EA Blames Zelda for Mass Effect Andromeda's Failure

Stefan Mileschin · 2nd July 2018, 19:30

Why did Mass Effect Andromeda perform so poorly? Developer Mark Darrah suggests that part of its failure could be attributed to "a really really busy window" in March 2017, which included the release of numerous RPGs, such as The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. Darrah claims that Andromeda "did not get a fair shake" because reviewers were too harsh, despite the game being deeply flawed. Word of mouth and many technical issues with Mass Effect Andromeda caused a ripple effect. In fact, the situation got so bad even properly implemented systems were overly scrutinized by the media, he believes. It was a busy release window with Zero Dawn, Nioh, Wildlands and others releasing with better RPG elements.

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2nd July 2018, 19:30	#1
Stefan Mileschin [M] Reviewer Join Date: May 2010 Location: Romania Posts: 148,578	EA Blames Zelda for Mass Effect Andromeda's Failure Why did Mass Effect Andromeda perform so poorly? Developer Mark Darrah suggests that part of its failure could be attributed to "a really really busy window" in March 2017, which included the release of numerous RPGs, such as The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. Darrah claims that Andromeda "did not get a fair shake" because reviewers were too harsh, despite the game being deeply flawed. Word of mouth and many technical issues with Mass Effect Andromeda caused a ripple effect. In fact, the situation got so bad even properly implemented systems were overly scrutinized by the media, he believes. It was a busy release window with Zero Dawn, Nioh, Wildlands and others releasing with better RPG elements. http://www.hardocp.com/news/2018/06/...uos_fa ilure/

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