Mass Effect BioWare Montreal's Mass Effect: Andromeda - where element zero meets trisomy 21

[Astral Rag]

How to actually enjoy Mass Effect: Andromeda

Looks like that shipment of Doritos finally arrived at Eurogamer HQ.

 

[Dexter]

Polygon provides the In-depth coverage - "Mass Effect's most bangable aliens, ranked": https://archive.fo/lU6HN

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Kotaku - Here's How Mass Effect: Andromeda Handles Sex and Romance: http://archive.is/zKw8O
Arse Technica - The correct alien sex choices in the Mass Effect trilogy: http://archive.is/gek4h
Autostraddle - Mass Effect Characters, Ranked By Bangability: http://archive.is/VGX9E

 

[RangerBoo]

Polygon provides the In-depth coverage - "Mass Effect's most bangable aliens, ranked": https://archive.fo/lU6HN

garme jurnalizm!1

Kotaku - Here's How Mass Effect: Andromeda Handles Sex and Romance: http://archive.is/zKw8O
Arse Technica - The correct alien sex choices in the Mass Effect trilogy: http://archive.is/gek4h
Autostraddle - Mass Effect Characters, Ranked By Bangability: http://archive.is/VGX9E

Why... Just, why?

 

[Creamy Muffin]

The gays are pissed they can't fuck this thing.

But no such qualms about not being able to fuck the black guy, obviously.

Why would a gay person want to fuck an ugly space bunny?!

I know I wouldn't.

Also, its tragic that it's fine to show weird human alien intercourse explicitly, but two guys together are a no no. Fucking Bioshit.

 

[Creamy Muffin]

The gays are pissed they can't fuck this thing.

But no such qualms about not being able to fuck the black guy, obviously.

Why would a gay person want to fuck an ugly space bunny?!

I know I wouldn't.

Also, its tragic that it's fine to show weird human alien intercourse explicitly, but two guys together are a no no. Fucking Bioshit.

 

[bminorkey]

this game is so bad even for bioware

 

[Malpercio]

I swear you guys are more obsessed with Bioware romances than the people that I know are into this game, at this point.

There's nothing inherently bad with romances in an RPG. Problem is that Bioware do that stuff only to pander to a certain audience, and it is done in a way in which you have to flirt with them until you have the sex scene (treated as a quest reward), and then you've done with that character.
It's basically a chekbox on their list of "mandatory" stuff to insert in their product, nothing more.

Sounds like the average waifu game, including Codex beloved Witcher 1.

Now imagine if all that wasted time on retarded romances would have been spend on actual gameplay, animations and writing a non-retarded and at least slightly innovative story and maybe, just maybe, you understand why we shit so hard on these "romances". Nevermind the context as to how and why they came to be in the first place.

The game would still stuck because modern Bioware can't write for shit and no one left knows jack shit about designing a good game, news at 11.

I take this thread is a bunch of newfriends at their first big Bioware release surprised by the outcome.

 

[veevoir]

Polygon provides the In-depth coverage - "Mass Effect's most bangable aliens, ranked": https://archive.fo/lU6HN

garme jurnalizm!1

Kotaku - Here's How Mass Effect: Andromeda Handles Sex and Romance: http://archive.is/zKw8O
Arse Technica - The correct alien sex choices in the Mass Effect trilogy: http://archive.is/gek4h
Autostraddle - Mass Effect Characters, Ranked By Bangability: http://archive.is/VGX9E

Why... Just, why?

Sex sells.. but who's buying.

 

[Sykar]

I swear you guys are more obsessed with Bioware romances than the people that I know are into this game, at this point.

There's nothing inherently bad with romances in an RPG. Problem is that Bioware do that stuff only to pander to a certain audience, and it is done in a way in which you have to flirt with them until you have the sex scene (treated as a quest reward), and then you've done with that character.
It's basically a chekbox on their list of "mandatory" stuff to insert in their product, nothing more.

Sounds like the average waifu game, including Codex beloved Witcher 1.

Now imagine if all that wasted time on retarded romances would have been spend on actual gameplay, animations and writing a non-retarded and at least slightly innovative story and maybe, just maybe, you understand why we shit so hard on these "romances". Nevermind the context as to how and why they came to be in the first place.

The game would still stuck because modern Bioware can't write for shit and no one left knows jack shit about designing a good game, news at 11.

I take this thread is a bunch of newfriends at their first big Bioware release surprised by the outcome.

Who is surprised here?

 

[an Administrator]

That pink alien actually looks better than most female NPCs of the game.

 

[donkeymong]

I swear you guys are more obsessed with Bioware romances than the people that I know are into this game, at this point.

