MASS DEFECT Mass Effect FAILS short of its hype-NEWS ARTICLE-RANT-Dean takashi

Dean takashi..alot of ppl know him. he is the guy who sent back the "HALO PACKAGE" back to microsoft..its the promotional package which every reviewer recieved for Halo 3 release..but he said it is "BRIBE"and i wont loose my honor and send it back xD..he has posted a news article about why mass effect or as he sayd MASS DEFECT fails..

here is a line of what he says in the article:

" the game play is maddeningly flawed. Call it Mass Defect."

he also has some "STUPID(s)" by number 1-2-3 and so on

"You never run out of ammo. But you're always shooting these solid mass bullets at the enemy. Every guns sounds and fires and behaves the same, whether it's a shotgun or an assault rifle. Stupid. Then, when you're shooting at a target, an orange box appears as the one and only place on that target where you can actually hit them with a mass bullet. That's not even close to realistic, and counts as stupid No. 2. Then you can't even tell if you've hit your target because your target just keeps coming at you or does not even flinch upon impact, whether their shields are up or down. That's stupid no. 3."

and he keeps going and going on...

FULL ARTICLE

"he also has this pic with his article i think he is pointing out to it..but i didnt read it al..i dunnol"

That looks like it was written by a 12 year old ps3 fanboy.TerroRizing

i think he is the guy that sent back the "HALO PACKAGE" that Ms sent to every reviewer and called it "black mail " ..im a sony fanboy but these kind of ppl who whine make me and us look bad

That looks like it was written by a 12 year old ps3 fanboy.TerroRizing

Mass Effect is somewhat disappointing given it's technical issues but it's still a fantastic game. It's too bad he let those issues get the best of him.

Does he realize it's a RPG and not a shooter.EntwineX

The first or second commenter pointed that out, I'm not sure if Dean got the message though.

[QUOTE="EntwineX"]Does he realize it's a RPG and not a shooter.Bansheesdie

The first or second commenter pointed that out, I'm not sure if Dean got the message though.

yeah...and as i said..i always have bought Sony products..but mass effect is going to make me buy a 360.it is a huge achievment and yes some things were flawed..well it was because no one has ever tried anything like this before so they didnt know the problems..im sure they will clean everything by 2 and 3

He didn't finish the game because "It was too hard", what a joke.

This is why morons shouldn't play RPGs, they'll just hurt themselves.

He has a point until he starts to complain about the combat, at which point his article degrades to the level of a 12 year old who got his ass kicked by the game and decides it couldn't be his fault, because he's the second coming of Christ. Anyone who has played the game would know the scaling system for the enemies works exceptionally well, an enemy of the same type (like a Geth Soldier or Thorian Creeper) will generally take the same number of shots whether you're level 4 or 40, give or take a few depending on your talents and equipment.

The part that is most telling is where he says "With a shotgun or an assault rifle, it takes me around 15 shots to take out the Asari". The assault rifle and shotgun work the same as they do in any other game, the AR is good at medium-long range, while the shotgun is the short range specialist. In my experience you'd take generally 3-5 shots with a shotgun to take down the Asari, and around 20-30 with an AR. Also the amount of trouble he apparently had with this section shows he clearly does not know how to use his talents. Garrus has abilities that will prevent the Asari from using Biotic powers, he can kill her shields and can disable her weapons. Within a 10 second period a properly leveled Garrus can absolutely decimate an opponent. Add to that Wrex (which he managed to spell wrong) has a number of Biotic powers that will allow him to incapacitate (stasis and push) or injure (warp) the Asari. Finally his character (he doesn't mention a class) should be capable of some blend of Garrus' tech powers, Wrex's Biotics and weapons prowess. In my experience, regardless of character (I've played through as a soldier, adept and vanguard), the Asari can be easily taken down inside of 10 seconds.

Also he repeatedly mentions Halo 3, an FPS, and how Mass Effect's combat isn't as good as Halo's. Well no ****, Mass Effect is an RPG, a genre where most combat revolves around clicking the "attack" button and hoping some magical dice rolls work out. From my experience (about 15 years of gaming, including FPS's like Halo, Doom, Rainbow Six, Ghost Recon, Quake, Gears of War, Goldeneye, Perfect Dark, KOTOR, Fallout, Baldur's Gate, Deus Ex and countless other shooters and RPG's) Mass Effect strikes a great balance between third person tactical shooter and RPG combat.

