If all that was wrong was the framerate, Mass Effect might still be a GoTY contender, but there are some other annoyances which, when added up, could drive you crazy. Firstly, the morality system was sold as a "grey" scale, but it's, for all intents and purposes, the light side and dark side redux; some more ambiguity would have been nice. The length is a big concern as well. Around 13 hours (with a fair amount of side quests) isn't a respectable length for an RPG. Period. When most other games in the genre are offering 3x the game, that's a problem. On top of that your vehicle, the Mako (essentially a moon rover with guns) is awful. It's like controlling a Goodyear blimp. Those segments skew the pacing (which is great) pretty severely.
Thanks to their innovative approach to gaming, RPGs like Dark Souls, Final Fantasy VII, and Dragon Quest left a significant impact on the genre.
ES3 set things off, it's a shame they got greedy and decided to cut corners so the executives could get huge pay days.
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The Mass Effect N7 Day teaser has already been decoded, and it features Liara T'Soni talking about The Council, and The Geth can be heard too.
Better not bring back Shepherd from the dead with some half assed space magic.
@snowb420.
Yeah I saw that at the end of my play through as well. I think they will bring Shepard back….. or at least a mutant version turned villain. Lol
Does this game suck ass or what? I've just heard too much nasty about it.
I also heard there's a gay sex scene in it, I heard the Subtitle "Ass Effect"
Just got a bad imperssion on this game, don't get the feeling it lived up.
everyone i've talked to that has it, loves it.
and most reviews point out that there are a few flaws, but overall a great game.
I still think i'll rent it over buy it though.
Nah its a great game theres always going to be people trying to stand out(reviewers) or haters(fanboys of the competing console) being unrealistic about the the grading with standards so high its can only be descibed as malice for a company or product.
13 Hours lol, not on normal and up you have to do lots of side missions to level up to be powerful enough to do the main missions on the harder settings.
13 hours? What game did he play, or what setting? I am at that now and not even close to being done.
Great game, very enjoyable Sci-Fi RPG, even with it's flaws.
the way i see it, if you love the KOTOR series, then you will enjoy ME.
I beat KOTOR 1 & 2, while ME din't grab me the same way KOTOR did, it's still enjoyable. Good game not great, 8.5 is a fair score.