Mass effect, your own impressions and reviews here.

i just got the game, i played around half an hour and so far the game seems very promising but the graphics on outside normady was a bit underwhelming... character creation is much great than oblivion, you end up with a human being almost like if it was created by the dev themselves, very well done.

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Most of us still have 10 days till we get the game, maybe you should wait with the thread or call it your impressions, in any case, dont write any story spoilers or ill fucking kill you!

Well i dont mind knowing Saren has activated the geth, but more than that, and your a dead man, i could use a vacation to a warm country, so dont think i wont be coming.

Bad boys, bad boys, watcha gonna do when they come for you!

hey vx i might do that so you can come and have some fun, don' t worry i' m not like that dumbass, don' t you know aba enough !

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Where the hell have I been the past 2 weeks? I still need to go pick up this, AC(still debating), COD4, and SMG.

U playing in HD now?

Even if you break 2 legs from a crab it still runs!
What you gotta do is find its weak spot and do massive damage at it.

yes in HD. i think i' m gonna replay that first hour because in (some) cutscenes, my character looked stupid specialy when he' s facing the camera and start expressing with his face, he was badass when his face was still, somehow it ruins it for me, i might be better off with the default guy. [:' (]

my point here is that may be the facial expression Tech with the custom face you' ll creat might give a bad result in cut scenes or (which i hope), might just me not giving it a good shot. a small detail probably but annoying in the long term.

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The enemy character designs are stellar, and the armour in general looks badass. It makes me wonder how much more amazing the game would have been if it was based in the Star Wars universe...

But then again, at least with a new IP they have full creative freedom.

One thing i' ve noticed is that the texture quality varies pretty wildly. Some stuff looks fantastic, ...as good as Gears of War, ...but other stuff looks really bad. It' s understandable to a certain degree given that the worse[er] looking environments generally aren' t areas central to the main storyline and the epicness of the game world, but it could have been better.

Apparently Microsoft has decided to limit the vast majority of websites to just four 1 minute clips. I know Gamspot have exclusive access, and that' ll likely bleed through to IGN, ...and i know Gametrailers will still have a 6+ minute video review next week, but places like Gamersyde are getting stung by Microsoft' s ever increasing arrogance. Sucks for Blim Blim i guess.

The game is nearly upon us, i dont really mind not getting to view long clips of the game, its a game that doesnt really lend it self to videos, since the combat isnt what its all about, and story segments are boring if you arent playing yourself.

the trailer on gametrailers is amazing though, i posted it in a thread awhile back, really makes me want to play.

Who cares,XBoxyde is retarded,every game they dont get early they whine on and being harsh on.

They are like spoiled brats,fuck blim blim.

Even if you break 2 legs from a crab it still runs!
What you gotta do is find its weak spot and do massive damage at it.

ORIGINAL: Vx Chemical

The game is nearly upon us, i dont really mind not getting to view long clips of the game, its a game that doesnt really lend it self to videos, since the combat isnt what its all about, and story segments are boring if you arent playing yourself.

Personally i think the combat looks great.

the combat is great.

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I didnt say it isnt great, its just not a combat system that really shoes how great it is ina video, you have to be playing it. Just like most other RPG' s there is more to it than just shooting, and the finesse of it is lost in the videos.

Im confident the combat will be surperbe.

Things i loved so far after few hours of gameplay:

Fantastic story tha pushes you to go and find out more, everything is well documented about the world.

Amazing character models even with some very few shadow rendering issues, best character models i' ve ever seen, the great thing here is that even the regular npcs look stunnig.

amazing voice acting, characters feel very real and the discution is very fluide compared to whatever we saw before, the dialogue tree is a genius idea that helps smooth out the discution without odd interruption unless if you want them to happen and think about what you want to say.

Great lightning.

great music that goes well with whetever happening in the screen.

i' m still in the very begining but i feel like i have so much more to unfold. the game feels epic.




Things i disliked so far

some open areas are a let down in the graphic department.

your AI team mates in combat are sometimes dumb, in fact it happens that both were stuck because of a box in the floor and they couldn' t make the other way around, i had to shoot the box with the shotgun to free the way and sometimes they just don' t listen to orders ( after playing Vegas and Graw, your squad in ME seems a bit retarded...) but i' ll give them other opportunities to say my final judgement on that matter.

