Mass Effect Pre-Release discussion

[bkfount]

Re: E3: Mass Effect Impressions

Well, the mailman dropped off the neighbors Game Informer in my mailbox this morning, and it happened to have the ME review. So, I took a look before I returned it to the neighbor, and it has me even more pumped than before.

The one thing that caught my attention was when the reviewer states that while playing, after he scolded somebody, you could actually SEE the dissapointment in their face. He actually felt bad. How cool is that?

nice..

[Jistic]

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The one thing that caught my attention was when the reviewer states that while playing, after he scolded somebody, you could actually SEE the dissapointment in their face. He actually felt bad. How cool is that?

Yeah he said for the first time in his videogame life he felt guilt. He said usually it's a no brainer to be the evil badazz, but he said it's harder now.

[Spectre]

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Yeah he said for the first time in his videogame life he felt guilt. He said usually it's a no brainer to be the evil badazz, but he said it's harder now.

I a heartless punk most of the time, particularly in KotOR- I doubt I'll feel guilt

[thaima1shu]

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I'm getting more and more amped for this game. Just bought the book for about $6.50 at Barnes and Noble w/ my sister's membership + 10% off coupon. Woot!

[jmood88]

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Does anybody know of any online stores where I can buy the limited edition? I don't really want to deal with EB.

[greenegt]

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19 more days. Can't wait.

[NovaStar]

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Does anybody know of any online stores where I can buy the limited edition? I don't really want to deal with EB.

Jmood, it is true then that you can only get the LE on the internet? Best Buy and Walmart won't have it?

[ThaGenecyst]

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Good ol' DaKing240 has gotten his hands on another list of achievements, this time for BioWare’s upcoming third-person action RPG, Mass Effect. There are 45 achievements in all, adding up to a grand total of 1000 gamerscore points as per the norm.

Among the various goals you'll have to accomplish in order to unlock 'em all include getting one of your characters to level 60, beating the game twice, and completing a "romance subplot."

This is the part where I’m supposed to warn you about spoilers, but it’s not like you’ll be able to resist looking at the achievements for very long anyway, so you might as well just get it out of the way right now.

Full achievement list after the jump! Also, lesbians.

• Medal of Honor - Complete 1 Mass Effect Playthrough on any setting - 100G
• Medal of Heroism - Complete Feros - 25G
• Distinguished Service Medal - Complete Eden Prime - 25G
• Council Legion of Merit - Complete Virmire - 25G
• Honorarium of Corporate Service - Complete Noveria - 25G
• Long Service Medal - Complete 2 Mass Effect Playthroughs on any setting - 25G
• Distinguished Combat Medal - Complete 1 Mass Effect playthrough on the Hardcore difficulty setting. Do not change the setting. - 25G
• Medal of Valor - Complete 1 Mass Effect playthrough on the Insanity difficulty setting. Do not change the setting. - 50G
• Pistol Expert - Register 150 Pistol Kills - 10G
• Shotgun Expert - Register 150 Shotgun Kills - 15G
• Assault Rifle Expert - Register 150 Assault Rifle Kills - 15G
• Sniper Expert - Register 150 Sniper Rifle Kills - 15G
• Lift Mastery - Use biotic Lift 75 times - 15G
• Throw Mastery - Use biotic Throw 75 times - 15G
• Warp Mastery - Use biotic Warp 75 times - 15G
• Singularity Mastery - Use biotic Singularity 75 times - 15G
• Barrier Mastery - Use biotic Barrier 75 times - 15G
• Stasis Mastery - Use biotic Stasis 75 times - 15G
• Damping Specialist - Use Damping Field 75 times - 15G
• AI Hacking Specialist - Use AI Hacking 75 times - 15G
• Overlord Specialist - Use Shield Overload 75 times - 15G
• Sabotage Specialist - Use Sabotage 75 times - 15G
• First Aid Specialist - Use medi-gel 150 times - 15G
• Neural Shock Specialist - Use Neural Shock 75 times - 15G
• Scholar - Find all primary Alien: Council Races, Extinct Races and Non-Council Races codex entries - 25G
• Completionist - Complete the majority of the game - 25G
• Tactician - Complete playthrough with shield damage greater than health damage - 25G
• Medal of Exploration - Land on an uncharted world - 50G
• Rich - Exceed 1,000,000 Credits - 25G
• Dog of War - Register 150 organic enemy kills - 25G
• Geth Hunter - Register 250 Synthetic enemy kills - 25G
• Soldier Ally - Complete the majority of the game with the Alliance soldier squad member - 20G
• Sentinal Ally - Complete the majority of the game with the Alliance sentinel squad member - 20G
• Krogan Ally - Complete the majority of the game with the Krogan squad member - 20G
• Turian Ally - Complete the majority of the game with the turian squad member - 20G
• Quarian Ally - Complete the majority of the game with the querian squad member - 20G
• Asari Ally - Complete the majority of the game with the asari squad member - 20G
• Power Gamer - Reach 50th level with one character - 20G
• Extreme Power Gamer - Reach 60th level with one character - 50G
• Renegade - Accumulate 75% of total Renegade points - 15G
• Paragon - Accumulate 75% of total Paragon points - 15G
• Paramour - Complete any romance subplot - 10G
• Spectre Inductee - Become a Spectre - 15G
• Charismatic - Use Charm or Intimidate to resolve an impossible situation - 10G
• Search and Rescue - Locate Dr. T’Soni in the Artemis Tau cluster - 10G

http://www.destructoid.com/feast-your-eyes-on-mass-effect-s-achievements-52029.phtml

[jmood88]

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Jmood, it is true then that you can only get the LE on the internet? Best Buy and Walmart won't have it?

