I’m not Mass Effect…ed
After an unfortunate vid-e-ya game hiatus I managed to find myself at the helm of a rather long (12 hour) session of Bioware’s Mass Effect on the good ol’ Xbox 360. I have to say that I’m still not blown away, and if I’m brutally honest it’s samey- you find yourself searching solar systems, finding a planet to land on, killing some guards, going into a underground laboratory (which is always 1 of 3 variants), killing some more guards and then jetting off again only to repeat the process tenfold.
To me this doesn’t have the magic that Bioware’s Knights of the Old Republic has. KOTOR made me want to hunt out all the information on various races of the galaxies and actually listen to what the storytellers had to say. I’m constantly finding myself skipping huge amounts of dialog in Mass Effect, as I just don’t care anymore!
Another huge let down in Mass Effect are the items you receive via raiding/questing, or the lack thereof. The only goodies you will receive are weapons. Where’s the cornucopia of space booty seen in KOTOR? This also means the money system is completely useless, why would you buy a weapon 3 levels bellow what you just found, for half of your credits?
*Sigh*
See I’m actually really pissed off right now as this isn’t the game I wanted and I still don’t get why it’s so widely praised! “Bioware..” *shakes fist* “..Why I aughta!” Saying this I am still going to play until completion. By golly I hope to God that I will be writing a retraction stating how wrong I was!
(P.s. Yes it’s a lame title but it’s all this little engine could muster with all that cold weather out there!)
Lou wrote:
Oh boy, you’ve just dashed my dreams of receiving Mass Effect through the post today. Suddenly I’ve had my charismatic feathers ruffled.
May I suggest Naruto?
Posted 12 Dec 2007 at 9:25 am ¶
Luke wrote:
Is it that good?
Posted 12 Dec 2007 at 7:26 pm ¶
Lou wrote:
It’s actually a lot better than I thought it would be. I really enjoyed it, personally. It’s kinda sandbox, but linear and contained enough to keep you on track and keep you interested (i really hate sandbox games that are TOO open)
Posted 13 Dec 2007 at 9:39 am ¶
ashame wrote:
Naruto is kinda fun, but not better than Mass Effect. I have to agree that Mass Effect could have been a lot more than what they deliverd :’(
Posted 15 Dec 2007 at 12:36 pm ¶
G-noise: Brandon wrote:
I believe that Mass Effect is a great game, being an RPG the genre might not be for you but it’s about getting better at the same stuff, so it will get repetitive. the game s short, about 15hrs, it might have helped if bioware didn’t put a gameplay counter on the saves because it’s shorter than most RPG’s. I find your view interesting, and I look forward to more posts in the near future.
Thanks G Noise
Posted 18 Dec 2007 at 2:40 am ¶
Kolin wrote:
Luke is about as RPG as they come bar MMO addicts
I agree with your post luke, and as you stated you are being brutual with your words.
I like mass effect but it definately has it’s flaws, if they fixed the money system, the amount of different upgrades (Maybe split the armor into helmet, chest, legs, etc) as well as adding a few more variants to side missions in the sequel it will be a force to be recokened with.
This aside I find the story and the involvement quite good but it does fade after a bit, but maybe that’s my low attention s… oh look a squirrel
Lots of
Posted 18 Dec 2007 at 8:37 pm ¶
Kolin wrote:
Lots of
Posted 18 Dec 2007 at 8:38 pm ¶
Kolin wrote:
Sorry, your comment sdoesnt like the little geek heart, must be interfering with the HTML coding
Lots of LOVE
Kolin
Posted 18 Dec 2007 at 8:39 pm ¶
Luke wrote:
Yeah, I’d agree with ya Kolin, it could certainly benefit by splitting the armor. Also compared with KOTOR there is no mythology behind the armour/ weapons which was plentiful in KOTOR, and actually made you care what you were using.
Much love back!
Posted 18 Jan 2008 at 3:10 am ¶