Toonami 99
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Can you control other characters in and out of combat like KOTOR? All the videos ive seen are just people using shepperd.
Also has anyone tried it on intense?
Also has anyone tried it on intense?
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Mass Effect |OT| Alien love in an elevator
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That's why I hate all these stupid good/evil points in RPGs. Why can't you just have alternate events that occur due to your actions? Oh you do? Then remove that system from our games dammit, we don't need to be guided into these sorts of things.itxaka said:BTW sometimes is really difficult to know when you are earning points from wich side are it ason a city you get asked to smuggle a packet and you accept (bad points) but instead of smuggling it you run to the "gobernor" and report it (good points) but you asked for some money in compensation in a bad manner (bad points). I think i got good points even when I was a squealer and rude
Oh well, at least it's not as bad as Jade Empire's completely fucking pretentious "open palm/closed fist" garbage. I love how they hyped that up and the game goes through this whole explanation of it to try to tell you that it's not about good and evil but in the end the choices are STILL incredibly obvious "good/evil" choices. Rob money from a homeless blind person for 5 closed fist points whoooheeehoooo!
Those elevators have some of the best dialog though.
Another thing I think is cool about the storyline is that the human race was actually really technologically advanced and as smart as all the other species of aliens. I heard way too many Sci-Fi storyline where humans are the dumb and unadvanced.
-NOT ACCURATE DON'T WHINE ABOUT IT-
"Hey, do you guys ever talk about how your race invented a barbaric army that almost wiped out all life in the Universe?"
"Hey, do you guys ever talk about how your race invented a barbaric army that almost wiped out all life in the Universe?"
"I dunno, does your race ever talk about how you guys got into a senseless war that caused your entire race to become sterile?"
"....Not really."
"....Not really."
Another thing I think is cool about the storyline is that the human race was actually really technologically advanced and as smart as all the other species of aliens. I heard way too many Sci-Fi storyline where humans are the dumb and unadvanced.
God damn. The vehicle driving is infuriating. After Halo it's weird going back to driving one where you control the vehicles direction as well as the camera instead of just going where you point it. That's fine, you get used to it, but for accelerating and reversing it they do the exact opposite - if the front of the vehicle is facing you and you pull back to reverse then it comes closer to the camera.
And then to repair it the car slows to a complete stop and sits there taking fire for 10 seconds while you watch
And then to repair it the car slows to a complete stop and sits there taking fire for 10 seconds while you watch
IronicallyTwisted
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Roat said:
I know, its really freaking annoying when you wind up in reverse. I can't figure out how to do a 180.
funkmasterb
Member
Roat said:
Don't steer the vehicle with the left stick. Just push up to accelerate, then look with the right stick (camera). It's identical to halo controls if you use it this way.
Again, DON'T steer with the left stick. Just use it for Forward/backward.
TekunoRobby
Tag of Excellence
A valid nitpick considering how quickly you can warp around so it's not there to just mask loading. However once in a while it proves to be an entertaining experience. The designers used the elevator sequences as a means to have your party members interact in meaningful chat and convey background history through the loudpseaker news announcements. Those news announcements also serve as a bonus since hearing at least one of them gives you a side quest.Roat said:
Jugendstil
Member
Odrion said:
The Warriors?!?! AWESOME
SlasherJPC
Banned
Jugendstil said:
Yes it indeed does have a very Warriors feel when it comes to some of the music in the game. I love it actually.
Odrion said:
Well they take they part when
you confront wrex, if you have more good points you can nicely drove him out of the conflict he caused talking sweet and if you have lots of bad points you maybe can make him retreat on their actions (didn´t try it as i didn´t have enough bad points, i just let my female companion to shoot him on the back 
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)I like this systems, it just gives you a moral choice (and you don´t always choose the bad one as supposed
)StriKeVillain
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:lolbud said:
SlasherJPC
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Does anyone know a way to order their teammates to heal? I cant figure it out.
Question for those already playing:
Do you turn the conversation subtitles on or off? Part of me wants to leave them on so I don't miss anything, but the other part wants to turn them off so the game has a more cinematic feel as I watch the characters speak the dialogue.
Thoughts?
Do you turn the conversation subtitles on or off? Part of me wants to leave them on so I don't miss anything, but the other part wants to turn them off so the game has a more cinematic feel as I watch the characters speak the dialogue.
Thoughts?
SlasherJPC
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Doodis said:
I have them on for that very same reason but they really choose a poor spot to put them in. In one cutscene in was near the top and it really really got in my way. So I'll be turning them off.
BastardSamurai
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slasher_thrasher21 said:
I don't think there is a "heal thyself" command per se, I think you can only heal via the Y-button to use medi-gel for the whole party (or if someone is using the regeneration upgrade on their armor). I'm not sure how each character's First Aid skill factors in (I assume the FA skill only affects that one character, but it says something about "health applied to group" in the listing).
SlasherJPC
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BastardSamurai said:
Yeah I know if I go over to someone and use the gel, but yeah just seemed at one point a team member kepy dying and I was like "Damnit just heal!" lol
RSTEIN said:
What the fucking fuck, I was defending Mass Effect's length by basically saying you could speed run through just about any game in a ridiculously short amount of time. :lol
Took me nearly 40 hours to finish Mass... and that was in the middle of November, not a month when you can spend 40 hours on a game.
