Mass Effect: Andromeda Is Better With Mods
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- Опубликовано: 20 июл 2024
- A journey across the stars always sounds fun, but even more so when you haven’t seen the sun in weeks. Stuck in my small apartment during a global pandemic, I recently became so desperate for an escape that I booted up Mass Effect Andromeda.
The deeply flawed sci-fi role-playing game was received poorly in 2017, and it remains to be frowned upon by many in the gaming community.
But it turns out that just a few mods can go a long way, as you’ll see in the video above.
Mods featured:
-Peebee Tweak (No Mask)
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-Addison Tweak:
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-Young Sloane
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-Balanced Weapons
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-Better Squad
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Alan Torres is a freelance Video Producer, and Kotaku is his favorite games site on the Citadel. Follow him here: @alan7615 
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I wouldn't mind a "Better With Mods" series
@Kotaku, this is a good idea. Make this a series, please and thank you
@Kotaku, please read this man, this along with Highlight Reel would be perfect
I agree I would watch that. Love to see some games that got so much hate get some love.
I want the paragon and renegade mod installed into the game.
tbh it should be a 'actually playable with mods' series.
"Let's fix the female pathfinder looking weird"
[changes the character completely]
The original was broken beyond repair.
Nah. It can be fixed with mods.
nail me to the cross for this but his sara looks like daddy issues the shape
Not saying she looks bad ;^)
@@7dayspking We can rebuild it, we have the technology.
From respectable space cadet to techno waifu
I found fixes for "odd character design": shows an Asari with eyebrows
@Roliçonho No, those are hairy
@@moonknightish glue on eyebrows.
Liara has eyebrows....
Wasn't it because PB was a mix of human and asari? Liara had look-alike/painted on eyebrows beause that was her character design choice, to make her expressions stand out more with them on.
@@xMarasx thats no how asari reproduction works... kroganborn asari dont look like krogan for example.
"I fixed the look of the Pathfinder."
*Makes Amanda Bynes E-Girl*
i thought she looked like Jennifer Lawrence dressed as AndrAIa from ReBoot lol
Yeah I'm not crazy about the big upper body tats and the blue hair....but hey.
@@davecam4863 I am, looks great.
Pretty sure shes suppose to be Chole from Life is Strange (if im remembering her name right)
I mean, still looks better though lol
In other words: Better when it's actually polished and a finished product
The game was repeatedly delayed no reason why it shouldn't have been polished they use their polishing time to make up for lost time because they were terrible developers and just a terrible team
@@Nathan-gj8ch yes, from what was reported it was one of the most poorly managed triple a games of all time
"finished product" by the mod community.
@@Nathan-gj8ch it doesnt help that EA ruined this game single handily. They Closed down the Studio that was making it mid way through,Fired half of Bioware Staff,then split up the rest of the Staff to Other studios across the globe. This game came down to like a Handful of people still working on it as EA forced bioware to make Anthem and this game at the same time,meanwhile Acquiring almost all resources over to Anthem,when Andromeda needed it most. it's not Bioware Fault this game bombed on launch,and how Anthem Died the day it was released. EA truly has earned the nickname Studio Killer as nearly every studio they by out closes not long after. EA uses Triple A titles for profit not love. They Forced Bioware to Rush the shit out of this all the while screwing them cause they wanted the Mass Effect Hype and knew how much money it would bring. They did the exact same shit with Dragon Age Inquisition. Without EA interfering with most of the studios games and forcing them to rush to launch......those games would all be master pieces.
Big videogaming conglomerates just generalize their sales like every conglomerate...milk the brand...quantity over quality...
I'm still pissed I never got closure on the Quarian Ark.
I was super keen on the Quarian Ark DLC too, but I was told a few months ago that they novelized it instead: Mass Effect: Annihilation. I still would've preferred the DLC, but the novel at least gives some closure on the matter
@@icemanfresh Wait, really? Damn I gotta get that book, that was the cruelest cliffhanger
There was a Quarian Ark? I'm still on my first playthrough (on the penultimate main quest) and I found all three arks, but Salarian, Turian, and Asari were the only ones that are mentioned. Never heard of another. Plus there are no Quarians on other Arks or Hyperion, too. I'm surprised.
@@innkeeperyoda I mean if I remember correctly (long time AFK) the Hyperion had four docking ports for arks, as it is shown on the animation when you land on it.
I think they were setting up for a sequel, which I was pumped for. But, EA said "Na. Single Player games are ded lmao."
"Mass Effect 2 is quite possibly my favorite game of all time."
Definitely same
Tbh most people love the 2nd.
I do too, the first was good but the buggy systems, lack luster graphics and annoying combat kinda bummed me on it.
@@nou8257 I just played the 1st for the story, loved the 2nd, didn't finish the 3rd for some reason.
@@ukko8457 exactly the same bud, exactly the same.
@@ukko8457 The reason is clear, you didn't want the journey to end and face a dissapointing ending.
I loved 3 more I did like andromeda for the graphics.
ME1-3 felt like star wars, fighting to save a galaxy. Andromeda feels like star trek, exploring the unknown. It really is phenomenal and deserves a trilogy of it's own. The game only bombed due to being a buggy unfinished mess. If they delayed it a few months it would've been received better. But greedy EA needs their money.
