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![]() Honestly, though, I'm fucking loving Mass Effect. I haven't played a video game this intensely in ages. BioWare have just been churning out greatness. I'm not familiar with Baldur's Gate, or anything pre-Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, but KOTOR and everything since have just been some of the most awesome stories told with the medium. I am yet to complete the game, and I don't want to focus on the negatives, but I wish the sidequests were more character-based, and allowed you to interact more with your party members, and really get to know them that little bit better. I might be coming up to some like that, though. Great game. ![]() ![]() |
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Go a little deeper, my friend. Each party member has a mission for you to carry out. Just walk up chat with them after a couple missions and you'll find a little more out about them. Just wait till you come to missions based off your background. |
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Thanks for the knowledge. ![]() By the way, Mass Effect just has a simply brilliant story. I was just waiting for a major twist, but the writers at BioWare have kind of moved beyond that now, I guess. Twists in stories have seemingly been replaced with startling dramatic moments. |
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#44 |
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TBH I dont get how these quests work. how do you get into your crews past? I had oen mission where this girl whos parents got slaughtered in a raid like mine did, and i found out joker has brittle legs...
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#45 |
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You just talk to them more.
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I talk to them a fair bit, but usually the options close up for a while. It's just hard to judge when I should go back and have a chat. Going to be more attentive this time round.
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#47 |
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Just beat the game. Unbeliveable. A few minutes under 50 hours to complete, but I had a blast.
Some thoughts. They're highlighted due to spoilers being involved. I wish the side mission layouts had a different feel to them. It one of 3 or 4 floor layouts whereever you went. Got boring after a while. Could have done a better job randomizing the weapons with the Weapons Master in the cargo hold. I got hold of the Geth Armory license late in the game and wanted some badass armor and weapons to go into the final battle. "The Choice" brought a tear to my eye. Literally. That was one of the hardest thing I ever had to make in a game. Hopefully in the second game, I wanna meet the Shadow Broker. I ran with Tali alot on the game. However, I thought that BioWare neglected her the most. I think the best armor I could find for her was a level 7 Onyx. Everyone else I had were equipped with top gear. Finally. I hope that in the second game, you can load up your old save. With all the decisions I made, I hope that they can be reflected in the next one. For example, I let the Rachni Queen go free on Noveria, bump into Wrex's Merc friend he told me about, hell, even get burned by the Shadow Broker cause I wouldn't give him the data I got. Got a shock when I was reading the credits and found out that Lance Henriksen voiced Admiral Hackett. Definately gonna be starting this again. Damn good job on Voice cast. Keep up the good work BioWare. |
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#48 |
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I've been doing side quests.
I got off the Citidel after the Normandy was grounded and have to go to that planet IIlo or whatever it's called. Am I near the end of the game? |
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#49 |
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Yeah. You're on the home stretch.
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Spoilers highlight to read
I just killed the Krogan guy, Kruv i think his name was. Well I didn't want him to die, him and the other monster guy are my favourite, I wanted it to all be fine and dandy and that bitch kills him... |
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#51 |
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Um, his name is Wrex.
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Yeah when I go renegade the 2nd time around I will kill him.
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#54 |
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Why the fuck was my mind so blank, I was thinking ok whats that guys name? then kruv just seemed right...
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#55 |
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Garrus, the Turian.
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#56 |
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So brought this game (only £20 in gamestation) but only got to play for an hour before we had to go my girlfriends for new year. Fucking annoying. Want to play the shite out of this but left my hard-drive at my parents so have to wait for the weekend at the earliest.
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#57 |
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If i don't get to play this soon, many people will lose their lives
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#58 |
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Haven't played it in like a month.
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#59 |
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Got my self a 360 and this......some one had to die, it was worth it though.
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#60 |
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still playin it, very enthralling.
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#62 |
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Poor Kaiden... he was my only technician...
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#63 |
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I have just finished this.
A M A Z I N G Not sure if I liked it more than jade empire....I think it involved you more with the chracters though. One choice in particular was actually difficult to make...but I had to choose ![]() Got more achievements than I thought I would, gonna play t through again with a different outlook and get my self some serious points ![]() |
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#64 |
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About ten hours in. Fucking solid in places. Apparently the most productive things some members of my party can do is draw enemy fire and try not to die too quickly.
Tomorrow is a day that will be dedecated to Mass Effect.....and having a hangover.....and spending all day in a dressing gown scratching my balls...... |
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#65 |
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So I just finally purchased this, now that I know it's a TPS instead of an FPS. I know the distinction seems insane to some people, but it matters to me. Should be in Friday or so.
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#66 |
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Sweet. Downloadable content coming our way pretty soon.
From cheatcc.com Mass Effect will get its first installment of DLC on March 10, 2008. The content pack will be known as “Bring Down the Sky” and it will cost you only 400 points. This is the beginning of a series of Mass Effect DLC that will be available exclusively via Xbox LIVE. It expands the universe of Mass Effect and continues the adventures of Commander Sheppard and the crew of the Normandy. The BioWare official website broke the news. Here are some of the story details: “Bring Down the Sky includes a new uncharted world that introduces the notorious and feared alien race of the Batarians. A Batarian extremist group has hijacked a mobile asteroid station in the Asgard system, setting it on a collision course with the nearby colony world of Terra Nova. Only Commander Shepard can save the millions of innocent civilians before the asteroid completes its deadly descent. Bring Down the Sky contains approximately 90 minutes of heart-pounding action and a new Achievement worth 50 Gamerscore points.” ![]() |
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cool, although I still haven't beaten this yet.
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#68 |
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Beat it a couple of days ago. Fantastic game.
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#69 |
Ron Paul 4 EVA
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Just got it yesterday.
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I rented it and started playing last night. It's almost like a choose your own adventure book (and a lot of us remember those), except you don’t always see the results of your choices come immediately...But it's a blast to play.
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#71 |
Ron Paul 4 EVA
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I gave my buddy a chance to play last night. He played for four hours, and the story he went through was pretty fucking hot.
I started playing, but have only logged about half an hour of time. Based on that, I think I can play that four hours in like 30 more minutes. He's not good at finding his way around computer environments for some reason. Combat feels slightly cludgy to me, but not too bad. Overall, pretty damn good. I like that your "profile" and "Background" affect dialogue. Az decided to play the war veteran, distinguished service, the whole nine. I've opted for a survivor, and noted the dialogue changes. Pretty effing cool. I also like that your answers change based on various stuff. I can see myself loving this game in a way that's only legal in Arkansas. |
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#72 |
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I rented it, I think I may buy it when I get my bestbuy card paided down.
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#73 |
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The "hacking" element is a bit retarded. It doesn't kill the game or anything...
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#74 |
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What hacking? You mean the codebreaking deal?
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#75 |
Ron Paul 4 EVA
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Yeah.
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#76 |
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#77 |
Ron Paul 4 EVA
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Eh. I can handle the inventory. They should have streamlined it though, I agree. And apparently, they are for the PC version.
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#78 |
Ron Paul 4 EVA
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LOL. After my friend fucked up every encryption for the first hour or so of the game, I thought it'd be hard. I've only missed one so far, though I've only gotten to Citadel and done a couple in there. I suspect the higher levels of encryption may be harder, but he was having some huuuge issues with it. I thought the button combos must be entered at blinding speed. But if even my retarded, crippled fingers can do it....
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#79 |
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The Hanar sound like Ignignokt.
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Ron Paul 4 EVA
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Having fun with this game. Done quite a few of the sidequests already.
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