. As a result, they’ve essentially removed the majority of choice at all. At one point you’re offered an extremely significant deal that contains an element that’s tantamount to extortion. In any other BioWare game before you’d argue this, perhaps choose it as the lesser of two evils, or reject it based on principle. Here you get two choices: to accept it, or accept it while making a joke. It’s quite bizarre how far they’ve gone in removing the illusion of autonomy, while still seeming to think they’re offering dialogue choice. Literally Fallout 4. |
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| Sounds like it's a decent game but not at full price. Should wait till it's heavily discounted. |
| that's what happens when you let sjw make a game. i wonder if it will be even worse than DAI.... Khaosman-ADVENT said: Ah well, not surprised with the reviews and the ending, which to be honest doesn't sound too bad in concept. If Mass Effect: Andromeda really is a trainwreck, I'm going to see it for myself in a few days. Sad to see a once great franchise fall so far. OR maybe I would still enjoy myself somehow. dont forget to buy the season pass and extra credits |
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Bioware and EA did say there won't be a proper Season Pass though. Don't even know what the DLC will be about anyways. The DLC have to be damn good now if they are going to salvage the game. |
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Nigami_Shin said: that's what happens when you let sjw make a game. What a way to draw the wrong message from this and try to use this mess for a misguided nazi rhetoric. Surely the game must have turned out bad because of people actually being human beings and believing everyone is equal rather than because it was delegated to a C team and an absolute mess. |
AhenshihaelMar 20, 2017 3:24 AM
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Fai said: Nigami_Shin said: that's what happens when you let sjw make a game. What a way to draw the wrong message from this and try to use this mess for a misguided nazi rhetoric. well you are a sjw, your opinion is irrelevant. furthermore if you don't know what nazi means don't just throw it around... |
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| Looks to be a return visit to the Inquisition table. Pass. |
Games have to fit into our lives, and that’s not always fair. Mass Effect: Andromeda might’ve worked a decade ago on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, but it doesn’t work in a world that is delivering games like Horizon: Zero Dawn, Nier: Automata, and The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. In this reality, BioWare’s latest role-playing game is old, broken, and often boring. http://venturebeat.com/2017/03/20/mass-effect-andromeda-review/ GIT FUCKED We live in a year where a Yoko Taro game is doing critically better than a Bioware game. DREAMS DO COME TRUE  |
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| dragon age inquisition is fine but mass effect its a fail , a lot of patchs and dlcs to come |
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| LET ME HEAR YOUR BATTLECRY https://files.catbox.moe/w3lt83.webm |
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PeenusWeenusCaim said: GIT FUCKED We live in a year where a Yoko Taro game is doing critically better than a Bioware game. DREAMS DO COME TRUE Don't even need to talk about competing with other games this year. It's on-course to be the worst game in the series itself, even losing out to the first game which came out 10 YEARS AGO!!! Jeez, and I thought I was upset when I saw what happened to my favorite series, Deus Ex. Mankind Divided doesn't seem so bad anymore. I am at a loss for words. It's like she had horrible plastic surgery and couldn't move her goddamn face. Yep, I'm definitely not playing as Sara Ryder in my first playthrough, I can confirm that. |
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Khaosman-ADVENT said: Well, at least you're not a Thief fan. Those sadsacks have it worse.PeenusWeenusCaim said: GIT FUCKED We live in a year where a Yoko Taro game is doing critically better than a Bioware game. DREAMS DO COME TRUE Don't even need to talk about competing with other games this year. It's on-course to be the worst game in the series itself, even losing out to the first game which came out 10 YEARS AGO!!! Jeez, and I thought I was upset when I saw what happened to my favorite series, Deus Ex. Mankind Divided doesn't seem so bad anymore. |
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Wow is that the leaked new alien species |
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PeenusWeenusCaim said: Well, at least you're not a Thief fan. Those sadsacks have it worse. But.................I AM A THIEF FAN!!! The first two games are the greatest stealth games of all time. Metal Gear Solid might have popularized the genre but Thief was the true hardcore stealth series. The 2014 game broke my heart. |
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| So. The Metacritic for this game is like 75 right now. http://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation-4/mass-effect-andromeda WOW. |
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| It looks like the game's combat could be fun, but yeah doesnt look like this game was gonna reinvigorate my interest in this franchise after 2 and 3 burned me. Maybe one day way down the line ill get it but there have been far too many excellent games this year and i havent even beaten them all before persona 5 and yooka laylee roll around to waste time on this. PeenusWeenusCaim said: A game made on a shoestring budget by a crazy person whose never made a game with a metacritic above 70 was a better action game and a better rpg than a game by a previously powerhouse developer.Games have to fit into our lives, and that’s not always fair. Mass Effect: Andromeda might’ve worked a decade ago on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, but it doesn’t work in a world that is delivering games like Horizon: Zero Dawn, Nier: Automata, and The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. In this reality, BioWare’s latest role-playing game is old, broken, and often boring. http://venturebeat.com/2017/03/20/mass-effect-andromeda-review/ GIT FUCKED We live in a year where a Yoko Taro game is doing critically better than a Bioware game. DREAMS DO COME TRUE fucking how |
