Anyone getting Mass Effect?

[Viper_Fujax]

This is the main game i\'ve been debating whether to get or not. The epic-ness of the game makes me want it, but the gameplay videos have been kind of boring. And most of the time im not too big on dialogue, not that i\'ve played many games where i was picking what to say (i havent even played oblivion).

But the game\'s getting great reviews. only knocks i\'ve seen are some graphical hitches..like how gears of war takes a second to load the textures. Some people love the side planets, other people say theyre boring and barren..but a lot of people say some of the main planets are the best stages they\'ve ever seen in a game.

They got all superficial on our solar system though...the valley on mars is ginormous and the earth is insanely close to the moon...but o well,lol.

I really don\'t understand what people see in these kind of games. It seems like a really boring game to me...

Yeah, I\'m afraid I\'d be bored to death after a couple of hours. So I\'ll pass for now.

I plan on getting it, as I\'m a Bioware whore - but right now, I\'m busy with Assassin\'s Creed, The Witcher, Team Fotress 2 and now Rock Band.

They didn\'t speak too highly of it on the 1up podcast. They said you could beat the game in around 14 hours. They also said that the side quests were lame.

They did say that the artwork and depth of the story/universe were well done.

14 hours sound good to me

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Will wait for it to come to ps3...

I love everything Bioware has ever made.

I\'ll be getting it for sure.

14 hours sound good to me

14 hours is pretty lackluster for any game in an rpg imo... for say an action game that would be beyond nice as next gen action games seem to always be 5-8 hours now days 10 if ur lucky

when i get an 360 down the line tho i will defintely have to check this out cuz i always enjoyed their other games

I picked it up.  Haven\'t played it much, but so far the story is interesting, but the combat seems lacking. Will give a more in depth impression tomorrow.

New update.

Pick this game up..NOW

I\'m around 10 hours in it and I\'d say I\'m half way done, but I\'ve done NO side quests (saving that for next time) and I\'m still having a blast. The combat isn\'t as cool as KoToR, but the story and character choices make it all worth it. At one point, I didn\'t do a side quest as I was being an arrogant bastard and in return, hours down the road, I needed the alignment with that friendship and simply didn\'t have it, in return, I had to do something I really felt bad about. Friggin\' great game. One of the few that I will actually play more than once.

And calling Mass Effect an RPG isn\'t really accurate. I would say it\'s an action game, with a lot of character development, if that makes sense

[Viper_Fujax]

going to get this after finals. it\'ll be a shitty 2 weeks so ill deserve a new game.

New update.


And calling Mass Effect an RPG isn\'t really accurate. I would say it\'s an action game, with a lot of character development, if that makes sense

and yea i can agree to that - i would say it has a lot of rpg elements but isnt really an rpg - this is one of the games i defintely want to pick up tho down the line when i finally get an xbox

[Viper_Fujax]

raz, you said you havent done any of the side missions, but do you know generally how free-roam the planets are and how many planets there are?

and for kicks, is mars and the moon the only visitable places in our solar system?

raz, you said you havent done any of the side missions, but do you know generally how free-roam the planets are and how many planets there are?

and for kicks, is mars and the moon the only visitable places in our solar system?

30, I believe.