Mass Effect in two days!!!

Why do people want to buy it on Steam, but not otherwise? Is it because of the DRM? If it is, fine. If it's not, then I don't really understand the logic behind that.artur79

games on steam are usually much cheaper and easier to get on steam. Not to mention not having to worry about all the security bull ****

[QUOTE="artur79"]Why do people want to buy it on Steam, but not otherwise? Is it because of the DRM? If it is, fine. If it's not, then I don't really understand the logic behind that.Lilgunney612

games on steam are usually much cheaper and easier to get on steam. Not to mention not having to worry about all the security bull ****

IGN Review is IN!!

and for the people who are lazy and want to know the score,,,

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it got a 9.2/10 ... pretty dam good. However, the 360 got a 9.4... and all ign was saying was that the PC version was better... but the PC does have hifgher expectations, regardles, its a good score.

IGN Review is IN!!

and for the people who are lazy and want to know the score,,,

i.

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it got a 9.2/10 ... pretty dam good. However, the 360 got a 9.4... and all ign was saying was that the PC version was better... but the PC does have hifgher expectations, regardles, its a good score.

LTZH

Thanks for the link. A pretty sweet review, although I thought one of the selling points was the graphical enhancements.

The game should be out here in Australia today!!

games on steam are usually much cheaper and easier to get on steam. Not to mention not having to worry about all the security bull ****Lilgunney612

Agreed that they're easier to get but disagree that they're usually much cheaper than a physical copy. Sometimes there are awesome sales like when they were selling Two Worlds for $10. I missed out on that unfortunately. I bought it via Steam for $40 & Best Buy was selling it for $30.

I'll compare some Steam prices with Amazon mainly because I use Amazon to buy a lot of stuff. Amazon offers free shipping on orders over $25 for the most part.

Assassin's Creed on Steam is $49.99, though it's currently on sale until the 29th for $39.99. It's $41.99 on Amazon.

Rainbow Six Vegas 2 on Steam is $49.99 but on sale for $39.99 until the 29th. It's $29.99 on Amazon, regular price apparently.

Call of Dooty 4 is $49.99 on Steam & $39.99 on Amazon.

BioShock is $29.99 on Steam & $27.99 on Amazon.

Civilization IV is $29.99 on Steam & $24.99 on Amazon.

Company of Heroes is $19.99 on Steam & Amazon.

Painkiller Gold is $9.99 on Steam & Amazon.

Call of Duty Warchest is $39.99 on Steam & $29.99 on Amazon.

Titan Quest Gold is $19.99 on Steam & Amazon.

Two Worlds is $39.99 on Steam & $33.99 on Amazon.

LTZH, thanks for the link to the IGN Review, mang 8)

I own it and have religously played it on the 360, so theres obviously no point in me picking up the PC version :P.

But I can assure you that it really is a fantastic game, with a great storyline, nice universe, and generally has a brilliant cinematic feel to it - you'll find yourself completing it several times.

I can confidently say that its the finest game ive played over the last 2 years and I would seriously recommend you PC gamers who are yet to have played it, to grab a copy of the game.

I hope you guys enjoy it as much as we did :)

I want it, but... I'm going to wait.

I'm still bitter about BioShock.

[QUOTE="Makari"]the conversation system is a wash..but the way the conversation system works is awesome.Herrick

I've played almost all of them enough to judge their roleplaying mechanics.fatshodan

[QUOTE="Lilgunney612"]games on steam are usually much cheaper and easier to get on steam. Not to mention not having to worry about all the security bull ****Herrick

Okay, lol. What I meant was - as a whole, conversations in ME are a wash when compared to BG or KOTOR. The actual conversations feel much more limited in scope and formulaic (I think you know what I mean), ditto for the somewhat lame intimidate/persuade mechanic. However, the voice acting is amazing - and the short summary 'system' they use for conversations is similarly amazing and ridiculously more fluid than before, to the point I really wish they'd thought of it sooner.Makari

Ok. Is the summary system like a journal log that summarizes all conversations or important ones? Sounds like a cool idea.

