Mass Effect Discussion

[Cyros]

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Time to make a trip to Gamestop and pick up a card.

[mudtiger]

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I was excited to pick this up, but after reading some mediocre to negative feedback on the ME forum, I'm not so sure. Seems like it's just a slightly deeper uncharted world...not sure if that's worth $5 to me.

[mgoblue]

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I was excited to pick this up, but after reading some mediocre to negative feedback on the ME forum, I'm not so sure. Seems like it's just a slightly deeper uncharted world...not sure if that's worth $5 to me.

Hmmm yeah, I dunno. I'm way too into The Show right now (and Super Smash Brothers is one I've got to pick up soon), so I'll just hold off on the ME DLC for now.

At the same point though, did the guys on the ME forum expect too much? Do we expect too much? I doubt we'll ever get what we want via DLC, it's probably too time consuming for them to give us everything for what we end up paying.

[Altimus]

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Surprised there is no impressions yet. Especially from trob.

[mudtiger]

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Expect too much? Probably. I wasn't expecting a new story quest like the main quest, but definitely more than an upgraded uncharted world quest.

I also thought we might get something that would extend the story, not be shoved into the middle of it. I think that right there is my main hang up. I wanted something to begin to bridge the gap between ME1 and ME2.

I may get it...eventually.

[trobinson97]

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Surprised there is no impressions yet. Especially from trob.

Lol, I tried to play it, but I kept getting dirty disc errors... I get them a lot with this game.

[Cyros]

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Expect too much? Probably. I wasn't expecting a new story quest like the main quest, but definitely more than an upgraded uncharted world quest.

I also thought we might get something that would extend the story, not be shoved into the middle of it. I think that right there is my main hang up. I wanted something to begin to bridge the gap between ME1 and ME2.

I may get it...eventually.

Maybe we'll get a novel to bridge that gap?

[highheatkingsb]

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Chalk one up to me. Wouldn't you know, I never kept a save file in between being a Spectre and the final battle, therefore I can't get back to the normandy. I have to play through until I become a spectre again I guess to see the new stuff.

[trobinson97]

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Chalk one up to me. Wouldn't you know, I never kept a save file in between being a Spectre and the final battle, therefore I can't get back to the normandy. I have to play through until I become a spectre again I guess to see the new stuff.

Noob.


Heh, just messin with ya. That's messed up though.

[mgoblue]

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Expect too much? Probably. I wasn't expecting a new story quest like the main quest, but definitely more than an upgraded uncharted world quest.

I also thought we might get something that would extend the story, not be shoved into the middle of it. I think that right there is my main hang up. I wanted something to begin to bridge the gap between ME1 and ME2.

I may get it...eventually.

You may get that eventually, but I don't think it'll be in this form of DLC, at least not right away, you know?

[highheatkingsb]

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Noob.


Heh, just messin with ya. That's messed up though.

LOL!!!

[ghostrider76]

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I was excited to pick this up, but after reading some mediocre to negative feedback on the ME forum, I'm not so sure. Seems like it's just a slightly deeper uncharted world...not sure if that's worth $5 to me.

I just finished it up and I thought it was great! I played through on Insanity and it took about 2 hours. Lots of ground to cover and some good conversations with characters. I used one of my high level Paragon guys so tomorrow I'll go through it with my Renegade chick. For a first DLC pack they did a heck of a job, can't wait to see what else they put out. It's definitely worth the 400 MS points IMO

[WazzuRC]

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So I just started playing this game today...wasn't sure what class to be. I picked War Hero and a Soldier.

What would you guys recommend the best class to play as? I almost got through Eden Prime but then shut it off.

[thaima1shu]

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So I just started playing this game today...wasn't sure what class to be. I picked War Hero and a Soldier.

What would you guys recommend the best class to play as? I almost got through Eden Prime but then shut it off.

Personally, being a soldier is kind of boring to me. Maybe not boring, but too one dimensional, because all you're going to be doing is shooting things. I played through as a vanguard the first time, which is a mix of biotic/soldier character, so you get a good variety of both types of classes.

[Flawless]

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BioWare: How We Can Improve The Side Quests For ‘Mass Effect 2′

One of the things we’re looking at for sequels and some of our other games is better technical ways, smarter ways to auto-generate content, to create stuff that seems richer to the player. Another thing we’re looking at — again not specific to one game, but just generally — is a way of tying those additional moments back into the story: whether it’s having to gather certain things for those other planets, kind of making them more central to the story but making sure that they’re still the supporting cast. [We want to be sure] that there’s something really purposeful about them.

I think with “Mass” we just wanted to say, “Let’s make a whole bunch of planets for people to explore.” They all encapsulated, amongst themselves, some fun stories to do. Some kind of spanned among each other. But [next] we’re taking it to that next level of tying them into the central story as well.

Side quests can sometimes be left on the side, so to speak. Pardon the pun. But a lot of times it’s even just getting that whole game done, that first shot [that is important]. We look at “Mass Effect 2” as incredibly exciting. Just the amount of effort and knowledge and know-how that went into building the technology for the first one is huge, and [we now have] the chance to actually make things a little bit richer.

We look into BioWare’s history and we’re really aiming for what happened with “Baldur’s Gate II” compared to what happened with “Baldur’s Gate” one. “Baldur’s Gate” one — extremely solid game, huge impact on the industry. But with “Baldur’s Gate II” we just took it to a whole new level. And I think that’s what we’re excited about with “Mass.”