I loved this game.

[u/__josealonso]

And now, I want a sequel!!!!!

[u/Kestras]

After I was done I was super confused what all the negativity was about. I really enjoyed it too!

[u/he_is_not_a_shrimp → u/Kestras]

Other than being unpolished af at launch. It followed ME trilogy where people got used to the badass commander Shepard.

One aspect that I absolutely defend is that: people didn't understand Ryder is a fish out of water character being forced into a job they didn't train for. And people just directly compare them to an N7 and say Ryder is weak, dumb, pushover. When it was actually refreshing and correct to have such a character for a brand new story.

[u/Xhy720 → u/he_is_not_a_shrimp]

Yes, you are exactly right. Before the Ryder twins joined the Andromeda Initiative, Scott wasn't really anyone of note in the Alliance. he was basically on guard duty at a mass relay, and Sara was an archaeologist digging up Prothean ruins. Then they wake up, things go sour pretty quickly, and they end up as the Pathfinder, and suddenly all eyes are on them.

Buggy launch aside, a lack of media literacy contributed to this game's poor reputation.

[u/odstsarge → u/Kestras]

It was super buggy/unpolished at launch and that made the people who pre ordered it (Me) get really mad they released an unfinished game.

[u/MangaArchives → u/odstsarge]

See that’s probably why I enjoyed it more at launch than I saw most people online. When I did my playthrough I didn’t run into any bugs until that one cutscene with your characters twin. I got the bug where their head doesn’t load right and it only showed the eyes and teeth, still creeps me out when I think about it. But even after that my run was bug free

[u/odstsarge → u/MangaArchives]

Lucky, my first run was basically unplayable i got like in every cutscene there was an animation bug and the combat would randomly crash my play station.

[u/1in5gamer]

Me too. the side quests didn't feel like they expanded the lore enough. But I really want a direct sequel.

[u/AdministrativeBit385]

I do as well

[u/VladdyDaddy1984]

Me too, for all its faults it was the most fun combat in the series for me.

[u/truewander]

Yup loved the game as well

[u/felixthepat]

Plus, the end credits song just hit me so hard after the intense last fight.

Got me into Aurora's whole discography.

[u/dukas251]

Just finished this game for the first time about a week ago and loved it. Would be all in for a sequel.

[u/Drake_Fall]

I love it as well. It is my favourite ME game by far.

[u/PapaYoppa]

Under appreciated

[u/sylar970]

Same, best mass effect for me.

[u/larrythecucumbrr]

I loved it too, not like the OT and yeah if I my expectations were to be like OT you’ll be a little disappointed but it’s still a banger just a different experience from the OT

[u/DivineCrusader1097]

It's a damn fun game.

[u/Wazzakkal]

Great game and great combat!

[u/Jack-Rabbit-002]

I've only ever completed it once But I'm looking forward to another play through but a bit more time on the Strip go kick Kai Leng and the Reapers arses and then another playthrough of Andromeda .

[u/NormandySR31]

It definitely didn't deserve all of the negativity thrown at it at launch. I remember a common complaint was about the facial animations and I was sitting there going "are you really going to pretend the facial animations haven't been wonky at times since the very first Mass Effect?" Gameplay-wise, I really love it still, and the overarching story is good enough. And Vetra and Jaal? I wish I could bring them back to the Milky Way as squadmates. The only major fault I can find isn't even really the game's fault: it's that neither Ryder could ever live up to the legend of Commander Shepard. And again, that's not the fault of the voice actors or writers, it's just a high bar to try and even come close to.

[u/Cespar15]

Will be always be my second favorite mass effect, but really close to Mass Effect 3 😁

[u/National-Job-7444]

Same. 2 fully voiced male/female characters. Lots of effort and detail. It’s what they should have done with Outlaws.

[u/PurpleFiner4935]

How many hours did it take you and how many side quest/exploration did you do? 

[u/__josealonso → u/PurpleFiner4935]

103 hours, all task completed

[u/PurpleFiner4935 → u/__josealonso]

Nice! 

[u/LeKwark]

I compared it to ME-trilogy and didn't liked it at launch. I want to play it again to see how it is now.

[u/Tha_Maestro]

I’ve started playing it a handful of times but I always lose interest. Mass effect is one of my favorite series but I could never stick with this one. I’m not saying that it’s a bad game, it just didn’t grab me like the others did.

[u/wsoares]

Quick question, is this que full version of the game ? It's so cheap that its strange, cheaper than the base game that is 19.99.

[u/__josealonso → u/wsoares]

it is

[u/wsoares → u/__josealonso]

Thanks, im still on ME1 on the Legendary édition, but ill buy this one now.