I've always thought exactly this^
ME1-3 feels like a big war against good and evil(star wars) while Andromeda is just about humans exploring space(Star Trek)
Yeah. Same shit happened to Cyberpunk. The 2010s were marred with this "get it out first" mentality.
that is a good way of looking at it it is more star trek but they took over a year to fix it thats an eternity for gamers and it got lost with all the new games comming out.
but now is a great time to pick it up its on origin game pass so its almost free.
if you use all of the mods that fix the weird animation jitters and bugs in andromeda, it actually starts to become a pretty fun game,
add the top 100 mods into the game after that and it becomes damn near as good as mass effect legendary edition (+250 mods)
There’s still some story issues I’d like them to correct, it felt very “safe”.
But I must agree Andromeda has so much potential.
Pretty sure making the protagonist Jennifer Lawrence helped a lot
Lol she is sexy though
Flying ambulances do exist.
They are called air ambulances, helicopters with ambulance equipment.
And they cost you 30k to use (I know from personal experience).
What an improvement.
ha this one didn't appear in lots of scrolling, then I posted the same thing and suddenly its near the top. To Dragon Red: I doubt it costs anything near me because UK NHS BEE-ATCH. :P
Planes too. A friend of mine used to fly one.
@@dragons_red Yeah I was fucked up in a wreck a while back and for a 5 minute helicopter ride to the hospital the cost was 40,000 dollars. Like what the actual fuck.
@@AlMcpherson79 costs you in taxes. You pay for it one way or another.
Starting a "One More Try" or "Better with Mods" series would be awesome.
makes pathfinder walk around in a sports bra
guys i fixed the game's protagonist lol
Im the god damn Pathfinder. If I can't walk around half naked then wtf am I doing helpin people make a home
@Timothy Dexter ...At home, when the only person around is their loved one. And even then, it's not all the time.
Dude made his pathfinder a fucking egirl
@@joshb4898 you can play as both genders, but the character models are shit
@@TheNpcNoob Male and E-girl?
humanity was on the brink of progress and enlightenment
but then some dude invented tik tok
hu.. the stupidity started with Vine and MySpace
,🤣🤣🤣🤣
Nah twitter and facebook are the mistakes
Maybe , just maybe people should've got more interested in Google circles or Google Plus .. I know , i know .. But now , they seem like a better idea to migrate to and ditch the current ones and leave them for the masses .
By dude you mean China, and by progress and enlightenment you mean more Kardassians and what exactly?
modding begins at 3:55.
Save those near four minutes and skip to the mods
Thank you. Half the run time or damn near.
I was getting frustrated at the college level essay padding with sentimental garbage.
this comment deserves more thumbs up than the video
The one big issue with Andromeda can't be fixed with mods: You're a pathfinder, but on every planet you land there's already a town established. And NPCs treat you like their pizza delivery guy.
So, the same problem with Dragon Age Inquisition!?
@@MadAtreides1 Yepp. Both games created after the old BioWare was no more. And you can definitely tell the huge downgrade in quality.
@@MadAtreides1 Yes and DA Inquisition was also bad.
@@franciscor390 Not as bad as Andromeda I think. DA Inquisition actually had a decent story line and good side characters. There’s just way to many tedious fetch quests and things of that sort. Also they shouldn’t have gone with the big open maps approach. Just keep the maps small and focus on the story like Origins did.
@@spectralassassin6030 Andromeda was nearly 90% EA interns rebranded as BW, because what was left of BW was reasigned to slave at the garbage Anthem. EA has no clue whatsoever about running a gaming business. They're only interested in profits.
Writing and character development were what killed this for me, not graphics, animation, or combat. If something fixes the depth and feel of the npc's I'd be all for trying it again
Same here. Bioware managed to botch the 2 things that carried this franchise in the first place, which as you point out, is the Writing and the Characters. It seemed they updated the graphics and opened up the gameplay, but it seemed hallow cause the writing was poor.
[Small spoilers ahead]
"H,i I'm Ryder"
"Hi, I'm Hainly Abrams and I'm trans. I came from Jupiter and I fled to an entirely different galaxy to escape the oppression back home... Even though there's an entire race of single-gendered people who frequently engage in interspecies intercourse that no-one has a problem with."
See, this is how you know when they were trying too hard to make a statement on societal concepts. Hainly had no reason at all to reveal that information given that she was so badly ostracized that she left the fucking galaxy over it. More than that, she wears this on her sleeve as though it's her defining characteristics - as though it's the only thing that makes her unique. They had a golden opportunity to feature a trans character and have it work but fucked it up so badly that it not only came off as obtuse but it defied even the character's own logic. You know where it did work though? Dragon Age Inquisition, where you don't even know the character is trans until you build up significant trust with them and they let it slip BECAUSE they trust you not to abuse that information.
Andromeda dropped the ball something fierce. They put writing and character development second to bludgeoning you over the head with real world social problems, thus creating an ironically justified disdain for the very thing they were trying to open peoples' minds to.
EDIT: And these concepts are nothing new to Mass Effect. The entire fucking point of the original trilogy was to offer you, the player, the opportunity to embrace interspecies (see: interracial) unity to overcome seemingly impossible odds and they showed that yes, it is a hard thing to accomplish. The Krogan hate the Turians and the Salarians for the genophage; the humans are at odds with the Turians over the first contact war. Hell, Quarians can't even EXIST on The Citadel without someone turning their nose up at them and accusing them of petty thievery. But you as Shepard can defy that and show that these issues CAN be overcome with enough time and effort as long as SOMEONE is willing to get the ball rolling. Whereas Andromeda is just like, "Yeah, these problems exist, don't you feel sorry for these people? You should."