Too much information.

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Where the hell have I been the past 2 weeks? I still need to go pick up this, AC(still debating), COD4, and SMG.

Get COD4 and Mass Effect, forget about AC and pick up SMG later. That' s what I would do at least.

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Get COD4 and Mass Effect, forget about AC and pick up SMG later. That' s what I would do at least.

I' ll probably get COD4 in a couple of days. I' ll wait until I have time to play ME before I get it.

Well, I just got my copy of Mass Effect thanks to EB Games breaking the Australian release date.

Have not had time to play it yet though I hope I' ll be impressed. I' ve seen/read next to nothing about this game on the internet deliberately as I' m fed up with the hype machine and all the BS/spoilers it brings.

Its pretty cool that Ebgames relised that they had no embargo, funny how microsoft slips up sometimes. I' d go get it but its not a game im interested in and i can afford it at the moment.

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I' d go get it but its not for the Wii

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I dont want to celebrate, I want to sell you hate.

I guess your fixing mine?
Thats not the reason at all :\
It has something to do with Wii tho...
See i bought Prime 3 last week and galaxy comes out next week.
And i try to limit myself to two games per month, And to be honest i haven' t even looked into mass effect and the only thing ive seen is that its supposed to have life like npc' s or something.

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ORIGINAL: Grant Delmore

And to be honest i haven' t even looked into mass effect and the only thing ive seen is that its supposed to have life like npc' s or something.

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Apart from some small issues, Mass Effect is probably one of the best games I have every played. I literally lost myself in it for 3 hours and not realized it - a rare thing for me.

You can tell that Bioware really pushed the system in its endeavor so let' s get this out of the way first. Yes, Mass Effect does have framerate, caching and tearing issues in some areas. It' s not horrible but for those elitist/purists that just can' t deal with 30FPS and occasional stutters, it may be enough to turn them off the game completely. Fortunately I am not one of those people, and those who are will miss out on one fantastic experience. Sometimes the self shadowing can be a little glitchy too, but this is not so much a limitation of the game as it is a limitation of current raster graphics. The only real solution to this problem is Ray Tracing and that' s still a way off.

Graphically it' s superb. While not all areas are super detailed, it still fits with the entire sci-fi theme perfectly. Whatever area or planet you' re in, it really feels like you' re in a completely different time and world. Incredible amounts of attention to detail has gone into this game. Everything you encounter in ME has a history and culture behind it. Just reading the amount of codex material alone would take you hours. My hat' s off to Bioware in this regard. ME has such depth to it that it' s not just believable. It' s an experience.

Character design is the best I' ve seen.

Combat is a bit overwhelming at first. There is a learning curve involved but once you get past it, it' s quite fluid. I' m still learning too. This might put off casual gamers. Squad AI seems average but once I get better at the tactical side of things I' m sure things will work out better.

On the whole I was very impressed. This may be because I decided to not hype it up at all and kept my exposure to media coverage a minimum. I' d write more about it but I don' t want to spoil anything for you guys - and I want to get back to playing. Put simply. Mass Effect rocks hard.

indeed unluckyone, a fantastic game even with its small problems, i' m still overwhelmed with all the things i should learn, not only about the culture and history but also how things work " exactly" and i still don' t know how to make cash, i' m like in 2h30 of the game. if you know let me know, because i see a lot of armors to purchase yet i' m unable to purchase most of them if not all.

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The game has a reincarnation of HK-47!

http://media.xbox360.ign.com/media/718/718963/vid_2201363.aspx

I would have prefered to see a HK-47 crossover, but this will do.

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What!? Was that fat alien supposed to be HK-47? Or that shorter one with armor? Eh...?

Elcor appears to be the spiritual successor to HK-47, not a literal reincarnation. But yeah it' s the fat alien.

Pay close attention to the way he dictates the tone of what he says, the way that HK-47 did because neither HK-47 or Elcor are able to convey emotion. Elcor probably doesn' t have the same crudeness as HK-47, but this race has the same niche that allows them to be the innocent asshole.

