Unfortunately, ME:A was plagued with issues from the start.
I pre-ordered my Deluxe Edition (like an idiot), performed my Pre-Load the Friday before, and took a Partial Day off from work for Launch Day!With hope based on the hype (again, like an idiot), I launched ME:A and found that on Launch Day, I could not play the game.
I did everything I could, I re-downloaded, rebooted, etc. I finally called EA Support and there was a problem with the Deluxe edition from EA Orgins and I had to wait an extra day to start my adventure.
The consolation prize? Some free packs of the Multiplayer portion. :(
They woulnd't even refund me the game and let me buy the basic.
So the Launch Day +1, I get to start my adventure. And I was underwhelmed.
I have GForce card with 4 GB of RAM, I forget the exact model. But the game looked WORSE than Mass Effect 2. I turned up all of the settings, it didn't get any better. It was so bad, that my wife commented that it looked worse the SWTOR.
So I turned the settings back down, and played and played and played.
Slogged through much of the content, explored 96% of the Helios Cluster (can't find the 4% that I was missing) Performed all of the side quests that I could find. Some I did give up on, because they were a slog to try and find "the Data Pad Manifestos" and stuff like that.
I beat the game and that was it.
For me, to be effective, there was too much Grinding. Many of the side quests were just that, grindy BS to get XP and Credits and Gear. Most didn't add any depth to the world or the characters. It was very much reminiscent of Dragon Age Inquisition. Which was another slog-fest.
Overall, I give Mass Effect: Andromeda a C.
Oh, yeah, the Multi-player portion, no Idea. I could NEVER get connected. Or more precisely, I would get into a match and immediately get dropped by EA's Servers. And yes, I checked my Firewall Settings, Router Settings, Anti-Virus Settings, internet connection. Nothing. I would get into a match, get the count down to begin, and BAM, kicked out.
So that consolation prize for not being able to play the game I paid for on Launch Day? Even more worthless than 3 dollar bill.
So, do I believe that the ME franchise is being put on hold, YES. Do I think is is because ME:A was a technical disaster? No, EA already KNEW that was case.
They are doing it in hopes that we forget what a cluster#### it was.
They will go destroy something else.
Phantom
"When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains,
however improbable, must be the truth." - Sherlock Holmes