Mass Effect question?

Its free roaming in the sense that you have hundreds of planets to explore, but linear in that on those planets you land on a certain area and can walk around it. Who knows what some of the bigger planets will be like, although I'm guessing KOTOR-esque cities.TheSystemLord1

Yeah. You go to these different planets but you'll only land in a certain spot and have this area to explore and to stuff.

The game will have hundreds of different worlds to explore, but most of tgese worlds will relatively small in scale. The larger ones will most likely be medium sized. To answer your qouestion, it will not be the same as Oblivion

Hopefully the 3rd game in this trilogy will come next gen when Microsoft acknowledges a larger disc format...and we can have multiple planets each with a map the size of Oblivion's or Morrowinds...I know it won't happen (development time/costs) but I can still dream.TheSystemLord1

that can be on a PS3 , thats why im buying one.

[QUOTE="TheSystemLord1"]Hopefully the 3rd game in this trilogy will come next gen when Microsoft acknowledges a larger disc format...and we can have multiple planets each with a map the size of Oblivion's or Morrowinds...I know it won't happen (development time/costs) but I can still dream.zidan4000

that can be on a PS3 , thats why im buying one.

No it can't, the current generation can't afford to make a game that large-scale. Not to mention the development time would be in the 10's of years.

No, you won't find a game like that on the PS3 anytime soon. But I've got one just in case somebody pulls a miracle.

I know lots of people are excited about mass effect coming out in like 2 weeks, so this shouldn't be hard to answer. i wasn't really interested in the game until yesterday when i watched some of the gameplay movies, awesome. my only question is, is this more of a free roaming rpg like oblivion? i played oblivion and didnt like it, not my kind of game really. i'm hoping it's not though, mass effect is looking very appealing to my money..ctfvyrsgurbnorn

It is free roaming, but at the same time you don't have to if you don't want to you can play it much like an action game just going to the planets required for the main quest.

pick up KOTOR, its cheap and a good game...

it'll help u visualize wat Mass effect will sorta be like, and see what potential bioware has when it comes to making an RPG

Well now i have a question. Ive been keeping track of this game since the beginning. It seems like to me that its not like KOTOR in the sense that KOTOR was more of a TPS turned based shooter. Where as this looks like its straight TPS but you can pause the action to switch to different weapons/powers is this true??andrewhateme

Somewhat but it is turn based in the fact that you can pause the game, choose a weapon or ability, then choose the enemy you want to attack before going back to the action. I guess it is kinda a hybrid Third person shooter / turn based.

I don't know what you mean by saying this isn't like KOTOR, because it's exactly like KOTOR. The combat can be paused, and instructions given, or you can just go around and slash things if you like. Except in KOTOR all you had to do was select a target and your character would attack--you didn't have to (indeed, you could't) aim your weapons. I don't get that ME will do that. ME seems far *more* like a third person shooter than KOTOR.

It seems like there are a lot of combat options, which I like. Sometimes I like to plan, sometimes I just want to blow **** up without the console doing all the work. It looks fantastic.

I think the mission structure is also a lot like KOTOR, but with more destinations and more open areas. KOTOR kept you pretty well hemmed in, while ME looks to allow more random exploration. It seems like a decent mixture of free roaming and structure. I loved Oblivion, but I admit--the openness was a little overwhelming at first.

The game will have hundreds of different worlds to explore, but most of tgese worlds will relatively small in scale. The larger ones will most likely be medium sized. To answer your qouestion, it will not be the same as Oblivion

amroe333

Where is this "hundreds" number coming from? I'm guessing at most we'll have a few dozen, more realistically we'll have 25 at most.

Actually, I too have adoubt regarding Mass Effect... sorry for not creating a new thread for mine, but I did it the other day and no one answered. The thing is that I want to know if the game will have the option to set it in Spanish (at least the subtitles).

Thanks in advance for answering :D

I wouldnt understand why you wouldnt be able to.

Does anyone know if this game utilizes cover options?

play something like kotor and if you like that youll probably love mass effect

i think your crazy not to like free roaming rpgs though