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Mass Effect |OT| Alien love in an elevator
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Lostconfused
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Blackace said:
which should explain part of the moaning and bitching that happened with that news, i am still upset about it. Well if worst comes to worst ill have ME to play.
Blackace
if you see me in a fight with a bear, don't help me fool, help the bear!
Zen said:
EA isn't exactly in need of money... But I hope so. If they can turn around and repackage one for PS3 then there is little hope that MS can keep it. If ME1 is stuck as a 360 title it makes sense to finish it out as one...
AndersTheSwede
Member
Blackace said:
I have the feeling that if it sells to MS expectations (they have stated 1 million through the holidays) that they will come to a similar agreement as they have with 2K for Bioshock.
As you said the fanbase for the first game will all be on the 360, and given how the PS3 has been performing and the technical trouble with moving projects from 360 -> PS3 will likely make EA receptive to some money hatting.
But if its just a solid but not spectacular seller, well who knows.
Rabbit Lord
Member
ME2 needs to require a Hard drive.
Lostconfused
Member
Proelite said:
Kind of meh on the overall, but it would be awesome if Anderson talked like that the whole game.
Mr. Bunnies said:
If there is no pop in then you must acquit. Yes it would be nice.
AndersTheSwede
Member
Mr. Bunnies said:
If thats whats behind the pop-in then I agree wholeheartedly.
Can't think of anything else that jumped out as "that must be the lack of HDD."
Rabbit Lord
Member
I mean, it couldn't hurt right?
So I found Liara, but I wasn't really looking for her. Thought I'd triggered an awesome sidequest or something.
Now with the Matriarch gone and Liara found, how far am I from the end of the game? Game clock says 11 hours.
Overall I'm enjoying this one a lot. Doesn't quite have the charm KOTOR had (I think some of the voices come across a bit flat), but it's certainly leaps and bounds a better game than Jade Empire.
Now with the Matriarch gone and Liara found, how far am I from the end of the game? Game clock says 11 hours.
Overall I'm enjoying this one a lot. Doesn't quite have the charm KOTOR had (I think some of the voices come across a bit flat), but it's certainly leaps and bounds a better game than Jade Empire.
AniHawk said:
Hard to say how far you have to go without knowing how many of the first 3 'missions' you've done, but if you're not rushing straight through the story I'd say you've got at least another 9-10 hours.
I agree on the lack of charm, I think like you say what it really lacks are the characters...hard to believe theres no HK-47 equivalent character in the game, or any comic relief at all. Would have been hilarious to perform some massive renegade action then have HK chime in with "Statement: Fine shot Shepard, For a brief moment I could see through the hole you created in his skull".
Bioware's Xbox games seem to have this nasty reoccurring trend of constantly feeling like they were designed to be run on some mythological hardware that is far more powerful than the machine you're currently playing them on.
Back in the Xbox1 days, I usually just attributed this to the fact that they were coming from a PC background, but now I'm beginning to come to the conclusion that their programmers just aren't very good. May sound harsh, but it only seems to have gotten worse this time around. They've had plenty of time and plenty of resources, there's really not anything left to blame.
Sorry.
As for the game itself, I'm still very early, but it's pretty difficult not to see it as disappointing overall. It's certainly not a terrible game, it's just not a terribly big leap forward from their previous efforts, and at the end of the day, gives the impression of constantly chasing after KOTOR's previous glory while never quite catching up, and that just isn't the optimal place for them to be at this stage.
The combat's pretty lame, the conversation just feels retread, and the story's just not quite as captivating as it should be.
I'm really hoping it picks up at some point, but I'm not going to be holding my breath....
Sorry to be so negative.
Back in the Xbox1 days, I usually just attributed this to the fact that they were coming from a PC background, but now I'm beginning to come to the conclusion that their programmers just aren't very good. May sound harsh, but it only seems to have gotten worse this time around. They've had plenty of time and plenty of resources, there's really not anything left to blame.
Sorry.
As for the game itself, I'm still very early, but it's pretty difficult not to see it as disappointing overall. It's certainly not a terrible game, it's just not a terribly big leap forward from their previous efforts, and at the end of the day, gives the impression of constantly chasing after KOTOR's previous glory while never quite catching up, and that just isn't the optimal place for them to be at this stage.
The combat's pretty lame, the conversation just feels retread, and the story's just not quite as captivating as it should be.
I'm really hoping it picks up at some point, but I'm not going to be holding my breath....
Sorry to be so negative.
Lostconfused
Member
This is getting annoying i am loosing more playtime because of disc read errors then lack of checkpoints.
Ghost said:
Well I do like Joker. Wrex is good too (good VA and lines). But even in KOTOR the crappy male guy (Carth) had something you could find to hate. I can't really find something about Kaidan that bugs me just because he's so uninteresting.
