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Mass Effect |OT| Alien love in an elevator
- Thread starter Mr. Spinnington
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FAN-TAS-TIC!
I can still play, it just seems I cannot configure it to my full system settings or load it from the games manager in Vista. I need to to into the actual folder to run the game, and it only lets me set the resolution to 1200x800. Also I noticed the textures werent that good even though I set them to Ultra High... GG EA.
I can still play, it just seems I cannot configure it to my full system settings or load it from the games manager in Vista. I need to to into the actual folder to run the game, and it only lets me set the resolution to 1200x800. Also I noticed the textures werent that good even though I set them to Ultra High... GG EA.
Crovax: Vista x64
Initial impressions:
-Inventory system is unwieldy console fare, itemization seems poorly designed. Lots of marginally different crap to sort through.
-Carth is in my squad, die die die Carth.
-Choose good, asshole, or don't give a shit. Press that every time and watch it play out.
-Auto aim you can't completely turn off.
-Cover system is contrived, like every game with it excluding GTAIV. Giant blocks of shit conveniently placed before every encounter.
-Shooting is dry and lacks feedback.
-Nice graphics. Game is making me nauseous, don't know why.
-Writing is fine, dialog plays out pretty naturally.
-Got to KO a mad scientist.
Initial impressions:
-Inventory system is unwieldy console fare, itemization seems poorly designed. Lots of marginally different crap to sort through.
-Carth is in my squad, die die die Carth.
-Choose good, asshole, or don't give a shit. Press that every time and watch it play out.
-Auto aim you can't completely turn off.
-Cover system is contrived, like every game with it excluding GTAIV. Giant blocks of shit conveniently placed before every encounter.
-Shooting is dry and lacks feedback.
-Nice graphics. Game is making me nauseous, don't know why.
-Writing is fine, dialog plays out pretty naturally.
-Got to KO a mad scientist.
Agent Ironside
Member
Wow, looks like my oc'd 8800GTS 512mb will eat this game up. Which I did not expect.
Futurevoid
Member
Crovax,
Are you running the config manager as an ADMIN on the Vista system? If not, that's your issue. There's a thread on the official forums. It's stickied with a few solutions you may want to take a gander at.
Are you running the config manager as an ADMIN on the Vista system? If not, that's your issue. There's a thread on the official forums. It's stickied with a few solutions you may want to take a gander at.
There is a problem with AMD Quads. Here is the official support thread. It seems EA didnt test in AMD Quads. However the support admins got into it really quick. This is good in comparison to Funcom which never gives a shit about its support forum. TBH I can wait a week or two if I have to. The good thing is that the admins at the support forum got into the case asap. It makes me feel better this way.
http://masseffect.bioware.com/forums/viewtopic.html?topic=631309&forum=127&sp=0#5803906
http://masseffect.bioware.com/forums/viewtopic.html?topic=631309&forum=127&sp=0#5803906
Ok, this made me laugh. Apparently EA developed the config tool and part of the game in AMD dual core processors, and thus didnt feel like testing in Quads was necessary. :lol
http://masseffect.bioware.com/forums/viewtopic.html?topic=631309&forum=127&sp=0#5803922
http://masseffect.bioware.com/forums/viewtopic.html?topic=631309&forum=127&sp=0#5803922
gregor7777
Banned
Still lookin' good on 4x, well done Bioware.
MrTroubleMaker
Member
thanks!K.Jack said:
Agent Ironside
Member
:lol
^heheh
You can make him or her look to the right or to the left, and up and down while making them. I think it was the left or right stick. Not sure how to do it on PC.
edit: And a lot of times the character will look completely normal in the creator, but because of the way lighting and shadows work, they look really strange in-game. I had to make my character something like 8 times before I got it right.
You can make him or her look to the right or to the left, and up and down while making them. I think it was the left or right stick. Not sure how to do it on PC.
edit: And a lot of times the character will look completely normal in the creator, but because of the way lighting and shadows work, they look really strange in-game. I had to make my character something like 8 times before I got it right.
gregor7777
Banned
Nif said:
Yep, my Sheppard is the blonde chick that everyone was using but there is an angle or two that she goes from amazingly hot to a bit weird looking.
