For me it's not even the technical stuff. It's EA. They ruined the Mass Effect setting after buying Bioware.
Yes. Mass Effect 1 was awesome, one of my favorite games ever and is the only one from the series that I still replay from time to time. 2 started going down the wrong path, most notably with the boring Collector enemies as well as the focus on humans when it was the vast, diverse galaxy that made ME1 so interesting. 3 was even worse than 2.So to you, Mass Effect 2 and 3 were both "ruined"? To me, 2 was better than 1, and 3 was better than 2.
The game in its current state is good. Had it been released 6 months later, it would have been great. But once people start to criticize a game, everybody jumps on the bandwagon to say "oh, I hate it too!!".
Even though I payed full price (I pre-ordered it), I put 80 hours into the game. If I put 80 hours into a game, I am very rarely sad about putting $60 into it. Hard to find good entertainment for only 75 cents an hour.
Just got an email from Bioware "Celebrate the First of Mass Effect: Andromeda!" No thanks...
I played in the open beta/trial/whatever. Was disappointed but still held out hope that something wasn't included in the free trial.
Bought the game for $20 something...NOPE. Still bad. Got to the ice planet and stopped playing/uninstalled. It's a mess.
Finished it up- very good for $10. But I would have been very irritated if I had spend $60. Ending was nice, I did not pursue any romances- I think they made the characters terrible unattractive both physically and mentally to begin with. So why worry about "love" when you trying to save all sentient life forms in the Andromeda Galaxy from a fate worse than death - maybe I am just picky or getting old. LOL
I was ready to pull the trigger at $60 close to launch but then the reports started coming out the big problems of the game and I too a step back. Glad I did, it was essentially not finished. People who got it early should feel a bit ripped off.
And I agree with you about the characters, I mean.... why did they make the women so weird looking? I understand wanting to represent "average" looking women but the main female just looks strange.