Mass Effect Demo Walkthrough

Bioware's Greg Zeschuk demos Mass Effect and answers live email and chatroom questions for IGN/GameSpy at E3 2007.

[Odion]

so so sexy

[7ero H3LL]

And that is replay value:)

[BadTaste]

Of course Mass Effect will have replay value.

[Imalwaysright]

Play a MGS game before you open your mouth about it ok??

[hotshot1237]

there completely different games stop comparing them

[Premonition]

I dont know how someone can disagree with you when MGS4 is a Stealth base 3rd person/first person shooter, and Mass Effect is basically a 3rd person/2nd person RPG'ish Knight of the old Republic type of game. They really need to do their research.

[hazeblaze]

I think the game is going to be amazing. I want to see more of what the combat has to offer though!

I think the game is a must have regardless. But my only complaint so far would be the environments... hopefully the other worlds won't look so bland. But with so many different worlds, I don't think it'll be an issue.

[ShiftyLookingCow]

I am sure I have seen this before but instead of ign it linked to divx.

[psycho360]

Comeon guys give us the damn demo.

[SuperSaiyan4]

I cant take no more of these demo vids, pics, talks with devs all I want is the game. I dont need anymore sweet images or videos i know the game looks great and i know how awesome the game is i just want it!

[ShiftyLookingCow]

yeah remember when it was speculated it was coming July or August, I was so looking forward to it, now I wish I had a time machine

[7ero H3LL]

Why do people think i'm comparing them..........Sh############t( i'm talking about how long the game is (now people should say OOOOOOOOH):)

[i rule]

anything negative about the ps3.. You will turn this into 200 posts about the red ring of death. The trolls just cant resist

[HeavyweightInTheGame]

Yeah I've already seen this a few days ago.

[Like a shadow I am]

but it's being interviewed by a different magazine each time, and this particular preview has few new clips. The chatroom Q&A part is new, tho.

[7ero H3LL]

I'LL wait for all the games to come out(on both consoles)then will see if any thing good happened from 2k6 to 2k8. :)

PS: don't mass effect look a little like FF spirits within :P

[hotshot1237]

one of the only games i can do it with. and mgs has plenty of replay value. u can play the whole game with nonstop action. u can play the whole game in first person. u can play the game trying never to be seen. u can play the game 2 see all the items u missed. so please dont try that BS

[the_round_peg]

In Mass Effect, you can play as either male or female Shepard in Mass Effect. you can actually customize Shepard's face as well. (So far, all of the demos have shown only the standard male Shepard.) In addition, you can follow either the good, neutral or evil path. As always, you can choose from different classes: soldier, engineer, biotic specialist, etc.

In the game, some paths and storylines are mutually exclusive. Obviously you cannot be a male and female Shepard at the same time. If you have certain NPCs in your party, certain storylines will actually be closed off to you. If you make certain decisions, some planets will become available while other planets will become closed off to you - because the game paths can be mutually exclusive. That's just to give you an idea of how much non-linearity and replay value this game has. After all, this is a Western RPG, the genre that is known for its open-ended and non-linear strucuture.

On the other hand, I think Japanese games do not generally emphasize replay value. Generally, Japanese games - even RPGs - are very linear and have single-path story progression. The East and the West just follow very different game design philosophies.

[Ignorant Fanboy]

That is the worst excuse for replay value I have ever heard.

Replay the game to see what you missed?
Replay the game for nonstop action?
Replay the game never to be seen?

Those are pretty lame! Are you seven years old, or have you turned eight yet?

[hotshot1237]

we so desperately need on ps3. and then if we dont get it, we dont start complaining about how u guys dont have something that we have in a completely different genre of a game.

that just shows how sad people r when they dont get something they want. bcuz im pretty sure a couple weeks back, there wasnt 1 bad comment about metal gear. now i hear plenty from the same people that wanted it so bad.
dont u think thats a little odd?

[the_round_peg]

I'm a big fan of Western RPGs. PS3 just does not cut it for me when it does not have any exclusive Western RPGs. It's the one genre that makes or breaks a console for me personally, and you know there are many devoted Western RPG players out there who are like me.

