Topic: Mass Effect (Read 98920 times)

Blue Kitty · « **Reply #250 on:** 06 Feb 2008, 18:02 »

So, will we be able to play it from any point in the game, or will we have to restart to play it?

KvP · « **Reply #251 on:** 06 Feb 2008, 18:11 »

Sounds like any other sidequest, so as long as you're between New Eden and Virmire you'll have access to it.

KvP · « **Reply #252 on:** 12 Feb 2008, 14:52 »

ME coming to PC May 2008. Expect huge-ass sys reqs.

And I found out that contrary to my previous beliefs, Virmire doesn't auto-bookend the main storyline. I'd just did it last up to this point.

Spluff · « **Reply #253 on:** 12 Feb 2008, 14:55 »

Woot! Now lets hope it's ported well.

OnewingedAngel · « **Reply #254 on:** 12 Feb 2008, 20:23 »

Apparently it's supposed to allow you to hotkey all your tech and biotic abilities to give you a greater focus on the action so you don't have to slow it up with the selection menu.

Johnny C · « **Reply #255 on:** 13 Feb 2008, 00:28 »

Surely I wasn't the only one who found the pause menu for directing teammates fairly intuitive?

Storm Rider · « **Reply #256 on:** 13 Feb 2008, 00:34 »

I thought it worked just fine, personally, but I see how hotkeys would help. The only thing about the PC version I would really like on the 360 would be the streamlined inventory UI, but I guess that's the tradeoff for getting the game 6 months earlier.

pilsner · « **Reply #257 on:** 13 Feb 2008, 15:00 »

The PC inventory won't be streamlined so much as not stupidly obfuscated. It's not like an accelerating scroll bar is utterly beyond the technical capacity of the 360. I'm definitely going to be playing the DLC, although an hour's worth at a time sounds lame.

KvP · « **Reply #258 on:** 13 Feb 2008, 15:26 »

Depends on how often the DLC is being released. 90 minutes of extra gameplay a month sounds pretty reasonable. Presumably they've been working on a batch of DLC and it didn't take them 4 months to hammer out a single download.

jeph · « **Reply #259 on:** 13 Feb 2008, 19:46 »

I'm psyched for the DLC even if it IS just more pallette-swapped planets and shooty-shooty.

dennis · « **Reply #260 on:** 14 Feb 2008, 01:43 »

Man. There are just so many missions and assignments that I probably won't even need DLC until much later this year.

KvP · « **Reply #261 on:** 10 Mar 2008, 18:05 »

DLC is out tonight.

Anybody played?

Scandanavian War Machine · « **Reply #262 on:** 10 Mar 2008, 18:30 »

downloading now. i'll get back to you.

Storm Rider · « **Reply #263 on:** 11 Mar 2008, 00:29 »

Downloaded it, too busy with Brawl to play it. I'll get back to it eventually.

Scandanavian War Machine · « **Reply #264 on:** 11 Mar 2008, 11:27 »

started playing Bring Down the Sky last night and i'm pretty optimistic. (i didn't get very far before i died and had to start over, so i haven't really made any progress).
there's a little more variety (that's actually what killed me. i wasn't expecting it) and also...

when you land on the asteroid...take the time and just look up for a while. it's pretty awesome.

Blue Kitty · « **Reply #265 on:** 11 Mar 2008, 17:37 »

Taking a break from Brawl and downloading it.

Dimmukane · « **Reply #266 on:** 11 Mar 2008, 20:10 »

DLed it, not gonna have a chance until *maybe* thursday, if not then, then *maybe* the weekend. If not then, well, I'm gonna be pissed. I'm too goddamn busy all the sudden.

Johnny C · « **Reply #267 on:** 11 Mar 2008, 20:46 »

I have to take a break from school in order to play Brawl. What in the Christ are you people doing with your lives that you have the time to take a break from what I'm taking a break to do?

MOSTLY I AM JEALOUS AND WANT TO PLAY SHOOTY SHOOTY SPACE BLOW UP-Y

hack · « **Reply #268 on:** 12 Mar 2008, 03:08 »

played it the other day. started a new mission with one of my completed characters just to play 'bring down the sky'.

don't want to spoil too much, but this mission fleshes out some of the grievances that the batarians have with the human race. the batarians feel that the council was giving humanity too much preferential treatment... mostly at the expense of batarian interests. the batarians have since left the council and have waged a campaign of piracy against humanity.

while the assault on elysium was backed by the batarian pirates, the hijacking of x57 appears to be more impromptu. i wouldn't be surprised if there are more batarian side missions released in the future.