JizzyHitlerMar 20, 2017 8:59 AM
Immahnoob said: Jizzy, I know you have no idea how to argue for shit, tokiyashiro said: Jizzy as you would call yourself because youre a dick The most butthurt award goes to you And clearly you havent watched that many shows thats why you cant determine if a show is unique or not Or maybe you're just a child who likes common stuffs where hero saves the day and guys gets all the girls. Sad taste you have there kid you came up to me in the first place making you look more like a kid who got slapped without me even knowing it and start crying about it to me |
Nigami_Shin said: that's what happens when you let sjw make a game. i wonder if it will be even worse than DAI.... So bad hipster trannies are shitting on it. |
Apparently if you are Trans you need to GO TO ANOTHER GALAXY IN ORDER TO BE TRANS
Neane93 said: Nigami_Shin said: that's what happens when you let sjw make a game. i wonder if it will be even worse than DAI.... So bad hipster trannies are shitting on it. Good to know that even trans people are starting to find it as offensive and dumb writing. |
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JizzyHitler said: Yoko Taro had the ambition but never the budget and people to fulfill it. With Platinum and a semi competent budget, the tables turned easily as Bioware lost their ambition years ago.A game made on a shoestring budget by a crazy person whose never made a game with a metacritic above 70 was a better action game and a better rpg than a game by a previously powerhouse developer. fucking how You only need love when it comes to games.  |
PeenusWeenusCaimMar 20, 2017 4:05 PM
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| This game is good in being a meme atleast. I really can't wait to see how many people are going to waste their money for this crap.. even after seeing how shit it really is. |
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PeenusWeenusCaim said: The thing is apparently automata's budget wasnt any higher than past drakengard games, platinum were just wizards. But yeah bioware lost alot of their creativity, and by lost i mean all the talent left midway through the ME franchise. Thank god taro actually put forth effort this time cause drakengard 3 is a shit game/story even when you ignore the framerate.JizzyHitler said: Yoko Taro had the ambition but never the budget and people to fulfill it. With Platinum and a semi competent budget, the tables turned easily as Bioware lost their ambition years ago.A game made on a shoestring budget by a crazy person whose never made a game with a metacritic above 70 was a better action game and a better rpg than a game by a previously powerhouse developer. fucking how You only need love when it comes to games. |
JizzyHitlerMar 20, 2017 7:13 PM
Immahnoob said: Jizzy, I know you have no idea how to argue for shit, tokiyashiro said: Jizzy as you would call yourself because youre a dick The most butthurt award goes to you And clearly you havent watched that many shows thats why you cant determine if a show is unique or not Or maybe you're just a child who likes common stuffs where hero saves the day and guys gets all the girls. Sad taste you have there kid you came up to me in the first place making you look more like a kid who got slapped without me even knowing it and start crying about it to me |
| More like Assromeda. This game doesn't deserve "AAA game" status. |
| "The future is always blank. Only your willpower can leave footsteps there." "Ruling over death means ruling over life. Death is the climax of life. To have the best death, you must honor life." |
PeenusWeenusCaim said: You would think we would have learned this from gaming in the 80s and the 90s. *shrug*You only need love when it comes to games. |
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| So is the MC canonically autistic this time? |
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| Well, after paying for this crap, at least I wouldn't be spending much on games. I can only think of the new Morrowind expansion for Elder Scrolls Online. Weird, 2017 suddenly seems like a boring year for games. Not much else to be excited about, sigh. Maybe Prey but I dunno. Looking forward to the System Shock reboot. |
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| This is an interesting read: https://www.glassdoor.ca/Reviews/Employee-Review-BioWare-RVW11370424.htm TLDR: - Bioware Edmonton and Bioware Montreal constantly bickering. - Edmonton is EA favorite so whenever something happens Montreal suffers. - Edmonton uses the company rules to get people at Montreal who disagree with Bioware Edmonton goals fired. During last five years Montreal lost 13 lead people, Edmonton 3. - Officially legalized crunch. - Edmonton Montreal is filled with toxic Bro Culture(ex: favoritism towards inner clique, sexism towards female workers, etc) Essentially both Bioware branches were bickering in between themselves, development was troubled due to that, the actual people working on the game had no say in anything and it was treated like a side project. Also the game got WORSE through development:  Khaosman-ADVENT said: Weird, 2017 suddenly seems like a boring year for games. Not much else to be excited about, sigh. Maybe Prey but I dunno. This is ridiculous thing to say in a year with so many high profile highly reviewed titles, where we already have BOTW, Nier Automata and Horizon as top-notch games, not to mention Torment. |
AhenshihaelMar 20, 2017 11:20 PM
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Fai said: This is ridiculous thing to say in a year with so many high profile highly reviewed titles titles, where we already have BOTW, Nier Automata and Horizon as top-notch games. Sure, those ARE very good games in general. There isn't a shortage of games to play this year, for sure. But, I just wish there was something more "out there." |
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| I haven't played it (and won't), and my face is already tired. |
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