There's nothing inherently bad with romances in an RPG. Problem is that Bioware do that stuff only to pander to a certain audience, and it is done in a way in which you have to flirt with them until you have the sex scene (treated as a quest reward), and then you've done with that character.
It's basically a chekbox on their list of "mandatory" stuff to insert in their product, nothing more.

Sounds like the average waifu game, including Codex beloved Witcher 1.

Now imagine if all that wasted time on retarded romances would have been spend on actual gameplay, animations and writing a non-retarded and at least slightly innovative story and maybe, just maybe, you understand why we shit so hard on these "romances". Nevermind the context as to how and why they came to be in the first place.

Bethesda "rpgs" didnt have romances, yet the gameplay and storytelling are mediocre at best. So thats not a valid reason and its not that Bioware put
much effort in the relationships. Its basicly "We bang, okay" .

 

[Menckenstein]

Can't wait for their return to KOTOR single player with their current development team. Gay droids, trans wookiees, social justice ewoks, gender fluid pansexual Jedi chosen ones, romancing hutts (HAES) and the animation and writing quality that makes the average shit on tumblr and deviant art look like Weta Workshop.

 

[Azalin]

Can't wait for their return to KOTOR single player with their current development team. Gay droids,

A bit late for that

 

[Talby]

The new alien design, the pink thing, is really bad. I never thought much of the original Mass Effect aliens like Salarians and Turians, but next to this new thing they look cool and original.

It's just a mess, and it looks like it's from a completely different series, not Mass Effect.

 

[Menckenstein]

Can't wait for their return to KOTOR single player with their current development team. Gay droids,

A bit late for that

He just acts gay to get chicks.

 

[salaciousbcrumb]

daily reminder

That guy looks like what would happen if a character created Christian Bale version of Shephard fucked a Turian and they had a lovechild.

 

[Hoaxmetal]

The new alien design, the pink thing, is really bad. I never thought much of the original Mass Effect aliens like Salarians and Turians, but next to this new thing they look cool and original.

It's just a mess, and it looks like it's from a completely different series, not Mass Effect.

Might you say that it looks... alien?

 

[Talby]

The new alien design, the pink thing, is really bad. I never thought much of the original Mass Effect aliens like Salarians and Turians, but next to this new thing they look cool and original.

It's just a mess, and it looks like it's from a completely different series, not Mass Effect.

Might you say that it looks... alien?

No, it looks like a costume from an episode of Babylon 5.

 

[Blaine]

BioWare aren't limited to costumes and makeup as were the producers of Star Trek, Babylon 5, et cetera—and yet in their only truly original modern IP, virtually all of the aliens are Foreheads of the Week, hominids with human-like features and shit glued on. The hanar are the one exception.

 

[veevoir]

He looks like a weaboo kind of alien, for starters. I can't pinpoint the source, but the overall vibe places him more in FF than ME.

 

[donkeymong]

BioWare aren't limited to costumes and makeup as were the producers of Star Trek, Babylon 5, et cetera—and yet in their only truly original modern IP, virtually all of the aliens are Foreheads of the Week, hominids with human-like features and shit glued on. The hanar are the one exception.

Rachni? The Thorian? Elcor? The Keepers? One could also argue that a humanoid stature is an advantage when developing\making tools.

 

[Lazing Dirk]

BioWare aren't limited to costumes and makeup as were the producers of Star Trek, Babylon 5, et cetera—and yet in their only truly original modern IP, virtually all of the aliens are Foreheads of the Week, hominids with human-like features and shit glued on. The hanar are the one exception.

At least when it comes to anything you can speak with, yes, though there is the elcor too; they're pretty amusing in places. I guess you do also talk to the rachni at queen one point, and the Thorian. All of these were pre-Andromeda though. I guess evolution in Andromeda wasn't as imaginative or something.

Edit: GODDAMN FUCKING NINJAS

 

[Dexter]

The new alien design, the pink thing, is really bad. I never thought much of the original Mass Effect aliens like Salarians and Turians, but next to this new thing they look cool and original.

It's just a mess, and it looks like it's from a completely different series, not Mass Effect.

 

[Blaine]

Rachni? The Thorian? Elcor? The Keepers? One could also argue that a humanoid stature is an advantage when developing\making tools.

Enemies don't count. God knows Star Trek had plenty of wacky alien monsters.

The Elcor are another, though. Fair point. Of course, they're completely unplayable and used as fairly minor NPCs.

 

[donkeymong]

Rachni? The Thorian? Elcor? The Keepers? One could also argue that a humanoid stature is an advantage when developing\making tools.

Enemies don't count. .

And the reason for this is...
The rachni queen isnt an enemy, by the way. She lost control over her offspring that turned insane because they where isolated from her. Neither are the Keepers.