10000% agree
I got some MCU and Joss Whedon vibes from the writing. I like those things but it didn’t suit ME at all.
@@mirsolis4992 The same ones who wrote & produced the Citadel DLC were responsible for Andromeda, which explains A LOT. While the light-heartedness worked for the DLC (because at this point, the characters had EARNED the chance to be like that), Andromeda starts off with it and then never really seems to take the circumstances seriously. Constant quips and snappy comebacks don't work if there isn't any depth of character.
And there weren't any depths.
This game still has potential but it needs to take itself seriously first.
Now if only these mods were available for the ps4 version...
Considering what a stink Sony made when Bethesda tried to make Skyrim moddable on PS4 I'm not surprised.
@@singjai108 No doubt lol. The amount of mods you can get on Xbox compared to PS4 is just kinda disappointing. Sony doesn't even let you change basic meshes because it breaks their terms and agreements, so the mods you get on PS4 are literal things that are already in the game, just changed.
that's one of the reasons im not buying a console for big games.... cause its not "HDable"
just buy PC 4Head
@WITE FOX I think everyone can enjoy gaming on a Pc, i mean u still can use or TV and sit und ur Couch if u want to and all that kinda stuff. But i get it, i can understand why people don't wanna buy a pc, especially now with all that overpriced shit everywhere.
I lost it when they turned the Asari's in to Ogres
"I found myself comparing it to the first Mass Effect" Finally someone realized it. I really liked Andromeda, 5 playthroughs, with and without mods. Still bummed about the Quarian Arc and the Benefactor...
andromeda had great inspiration from mass effect 1, the planets, the mako, and gameplay, i believe that mass effect andromeda was what mass effect 2 should have been, if it weren't so undercooked.
Shieeeeet.....I felt like that when Andromeda first dropped. Everyone wanted to compare it to ME2 and ME3 when I thought it was supposed to be compared to ME1. It was the first of a new (supposed)trilogy, new characters, new setting.....it was very obviously rushed and the subsequent information that came out only further solidified my belief that Andromeda was set up to fail but if the backlash hadn't been as severe, we might've gotten that DLC or even a sequel for BioWare to right the ship
Same here I enjoyed it when it came out and I find myself enjoying Andromeda the more I play it. It wasn't perfect and certainly needed those fixes but the backlash was pretty over the top. Had it been less vocal they may have been able to get the DLC out and the series would not have been shelved. Hopefully when they do pick up the incredible Mass Effect story back up they will give it the time and resources it needs to succeed, such an incredible title deserves no less.
When I compared it to the first Mass Effect, Andromeda just looked worse lol what game were you playing.
@@42crazyguy i liked both for different reasons ^^
Some things were done better in ME1, and some others Andromeda did better. Their common points are the fact that both were introductions to a new narrative universe, with Andromeda getting the short end of the stick because EA got scared and pulled the plug prematurely.
This was one of the first games I got for my PS4. I never played Mass Effect 1-3 so I didn’t have any comparison but I loved it because all the hyped games were FPS (I actually don’t really like Call of Duty). But Andromeda scratched a particular gaming itch I had and I spent DAYS playing it. I’ve sense built a pretty big PS4 game collection but Andromeda still holds a place in my heart.
Now go play mass effect 1-3
It served its purpose then. The goal with the game was draw in new fans
Good job now go play mass effect 1-3 they just remaster
We are typically the same in this case
I only ever played ME2 but it was one addicting experience
I just finished Andromeda last night after getting into it finally after multiple tries over the years. I had a handful of mods, which obviously helped, but I think pushing myself to just do the big things and ignoring the menial tasks really improves the game. The loyalty missions are great, even Liam's who I never used as a companion otherwise. The bigger side quests are good, too, and most of them give good depth to the locations and people. Most of the main story missions are good, especially the final two with all the remnant shenanigans. My post-game glow may fade, but I really, really loved the final mission because it felt like a culmination of the relationships and decisions I'd made along the way, which is what made me love the endings of ME2 and ME3.
This video was very well made. Wow. More of this please.
Thank you for the kind words!
Doing the quest where you needed to save that woman from that extremely contagious disease to prevent an outbreak in the Nexus hits different now that I replayed it in 2020
“Straight forward quests” ME2’s & 3’s linear path quests are the best ones, this is why ME2 is the best game in the series. Great areas to explore without too much dead space and copy and paste sections. I can’t stress again that I do not want to drive a shitty tank around a copy and paste planet 10 times picking up collectibles and other shit, the only acceptable Mako bits in ME1 were the one’s where it was just a Point A to B kinda setup.
I hope we return to ME2 &3 mission styles in ME4.
The writing is really good in ME2, the story is tight and gripping. But ME1 is a true RPG to be honest
@@sweet_xylitol7814 it can be a true RPG all it wants, it still bored me to death in a good few sections 😂
@@MrHulaHoops Same tbh. Even the moon AI mission it's cool in a narrative sense, but gameplay sucks
@@sweet_xylitol7814 yeah, I didn’t play that first time round but I did everything on my legendary play through, I enjoyed it as a game, but ME2 for me is pinnacle. Really enjoyed ME3 a lot more than I remembered too!
