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  • Flawless
    Bang-bang! Down-down!
    • Mar 2004
    • 16780

    #46
    Re: E3: Mass Effect Impressions

    New Mass Effect interview

    A few days ago, we were able to get hold of Mass Effect Project Director, Casey Hudson, to find out how the game is coming along. In the process, we were able to get additional information on characters, races and other cool details related to the gameplay. Enjoy!

    ActionTrip: As revealed, Mass Effect takes place in a huge universe, one that is distinctly larger than the world we've explored in Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic. Just how large is the universe anyway? How many planets are there?

    Casey Hudson: There are literally hundreds of locations you can travel to in your ship, and what you'll find there can be anything from a barren asteroid to a large explorable location involving its own subplots, new characters, and extremely valuable rewards.
    ActionTrip: In what way does Mass Effect allow gamers to customize their characters? Are there any pre-determined character profiles available before the game starts?

    Casey Hudson: The character customization in Mass Effect allows you to really decide who you want to be, what you want to look like, and how you want to fight through this tremendous story experience. For those who want to jump straight into the action, you'll be able to choose our pre-made Commander Shepard character. And even if you choose this pre-made character, you'll still have countless opportunities to customize and develop this character over the course of the game. And for those who really want to specify every detail of their character, you'll be able to do so through a very deep character creation system. Starting with an interface where you create your own appearance, you'll be able to create your own male or female Commander Shepard to look however you want. You can then decide what kind of gameplay experience you want by choosing the class of your character's expertise, such as combat, tech abilities, or superhuman abilities that use dark energy. And by spending your available experience points, you can develop specific skills throughout the game - even leading to completely new abilities that open up as you become an expert in certain areas.
    ActionTrip: We'd like to know more about character development and the way players will get to improve the skills and attributes of their avatars. Can you reveal any specific abilities or special powers we'll be able to enhance as we proceed through the game?

    Casey Hudson: As you complete portions of the story or survive new combat engagements, you'll gain experience that can be put towards developing your character. Improving your character's ability in a certain area is as easy as spending some points on it. When you reach a maximum in certain abilities, that may unlock new areas of expertise that you can start developing. In demos we've shown how you can use these things in combination during combat to pull off some amazing combinations. For example, at X06 we showed how one character in your squad can use an electromagnetic pulse attack to destroy an enemy's shields. Then we ran up and fired a "carnage" shotgun attack which involves overloading your shotgun for an extremely powerful close-range attack. The result of that combination tore a huge mechanical enemy to shreds! You'll also be able to develop abilities such as creating temporary dark energy force fields to take cover behind, attacks that use gravity-like effects to squeeze enemies to death, and tons of other combat, technical, and dark energy abilities.
    ActionTrip: The real-time tactical team-based combat system in Mass Effect certainly varies from games like Knights of the Old Republic. Explain more about how players can distribute orders to their team throughout combat.

    Casey Hudson: The great thing about combat in Mass Effect is that it gives you the same kind of amazing combat experiences as in KOTOR but in a 3rd-person shooter interface that's so much easier and more fun to control. So while anyone can pick up the game and start having fun in combat because of the point-and-shoot controls, you end up having the same kind of fun that KOTOR had - such as strategically placing squad members, directing them to focus on certain enemies, cooperating with you on combinations of attacks. Having 3 squad members also means one or two of them can go down in battle without you being "killed", so sometimes in really tough battles you'll be the last standing member of your squad, fighting it out against a really tough enemy.

    Your squad is actually really smart and tough during combat, so you don't need to give them specific orders to survive combat. But if you want to, you can tell them to run to a location or attack a specific target with a single press of the D-Pad. You can also issue exact paths to run and specific attacks to make, through an interface called Squad Command.
    ActionTrip: Is there a precise launch date planned for Mass Effect? Are there any plans for a PC version of the game?

    Casey Hudson: We're still locking down details of our launch date, but you can expect it sometime in early 2007. Mass Effect is an Xbox 360 exclusive, and we can't wait for you to play it! (Way to dodge that question, Casey! - Ed)



    Go Noles!!! >>----->

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    • Jistic
      Hall Of Fame
      • Mar 2003
      • 16405

      #47
      Re: E3: Mass Effect Impressions

      Can't wait for this one.
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      • HMcCoy
        All Star
        • Jan 2003
        • 8212

        #48
        Re: E3: Mass Effect Impressions

        I'd be shocked if this dropped anytime before August-ish.
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        • jgo777
          #55
          • Feb 2003
          • 623

          #49
          Re: E3: Mass Effect Impressions

          Originally posted by HMcCoy
          I'd be shocked if this dropped anytime before August-ish.
          I'm thinking summer as well. That interview said early 2007, but wouldn't there already be a hard release date if it was going to release anytime soon?
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          • HMcCoy
            All Star
            • Jan 2003
            • 8212

            #50
            Re: E3: Mass Effect Impressions

            Originally posted by jgo777
            I'm thinking summer as well. That interview said early 2007, but wouldn't there already be a hard release date if it was going to release anytime soon?
            Exactly.
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            • DaveDQ
              13
              • Sep 2003
              • 7664

              #51
              Re: E3: Mass Effect Impressions

              Thanks Flawless for that interview...good stuff.