Simply put Takashi seems to have "I'm too good to read the manual" syndrome. He clearly does not understand the game's mechanics, because either his characters are poorly leveled or they have useless equipment, both of which would be his fault.

i played this game for 11 hours now. and allthough i think it has some great qualities, i have to agree, and there are a lot of issues i have with he game myself. i was surprised that there were so many things that would bother me in this game:

- loading times at the strangest moments

- converstaion choices that are basicly the same... (don't give us a choice if it's all the same outcome...)

- The promise of exploration soon becomes empty when you can only land on a couple of planets, and most of them are restricted small areas on an empty wasted rockland ...

- Graphics are very inconsistend. some fases and textures look awfull. (some times the game is breathtakingly beautifull though)

- insane texture pop-in delay... sometimes TEN seconds..

- framerate issues

- Guns sound the same and appear to have no impact..

- you can use some guns, but you are not able to hitt anything with it cause you're not trained.. (then don't let me use it...)

- Partners are completely retarded (though slightly better than the retards in Halo3...)

I guess i will finisg it, cause it has a lot of interesting aspects too.. but it could very well be that i rather play another game after 16 hours or so.. but i'm still giving it a chance

That wasn't a "News Article", that was a rant.

Methinks that if the game featured Ladyboys, female Magi with little clothing on and fluffy sidekicks he'd have enjoyed it a whole lot more.

That wasn't a "News Article", that was a rant.

Methinks that if the game featured Ladyboys, female Magi with little clothing on and fluffy sidekicks he'd have enjoyed it a whole lot more.

BambooBanger

i updated the title for you :P

[QUOTE="TerroRizing"]That looks like it was written by a 12 year old ps3 fanboy.heretrix

Mass Effect is somewhat disappointing given it's technical issues but it's still a fantastic game. It's too bad he let those issues get the best of him.

or he was just trying to get noticed which he has seemed to have done..........

Wow. He must really suck at games.

I'm not having any trouble, and I always go and do things in the hardest order.

What this guy needs is for someone to e-mail him:

L2P!!!!!!!!!!!!oneeleventy!!!!!!!shiftone!!!!!

Wow. He must really suck at games.

I'm not having any trouble, and I always go and do things in the hardest order.

What this guy needs is for someone to e-mail him:

L2P!!!!!!!!!!!!oneeleventy!!!!!!!shiftone!!!!!

Jandurin

Kirk is overated, he showed bow to his superior Dave Mustaine!WuTangG

"argh"..."breaths"..i like mustaine too AFTER HE CRIED WHEN LARS CAME BACK TO HIM..to talk to HIM muhihahahahahaha j/k

Nice one Dean, you are SOOOOOOOOO honourable giving back freebies AFTER reviewing their flagship product:lol:WuTangG

yeah :P

[QUOTE="Jandurin"]

Wow. He must really suck at games.

I'm not having any trouble, and I always go and do things in the hardest order.

What this guy needs is for someone to e-mail him:

L2P!!!!!!!!!!!!oneeleventy!!!!!!!shiftone!!!!!

WuTangG

do you know if he works for any magazine and stuff?

[QUOTE="WuTangG"]Kirk is overated, he showed bow to his superior Dave Mustaine!kirk4ever

"argh"..."breaths"..i like mustaine too AFTER HE CRIED WHEN LARS CAME BACK TO HIM..to talk to HIM muhihahahahahaha j/k

Nice one Dean, you are SOOOOOOOOO honourable giving back freebies AFTER reviewing their flagship product:lol:WuTangG

yeah :P

[QUOTE="WuTangG"][QUOTE="Jandurin"]

Wow. He must really suck at games.

I'm not having any trouble, and I always go and do things in the hardest order.

What this guy needs is for someone to e-mail him:

L2P!!!!!!!!!!!!oneeleventy!!!!!!!shiftone!!!!!

kirk4ever

do you know if he works for any magazine and stuff?

