Mass Effect: Andromeda has managed a second week at the summit of the UK sales charts, despite a tepid response to the role-playing game. The sequel actually managed to do what Mass Effect 3 couldn't: achieve two consecutive weeks at the top of the British best-sellers list. The third entry in the series was swiftly swiped aside by EA's own FIFA Street back in the day.
Elsewhere, Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Wildlands stuck around in second, proving yet again that the mainstream market has little in common with enthusiasts. The same could be said of LEGO Worlds, which is in third this week and is unlikely to go anywhere all summer. Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 + 2.5 Remix was the highest new arrival, finishing in fourth – while Horizon: Zero Dawn continued to do well in sixth.
And that's all she wrote really: FIFA 17, Rocket League, and Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare are still managing to stick around. And Destiny: The Collection enjoyed a massive boost of sales, propelling it up into 24th position on the back of Destiny 2's announcement last week. Uncharted 4: A Thief's End is still doing well, too.
UK Sales Charts: Week Ending 1st April, 2017
- Mass Effect: Andromeda
- Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Wildlands
- LEGO Worlds
- Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 + 2.5 Remix
- Grand Theft Auto V
- Horizon: Zero Dawn
- FIFA 17
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
- Rocket League
- Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare
[source chart-track.co.uk]
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SMH these brit people got a terrible taste in gaming...eyes peeled for the Jap charts though.
@JAMes-BroWWWn Japan's not much better TBH.
It'll be interesting to see what happens with the next ME game, because Andromeda has definitely relied on people buying the game in good faith, myself included. Can't see myself buying the next one at this rate, which I never thought I'd say. But oh well - Persona 5 tonight!
@SegaBlueSky When you make bad game, it's sequel that suffer in sales, like watchdog 2 or assassin creed syndicate, they both better games than their prequel but sold less because the people that bought the prequel feel burned (by hype for watchdog 1, and by bug on assassin creed unity).
So Nier is out of the charts.. and Mass Effect is number 1.
Hm.
Guess it's the same people keeping the Transformers and Fast and Furious movie franchises going.
@SegaBlueSky I would buy ME:A2. Yes I know ME:A has some 'quality control' issues and some of the dialogue is weak but it still provided around 100hours (without touching the MP) and opens up a lot of potential for the sequel. Combat, exploration etc is not bad and better than its predecessors. It was never going to be easy to change direction after losing Shepherd yet still keep it feeling like Mass Effect. Its not Easy trying to appease ALL the fans and we know they can be 'passionate and vocal' (look at the ME3 ending controversy and aggression BioWare were met with).
Whilst I would probably buy, I am less likely to pre-order and more likely to wait for the inevitable bug/glitch fix patches but I am certainly not put off from a sequel. There is a lot of potential hinted at with a number of seemingly 'key' decisions that as yet haven't had any impact.but could influence things later on - not going to talk spoilers but one decision is who you pick as 'ambassador' after the 'end' mission - even some decisions leading up to and during that final mission have yet to have any 'lasting' consequence because of 'when' they arose.
I know that there is a 'hint' of a possible DLC story mission but could be part of a sequel quest too. I must admit, I am not a fan of DLC story missions in ME. I feel almost forced into buying them or feel I miss out on key events/decisions that have an impact in the follow up.
Whilst ME:A is 'disappointing' - not just from a quality perspective but definitely as a ME fan, objectively its not a 'bad' game. After games like the Witcher 3, Horizon etc, it maybe seems worse than it is but I certainly preferred it to Fallout 4.
ME is on brand power but as Assassins Creed and nother cranchises know, if its not at least a decent game, it hits the next instalment.
Just hope people enjoy it enough to give the inevitable Andromeda 2 a buy. Mass Effect isnt my cup of tea but its a unique beast that deserves to be around.
@BAMozzy You gunna treat yourself to Persona 5 after slogging through ME:A?
