{"id":116215,"date":"2017-03-20T10:29:15","date_gmt":"2017-03-20T08:29:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=116215"},"modified":"2017-03-20T10:30:35","modified_gmt":"2017-03-20T08:30:35","slug":"mass-effect-andromeda-is-not-the-first-to-make-mistakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/116215-mass-effect-andromeda-is-not-the-first-to-make-mistakes","title":{"rendered":"Mass Effect: Andromeda is not the first to make mistakes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There is something going on with the gaming community at the moment that has to be addressed.<\/p>\n<p>I have never given into the whole &#8220;entitled gamers always complain&#8221; scene, but this past week has shown a disturbing amount of disrespect, that has left me ashamed of the great community that I have been part of my whole life.<\/p>\n<p>The negativity, the constant bickering, and dear lord the YouTube comments. All this because some media outlets in the United States went on the &#8220;bad press is good press&#8221; path and slammed Mass Effect for its flaws, especially its unfortunate facial animations.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, I have to agree that the game&#8217;s animations are a bit robotic, and perhaps the bugs might be present in the current builds we have seen online, but sadly\u00a0it only takes a small set of entitled media to bring a game to its knees.<\/p>\n<p>Mass Effect has never had the best animations, both character and facial movements, and we can compare the current game to the second installment all we want.<\/p>\n<p>Bad is bad, regardless of how many years we have advanced in tech and gaming.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Mass Effect Andromeda - AAA Gaming Experience\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/p-msmx9yW5Q?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The biggest concern for me is just how we have blown this out of proportion. I know the Mass Effect fans are hardcore, hell I am one, but this is just gone to far.<\/p>\n<p>In the past few years alone, we have experienced games that have looked worse than poor Andromeda.<\/p>\n<p>Bethesda has not changed their engine since Fallout 3, so when Fallout 4 was released, the game looks dated as ever.<\/p>\n<p>NPC animations are robotic, conversations look like you are talking to a painting rather than a person, and the bugs, let us not even go there.<\/p>\n<p>The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt stood as one of the most gorgeous games of its day, but it too had issues here and there with forgettable character interactions and hilarious NPCs.<\/p>\n<p>But in a game with as much hype as Witcher, the downgraded visuals, bugs, and unpolished animations were sidelined.<\/p>\n<p>The Elder Scrolls: Online is still one of the most popular MMOs around, but have you ever actually played it?<\/p>\n<p>While you are doing a dungeon, it looks like you and your teammates are puppets flying around the room with no clear animation paths or transitions.<\/p>\n<p>Let us not forget the conversations that take place where you are subjected to sitting and watching these characters try and be emotional with a straight face.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Mass-Effect-Andromeda-Ryder.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-110198\" src=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Mass-Effect-Andromeda-Ryder.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Mass-Effect-Andromeda-Ryder.jpg 800w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Mass-Effect-Andromeda-Ryder-230x130.jpg 230w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Mass-Effect-Andromeda-Ryder-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Mass-Effect-Andromeda-Ryder-640x360.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>What I am trying to say is that it seems we think that gaming has all of a sudden advanced 10 years to a time where these things should not happen, and everything is flawless.<\/p>\n<p>What happened to just gaming for the sake of gaming? We loved the previous Mass Effect games to bits, with all their issues, the linear gameplay, and stiff combat.<\/p>\n<p>Andromeda aside, this kind of behavior is shameful.<\/p>\n<p>Just when you think that it is done and dusted, the ripple effect is felt throughout the industry, in ever corner of it, and things get ugly.<\/p>\n<p>The so-called &#8220;lead animator&#8221; for the game was harassed online by fans.<\/p>\n<p>She received some rather nasty tweets accusing her of offering sexual favors in order to land her job at Bioware.<\/p>\n<p>Seriously, is this how upset we get when our game does not live up to our unrealistic goals? We clearly forgot to treat humans like humans.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/joshgraham704\/status\/843487689173336064?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw<\/p>\n<p>With the Mass Effect: Andromeda reviews live already, critics are focusing heavily on the technical issues in the game.<\/p>\n<p>Again this is yet another ripple effect from the original negativity the game faced last week. Sure it is our job to deliver the best honest approach in reviews, but a Bioware game without bugs?<\/p>\n<p>What time are we living in? Most of the reviews are a clear indication that the game has a great story and is a true Mass Effect experience, bar a few glitches here and there.<\/p>\n<p>What I am trying to get across is that you don&#8217;t need to follow the herd with these types of situations. Take a step back and look at the fuller picture.<\/p>\n<p>You have media who live on hits, talking negatively about a game for those hits, which causes an uproar in gaming, and everyone gets hurt because fans cannot see further than the forums they sit on all day.<\/p>\n<p>I will be playing Andromeda all week, and all month if need be.<\/p>\n<p>I am sure it will be a stunning Mass Effect experience, give or take a few funny moments here and there thanks to the weird bugs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What do you think of Mass Effect: Andromeda? Let us know in the comments and forum.<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4><strong>Now read:<a href=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/hardware\/116197-amd-ryzen-7-vs-intel-core-i7-gaming-performance-comparison.html\" target=\"_blank\"> AMD Ryzen 7 vs Intel Core i7 \u2013 gaming performance comparison<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The gaming community has gone too far this time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":213,"featured_media":116217,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,3,11681,4],"tags":[427,6316,14382,807,1853,8657,10065],"class_list":["post-116215","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-features","category-pc","category-playstation","category-xbox","tag-bioware","tag-fallout-4","tag-mass-effect-andromeda","tag-pc-gaming","tag-playstation4","tag-the-witcher-3-wild-hunt","tag-xbox-one"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116215","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/213"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=116215"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116215\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":116219,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116215\/revisions\/116219"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/116217"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=116215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=116215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}