Mass Effect Andromeda (PS4)

Fantastic experience that captures the core of the Mass Effect experience whilst treading new ground.Plot wise the game is pretty great, though the story starts out a little slow. Once you hit your first open planet however, things strat to pick up pace and just get better from there. Without spoilers, the ending sequence is pretty fantastic, perhaps the best in the series in my opinion. The cast are pretty great, though certainly not the familiar faces we know and love from the Shepard trilogy. I don't think the Tempest's (your ship this time round) crew is as interesting as that of the Normandy, but they're still great characters that I got to love getting to know. The game's full of little moments between your squad and crew that make the experience come to life. The loyalty missions are a particualr treat. Some argue that the dialogue is awkward and just plain bad. Having played through the game, I don't see this other than with a handful of moments. I'd say that Andromeda doesn't take itself too seriously, it's certainly a much lighter game in tone than any of the previous ME games. The awkward flirting moments or jokes might get under some people's skin, but for me they add a lot of charm. I guess it's all up to personal preference.A lot of noise has been made about technical issues and facial animations. It's certainly true that the game lacks the level of polish that most would expect from AAA releases, however after an hour or two of playing I found myself not caring. To be honest I thought that the facial animations were fine throughout 95% of the game. The most frustrating issues I faced were 3-4 crashes which forced me to restart the console, but given the size of the game and the amount of time you spend 'crash-free', this was a minor issue. Overall I don't think that the technical issues are much of an issue, but if you can't loo past the odd bizare expression or people walking through furniture, then perhaps wait a while for patches to come into (mass) effect.Gameplay is probably the most flawless part of the game, being the most versatile, fast paced and fun in the whole series. The addition of jump jets really makes a difference to fights that almost brings to mind a Titanfall sense of movement. The open worlds are beautiful without fail, and filled with activities to do. Thankfully, for Dragon Age: Inquisition veterans, the majority of Andromeda's side content is more like proper side quests rather than constant 'MMO-esque' fetch quests that plagued Inquisition. That kind of quest is still in Andromeda, but they're easy to ignore unless you have the impulse to complete everything. Overall I'd say that Andromeda is a tighter, leaner experience from Inquisition, and is all the better for it.Overall, I'd recommend Andromeda, particularly to long time Mass Effect fans. There are plenty of nods and references to the original trilogy, though not enough that should put off new players. The game stumbles in some areas sure, but is generally a solid step in a new direction for the series. If like me, you manage to gel with the new crew and enjoy the wonderful worlds out there, then Andromeda is a sure buy.