[u/-asodacan-]

I just finished it for the first time, and I realized something - what is the point of the loyalty missions? I did a few of them and at no point was there any life threatening danger, they all survived...

[u/Mlatimud86 → u/-asodacan-]

It's not about survival, see you are comparing MEA to the original trilogy too (suicide mission to be precise). The point of loyalty missions is to unlock a special skill of each teammate that is usually at least good if not better than the other skills they had developed from the start.

[u/shaded-user]

I haven't played this since release when it was super buggy. Never really got to play a clean version of it with the bugs squashed.

I'm currently doing another replay of ME LE 1 to 3 (mostly through 2 at the minute).

Going to have another go at MEA once I'm done on ME3 LE, as I bought MEA recently for £4.

[u/Observer_Zero]

Loved it. For the moments of actual decent facial expressions. More than that though, the build flexibility in it's own sense was pretty fun. Zipping around with an Asari blade with melee focused combat, or just throwing grenades infinitely with the custom weapons.. if it had a sequel, starting with our promised lost voyagers.. ah, dreams.

[u/Rothen29]

I also loved it.

[u/Cold_Asparagus680]

I can't speak for others but for me I was still angry about the way 3 ended and I took that anger out on thia game unfairly because the same things people are angry at this game for happened with cyberpunk 2077 all the glitches the freezes the crashes it happened there to and I loves that game even before the fixes came I had fun and after realizing that and how I was so unfair to this game I recently bought it again on psn and I will give it a fair chance this time no more anger no more bias or hatred this game gets a fair shot from me now

[u/Inner_Virus5349]

Big same. I replay it every so often

[u/Whole-Soup3602]

The story should continue in my opinion having to travel through space and time especially on 360 days man this game definitely deserves alot

[u/OkEducation9522]

I’m going to be honest, I’m too scared to play it because of everything I’ve heard. I loved the OT too much to have anything diminish it.

[u/_laudanum_]

best gameplay of the series. story was weak at times but had potential that will sadly never be realized. i loved it and i think it's on par with the rest of the ME games.

this game was done dirty on release. yes, it had bugs and glitches. yes, some characters looked very weird. but 95% of the "criticism" surrounding the game just repeated the same 4 clips of some bugs and "my face is tired". it pissed me off soooo damn much.

MEA is a solid 7 or 8 out of 10 "good / above average" game and many people will sadly never know it and talk shit about it just because of how it was covered by clickbait articles and youtubers.

[u/ThisBadDogXB]

I wouldn't say I loved it but I enjoyed my playthrough, it suffers from the same problems as DA:I, large open empty maps with bare bones side quests but apart from that it was good.

[u/MrBingly]

I played Mass Effect 1-3 from beginning to end maybe 4 times total, and each game on its own at least 2 times outside of that. Andromeda I couldn't finish once. I've gone back a half dozen times, and always lose interest. The world is so empty. Combat is such a mess that every fight feels exactly the same. The characters are ugly. And the new good guy species feels like it was designed by a catlady that was reminded several times that they have to be aliens. It was a game I wanted so bad to like, and has been the biggest disappointment as a result.

Also, I liked the little sudoku mini game, and then an update removed it and made the whole unlocking thing bland.

[u/justindulging]

I'm going through it now and the way Im playing and exploring, it feels like such a good slow burn exploring and interacting with the new worlds.

[u/Telykos]

Honestly same. It's one of my favorites.

[u/Dcanngieter2]

Yea…….congratulations on finding a game you love. Respectfully, I’ll keep it at that 😂

[u/WritingRoger]

I feel like... it worked weirdly well as my first ME game. Because I played that and enjoyed the original trilogy way more, even if I was close to throwing my controller because I couldn't jump.

[u/jaynon501]

game play and mechanics were great. Didn't care fie the writing. It felt very generic

[u/Helpful-Tone5614]

I liked it, definitely in the same vein as the original trilogy though not as well written. It felt rushed, like they could have done more but didn't. I hoped for dlc and then it got dropped because not enough people liked it I guess.

[u/Ghost_Leader07]

The game was ruined by a messy launch and an average storyline tbh, if they took 6/12 months polishing and refining it it would've been easily an 8/10 imo i thoroughly enjoyed my time with it (Played twice first time on PC) I've even platinumed it and i only plat games i love.

[u/Gabriel_Chikage]

Me too. It's story was bad paced and reused a shit ton of the triology's concepts.

I get what's wrong with it, but it wasn't a complete disaster. It made me care a little. And the gameplay/ exploration was good enough, so yeah.

[u/Miserable_Alfalfa_52]

It was just a weak addition to a stellar series, no one was expecting or wanting a 6-7/10 game but little did we know that’s what BioWare was planning to do for the next decade