I loved andromida.. sooo upset ill never get to see the quarian ark
@@scottstrife7604 The Annihilation novel was more a prequel to the Qaurian Ark DLC they still have not arrived in Andromeda by the end.
Doesnt mean the game was any good!
@@thecopercoper5533 Its pretty good. No way near as bad as people made it out to be.
@@thecopercoper5533 the game is good. Story is kinda wonky at parts and some missions don't connect well with the overall story at all. It's no Mass Effect 2, shit ME3 is trash compared to ME2.
The quarians weren’t a council race and had their embassy taken away on the citadel for creating the geth. I highly doubt there was a quarian ark.
Wow Peebee is very different without the mask. A lot better overall.
I wonder if there is a mod to make all the assaris have different faces.
@@CesarinPillinGaming as a matter of fact there is )
@@CJIEnOuBOBR nice, I'm going to have to check the mod station and reinstall Andromeda. I hope there is also a cooldown mod for biotic powers. I miss real combos.. biotic action is so slow in Andromeda.
@@CesarinPillinGaming Really? Doesn't feel that way once you're deep in the skill tree. I'm like Pennywise when I play. They all float down here. Then go boom. 😁
Honestly I prefer the original Peebee. I think she was one of the better designs in the vanilla game.
Is there a mod to make a more interesting villain?
It’s like he’s straight from a ‘60’s western,.... just simply bad for the sake of being bad,.... no depth or counter narrative,... just plain and simple “meeee baaad”
I want one where I can space Peebee out the airlock.
@@sarasunshinemt4444 Javik taught you well
andromeda is more like a Spinoff instead of main rpg story.
sometimes i think about all the artists and Mass Effect lovers that worked on the project, told their bosses that the game was not ready, desperately worked extra hours to give the game a chance, and then cried when the game came out, knowing full well that it was not ready and they were letting everyone down.
FUUUUUCK that hits hard
Damnit EA Executives!! They need to be replaced with who people actually know what their Game Studios want and need for Game Development along with time
(They would make way more money if they made more finished and polished games but it's late for that now)
@@y3l10wflash6 we never hear what the developers have to say about a failed release. we only hear the apologies and excuses from the executives...
@@MrFarkasOfficial very true
What Reshade are you using? Looks incredible. And can we get a full modlist please?
ikr. this fucker posted featured mods but didnt include the create a character he was using and a more
Nexus mods is easy to use , but i can't figure out what to do with Frosty mod manager .
@Eric obv he made the sandwich
@Eric Hi! I actually center most of my content around modding! Using frosty mod manager, I used mods like Shorter landing cinematics, peebee tweak, mea fixpack, better squad, faster kadara doors, shut up SAM, romance for all, road rage, massively increased inventory size, headphones be gone, more skill points per level, suvi tweak, lush lashes, character creation overhaul, nomad top speed increase, increased weapon range, lexi tweak, asari tweaks, MEA Performance tweaks, hyper mobility, Addison tweak, powers boasted and balances, gil and Reyes tweaks, various squadmates and npc outfit recolors, femsheppings hair color edits, no profile switching cooldown, turian makeover, more skill points, young sloane, fast mining, push down camera, right in the eye, plain athletic wear, pathfinder armor changes, jaal armor mod, and I think that's it!
I am using a custom profile that balanced looks with how much it was taxing my PC so it didn't chug lol, but as for my mods, here they are!
Using frosty mod manager, I used mods like Shorter landing cinematics, peebee tweak, mea fixpack, better squad, faster kadara doors, shut up SAM, romance for all, road rage, massively increased inventory size, headphones be gone, moskill points per level, suvi tweak, lush lashes, character creation overhaul, nomad top speed increase, increased weapon range, lexi tweak, asari tweaks, MEA Performance tweaks, hyper mobility, Addison tweak, powers boasted and balances, gil and Reyes tweaks, various squadmates and npc outfit recolors, femsheppings hair color edits, no profile switching cooldown, turian makeover, more skill points, young sloane, fast mining, push down camera, right in the eye, plain athletic wear, pathfinder armor changes, jaal armor mod, and I think that's it!
Desperate for a new one, after finishing the 3rd Witcher game. But this entry is the final push for me to play this game again; I've been moving toward it for a while, but this was the final push. Thanks for that. I saw the flaws as well, but I looked at what I enjoyed and focused on that. I'll do that again.
EA play on Thursday, rumours are that they're announcing ME trilogy remaster and a new ME game
@@jack9315 or not?
@@coffeebreakhero3743 yep, whelp 😭
Weapons & armor crafting in Andromeda were TOP NOTCH! Best part of the entire game, IMO...
@@jack9315 I think they are still doing a remaster though, and hopefully the new ME game will take the series back to it's glory days. Minus that BS ending of the third one. Thank god for that Happy Ending Mod.
“I want to explore”
hasnt even been to the front door.
Man seriously is so good to hear someone like you how has an open mind and don't talk of the game as it should be instead of how it is. XDD
I played at the day one, the game wasn’t the best mass effect but I liked it and I couldn’t wait for a sequel or good dlcs
Yeah... Honestly, I can almost guarantee one of the major reasons people hated it so much was due to being so butthurt by ME3's ending. People are petty like that. They already chose to crucify a game that was 99% masterpiece, due to the 1% they didn't like. Definitely wouldn't put it past them to refuse to acknowledge anything good about the next game, while simultaneously shining a spotlight on any perceived faults. Andromeda was doomed from the get go, regardless of some of the more valid complaints. Even for those that WERE valid (animations, the game being rushed, etc.), none of them were big enough to warrant how much hate the game garnered, IMO.
