Early review: Mass Effect: Andromeda is Dragon Age: Inquisition in space

A week of playtime is nowhere near enough to fully review sprawling galactic epic.

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[Chaedog]

I'd just like to add that since he didn't test out the Multiplayer of the game. I spent almost all of my ten hour trial on Multiplayer and its very similar to what they had in ME 3. Its faster, more intense, but essentially the same thing, with the exception of there's more variety of guns, mods, boosters, character variations, and gear to unlock, and they added an additional way to gain money and whatnot without having to actually play matches. (timer based strike teams)

I love love loved the MP side of ME 3 and after beating the game sunk a ton of time into it. This variation doesn't disappoint one bit, however as with ME 3, EA was cheap and made it so its client side for matchmaking so unless you're playing with friends and you all have good internet if you play with randoms via quick play you're going to get some VERY laggy games and often. I really really wish if they were planning this route from the get go that they'd at the very least implement bots to play with you for when you're friends aren't online and you can enjoy some lag free matches.


All in all I'm a Mass Effect fan and I'm glad I pre-ordered this, and this is coming from someone that didn't love DA:I

 

[Chaedog]

I agree with what you're saying the_great_ganonderp and I think that's sort of a common problem nowadays. The first 3 were great games, it was a new IP we had lots of fun with it, the ending for some was a disappointment but the ride to it made up for it. Then we had a very long wait for the next installment. During that time some very awesome games came out that really got everything right(Witcher 3, Zelda, ect...) and that sort of spoiled us. So are expectations are very high, and we just assume something better.


I'm having a blast, not because its something new or different, but because its fun.

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When I first pulled up to the Nexus I kind of snickered for how similar it looked like the Citadel. Then I figured well if that designed worked well for them in the last galaxy I guess realistically they might reuse some of the same construction ideas to save cost/time of making a new one. It'd be possible.

I treat my game sequels like movie sequels. Odds are they aren't going to capture the magic of the first one, but when done right they can still be fun and entertaining and sometimes you get lucky and find one that surpasses it. This game while so far for me it hasn't surpassed my expectations, I'm having fun playing it and will continue to do so.