@BAMozzy I agree with a lot of what you say there - I don't think ME:A is a 'bad' game, but personally I don't feel that 100 hours of gameplay automatically provides good value. I'm only at the beginning of Andromeda so a long way to go before I make my final judgement, but at the moment it's disappointing and I'd swap 100 hours of this for 25-30 hours of ME2 in a heartbeat.
It seems to me like they've gone too safe with the writing, and just figured that if they put loads of content in there, then that'll compete with other modern RPGs. Which is a huge, huge mis-step IMO. I can get over the visual bugs, but the sub-par writing (so far), and emphasis on quantity over quality does make me think about leaving the franchise behind if it doesn't improve by the game's end. It's not that it's bad, but there's too many amazing games out there for me to spend 100 hours on something that will never be as good as the original trilogy. Like I said, I haven't finished yet and I'm hoping I'll feel differently by the end - and I'll absolutely follow what happens with the inevitable sequels. But I might not play them, sadly.
I Agree, ME's sequel is going to suffer in response to this game. While all reviews agree this is not a bad game it is not a great game and people do feel disappointed. I think people won't risk unless the reviews are uniformly excellent.
@kyleforrester87 Definitely NOT!! Generally I can't stand JRPG's and I absolutely detest 'turn based combat'. I can see why this was used 20-30yrs ago when consoles etc had very little power to have all the RPG elements and decent real-time combat but not in the modern era. Its the equivalent of playing a board game, taking turns rather than be able to actually react and counter as you would in a 'real' situation. Yes I will stand here and wait whilst the enemy has a 'free' hit. Its even worse if you have 'multiple' enemies to fight. Just stand there powerless whilst each in turn takes the opportunity to deal a lot of damage. In games - like Horizon, its possible to beat multiple, very strong opponents using skill, dexterity etc, picking the moments to attack, dodging theirs - its much more exhilarating and rewarding. I can't stand Pokemon either! Story wise, it doesn't really appeal at all but its the combat itself that is the biggest turnoff. The artstyle is good - looks just like a hand drawn Anime cartoon but you don't get these characters just standing there in cartoons during combat sequences, you see them 'fight' and counter. Even if it had real time combat, I doubt I would buy but as it has turn based combat, I wouldn't even download if given away free!
I traded in MEA in this morning. I have no idea how anyone has the will to play through that buggy boring tripe when there's 5000 better games out there. I won't be in any hurry to buy a sequel. I get that people may enjoy it, I loved MGSV and loads of heads commenting didn't enjoy it so in that instance the roles were reversed. But MEA is clearly a broken game with negligible polish.
@BAMozzy Ah. I didn't really like P4G for a few reasons, but I probably should have played it a bit longer. As for P5, I just can't ignore a game that gets a 10/10 .
As for turn based, you either like it or you don't I guess. I mean, Chess doesn't have real knights and bishops running around a field either.
GTA's slacking a bit isn't it?!
@kyleforrester87 I didn't really get into P4G either (loved the setting and music though) and am also tempted into trying P5 simply because of such a high metacritic but I think ultimately I still won't like it as it's so similar to P4G... Hmm...
@Dodoo There were a few things stopping me from liking P4G I think, a few issues with the game itself - the slower start, for example, that I thinks been remedied in P5. Also, I like the darker tone P5 seems to be going for. Then there's the Vita itself - I don't really like playing super long games on handheld.
But ultimately if I don't like it I'll trade it fairly quickly and might only lose £15 on it.. Happy to risk that for a 10/10er!
Nice to see Zelda still hanging in there.
@kyleforrester87 Just because a game scores well with reviewers, doesn't make it a game that I want to play. I really can't stand 'fighting' games either - games like SF, Tekken, Injustice etc so even if they were to make the best ever fighting game, scoring 10/10 and 100% on metacritic, I still wouldn't buy it. I would rather play an 'average' 70% scoring game in a genre I like. Therefore its very easy for me to ignore a 10/10 game.
