Mass Effect! Great game??

It seems that EVERYONE loves Mass Effect. And now I feel like I totally missed out. I'm not flamming in anyway, but.....

I enjoyed the game as well, great story, characters and non-linear freedom. But, something about the gameplay wasn't right to me. It seemed like my squad mates would be killed to easily and I was always left solo fighting at the end. Anyone else have this problem? Or anyone agree that Mass Effect just wasn't what you thought it was?

I was bitterly disappointed with a lot of the changes they made in the late develpment of the game. Interupting people mid-sentence seemed like such a good idea :( Also, why did they take out that team-placementscreen thingy? You know, the thing that paused the game and let you place a marker for your team-mates to go to. They took out the ability to control other team-mates too :( Also, the side quests were worse than Oblivion's. And who thought that the un-charted worlds were a good idea? Exploring a barren, bland looking world that has nothing on it but rocks, crashed sattelites and identical bases doesn't seem like fun to me...karriston

You've hit my other same problems with the game spot on. I hope someone who is pro-Mass Effect can counter our points and say why they can overlook this obvious flaws. This game could have been mutch better.

Well... I pretty much agree with the 8.5 it got on GameSpot.

It's a really, really great game - a must buy - but it has it's little flaws...

Totally glad that I own it though - well worth $60.

It seems that EVERYONE loves Mass Effect. And now I feel like I totally missed out. I'm not flamming in anyway, but.....

I enjoyed the game as well, great story, characters and non-linear freedom. But, something about the gameplay wasn't right to me. It seemed like my squad mates would be killed to easily and I was always left solo fighting at the end. Anyone else have this problem? Or anyone agree that Mass Effect just wasn't what you thought it was?

bam925

Maybe you should have thought out the strategies for commanding your squad mates around then? If you don't give them specific commands in allot of situations they will die too easily - but if you think about what you want them to do and them tell them to do it - they become a very usefull tool. In my experience at least.

I'm only 12 hours in but absolutely love the game. :)

When I started playing it I couldn't resist exploring the uncharted worlds. I've played for over 20 hours and I think I'm just past half way of the main story. Problem is I'm pretty bored of Mass Effect now and I'm finding it hard to make myself carry on.

I'm playing through as a soldier. Not having biotic abilities is kinda crap. I tried other classes at first but they couldn't use the sniper rifle or other weapons. I just wanted a character who could do a bit of everything. He didn't have to be the master of anything. I played Oblivion in the same way. Making a character for one thing and another for something else isn't the way I do things.

I know when you unlock the weapon achievements you can choose training of that weapon for another character. I don't want to start again so I can add sniper training to a sentinel.

Anyway, I'm going on a bit here. Mass Effect is a good, above average game. It just isn't as good as it could've been.

I hated the game.SaintJotun

You would!

[QUOTE="SaintJotun"]I hated the game.julianwelton

You would!

My problem with the game was that i didnt actually want to play it. I reluctantly played the game to go from cut scene or dialogue scenario to the next cut scene. I would have much rather just watched a 2 hour Mass Effect movie because the gameplay wasnt enjoyable. makchady

I know that exact feeling. I'm playing the game mainly for the story and only for the story for the most part. The actual combat is more of a chore then anything else. I'd rather not have to do it if was an option.

I really enjoyed Mass Effect. It was one of the best action/RPG games I've played. However, I recognize that it did have flaws.

Regarding your squad mates being killed too easily, I'm guessing you didn't have Wrex in your party hehe. I set my squad power usage to active rather than defensive only (which is default) from the gameplay menu. My party members seemed to survive more often this way. Also, having a right balance helps too. Like Wrex obviously can survive longer than Liara.

I don't know if you did change the squad power usage or not, but I had a similar problem as you mentioned. My party members always died on me and I was left fighting solo. Once I switched the squad power to active, I rarely ran into this problem of fighting solo.