Mass Effect: Andromeda

pleasant Co.

Maximus Alexander wrote: »

The promotional material for this has been fairly weak. You can make bad games look good with some creative marketing, so it should be pretty easy to make a good game look good. This worries me.

Built in fanbase, no need to even try to sell this thing, it'll sell itself.

Maximus Alexander

pleasant Co. wrote: »

Built in fanbase, no need to even try to sell this thing, it'll sell itself.

That's exactly the concern...

pleasant Co.

Maximus Alexander wrote: »

That's exactly the concern...

I wouldn't be overly concerned tbh, it'll probably be a solid release.

Nody

pleasant Co. wrote: »

I wouldn't be overly concerned tbh, it'll probably be a solid release.

You mean it will be an off the shelf game that only sells because of it's name. Let's be honest here ME3 was not exactly showing any innovation or great leaps in game mechanics and was for all intent and purposes a shovelware project but at least it was the ending on a trilogy so had that going for it. Now we get a new shovelware game except it lacks any emotional pay off to keep it going? This is bargain bin game buy if ever for me personally short of rave user reviews coming out.

Venom

Nody wrote: »

You mean it will be an off the shelf game that only sells because of it's name. Let's be honest here ME3 was not exactly showing any innovation or great leaps in game mechanics and was for all intent and purposes a shovelware project but at least it was the ending on a trilogy so had that going for it. Now we get a new shovelware game except it lacks any emotional pay off to keep it going? This is bargain bin game buy if ever for me personally short of rave user reviews coming out.

I wouldn't call it bargain bin at this stage but the trailer made it look pretty dull and very generic. Deffo a wait for reviews first title.

Gbear

RopeDrink wrote: »

If I hadn't discovered Warframe, I'd probably still be going back to ME3-MP - probably still will. It's just too damn good - and I have to say that whoever called ME1-2-3 bad-looking games... Well, no comment.

To be clear, they had good art direction but awful graphics.

The style brought things to life but they always looked unsophisticated.

Dave_The_Sheep

Awful is a massive overstatement.

pleasant Co.

Dave_The_Sheep wrote: »

Awful is a massive overstatement.

How about fairly ****, me:1 was funking woeful

degrassinoel

Ten years ago, when it was released initially, it was pretty great looking.

The_Valeyard

degrassinoel wrote: »

Ten years ago, when it was released initially, it was pretty great looking.

there is a mod out that overhauls the entire game to the ME3 graphics.

pleasant Co.

degrassinoel wrote: »

Ten years ago, when it was released initially, it was pretty great looking.

That's your opinion but I don't agree with you, I thought ten years ago it looked a bit dated, but worse was how poorly it performed on consoles of the time.

degrassinoel

did ye not play it on pc?

Dave_The_Sheep

degrassinoel wrote: »

did ye not play it on pc?

Given the forum, I assumed that was what we were talking about.

degrassinoel

Dave_The_Sheep wrote: »

Given the forum, I assumed that was what we were talking about.

So did i Dave

Thargor

Mass Effects graphics always impressed, even ME 1 which I only ever played on the 360. The Citadel, the Tropical Planets, some of the Mako missions where you were in those giant buildings and a million other things like that. ME1 hasn't aged well, I was actually a bit shocked watching someone play it last year but at the time of release it was fairly jawdropping, no way they could be called poor.

degrassinoel

Actually was just having a look there

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_Effect_(video_game)

6.1 accolades - around 3/4 the way down

It was nominated for Best Graphics, Best Artistic Design x2 and a host of others . The fact that it was even nominated suggests that the calibre of the game's graphics at the time were above average for those merits.

It has an impressive amount of accolades to it's name.
And yeah, it does look rough by today's standards, played it myself there a few months ago and found it tough going after the citadel, and the lifts.. jaysis

Dave_The_Sheep

There's an texture mod for ME1, spruces things up a bit. Sure, there's only so much makeup you can put on a horse, but it's better than a kick in the nuts.

http://www.nexusmods.com/masseffect/mods/1/?

flyingsnail

Side note, ME 2 is currently free on origin.

Kiith

I remember thinking ME was pretty good looking. Might not have had amazing textures, but some of the art design was pretty cool.

Andromeda is a day 1 for me i have to say. I probably won't pre-order it, but i trust Bioware enough to make a good game. I enjoyed Inquisition, so that in space and in the ME universe is fine by me.

degrassinoel

Same studio name but it's actually a different studio and without the Doctors helming a mass effect game for the first time.

nitpicking i know, but bioware aren't what they used to be, maybe andromeda will change that, maybe it wont, can but live in hope

Kiith

I've got a soft spot for any sort of sci fi rpg, so even if it's not as good as previous titles, i'll probably still love it.

Maximus Alexander

Kiith wrote: »

I've got a soft spot for any sort of sci fi rpg, so even if it's not as good as previous titles, i'll probably still love it.

Yeah, that's fairly true of me too. I'm sorta expecting to be disappointed compared to the original trilogy, but still to be happy enough to have a game of this type to play that's probably going to be of reasonable quality. If that makes sense.

Justwinginit

Anything Dead Space or Mass Effect related I'm buying, simple as:-)

Icyseanfitz

degrassinoel wrote: »

Same studio name but it's actually a different studio and without the Doctors helming a mass effect game for the first time.

nitpicking i know, but bioware aren't what they used to be, maybe andromeda will change that, maybe it wont, can but live in hope

yeah their just another ea studio now imo, pity as they used to be my number 1 developer

dreamers75

10 hours on EA Access if like me you forgot to unsub from it after Bf1

degrassinoel

degrassinoel wrote: »

it's official now, 23rd for us, 21st for Merica

Either Origin have gotten this arsebackwards again or they've changed the release date again,

March 22, 2017 11:00 PM GMT.