Chess is very different and I did enjoy it 35-40yrs ago. I did enjoy playing the odd game with friends and family too but that's because it was human vs human and a social activity for two people. I quite enjoyed a game in my local pub with a friend, it beat just sitting there with a pint but I haven't played chess on console/pc since Battle Chess back in the late 80's/early 90's. However it was never an 'exciting' game, never a game that raised my adrenaline etc. Turn based combat really ruins the pace, the fluidity, the excitement etc for me. Its like watching a fast paced action movie and then just as it gets exciting, it stops for boring ad break that interrupts the flow and pace
Each to their own of course but I couldn't care less how a reviewer rates a game with TBC, it will never feature on my games list. The last game I played with this was Child of Light and I got bored very quickly and never wanted to play it to completion - fortunately it was 'free' with GwG. It really ruined the flow, the story and the fun for me.
@BAMozzy Fair does. I suppose I see the monotonous fetch quests in ME:A in the same way. You'd never get me running around like a postman mopping up the map to 100% completion. Child of Lights combat system was particularly dull, unfortunately. Like with action based combat, you do get good turn based and bad turn based combat.
Ultimately though I know what I like and I know what I don't like. And sometimes I even like to try stuff I don't like. That's how I ended up loving Premier Manager 96 on the Megadrive :')
@themcnoisy MGSV is one of my favourite games on the PS4, it's just a shame they never finished it.
As for ME I don't see myself buying it any time soon, especially with Persona 5 tomorrow
Well this is a bit dissapointing to see nier autonoma is out of the top 10
@get2sammyb
I Like how Japan's goes beyond the shooty-footy-lego-minecraft of the Western lists.
You see Kirby and Taiko Drum and JRPGs and a lot of Monster Hunter.
@sinalefa It's just different tastes innit. All the same stuff filters to the top, it's just different.
Dangarompa remaster didin't enter? Dude this games is awesome! 😆
Those that call it a "bad game" most haven't even played the game, because it isn't a bad game at all. People have just jumped on this bandwagon with some of the media, yes some of the same media & people that down scored Mass Effect Andromeda for bugs etc. But yet gave games like Skyrim & Fallout on the PS3 glowing reviews 9/10 - 10/10, yes Skyrim the same game that was infamously a broken port for a lot of PS3 players. It also got GOTY a broken game, its unbelievable when you actually stop think about that. I'm all for that but some of the media is far from consistent at this type of thing or its just double standards, the proof is on the Internet. Andromeda does quite a lot of things far better than previous Mass Effect games, but it also has problems like a lot of other games sorry that alone doesn't make it a bad game.
Good to see Kingdom hearts 1.5-2.5 Remix up there. Just saying if you can play Nier Automata you'll know it has fetch quests, otherwise an brilliant game.
Im enjoying mass effect, ive only encountered a few glitches here and there playing on a pro. Im actually surprised its doin this well with the bad press with animations and negative reviews before the games release.
Not surprising. Andromeda probably takes the top spot next week as well. Continued strong performance for Horizon is great. Still wish we'd get some official NA numbers.
@banacheck i completely agree with you, the further i got into skyrim the slower the framerate went to the point it was unplayable. It was unbelievable, but hey lets make it goty lol
@JAMes-BroWWWn just because a game you dislike made it to #1 doesn't mean the entire population of people have a bad taste in gaming. That's just your opinion.
@JAMes-BroWWWn Yawn, this is the equivalent of the pop charts and means nothing more than popular sales, don't worry yourself
@BAMozzy
I agree...With the opposite of everything you said. 😀
@JAMes-BroWWWn Insulting others users and the type of language you used here will not be accepted. Consider this a warning. Play nice with others if you want to be a part of this community. -Tasuki-
@Bad-MuthaAdebisi no, so not comparable at all. Music is finished and doesn't do harm towards the industry...
games on the other hand - well let's wait and see how many games gonna be half assed, unpolished, unfinished after the obvious success of ME. Ergo causing damage to the industry.
@JAMes-BroWWWn huh, just because it sold well for a couple of weeks at launch in UK means nothing
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