Mass Effect Andromeda: Shitstorm Edition - RIP Biowear

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Accel_Rider said:
An alien race with no concept of gender has already been done. It would be interesting to see an alien race that's the complete opposite to that. If done well, that is. You know, just to give it an 'alien' feel to them. Either that to parody those special snowflakes on tumblr. Too bad this game is neither.
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You mean the Boov from "The True Meaning of Smekday"? They have boy, girl, boy-boy, boy-girl and boy-boy-girl IIRC as genders/sexes
 
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Secret Asshole said:
The only way they would get the concept of male and female is by meeting other species, and even then them using it would only be for the benefit of other species to try and understand them.
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Heck, Liara even says as much when you meet her "dad." She says that they understand the concept of sexually dimorphic dual-sex species and they use the word "father" in front of them to designate which partner did not carry the offspring / give birth but that it's really only something that emerged in their culture since contact with said species. I doubt they even particularly care that they're referred to as female by other species and it's all just translation or w/e that feminizes their cultural concepts. :autism:
 
Yeah, it is naked virtue signaling bullshit devoid of any thought or creativity. Its the future thanks to entertainment not being able to offend anyone and must have even the .000001% of the population in a major role.
 
I was expecting a Mass Effect version of Dragon Age: Inquisition. It'd be mediocre while also kind of saying "Fuck you" to the cooler story/universe aspects introduced in the first one. I did not expect them to say "Fuck you" on which direction to hold a gun or how bipedal things walk.

I have so many questions from watching the bug montages. Krogans were established in ME as meathead super-Klingons. Their voices are always gruff and low pitched. So.. could someone explain why this guy sounds like a sassy dance instructor? Shit is gold.


 
Batman VS Tony Danza said:
I was expecting a Mass Effect version of Dragon Age: Inquisition. It'd be mediocre while also kind of saying "Fuck you" to the cooler story/universe aspects introduced in the first one. I did not expect them to say "Fuck you" on which direction to hold a gun or how bipedal things walk.

I have so many questions from watching the bug montages. Krogans were established in ME as meathead super-Klingons. Their voices are always gruff and low pitched. So.. could someone explain why this guy sounds like a sassy dance instructor? Shit is gold.


https://youtube.com/watch?v=jDit1WO12fs
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That's a female Krogan, but they ran out of money so they just had one of their male voice actors imitate a female.
 
GeorgeDaMoose said:
That's a female Krogan, but they ran out of money so they just had one of their male voice actors imitate a female.
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Male Idiot said:
Also why do some Krogans have the "negro lip" or pink lipstick in this game?
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The same reason why Asari have the same faces, Angaran females have actual negro lips, Peebee looks like Shrek, Cora has a manlier jaw than Miranda, and why FemRyder looks actually retarded.
It's a Bioware game.
 
You know what would be funny?
If like in 10 years the Mass Effect games get dredged out of the IP vault and got a reboot by someone competent.
And in that game you can find the plot of ME:A as a poorly written piece of amateur fiction on someone's computer as an easter egg. :optimistic:
 
Randall Fragg said:
You know what would be funny?
If like in 10 years the Mass Effect games get dredged out of the IP vault and got a reboot by someone competent.
And in that game you can find the plot of ME:A as a poorly written piece of amateur fiction on someone's computer as an easter egg. :optimistic:
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Or it was actually a case of shipping the undesirables to another galaxy on purpose.
 
Sooooooo...
Against my better fucking judgement of holding out on this game (especially after the debacle that was the ending to ME3) I splurged and went out and bought it anyway because the fond memories of this series far outweigh the bad. I actually got it last Friday and didn't even get around to playing it until Saturday because Kiwi Movie Night. I knew what I was getting into with this game; I'd seen the videos people were uploading all week of janky-ass glitches and just god-awful facial expressions and character models so I was already partially disappointed when control was handed over to me.

So far it feels like it could be a lot more. It looks and plays like it was rushed and it's lacking polish of any kind. That being said I find myself engrossed at times and it's got plenty of things to do and planets 'grow' as the game progresses so you don't feel like you're finished with it after one visit.
 
So remember when I brought up how Bioware's handling of ME: Andromeda reminded me of what happened with the Command and Conquer franchise?

Turns out I didn't have the full details. Bioware was responsible for that shit too:

Gamerant said:
When the game was first announced in 2011 as Command & Conquer: Generals 2, fans were excited by what Victory Games (then BioWare Victory) was looking to do. Unfortunately, the game underwent several key changes since that time, including a focus on free-to-play online multiplayer and billing the game as a franchise reboot. Moreover, our time with the game at E3 2013 left us less than impressed, and questioning Victory’s direction.
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The aftermath of this would be C&C4, which killd the franchise.

The implication seems to be that Bioware's involvement with Generals 2 basically was foreshadowing for what would happen with Andromeda.
 
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