findyourinnergeek.ca -- I wanted my first piece to be on a subject that I love and believe in…gaming. More specifically the Mass Effect series from Bioware. Now as most gamers are probably aware, Mass Effect 3 has been in the news recently for all the wrong reasons. If any of you are members of Raptr then you can find my little rant on that topic on the Mass Effect 3 dashboard under the thread ‘Mass Effect blamed for Connecticut school shooting: fans defend video games’. This isn’t going to be another chapter on the idiocies of the ill-informed though. This piece is about my love for the Mass Effect trilogy and the effect it has had on me as a gamer.
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mass effect 2 was an extremely powerful game for me. making, i guess, my expectations for 3 unrealistic.
Mass Effect 1 was the best and really thought part 2&3 would raise the bar but they failed
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I consider Mass Effect 1 art. I know many will disagree with me and bring up its many problems like graphical glitches and bland uncharted worlds (though each had a unique, beautiful sky), mako controls, etc. But no game, even the sequels, made a universe feel so alive and realized.
The atmosphere was amazing and the art style and film grain gave the universe a dark disturbing feeling, that IMO space should feel considering how unknown it is. The visions from the beacon, Sovereign conversation, Vigil (Song and AI), the recording on Illos with the awesome voice (ALL IS LOST...ALL IS LOST!) Etc. So much about this game I loved.
I was genuinely scared of the Reapers, billions of Space Cthulhus (I took Sovereigns words that their numbers will cover the sky of every world to heart) who come from the dark of space and kill everything for no reason (til ME3 tried explaining it *shutters) and I remember when Sovereign docked onto the Citadel I get goose bumps thinking any second billions of him could pour out and destroy galactic civilization in mere seconds. Hell I still get goose bumps even though I know now how exaggerated the Reapers forces were.
Anyway sorry for the novel but I just had to say this, I'm sure a lot of people think ME is overrated but its one of my fave of all time.
i never understood mass effect. watched my boyz play for a while and played a little bit myself. i dont see what the hype is all about
I just completed my first PS3 play through today after completing it on the PC a couple of years ago and I have to say it is still the best Mass Effect. I actually had a quick go on ME2 and 3 to remind myself of how ME has changed.
Although there were improvements in the graphics department and the combat may have been improved, but it's not hard to see how the series was in decline i.e. a more stream lined experience, no Mako exploration, auto dialogue, lots of loading screens.
I hope ME4 takes the best features of all the games. I would like Shepard to return though, but I know that's not going to happen. :(