You can only put a tiny handful of non-Valve (edit: typo, haha) games in Steam - they have to be on a Valve-supported CDkey. It's basically Dark Messiah of Might and Magic and like five other games, but nothing big like COD4 or Bioshock.Markari

I'm not sure what you mean here. Dark Messiah of Might & Magic, Call of Dooty 4, & BioShock are all offered via Steam's download service. I thought I heard somewhere that store-bought games that are not available via Steam's service could be put as a shortcut in the Steam program. I probably read that wrong though. Hell, I don't even remember where I heard that from :lol:

Ok. Is the summary system like a journal log that summarizes all conversations or important ones? Sounds like a cool idea.Herrick

[quote="Makari"]You can only put a tiny handful of non-Valve (edit: typo, haha) games in Steam - they have to be on a Valve-supported CDkey. It's basically Dark Messiah of Might and Magic and like five other games, but nothing big like COD4 or Bioshock.Herrick

Apart from those who have it on console,

why are some people not going to get the game?

Apart from those who have it on console,

why are some people not going to get the game?

biggest_loser

Securom.

im installing now..am...so...excited!LTZH

*envy*

* clap... clap.. clap... *

I got to admit, EA is much smarter then I thought. I expected the game to be cracked the moment it went gold but I was wrong. The protection actually worked! It stopped the pirates... for a whole 3 days!

A friend 'JUST' (as in right now) told me that he's downloading it. I'm speaking to him as I'm typing this and I'm looking at a link that has "supposedly" been confirmed as real. The way he calls it when a game gets cracked is "It's been released" and I guess that's the correct way to say it - Now the game has been released, to everybody.

I could be wrong about this because, honestly, I didn't really do any research about whether this is true or not and I don't want to bother to download it, I'll wait for my friend to say whether it's real or not. But I know it's now only a matter of time before it's going to be cracked. Therefore, I pity you people for letting EA rip you of like that.

I bought my copy, and it's well worth it. It hasn't given me a single problem, and SecuRom hasnt had a single issue with the programs I was worrying it was going to conflict with. But also, the 3 activation limit doesnt bother me at all.

GOTY2007 is fantastic on PC. Glad I sold my 360 :)

I have a $25 gift card to circuit city, so I'll probably pick it up there, especially considering it's 39.99 this week.

I absolutely loved the game when I rented it for the 360, but I wasn't in any hurry to get it this week as I've already played a good part of it.

On another note, what's up with Gamespot? This is a major release and they still don't have a review up yet.

On another note, what's up with Gamespot? This is a major release and they still don't have a review up yet.

cmdrmonkey

its a PC title. What did you expect

Gamespot seems to hate the pc XD

but using a website for the pc

Gamespot seems to hate the pc XD

yosef95

gamespot's PC review dude is probelly busy with AoC.LTZH

Kevin VanOrd is doing the AoC review and Chris Watters wrote the Mass Effect review.

[QUOTE="biggest_loser"]

Apart from those who have it on console,

why are some people not going to get the game?

shalashaska88

Securom.

Same here.

[QUOTE="shalashaska88"][QUOTE="biggest_loser"]

Apart from those who have it on console,

why are some people not going to get the game?

WildstarGoethe

Securom.

Same here.

its better then starforce

[QUOTE="fatshodan"][QUOTE="artur79"][QUOTE="fatshodan"]

I don't think I am. I've never been a huge fan of BioWare, and I have many other roleplaying games (which I suspect are all much better) still to play.

The hwole securom thing doesn't bother me at all - ME just doesn't strike me as so good a game.

artur79

And what might those RPGs be, my... goood... friend.... *Must. Resist. Strangling....*

Fallout 2 - I want to marry Fallout, but I've never been able to get into Fallout 2. Just didn't suck me in... but I imagine it will be great once it gets going.

Arcanum - Troika > BioWare.

Baldur's Gate II - I BSODed right at the start and decided never to bother playing it ever again! But I do plan on...

Knights of the Old Republic - I don't like BioWare and I don't like Star Wars but, uh... I'm not sure where I'm going with this.

If I enjoy KotoR, I'll also want to play KotoR II, I imagine.

I don't own Vampire the Masquerade Redemption, but I keep meaning to buy it.

Besides the KotoRs, I think everything on this list is better than ME. Quite a lot better.

Fallout is a bit overrated by the community imho. Never got into that game. Still want to finish it someday, but I doubt I'll ever bother.

*Head explodes*

39.99 at Best Buy this week.Qixote

doh! i panicked after my amazon order was delayed, and i cancelled my order and bought it at ****ing gamestop.

I'll buy it. I'll also crack it, mind you, but at least they get payment for it.Hewkii