Can you name one Western RPG that is *exclusively* on PS3? At all?

[CrazzyMan]

so time will show.

btw, how many exclusive Western RPG has x360 today? like 0 ? after 1,5 year, great.

[Like a shadow I am]

PS3 does not even have any exclusive WRPG in the pipeline. It's not coming. No WRPG has been planned for PS3. There's nothing. Nada. Not a zit.

And Bioware is not working on a single-player WRPG for PS3. Can you even give me the title of this supposedly exclusive RPG? No? That's it's just another rumor, like MGS4 is coming to 360. You guys have been saying that forever, and that hasn't happened. You said Bioware was going to announced a PS3 exclusive for PS3 at E3. E3 has come and gone. Where's the Bioware exclusive??

[the_round_peg]

hotshot1237: "but the point is u never hear ps3 people talkin about the games that we so desperately need on ps3."

Oh, really?

How do you explain this petition?

Petition to Port Mass Effect To Playstation 3: http://www.petitiononline.c...

[CrazzyMan]

so can you give your right hand, that Mass Effect and Fable 2 will stay exclusive to x360, and won`t come to PC like geow and LP did?
also can you name me a bioware games on xbox, which werent released on pc later?

5-6? name me those games. 2 i already named.

[7ero H3LL]

I'm not to sure about this but when i bought mgs1 in 98 it sad RPG on the back or something like that. I shrugged the thought of it off my back....but is it?

[hotshot1237]

do u have a ps3 and r u planning on getting mgs4?

[the_round_peg]

I am not a fan of the series myself. So far you're the only person in here who keeps singing praises of MGS4 in a Mass Effect thread. MGS4, Killzone 2, or an action game is just not going to convince me to buy a PS3. It has to be something else.

But if PS3 can get a couple of really nice, exclusive single-player Western RPG titles, then I'll switch over. Maybe you can contact Sony and tell them that they need to look into getting some exclusive Western RPGs, because that's one genre that's completely missing from PS3 game lineups.

[7ero H3LL]

and am happy with it as a ps3 owner would be with his or hers....no one should be mad at me,but be happy that i did not miss out on getting a nexgen console:)

[FeralPhoenix]

ME sure looks like its going to be a great game, I happen to think Mass Effect will be the GOTY, if not then it will come very, very close to winning IMO, this thread after all IS about Mass Effect so theres no need to make what looks like a silly comparison between ME and MGS4, both games will be great and a term like "re-play value" is very subjective since basicly it depends on how much you like the gameplay, there are games with plenty of content but sometimes its just plenty of boring stuff, -now from everything that I've seen I have no doubt ME will be one hell of a game, my point is from what I've seen of MGS4 it will have its own variety of "re-play" value too.....how much will depend on each individuals preference so your comment is unfounded and brings negatism to a great thread about Mass Effect. Why not just talk about how great you think ME is going to be and explain why without taking a jab at MGS4?

[PlayStation360]

because of FabNMun's comment (2) he got hotshot1237, calphoenix, CrazzyMan, and ktchong going at each other about another game. Which this should have been a thread to just admire Mass Effect. Come on ya'll, stick to the subject without bashing something else. And yes, this goes to those PS3-only enthusiasts as well. How many times have they brought up halo 3 out of nowhere? I bet you can't count it with just 2 hands.
BTW...bubble for you Feral.

P.S. I heard Mass Effect was coming out in a Collectors Edition. If so, there goes another $70+ included in my "save up for PS360 game funds". Total up to now before Mass Effect...$584.48. *sigh*

[hotshot1237]

im respondin to some fabnmun bcuz of what he said. so get off ur fanboy BS and learn how 2 read everything b4 u comment.

aight i respect ur decision fabmnum. but i dont respect people like ktchong who cant seem to read and understand why i even started talkin about mgs. aight well have fun wit what games u want. and by the way ktchong, just like everybody dont want mgs, everybody dont want western rpg's.

and who said i wanted u 2 convert 2 ps3 in the first place. (crickets)
EXACTLY.

u a joke who needs 2 go back 2 school and learn a thing or 2 about what u say and how 2 read and think