"BioWare, theCanadian developer recently boughtby EA, spent more than 3.5 years working on the game. The team rolled off the development ofStar Wars: Knights of the Old Republic role-playing game for the original Xbox. That 2003 game had an original storyline with deep dialogue interspersed with player-controlled third-person sword play and combat. The team adopted some of the same style of that game, another flaw, in my opinion. I think the Mass Effect guys were stuck in the game play of 2003 and they never emerged with superior game play in 2007. I mean, come on! This is the year of Halo 3. If they had game play that resembled anything close to a tenth of the game play of Halo 3, this would have been the game of the year. But it's not even close."

dear god :|

"BioWare, theCanadian developer recently boughtby EA, spent more than 3.5 years working on the game. The team rolled off the development ofStar Wars: Knights of the Old Republic role-playing game for the original Xbox. That 2003 game had an original storyline with deep dialogue interspersed with player-controlled third-person sword play and combat. The team adopted some of the same style of that game, another flaw, in my opinion. I think the Mass Effect guys were stuck in the game play of 2003 and they never emerged with superior game play in 2007. I mean, come on! This is the year of Halo 3. If they had game play that resembled anything close to a tenth of the game play of Halo 3, this would have been the game of the year. But it's not even close."

dear god :|

lawlessx

:shock:

wowsers.

Haha, Blackmail.. that was such a publicity stunt.

Anyways, whatever, sounds like again something to just gain attention. He only hates the game it seems because he's a cow.... His complaints don't make much sense in the long run, grasping for straws much?

That looks like it was written by a 12 year old ps3 fanboy.TerroRizing

I wouldn't say fanboy but it is clear anyone who continually uses the word stupid to get their point across isn't well educated and isn't anyone that can be taken seriously!

Because calling something stupid sure shows a sign of intelligence. "LAWL MASS EFFECT IS STUPID!" How so Mr. ARticle maker? "Because its stupid!" 0_oVandalvideo

indeed.

[QUOTE="kirk4ever"]

[QUOTE="WuTangG"]Kirk is overated, he showed bow to his superior Dave Mustaine!WuTangG

"argh"..."breaths"..i like mustaine too AFTER HE CRIED WHEN LARS CAME BACK TO HIM..to talk to HIM muhihahahahahaha j/k

Nice one Dean, you are SOOOOOOOOO honourable giving back freebies AFTER reviewing their flagship product:lol:WuTangG

yeah :P

in the movie-some kind of monster

[QUOTE="lawlessx"]

"BioWare, theCanadian developer recently boughtby EA, spent more than 3.5 years working on the game. The team rolled off the development ofStar Wars: Knights of the Old Republic role-playing game for the original Xbox. That 2003 game had an original storyline with deep dialogue interspersed with player-controlled third-person sword play and combat. The team adopted some of the same ****of that game, another flaw, in my opinion. I think the Mass Effect guys were stuck in the game play of 2003 and they never emerged with superior game play in 2007. I mean, come on! This is the year of Halo 3. If they had game play that resembled anything close to a tenth of the game play of Halo 3, this would have been the game of the year. But it's not even close."

dear god :|

Dreams-Visions

:shock:

wowsers.

yeah .same reaction here..FPS compared to rpg..now thats STUPID no.1

You never run out of ammo because each round is the size of a grain of salt, the magazine's hold over a thousand of them or something.

You never run out of ammo because each round is the size of a grain of salt, the magazine's hold over a thousand of them or something.tomarlyn

[QUOTE="tomarlyn"] You never run out of ammo because each round is the size of a grain of salt, the magazine's hold over a thousand of them or something.Jandurin

I got it from the book but it may be in the Codex too. If you like Mass Effect's story I really do recommend the prequel book 8)

[QUOTE="tomarlyn"] You never run out of ammo because each round is the size of a grain of salt, the magazine's hold over a thousand of them or something.Jandurin

Reading that part about the Thorian makes me think he doesn't know what he's doing. I had no trouble taking out the Asari nor the creepers. The only time it becomes difficult at that part is if you let them overrun you, which was the only time I managed to overheat my assault rifle at that point in the game.

