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Mass Effect |OT| Alien love in an elevator
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Lostconfused
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Dechaios said:
Soldier is pretty easy. Infiltrator might not be that bad either, it will let you hack things without depending on the party members and still be decent at combat. But every class will probably require you to know how to use your special abilities. But you still probably need to do a bit of leveling with any class.
I'm really enjoying this game so far, but the framerate is absolutely terrible. That in combination with the frustrating difficulty level spikes and horrible savepoints (which I've thankfully learned to adapt to) is making this game beyond frustrating at times. It's a good thing that combat is really fun and the story is so engaging, because if it wasn't I would have put this thing down almost immediately.
Confidence Man
Member
Dechaios said:
Infiltrator is good. Sniping + Tech abilities is a great combination.
CrunchinJelly
formerly cjelly
You know what, I don't think the frame rate would actually be that bad if it wasn't a UE3 game.Dartastic said:
Walking around Citadel, for instance, all you can hear is the DVD drive desperately tring to load up the high res textures as quick as it can, which leads to more slowdown than the game actually has. If you go through a section where all the high res textures have been loaded already, the frame rate is pretty solid.
On the subject of graphics: Am I the only one that likes the Film Grain effect? I think they've over done it a little bit (looks like you're playing a VHS), but it's quite a nice effect, especially if they'd toned it down a tad.
I finally finished it at 13 or 14 some credited play time.
I'm quite annoyed at the haters who are like "oh you only played 13 you wasted the game". Naw son, it's more like the storyline can be done in 7. I spent the vast majority of my time on side quests and only wraped up the story when the quests ceased to "fall in my lap".
Theres more to do...but not much on the lines of interesting (unless yall have suggestions or theres something i'm missing). I can call this baby a wrap and finish up other games.
p.s. I like the ending theme. Only piece of music i liked in the whole game.
I'm quite annoyed at the haters who are like "oh you only played 13 you wasted the game". Naw son, it's more like the storyline can be done in 7. I spent the vast majority of my time on side quests and only wraped up the story when the quests ceased to "fall in my lap".
Theres more to do...but not much on the lines of interesting (unless yall have suggestions or theres something i'm missing). I can call this baby a wrap and finish up other games.
p.s. I like the ending theme. Only piece of music i liked in the whole game.
"God's Beard!"
Member
Whoever did the camera work in this game is Mother Mary's Baby Daddy.
rollingstart
Banned
ive played for around 10 hours or so, just started to get back into the main quest and it is still holding up.
my three problems are that the actual shooting and such is really really bad if you compare it to pretty much any other shooter, like if I was killed in battle it always feels like the game is being cheap and not actually due to my lack of skills (this is compared to something like Uncharted when dying ment I f'ed up). The AI is also really stupid, I have these two supposed badass fighters with experience, yet they seem like a couple teenagers playing paint ball. The rover you drive around on planets has really bad controls, even after figuring out the weird ass control scheme they chose for it, it doesnt make any sense.
other than that it is great.
my three problems are that the actual shooting and such is really really bad if you compare it to pretty much any other shooter, like if I was killed in battle it always feels like the game is being cheap and not actually due to my lack of skills (this is compared to something like Uncharted when dying ment I f'ed up). The AI is also really stupid, I have these two supposed badass fighters with experience, yet they seem like a couple teenagers playing paint ball. The rover you drive around on planets has really bad controls, even after figuring out the weird ass control scheme they chose for it, it doesnt make any sense.
other than that it is great.
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
I really really REALLY want to make a Playbill for the Elcor Hamlet....
"God's Beard!"
Member
BenjaminBirdie said:
That was one of the best things I heard in the game. I'd like to see the play, so that I might judge Hamlet for his actions, not his emotions.
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
Y2Kev said:
:lol
This game is so fucking glitchy. I mean I loooooooooooooooooove it, but I keep running into bugs.
-Had one time where the framerate in a room dropped to like 5fps and somehow it carried the framerate with it when I left the room and the entire game was 5fps no matter what. Had to reset and then it was fine.
-Just turned it off because somehow my RUN got stuck locked onto some object on the other side of the entire level and I couldn't run at all because the camera would force look at a wall or something. Hopefully this will be fixed when I power it back on.
-Had one time where the framerate in a room dropped to like 5fps and somehow it carried the framerate with it when I left the room and the entire game was 5fps no matter what. Had to reset and then it was fine.
-Just turned it off because somehow my RUN got stuck locked onto some object on the other side of the entire level and I couldn't run at all because the camera would force look at a wall or something. Hopefully this will be fixed when I power it back on.
