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Mass Effect |OT| Alien love in an elevator
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Ok then...
A question for anyone who has tried every class...
If you had to put all the classes in order of how powerful they are, what would you put them at?
A lot of people are saying that if I play Sentinel I'll just get screwed over the entire game. Is that true?
Edit: Because I was sorta planning on doing like... My first playthrough on the easiest difficulty on Sentinel and absorbing as much of the game as I can in the Paragon side of things... Then going Adept, taking one of the Sentinel's tech abilities like the First aid thing along for a playthrough on Hardcore where I go through being totally renegade. And then I'd try for a playthrough on Insanity mode, carrying an Adept biotic power over onto a Soldier to try and make the strongest badass I can and mop up any remaining achievements.
Is that going to work out well for me? Or will I never even get through a first playthrough on a Sentinel?
A question for anyone who has tried every class...
If you had to put all the classes in order of how powerful they are, what would you put them at?
A lot of people are saying that if I play Sentinel I'll just get screwed over the entire game. Is that true?
Edit: Because I was sorta planning on doing like... My first playthrough on the easiest difficulty on Sentinel and absorbing as much of the game as I can in the Paragon side of things... Then going Adept, taking one of the Sentinel's tech abilities like the First aid thing along for a playthrough on Hardcore where I go through being totally renegade. And then I'd try for a playthrough on Insanity mode, carrying an Adept biotic power over onto a Soldier to try and make the strongest badass I can and mop up any remaining achievements.
Is that going to work out well for me? Or will I never even get through a first playthrough on a Sentinel?
The codex is seriously nuts. And I can't believe that the primary entries are narrated! I shudder to think how many hours of VA BioWare recorded for this game.Caspel said:
Yeah, texture loading issues are more prevalent in ME than any other UE3 game I've played. It's pretty brutal. And I wish that, for once, BioWare would put out a console RPG with a reasonably consistent framerate. The game looks beautiful in screenshots and mostly gorgeous in motion, but typical KOTOR-esque slight jerks and starts mar the experience.
CastleBravo
Member
I was browsing through the Best Buy and CC ads today, and I noticed that everyone says that Mass Effect will be in stores ON Tuesday. But my CE order from EBStop is shipping on Tuesday (overnight)... what the fuck? Why is a specialty store like EB/GameStop getting it a fucking a day late? What a load of horseshit. Does EBStop ever ship early?
CastleBravo
Member
Uhm, ok. I was just checking out the Mass Effect CE page at EBGames.com, and up top near the price, it says "Pre-Release Ships 11/20/07" (that would be Tuesday, the day everyone else says they're going to have it IN store). Then further down, it says "We pride ourselves on making sure you get the latest games first. Pre-order by November 19 at 11:00 am CST and choose overnight shipping for guaranteed delivery on November 20. If your package doesnt arrive on the street date we will fully refund your shipping charges
and cry."
So it is going to be shipped on Monday and delivered on the 20th, or what? Fucking EB.
So it is going to be shipped on Monday and delivered on the 20th, or what? Fucking EB.
my review will be up by 9 pm tonight. My second review will be up tomorrow with the embargo is removed at 9am. I love discussing this game.
There's no doubt about it, the texture loading is probably the worst aspect of the game but it didn't stop me from loving the game. It's just too noticeable.
There's no doubt about it, the texture loading is probably the worst aspect of the game but it didn't stop me from loving the game. It's just too noticeable.
Scribble said:
Well if there's a Juhani this time around, it would have to be Kaiden. The rest all are opinionated and outspoken, especially Ashley and Wrex at a few key moments. Though, Kaiden will speak his mind to you about mission decisions if you have the time to go down in the Normandy and talk to him.
Randy Lanzarote
Member
I've seen a lot of pop-in on videos I've seen at gamersyde or gametrailers. Its not a prolonged thing, but it definitely is noticeable.
Hey ho, such is life. Is the embargo on reviews up tomorrow?
Hey ho, such is life. Is the embargo on reviews up tomorrow?
sionyboy said:
Teamxbox will have their's at 9am. eastern supposedly. My second review will be up at 12pm eastern at the publication I freelance for.
Though, my first review should be up around 9-10pm tonight since the director of the site didn't receive any embargoes on his part I guess so he feels fine with posting it - or whatever.
Randy Lanzarote
Member
Caspel said:
Sweet, thanks for the info.
Dalauz said:
Liara is a great addition to the game -- she helps unfold the story, but that is all I will say to save spoilers. Tali can be boring once she joins the team, but she often talks the most when you take her on the missions. Outside of the missions, Tali just talks about her people and technology which can drag on.
Kaiden just didn't have much to add to the story imo. He was sometimes dry as a board.