[QUOTE="tomarlyn"] You never run out of ammo because each round is the size of a grain of salt, the magazine's hold over a thousand of them or something.Jandurin

I find it hilarious that he had problems with the creepers when all you have to do is:

when they get too close, use the melee attack on them, then blast away

OR

When they get too close, use throw on them, Then blast away

OR

When they get too close, use the melee attack, then use throw or lift, then blast the hell out of them

OR

Don't let them get too close use lift and watch as your team blasts the hell out of them in mid air.

As for the Asari just blow her off the ledge with throw.

The creepers are probably the easiest enemies in the whole game.

After completely reading that article, it's very clear that he doesn't know how to play the game. He doesn't even know that there are specific types of weapon mods and ammo types that prevent weapons from overheating.

I was able to configure my assault rifle to shoot with High explosive rounds with the right mods. You can't even fire one round without a gun overheating with them normally, but with the right mods, you can fire devastating shorts bursts.

Also shotguns do not sound like the assault rifles, that is completely false.

Very, very lame Dean, you didn't even get the basics straight.

Plus you played with Garrius in your squad? Jeez, no wonder you got your ass kicked.You take Ash, And Tali or Liara. You'll sleepwalk through the game.

[QUOTE="TerroRizing"]That looks like it was written by a 12 year old ps3 fanboy.kirk4ever

i think he is the guy that sent back the "HALO PACKAGE" that Ms sent to every reviewer and called it "black mail " ..im a sony fanboy but these kind of ppl who whine make me and us look bad

I find it hilarious that he had problems with the creepers when all you have to do is:

when they get too close, use the melee attack on them, then blast away

OR

When they get too close, use throw on them, Then blast away

OR

When they get too close, use the melee attack, then use throw or lift, then blast the hell out of them

OR

Don't let them get too close use lift and watch as your team blasts the hell out of them in mid air.

As for the Asari just blow her off the ledge with throw.

The creepers are probably the easiest enemies in the whole game.

After completely reading that article, it's very clear that he doesn't know how to play the game. He doesn't even know that there are specific types of weapon mods and ammo types that prevent weapons from overheating.

I was able to configure my assault rifle to shoot with High explosive rounds with the right mods. You can't even fire one round without a gun overheating with them normally, but with the right mods, you can fire devastating shorts bursts.

Also shotguns do not sound like the assault rifles, that is completely false.

Very, very lame Dean, you didn't even get the basics straight.

Plus you played with Garrius in your squad? Jeez, no wonder you got your ass kicked.You take Ash, And Tali or Liara. You'll sleepwalk through the game.

heretrix

also i find it amusing how he doesnt mention the fact all ammo types have a different physical and graphical effect on enemies.

I find it hilarious that he had problems with the creepers when all you have to do is:

when they get too close, use the melee attack on them, then blast away

OR

When they get too close, use throw on them, Then blast away

OR

When they get too close, use the melee attack, then use throw or lift, then blast the hell out of them

OR

Don't let them get too close use lift and watch as your team blasts the hell out of them in mid air.

As for the Asari just blow her off the ledge with throw.

The creepers are probably the easiest enemies in the whole game.

After completely reading that article, it's very clear that he doesn't know how to play the game. He doesn't even know that there are specific types of weapon mods and ammo types that prevent weapons from overheating.

I was able to configure my assault rifle to shoot with High explosive rounds with the right mods. You can't even fire one round without a gun overheating with them normally, but with the right mods, you can fire devastating shorts bursts.

Also shotguns do not sound like the assault rifles, that is completely false.

Very, very lame Dean, you didn't even get the basics straight.

Plus you played with Garrius in your squad? Jeez, no wonder you got your ass kicked.You take Ash, And Tali or Liara. You'll sleepwalk through the game.

heretrix

I think it's pretty obvious that the guy played through Mass Effect like he thought it was GRAW, instead of like the RPG with shooting elements that it actually is.

[QUOTE="kirk4ever"]

[QUOTE="TerroRizing"]That looks like it was written by a 12 year old ps3 fanboy.ICollegeStudent

i think he is the guy that sent back the "HALO PACKAGE" that Ms sent to every reviewer and called it "black mail " ..im a sony fanboy but these kind of ppl who whine make me and us look bad

lol..sry but i think that was my typing mistake....he called it a BRIBE..BUT your point is still valid..a GUy who calls a "PROMOTIONAL PACKAGE" a bribe doesnt know anything and just wants attention