In KOTOR, you're given plenty of opportunities to speak with your crew. So far I've really only been able to get to know them on the Normandy. Shepard just sounds so neutral all the time, too. I think I would've preferred another silent character. But I'm the sorta guy who likes that Gordon Freeman is silent too.
Still, it's loads better than Jade Empire, like I said. At this point in Jade Empire, I'd finished the game.
Aaronology
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Wowowow. So I finished ME two nights ago as an adept, restarted with an unlocked ability on a new character, a soldier, and now I'm 14 hours in a second time. I am in love.
And what's awesome? Despite having beaten the game once, I just now discovered the Sol galaxy. Here it is I think I've seen most of what ME has to offer and then, "BAM!" There's the moon, Earth, and the Milky Way. Not sure how I overlooked it before but I did! :lol
Even more awesome? Class specialization. Like with Sol, I had no idea about that until two hours ago when my soldier became a commando. I'm glad I put myself in a ME media blackout until buying the game. Stumbling onto stuff like this is really fun.
Few random thoughts:
-Jennifer Hale>Whoever voices the male Shepard. He sounds so generic.
-That asari secretary for the Consort on the Citadel is hot and bubbles personality. What's her name, Neyla? In the few lines she had she caught my attention. Why the hell couldn't she be on my crew instead of the comparitively boring, dull, and annoying Liara? In fact, every other asari in the game exudes way more personality than her.
-Wrex is badass. Yes. His armor helmets also look pretty darn cool.
-I don't think I've enjoyed combat this much in any other RPG. I absolutely love the gunfights in this game and wish there were more. More more more.
And what's awesome? Despite having beaten the game once, I just now discovered the Sol galaxy. Here it is I think I've seen most of what ME has to offer and then, "BAM!" There's the moon, Earth, and the Milky Way. Not sure how I overlooked it before but I did! :lol
Even more awesome? Class specialization. Like with Sol, I had no idea about that until two hours ago when my soldier became a commando. I'm glad I put myself in a ME media blackout until buying the game. Stumbling onto stuff like this is really fun.
Few random thoughts:
-Jennifer Hale>Whoever voices the male Shepard. He sounds so generic.
-That asari secretary for the Consort on the Citadel is hot and bubbles personality. What's her name, Neyla? In the few lines she had she caught my attention. Why the hell couldn't she be on my crew instead of the comparitively boring, dull, and annoying Liara? In fact, every other asari in the game exudes way more personality than her.
-Wrex is badass. Yes. His armor helmets also look pretty darn cool.
-I don't think I've enjoyed combat this much in any other RPG. I absolutely love the gunfights in this game and wish there were more. More more more.
BrokenSymmetry
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AniHawk said:
Yes, when I heard that I immediately regretted not making a female Shepard. I'm a big fan of Jennifer Hale (especially in KOTOR and Tales of Symphonia), and male Shepard's voice actor is just boring.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
AniHawk said:
She's the best part of the game.
Toonami 99
Member
Got a question for those who have created 2 characters. I started out with a male character and just last night created a new female character. At first glance my saved files for my male charcter are gone when I checked Load game and resume. Did I just screw myself?
Aaronology
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BrokenSymmetry said:
Extremely boring. There is a stark contrast between how Hale voices Shepard and the male actor they picked. The vast majority of NPCs even sound more convincing in their roles.
Aaronology
Member
Toonami 99 said:
Nah, you're cool. Look for the option to switch careers. I believe it's "Y".
Hunahan said:
Nearly all of the technical issues - as in, the texture pop-up and frame-rate issues - are UE3-related. Which is frustrating, because there really isn't a whole lot BioWare could do. Disk caching was sorely needed but unlikely to happen with the dev-time & with a first-party publisher.
Lonesome_Raod
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So DLC: has anything been said specifically about what they want to do? are we to see a few planets here and there along the lines of whats already there or epsisodes and the like to lead on to the next game? is an expansion pack out of the question?
Ezenzer said:
Very true. She has this rough edge to her too, as she should, which makes the voice acting & dialogue all the more engaging.
The combat definitely becomes a better experience as you progress through the game - I'm replaying it on New Game+ (under Hardcore) with my 47th level Vanguard. Pushing faster through the story this time as I've already experienced most of it on this character, but it's still fun and the combat is definitely challenging, even with a full suit of Spectre gear.
Hitler Stole My Potato
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Lostconfused said:
Ashley already has the title of space whore. Liara is going to have work a little harder than that is she wants to out slut her.
BenjaminBirdie
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Hitler Stole My Potato said:
And don't you just hate the preachy ones? The fucking Lyla Garrity of the 2160's
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
Gattsu25 said:
Well, *I* was kidding. My Rabbi and Cantor taught me better than that.
Hitler Stole My Potato
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I kinda like that Ashley is a God Warrior AND a complete penis addict. It reminds me of all the confused girls I was with in parochial school.
elithrar said:
Sorry, I'm not willing to let them off the hook so easily. I've gotten my character stuck on inanimate objects three separate times now that have frozen the game to the point where I've needed to cold-load. Even without the hiccups, this game is buggy and flawed.