              This game really seems like it's going to be amazing.
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              • jmood88
                Sean Payton: Retribution
                • Jul 2003
                • 34639

                #52
                Re: E3: Mass Effect Impressions

                Anybody who says that the "next-generation" is overrated needs to take a look at this game.
                Originally posted by Blzer
                Let me assure you that I am a huge proponent of size, and it greatly matters. Don't ever let anyone tell you otherwise.

                If I went any bigger, it would not have properly fit with my equipment, so I had to optimize. I'm okay with it, but I also know what I'm missing with those five inches. :)

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                • Jistic
                  Hall Of Fame
                  • Mar 2003
                  • 16405

                  #53
                  Re: E3: Mass Effect Impressions

                  Download the X06 walkthough on XBL now. 300MB+ but well worth it. I'm looking more forward to this game than any right now. Dam. KOTOR on crack X1000
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                  • Jistic
                    Hall Of Fame
                    • Mar 2003
                    • 16405

                    #54
                    Re: E3: Mass Effect Impressions

                    For those without XBL that would like to see it...

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                    • Flawless
                      Bang-bang! Down-down!
                      • Mar 2004
                      • 16780

                      #55
                      Re: E3: Mass Effect Impressions

                      Mass Effect Interview
                      Tons of details on everything from morality to online functionality.

                      BioWare's Casey Hudson, Project Director for Mass Effect, was kind enough to take a break from working to shed some light on what we can expect out of the title when it arrives on store shelves later this year. Read on to learn about the inspiration for the game, details on how BioWare has moved videogame morality beyond simple good and evil, info on character creation and combat, and much more.



                      Go Noles!!! >>----->

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                      • Jistic
                        Hall Of Fame
                        • Mar 2003
                        • 16405

                        #56
                        Re: E3: Mass Effect Impressions

                        Put my preorder down on this yesterday.
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                        • The C
                          Banned
                          • Apr 2005
                          • 7538

                          #57
                          Re: E3: Mass Effect Impressions

                          Can't wait....

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                          • jmood88
                            Sean Payton: Retribution
                            • Jul 2003
                            • 34639

                            #58
                            Re: E3: Mass Effect Impressions

                            Originally posted by Flawless
                            Mass Effect Interview
                            Tons of details on everything from morality to online functionality.






                            Damn you I was about to post this. Anyway, this is my most anticipated game right now. I can't wait till I can play this for myself.
                            Originally posted by Blzer
                            Let me assure you that I am a huge proponent of size, and it greatly matters. Don't ever let anyone tell you otherwise.

                            If I went any bigger, it would not have properly fit with my equipment, so I had to optimize. I'm okay with it, but I also know what I'm missing with those five inches. :)

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                            • ThaGenecyst
                              MVP
                              • Sep 2004
                              • 4404

                              #59
                              Re: E3: Mass Effect Impressions

                              BioWare's Mass Effect in development for PS3?

                              Published: 1 Hour ago
                              Submitted: 1 Hour ago By: NewZealander
                              PlayStation 3 | Rumors
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                              Is BioWare currently developing for PS3? Well, word on the interweb says a tentative yes.

                              According to a report on Shacknews, BioWare CEO Ray Muzyka apparently let slip to gamers attending the Video Games Live concert in Edmonton, Canada earlier in the week that the dev's working with Sony's new console

                              There's been no follow-up confirmation or denial from the studio as yet, but we're hoping to prise that from its jaws later today.

                              Should BioWare be developing for PS3, would it be its shooter-RPG Mass Effect that's to grace the console as well as Xbox 360? Or does the developer have plans to release its yet-to-be-fully-announced MMORPG on the machine? Or would it be an entirely new IP?
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                              • Jistic
                                Hall Of Fame
                                • Mar 2003
                                • 16405

                                #60
                                Re: E3: Mass Effect Impressions

                                There's still no release date for this is there? Man I simply can't wait!
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