Then there were some complaints that I felt were just outright stupid.. Like with character creation. Does anyone not remember how terrible character creation was in the original trilogy? Taking off any rose-colored nostalgia goggles, I swear you needed a miracle to make Shepard look halfway decent. Whereas I had no trouble at all making my Sara Ryder look really, really damn good in comparison. She was, dare I say, HOT, even. About the only thing I felt could've been done better in that regard are the facial hair options for the men.
@@H34rtofFire It's curious how you blame the fans and not Bioware for making such a terrible game with ME3. So terrible that they felt forced to go into another galaxy to hide from the world-destroying plots and potholes of the previous game.
They never should've implied the player choices mattered in ME3...
@@H34rtofFire the Game was rushed, animations were horrible, planets were too big and boring, confusing rpg elements, bland characters (with a few exceptions) and a predictable story with a Hollywood villain.
@@H34rtofFire I believe 95% of the hate Andromeda recieved was completely valid and had nothing to do with ME3. People were stoked and hyped for Andromeda, but the game was a complete mess. Animations were worse than Mass Effect 1, the tone was all over the place, voice acting was mediocre at best, unskippable transitions, horrible menu layout, bugs, completely uninteresting story and world, bullet sponge enemies, uninteresting companions (to say the least, some are outright stupid and boring), the list is endless.
I literally (Yes, literally) can't think of anything I genuinely liked about Andromeda except for the jetpack. And coincidentally that's also the only thing I remember of my 20 hours of playtime with it, until I quit out of disinterest.
Oh and that character creation screen in the original trilogy was 8 to 13 years ago depending on the game, Andromeda objectively had a worse looking protagonist 5 years after the last mass effect.
I replayed the whole Mass Effect series and I restarted Andromeda now. After the difficult choices of ME3, I am glad to play Andromeda and reading the prequel book made it even better!
Andromeda is still one of my favorites. I longingly looked at the maps and wanted more habitable planets out there, even asteroid rocks that have renegade miners. Some planets you cannot go back to once you pass a certain point. You cannot go back to Habitat 7 (the first planet you land on),nor can you go back to Meridian or find the rest of the arks.
I still love the original series because its the most fun I’ve had playing a character. ME:A was just ok. Maybe heavily modded I’d enjoy it more. Shep vs Pathfinder? Shep wins for me. I know many are tired of Shepard... I’m the opposite. I’d like more Shepard please.
Who could be tired of Shepard?
Im not tired of Sheppard either! But im okay with the idea of a new protag, but keep it in the Milky Way or its not really Mass Effect.
I mean on my playthrough of me3, Shep took a breath as he laid there bleeding out. But me4 would probably be fighting krogans that are trying to take over a mostly destroyed galaxy while trying to rebuild. Andromeda being 600 years later could still be a series of it's own but I'm not sure they left much story for Shepard other than a galactic civil war for the ashes left from the reapers, Which could be a decent storyline, but the red blue green endings of 3 would probably created continuity issues that people would throw temper tantrums over.
@@timothygrulke1308 Nah,, this attempt of protag its a deliver pizza guy in every planet every conversation. i suggest fix your tastes urgent
@@sabriinahlipps what, had a stroke or something?
I started playing this again waiting for MELE. For some reason I stuck with it it now and found it has amazing moments!
Fun fact... you can mod the other 3 Mass Effect games and make them for yourself. Also, all games are on sale on Origin right now till June 18!
Any chance we can get a list of specific recommended mods?
Uuuh... You'd be hard pressed to find a game that ISN'T better with mods.
A more accurate title is "Actually worth playing with mods"
@@zippo718 Eh, your mileage may vary. I found it perfectly serviceable without mods. Not great, but certainly better than that jumbled mess that was Mass Effect 3.
I agree the mods would improve the graphics's qualities, but some of the writing and voice acting I assume persist as of launch, and those were myriad with poor judgements. Still, I am glad the mods can refresh the game and make it more enjoyable for some
Spot on. I went into the game with an open mind, ignoring all the terrible press at the time.
Eventually, I gave up.
I disliked basically every character (certainly a first in a Bioware game), the story did not not capture me at all, and the core gameplay was a drag (open world vehicle nonsense and 3d-platforming).
None of that could be fixed with mods.
I had the pre-order. Played all the way through and I didn’t like it. Then I went to check out what everyone else thought about, and was surprised to see how many felt the same.
All right, you’ve twisted my arm enough. I’ll pick up the game again. Might just start a new game because I have no idea where I left off when I got distracted by other games.
I feel the story has weight just by hearing the intro. So i'll give it a try, what mod is a must try without affecting my fps?
