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Has anyone seen the countless design flops like out of shape twisted arm of a character in the official trailer, gun pointed backwards in the scene where that blue squid alien shoots a robot, how the dude's body is disproportional to the head compared to old ME3 model or the rifle misaligned from the hand... This is stuff ending up in official PR material. These are things that should NEVER even happen in a AAA studio, let alone then land in official PR material. It's freaking noobish and lame.
 

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Who knows how long ago they were made though? Game got pushed back for a reason.
 
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It doesn't matter if it was made 2 years ago or now, such things should NEVER get into public in form of official material. If it was a behind the scenes goofs and fails meant as a joke to entertain fans, sure. But not as official game trailer... Imagine Ferrai making a new car trailer where botrh front wheels fall off at 300km/h. Sure it would be hilarious to watch, but a very bad PR for the company, don't you think?
 

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No, not really. How many people are talking about the glitches and therefore the game? You know what they say: there is not such thing as bad publicity. That's especially true today where oddities get attention on social media and other forms of networking. If the bugs are fixed in the final product, it isn't a problem.
 
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Do you guys know anything about the multiplayer ? Does it have coop ? Can't find anything solid on the net.
 
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Do you guys know anything about the multiplayer ? Does it have coop ? Can't find anything solid on the net.

you can play the strike missions with a friend or try the multiplayer but it's a spin on the Gears of War Horde mode.

 
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Mass Effect: Andromeda facial animations/emotions chart
You should rename that to Bioware Facial Animations/Emotions chart. Every single game they have done have lousy animations. So this is nothing new.
 

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Looks pretty good Bee, but I sometimes wonder if I'll be kicking myself for looking at all these spoilers.
They are starting to saturate TV with Adverts here in UK
 
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They are starting to saturate TV with Adverts here in UK
Well that's not surprising since it's getting close to launch. I'm sure we'll be seeing them here in the states soon too.
 
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The body/face animations, voice acting and general dialogue composition is some of the worst I've encountered since the Return to Castle Wolfenstein days. Side quests are bland as all hell, characters are 50/50 of do not give a crap about them. Resource collecting function is infuriating. Not impressed, Bioware seriously dropped the ball on polish.

Bioware still can't make a decent UI for toffee either.

Strongly recommend waiting for a 50% off GOTY edition.
 

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Not what I was hoping to read but seeing it's roots (Dragon Age: Inquisition) it's completely understandable.
 
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And this is why you don't pre-order...I did :(
 
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Sometimes I wonder if they intended on making a serious space game, or a bizarre cartoon.
 
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Wow that's really bad
 
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I have never felt so at odds with the review press in my entire life. IGN, PCG and Polygon giving it 8/10, 8/10 and 7.5/10?!
The whole Polygon review was negative apart from the bit at the beginning where the reviewer basically said he was a ME fan, yet he still gave it 7.5. I feel like if this game didn't have the Mass Effect branding people would be slaughtering it. Ars Technica said "It's like DA: I but in space" as if it were a good thing. Has the bar for release quality been lowered for entry overnight?

I have students that could write more human dialogue.
 
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I have never felt so at odds with the review press in my entire life. IGN, PCG and Polygon giving it 8/10, 8/10 and 7.5/10?!
The whole Polygon review was negative apart from the bit at the beginning where the reviewer basically said he was a ME fan, yet he still gave it 7.5. I feel like if this game didn't have the Mass Effect branding people would be slaughtering it. Ars Technica said "It's like DA: I but in space" as if it were a good thing. Has the bar for release quality been lowered for entry overnight?

I have students that could write more human dialogue.

Keep waiting for the other reviews to pan out.. I'm sure you'll see a trend. I felt the same exact way with Ghost Recon Wildlands... I thought the beta was horrible..turned out its a highly rated and reviewed game..
 
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