When comparing Mass Effect Andromeda vs Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered, the Slant community recommends Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered for most people. In the question“What are the best PS4 (PlayStation 4) games?” Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered is ranked 97th while Mass Effect Andromeda is ranked 156th. The most important reason people chose Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered is:
Even though there are no gimmicks like jetpacks or wall-running, the gameplay in CoD: Modern Warfare still holds up to more recent games. The controls are responsive, the aiming is fluid, and each gun handles really well. Whether you're blasting enemy soldiers with your shotgun up close or if you're picking them off with your sniper rifle from afar, it feels great. It's the type of gameplay that can grab the interest of most players and keep them coming back for more.
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Pros
Pro Combat is very fast paced
The combat in previous entries of Mass Effect has been based on getting behind cover and having good aim. That aspect still exists in Andromeda, but thanks to the new jump jet, things are much faster and much more fun. The jump jet allows you to vault over obstacles or make quick dashes while running, which lets you flank, charge, and generally just outmaneuver enemies in many more interesting ways.
Pro Exploration is quite fun
Nearly every planet in Andromeda is unique from the others. There's different terrain and environments to check out, new hazards to watch out for, and a plethora of missions to complete on every planet.
Pro You can change the way your character works on the fly
In Mass Effect Andromeda, the class system is incredibly open, and classes can be swapped at any time, even in the middle of combat. Essentially, you can go from being a battle-hardened front line soldier to a crafty engineer, or even to an infiltrator that's capable of invisibility. This will also swap out your abilities, which makes sure you're always prepared for the next challenge you have to face.
Pro Good Story
Pro Fun multiplayer
Mass Effect Andromeda's fast-paced combat from single-player works well with the team-based multiplayer matches, where up to four players cooperate to complete hacking or target objectives while fighting back against waves of enemies. Maps are densely packed with obstacles and winding rooms to take cover in or to take the enemy by surprise. Aggressive foes actively push back forward into player territory even on lower difficulties, keeping matches fun and intense.
Pro Satisfying gameplay
Even though there are no gimmicks like jetpacks or wall-running, the gameplay in CoD: Modern Warfare still holds up to more recent games. The controls are responsive, the aiming is fluid, and each gun handles really well. Whether you're blasting enemy soldiers with your shotgun up close or if you're picking them off with your sniper rifle from afar, it feels great. It's the type of gameplay that can grab the interest of most players and keep them coming back for more.
Pro The remastered version of the game looks and sounds great
Modern Warfare Remastered has done a total overhaul on the graphics and sound, bringing one of the better Call of Duty games up to the much higher standards of modern games.
Pro Good dedicated server support allows for huge games
You can scale up to 200 players if a dedicated server is enabled.
Pro You can easily add a bots mod, in order to extend co-op play
You can get a mod that can be used if you host a server, adding bots to your team and that of the enemy, thus allowing for larger offline battles.
Pro Tons of varied game modes to play
There are a number of game types to play in the game including Team Deathmatch, Free for all, Domination, Sabotage and Search and Destroy, making for lots of variation in gameplay. This keeps things fresh for the player as there is a lot to do and explore.
Cons
Con No single-player DLC
There will not be any single-player downloadable content for Mass Effect: Andromeda. This is especially disappointing because, by the end of the game, the writers clearly intended to give more context through DLC about certain galactic races who were absent from the original story. With the news that the publisher, Electronic Arts, has put the Mass Effect franchise "on ice," the series' future looks bleak.
Con Sub-par storytelling
MEA's writing is very inconsistent throughout the game. Sometimes the dialogue is really poor, having lines like "my face is tired". Other times characters forget important information such as the length of their trip to the Andromeda Galaxy, showing surprise at things that should be obvious to them. Even though there are few great moments with moral grey areas, most of the story feels rushed, incomplete, or done by completely different teams with different visions for the game. The end result is a story that lacks immersion and isn't very memorable.
Con Poor face textures and animations
Widely mocked and ridiculed near Andromeda's release, the facial animations, eye movement and tracking, and general skin textures are still sub-par, even after patches meant to fix these issues. Characters look unnatural and downright ugly at times, with the female Ryder inspiring dozens of cringe-worthy compilations of her cinched facial expressions and comical duck-like running animations. Moving to the Frostbite engine no doubt hampered the team's efforts to create believable faces, but in a Mass Effect game, the faces especially should not have been as bad as they were.
Con The multiplayer can be difficult when you get started
As you progress to higher levels, you unlock more and more weapons to use. When you first begin, you don't have access to a lot of the more powerful weapons which can be a hindrance to new players.
Con Short single player campaign
The single player is quite short (though it is not the main focus of the title, as multiplayer is the main reason that one would purchase the game).