I'm also not willing to just write them a blank check on the framerate/tearing issues, because I've seen too many UE3 games that don't have nearly this level of problem to purely blame the engine.
The pop-in is obviously a caching issue, but it could have been solved with a little bit more pre-loading. They're throwing the scenes up too fast for the game to handle, and it's a strange decision to say the least, considering the amount and frequency of occurrence.
I'm fine with someone saying that they aren't that bothered by these things, but I'm really not willing to extend the fact that Bioware's technical quality control is up to par after three straight games of these problems....that's just me, though.
BenjaminBirdie
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Hitler Stole My Potato said:
It's a nice touch of the topical, along with that sad/creepy Euthanasia side-quest.
sixteen-bit
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Asari aren't asexual. They're kinda monosexual. Liara mentions something to that effect when the ask Ash about women in the military and sexual discrimination in dual sexed societies. Also, note the breasts and womb.Gattsu25 said:
Speaking of game women: BONING THE CONSORT was boring. And then afterwards she was all, "Oh, hey, I'm really busy, don't come back because I'll be busy okay".
Is it possible to nail Tali? It'd be great if that visor popped up AND IT WAS A DUDE. Anyway, fun game. I'm playing too much of it, but I can't help myself. I love this vision of space as a cold, vast place where danger lurks around every corner.
Is it possible to nail Tali? It'd be great if that visor popped up AND IT WAS A DUDE. Anyway, fun game. I'm playing too much of it, but I can't help myself. I love this vision of space as a cold, vast place where danger lurks around every corner.
Imperial Hot
Banned
Where does Ashley hang out on the ship? I try to do the romance subplots, but I can't find her.
Anyway, after playing
this game has just blown my mind graphically, and artisticly. The atmosphere and sense of scale on that planet is just amazing. Driving across the skyway is just amazing.
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firehawk12
Subete no aware
Ashley is in the engineering deck near the lockers.
I don't blame BioWare completely for the technical issues. After playing Uncharted, I think it's clear the big limiting factor here is the 360. The fact that they can't install anything to the hard drive kind of forces them to load everything on the fly and into memory. Thank god it has 512 megs of RAM or the game would be even worse with the load screens.
I don't blame BioWare completely for the technical issues. After playing Uncharted, I think it's clear the big limiting factor here is the 360. The fact that they can't install anything to the hard drive kind of forces them to load everything on the fly and into memory. Thank god it has 512 megs of RAM or the game would be even worse with the load screens.
Gattsu25 said:
Agreed! I actually thought that, despite being almost 200 years ahead with alien technology at humanity's side, that Ashley still believing in God was an endearing fact about her personality. It was different, which is why despite her xenophobia and promiscuity I liked the character.
I got my spectre weaponry now. :bow
I saved some salarians before, and they were in my ship temporarily. One was a shopkeeper that had some SWEET, SWEET heavy armor for sale which destroyed anything I had. I went on the citadel to to see if i could find something better and could not. When I came back the salarian group was gone! Anyone know where they went? This was right after the mission on Vilmore.
I saved some salarians before, and they were in my ship temporarily. One was a shopkeeper that had some SWEET, SWEET heavy armor for sale which destroyed anything I had. I went on the citadel to to see if i could find something better and could not. When I came back the salarian group was gone!
Anyone know where they went? This was right after the mission on Vilmore.Darkflight
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They mention that they will get off the next time you dock somewhere, odd I never found the Salarians to have anything good, I think a medi-gel upgrade was the only thing I bought off him.
I wish there was Spectre armour, I had Collosus IX (medium, as I was and am an Infiltrator, so medium is my limit (2nd play through as I hit 50)) armour at the end, which had good stats, yet I really didn't like how it looked. I think I can get Spectre X weapons when I get to the Citadel this time, which will be interesting as the Spectre VII ones destroyed everything else I found.
Money pretty much becomes useless after you get the "Rich" Achievement and buy all the Spectre weapons, it would have been nice to have more things to purchase. Maybe if the Mako was still upgradeable as rumoured before release.
I wish there was Spectre armour, I had Collosus IX (medium, as I was and am an Infiltrator, so medium is my limit (2nd play through as I hit 50)) armour at the end, which had good stats, yet I really didn't like how it looked. I think I can get Spectre X weapons when I get to the Citadel this time, which will be interesting as the Spectre VII ones destroyed everything else I found.
Money pretty much becomes useless after you get the "Rich" Achievement and buy all the Spectre weapons, it would have been nice to have more things to purchase. Maybe if the Mako was still upgradeable as rumoured before release.
GauntletFan
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21 hours in and I've only done Noveria, Feros and the other one where you rescue the scientist.
Spectre weapons are making the side missions a lot of fun.
Spectre weapons are making the side missions a lot of fun.