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Revisiting Mass Effect 1 After 5 Years

It's been a long time since first Mass Effect arrived on Xbox 360 and shook things up in the western RPG genre. As revolutionary as it was, the franchise as a whole grew and morphed into something much bigger (and to some, more bloated) than it ever could have been prior to EA's acquisition of Bioware. How does it play after all these years?

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OrangePowerz4021d ago (Edited 4021d ago )

Just replayed ME1 again recently and couldn't agree more with the gameplay issue. It plays really bad compared to ME2 and 3. The aiming and shooting mechanics are really bad.

The rest of the game is still great :)

3-4-54021d ago

Just finished Me2 for the first time today. Great game and better than ME1 but not by a lot.

I played ME1 for the first time last year so I'm late to the series but they both have their strengths.

Having to get ammo annoyed me in ME2, but the overall pacing of the game was better.

The graphics are obviously not grainy as well which helps.

I'm hoping ME3 made some improvements...what is the focus in 3..gameplay..story..something else ?

linkenski4021d ago

Fun thing is that i often consider ME1 to be the best game in the series, but its two main missions, Feros and Noveria, are actually really boring the second time you get to them. I just love the intro, the Citadel, Virmire and the final mission enough to ignore what didn't work in the game.

OrangePowerz4021d ago

I kind of prefer ME2 because it all works together a lot better and because there is a singing Salarian :D

Irishguy954021d ago (Edited 4021d ago )

Yeah ME1 has it's perks..but it has too many faults. I think ME2 tops the lot of them overall. I just wish they had kept some things from ME1 and improved them instead of ditching them...either way it was still better overall.

oof46, I know exactly what you mean. ME1 is a very 'sci fi' type game. The music of it...all you gotta do is listen to the soundtrack and you;ll know immediately what I mean. It is wondrous sci fi goodness. Whereas ME2 goes for the gritty galaxy type of feeling, the mood changes completely for it.

oof464021d ago

I have yet to play 3. I loved 2, but it just felt...what's the word I'm looking for...not as expansive as ME 1.

Summons754021d ago

It's still the best in the series. 2 was okay, smoother gameplay but fell extremely hard in story and what made the first an RPG. The 3rd was just bad all around. ME1 made me want to explore and do all the side mission, ME2 did that until halfway when they pressured you into the story and if you strayed a tiny bit your ending was ruined and 3 was just straight to he point with no breathing room. I hated the lies they said "everything from the first game will be effected in the 3rd" except everything I chose in 1 was the opposite in 3. Wrex alive, rachni alive, tali was alive even though I killed her accidentally in 2. Me3 was a mess.

Too bad Bioware had to ruin dragon age like they do with mass effect.

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BioWare Could be Working on More than Just Dragon Age Dreadwolf and Mass Effect 4

Earlier this year, BioWare was hit with layoffs as part of a downsizing of parent company Electronic Arts, but fans have been reassured that the next Mass Effect game hasn’t been impacted. Likewise, Dragon Age: Dreadwolf’s development is still churning along, with BioWare putting it at the forefront of its focus and rumors suggesting that it could launch sometime later this year. Fans might be getting another look at the long-in-development Dragon Age: Dreadwolf at the Summer Game Fest in June.

If the recently posted job offering for a temporary development manager is any indication, BioWare could have yet another surprise up its sleeve for when Mass Effect 4 and Dragon Age: Dreadwolf are nearing completion. This mystery BioWare video game could truly be anything, from another spin-off of its two major properties to something entirely new. All there is to go on at the moment is a vague mention in the job posting, and it might still be some time before BioWare is ready to confirm any new games in its pipeline.

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just_looken22d ago

So a studio that spent years on anthem then this dragon age thing is now also working on another ip along with mass effect,

You think they would be worried that there brand has been on 3 major screw ups

Dragon age 3 launched broken with the frostbite engine yes its a good game but you can see in the late game how rough it was

anthem......

Mass effect 4 well that dev team was fired so yeah.....

They should make sure this new dragon age is a goat instead of putting more work on the table

bababooiy21d ago

Bioware today is like 150 poeple i dont see how they are seemingly working on all these projects at the same time.

Michiel198921d ago

Inquisition wasn't broken, it just had some flaws and on the contrary it also had some strengths. If you call inquisition a major screw up then idk what to say.

That said with what happened to the study since then and now, I'm not really confident that their next game will be any good.

just_looken21d ago

If you played it fully to get plat like me back in its novemeber launch window you had that castle with empty area's endgame missions not there or working and a mp that was made around loot box grind like the mass effect mp.

Its hard to explain to those that played it years later after they tossed out the dlc/patch's

Michiel198921d ago

entitled much? I played it at launch too. Why you even platted it if it was a "major screw up"?
It was good enough for you to sink 100 hours in but also a complete fuckup at the same time, make up your mind.
So either you like shitty games or you're just talking out of your ass.

RaidenBlack21d ago

Well just wanna say, Archetype Entertainment is the new BioWare, composed of mainly ex-BioWare vets.
And they're developing Exodus (starring Matthew McConaughey), a new sci-fi RPG (spiritual successor to Mass Effect, dare I say?)

CantThinkOfAUsername21d ago

I hope it's a single player game with Anthem's gameplay mechanics.

Becuzisaid21d ago

They're owned by EA. What makes you think that they wouldn't publish for PS5? Shoot, if your fridge could connect to your bank account EA would try to release it for that if they could!

Double_O_Revan22d ago

How about they focus on those games and not over extend themselves? We don't need another Anthem.

Becuzisaid21d ago

Bioware died after Inquisition (some would even argue after ME3). They are no longer the same company.

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Mass Effect Writer Reveals Why He Left BioWare

During a part of his interview with Minnmax, Mac Walters gave details of why he chose to leave BioWare.

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New Mass Effect Game Teased for N7 Day, and It Shows a Mysterious Individual

Today is known as Mass Effect N7 Day, and BioWare has released what looks to be teasers for the new Mass Effect game.

Snookies12168d ago (Edited 168d ago )

We really need another solid Mass Effect entry. It's a real shame that such a legendary franchise was left off with such a blemish to its overall astounding track record. Andromeda was just not it, don't know what they were thinking there.

-Foxtrot168d ago

Surprised it got a subtitle

I thought after Andromeda they’d have kept to the numbers so people wouldn’t think “oh another spin off”

Unless Shepard returns

Obscure_Observer167d ago

"Unless Shepard returns"

After ME3, Shepard should f* off

Stanjara166d ago

Put a chick in it and make her gay.

Ethereal166d ago

Yes! One of my all time favorite trilogies. Hopefully they do ME justice. Andromeda was passable and had bones of a good game but just lacked the depth and intrigue that the originals had.