Dimmukane · « **Reply #269 on:** 12 Mar 2008, 06:02 »

Actually, pretty much all of that was mentioned in the Galactic Codex.

pilsner · « **Reply #270 on:** 06 Apr 2008, 20:14 »

Anyone else read Iain M. Bank's The Algebraist? There's a surprising degree of overlap (and it's well worth a read for a sci fi geek). Expect:

-- A galactic imperium run by aliens;
-- A plot focusing on control over the means for ftl travel;
-- A galactic imperium bent on destroying AIs (thanks Frank!);

I'm not sure if these are just common sf tropes or if Mass Effect relied on Banks for inspiration.

KvP · « **Reply #271 on:** 07 May 2008, 01:10 »

Interesting little tidbit for prospective PC gamers -

ME will require authentification via internet every 10 days in order to play.

Spluff · « **Reply #272 on:** 07 May 2008, 03:55 »

And now we feel the effects of EA kicking in.

Fletch · « **Reply #273 on:** 08 May 2008, 03:50 »

I started playing a second run, and I was really disappointed I was going to have to play the same person twice.

nigralovecadillac · « **Reply #274 on:** 13 May 2008, 18:50 »

Quote from: jeph on 13 Nov 2007, 01:21

Quote from: Storm Rider on 05 Oct 2007, 23:57
Also, I'm curious as to which class everybody's planning on playing? Personally, I'm leaning towards Vanguard, because I like using magic in my RPGs but I also like being able to dish out the hurt when I want to.

I'm really torn between Infiltrator and Vanguard. I may end up just starting two seperate games, one as each class, and see which I like better.
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mass effect is amazing in every class, they made huge efforts in equalizing it. Infiltrator was my personal favorite, sniping in the game was hard but worth it

Scruffy · « **Reply #275 on:** 03 Jun 2008, 07:13 »

I hate to resurrect this especially positive discussion with this, but that PC DRM is aweful.
You only get 3 installs... I mean, I just read 6 pages of awesomeness and I still can't force myself to throw away money, when I only get 3 freaking installs! Gah! This is the type of game I'd come back and play 5 years from now. The chances of having those installs then are slim at best.

I've installed games that fail during installation. (my computer laughs) thats 1.
Play through it, eventually format 3 months later. Thats 2.
If I want to play it again I'd have to be damned sure I want to. IE, it sits in a box forever with 1 freaking register. Woopie.

I know they are trying to prevent this, but meh; I also tend to play games and resell them getting 50-75% back on half.com or something. Thats completely out now. I ignored it for Bioshock thanks to the revoke tool and had 5 activations. 5 activations would be fine imo. Plenty for errors and reformats, but geeze, 3?

/Sorry, whiney McWhinerson here. But man, I feel screwed. I was going to pay $50 out the gate, but now I feel compelled to wait until someone officially cracks the DRM. Then I'll burn it to a dvd and tape it to the Mass Effect disc, which I eventually either copy or get on half.com for $5, since after a couple months people will be wanting to get rid of it.

KvP · « **Reply #276 on:** 03 Jun 2008, 07:23 »

If you've got problems (and it seems like a lot of people do, my copy's serial # allows me to play the game but not to register online, for some strange reason) and have run out of installs, tech support should give you more. Just, uh, be willing to wait a few days.

Scruffy · « **Reply #277 on:** 03 Jun 2008, 11:16 »

Quote from: Kid van Pervert on 03 Jun 2008, 07:23

If you've got problems (and it seems like a lot of people do, my copy's serial # allows me to play the game but not to register online, for some strange reason) and have run out of installs, tech support should give you more. Just, uh, be willing to wait a few days.

That sir is awesome, but I can't risk one of your installs if it goes wrong. Thanks anyway.

dennis · « **Reply #278 on:** 15 Jun 2008, 13:37 »

After tiring a bit of GTAIV, I started up my Mass Effect campaign again last week and finished it last night.

The game is awesome. So much more detailed and involving that KOTOR ever was, and KOTOR was pretty detailed and involving.

I managed to play "Bring Down the Sky" right before the point of no return, which kind of broke the whole "Race against time" flow of the game, but whatevs.

I almost want to buy another copy for PC just for the streamlined UI, but really, I like getting Xbox Achievements.

My initial playthrough was with a female Shephard Infiltrator, so I guess I'll go male Soldier or Adept this time.

Storm Rider · « **Reply #279 on:** 15 Jun 2008, 16:22 »

See, I did a Paragon Soldier the first time, so after getting the Assault Rifle achievement I could immediately give the Renegade Adept I started next weapons he shouldn't be able to master and created a completely broken character that can use powerful guns and all the oh so amusing ~~Force~~ biotic powers at the same time.

Melodic · « **Reply #280 on:** 15 Jun 2008, 18:31 »

So THAT'S why my new Adept can wield Assault Rifles and Shotguns now. Broken to the point of AWESOME, but it wasn't a particularly difficult game anyways. I'm going through a third playthru with Bio-fucker (my first 2 were with the same Soldier, to max out my level and get all the Spectre gear), and being a complete prick to everyone. Awesome.