“Grand scale” - 1 alien species on 2 planets + their husk form
I picked this game up on a recent weekend Steam sale. Knowing it had bugs ahead of time left me shaking my head at times. But at the end of the day, the story, while rote, was deeply enjoyable. Once you make guns (and the game is designed around you making your own weapons) that fit your play style, the combat is smooth and challenging enough for a cover shooter. The voice acting has highs and lows, like most work of late. That said, I finished my first play through with 98% completion (a couple of random item spawn quests bugged and wouldn't produce the needed items to continue). I sat back and digested the ending for about 5 minutes, then made a new Pathfinder and started fresh. I can't help but blame cancel culture for the lambasting of this game. Had the nerd rage been quieted, most of the tweak and balance mods you speak of would have likely been addressed in patches. I really recommend folks try this game out again, quirks and all. And maybe one day a game will nail a drinking animation.
The likely problem was the deep DEEP disappointment of the fans. Now, if they hadn't of played this game up as being a direct successor of Mass Effect, it would have been different, I suppose.
The bugs and glitches just seemed to be salt in the wound, you know?
I ended up playing all the way thru twice (with several starts that ended up going nowhere) and have been thinking of going thru again.
I don't hate it, its an ok game, but it isn't Mass Effect.
After 1,2 and 3. The writing and character development didn't hold up in Andromeda. ME1 was loved past its terrible graphics and buggy AI. Why? Because the story and characters.
It’s funny you mention the voice acting, bc I didn’t find that so much a problem as the voice DIRECTION. The issue with the voices is that it’s almost like it wasn’t explained to the actors what was happening in some of the scenes they were in, or what dialogue they were responding to. It’s even more obvious when you have subtitles on and you see how the lines should have been delivered.
I love Mass Effect one of gaming's most incredible and Iconic titles. I really hope they start making more games soon and get us the Remaster of the original trilogy we all real want. Such an awesome title should never have been shelved but given the time and resources it deserves to get the story and adventure back on track. More Mass Effect!!!!!
I highly suggest using the ALOT texture mods. I'm currently replaying the original trilogy on the PC and it really brought the older games to life.
@Joe Mama Yeah its nice when your hopes for the future come true 😁
My face is tired from staring at all these amazing mods.
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what is this mod? I need this mod for the appearance of the main character.
actually really liked anromeda
Lynch him....... Joke aside, Andromeda was a failure of a "Mass Effect" title. Having said that it does have characters and moments I did like.
ME A was a “stand alone” it would have been considered a “good” game,... but the title riding on the backs of absolute perfection games is what made the community alll “grumpiepoo”
where's highlight reel? :(
I pushed the show back. Will be back Thursday!
@@kotaku good luck! And have a great week
"across the street from the world trade" and suddenly I feel old. Thank you for that.
Wonderful presentation! Loved the way everything was so beautifully explained! Well done! 👏👏
i replayed this game with many of these mods. It really did make a big difference. I think Andromeda is still a great game. It just shows that if Bioware gave the game some time and patch work it could of really been a solid game. Just wasn't meant to be i guess. Either way i actually think this game is worth a reply if you gave it a pass or stopped playing early.
And you know who to hate, EA games
@@desmondtang1952 And lack of leadership at Bioware - especially whoever dropped the ball on directing the game. A lot of the stories that have come out of Bioware in the last few years have pointed to years of aimless, meandering design punctuated by months of crunch at the end that they expect to produce that "Bioware magic" where the game somehow comes together in the end despite how cack-handed development had been to that point.
haha, "great" game..ya -damn it .. ME:A have anything of "great", its worst game BioWare made even if they give it more time to finish and develop.. nothing would change.. Main char have lack of personality, strenght and everything... you are deliver pizza guy/girl... nobody respect you, everyone step on your head, your squadmates doesn't respect you CLEARLY can see it in the
Meeting in your Ship... Everybody talk, express theirself and when you have to talk , a pathetic dialog choice no matter wich you decide, even them start to walk away without your permission... Come on.. "great". Would like if there a mod for real life to help people with lack of sense.
I just hope they give a sequel to Andromeda a chance.
ME: Andromeda is such a great game about exploring new worlds. There is no other game that provides the same experience. Scott Ryder is a great character, very different from Shepard. Ryder has no experience and is put on situation he didn'y expect and probably didn't want. The Angara, Remnants and Ketts stories provide great adventuries and mysteries, still far from being solved. The weakest point is characters graphical design and animation ans hopefully that could be improved in sequels. But open worlds, planets are beautiful. Playing through the entire story for the 5th time I still hope Ryder's story will be continued.
Yeah I enjoyed the game, esp. after Bioware's patches. I've played through several times. For a "first" ME game in a trilogy, it was great. I even enjoyed some things more than the originals....there were some things done in Andromeda, that I wish they would've done in the first 3 games.
You took the words right out of my mouth. I play on Xbox and can’t do all this modding but I had to search for the beauty in this game. I never looked at it as a continuation of the original trilogy, but it fell short, mainly in the ways you walk about. It didn’t look the way I hoped. It felt... old. Like they didn’t fully utilize the technology available to create it. But as story and character are my favourite part of any game I didn’t struggle terribly hard to fall into the game, especially playing it again through the pandemic, like you. I finished the game again wanting more. Wanting to see the worlds I healed flourish, wanting to uncover the mystery of the kett and the remnant, wanting to let the romances and relationships grow. I’m truly sad that we won’t see more of this story. I won’t lie, I loved it, warts and all.
How did you get Frosty mod manager to work? been pulling my hair out trying to get the game to launch through the mod manager with and without mods. launching the game through the manager the game just stays a background task and does not launch.