Just played the game a lot (wow, lost track of time completely) and I'm really enjoying it. The combat's more fun with some level ups and the renegade dialog options universally rock. I like the NPC teammates, no annoying bullshit every time you do something questionable, unlike the vast majority of the characters in kotor. I don't think real interaction with them should be limited to the ship, that's definitely a step back from BG2, but it's not a big deal.
Great time. I'll avoid the "go to this planet" sidequests for the most part as from what I understand those are all the same and can drain your enthusiasm with the game.
Great time. I'll avoid the "go to this planet" sidequests for the most part as from what I understand those are all the same and can drain your enthusiasm with the game.
kbear
Member
The game is simply phenomenal. The more people that get to play it the better. I just finished it on 360 a couple of weeks ago and consider it one of my favorite games of this gen, maybe even first overall. I just love epic sci-fi story lines like this. One of the best things is that you'll be able to carry your save file which includes your characters, all the decisions you made, etc., to the next game. I feel attached to some of these characters, especially my Betsy. Speaking of which:
Most of them are boring, but quite a few of them are fun. What makes them boring is that every sidequest uses the same generic space ship/cave/warehouse/underground warehouse asset with the same basic mission (kill/reason with so and so at the generic asset...). Do a couple of them (the Wrex sidemission and the Sol system sidemission come to mind) before giving up on them.EviLore said:
Metroidvania
People called Romanes they go the house?
kbear said:
That is a bit unfortunate, yeah.
Somehow, I always end up hating the cheek structure of a female shepard, no matter what I do. The lighting in the create menu is so different than most lighting in-game...it irks me.
MrTroubleMaker
Member
since I need to make a new shepard, time to use this thread again 
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=210263&page=6
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=210263&page=6
Hawk269
Member
A few questions that I hope some of you will answer.
1. My specs: 8800m GT w/512, 3megs of Ram, Intel Core Duo t1550 @1.88mhz. My Vista rating for games is at 4.5. Processor rated at 4.8, Gaming Gfx at 5.8. How will it run on my laptop?
2. I travel 5 days a week, but am mainly a console gamer. Need some games for the road and the 360/Ps3 is too much to lug around. So...is there a preset for controllers in the game? I would hope that they would since it was a 360 game.
Thanks in advance for your answers/feedback.
1. My specs: 8800m GT w/512, 3megs of Ram, Intel Core Duo t1550 @1.88mhz. My Vista rating for games is at 4.5. Processor rated at 4.8, Gaming Gfx at 5.8. How will it run on my laptop?
2. I travel 5 days a week, but am mainly a console gamer. Need some games for the road and the 360/Ps3 is too much to lug around. So...is there a preset for controllers in the game? I would hope that they would since it was a 360 game.
Thanks in advance for your answers/feedback.
Kitschkraft
Member
dejan said:
Awesome.
I hate seeing EA at the beginning of this though, my oh my....
I'm surprised so many dislike the filter, I can't play without it (At least on 360).
Kitschkraft
Member
EviLore said:
Not sure how far in you are, but if it's not too far, I'd consider restarting.
Believe me, thats going to be very annoying the more you play...
Anyways, games like this are when I wish I really had a good computer. I bet there is gonna be some excellent mods for this.
ME is rated at 4.0 minimun and 5.0 required. I think your rig will be fine considering your screen is small and you will not play at a huge resolution or need that much AA. Also, there is a program to set any keyboard config to any pad, but I dont have a link to dl right now. Look for it in the AoC thread or in my old posts.Hawk269 said:
Kitschkraft
Member
EviLore said:
You should look into at least some of the sidequest.
The Moon (Ours, earths moon) sidequest gives you an upgrade (I can't even remember what it is to be honest).
Some of the other sidequest are just overall cool.
For instance, if you complete the consort quest at the citadel, she gives you a little key. Well, on one of the planets, that key opens up some sort of prothean beacon
Garrus and Wrex have their own personal sidequest that I found to be worth doing.
There is also somewhat of a secondary plot that revolves around many different planets.
The worst sidequest are the "Find X amount of minerals" or "X amount of Salarian medals"...I wouldn't even worry about those. But if you enjoy the shooting aspects enough, and care about your XP, then just going to the "main" bases on each planet tend to revolve around fighting, and really shouldn't take too long to do.
CajoleJuice
Member
Same here.Kabouter said:
Kill Your Masters
Member
I envy all those MEPC players, because most of them play ME for the first time