Yup online only, at least for now. I don't know if it might change later since even Canadians can't get it.

[NovaStar]

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Yup online only, at least for now. I don't know if it might change later since even Canadians can't get it.

Awww man! I only want the LE. And I don't want to buy it online (I have never purchased a game online). I might have to wait and see if they will sell the LE in stores later. Thanks, man.

[jmood88]

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If Eb is the only option then I'm going to have to use them since they say that they'll ship it on the 19th and you'll get it on the 20th. I just don't know if they're using regular mail, UPS, or what and since I have a class that day I don't want to risk paying for the game and not getting it.

Has anyone bought a game from EB and got the next day shipping?

[ThaGenecyst]

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what exactly comes in the LE ? I'm not one to buy LE's... the only LE I have is PDZ.. and that's because they didn't have anymore regular editions but... I want to buy the Mass Effect LE because i'm a huge supporter of this game.

[NovaStar]

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EB’s Mass Effect Limited Edition Available Online Only
October 20, 2007

Do you hate walking into a store on launch day just to find that you can’t decide if you want to pay extra to get the special edition? Apparently, EB Games wants to make sure that the Mass Effect Limited Edition is not simply an impulse buy. For some strange reason EB Games will only, be releasing the Mass Effect Limited Edition through their online store. Underneath the game’s general information and rating on it’s page on the EB website there’s a block of bold text that makes it very clear.

This is an ONLINE ONLY Limited Edition. This item WILL NOT be available in stores.

So far EB is the only retailer doing this, so you always have the option of buying your Limited edition in the traditional manner at Wal-mart.

It could be that the EB Games stores are simply too crowded with content and Mass Effect is the victim. Personally, I find that the Mass Effect Limited Edition is the least compelling special edition bundle so far, next to possibly the Halo 3 Legendary Edition, but that’s just me.


Jmood, is this true? or are these people way off. I got this off of the Digibattle website.

[jmood88]

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EB’s Mass Effect Limited Edition Available Online Only
October 20, 2007

Do you hate walking into a store on launch day just to find that you can’t decide if you want to pay extra to get the special edition? Apparently, EB Games wants to make sure that the Mass Effect Limited Edition is not simply an impulse buy. For some strange reason EB Games will only, be releasing the Mass Effect Limited Edition through their online store. Underneath the game’s general information and rating on it’s page on the EB website there’s a block of bold text that makes it very clear.

This is an ONLINE ONLY Limited Edition. This item WILL NOT be available in stores.

So far EB is the only retailer doing this, so you always have the option of buying your Limited edition in the traditional manner at Wal-mart.

It could be that the EB Games stores are simply too crowded with content and Mass Effect is the victim. Personally, I find that the Mass Effect Limited Edition is the least compelling special edition bundle so far, next to possibly the Halo 3 Legendary Edition, but that’s just me.


Jmood, is this true? or are these people way off. I got this off of the Digibattle website.

No Bioware has said that it's online only everywhere in America, you can't get it from stores unless something changes.

I have recieved an update from our publisher about what regions the LCE or bonus disc will be available. I know it isn't what many of you wanted to hear, but I did say we'd let you know when we knew.

USA
LCE available through select online retailers
LCE not available in stores
Bonus disc available online or in stores (selected merchants, check your local stores) for preorders

Europe
LCE available in store (check with local retailers)
Bonus disc not available

Canada, Australia, Latin America
LCE not available through online retailers
LCE not available in stores
Bonus Disc not available

BioWare is still seeing if there is anything that can be done with this situation. If there are any more updates, I will make them known.

http://masseffect.bioware.com/forums/viewtopic.html?topic=594212&forum=104&sp=306

[jmood88]

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what exactly comes in the LE ? I'm not one to buy LE's... the only LE I have is PDZ.. and that's because they didn't have anymore regular editions but... I want to buy the Mass Effect LE because i'm a huge supporter of this game.

A “Mass Effect” fiction book titled “Galactic Codex: Essentials”
o A 36-page guide to the “Mass Effect” universe, including a Citadel timeline and a guide to all non-human races, biotics and the key locations in the Perseus arm of the galaxy
• An additional “Mass Effect” art book titled “A Future Imagined”
o A 36-page collection of BioWare’s concept art for the game
• A bonus DVD of exclusive “Mass Effect” background material and additional content including:
o “The Vision of “Mass Effect” documentary
o “The Making of “Mass Effect” documentary
o “Interactive Storytelling” documentary
o “Inside BioWare” documentary
o 18 “Mass Effect” themed gamer pics (three unique sets of six)
o 16 dashboard themes (four unique sets of four)
o Ten songs from the “Mass Effect” soundtrack
o Five historical “Mass Effect” trailers from X05 through E3 2007 and the official TV trailer
o A demo for “Blue Dragon” and videos for “Lost Odyssey,” “Halo 3” and “Halo Wars”
o Design galleries featuring 600 concept images fully commented by the Art Directors

And if you preorder you get a bonus disc:

A short documentary on DVD introducing the game
• 12 “Mass Effect” themed gamer pics (two unique sets of six)
• Eight dashboard themes (two unique sets of four)
• Three songs from the “Mass Effect” soundtrack on a CD
• Four historical “Mass Effect” trailers from X05 through E3 2007 on DVD
• A demo for “Blue Dragon” and videos for “Lost Odyssey,” “Halo 3” and “Halo Wars”