This is a good video. I might check this out (and yeah a *full* full list of everything including the character creator would be lovely!)
playing through it once was enough for me really. SWTOR is scratching the itch for me at the moment as there are very good storylines to go through
Wish they’d do a “revamp” for modern consoles where u don’t have to utilize corded controllers
And a little more liquid movement.of all the biological characters
Tbh the best stories are imperial then the smuggler and knight. The consular and trooper are tied for the meh spot and boy you better be a dark side Jedi and not some goody two shoes Jedi yes man
Swotor seems to have good story arcs so far but the over monetization is beyond gross, it seeped into everything that's not part of the games story
@@chillhour6155 You do realize about anything that you can buy on the cartel market is buyable on the GTN right? if the thing is expensive then either you spend the cash to not grind or you buckle down and work towards what you want the game already lets you play free till 60 and is by far much easier and new player friendly then when i started.
This is great! Sweet vid bro
Is it better to have these mods on your first playthrough? I have the game on my library and I plan on giving it a try one of these days.
There are no mods that improve the storyline.
That is my serious issue as well. You can fix textures, game-play, etc, but you cannot fix the horrible dialogue and storyline.
Right.
@@micheleosullivan4430 you can as shown by the Skyrim modding community; however like with Enderal that is already at the level of a professional developer
Me:Andromeda.. a good game. Had no issue at launch, love the game. Never understood the hate.
100% agree! too many negative nancy
I'm so glad some people are giving Andromeda a second chance. I know the game has some major flaws, but I really love it. I had a similar experience the first time I played: I had been going through a really difficult and stressful time at work, and Andromeda ended up becoming my lifeline. I found myself really empathizing with Ryder, and I loved the characters and the slow progression of building your home. This game has a special place in my heart.
Can someone tell me, how i can get his sara face type? Its just look good, but there r no link to this.
I love how your character is just Jennifer Lawrence playing Ramona Flowers playing not-Shephard
Unless the mods come with complete dialog rewrites, story overhauls, added content to keep the game from being repetitive on a monotonous level you're just putting lipstick on a pig.
You say that like every other large open world game doesn't have repetitive quests... Even every other ME title had slog quests if you wanted to go for 100% completion. Story could have been written better, but general dialog wasn't any worse than your average game. I feel like the people that seem to completely hate the game and only see the flaws, have rose colored glasses for older Bioware titles and the flaws that they had. Or are comparing them far too closely when the styles of story telling (Good, bad or mediocre) and gameplay are different.
@@Meravokas Nah, we don't have rose tinted glasses for them. We can see the flaws in them but still appreciate them. You can't with Andromeda as the flaws far exceed the 3 previous games.
Mans came in taking no prisoners. Them intro shots were deadly. XD
Does anyone have a “fix” for using Apex strike teams within SP with mods or is it not possible because of the modding process? My game is showing offline for me and I cannot connect to online services. I suspect it has something to do with EA detecting the mods.
Yes, more of "Better with mods" please.
This was a breath of fresh air Kotaku. Have this guy do more videos like this. There are a lot of past games that have been refreshed with mods. Kingdom Come Deliverance would be a great partner to this video/idea.
If it wasn’t for the bugs and weird faces I would replay this one more
3:18 Preston Garvey: Did somebody say helping out settlements? I have a task for you on Voeld, let me mark it on your map
I was appalled first and never played this game. Even though I played the Trilogy 7 times through and was a huge fan of ME to the point of shaking hands of the devs once I met them. And talking to Samara model. Andromeda was such a disaster, I never touched it. But recently I decided to give it a try. And you know what, it is a decent ME universe game. With some nice visuals, intriguing story, more or less decent characters and great combat. And yeah mods make it much better. Currrently going through it and enjoying it.
The video is a great and a "better with mods" series would be great.
Having said that, there are no mods that can fix horrible dialogues, bad scripts and a overall simplified copy of the MEtrilogy narrative.
there could be but why would anyone go through the process of doing such an arduous task for nothing more than a pat on the back?
You have to love the game that's how. like the guys remaking, revoicing, and completely redoing fallout 3 and new vegas to try and put it in fallout 4.
good morning, I'm looking for a mod to enlarge the font, please does anyone know where to download it and how to put it?
i am definitely gonna play this game with mods .i just wanted to ask i have never played any of the previous games and i am planning to play the mass effect remaster this may ,so should i play this one after that or should i just go ahead and play this untill then.loved the video really made me want to jump in. please do reply.thanks.
It's funny how Kotaku was one of those game reviewers that destroyed Mass Effect Andromeda and now they are praising the game.
Mass Effect Andromeda was a good game and had a lot of potential, the problem was that the game was unfinished. The media ruined everything, and now we are not going to get not even a dlc or a continuation of the story.
3:55 your welcome
Good god thank you!
You did not add MEA Fixpack and HyperMobility links in the description, course they are showed in the vid, but list is useful too.
To the point - thanks for the idea, mods are really doing well
This legit got me to give the game a try. Thank you for this video.
Eh. I've always loved it. But then again I also loved the ending to mass effect three... So... Yeah... 😅
Same, i like them all but maybe I am weird since Andromeda was the first Mass Effect I ever played
@@BababayayayabooDon't think anything of it I played three first than one and two so you're not alone. 😊
ME series are my favourite games ever, been there since the first game and I love the ending!