It wasn't a troll, it was a friend who was insisting that he read this from other people who bought the game early. 8 hours for an "RPG" is absolute shit, and with a game with many varied locations and a supposedly epic story, it would be a trainwreck if it was. Xenosaga all over again.
So you can confirm it's 40 hours, without wasting time on the side quests and whatnot?
So you can confirm it's 40 hours, without wasting time on the side quests and whatnot?
electricpirate
Member
SOLDIER said:
You've never played a bioware game have you?
Regarding the length. I really feel this is a "YMMV" type of game. I mean someone like me who really digs into the sidequests and the dialog is going to get more hours out of the game by default. I don't doubt you could power through the story missions in record speed and skip all the dialog, but what would the point be? I can tell you that I'm about 16-17 hours in and I've barely done any story missions aside from the Planet Feros mission (which is one of the first missions you get when you leave the citadel at the beginning of the game). I don't doubt that I'll get at least 50+ hours on my first play through.
Lostconfused
Member
Odrion said:
Jade Empire was rather short. Plus it didn't have much in the middle just the beginning and the end. But thats maybe because the end of the game is so stretched out.
UnholySpectacle
Member
RSTEIN said:
I don't need to do this as I have seen the movie tons of times. Clerks II Defense Force?
# of Talent Points confirmed by a Dev
Level 1-5: Shep 3, Squad 2
Level 6-20: Shep 2, Squad 2
Level 21-35: Shep 2, Squad 1
Level 36+: Shep 1, Squad 1
A L60 Shepard has 100 points to spend, a L60 party member has 80 points to spend. Fair enough, since the party members have (at least) three less talents to invest in.
That's plenty to spread around, but you can't max out everything.
Level 1-5: Shep 3, Squad 2
Level 6-20: Shep 2, Squad 2
Level 21-35: Shep 2, Squad 1
Level 36+: Shep 1, Squad 1
A L60 Shepard has 100 points to spend, a L60 party member has 80 points to spend. Fair enough, since the party members have (at least) three less talents to invest in.
That's plenty to spread around, but you can't max out everything.
I think it's more like 14 hours if you pass on the side quests and exploration, and don't fully explore the dialog trees and character backgrounds, according to Brian at 1UP. Then again, he played it more like a shooter. Jen seemed to suggest it was longer for her because she explored most of the side stuff, and developed her character's charm and intimidate so she could get more speech options and stuff. Che says it's about 40 if you do pretty much all the side stuff and explore the other planets.
One thing they all did agree on was, the dialogue is really good, the story is good, and the characters are great. Pre-order kept.
Frankly I think it'll be a good length. There's too much to play (plus, you know, our lives), I'm quite happy with 10 hour shooters and 20+ hour action RPGs. Bioshock took about 25 hours for me to beat and get all the plasmids/upgrades/diaries, and although it was great, I almost stopped playing because it was starting to get a bit long. Valve is definitely on to something, with their model of cutting the crap to concentrate all the awesome of the game into less time. I'm quite happy with shorter games of greater substance. If I wanted a game that never ends, I'd have a World of Warcraft subscription.
That said, I still miss being a kid, able to sit around doing nothing but play games all day. Back then 60 hour games were medium length to me. Now, I wouldn't have the time for a game that long.
One thing they all did agree on was, the dialogue is really good, the story is good, and the characters are great. Pre-order kept.
Frankly I think it'll be a good length. There's too much to play (plus, you know, our lives), I'm quite happy with 10 hour shooters and 20+ hour action RPGs. Bioshock took about 25 hours for me to beat and get all the plasmids/upgrades/diaries, and although it was great, I almost stopped playing because it was starting to get a bit long. Valve is definitely on to something, with their model of cutting the crap to concentrate all the awesome of the game into less time. I'm quite happy with shorter games of greater substance. If I wanted a game that never ends, I'd have a World of Warcraft subscription.
That said, I still miss being a kid, able to sit around doing nothing but play games all day. Back then 60 hour games were medium length to me. Now, I wouldn't have the time for a game that long.
The Sentinel Combat video is now up at Gametrailers.
http://www.gametrailers.com/player/28022.html
Hurrah for Neural Shock and Overload.
http://www.gametrailers.com/player/28022.html
Hurrah for Neural Shock and Overload.
CrunchinJelly
formerly cjelly
There is a new video on Exploration, too.Nab said:
Why is this stuff not getting put up on Marketplace, though? There have been 2 new videos a day on GameTrailers all this week, and the newest video we have on Marketplace is the TV Spot.
Microsoft should take a leaf out of Ubi's book and look what they did with GRAW; as soon as these videos hit the web, they should have been on Marketplace.
BastardSamurai
Member
My gameclock says I finished ME after about 24 hours (I did enough sidequests to get the "Completionist" achievement), but then again, I also burned through Baldur's Gate II in around 30 hours, so maybe I'm just a freak with BioWare games.