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European Mass Effect PC date "soon" News
PC Xbox 360 News by Robert Purchese
EA has told Eurogamer that a European date for Mass Effect PC will be revealed "soon".
The news, such as it is, follows the announcement that the USA will get ME PC on 6th May. But at least we have fish and chips and rain and bad teeth.
The PC version of Mass Effect was confirmed earlier this month. It will have the majority of its controls fiddled with so they fit nicely on a keyboard.
We'd not seen mention of the new squad-control interface to issue individual commands to your team before though, and we're also not sure what it means.
It could be similar to Knights of the Old Republic, where you stack a set of commands for your squad mates to obey. Mass Effect on 360 only allows you to issue a single special-power order.
Other than that there's stuff like hot-keys to map abilities to the keyboard so you surprise your enemies faster than the Sundance Kid, plus a quick-save button, redesigned user interface and vehicle controls.
There's also a fresh mini-game to replace the button-matching console version.
Mass Effect is a great big science fiction romp where you, as Commander Shepard, get lumped with saving humanity.
It looks good, sounds good, and predictably finished high on the list of your top games of 2007. Its only bone of contention was the combat system, which some felt was a bit wobbly and others got on swimmingly with.
If a deep Western role-playing game with lots of character interaction and no elves takes your fancy, this is a more than solid recommendation.
Those of you with the 360 version will be enjoying the first bout of downloadable content on 10th March. Dubbed Bring Down the Sky, it costs 400 Points (GBP 3.40 / EUR 4.80) and features an uncharted world with around 90 minutes of fresh adventure in.
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Another Pseudo-exclusive Xbox game to be released in PC with better graphics and possibly added content... ----------------------------------------- did i lied???? just expressing my opinion about the subject mate... it's a fact that most of Xbox heavy weight titles are not exclusive to the system, and that anyone with a medium spec Pc can enjoy them "Bioshok, GEars, Mass Effect "even Halo in time", worse, in many cases with better graphics, ADDED CONTENT, and for a cheaper price... such a shame. |
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"Anyone with a medium spec PC can run them"?
Good luck with that. Kthanxbye. @bcolter - just trade it in or sell it on ebay, take the money and get the PC version for cheaper. Easy. Then play again. |
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>such a shame.
Be glad that MS supports both of its gaming platform and it is good that PC gamers get a brilliant RPG. This also works in the opposite direction. 360 gets some awesome PC games a while later. I sometimes buy on PC and sometimes on 360. In the case of ME I certainly couldn't wait. Also 360 will have expansion by the time PC version comes out. I am ready for some more ME! |
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----------------------------- It's not a shame that Pc owners can enjoy thouse games, on the contrary it's great, but you have to admit that by that X360 value is severely reduced... what make a good system (in the consoles world at least) it's the exclusive titles that very system can offer... and X360 is very very poor in that category. Not to mention that the majority of us already have a Pc before purchasing a console... now, recapitulating, thouse heavy weights are released for Pc not much time after, at a lower price, better graphics, and added content.
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One thing that scares me about Xbox ports to pc is having shoddy xbox live enforced on you. At the moment its not very common but its stopped me getting certain games i otherwise would have (Gears of War). Im all for the idea of games for windows with support for a 360 pads etc but no way im paying for Live on a PC.
Really wanted Bioshock too but they decided it was a good idea to put spyware on the pc version.
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"Anyone with a medium spec PC can run them"?
Good luck with that. Kthanxbye. I seem to have whoever wrote that on ignore, but if he's saying that a medium spec PC can run Gears, Bioshock and Halo then he's right. I know it gets annoying to have this debate when any kind of PC news story or review appears, but people will read your comment and believe you, so the record should be set straight. |
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The issue is that to play these games and enjoy them at the same standard that you can with the 360 is that you need a high spec PC and those are very expensive.