Trust me this race of aliens will be a great source of humour.

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Can' t wait until next week,Crysis is fun,but its more like watching a movie directed by Micheal Bay,like unlimited cash of special effects and you cant belive what you see each second,but it still lack that core of " fun" which makes the game fantastic,sure Crysis is sometimes fantastic ghameplay wise,but most its not,I miss a game like Mass effect,.

Well next week im getting ME+Assassins Creed+Ace combat6.

Even if you break 2 legs from a crab it still runs!
What you gotta do is find its weak spot and do massive damage at it.

Grant, the only way you could have overlooked MassEffect is if youre retarded or a fanboy. Ill be nice and let you choose.

I dont want to celebrate, I want to sell you hate.

Just pre-orderd ME+AC6.

ME HERE I FUCKING COME!!!

Even if you break 2 legs from a crab it still runs!
What you gotta do is find its weak spot and do massive damage at it.

now here is a thing that really pisses me off, there is almost no checkpoint specialy before the boss, first you always have to remember to save and when you feel that shit will happen , then you better save. when you fight against a boss and you die, it' s back to your saving point, more importantly you will have to repeat that cut scene over and over again. why can' t developer learn from the other games, look how God of war for exemple pulled that off, if you die with a boss , you' ll repeat with hjim right away unless you want to load your save point. i can' t believe some decisions some times , how can they make such a mistake. check points is becoming a necessety in modern games, it' s very annoying and repetetive to go back to zero point or repeat a cut scene over and over again without the ability to skip it.

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There are quite a few checkpoints I' ve found. Every time you exit/enter the Normandy, planetary exploration, whenever you quick travel, and important parts there is usually a checkpoint. I save regularly in RPG' s anyway because I know how frustrating it is to lose any levels/items you have. Too many bad experiences with JRPG' s can do that. It' s a fine line to travel. You don' t want too many checkpoints either as that can just get annoying too.

There is the ability to skip most conversations and scenes with the X button. I' ve only encountered a couple that you can' t skip and they' re incredibly short.

hell no there is no ability to skip scenes with the x buttons simply because in these scenes there is that dialogue tree. no way for the x button to skip that and i tried every single button. there is also no checkpoints before the important part, where did you get that ? look i' m not asking for a permanent save point , but a checkpoint you know , so if you die you start right away from taht point without ACTUALY saving the game, this is found ina shit load of games and it works like a charm... noo mister this is not present in mass effect.

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i sincerely appologise, it seems like you can skip the cut scenes (rather pass them forward), with the X button, and i did try that before but it didn' t happen , that is soo weird, anyway my mistake thanks unlucky.

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I just watched the video nitro pointed me too... I dont see what everyone is on about :\ looks like another tired old shooter to me.
Whats most of the hype? Someone explain the fine points that set this above other games. Try give me a reason to start hyping :\
Also i thought it was supposed to be a RPG..... Rpg shooter? Weird mix :\

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Noob and fanboy weird mix

I dont want to celebrate, I want to sell you hate.

ORIGINAL: Grant Delmore

I just watched the video nitro pointed me too... I dont see what everyone is on about :\ looks like another tired old shooter to me.
Whats most of the hype? Someone explain the fine points that set this above other games. Try give me a reason to start hyping :\
Also i thought it was supposed to be a RPG..... Rpg shooter? Weird mix :\

Y' know what, ...it doesn' t matter. There' s zero need for you to contemplate playing the game because you' re not fu©king worthy.


YOU. ARE. NOT. WORTHY.

I just watched the video nitro pointed me too... I dont see what everyone is on about :\ looks like another tired old shooter to me.
Whats most of the hype? Someone explain the fine points that set this above other games. Try give me a reason to start hyping :\
Also i thought it was supposed to be a RPG..... Rpg shooter? Weird mix :\

I guess if you dont know about Mass Effect, your probably not going to enjoy it. Its from the greatest developer to ever create RPGs

Also RPG is the main game, hwo ever you play the combat doesnt really matter as long as it isnt a sucky system liek FF

Does it still have rpg elements like stats and stuff? Or is it basicly just a shooter with quests and story?

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It has stats and quests, its like Knights of the Old Republic in a different setting.