Just picked up Mass Effect.... what an amazing game.

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#1 CPM_basic
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It took me a while before I picked up this game and all I can think about is why I didn't pick it up sooner. The story, gameplay, characters... everything about the game is pure gold. It feels like I'm in a star wars/star trek movie of some sorts. I've never played any other game that comes close to it's movie style production value.

If you haven't tried the game at least give it a rent. It's friggen awesome!

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#2 insanejedi
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Yea, i just hate the autosave system. I bought it for 30 bucks totally new which was a complete steal, and i felt bad because of it, so i bought the DLC. Bring down the Sky is actually pretty good, maybe not the best thing for 400 points but if you like the more epic main missions, the DLC is similar to those.
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#3 psistarman
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i remember saying it sucked and i didn't like it in an earlier thread about this. i could not have been more wrong.

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#4 MuffinPunk
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Yes great game! I'm just wondering, do you have the film grain on or off? I just like seeing if people actually play with that on. I find it a bit annoying, but I can see the appeal for some people.
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#5 jet2892
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Yeah I beat it twice and now Im starting my 3rd time this game is good
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#6 R7_3
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It took me a while before I picked up this game and all I can think about is why I didn't pick it up sooner. The story, gameplay, characters... everything about the game is pure gold. It feels like I'm in a star wars/star trek movie of some sorts. I've never played any other game that comes close to it's movie style production value.

If you haven't tried the game at least give it a rent. It's friggen awesome!

CPM_basic
my thoughts exactly, the cutscenes at the end with the ships and explosions are freakin amazing!
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#7 jake63
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I just played it today for the first time in a few months...I dunno why I stopped playing. Oh wait, now I remember: COD4.

But yeah, Mass Effect is excellent.

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#8 torontomapleafs
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Yeah it took me a little while to get in to it but once i figured everything out i was hooked. I'm trying to beat it on hardcore as we speak.
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#9 gree6889
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Word brotha word to the wise tho, DON'T RUSH THROUGH the game on your first playthrough thats what i did, but try to do everything u can on your first playthrough and you'll enjoy the ending a lot more
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#10 Trickshot771
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I agree, great game. I'm completely burned out after getting 1050/1050, though.
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#11 imperial_agent
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yeah that game was cool. i beat it one week after it was first released. must have played it about 7 hours a day. good times, good times.
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#12 Zcrimson07
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agreed. i love it. does anyone know if you can use your character in mass effect 2/3?
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#13 gree6889
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agreed. i love it. does anyone know if you can use your character in mass effect 2/3?Zcrimson07

i heard that a bioware dev comfirmed it, well they said make sure your saves safe u will need it in mass effect 2, i haven't read the article but it seems to be known by a lot of people maybe someone else can post it

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#14 Blackhawk692
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I just can't wait till we can load games on to the hard drive (less texture pop-ups)
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#16 IKKF
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Glad you like it! I enjoyed that old, retro sci-fi feel of it and BioWare's ability to make great games doesn't hide in the corner.
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#17 Trickshot771
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I hope they bring some more downloadable content. Considering the first and only batch came out in March, we're due for some more content.
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#18 cool_baller
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Yeah its one of my favorite games.
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#19 youmademyday
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yeah 2007 was a good game year i could only afford for halo but not for mass effect but if you think it this way those good game like mass effect on 07 are 20 bucks cheaper since release date and they are really still fun to play whn there are no good games out there coming out like this summer
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#20 Zcrimson07
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i just beat it second time through...(actualy in the process as writing this) and even though i played on hard this time it only took me one try to get saren awhen i died about 50 times on normal...anyway i just wanted to tell someone
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#21 Hitchy9
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Yep, awesome game. I haven't played it recently though because of all the new games. I might get around to it after Gears of War 2 is released.
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I have completed it twice, first time as a soldier and second as an adept. The achievements are addictive and I am tempted in playing it a third time as an engineer.

The game is great but the campaign could have been a bit longer and with a hard drive installation there would have been faster load times and less texture pop-ups. I am pretty sure Mass Effect 2 will have optional hard drive installations.

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#23 TIE_Elite_Pilot
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I tried Mass Effect when it came out, and was utterly dissapointed. But I've been yearning for an RPG lately, and I find my mind wandering back to Wrex and crew. I think the reason I was disapointed was because it was Bioware, and it was Sci-Fi, so I was hyped for it like it was kotor 3, but it wasn't Kotor 3. I guess my reason for this post is to ask, should I give the Spectres another shot?
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#24 Hitchy9
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I tried Mass Effect when it came out, and was utterly dissapointed. But I've been yearning for an RPG lately, and I find my mind wandering back to Wrex and crew. I think the reason I was disapointed was because it was Bioware, and it was Sci-Fi, so I was hyped for it like it was kotor 3, but it wasn't Kotor 3. I guess my reason for this post is to ask, should I give the Spectres another shot?TIE_Elite_Pilot

How far into the story are you?

I didn't really enjoy playing it until around where you're inducted as a Spectre. After that I couldn't put the game down.

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#25 gorilazandgames
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Its a superb game and I wouldn't change a thing about it... except well... in the E3 demo Shephard cut someone off as he was speaking... and that never really happened in the real game but damn can Bioware build an IP nad stick with it! :P
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I found the fact that every side mission was a fetch quest, or a "let's talk this out" quest. The combat was TERRIBLE, with the levels being poorly designed, your allies to be idiots who are dead 2 seconds into a firefight, and youe enemies being mindless bafoons who do nothing but charge you, regardless of whether they are using a gun or not.

