Mass Effect Comments by Patrick Garratt

/picks jaw up
/jaw drops
/gives up

I'll be happy to have some of that. Like that outdoor shot.

Is looking nice but the important thing is the gameplay.

They fucked up the squad based tactical gameplay of baldurs gate with Kotor and then screwed it up even more with Jade Empire.

I'm not expecting much and thats good.

the battle system in Kotor was excellent, you cant expect everything to be the same as BG (allthough if it would, it'd be ok with me)

Ok the battle system in Kotor was enjoyable, but to me it felt like most of the time I really didnt have to do anything. Sometimes buff the characters up before going into a battle but then in battle I'd just cast the best haste and queue up a bunch of flurrys or powerful attacks.

" the battle system in Kotor was excellent, you cant expect everything to be the same as BG"

Baldur's Gate had a battle system?

Kotor wasnt my kind of game (nevertheless, i thought it was good), but jade empire was ace. If this game is only half as good, then it will be a 'must buy' title.

Looks nice. And thank Christ it's not another identikit sci-fi shooter.

Wow another FPS! Who'd thought it... :/

Looks lurvley tho.

and here's the trailer on Bioware's site

which looks... amazing!

http://masseffect.bioware.com/

Oh cool. You mean FPA.

It seems to me that Bioware have worked hard to improve the eye-candy of their games, but the gameplay has slipped backwards for years now. I will no longer be sucked in by their visuals. If I do get this game it will be after it have received a ton of reviews that I trust.

BG's battle system is both basic and complex at the same time, you can just allowe everyone to go into wailing on each other, or, if your like me, pause ever 2 seconds and tell every single person what they should be doing, play, pause, repeat untill they are smitten and we are partying! completed bg1 all the way up to the final boss on normal that way, didnt die once

looks pretty interesting

Looks very promising...

Where does it say it's a first person game?

Also - don't expect to see it for a while...

hhhmmm I hope this comes to pc like KOTOR and unlike jade empire. Would be a smart move tbh. :D

Looks like a shinier version of the PC title "Chrome" (no pun intended). It looks the part, but the actual visual design seems drab and uninspired.

"the battle system in Kotor was excellent"

Good call, loved the battle system in KotOR, and I really hope Mass Effect has something similar.

Jade Empire had one of the worst combat systems I've used in an RPG I'd say.

looks like most of the people who have played DG and Jade Empire cannot agree on which had the better battle system so I think what ever Mass Effect has will be good for 50% of you.

Looks super sexy to me tho!

This game visually truly looks crap. You guys can't be serious if you find it attractive.

Is that some kind of joke?

If there's one thing I don't worry about in this case, it's the graphics.

Ah damnit I don't want to buy a 360 with its tacky buttons and stuff it just doesn't strike me as in any way cool, but with so many amazing games on it...

I cannot wait for this game, it's just well, it's got almost everything I want - with BioWare behind it all.

Is that Big Trak?

Hmm, nice. Very tasteful design and use of lighting.

Just say "no" to real-time squad-based combat in your RPGs!

>Just say "no" to real-time squad-based combat in your RPGs!

What do we want?

A ban on spiky haired, large sword wielding characters engaging in randomly occurring turn based battles involving complex crystal/mana systems in order to reveal a special destiny!

When do we want it?

Retrospectively from 1998 onwards please

I'd rather have a proper real-time/action combat system than that fully-automated, half-arsed poor excuse for a combat system that was in Kotor. :/

Of course, what I'd really want is a proper tactical turn-based combat system, but we won't get that anyway.

Of course, what I'd really want is a proper tactical turn-based combat system

There's hope for you yet, Lou. Join us, and we shall destroy Thamuhacha and his army! :-)

You don't stand a chance. The onslaught of my real-time western army will be too much for you.

While you wait for your turn meter to recharge and unleash some gaudy "special-link-release-breaker" I will be jerkily hitting you the whole time

And so will my stupid sidekicks

In other news: go and watch the trailer for 300 right this minute at Apple.com ... jaw droppingly spectacular IMO

As opposed to what some jokers in here say, those city screenshots look very beautiful. The only hope I have is that they'll actually be large explorable cities in typical RPG fashion. And that you're allowed to explore them at your leisure and are allowed leave and do other stuff in the world. Like Final Fantasy 9. NOT being forced along a narrow path with no opportunity to back- or sidetrack and no real city/world exploration to speak of. *cough* Like that piece of crap called Final Fantasy 10. *cough*

Nikanoru, I think you played a completely different FFX to me, it had plenty of back/side tracking if you wanted. I guess you just had to take another potshot at what is now a Sony franchise. It also had a huge world to explore.

A Bioware game with good gameplay AND good graphics! Can't wait!

"I guess you just had to take another potshot at what is now a Sony franchise."

Glad to see I'm not the only one to see this annoying troll at work.

Jesus, learn to read you freaks, if I'd had a grudge against FF for getting moved off Nintendo consoles then I wouldn't have quoted FF9 as an example of how I like things to be now would I?

Oops!

And also, I have high hopes for FF12, the changed battle system doesn't bother me one bit and what I've seen of the game makes me very excited indeed.

Doesn't change the fact that FFX was one of the biggest, if not the single biggest disappointment I've had the misfortune to experience. Perhaps I was just expecting way too much. You can not POSSIBLY place FFX anywhere near, oh, one through effing nine, in terms of exploration and non-linearity (or what at least feels like it, which is good enough). That is my opinion and I will not be called a troll for it.


Now, Mass Effect. Like I said, more FF9 and less FFX please. Though, knowing my luck....I'm not holding my breath.

I thought both ff8 and ff9 were both shite in comparision to ff7...

ff12 looks okay though.. not gotten around to buying it yet though.

looks swish, I'd imagine it's gonna be a chugger, though.

Give it to me!

Give it to me RIGHT FUCKING NOW!

/puts down coffee

Looking a little more in-game in the recent shots. Still would, totally.

I like those tight armours.

On the females.

Yes, yes very nice.

When. Is. It. Out?

Releases this in September and I will kill Bioware!

Awesome-looking though the game may be, that lead character has all the dramatic presence of a box of PG-tips. For fuck's sake, I know the market won't like it but can we dispense with all these square jaws and uber-pecs? How about an action hero who resembles Bill Murray?

Excitement overload!

23rd can't come quick enough! Or November!

Veryvery detailed, lovely looking game, but I can't get over those eyes, they're so robotic.

@dirigiblebill

You know you create a character in this game right? Male or female

Routine salivating. Looking a little less "wow" now, and sparse. It floats my boat in all kinds of way, but I can see how people interpret it as dull.

the Character design is off the scale (Aliens) ,really good 'Star Wars Aliens' Ie they dont all look humoid. Looks a must have.