Consoles have always been considerd seperate to PCs hence "Xbox 360 exclusive" almost all big name games get ported to PC in the end anyway no matter what platform they are orignally on (DMC3 for example), it just so happens that porting to and from the 360 to the PC is very easy because it's such a similar architecture. |
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I agree with others that Mass Effect will likely be better on the PC depending on what set up you have. I enjoyed the game on the 360 but the framerate drops, hitching and tearing marred the experience somewhat. May well pick it up once it hits the sub- £20 price barrier, which with PC games seems to happen surprisingly quickly if Play.com are anything to go by.
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Apologie - "did i lied???? just expressing my opinion about the subject mate... it's a fact that most of Xbox heavy weight titles are not exclusive to the system, and that anyone with a medium spec Pc can enjoy them "Bioshok, GEars, Mass Effect "even Halo in time", worse, in many cases with better graphics, ADDED CONTENT, and for a cheaper price... such a shame. "
I think it's great that 360 titles get ported over to PC in time... (and visa versa), seeing as how it is really all about games. I've gotten a huge amount of game play out of the 360 version and picked it up the day it was released, it would have been hard for me to wait for the PC port. Yes, the graphics are "usually" improved in the ports, but they bloody well should be, as time is a developers best friend. Pick it up on PC, and you can enjoy what us 360 owners have been playing for the last 2 months. Oh, but wait... Games for Windows (MS), MS Games studios... I guess thats a Lose/Lose for you eh? |
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Once again my decision to build a gaming PC instead of a basic PC and a xbox 360 has proven to be the correct decision. At the moment unless you really want to play PGR and Forza I'm not seeing why you'd buy an xbox 360 instead of a half decent PC.(halo 3 not included because we all know it's heading to the PC)
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The issue is that to play these games and enjoy them at the same standard that you can with the 360 is that you need a high spec PC and those are very expensive.
Depends how you define "very expensive". If I could build you PC for £400 (or less even) that would play those games to a higher standard than the Xbox 360, would you concede your point? |
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dsmx, 360 is much more than those 3-4 titles, it's a community and you'd know it if you had one. Then again, in my case I can't never go back to office-desk gaming, it'd feel wrong.
The "high-standards" for me are not just how many pixels there are on the screen, it's the whole experience put together. Live system: talking strategies with mates, compare Achievements, play retro games with gf..., it's completly different, from the "old PC days". But that's my opnion, and I don't judge others. And to be honest, 360 is a cheap box for that it does. It keeps me entertained, and surprisingly, even my gf starts to like video-games.
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Once again my decision to build a gaming PC instead of a basic PC and a xbox 360 has proven to be the correct decision. At the moment unless you really want to play PGR and Forza I'm not seeing why you'd buy an xbox 360.(halo 3 not included because we all know it's heading to the PC)
Actually, as a mainly PC gamer, I've gotten loads out of my housemates 360 and plan to get one when I move. I might pick up ME on PC when it comes out, or I might get a pre-owned copy for 360 when I get my owned, but apart from that, stuff like Burnout, Blue Dragon, Crackdown, XBLA (Rez HD FTW) are worth the system alone.Games that have a delay before PC release I'll probably pick up on 360 anyway, unless I'm poor and have to wait anyway, cos I'm impatient like that. |
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Games that have a delay before PC release I'll probably pick up on 360 anyway, unless I'm poor and have to wait anyway, cos I'm impatient like that.
Quite a few games that come out on Xbox 360 first are actually better than their PC counterparts anyway, so that's enough of a reason. It's just a shame that you never know which ones they'll be until the PC versions are released, as it's usually just a question of how well it's been ported. |
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"Depends how you define "very expensive". If I could build you PC for £400 (or less even) that would play those games to a higher standard than the Xbox 360, would you concede your point?"
So you could build a box for under £400 that could run Mass Effect and games of a similar age at full graphics? If you could then fair play to you and my point does then have less of an impact, however the games still arrive months earlier on the 360.