Also, why does every single planet look exactly the same, only being a different color. The side quest for your allies was quite a downer. All this boring effort to get a paragraph long summary of your allies reactions after just helping them out with their uninteresting issues.

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#27 alex77k
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Indeed Mass Effect is a great game. One of the few games I've played more than once.

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#28 Tom1243
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[QUOTE="CPM_basic"]

It took me a while before I picked up this game and all I can think about is why I didn't pick it up sooner. The story, gameplay, characters... everything about the game is pure gold. It feels like I'm in a star wars/star trek movie of some sorts. I've never played any other game that comes close to it's movie style production value.

If you haven't tried the game at least give it a rent. It's friggen awesome!

R7_3

my thoughts exactly, the cutscenes at the end with the ships and explosions are freakin amazing!

Mind Blowing mate.

I play with the film grain on, imo made it look better.

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#29 Sub-ZeroJoe
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It really is an amzing game. I beat it twice. The first time on normal and the second time on hard. Im planning on beating it on insane whenever i feel like it.
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I found the fact that every side mission was a fetch quest, or a "let's talk this out" quest. The combat was TERRIBLE, with the levels being poorly designed, your allies to be idiots who are dead 2 seconds into a firefight, and youe enemies being mindless bafoons who do nothing but charge you, regardless of whether they are using a gun or not.

Also, why does every single planet look exactly the same, only being a different color. The side quest for your allies was quite a downer. All this boring effort to get a paragraph long summary of your allies reactions after just helping them out with their uninteresting issues.

BlueTimber
lol looks like youre the only one hating on this game but i will agree that most side quests were pretty much the same and i wish there was more side stuff w/ the characters but combat was not bad at all and if you dont like the AI control their powers yourself.
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#31 JediRiff
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Its one of my favorite all time games. :D
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#32 BlueTimber
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[QUOTE="BlueTimber"]

I found the fact that every side mission was a fetch quest, or a "let's talk this out" quest. The combat was TERRIBLE, with the levels being poorly designed, your allies to be idiots who are dead 2 seconds into a firefight, and youe enemies being mindless bafoons who do nothing but charge you, regardless of whether they are using a gun or not.

Also, why does every single planet look exactly the same, only being a different color. The side quest for your allies was quite a downer. All this boring effort to get a paragraph long summary of your allies reactions after just helping them out with their uninteresting issues.

Zcrimson07

lol looks like youre the only one hating on this game but i will agree that most side quests were pretty much the same and i wish there was more side stuff w/ the characters but combat was not bad at all and if you dont like the AI control their powers yourself.

The problem was their desire to run out from cover and just get filled with bullets. And I didn't like the combat, because the guns didn't fire well, there was no bonos for where you fire, levels weren't designed with a cover system in mind (ala every other shooter that has a cover system) only randomly placed "stuff". And as I said, enemies didn't use cover, they just charged you, so while I'm unloading a clip of my assualt rifle into this guy whose just running at me, he's just eating it up like a body builder on pcp wearing kevlar, who'll kill me while I'm reloading.

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#33 destinhpark
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Mmmm, I hated Mass Effect.
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#34 Zcrimson07
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[QUOTE="Zcrimson07"][QUOTE="BlueTimber"]

I found the fact that every side mission was a fetch quest, or a "let's talk this out" quest. The combat was TERRIBLE, with the levels being poorly designed, your allies to be idiots who are dead 2 seconds into a firefight, and youe enemies being mindless bafoons who do nothing but charge you, regardless of whether they are using a gun or not.

Also, why does every single planet look exactly the same, only being a different color. The side quest for your allies was quite a downer. All this boring effort to get a paragraph long summary of your allies reactions after just helping them out with their uninteresting issues.

BlueTimber

lol looks like youre the only one hating on this game but i will agree that most side quests were pretty much the same and i wish there was more side stuff w/ the characters but combat was not bad at all and if you dont like the AI control their powers yourself.

The problem was their desire to run out from cover and just get filled with bullets. And I didn't like the combat, because the guns didn't fire well, there was no bonos for where you fire, levels weren't designed with a cover system in mind (ala every other shooter that has a cover system) only randomly placed "stuff". And as I said, enemies didn't use cover, they just charged you, so while I'm unloading a clip of my assualt rifle into this guy whose just running at me, he's just eating it up like a body builder on pcp wearing kevlar, who'll kill me while I'm reloading.

you know you dont ever actually reload right? i guess you have some good points but it never bothered me too much and compared to most rpgs i prefer this combat. also once you get high enough in level its not really a problem as you become pretty much invincible
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#35 kozzy1234
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I agree, it sure was a great game and alot of fun to play for me. Cant wait for part 2 and 3.
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#36 Elraptor
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I loved it. The only part that bugged me was the interminable elevator rides and the lack of variety in weapons and armor.
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#37 suicidal_T_H
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I do have to say that this is an amazing game. Although I haven't played Bringing Down The Sky.
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#38 TIE_Elite_Pilot
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I was actually past becoming a Spectre by a planet or two, and it still hadn't clicked for some reason. I'm definitely wanting an RPG right now for some reason, so I'll either rent this or Oblivion for a second try.
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#39 chex81
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yup, its definitely in my top 5 of fav 360 games