Firstly, I’m a HUGE Mass Effect fan, and had been looking forward to Andromeda literally for years. So of course this level of expectation and anticipation would affect my opinion of the game compared to someone who hasn’t played the original trilogy and just felt like trying something new.Story – disappointing so far. The whole idea of Andromeda is such a good premise for a game, and they could have done so much more with it. As one professional reviewer said though, you are very quickly shoved the title of “Pathfinder”, basically just told you’re now the chosen saviour of mankind and the game quickly degenerates into just shooting more evil space aliens (the insectoid Kett rather than the Geth this time). It’s generic and disappointing, but it does get a bit deeper and more intriguing as you progress into the game further.Graphics – I won’t go into detail on the atrocious facial animations which so many people have already said are an utter joke. Seriously, I can’t understand how they actually look worse than the original Mass Effect, a 10 year old game! It’s everything- the expressions, skin; eye movements… it just looks terrible, especially compared with the beautiful Witcher 3 engine or even Bioware’s own 3 year old Dragon Age Inquisition! Characters aside, the environments are a mixed bag: Habitat 7 (the tutorial planet) and Eos (first main colonisation mission) look pretty drab in my opinion, Hakarl looks a bit better but still not up to what I’d expect, but I’m now on Voeld- a huge open world ice planet which does actually look fantastic and is lots of fun exploring in the Nomad. The Nexus (the new citadel) also looks pretty good too which helps, as you visit the station a lot in the opening hours.Combat – Pretty good, but again, could have been better. It desperately needs a manual cover button for a start, as the automatic take cover thing is very hit and miss (pun not intended, lol). The enemy AI is a bit weak and a lot of the powers seem very ‘samey’. It is mostly fun though, just not as good as the excellent combat system from Mass Effect 3 which was the best of the original trilogy IMO. Biotic blast combos are still just as awesome as they always were though, sending helpless foes flying in all directions with a huge “shaaa-booom!”Characters – I’m sorry to say that I generally find most of them boring and / or annoying. The worst people so far that I can’t stand talking to are Liam, Gil the engineer, SAM (your permanently connected AI), Peebee (stupid name too), Suvi and Addison who all seem like dull cookie-cutter stereotypes. I quite like Cora, all the Salarians so far, and Drack the Krogan is pretty awesome. To be fair, I found quite a few of the Inquisition characters equally annoying and very rarely talked with Sera or Cole, for example. Also, the voice acting quality is a bit up and down, but I must say that female Ryder is very well voice acted, which is obviously pretty crucial. Her serious, sarcastic or jokey attitude and replies are all really well portrayed.Menus – A real mess, especially the inventory, crafting and quest log journals which are an absolute nightmare to try and organise. I’ve pretty much given up on researching / crafting anything as it’s so much easier to just buy gear from the Nexus vendors, or to equip scavenged items that you find randomly in the field. Looking for and tracking a particular quest is a similarly convoluted headache, so I tend to just click on the quest icons on the map to track the objective I’m interested in (as long at the next objective is on my current region map, that is). Managing your inventory is also very messy, and all this fiddling, comparing hundreds of tiny weapon and armour stats, etc detracts from your enjoyment of the game and breaks up the story’s flow.Overall – All of these complaints aside, I am actually really enjoying the game, hence the 4 star review despite all these issues I have (though I would probably give it 3.5 stars if I could). And there are some things that I really love, like charging across the glaciers and snow drifts of bleak ice world Voeld in my new ATV, stopping to investigate ruins, monoliths or just to biotic blast a Kett landing party for fun. Or gazing out of my private quarters on the Tempest at whichever spectacular planet, moon or gas giant I was investigating before exiting the Galactic Map. The focus on exploration and discovery is also a nice change overall from the pressure and responsibility of your desperate struggle against extinction vs the Reapers. Finally, wandering the beautiful Nexus station whilst picking up side quests, browsing the local shops for new gear to spend my hard earned credits on, or just chatting to random members of the Initiative about their experience and dreams in Andromeda is exactly how I hoped it would be (I just look like a bit of an ugly freak in most of the dialogue scenes). Also, it’s big; much bigger than the original trilogy titles were. I finished most of the PS3 games in 40 to 50 hours, and I’m already at 30 hours in Andromeda and would estimate that I’m not even halfway through yet (my completion stat just hit 25% in fact).It’s not as good as it should have been, and doesn’t live up to the fantastic quality of the original trilogy, but it is still a good Mass Effect experience if you can get past all of the issues detailed above.

A lot of people don't like this spin-off game in the mass effect universe. But it's really not bad. This story is meant to take you to a very different place and get to know completely new people. The combat is intuitive, and I like the increased options for combat styles. Being able to craft swords and charge into battle krogan style is pretty great. Only thing that would make it better is being able to play as other races, which has never been done in Mass effect before. Maybe someday.

Dispute of "reviewers" opinions thats a very cool game. Worthy it for sure. Very good story and graphics

Que no te engañen. El juego en sí es de 10, no entiendo cómo la gente ha echado pestes de este juego. Puede que al principio tuviese algún bug que otro, pero no deja de ser un pedazo de juego (muchísimos más bugs tiene el Skyrym, por ejemplo, y a día de hoy sigue siendo un juego top).Si te ha gustado la saga Mass Effect, no lo dudes y disfruta de esta historia. Es verdad que no es comparable a la trilogía de Mass Effect pero por poco, sigue teniendo esa magia y esa esencia de Mass Effect que te engancha desde el primer momento.Algún pequeño fallo le he encontrado, que se te quede bloqueado al saltar en una roca o algo así. Llevo más de 48 horas jugadas y me habrá pasado 3 veces mal contadas, teniendo fácil solución también. Alguna animación se ve que es forzada, pero esas minucias no hacen que empañen la maravilla de un juego el cual puedes pasar horas y horas disfrutando ya que es bastante largo si quieres completarlo al 100%.

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Attention c'est une version americaine en anglais.