Mass Effect....

[luv_mist]

Re: Mass Effect....

I happen to have fallen into the group that believes Bioware can do no wrong.

I can't go that far, but so far they seem to make great games. They even made me consider getting into RPGs. Jade Empire (though not the typical RPG) was my first. I'm slowly folding.......

[Cyros]

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I can't go that far, but so far they seem to make great games. They even made me consider getting into RPGs. Jade Empire (though not the typical RPG) was my first. I'm slowly folding.......

Well, maybe not that far, but when they announce a new game I tend to get really excited for it, same as with any new Snowblind game. Also, when is Dragon Age for the PC from Bioware supposed to come out?

[luv_mist]

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Two games I didn't know about but will be tracking on my ign.com wishlist.

[dave360]

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I happen to have fallen into the group that believes Bioware can do no wrong.

I'm in that group as well. I loved KOTOR and I didn't think they could outdo that game at all, then I got JE and came away more impressed. I think the best thing about Bioware RPG's is the character development. They make characters that you actually care about and care what happens to them. The twists are also interesting. I won't mention the twist in either game, but let's just say after the twist in KOTOR, I walked around the house for about 20 minutes doing the whole "Einhorn is Finkel, Finkel is Einhorn" spiel from Ace Ventura and I thought I was almost done with the game when the twist happened in Jade and bam, you're right back in the middle of it. Mass Effect WILL be good since Bioware is doing it. There's no other choice in the matter.

[Flawless]

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New Bioware interview.

http://www.firingsquad.com/games/bio..._e3_interview/

FiringSquad: Late last year BioWare officially announced Mass Effect, their Xbox 360 sci-fi RPG. Can you give us an overall status report on the game and how it is coming along?

Greg Zeschuk: Mass Effect is looking terrific! In every way we’ve made steps to innovate and improve our approach to creating an interactive game world. So experiencing it all together is an incredible, truly “next-gen” experience. The atmosphere of Mass Effect is surprisingly immersive and emotionally gripping, making the gigantic story concept all the more compelling - it’s like a spectacularly beautiful science-fiction painting brought to life.

Mass Effect is the first in a trilogy of sci-fi action RPGs in development for the Xbox 360. Set in the year 2183, you play the only Human SPECTRE – a sworn defender of galactic stability. You’ll lead en elite squad against the advancing armies of a legendary agent gone rogue, before discovering an even greater galactic threat. In addition to an epic story arc, Mass Effect allows players to visit a vast number of uncharted, unexplored planets to discover new alien life, ruined civilizations and powerful technologies; in the end, nothing will hold you back in your heroic quest. Mass Effect is an original intellectual property created and owned by BioWare, and published by Microsoft. The story will evolve over three main games – each with a huge and satisfying conclusion. Downloadable content will continue the story in between games, so that there is always new content to play in the Mass Effect world, especially when combined with the exploration of “uncharted worlds”. Players can create their own personal character for Mass Effect, and then play that character through the biggest interactive science-fiction adventure ever told!

Mass Effect’s combat is quite unique and innovative for a story-based action-RPG; it is real-time squad-based combat played in a third person format. You’ll be in command of a squad of three (your main character included) and each character will have a choice of specialty-class skills that will offer different and compelling tactical advantages in combat. Combat is very tactical, as you can allow your squad to use their own AI or give detailed commands that allow your team to coordinate their actions on the battlefield. Each character on the battlefield can bring unique skill-sets to the table and it will be up to the player to both cultivate those powers and also to think tactically to survive. You’ll be able to draw from a wide range of aggressive combat feats, including both dangerous tech-based attacks and also powerful Biotic powers which manipulate mysterious physics forces to unleash tremendous energies on the enemy.

Speaking of characters, the virtual actors in Mass Effect are truly state of the art – they have to be seen to be believed. Detailed, incredibly realistic facial movement with full lipsyncing and dialog (including dialog from your main character) and smooth, realistic animation help convey the feeling you’re interacting with real personalities in the game, and help move the story along in a very natural way. And we’re innovating in dialog a lot too, to make the story that much more compelling. We plan to share some exciting new details about the game at E3 2006 and show off all these cool features in person there – Mass Effect is BioWare’s main focus at the E3 show this year

[jmood88]

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New Bioware interview.

http://www.firingsquad.com/games/bio..._e3_interview/

The link doesn't work but thanks for the excerpt.

[Flawless]

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Fixed link

http://www.firingsquad.com/games/bioware_pre_e3_interview/

[jmood88]

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Fixed link

http://www.firingsquad.com/games/bio..._e3_interview/

Thanks

[Flawless]

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Mass Effect Unveiled At E3

Talks a little about what BioWare will be showing.

http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=0&id=35443

Can't wait to see this game.

[jmood88]

Re: Mass Effect....

Mass Effect Unveiled At E3

Talks a little about what BioWare will be showing.

http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=0&id=35443

Can't wait to see this game.

Me neither

[Flawless]

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New Mass Effect Interview

http://www.cgonline.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=530&Itemid=1

[Flawless]

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Mass Effect artworks. This stuff is always pretty cool to look at.

http://www.xbox-gamer.net/actualite-xbox360-Artworks-pour-Mass-Effect_9247.html

[NovaStar]

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Flawless, you are definitely the minister of information.

[Valdarez]

Re: Mass Effect....

After 35 hours and 200 saves I finally finished a playthrough on Normal of Mass Effect. Truly enjoyed the story, though the gameplay was a bit chancy and the graphics were somewhat bland. The biggest negative for me were the horrendous load times that occurred every few steps it seemed, with the Citadel and elevators seemingly the worse culprits.

[pietasterp]

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Wow. Epic grave-digging, dude. Glad you enjoyed the game.