OMG r u that stupid. READ WHAT I SAID TO THE OTHER KID. i brought it up bcuz the second post brought up something about mgs. THAT...............IS......... ....THE..................REASO N ...............I.............. . ...BROUGHT...................U P .........................MGS. IS THAT SLOW ENOUGH 4 U. SO WHO WHOES THE FANBOY AGAIN. AND IF I WAS A FANBOY I WOULDNT SAID I RESPECT FABNMUN DECISION. GET UR FACTS STRAIGHT.

and when did i say u NOBODY likes western rpg's or did i say NOT EVERYBODY LIKES THEM JUST LIKE NOT EVERYBODY LIKES MGS. so shut the hell up

[Like a shadow I am]

you made up some really excuses for replaying MGS (i.e., "u can play the whole game with nonstop action. u can play the whole game in first person. u can play the game trying never to be seen. u can play the game 2 see all the items u missed.") You can apply the same excuses for ANY and EVERY game. Using your lame excuses, that means any and every game can have immerse replay value.

Because you use such silly excuses to elevate MGS, that pretty much tells us that you're a big fanboy.

and guess what? I love Western RPGs, but I can't stand JRPGs. I'm sure there's a lot of people who'd agree with me. Otherwise Oblivion and KOTORs wouldn't have been bestsellers and have huge followings.

[Bloodmask]

To call FeralPhoenix a fanboy only makes you look like an idiot. He is probably the most objective person on this website. I have never, and I repeat never seen him make a fanboy-like post.

Open mouth insert foot.

And it is pointless to bring up MGS4 in a Mass Effect thread.

[PlayStation360]

I total agree with you that FeralPhoenix is not a Fanboy, but when exactly did HotShot call him one? I mean if he did, then I'm totally with you.

[JasonXE]

Easy candidate for GOTY and i haven't even played it yet.

[THAMMER1]

=[

Sony guys there is no need to bring up topics that about Sony vs M$ here. Just watch the video and a related comment.

[ParaDise_LosT]

Funny vid there x)
Trolls x)

[ktchong]

Already mentioned:
-Mass Effect (sure, it may come to PC... in TWO AND HALF YEARS, like Jade Empire. But I'm dying to play Mass Effet NOW.)
-Fable 2

Others:
-Dark Messiah of Might and Magic: Elements (it has expanded gameplay and enhanced graphic, so it's as much a next-gen console exclusive as Ninja Gaiden Sigma is.)
-Dungeon Hero (a classic dungeon crawler)
-Kingdom Under Fire: Circle of Doom (action RPG)
-Sacred 2: Fallen Angel (like the first one = RPG)
-Two Worlds
-Too Human, which I consider as a RPG. (Players get to pick a class and then customize, develop and build up the character's stats and skills. They can even carry over and import a character into the next game. That's a RPG to me.)

Those are all the confirmed Western RPG titles for Xbox 360 that are not coming to PS3. So, for people who love Western RPGs, 360 is a much better buy, and it's also "future proof" for people who want to play KOTOR 3 or Jade Empire 2, which may or may not be on PS3. Don't tell me they will be 100% sure to come to PS3, because we know for sure that KOTOR, KOTOR 2 and Jade Empire are not on any PlayStation.

[CrazzyMan]

why it`s not ok for ps3 users? =)))
LOL.

EDIT: that game was also released on PC by that time.
And we speak about exclusive WRPGs, not me started. :P

[crazyman]

1.5 years? what are you on about, what about oblivion. that was 2-3 months

[Odion]

When 360 only games go to the PC its because MS wants them to be, because they support both platforms

[PS360PCROCKS]

Holy I saw this like 5 days ago, this is now just getting posted? lol

[tomfoolery]

but you dipsh1t Sony trolls tell me this.Why do the color palletes look
look so terribly washed out in MGS & LAIR,and look so clean,refreshing
and vivid in MASS?Huh?
And also,what's up with that God awful pixelated crap in LAIR?
It's pretty damn awful.If this is best the Ps3 can offer,then I'll hate to see for the future........what the Ps3 will bring.

p.s.
kindly stick to your own ps3 news,thankyou trolls.