Is the Limited Edition of Mass Effect worth it? I already know exactly what comes with it, but how's the quality of the artbooks and documentaries? I've rented the game for a week and have fallen in love with it, plus I'm usually a sucker for "behind the scenes" stuff anyway, but I'm not yet sure if it's worth $60 for a used copy. creepy_mike
Considering that Mass Effect standard edition on its own can be bought new for £15 ($30 ish) I wouldn't want to pay double. ME is definitely worth full price, but when you can buy it for much less it doesn't make much sense to spend twice what you need to.
how is mass effect? what are your thoughts concerning the following:sidequests - are they repetitive, offer variety, fun to do, etc? how many are there? are they challenging, offer a good break from the main quest?
Combat- pretty self-explanatory, is it fun? how is the AI?
gameplay/story- offer your opinion
replay value- any?
it's about $40 now, still worth it?rwrden
Price - definitely. Although I bought it for less, I would still have been happy to have bought it at full price and thought it was good value for money.
Replay - Because of how your characters develop it is not possible to create one that can do everything. There are three distinct types of abilities, each with their different strengths and weaknesses, and the combinations of these allow for 6 main classes. Although I am on my first playthrough (so far 40 hours and less than half way through the main plot), I can easily see myself replaying this to try the different types of characters.
Combat - Fun and challenging depending on the character you use. Soldier allows you to pretty much run-and-gun in the style of Halo. Other characters get special abilities that allow them to damage or disable enemies from range using biotic or tech powers (think magic and you're not far off).
Story - if you like a lot of dialogue and reading this will suit you. You can skip a lot of the text if you don't want it, but this will only reduce your knowledge of the gameworld. You have a collection of allies each of which have their own stories which are gradually revealed the more you talk to them.
Sidequests - The Mako (vehicle) has some strange handling issues, but once you get used to it it can be fun blasting around the various planets. visually there is a big variety in the planets you can land on, though once you get there you do similar things on each, travelling around the landscape looking for points of interest, or fighting enemies. The fact that weapons/armour/ammo/upgrades are dropped by enemies gives you an incentive to go exploring and find some of the more powerful gear
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