JD · « **Reply #281 on:** 03 Jul 2008, 11:37 »

Got the PC version finally. I can't seem to get the DLC however.

morca007 · « **Reply #282 on:** 03 Jul 2008, 18:15 »

I'm considering getting the PC version, is there anyone here who can vouch for it being as awesome as the 360 version (which I have not actually played)?

Spluff · « **Reply #283 on:** 03 Jul 2008, 19:17 »

It's pretty damn good (well, as long as you don't start doing sidequests).

parm · « **Reply #284 on:** 04 Jul 2008, 04:29 »

Quote from: morca007 on 03 Jul 2008, 18:15

I'm considering getting the PC version, is there anyone here who can vouch for it being as awesome as the 360 version (which I have not actually played)?

It is extremely awesome, and the redesigned (well, tweaked) user interface works incredibly well on the PC. I am lovin' it loving it' lovin' it like that.

Johnny C · « **Reply #285 on:** 08 Jan 2009, 14:40 »

CMON ALREADY

JD · « **Reply #286 on:** 10 Jan 2009, 23:49 »

Cocktease!

lolwut · « **Reply #287 on:** 07 Feb 2009, 06:33 »

fuckfuckfuck i cannot fucking wait for me2 fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck

KvP · « **Reply #288 on:** 07 Feb 2009, 10:55 »

EA filed some sort of brief with the gov't. indicating a Q1 2010 release for ME2 on multiple platforms.

imapiratearg · « **Reply #289 on:** 07 Feb 2009, 19:27 »

Awesoooome. I got this for Christmas. It's fucking epic.

Probably the most gorgeous game I have yet to see.

Blue Kitty · « **Reply #290 on:** 16 Feb 2009, 21:21 »

Fight club in Mass Effect? It's more likely then you think

Alex C · « **Reply #291 on:** 16 Feb 2009, 21:53 »

Well, it never really hit me as unlikely to begin with; Bioware put arenas in Jade Empire, Kotor 1 and a fight club in the NWN1 OC. I dunno why but RPGs in general have a great big stiffy for gladiator style events.

KvP · « **Reply #292 on:** 16 Feb 2009, 23:02 »

That does not sound particularly interesting.

lolwut · « **Reply #293 on:** 18 Feb 2009, 05:56 »

maybe i'm just insane but i actually enjoyed the combat and driving in mass effect more than the story so it sounds okay to me

Alex C · « **Reply #294 on:** 18 Feb 2009, 08:06 »

I didn't mind the driving so much when you were on story driven planets in which there was really only one (relatively flat) area to drive the mako, but the driving around on hilly/mountainous planets just to pick up some scrap metal sucked badly.

But yeah, mostly, you're insane.

Scandanavian War Machine · « **Reply #295 on:** 18 Feb 2009, 10:12 »

i actually liked driving around on virtually empty planets.

it felt more like exploring REAL space. you know, that place that's mostly empty? plus i like the whole hill-climb thing; it's like a puzzle that involves driving. it was also a lot of fun to jump off mountains at weird angles and fire the boosters.

maybe i'm just easily amused.

KvP · « **Reply #296 on:** 18 Feb 2009, 10:59 »

I didn't mind it that much either, but it was still largely copy-pasted from a source that was pretty terribly designed in the first place.

Alex C · « **Reply #297 on:** 18 Feb 2009, 11:20 »

I thought it was sort of cool the first time, but got old quickly. Then again, I still feel like mass effect's primary quests were so good and nicely paced that the side quests couldn't help but feel kind of janky. Still one of my favorite games; it's all relative, really.

KvP · « **Reply #298 on:** 18 Feb 2009, 11:29 »

I still feel like BG2 is the gold standard - instead of 3 two-hour long mandatory large quests with assorted optional little combat missions leading to a bottlenecked conclusion, you had 10, 11, 12 two-hour long, mostly optional large quests with an even greater variety of little missions leading to a bottlenecked conclusion. Bioware's games have gotten progressively tighter since BG2, with Jade Empire being the worst of the bunch, for numerous reasons. ME tried to have it both ways but it ended up just being a KOTOR-style linear romp with a lot of blubbery noise tacked onto it.

Alex C · « **Reply #299 on:** 18 Feb 2009, 12:19 »

I have no beef with that opinion. I mean, honestly, in BGII you can stop an evil, self-mutilating cult by delving into the sewers of a great city and enlisting the aid of a forgotten god. If that doesn't really interest you, you can always go put an end to Lavok, a selfish necromancer who preys upon the lifeforce of his descendents and travels the planes in a gigantic arcane sphere. Of course, it turns out that he has since redeemed himself by sacrificing his sanity in order to contain an even greater evil, but in the meantime you still need to figure out how the hell to get the damn sphere back home, because by now you've managed to get your silly as trapped in the Abyss. Entire game series have been spawned from less.

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