Mass Effect 4
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This was created before EA took over and the entirety of old Bioware left.
It's a game of a studio EA slapped the label "BioWare Montreal" on. It has nothing to do with what happened a decade ago in Edmonton (there are thousands of miles in between). EA just took a well-known IP they own and ordered somebody to create a game based on it. EA could have called their development studio "Origin Montreal" and ordered them to a create another "Wing Commander" and it would look and play exactly the same with a slightly different skin. And it would get media attention based on the name alone.
This is what EA does since decades: Buying well known studios with well known franchises and exploiting the brands until everybody lost interest, then shelf them.
It has nothing to do with the change to Frostbite and everything to do with ME:A being Bioware Montreal studio's first Mass Effect game.
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Mass Effect's technology was behind the times in 2007 already and its story wasn't masterpiece either, but there was a lot of promise in the first game. The unique fresh setting saved it despite all its flaws. A lot of effort did go into creating that entirely new sci-fi universe and I read every codex entry.
However every sequel under EA became worse than that. Mass Effect 2 was utter disappointment to me, because felt like EA took some completely different game and slapped Mass Effect on the box to sell it. Because of this I didn't bother with Mass Effect 3 and I won't with Mass Effect: New Galaxy Remake either.
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Getting almost NMS vibes here lol.
[video=youtube_share;XA07hLF-3tE]https://youtu.be/XA07hLF-3tE[/video]
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Mack is the man. He nailed it, as usual.
I hope their sales flop with ME:A, they deserve it for ruining a great series.
Mack nailing it as usual? Dude just enjoys ragging on games, I am not sure he's actually capable of an in depth review.
Right now it seems difficult to differentiate a genuine and honest review from the usual anti-hype bandwagoning memeing you get with these things.
There's no way I'd trust Mack not go the latter, I mean that's what he does. Amusing in one way but not someone I'd trust for a decent objective critical opinion.
Maybe ME4 is indeed not the 95% rated metacritic game that everyone wanted/expected, maybe it's an 80%, but it's a bit hard to separate the signal from the noise atm.
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He's an old-school gamer, from an era when you needed to use your brain and skills to advance in games that constantly punished you, not from this new era of kiddie hand-holding snowflakey x-ray vision games where they literally tell you what to do and how to do it.
It's turning today's kids into stupid zombies by providing interactive movies instead of raw, challenging obstacles to finish.
So yeah, I'm with him on most of his reviews and I do think he nails most of his reviews.
Your opinion may differ and that's ok
Btw. try watching some of his reviews.
It's turning today's kids into stupid zombies by providing interactive movies instead of raw, challenging obstacles to finish.
So yeah, I'm with him on most of his reviews and I do think he nails most of his reviews.
Your opinion may differ and that's ok
Btw. try watching some of his reviews.
Using brain and skills to advance, doesn't need hand-holding...
Like his Dark Souls review where he refused to plug a joypad in so branded it a terrible game. A game reviewer who won't use a joypad and this is the game's fault?
Or perhaps his Horizons 2.0 review, where he's seems completely oblivious to the fact that Horizons consists of 5 updates, and as a result spends the whole review panning the update and focusing on calling Horizons a rip off.
Quality reviewing right there.
Dark Souls is an incredible game, if I'd have listened to him I'd have missed arguably one of the best games of this/last generation.
And Horizons (also ED) have been probably the best value for money game purchases I have ever made in my life.
Yes like you say it is just my opinion, but it is an opinion formed from watching his reviews.
I understand the appeal though, he makes amusing videos. I just wouldn't put much credence in what he says if I'm looking for an objective game review.
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He's inconsistent. I just watched his witcher 3 and dark souls reviews for a comparison and he focuses on glitches and shows a lack of understanding of the combat (eg. His ideas of how witcher blocking and rolling work are wrong)
He's funny but his experience of witcher 3 and souls is quite different from mine and shows a lack of willingness to understand and work with the new mechanics or how best to make m+kb work.
As for ME4, I was curious but there's enough consistent criticism to put me off it for the moment.
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Bioware haven't made an RPG in ages, at east not one that conforms to a definition of RPG that I accept. So I can't be disappointed in that respect.
Are you listening to what he says or just focusing on how he is speaking? what he is saying, seems to make fine sense, and is how a review should be? he talks about things that frustrate him?
So yeah....we will see, personally I'm waiting for full reviews.
As I say it's more about games I do know well and contrasting the reality with his review.
ME4 I have not played.
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Trial played, will definitely going to buy this. Characters feel a bit hollow yet, but this is at the very early stages of the game, so maybe the bonding will come in time.
Planets are beautiful and Mako is way better than in ME1. Tempest is pretty also.
Combat is not pauseable but it feels good and after a while, didnt really even miss the possibility to pause it.
Faces? Didnt even think about them, realyl doesnt bother me at all. Theres much more in the game than just facial animations.
Planets are beautiful and Mako is way better than in ME1. Tempest is pretty also.
Combat is not pauseable but it feels good and after a while, didnt really even miss the possibility to pause it.
Faces? Didnt even think about them, realyl doesnt bother me at all. Theres much more in the game than just facial animations.
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With all these derpy animations, i cant help but think the sex scenes are going to be hilarious
There's no worthwhile porking in this ME... You have a hippie commando and 2 ugly aliens as choices...
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I don't mind characters not looking real at all.
I do mind them all looking like morons though.
I can perfectly enjoy a game with cartoony characters like in Borderlands, but if they would have been moving around like chimpanzees and pulled weird faces like they were idiots then I would have had a problem with that game. No such problems in Borderlands. Many such problems in Mass Effect Andromeda.
In its current state I consider the game unplayable, considering the money they ask for it.
I will buy it for a tenner, or less, or never.
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Also, the new bad guy:
He looks adorable! Look at that tiny cute face! - that was my GF reaction when he appeared on the screen.
He looks adorable! Look at that tiny cute face! - that was my GF reaction when he appeared on the screen.