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From what i've read/seen this is looking to be a far better game on the PC. Another reason why Xbox 'exlusives' are not worth the hype they are delivered with.
for idiots (like Miiguel below) > it was a CONSOLE exclusive and as a fast pc owner too it's another 'temptation' removed from me wanting to buy a REPLACEMENT console for the *THREE* that have already died on me when I can play a BETTER version of it with more suitable controls, higher res (in my case 1440x900 + 8XAA+ on my 8800gtx). That is what I look at as a mainly PC gamer now. PGR4 is a beautiful game, I played the shit out of PGR3 and from the PGR4 demo I can see I'd love it but it's not my fault the console died with 1 light/no free repair so now I think 'outside the box' when it comes to weighing up it's replacement and with games like COD4, Gears, Viva, Alan Wake all going PC and 360 these are ruled out as 'reasons' to own a 360. Only GTA has me wanting to pick up a console soon to play it rather than wait for the PC port (even though the PC port will no doubt once again be superior whever/ifever it arrives). Now tell me what are the chances of MGS4, Gran Turismo 5, Wipeout HD, LBP + all the other PS3 console only exclusives arriving on the PC? not much. And all we've heard this year is about how PC games are dying, I look around and it's been or going to be the best 2 years for pc gaming in a long time. I count crysis in with that and no console can match it's immersion and awe (no, not even the future console version that frankly will look like turok on the gamecube in comparison) I only wish the PS3's graphics didn't leave me doubting it's actual technical abilities. 360 is clearely more at home putting out nicer gfx right now, but my PC does that and THEN some (even emulating a 360 via hook up to my hdtv + wireless 360 controller on PC). And the games are at least £10 sometimes £20 cheaper. I wish it wasn't this way, I don't like all the pros and cons of the 2 systems. If the 360 was ultra reliable then no question it would be the obvious choice right now, but that still doesn't get rid of that fact that those of us with fast PCs are buying little 'exclusivity' with a 360 compared to buying a ps3 and getting it's guaranteed 'exclusives'.
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So you could build a box for under £400 that could run Mass Effect and games of a similar age at full graphics?
Dual Core Athlon 64: £50 2GB DDR: £30 Suitable Mobo: £50 320GB HDD: £50 Nvidia 7950GT: £80 PSU and Case: £100 Total: £360 - LOL at ironic price, wasn't planned, honest :) Personally, I'd spend a bit more to get something that would last a bit longer (Core 2 Duo and an 8800GT) but that PC, which is pretty similar to my current PC, would play Bioshock, Gears, CoD4 etc. at a higher resolution and with bigger textures than an Xbox 360. Dunno about Mass Effect, as obviously no-one knows how it'll run on a PC yet. edit: and just to add as it's such a cliche now, yes, it'll run Crysis. not at max settings but it'll still look better than anything on any of the consoles.
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Miiguels right: the problem with pc gaming is you can't discuss strategies with mates, compare achievements or play retro games with your girlfriend. I've certainly never done any of those things on my pc. My friends just dont talk to me when im playing! I'm like "Hi guys, how are you finding the Pripyat section in Stalker" and theyre like "...". I don't get what's up with them. And every time I try to click the icon for any of my old games from the 90s the mouse pointer keeps moving away from them. It just refuses to let me!
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My friends and gf don't dig to have to sit in between the printer and modem, the silly bastards perfer to be on the living room in fornt of the awesome telly I have.
I tried oh so many times to have a "get together" arround my office desk, but they din't like it..., anyway we're old dudes, what do we know ? I go like... "here have the keyboard and the mouse!" and she goes... "am I at work?!!!, take that thing away from me!"
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"Dual Core Athlon 64: £50
2GB DDR: £30 Suitable Mobo: £50 320GB HDD: £50 Nvidia 7950GT: £80 PSU and Case: £100 Total: £360 - LOL at ironic price, wasn't planned, honest :)" Bloody hell i didn't realise the 7000s had dropped so much, been ages since i built a PC (last one was my own about 2 years a go and that is pretty much inferior for games at this point). As you say i'd probably trump up for an 8000 and a core 2 duo to give it more of a life span but even at £400 you're still lookin at double the price of a standard 360, and the need for regular upgrades can be a pain, different strokes and all that i suppose. |
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"It's also worth pointing out there hasn't been a modem connected to my pc for quite a few years now! ;)"
Yet again, gf don't want modems/tape drives and other parafernalia in the living room, and if you have an internet connetion you have to have a modem.