Best series of last Gen
Mass effect 3 was incredible but I don't know how you could possibly LOVE the ending. That seems insane. It was rushed and didn't reflect the choices you made throughout the series. Also had no closure or resolution at the end, just abruptly ended. All the beloved characters that you met you never got to see the end of their stories and it was all left in the air. Not to mention it created plot holes such as the gigantic fleet being stuck on a destroyed earth with no way home because the mass effect relays were destroyed.
I always thought the story was great. I loved the feeling of _alone-ness_ that permeates the beginning and then slowly eases as you find more people and allies.
How can i get my lighting adjusted like that?
Great to know that mods fix that much, will check it out next time it’s on special on pc.
I almost enjoyed Andromeda when it came out, even with the many issues it had. The exploration and combat were great, the characters felt solid, and my overall feeling was "if ME2 played like this, it would be my favorite game of all time".
That's the problem when going from epic scale and desperate stakes to literally fleeing to start over. It makes the lack of closure ME3 left behind even more painful. I ended up more frustrated and resentful and couldn't bring myself to care about much after the Reaper War ended in a summary and the characters I grew to love over years of interaction got stranded in some jungle planet (?).
Most everyone I knew in this narrative world died in the 600 year time skip the game opens with and the consequences of every act in it were resolved, all off-screen, and I was presented with something new, less exciting, with inconsistent quality, to distract me instead. Even if it were game-of-the-year material, it would carry this gaping hole in its foundation.
Sorry for the short novel, I guess I never got this off my chest.
"The exploration and combat were great, the characters felt solid" , i have a mod to fix your tastes if want.
if you feeling that about ME3 , then its time for you to back and replay it with a mod called MEHEM and Expanded Galaxy mod, you'll love it.
The game was great and the criticism was too much. I enjoyed playing the game, and the story was engaging.
Same here! It was a departure from the Milky Way Trilogy, but set out to make a different story that worked really well for me. I hope that one day the rest of the community realizes this and we get an Andromeda sequel.
SAMEEEEEEEEEE
Same, except my ps4 chugs pretty hard and the framerate is almost unplayable during Havrl and voeld at key points. Wish they spent more time fixing performance bugs.
I think the Kett are too much like Collectors and, the characters seem have a combination of Inquisition and, old Masseffect personalities. I don't know why the Angarans speak our language. On the other hand, I did like the Architects and, the different types of guns. This is just my opinion.
@@earendurvoneinzbern7585 This. I like Andromeda but whenever someone praises its story, my eyes roll to the back of my head. Andromeda's story is nothing more than a bunch of different plot points taken from the franchise's trilogy and other company franchises. There is nothing "new", "innovative" or "different" about it. In reality, not only does it re-use all those points, but it doesn't even improve them, quite the opposite, it makes them worse.
This video really resonated with me so thank you for it. I have recently bought Andromeda on pc and looking at mods though at the moment Frosty mod manager is not compatible with Origin. Oh well it's still a blast without mods but at least I have time to go mod hunting until it works again!
The intro speech sounds like something aliens, or future human beings would discover and listen to 2000 years after a global apocalypse.
For those looking for a more complete mod list, here it is!
-Shorter landing cinematics, peebee tweak, mea fixpack, better squad, faster kadara doors, shut up SAM, romance for all, road rage, massively increased inventory size, headphones be gone, moskill points per level, suvi tweak, lush lashes, character creation overhaul, nomad top speed increase, increased weapon range, lexi tweak, asari tweaks, MEA Performance tweaks, hyper mobility, Addison tweak, powers boasted and balances, gil and Reyes tweaks, various squadmates and npc outfit recolors, femsheppings hair color edits, no profile switching cooldown, turian makeover, more skill points, young sloane, fast mining, push down camera, right in the eye, plain athletic wear, pathfinder armor changes, jaal armor mod, and I think that's it!
What Mod was used to change the look of the Pathfinder?
i have it on PS4 and would love to use the mods you have... your pathfinder looks so cool too i wish i could create something like that in the character customization!
what mod changed the Krogan guards colors in sloane's "throne room"?
It wasnt bad game by any means if you could look past the glitches it had:)
It was a good game. It was bad Mass Effect.
The writing was idiotically childish and awkward at times, but the combat was really fun... Pros, and cons, unfortunately many, many cons...
@@Linxcze I like to think of Mass Effect Andromeda as DmC. Both would be good if it wasn't for the name, they both have a legacy to live up to but both fall flat.
You can just look at the video and see its not a bad game (I enjoyed it), but Bioware couldn't afford to make just a "good" game. It had to be great.
Imagine what this series could be if EA had never bought bioware and they were still aloud freedom to make the games they want
Bioware is what went downhill, EA always sucked. Bioware F'd up, it was their choice to make this game at the Montreal studio (who never made a game before).
This was a very good video. Willing to try out Andromeda again.
what reshade was used? it looks so much better with the darker colours!
I want a guide on how to make my character look like that.
Wish the console version had mod support! 😅
That would be awesome if it did
ME is the only reason I keep a PS3,.. be nice if they “revamped” for the 5
Weird bc I've been in the mood to finish playing this recently. The game itself wasn't bad but it didn't feel mass effect to me bc i couldn't get over some things, then u had all the tech issues (def overblown)
Because of this video I reinstalled the game and started to install mods and I haven’t stopped installing mods. I have about 30+ installed and new ones keep popping up.