Still a day later than the US, and tbh it's a day and 23 hours.. but yeah, 11 bells iva Wednesday night.

degrassinoel

Cinematic trailer tomorrow according to the me facebook page

Gbear

Trailer's kinda **** but cinematic trailers are only important if Blizzard are making them because they look amazing then.

Dave_The_Sheep

At least it's in-game footage (or close enough). Harsh to compare that to Blizzard's efforts (which I love, admittedly).

Not really a fan of the voice of what I assume is the main character. Seems, I don't know, not serious enough. As if it's all a big game.

Oh, wait.

degrassinoel

Rubber faces on the lot of them. And Fem Ryder was nowhere to be seen.

They all pale in comparison to the ME cast. Even Jacob Taylor (the most boring and whingy, moaning crybaby in the universe of ME)from ME2 had more charisma in him than this lot, well except maybe for that one panicked Salarian guy.

That trailer was a whole lot of nothing, it barely gives anything on what the mission is and the rest is just ship porn.

I have a krogan.. yeah, but it's not Wrex or Grunt.. or even Wreav. Why should anyone care without some character background?

K.O.Kiki

degrassinoel wrote: »

Rubber faces on the lot of them. And Fem Ryder was nowhere to be seen.

They all pale in comparison to the ME cast. Even Jacob Taylor (the most boring and whingy, moaning crybaby in the universe of ME)from ME2 had more charisma in him than this lot, well except maybe for that one panicked Salarian guy.

That trailer was a whole lot of nothing, it barely gives anything on what the mission is and the rest is just ship porn.

I have a krogan.. yeah, but it's not Wrex or Grunt.. or even Wreav. Why should anyone care without some character background?

You're just going to moan about everything, aren't you? :pac:

degrassinoel

K.O.Kiki wrote: »

You're just going to moan about everything, aren't you? :pac:

only til i'm certain i'm wrong

ElNino

First gameplay video is out

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrWgLMH8yRU

Shougeki

I am apprehensively optimistic :P

Venom

ElNino wrote: »

First gameplay video is out

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrWgLMH8yRU

That video shows off the combat system so much better than the first trailer which made combat seem very clunky.

Remouad

Have they released the recommended spec for this yet?

Zillah

ElNino wrote: »

First gameplay video is out

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrWgLMH8yRU

Oh my God this is so much better than all the crap they've shown us already. Hype meter...rising...

degrassinoel

pc specs as linked by bioware

Remouad

Damn!
Only just built my machine and I'm struggling to make the recommended spec!

flyingsnail

I don't meet the minimum CPU or GPU :(:(

Gbear

I was planning on getting nearly a whole new system but I was probably going to wait until Vega came out.

With the good press Ryzen is getting, maybe I'll shift to a whole AMD build sooner rather than later to get ahead of this.

jumbobreakfast

There's something fishy about the CPU requirements nowadays. Battlefield 1 has even higher minimum CPU requirements:

https://www.battlefield.com/games/battlefield-1/tech

On the other hand, is this a sign that older CPU architectures just can't deliver consistent performance in games designed for directx12?

K.O.Kiki

Those CPUs are 4yrs+ old though.

jumbobreakfast

K.O.Kiki wrote: »

Those CPUs are 4yrs+ old though.

True but I think a lot of people would appreciate if they listed several CPUs. For example I know people who play BF1 with 2500k and 2600k CPUs and I'm sure that some i3s would run it comfortably too. That makes me think that it's the same for Mass Effect.

KilOit

How would a Mass Effect game be that CPU intensive? i understand RTS, MMO's and some fps like Planetside 2 and BF games but a clunky third person shooter with little to no physics happening

K.O.Kiki

KilOit wrote: »

How would a Mass Effect game be that CPU intensive? i understand RTS, MMO's and some fps like Planetside 2 and BF games but a clunky third person shooter with little to no physics happening

Big maps and/or lots of AI.

Zillah

CPU's are so diverse and advancing so slowly right now, and games are so GPU-dependent, that I wouldn't worry about supposed minimum requirements overly much. It is very hard to compare like-with-like cpu-wise any more.

Justwinginit

Well, I caved and pre ordered. It's the only time I ever did, and probably ever will......until Elder scrolls 6 comes out, or Red Dead Redemption 2, or........no, stop there....less than €40 on cdkeys

Zillah

Justwinginit wrote: »

Well, I caved and pre ordered. It's the only time I ever did, and probably ever will......until Elder scrolls 6 comes out, or Red Dead Redemption 2, or........no, stop there....less than €40 on cdkeys

On one hand I'm opposed to pre-orders generally; on the other, who am I kidding if I think there is any chance I won't be getting the new Mass Effect game. There just isn't any possibility it could be bad enough to scare me off.

I was just looking at the Origin store and they're selling multiplayer booster packs (including deluxe and super deluxe options). Would yiz ever fuck off with this profiteering nonsense?

Website is bugging out so I can't even see pricing atm.

ElNino

Zillah wrote: »

Website is bugging out so I can't even see pricing atm.

Origin started a sale on its website a couple of hours ago so it is getting hammered.