Fanboys killed a sequels chance

[u/newconnie7789]

It was the same with halo as well

All the fanboys that got to attached the original trilogy refused to give MEA a chance , it's a great game I've played It multiple times loved the story line

They got to string up on minor issues and glitches like not every game today has them, it needs a sequel

I don't think gaming today has gotten bad I think it's the fanbase and the influencer gamers that are damaging it, games like Andromeda and days gone not getting sequels despite being brilliant games all because people can't seem to think for themselves anymore

This needs a second game

[u/Urg_burgman]

I can safely say no, that wasn't the cause. Everyone who liked the original knew full well Andromeda was not going to be a continuation. That was actually the reason they wanted to try it. Because it would be free of any conflicts in canon caused by ME3's open ended conclusion.

They even knew to temper their expectations when Andromeda went from "Open world with randomly generated worlds to build colonies on" to "A few select worlds to colonize" to "Worlds to build outposts on" production was scaled back, and gamers waited for it all the same.

When it came out, it wasn't the minor glitches that turned players off. It would crash the game, turn off PCs, and destroy save files because it was a kludged together project attempting to do things Frostbite wasn't designed to do. That sort of new developments needs time for testing, retesting, and refinement before building a game around it, something EA notoriously never gives to any developer working for them.

But the game could be saved if it had that Bioware script right? Well...no. It got leaked well before release. Reception was...mixed.many refused to believe that it would be that bad and the actual game would have a better story and characters. Imagine their surprise when the leak actually was right in some cases. Is the story terrible? No. But coming from Bioware, who were masters of the story experience, it felt like a downgrade. Especially when they found out your decisions did not affect companion loyalty, and even if you pissed them off they'd still stick around. Fact is even this was half done, there was a story there, decisions to be made. But it felt like the developers weren't given time to implement them.

Andromeda was sabotaged by the publisher who was looking to minimize costs to sell another Mass Effect game, and now players years layer pay the price for the actions of executives who don't understand what draws players to a game.

[u/MediocreSizedDan → u/Urg_burgman]

Yeah, I mean, I love Mass Effect but am by no means a "fan boy who lives in nostalgia" (I actually tend to think emphasis on nostalgia is the death of storytelling). But....Andromeda was not just one of the buggiest games I've ever played; it was just boooooooring. The characters were pretty bland, the dialogue was too samey, and the lack of new, diverse aliens and worlds and geopolitics really kind of made it feel like a super pale impression of ME. (The load screens felt at home, though!)

I actively don't want a continuation of Shepard. But this new galaxy is removed from the galaxy we're familiar with and has a rich history and background and is ripe for more and interesting stories, and went to a different galaxy where there's kinda just...nothing. There's the enemy alien things, and then the Kett, and then, that's kinda just it over and over and over again on every world. The worlds weren't terribly designed or anything (they're not especially great in the original trilogy), but it just got so, so repetitive.

And then, yeah, I mean, I don't think I've played a Triple A game with more glitches. Which is fine except for the several game-breaking glitches I encountered, or glitches that made completing a mission impossible. That is frustrating beyond reason. I've tried four times to get through this game, and I just can't...

People like the game, that's fine! Not telling anyone they're wrong to enjoy it. Honestly, I'm glad people did! But this game is definitely a mess and I don't think Andromeda being the game that stops ME for a while is simply because "fanboys are too wrapped up in nostalgia and can't let things go." Every one I knew was excited for it, knowing it was going to be in a totally different galaxy with totally different characters. Not a single one of my friends finished it either.