T.M. MacReady
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i've now played the second half of the
fight over 50 times. I simply cannot win. I tried turning the difficulty down to casual and everything. They spawn my squad right on top of 3 exploding barrels, and all the commandos rush in throwing their blue bullshit and knocking me out instantly. Its infuriating that I have such a good game in my possesion, but I can't fucking play it because it autosaved in the middle of an impossible fucking battle! I'm out of ideas now. My guy with dampening has 1 health left and dies instantly every time.
matriarch
I'd say vanguard and adept are the most fun classes to play as. Some of the biotic powers are really fun to use. Soldier and infiltrator are also classes which are very viable.Dechaios said:
I'd personally recommend avoiding sentinel and engineer. Both rely heavily on tech skills which aren't fun to use and are underpowered compared to other skills in the game.
TeethMummy said:
Do you have an older save to revert to?
for the matriarch battle, you have to kill 4 waves of enemies, then get a cutscene where you talk to her more before you actually fight her, before that she's invincible and pretty much 1 hit kills you so avoid her and hide in the corners of the room, but you'll have to move from corner to corner to find and kill all the minions she summoned
I was stuck there for 1.5 hours before I beat it, :lol
Lostconfused
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Hunter D said:
Not only that, storyline wise Garrus always has your back. Unlike that whole i am a dark moody somber mercenary Wrex that is likely to flare up at any slight remark.
so i told Ash that
:lol
Garrus and Ash are my two squadmates during this playthough, and i've just been auto-levling them. i hope i don't run into any tough boss battles, although no battle yet has caused me any real trouble.
I needed her and she thinks i'm one cornball motherfucker. however, she told me she will think about it and that she is a hellcat or something OFF the battlefield as well, so i think i have a chance.
Garrus and Ash are my two squadmates during this playthough, and i've just been auto-levling them. i hope i don't run into any tough boss battles, although no battle yet has caused me any real trouble.
Hunter D said:
I did it with the two ladies, and it was a breeze. Of course, I had leveled up quite a bit, so I tossed a major singularity into the cluster of agents, then dumped some overloads on their equipment each time and cleaned up anyone who got past that with the toxic shotgun.
I had already reached 20th level before I got around to doing Noveria.
"God's Beard!"
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I'm playing as a Shock Trooper Soldier right now on hard, and I'm wondering if your squadmates have a purpose other than giving you a reason to use Unity? I'm not saying they die a lot, but I don't think I really need the help. It's fun watching them launch people around with biotics like they think they're helping me.
Lostconfused
Member
God's Beard said:
Well who do you use? Because a soldier you pretty much stand up to anything, its just silly how much damage you can take.
NovemberMike
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Holy shit can Shock Trooper Vanguards take a lot of damage. I have Barrier at max level (1000hp shield) with the shock trooper special (45hp per sec regen on the shield) and a biotic amp that changes cooldown and/or duration to the point that in combat I can recast before it goes down. Add the fact that my shotgun kills the large geth (destroyers and such) in two shots and anything smaller in one, and I feel like one badass mother****er.
Hmm, just finished Thoren.
Also as a soldier I'm noticing as I get further into the game my main weapon (assault rifle) is becoming less and less effective at killing people quickly. Is there anything I should be doing? Lvl.23 atm, 2 story missions in, ~9 hours.
That last part with the boss was too long. It must have taken me an hour and 10 saves along the way. Too many parts, jeez.
Also uh, was there supposed to be a way to restock in grenades? Saving all the civilians with only 5 grenades seems impossible.
Also uh, was there supposed to be a way to restock in grenades? Saving all the civilians with only 5 grenades seems impossible.
Also as a soldier I'm noticing as I get further into the game my main weapon (assault rifle) is becoming less and less effective at killing people quickly. Is there anything I should be doing? Lvl.23 atm, 2 story missions in, ~9 hours.
Lostconfused
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TheWolf said:
Well you can get the best AR in the game pretty early on. But i am not sure what to use when it comes to high level upgrades. I got a lot of duplicates for now, but there seems to be a potential for variety. High explosive rounds are hilarious but i wish there was a way for them to actually be useful.
Yeah, I agree. The film grain adds a lot to it visually, but it is way over done. I think the best film grain effect I've seen is in GRAW; however, it has been awhile since I've played it, so it is possible I'm not correctly remembering the grain quality in the game.Quagm1r3 said:
What the freakin' hell...
