Mass Effect Impressions

Bastila_Shan · Post by **Bastila_Shan** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 1:21 pm

Heya!

Yep! this is another interesting Bioware game. I can tell you now it certianly looks promising, its certianly got me interested. I have good hopes for this game. So, anyone want to post their impressions what you might think of this spectacular RPG game.

DesR85 · Post by **DesR85** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 9:18 pm

I saw Mass Effect's E3 demo walkthrough at Gametrailers and its quite interesting. Its gameplay and command systems kind of remind me of Freedom Fighters, a 3rd person shooter by IO Interactive. The fact that there are different ways in accomplishing missions is interesting. The only concern I had for Mass Effect is that there are some frame rate issues at certain parts of the game, especially when the trailer demonstrated the fighting scenes. Sometimes its smooth, sometimes its really slows down. Just hope they can fix it before launch.

So...am I the only person to comment on Mass Effect?

superbob263 · Post by **superbob263** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 6:25 pm

I thought that the interactive dialog was pretty cool like the part were he pulls out his gun and than finally the bartender starts talking. I just hope they do not over due it like being able to pull a gun or interact when ever you want it should depend on who you are talking to and what about

Drunkside · Post by **Drunkside** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 8:02 am

i think its kinda interesting,but is there going to be melee?

DesR85 · Post by **DesR85** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 9:27 am

Drunkside wrote:i think its kinda interesting,but is there going to be melee?

So far I haven't seen any melee weapons in use yet. Only projectile weapons and some magic attacks from what I saw from the gameplay demonstration trailer of Mass Effect.

Drunkside · Post by **Drunkside** » Sun Oct 15, 2006 2:40 am

But i think someone said that there is going to be "lightsaber like weapons, not a blade of light,though".

DesR85 · Post by **DesR85** » Sun Oct 15, 2006 8:01 am

Drunkside wrote:But i think someone said that there is going to be "lightsaber like weapons, not a blade of light,though".

I saw the gameplay demonstration and some previews of Mass Effect a while back and they made no mention of a melee weapon. From what I can tell, the game seems to be entirely focused on projectile weapons.

Obi-Wan-Evan · Post by **Obi-Wan-Evan** » Fri Nov 17, 2006 10:30 pm

Looks interesting enough, ill give it a try just because its Bioware though.

DJA · Post by **DJA** » Sat Nov 18, 2006 7:57 am

The previews have impressed me so much it convinced me to buy a 360.

Tricky · Post by **Tricky** » Sat Nov 18, 2006 9:00 am

They're trying something new and that's admirable. Whether it will be any good, time will tell. I still doubt you can make a character more lifelike by solely focussing on facial expressions though, as those aliens/people in that bar looked a bit stiff. Not Deus Ex 2 stiff, just a bit.. lifeless.

That semi-shooter scene looks odd. I don't really know what to make of it.

marten0305 · Post by **marten0305** » Fri Jan 12, 2007 6:53 pm

I personally like the romance system they are putting in. They made it sound like, if the character meets another female, he can romance her. What the end result would be, they didn't specify.

Another feature that peeked my interest is the galaxy and the amount of locations to visit. They made that sound like there are lots (and i mean lots) of planets and locations to travel to.

One thing i hope to see is some melee weapons. I like the idea of new age sword fighting. Imagine the kind of melee weapons they can make with new age technology.

P.S. I hope it is an open-ended game.

DesR85 · Post by **DesR85** » Fri Jan 12, 2007 8:23 pm

marten0305 wrote:I personally like the romance system they are putting in. They made it sound like, if the character meets another female, he can romance her. What the end result would be, they didn't specify.

I don't recall ever coming across romances in Mass Effect. Where was this mentioned?

marten0305 · Post by **marten0305** » Sat Jan 13, 2007 4:09 pm

DesR85 wrote:I don't recall ever coming across romances in Mass Effect. Where was this mentioned?

I get most of my videogame info from IGN.com. If you look in previews, it says something about it in one of the video previews.

Another feature that caught my attension is the armor. You can repair or leave it the way it is, and it will show. Repair and it will look brand new or leave it and it will look war torn. Personally i'd like the war torn, make it look like i've been through a lot.

marten0305 · Post by **marten0305** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 11:01 pm

Semi-shooter RPG

Combining two genres like Shooter and Role Playing is a great idea. Combining these two genres is a major seller for me, combining any genres is a seller for me. I have a friend that doesn't like rpg's (don't ask me why) and doesn't play them either, but he will play ME because it's a shooter. This can give an opportunity forother gamers to try these genre's.

Mandalorianx · Post by **Mandalorianx** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 11:15 pm

looks briliant. as long as my 360 hold it self togather i'm gonna buy the game.
the hole thing about create your own customizable version of Commander Shepard (or jump in and use the pre-created character)and that they have aloot of difrent typs of armor/shoting weapons.the real emotions in the game(when you talk to people). and to have a hole galaxy to explore(OMG i'm gonna get lost

). looks so GOOD

hartey · Post by **hartey** » Thu Oct 11, 2007 2:10 pm

this is going to be one of the important games in a while simply because of the character interaction that they are developing. The holy grail of story driven games has been to get the player emotionaly involved with the character and the system they are employing allows you to not just pick what you say but how you say it. You are just giving a couple of words to show you different emotional responces and you choose how you want him to act. Coupled with the brilliant facial animations it should be one of the deepest story driven games so far this gen.

BlueSky · Post by **BlueSky** » Thu Oct 11, 2007 3:02 pm

hartey wrote:this is going to be one of the important games in a while simply because of the character interaction that they are developing. The holy grail of story driven games has been to get the player emotionaly involved with the character and the system they are employing allows you to not just pick what you say but how you say it. You are just giving a couple of words to show you different emotional responces and you choose how you want him to act. Coupled with the brilliant facial animations it should be one of the deepest story driven games so far this gen.

Welcome to the forums, hartey...

Yes, I'm looking forward to the game, all the previews I've seen and the stuff form the official site, have made the son-in-law and I eagerly await the release.

Ulfang · Post by **Ulfang** » Thu Nov 22, 2007 10:46 am

I pre-ordered mine some time ago. Should arrive in the post tonight. Dammit so many games to play and not enough time in the day!

Loki[D.d.G] · Post by **Loki[D.d.G]** » Thu Nov 22, 2007 7:03 pm

Ulfang wrote:I pre-ordered mine some time ago. Should arrive in the post tonight. Dammit so many games to play and not enough time in the day!

Makes you wish there are more than 24 hours in a day doesn't it?

Another BioWare game with brilliant reviews. Can't wait to play it.

Ulfang · Post by **Ulfang** » Sun Nov 25, 2007 10:40 am

I'm really enjoying ME. Good storyline, great graphics and fells very much KOTOR to me but without the Star Wars theme lol. The gameplay feels similar and the way tou manage your equipment, upgrades, skills etc. I've not played too far as yet as I tend to play the PC the most and the 360 is on the 42" downstairs which the wife watches her TV on (dammit I knew there would ge a reason why I'd regret getting married lol) so can only play on it at limited times unless I move the 360 upstairs but then I'd have to slum it on a 28"