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Mass Effect |OT| Alien love in an elevator
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Antdogg355
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Zzoram said:
Is the spoiler a minor one or should I just resort to reading pages 2-4 of the review? Or better yet, what part of the 1st page is the spoiler located?
Antdogg355
Member
Ok, thanks.
Lostconfused
Member
Quincey said:
Its bioware, so theres a chance it might be true.
A few things I saw asked on the last page about the game (K-Mart here had them in the case for sale, I only even thought to look after reading this thread earlier) :
1. Framerate - I have noticed some small framerate problem so far, nothing too bad though, but I do know that a lot of people are much more sensitive to that kind of thing than I am.
2. Pop-in - Have not seen any yet there may be some later but a couple hours in and nothing I have noticed.
3. Screen Tearing - none so far at least that I have noticed.
4. Jaggies - Hmm can't say I have been looking for them but I haven't really seen many, it's really pretty any way you cut it.
So far, the music has been great. Lots and lots of branching dialogue just in the first several minutes. The Codex that acts as the encyclopedia is cool - and the "primary" section of it has been fully voiced so far....pretty cool and unexpected. The graphics are, of course, great - and I turned off the "Film Effect" grainy look and I like it more turned off.
1. Framerate - I have noticed some small framerate problem so far, nothing too bad though, but I do know that a lot of people are much more sensitive to that kind of thing than I am.
2. Pop-in - Have not seen any yet there may be some later but a couple hours in and nothing I have noticed.
3. Screen Tearing - none so far at least that I have noticed.
4. Jaggies - Hmm can't say I have been looking for them but I haven't really seen many, it's really pretty any way you cut it.
So far, the music has been great. Lots and lots of branching dialogue just in the first several minutes. The Codex that acts as the encyclopedia is cool - and the "primary" section of it has been fully voiced so far....pretty cool and unexpected. The graphics are, of course, great - and I turned off the "Film Effect" grainy look and I like it more turned off.
NovemberMike
Member
Can this be a bannable offense plz?Caspel said:
plaidtopia
Member
MAAAAAAAATILLLLDAAAAAAAAAAAAA!Caspel said:
Forgive me for jumping the gun but has there been any estimates on the availability of the next game in the series? Since the engine and many environs are already in place could it be a once a year proposition for the two sequels?
I know the game will end up leaving me craving more so I'm just wondering if anything has been said regarding this.
I know the game will end up leaving me craving more so I'm just wondering if anything has been said regarding this.
sh4mike said:
Oh man...
I was already 100% sure of going through atleast another playthrough, but now that I know that I can keep my character, his/her level, gear and money? No doubt about it now!
For someone who doesn't even like RPG's like myself, they are really going all out to hook me into this game!
CrunchinJelly
formerly cjelly
Pretty much my thoughts on the game.Skilotonn said:
Funny thing is, I know quite a few people who love KOTOR, but have no intentions of picking this up for various reasons.
CrunchinJelly
formerly cjelly
It would look much better on the Elite.Uncle said:
xbhaskarx said:
Well, I was curious after you asked, and it doesn't seem you can. It would let me choose Shepard's face, or when I went to customize it looked to just pull up a random face and let you start modifying it. I tried it 2 more times and each time it would pull up character creation and change from John's face to a a non-John face (the same one each time) and then let you start modifying it.
Also, I don't see anywhere to change your voice in the character creation. On a brighter note, both the male and female voices I have heard for the main character are really good.
GarthVaderUK
Banned
bigswords said:
Single DVD.
single DVD and I, too, haven't found any voice changing options.
as a side note, when you start off the game when the action hits, make sure you don't give the guy on the left of the screen (when you can change weapons) the sniper. I gave it to him while I took the shotgun and my group didn't last long since the enemies were somewhat mid-range to long range enemies and killed us quite fast.
Additionally, you may want to turn on auto save; I died and I had to start the whole character creation process and first 10-15 minutes of dialogue all over again.
Can't wait to play more.
as a side note, when you start off the game when the action hits, make sure you don't give the guy on the left of the screen (when you can change weapons) the sniper. I gave it to him while I took the shotgun and my group didn't last long since the enemies were somewhat mid-range to long range enemies and killed us quite fast.
