Is this worth picking up on sale?

[𝔰𝔦𝔤𝔦𝔫𝔞 ✝]

I just want something interesting to waste a few hours on after work.

[Hao Zhao]

If you're really curious, it's worth going in at $10. I say that because it has the quality of a $10 game.

This is clearly the worst game BioWare has made since Dragon Age 2 and it reeks of low quality in almost every area. The story is bad. The characters are awful. Exploration is terrible. Multiplayer is dead. Combat is okay.

[RJX3029]

It's also got some really cringey borderline hilarious dialogue if you're into that kind of thing.

[RedCelt]

Originally posted by Darllock:

Yes, Yes, Yes. its a very good game for the price.

+1

[Mobile Suit God Damn]

It's perfectly fine. If you're like one of those nerdlingers who hated any Star Trek after TNG then you'll probably hate it. It's not as good, but it's still Mass Effect.

[†ÐeⱢordꞨascha Ꞩac]

No, it's worth picking up for the full price. On sale you ask? DEFINITLY :)

[Siccario]

Got this on sale and no regrets. Story and characters could have been done better, but you still get a cool spaceship, buggy and space to explore.

[Arrowyne]

I love it :)

[Zebedee]

It's a really mediocre game on balance.

What it does well is the FPS combat. That's where they didn't have to beat the engine into submission and it shows. It plays pretty well but for the enemy AI being severely suboptimal. One can understand how the bit of the game which did continue was the multiplayer FPS part. Would be wrong not to also point out that the game itself is very pretty even four years on.

The bad for Andromeda is that the story itself is really poorly done, you can see the joins where they've tried to fix it together. It's jarringly badly written in places too. As an RPG, it's poor as your choices have few meaningful consequences. There's also an excess of systems which are clearly half-baked if not just plain old busywork.

If you're a Mass Effect completionist or just enjoy or have to time to play a mediocre game, for sure dive in on a steep sale. There is some fun to be found in the game, especially on a single play through.

[RedCelt]

I agree with some of this and disagree with some of this.
What constitutes mediocre is a matter of opinion, not a matter of fact.

Frostbite engine is by far the biggest issue with Andromeda.
Having to beat the engine into submission, (human face animations) is an apt description.

I will admit, some of the first 3 hours or so did feel a bit joined together.
The NPC conversations did not always make complete sense.
I remember there seemed to be a change of tone or intonation with some of the responses, like they had been added in at a later date.

The reason I post on this forum, is because I found Andromeda to be a well told story with depth. I thought the NPC interactions were well written and well voiced. I was still engaging with NPCs 100 hours into the game.
It was supposed to be the first in a trilogy, so the story had to move in a certain direction.

Having found Andromeda to be an excellent and unique sci-fi experience, I am at a loss to explain what more this game could have done...


(Edit : The original post had a reference to DA:3
Having just played a 3 hour session of DA:3 on Origin, I can say nothing other than I highly recommend it)

[Gojo]

Originally posted by RedCelt:

Having found Andromeda to be an excellent and unique sci-fi experience, I am at a loss to explain what more this game could have done...

I feel the same. Andromeda is a wonderful experience. You can see how much I enjoy andromeda if you look and my playtime. Was it perfect? No, it wasn't. No game is. In my opinion, the game has a lot to offer, gameplay and story-wise. I am so sad that I will never be able to so the conclusion of the story.

[Cynnickel]

Couldn't hook me in the first 7 hours. Feels like a ubisoft game. One side mission has you waste 20 mins to put an urn on a cliff...

[harken23]

Originally posted by Zebedee:

It's a really mediocre game on balance.

What it does well is the FPS combat.

Wait, this is a FPS as in first person shooter? Or are you talking Frames Per Second? I hate first person shooters...

[RedCelt]

Why not go onto youtube.com
There you can watch gameplay videos and find out what sort of game it is

Maybe also watch the game trailer on the Steam store page ?
Should not take you too long to be able to answer your own question

[Gojo]

You cant even enter a first-person perspective in this game. Like the older games, this is a 3 person shooter, but the difference is that it has better mobility, therefore the cover shooting is optional.

[harken23]

Originally posted by RedCelt:

Why not go onto youtube.com
There you can watch gameplay videos and find out what sort of game it is

Maybe also watch the game trailer on the Steam store page ?
Should not take you too long to be able to answer your own question

Have you thought about just not answering if all you have is useless snarky comments?