GameBlurb writes, "The demo of Mass Effect 2 was released for the PlayStation 3 on Tuesday, December 21st and spawned a plethora of screenshot and video comparisons from the gaming community. GameBlurb was the first to release our Versus feature and was soon followed by Face-Offs, Head2Heads and other independent comparisons. But no matter the source of the comparison, there was a common consensus and three letters that were consistently brought up in the debate…”It doesn’t look like IGN”. We beg to differ…"
RPGs are often huge, sprawling endeavours. With limited playtime, we have to choose wisely, so here's the best western RPGs available today.
"I started playing games yesterday" the List... Meh!
How about a few RPGs that deserve some love instead?
1 - Alpha Protocol - Now on GOG
2 - else Heart.Break()
3 - Shadowrun Trilogy
4 - Wasteland 2
5 - UnderRail
6 - Tyranny
7 - Torment: Tides of Numenera
And for a bonus game that flew under the radar:
8 - Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden
Not only glorious jank, but the idea that the story can completely change depending on what you do, or say, or side with, makes it one of the most forward thinking games ever. The amount of story permutation is the equivalent of a Hitman level but in Story Form. And it wasn't just that the story changed, no, it was that you met completely new characters, or missed them, depending on your choices. Made Mass Effect feel static in comparison.
Alpha Protocol was absolutely glorious, indeed. And it was, and still is, more Next Gen than most anything out there these days. In this regard at least.
Pity.
Wealth of Geeks explores some of the best gaming romances that have stolen our hearts over the years.
Diandra worked on Diablo 4 and also other games at Blizzard including WoW: Dragon Flight. She’s also been at Bioware, Carbine, RIOT, and she is currently working at Crystal Dynamics.
Brian was the Lead Writer on Diablo 3 Reaper of Souls, worked on StarCraft: Heart of the Swarm, StarCraft: Wings of Liberty, and was also a writer on Mass Effect 2. He’s also been involved in movies such as the Iron Giant.
Diandra and Brian discuss their industry experience, the games they have worked on, how the writing process works, and much more.
I agree, the entire comparison was blown out of proportion yesterday. The game looks great on both platforms.
Wow. Good read here.
i would have thought since the game isnt an open world sand box game it would gotten rid of the jaggies and been more smoother when looking around,i know they could have done it better,ill buy once its half price and save buying and paying for the full priced exclusives that use the ps3 properly
What annoys me about all these comparisons is that we're supposed to be GAMERS. And yet the things people are nit-picking over is graphics.
Sure graphics can help the immersion in a game - but for me Mass Effect was always
1. The Story
2. The game play
3. The graphics / sound
Mass Effect actually has a decent sci-fi story running through it (not amazing, but decent enough compared to most video games). The game play is fun - playing ME1 is a significantly different experience to ME2 - I'm interested to see where ME3 goes.
The graphics in ME 1 and 2 were never mind blowing - they were simply good and functional. Not up there with the best PS3 exclusives, or PC games by any means. The art direction is OK although a little sterile, and the character models are fairly detailed, but a bit stiff during conversations. So why people are getting so hung up on the graphics in a slightly undated unreal Engine game I really can't understand.
This game is fun, and people should be happy that so many gamers get to play it.