And this is why they shut down the Bioware Social Network.

The whole making-fun-of-Andromeda thing was fun until I read comments on some of the videos on YouTube. An alarming amount seem convinced that the reason for the technical faults is beacuse ‘SJWs have taken over Bioware and destroyed the game.” Seriously, that is some insane conspiratorial nonsense. It’s also insanely…

You don’t seem to understand the fucking colossal effort it takes to make a AAA game.

This is the gaming mainstream. This sort of thing is accepted and defended basically anywhere games are discussed. Video games have the worst fanbase

You both painted Manveer as a racist (he fights against bigotry), while simultaneously made the insinuation that maybe this woman deserves it, because she makes art pieces that decry patriarchy.

Yeah, how dare Kotaku link this to GamerGate! Just because it was started by a guy with direct ties to GamerGate and GG has a LONG and well known history of harassment campaigns exactly like this!

You know, I used to wish I had gotten into the gaming business. I’m glad I never chased that particular dream now, honestly. I can’t even muster an ounce of surprise at this garbage, which is the most depressing part of all of this. I didn’t even need to see who was getting focus fired on to know it was a woman.

I’ll make fun of the animations all day, not the people that worked on the game though. two different things.

There’s always someone who comes in to rationalize shitty behavior.

Not only is this despicable, it’s testament to how ignorant and stupid these cretins are. Bad animation can be the result of slow tools, unfriendly tech, limited staff resources, and countless other factors (including but not limited to the fact that getting human faces to feel “human” is really friggin’ hard). That’s…

Wow do I hate gamers like this. I know there are bad apples in every kind of hobby/fandom/whatever, but man oh man is this particular brand of bullshit getting way too common for my liking.

A lot of these responses are coming from people who haven’t touched the game. Also consider that these people are deliberately searching for faults for the sake of doing so.

Remember you “heard”. A lot of this is extreme overreaction and remember this is the internet.

Well, I’m actually playing the game, and am enjoying it quite a bit.

The occasional wonky animations aside, I’m having a blast with the game so far, 4 hours in. Don’t understand the vehement hate the game is receiving before it’s even released.

Yep this is a totally logical response to a few glitches. GTA, Uncharted, Assassins Creed and other major releases NEVER had funny/weird glitches in them. What a waste of time it was to play those games.

Been playing early access via EA Access. Pretty much haven’t seen any of the wacky shit that people keep giffing and posting. In fact aside from the “Addison” character who definitely has a case of stone cold robot face and a slightly janky sprinting animation I’ve been pretty impressed so far. I’m gonna chalk it up…

My theory is that Bioware had a run of industry leading games. So when they don’t literally change the way RPGs are made/played it’s considered inferior. Also, people on the internet love to complain, and I’ve seen only a few whinier fanbases than the Bioware one.

The internet is a shitty place.

Why are people this surprised?
Has Mass Effect EVER had great facial animation?

It was a god damn meme for YEARS. (Shep face).
I really don’t give a crap about it. Could be a production compromise.
But i play this game for the story, dialog, settings and scenery.