Additionally, you may want to turn on auto save; I died and I had to start the whole character creation process and first 10-15 minutes of dialogue all over again.
Can't wait to play more.
Cornballer
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Called a couple of Kmarts this morning - they seem to be wise to the street date and both said they've gotten a lot of calls this morning.
All the K-Mart's I know of went out of business. There's apparently one 30 miles away, but...
Well, tempting, but I've still got too much FEAR AND AWE IN MY EYES to go gallivanting around the state looking for some asshole store that couldn't respect a street date.
Also, from those of you lucky jerks that have the darn thing in hand, more info on character classes and skills and character building and what party members are what character class... plz.
Well, tempting, but I've still got too much FEAR AND AWE IN MY EYES to go gallivanting around the state looking for some asshole store that couldn't respect a street date.
Also, from those of you lucky jerks that have the darn thing in hand, more info on character classes and skills and character building and what party members are what character class... plz.
Cornballer
Member
Yes, please. That'd be great.JayDubya said:
JayDubya - what are you going to use the first time around? I usually go for the generalist characters that do a bit of everything, but I'm not sure what fits the bill from the six classes.
DKehoe said:
Hmm i wonder if thats the date they'll get them in
Shopto has me worried as well:
"We have temporarily stopped taking pre orders due to high demand. If you have Pre-Ordered we will dispatch your copy as soon as we receive the product."
I haven't pre-ordered, not sure where Im gonna be.
Here (in Finland) while I mas making a pre-order for Assassins Creed in a local gaming store, the clerk who is normally very informed about new releases and dates and such, said to me that they are not sure if they will get any copies on release. The reason is, according to finnish importer, that there has been a huge amount of pre-orders in big european countries and they are not sure if they will be able to deliver enough copies there. So smaller countries lose out.
And again this guy is not some GameStop douchebag, but a guy I know very well and has rarely been wrong.
Anyways, I have 2 pre-orders already from abroad, so I should be safe =)
And again this guy is not some GameStop douchebag, but a guy I know very well and has rarely been wrong.
Anyways, I have 2 pre-orders already from abroad, so I should be safe =)
Cornballer said:
First time around through any Bioware / Black Isle game? Usually jack the combat difficulty up and play something as heavily armed and armored as possible.
In BG1-2 that was a Paladin (Cavalier kit).
In KotOR1-2 that means Jedi Guardian / Weapon Master in Heavy Armor.
In Jade Empire that was kind of not possible, so I went with Tiger Shin and gave him as much additional Body as needed and enough Mind to wield weapons a lot.
In pure D&D terms I tend to like heavily specialized characters, melee combat preferred, and defense > offense - so generally no Rogue / Barbarians. Secondarily, I like healing and buffs / leadership bonus type stuff, so like Clerics and Bards and Paladins are pretty awesome. The D&D Paladin fits my bill perfectly - less offensive power than a Fighter, but more immunities and resistances and specialization for fighting demons and undead and the like.
So for this game? Soldier. Only class that gets Heavy Armor. There's no melee weapons in the game, so that's kind of
. And like I said, my favorite Offense is a great Defense.The wife always plays Squishies, and she always plays these Bioware games, so I'm thinking she'll get through the game as a Sentinel. In KotOR, she played as a Consular, of course, and her Jade Empire character was almost purely mage.
And then I'll probably play through it again as an evil sonuvabitch with as much offensive power as I can muster, maybe with stealth as well - so I'm thinking Infiltrator. With that in mind, I think I'll be focusing on Assault Rifle and Shotgun on the first playthrough, but mostly Assault Rifle since I think that skill is Soldier only. I also really want to know what the Soldier's Assault Training skill does.
And then I'll rely on Liara or whomever for healing the party.
Uncle said:
Yeah, I know, was pretty surprised in hearing that myself. I mean, for the finnish importer of Sony products all kinds of shit has happened quite often, but I haven't heard something like this for ages - for a single game. The amount of pre-orders in continental europe has to be humongous.
Anyways, propably this worst case scenario doesn't even come to be, because I think that at least the copies of regular editions will arrive on release, or at the very least next monday-tuesday. Limited editions...well, there this might be the (sad) case =(