Mass Effect: Andromeda Review -Angry Joe Show

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[Themba76]

good review as always

[joab777]

I've been angry at the absurdly low reviews this game has got because it seems the entire focus is on facial animation and dialogue that neglects so much of the game after 10 hrs.

That said I don't have an issue with this score because this is what he does. He attacks quality of games at launch, and this game needs polishing. While I believe it's an 8 because of the wealth of amazing content, I can't argue with Joes disappointment.

That's said, if you love ME or rpgs you have to play this!

[Mr-Dude]

"That said I don't have an issue with this score because this is what he does. He attacks quality of games at launch, and this game needs polishing"

Then this game shouldn't have launched in this state. I like the series, but a game with these kind of bugs is not ready to launch. And every game should be looked at launch, because that is when you spend you money. Dev and publishers deserve all the backlash if a game is full of bugs and they still ask full money.

[AspiringProGenji]

No one told you to pre order. Stay mad at the low reviews. This game needrd more time and polish, and it is an disappointment? Good? Great? Maybe, but too much issues detract it from being a proper next gen ME game

[Miss_Weeboo]

I know for a fact that I don't love YOU

[hangdang]

I love ME and hate Andromeda. Anyone that tells me I need to play ten hours of a game before it gets good can go pound sand. No thanks

[joab777]

@Mr-Dude Normally I would agree for sure. Here's the issue. It was FIVE years in production. It comes to a point in which it has to be released or they start losing money. Is it right? No! Do we wish it were different? Of course!

Now I dunno if this is exactly the case here but I am guessing it was. It's a failure in leadership for sure. But I for one am glad we did get to play it because it's a great game. And yes, I wish it were more polished too!

[oasdada]

yup! and also love other joe lol.. Sad he never did a horizon review.. that game is what i imagined open world games to be!

[TacticAce]

Fallout 4, Skyrim and every other bethesda game has shitty facial animations but I didnt see people get so up and arms about those games...

[Chexs1990]

To be fair, a lot of reviewers actually attacked Fallout 4 for being technically shaky. With ME it's not only the technical issues, but the writing and VA delivery as well. A child could write the same level of dialogue as Andromeda has.
I'm a big fan of BioWare but this time around they screwed it up, even though the gameplay itself is fun when the bugs don't gimme trouble :)

[MasterCornholio]

That intro though.

0.0

[ABizzel1]

I was expecting it and still lol XD

[MasterCornholio]

May face is tired.

:(

[fenome]

Haha! That intro! I had to pull it up on the big screen and show the wife.

[BLKxSEPTEMBER]

OJ made this review funny lol. Better be careful AJ, OJ is starting to become the better personality.

[Perjoss]

OJ kind of needs his own show tbh

[Grap]

he was going to do his own show starting early 2017, i don't know what happened

[AspiringProGenji]

Expectations were too high for this and the devs took that for granted. The fact that the game is so buggy and has terrible animations proves it, and it sucks. I can forgive bad writing and story to an extend, but I'm not supporting this sloppy work just because it is "Mass Effect."

Andromeda is indeed a disappointment.

[R6ex]

Yup. This will be the first ME game that I'll not be buying.

[MrChow666]

Same, the original trilogy was excellent, the first is my fave, this on the other hand looks subpar, this is not the Mass Effect I loved

[Justanopinion]

This games reception has taught me to be very careful listening to critics going forwards. All I've heard is "facial animations" over and over, and this games various strengths being significantly downplayed. My mind is blown.

[OB1Biker]

To be fair they didn't only bash facial animation even though its the main ridiculous complain.
I've learned a long time ago not to rely on reviews. I know I'm going to get tons of disagrees but there's something off with the way this game was received by critics. If you remember most previews hands on were positive and the main concern was glitches, optimization Most were saying the game looked and played great with no mention of animation. Check out say Greg M hands on in kinda funny. He was amazed how the game he played was f awesome. He saw all intro and first mission and then played 3 hours in a later mission. Then RPS first impression hysteria and fake outrage (its a f lizard) came up. Everything then went loose. In a later kinda funny MEA impression Greg says he doesn't want to 'waste' his time finishing the game. Many example of game journalists walking on eggs shell to say what they liked in the game. When you think it's hours and hours of fun its as if some would rather play the order 1886 for cinematics (thou I enjoyed that game not bashing it )

[Justanopinion]

I agree, the reception is very strange. It's also crazy to see how many people are slamming it that have clearly not played it. If you are a real fan of this franchise, you wouldn't be writing this game off. I play ME games for the lore as much as the game play itself. Andromeda is so densely packed with well written lore, so many great conversations to be had, and sets a wonderful atmosphere as a result, to the extent that it blows my mind when I see people saying things like "no effort went into this game". We all wanted it to be a resounding 10, and sure it's disappointing that it didn't end up being a masterpiece, but I feel like people are tearing it apart because it didn't live up to the expectations. It should be reviewed for what it is, not what it could have been. For me, easy 8.5 and second best in the series next to ME2. The nitpicking of Andromeda's issues is ridiculous.

