Is Mass Effect Andromeda Being Rushed? - The Lobby

I am a big ME fan, however I can wait. There a quit a few other games I haven't finished yet.

I have been saying this exactly same thing in my other comments here in gamespot and people comparing it to DOOM. Stop that, don't compare bethesda and EA. EA LOVES to show off their games to do PR and if they haven't shown it means the game is not ready.

And i don't think the game will get delayed because EA will make bioware make the deadline, they don't care if game is complete or not. All i know is this is gonna be last ME game and EA is looking to make money just from Mass effect franchise name.

There's a logical flaw in the delay argument here. BioWare issued a 3.21 release date 72 days before launch, after having been reluctant to pin the date down.

When Dragon Age Inquisition was finally delayed by 6 weeks, it was still 79 days to its original launch. Why would BioWare set a date so soon before launch if they were not 100% confident that they would hit it?

I like Lead Designer Ian Frazier's tweet: "5 years. Definitely not rushed.". Now the concerns about mechanics and dialogue are fair game because the marketing surge isn't here yet and mileage varies about those things, but the marketing strategy appears to be responsible for the last-minute reveal, not a rush.

I remember the Danny days when The Lobby used to consist of real coherent discussions and not overdose of "like" in one sentence.

As a huge fan of the ME series as a whole, I don't get why people have such high expectations for the gameplay. I play all of BWs games for their story and characters. not because their combat and advancement mechanics are revolutionary. Their visual design, sound design, and narrative structures are what is on display.

As long as this game is stable with playable game systems and a great story, I am good.

Also, I guess I am in the minority that has actually enjoyed all of their games since DAO and ME. I never feel cheated for investing my time in a BW game. DA2 was as close to disappointed as got but I actually liked the combat and cast was rad, I can forgive recycled environments, ME,ME2 and DAO all recycled their assets as well, it is par for the course.

You guys sounds clueless AF....for game journalists you really should know the games you're talking about more: you're worse than Varren at feeding time.

Follwed by the next 8months of patching it up jus to get the game evened out. plus new features being added that should of been in there to begin with.

It can go either way , they could be secretive so as not to spoil the game or trip themselves up ( mass effect 3 suffered from a lot of promises made that never really materialized) or they are being quiet coz they know its crap.

Personally I'm worried as all the combat seems to show the ryder dude going rambo, there is no squad mate coordination or team work, I am getting a very heavy destiny vibe from this game.

I can understand your apprehension even if I don't necessarily agree with it. A few points:

1. You didn't mention this but the game's original release date was Fall/Autumn of last year so it has been delayed for polishing.

2. voice acting and lip syncing are always on the latter end of the development cycle. The animations aren't bad and by that I mean choppy. I can't see them looking more realistic than they do know but at least they won't look contextually wrong like Ryder smiling in that tense situation.

3. I guess it's subjective but I think the combat looks amazing. The switch to open/more dynamic combat is intentional as they were trying to emulate ME3 style combat in an ME1 enironment, specifically the multiplayer where most people used soft cover as a preference in higher difficulties due to the added mobility but the option is still there to take hard cover.

4. The biggest problem with DA:I as you said was the sidequests and lack of engaging content in the world. The majority of content were collectibles/numbered objectives and the narrative in each region aside from the few Main Quests seemed incredibly lackluster ie. You engaged conersations in a zoomed out perspective and there wasn't that cinematic style storytelling that we're used to now of which was abundant in the MQs. But DA:I was also a cross-platform title, hindered by the range of consoles they were catering to. ME:A isn't held back by such restrictions so we have more reason to be optimistic, especially since they've had time to process feedback from other games.

5. The marketing was purposely subdued. Most likely taking lessons from DA:I especially considering a lot of the planned and revealed features for that game were cut in development (customisable outposts, dynamic choices like in Crestwood etc). We haven't seen much footage but if you care to look in the right places there is a tonne of information.

6. I guess the only disconcerting thing are the high profile departures. I can't comment on that but I'm hoping it was all circumstancial.

Anyway I can't remember where I heard but apparently there's going to be a good 15 minutes or so solid gameplay released soon so fingers crossed.

The longer the developers take to make a game, the more polished the product that's produced!

A good example of this was Duke Nukem Forever!

That was in production for like... 10 billion years! Look how great that game was...

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I actually liked they didn't do a lot of footage, much less spoilers. Don't understand the point of comparing it with other games that have no relationship to it whatsoever. Witcher 3 is one game, Mass Effect is another. If your a fan of the series you know what to expect, and they have given a ton of details on game informer, explained exploration and more. So maybe read about info of the game first too.

It looks a lot less 'Frontier space exploration with a mysteriously intriguing and well paced plot' and a lot more "Hey, could you help me get across that big valley because I need to find and scan some funky space plants, oh no! some angry aliens! *shooting and space magic* *Returns to base after*

I bet it ends up having the emotional impact of a flaccid celery.

Haha. What? It's been in development for 4 years. No, it's not being rushed.

What, EA rush a game? No way.

I'll take the delay if the game is stable and the studio's vision is accomplished.

Honestly, I think the game looks awesome. The combat was a lot more fluid, the atmosphere and surrounding environment is beautiful, and as far as I'm concerned, I've got no major issues with the dialogue. I don't get how you guys have come to the conclusion that the game seems unfinished or rushed...

Oh look a bunch of entitled game "journalists" at gamespot passive-aggressively shitting on another title because the publisher hasn't given them 100% access to every facet of development.

Looking forward but not impressed at all. Game doesn't offer anything what we haven't seen before. Same mechanics, same spells, same humanoids. And who have thought that even in Andromeda there are humanoids speaking Bossy English, really? Pure lack of imagination how creatures can be intelligent in a different way and their look makes me to think that MA:Andromeda is nothing more but 100% cliche. Oh yeah, Humans flew to Andromeda and found.. Earth's gravity there too.. cliche cliche. Even I could invent better creatures (please... no more humanoids. Milky Way have too many of them already), better mechanics and atmosphere how it should look and feel.

Witcher 3 was criticized for the lack of combat mechanics (yeah, some people wanted Geralt to be a Medieval three dimensional fancy Ninja), but Andromeda so far looks more disappointing.

Resume, I don't expect Andromeda to be even close to the threshold left by Witcher 3

I hope not, we have waited so long now, I'd much rather wait another 6-9 months for Mass PErfection!! I wish Bioware would put the people that are leaving over stress on remastering the original trilogy in 4k!! It is so weird they refuse to bring a game about the future into the modern era.

Can't really trust a person that talk's LIKE that.

Gamespot's Upcoming Games and Andromeda page state Dec 31st 2017 as the release date by the way.

From BioWare dev tweets, they are clearly working long hours playing 'whack-a-bug'. They didn't have to launch March 21, they could have said May or June and still be in the Spring. The big difference appears to be the held back marketing approach, perhaps to avoid a 'No Man's Sky' style promotion, perhaps to avoid the slight 'over-promise' of Mass Effect 3. Understandable to not foul the marketing for Battlefield 1 and Titanfall 2 end of last year, but they can now comfortably let rip...