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@Miiiguel "I go like... "here have the keyboard and the mouse!" and she goes... "am I at work?!!!, take that thing away from me!""
What has that got to do with 'real' gamers? Any daft cow can flinch at a mouse/kbd setup if she doesn't truely appreciate the gaming the system can bring. Seriously, play crysis on a fast PC and realise accept how easy it is these days to hook a PC up in the living room to a HDTV + controller if you desire and you realise that for the most part the 360 is just a smaller PC + online you have to pay for + acheivements (which are on some PC games now also - as is sadly the 'pay for multiplayer part' which is an infection from the 360). Yes back in 1998 when I was playing Unreal multiplayer with worldwide chat and gfx beyond their time I was really hankering after a console to show me the errors of my ways. You don't sound like you want a console/computer to immerse yourself in you sound like you want it/use it as some kind of popularity gatherer/barometer. Live is cool but 'the internetz' via PC has been doing that shit for years for free and with better gfx and more modability/customising/game life. "Yet again, gf don't want modems/tape drives and other parafernalia in the living room, and if you have an internet connetion you have to have a modem." Fucking hell how dumb is that? How the fuck do you connect your Xbox up to the net? duh! it's the same! the same way my PC sits happily in front of my TV (btw my UBERFAST PC is a thousand times quieter than my XBOX 360 ever was so shove that in your 'lounge intergration pros and cons' chart) and works via wireless to my router which is out of site in another room. Same as my DSlites do and the same as my 360 DID (before it went belly up with it's beautiful red ring of unreliability). Edit> for miiguel again who fails to grasp/read the whole paragraph before commenting. My post above was exactly asking how you hooked up your 360 KNOWING that it was WIRELESS and that being the whole point, that wireless is not some exclusive technology only available to the 360. Had you read the rest of the above paragraph you would see me say 'you hook it up the SAME way I and many others hook our lounge based PC's up to the net - *WIRELESS*). SO really you are the only asshole here.
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£74: Antec case with 430W PSU, http://www.komplett.co.uk/k/ki.aspx?sku=...
£37: Abit Intel-based mainboard, http://www.komplett.co.uk/k/ki.aspx?sku=... £28: 2GB Crucial 5300 DDR2 RAM, http://www.komplett.co.uk/k/ki.aspx?sku=... £100: Intel Core 2 Duo E6550, http://www.komplett.co.uk/k/ki.aspx?sku=... £40: Seagate 250 GB SATA2 hard drive, http://www.komplett.co.uk/k/ki.aspx?sku=... £120: XFX GeForce 9600GT 512MB GDDR3, http://www.komplett.co.uk/k/ki.aspx?sku=... = £399 This computer could handle all the newest games in resolutions of 1280x1024. Except perhaps Crysis, but since that's PC exclusive it's probably moot. Yes, I love building stuff :P |
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sharpfish, dude, who's talking about "real gamers", one thing my gf isn't, is that..., she couldn't care less about games . Anyway, I was trying to explaing my views on how a gaming console is in my case more socialy appealing than a PC, but the constipated crowd spawned with the usual name calling. Shit I quit this. Have a nice life.
"Fucking hell how dumb is that? How the fuck do you connect your Xbox up to the net? duh! " Via wireless, asshole! (first time I called a name to anybody on any forum, congrats!, asshole!)
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For an £80 graphics card you should be looking at something like a Radeon 3850 though.
7950 is old tech these days. Yeah you're right, I only chose that because it's similar to what I've got at home and I know what it can handle in terms of graphics. I'm a bit out of the loop in hardware these days - haven't really bought much in a couple of years so haven't had to keep up. |
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skillian: Wow, a 9600GT! I didn't know they even existed yet.
Yeah, well.. they don't. Or, they do but they are so new they haven't been properly released yet :D A few more days/weeks.. I realized I forgot to add a DVD-burner to my package so there goes another £20.. Oh well, I was close :/ Edit: @frod: Lol, I know! I realized it too late..
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