[showtimefolks]

Your standard for playing games us low I guess. I am a huge ME fan but I see the the game for what it is

Overtime if they patch up the issues it could improve

Let's forget about bad animations

Here are the known issues

Side quests are mostly fetch quests

Bad AI

Not any control over your AI partners

Average story

Bugs and glitches like missions not loading up correctly or enemies not soaking up in correct areas

BAD UI

Confusing crafting menus and system

Not having the options to compare weapon stats quickly or make changes to equipment like past ME games

But go ahead you think it's just the facial animations the reason game is getting average reviews

It's a average game amongst some of the best RPG's that came out this year

Does the game have potential Yes but will bioware out I'm the required work to patch the game we don't know yet

No man sky was a huge let down and that game was developed by 4 people which towards peak and end of development went up to 13 people. And since launch they admitted their mistake and have been patching the game and adding content

Bioware have 100-200 team working on ME i hope they are quick to patch up these things

[OB1Biker]

@showtimefolks
'Here are the known issues '
Wrong. These are your issues with the game.
Have you played it?

Also aren't there any similar 'issues' with other games? I mean all games have their flaws haven't they? All being subjective. For my part the Witcher 3 had issues with combat and wasn't for me.
You know what? My main pro is I like it ;-) not going to argue about what you think are issues or not.
Lastly 'amongst some of the best RPG'
I'm not like 'oh I want to play a RPG. Which is the BEST? Nope. Like most people I play MEA because its ME. I love the space opera genre story and the fun combat. Still appreciate it as a RPG even I think it goes further to the point of giving you much freedom to play the way you like it.
I've said already I think fair if they get flak for the animation but u got to admit the internet got hysterical about those.

Edit: real issues are glitches and optimizing which they do have to patch

[SynestheticRoar]

Tell it joe that game is sorry. Massive let down.

[feraldrgn]

Shame about the costume, I do like his skits no matter how silly.
I would disagree on his opinion that it's not a 4, as average is 5 & since it's so buggy with bad animations, AI, dialogue etc., that brings it below a 5.
It also has a pretty average story & struggle to connect to the main character, according to Joe.

[ShadowKnight]

He gave this a higher score than Quantum Break

[georgenancy]

QB was terrible

[Unspoken]

Thankfully the rest of the population disagrees.

[Unspoken]

http://www.metacritic.com/g...

:)

[SaveFerris]

Would've liked to have seen Joe and Other Joe in the costumes. I enjoy his reviews. Always entertaining.

[RedPill86]

A far below average, technical mess, with a side of horrid story gets an above average score. This is why this moron can't be taken serioisly. Pathetically pedestrian opinions often lacking a majority of the facts surrounding the game and it's flaws. This guy is a hack.

[sampson3121]

isn't Angry Joe the guy that didn't know what the firefly symbol was while watching The Last Of Us teaser? = fraud!
https://www.youtube.com/wat...

[Bathyj]

So thats what youre gonna use to justify ignoring the flaws in this game?

Im not defending Joe, I barely know him, and Im not knocking ME:A as Im not a fan of the series though it does seem like a sloppy release, but what does one thing have to do with the other? What does missing a detail in a trailer for another game have to do with all of ME:A considerable failings?

[sampson3121]

i don't own the game and could care less about the review. just stating a fact.

"but what does one thing have to do with the other? What does missing a detail in a trailer for another game have to do with all of ME:A considerable failings? "

listen https://www.youtube.com/wat... everyone that was there knew it.

he is a popular movie and gaming reviewer correct? so someone that has made it their life to know about games is paramount to them giving a review.

Not knowing the firefly symbol, in the most highest awarded game, is like a movie reviewer not knowing what PG - 13 means. Unless they're a fraud.

anyone that has played the game knows that symbol. heck, even my mom knew it, and she doesn't play video games but watched me play some of the game.

so it relates because if he didn't know that symbol for a game that was so popular, how can you take anything he says serious?

[Eldyraen]

If the game was better made (animations, pop-in reduced, etc), it would be a pretty good game. Still not on par with the Trilogy though. An 8 being higher end of the scale for a "perfectly running" Andromeda game.

I'm a huge ME fan (buy the books too) and I would give it a 7.5 today, only because I've gotten to the point I can ignore all (well most) of the technical limitations. 6s though are completely justifiable in Andromeda's case as it stands today. It's not a completely broken game, but it's far too broken to be an acceptable Mass Effect game for most. This is the first ME game where I'd suggest waiting for a patch hoping it could fix issues.

It feels a bit too much like Mass Effect Andromeda: Dragon Age Inquisition too. Crew and other characters are generally speaking too PC and lack the depth they should for Species that are basically constantly at each other throats when they leave the Milky Way. There are only a handful of very short mentioninga of going ons of the Trilogy too (it takes place between 2-3 so some of that makes sense--3 was the bigger Galaxy Wide happenings but 1-2 still had plenty going ons of note). Things like that make it feel like a lesser story in general.

If the Trilogy was Trek/SW at its finest, Andromeda would be Saving Whales storyline specifically and Prequels. There are parts worth watching still and remembering, but it's not why I loved the others.

I play on PS4 Pro btw, and it feels lesser in many ways than it should. Just renting it ATM but might buy it for pc if they patch stuff, hoping PC might also reduce some of the console limitations (pop in for one--every other conversation has a character get same higher details pop up a couple seconds into it every time the camera goes back to the Angarans and some other races, smaller details really but very noticeable due to it being repeated constantly).

[Jc95]

Love Angry Joe and Other Joe.

[Sam Fisher]

Cant wait for the price drop tomorrow

[Chaosdreams]

Great review. And after having spent around 30h so far in the game, I'd give it a 7 at most. Fun experience, but a let down in retrospect to what was once a great series (in terms of quality of dialogue, dialogue choices, facial animations).