Mass Effect = Masterpiece

Yes it truely was its a shame that GameSpot came down on the glitches that don't even happen frequently or to some people at all. And they especially came down on minor things like framerate and the thresher maw fights when there is what three of them in the whole game? Other than these nit picking issues it is a masterpiece. On my third playthrough ready for a fourth.Ket87

I totally agree. The glitches were noticable (load delays) but it didn't ruin the game at all. I expect that sort of thing in a good game. The vehicle was tolerable (I preferred getting out and fighting). The only thing that has me scratching my head is why I didn't get the hardcore playthrough achievement... I played hardcore from the start. Oh well.

I'm not a RPG fan, would you still recomend me the game?club-sandwich

yes, it has both rpg elements and its a shooter

I'm not a RPG fan, would you still recomend me the game?club-sandwich

Its more of a shooter with RPG elements. Sort of like gears of war over the should type run and gun with equipment and biotic skills (magic essentially). If you ever played KOTOR its a lot like that in every regard besides the combat which is how I just described.

[QUOTE="club-sandwich"]I'm not a RPG fan, would you still recomend me the game?outbreak201

yes, it has both rpg elements and its a shooter

Framerate issues are there but it really doesn't deter from the gameplay that much.Ket87

Nah, the combat pretty much blew. What kind of shooter is this where the bad guys just run up into your face and start shooting at you? What does it say about the state of videogame development when people start to "expect glitches in a good game"? Didnt Bioware delay the game for months? What were they doing...finding more ways to make the interiors all look the same? The voice acting sounded wooden, expecially the main character (at least the guy, I wont punish myself by playing thru it again as the woman). I also wonder where biowares writers went....KOTOR has an excellent storyline, good sidequests. Character development. This Drew Kapahaslals;fl (some Polish name) was as boring as watching paint dry. The sidequests were awful: travel to a system, land on a planet, drive around in the retarded warthog wannabe, and kill some geth. Yawn. The graphics looked to be on par with most 360 games; nothing to right home about, and the famous conversation tree was a joke. Do yourselves a favor and trade ME in for KOTOR 1 & 2, and make your 360 happy. Mine had diarrhea for DAYS after Mass Effect.secher_nbiw

I'm not a RPG fan, would you still recomend me the game?club-sandwich

YES CUZ WEHN U PLAY THIS GAME U WILL BECUM A FAN, IM TELLIN U THA TRUTH :p

I'm not a RPG fan, would you still recomend me the game?club-sandwich

I'm not one either, but this game had me hooked. I put in about 32 hours in it for the first play through, went through pretty much every mission, and didn't put anything else in my xbox for about 2 weeks. I had a blast on it. I have started another game straight away. Try it - you might be pleasantly surprised like me... :)

It definately has some flaws and alot of glitches (such as 'the fan' coming back to life), but it's still my favourite 360 game so far.

I thought the combat was brilliant, the AI may not have been on par with most shooters, but every element of combat is so flexible, it just has so many opportunities for something interesting. Eg: At one point, two enemies were taking cover at the other end of a room, and there was an explosive 'barrel' just behind them. I used singularity oion the barrel, pulling both if them from behind their cover, and exploding the barrel to kill them without firing a shot. Try doing that in GoW. :P

It is a great game with great gameplay, characters, and stories, but I still like the "good" ending of Bioshock better.msdd9

What all 20 seconds of it?

[QUOTE="secher_nbiw"]Nah, the combat pretty much blew. What kind of shooter is this where the bad guys just run up into your face and start shooting at you? What does it say about the state of videogame development when people start to "expect glitches in a good game"? Didnt Bioware delay the game for months? What were they doing...finding more ways to make the interiors all look the same? The voice acting sounded wooden, expecially the main character (at least the guy, I wont punish myself by playing thru it again as the woman). I also wonder where biowares writers went....KOTOR has an excellent storyline, good sidequests. Character development. This Drew Kapahaslals;fl (some Polish name) was as boring as watching paint dry. The sidequests were awful: travel to a system, land on a planet, drive around in the retarded warthog wannabe, and kill some geth. Yawn. The graphics looked to be on par with most 360 games; nothing to right home about, and the famous conversation tree was a joke. Do yourselves a favor and trade ME in for KOTOR 1 & 2, and make your 360 happy. Mine had diarrhea for DAYS after Mass Effect.BlindEffekt

yea people are just complaing about nothing. the point is that mass effect is a good game. There are WAY more sidequests than just the ones that require you to land on a planet. The voice acting wasnt as wooden as you say maybe your just more of a star wars fan. KoToR 1 and 2 are great games but mass effect's story line was just as good.

It is funny how lemmings call it a RPG..herezjarchus

That's because it is. ME is a sci-fi "action" RPG so of course you will go around and shoot/biotic things, but it has all the role playing elements. It is one of the best type of RPG's I have played. The only one I liked just as much is Fable, another "action" RPG.

Nah, the combat pretty much blew. What kind of shooter is this where the bad guys just run up into your face and start shooting at you? What does it say about the state of videogame development when people start to "expect glitches in a good game"? Didnt Bioware delay the game for months? What were they doing...finding more ways to make the interiors all look the same? The voice acting sounded wooden, expecially the main character (at least the guy, I wont punish myself by playing thru it again as the woman). I also wonder where biowares writers went....KOTOR has an excellent storyline, good sidequests. Character development. This Drew Kapahaslals;fl (some Polish name) was as boring as watching paint dry. The sidequests were awful: travel to a system, land on a planet, drive around in the retarded warthog wannabe, and kill some geth. Yawn. The graphics looked to be on par with most 360 games; nothing to right home about, and the famous conversation tree was a joke. Do yourselves a favor and trade ME in for KOTOR 1 & 2, and make your 360 happy. Mine had diarrhea for DAYS after Mass Effect.secher_nbiw

I gotta agree with this guy :?

I thought KOtoR 1 & 2 were a LOT better than Mass Effect. If you guys have never played either of these, I recommend you go and do so asap.

Uninspired side quests, minimal character backstories, character interaction pretty much possible only on the ship, only one main city, appauling item screen, rushed climax story wise...yadda yadda yadda.

It was a good game, but it is no where near being :

1) the best RPG ever

2) the best story ever told in a videogame, let alone ever...

Mass Effect is a great game but it has alot of problems.

1) The Mako handles like a fat man on a unicycle
2) Frame skips and texture loading problems
3) logest lift rides...ever.
4) Pretty dull side quests to fill out a short main plot.

Some of the best voice acting i've ever heard with an excellent universe, story and atmosphere I just can't see how these other problems weren't smoothed over. 8.5/10