Think the video is pretty harsh; any bugs I've encountered were readily fixed through a quick reload. The hyperbolic comments of 'buggiest game of all time' on the podcast or comments is kinda nuts; does nobody remember Arkham on PC or all the jank that came with every open world RPG before it? Roach on a house? No Mans Sky rendering? 20 fps on a 2017 console release of Zelda?
Seriously have run into maybe 3-4 bugs or weird animations in over 60 hours of ME:A on PC, so maybe a console issue, not sure. I guess AAA RPGs are just not popular or trending, going the way of the dodo RTS. I truly like crafting my own character, dialogue, and combat style; but critics hail linear 'here's-a-protagonist-kids-will-like' character focused games like Witcher 3 or Horizon Zero Dawn and consider them "Role Playing Games" when in reality they are action-adventure.
I used to think GiantBomb was pretty spot on with reviews; but Dan's latest 5/5 Zelda and Brad's 2/5 Mass Effect: Andromeda score have me honestly unsubscribing. I'll stick to the entertaining hijinks of the BeastCast to soothe the painful soul-sucking morning commute.
Guess I'm just getting old, to quote Meeseeks, "Your failures are your own, old man!" :(
Great review, hopefully get's EA to pay better attention to this great series; not just rush it out for Q2 financials. I can say it looks fantastic in 4k HDR on PC. But still more interesting to me to play right now than Zelda or Horizon Zero, sitting behind me at console couch; something about Epic Sci Fi RPGs, so good, and so few! Kinda bummed critics are so harsh on ME:A but give IGN 10/10 for Zelda at 20 fps, especially when there are just no great Sci Fi RPGs out there to even compare to.
No joke on the performance, it's like developers are optimizing for the 1% lately. Good review, bring the hammer down on the shoddy and minimal QA we've seen in the last few years in gaming. Maybe publishers and dev's will start throwing more funding at better QA and testing before going for a cash grab and 'fix it later' damage control marketing.
Cool article, brought to my attention Thea and Sorcerer. Now do one on where's our spiritual successor to Caesar series and Age of Empires! Historical Building games pls!
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