ToyMachine228
Member
If anyone out there knows of a place in Broome County, NY selling Mass Effect early, PM me. That will make my decision between Mass Effect and Guitar Hero II for me:lol
Daaaaaaaamn, I loved the encounter with
Then the wicked 80's ish scifi synth music starts up. Just that combined with the cinematic angles they used was one of those wow moments for me.
That encounter was tough as hell too, I had quite a few retries.
The matriarch. Shepard says "I guess we wont be solving this peacefully" or something and she says "Indeed"
That encounter was tough as hell too, I had quite a few retries.
For those that are interested, the first review that I sent out went live a few minutes ago.
Mass Effect review at Xbox Evolved: 9.8
Mass Effect review at Xbox Evolved: 9.8
Witchfinder General
punched Wheelchair Mike
I like the storyline thus far but it is a blatant rip-off of The Night's Dawn Trilogy by Peter F Hamilton. I don't really mind because if you have to plunder from Sci-Fi books you might as well plunder from the best, plus it's about as close as I'm going to get to a game based on the books.
FrenchMovieTheme
Member
does anyone know if the collectors edition (online only) is for pre-orders only? or will they still sell it after?
i ask because this game is #1 on my gamefly (at which point i will "keep it") but if they dont send it ill just buy it from amazon. kinda wanted the collectors edition though
i ask because this game is #1 on my gamefly (at which point i will "keep it") but if they dont send it ill just buy it from amazon. kinda wanted the collectors edition though
Witchfinder General said:
Interesting. You should elaborate more on this, unless it's too much of a spoiler. Of course, we're 24 hours from the game coming out, so I suppose I can discover it for myself. That definitely makes me even more excited though.
From the premise of Mass Effect I can see A LOT of possible star control 2 influence. The finding of advanced technology from an ancient dead race, relative "newbiness" of humanity, a race of blue skinned sexy ladies (etc, etc). Also scanning of planets on the galaxy map reminds me of SC2 a lot as well. A great game to borrow from, though.
AndersTheSwede
Member
temp said:
Its seriously ace.
Witchfinder General
punched Wheelchair Mike
MCermak said:
Oh, you'll see. The only major difference I can see thus far is that ME has a main bad guy whilst The Night's Dawn Trilogy was far broader with it's adversaries.
TekunoRobby
Tag of Excellence
That's the same setup I did and so far I'm having a blast. Once I'm done I'll probably do another run through as the complete opposite.ndiicm said:
Regarding the length of the game. I completed the game yesterday and I'm fairly sure I did every quest in the game (my journal only listed one quest, but I couldn't hand it in as the NPC had died). The savegame showed I had spent exactly 40 hours just before finishing the game. Although the real time is probably a bit less since I left the game on several times to do misc chores.
Now then, sentinel is the only class which does not have the pistol and armor attributes. It's good at stunning specific foes, but when playing as a sentinel you'll have to depend 100% on your allies to deal the damage and you have less ways to mitigate incoming damage compared to other classes.
Besides sentinel I'm fairly sure all the other classes are pretty good. From what I've played, I get the impression Adept, Vanguard, Infiltrator and Soldier are the best classes.
I haven't tried Engineer's exclusive abilities, but after playing infiltrator I got the impression the engineer skills are the weakest offensive skills in the game, so engineer would probably have to play as a soldier using pistol 90% of the time and occasionally use a few of their unique skills. (infiltrator is definitely better than engineer as they have access to medium armor and to the sniper rifle, which is a great weapon)
traveler said:
The thing is that most classes has the pistol and armor attribute, which are great abilities to fall back on. The pistol is actually a lot more powerful than it sounds and can easily be used as your primary way to deal damage. The armor attribute makes your armor better and gives an ability to instantly recharge your shields, VERY handy.Nab said:
Now then, sentinel is the only class which does not have the pistol and armor attributes. It's good at stunning specific foes, but when playing as a sentinel you'll have to depend 100% on your allies to deal the damage and you have less ways to mitigate incoming damage compared to other classes.
Besides sentinel I'm fairly sure all the other classes are pretty good. From what I've played, I get the impression Adept, Vanguard, Infiltrator and Soldier are the best classes.
I haven't tried Engineer's exclusive abilities, but after playing infiltrator I got the impression the engineer skills are the weakest offensive skills in the game, so engineer would probably have to play as a soldier using pistol 90% of the time and occasionally use a few of their unique skills. (infiltrator is definitely better than engineer as they have access to medium armor and to the sniper rifle, which is a great weapon)
IronicallyTwisted
Banned
Engineers do more damage than Adepts.
You sure about that?IronicallyTwisted said:
Engineers have several skills which deals some small splash damage, but I'd give the upper hand to Adepts as most of their spells deal damage and stuns enemies for a rather long time. Throw also has the potential to insta-kill enemies if you manage to throw them off a rail or out of the level.