I just started getting into the game, a little less than three hours in, and all of a sudden I can't even play any fuckin' more.
The Xbox will just remain frozen and I can't even get to the dashboard, and I'll just have to power down completely.
Tried Halo, Bioshock, Forza, Naruto, COD4 and they all work just fine.
I start up Mass Effect and resume or load a previous game(it doesn't matter), I get 5 seconds into the game and it will just freeze up.
Disc is literally flawless and Xbox is about as well ventilated as possible.
Did a search and I've come up with this:
http://masseffect.bioware.com/forums/viewtopic.html?topic=599784&forum=124
Haven't tried it yet, but #6 on that link to the microsoft page is:
I mean, I'm less than three hours in.........but c'mon.
I just started getting into the game, a little less than three hours in, and all of a sudden I can't even play any fuckin' more.
The Xbox will just remain frozen and I can't even get to the dashboard, and I'll just have to power down completely.
Tried Halo, Bioshock, Forza, Naruto, COD4 and they all work just fine.
I start up Mass Effect and resume or load a previous game(it doesn't matter), I get 5 seconds into the game and it will just freeze up.
Disc is literally flawless and Xbox is about as well ventilated as possible.
Did a search and I've come up with this:
http://masseffect.bioware.com/forums/viewtopic.html?topic=599784&forum=124
Haven't tried it yet, but #6 on that link to the microsoft page is:
I mean, I'm less than three hours in.........but c'mon.
GauntletFan
Banned
tak said:
Yep GRAW has a great grain filter.
I like Mass Effect's too.. makes everything look even cooler IMO.
h_a_t said:What the freakin' hell...
I just started getting into the game, a little less than three hours in, and all of a sudden I can't even play any fuckin' more.
The Xbox will just remain frozen and I can't even get to the dashboard, and I'll just have to power down completely.
Tried Halo, Bioshock, Forza, Naruto, COD4 and they all work just fine.
I start up Mass Effect and resume or load a previous game(it doesn't matter), I get 5 seconds into the game and it will just freeze up.
Disc is literally flawless and Xbox is about as well ventilated as possible.
Did a search and I've come up with this:
http://masseffect.bioware.com/forums/viewtopic.html?topic=599784&forum=124
Haven't tried it yet, but #6 on that link to the microsoft page is:
I mean, I'm less than three hours in.........but c'mon.
This happened to me as well. My disk became unreadable in my machine, so I just took it back and exchanged it with another one and it worked fine.
Lostconfused
Member
Big-E said:
Well the specialization unlocks the extra talent slots for the class that you have. In the description it tells you what it benefits. For example Shock Trooper gives bonus to health and instead of skills it has 2 talents that reduce the cool down of Immunity and Adrenaline Rush.
TheWolf said:
Yeah. If I'm at a distance I can take down guys 1 at a time from under cover no problem. But if a group of enemies rushes me I'm doing pretty shitty as a soldier with no tech/bio skills. Shotgun gets maybe 3 shots before overheating & AR just isn't taking guys down fast enough. I depend a lot on my support team to keep throwing guys back or lifting them since I'm just not doing enough damage shooting.
cjelly said:
I think you're right. I'm not too far in (I'm at the first planet that you've seen in the first boss battle videos) and I've noticed that the framerate had the biggest problems in the Citadel. It's strange because combat (where textures are generally already loaded) seems smooth, but when I'm running around one of the bars I get MASSIVE frame rate drops. I genuinely wish they took more time to iron that out.
On another note, even though the combat is really fun at times I'm also getting REALLY mad at it. There is NOTHING more frustrating then getting killed in one lucky shot from an enemy that you just can't do anything about. My squadmates are absolute idiots as well, which doesn't really help the situation. I've died multiple times while trying to take cover, and having my squadmates take cover right next to me renders me unable to actually get behind something safely. This is followed with a forementioned one hit kill.
Big-E said:
WAIT WHAT?
Oddly, I haven't really noticed any framerate problems in the Citadel and I think the grain is as good as the grain in Silent Hill games.
The motion blur seems to do a real good job at hiding framerate problems. Only during huge firefights with tons of enemies do I see dips in the single digits.
The motion blur seems to do a real good job at hiding framerate problems. Only during huge firefights with tons of enemies do I see dips in the single digits.
CitizenCope
Member
This game sounds like a bitch in both difficulty level and with bugs.
Asked for it for x-mas but after reading this thread I hope I don't get it.
Asked for it for x-mas but after reading this thread I hope I don't get it.