selnor on 02 July 2009
| disolitude said: I dont know man... It all comes down to personal taste. I didn't like mass effect. Too slow...you have to chat with all those people, and rarely do major plot points get revealed...but you feel bad if you don't talk to them thinking you missed something. And when action does happen, its very generic for an action gamer. I'm sure the RPG elements make up for the lack of shooter elements...but I'm not the type of guy that will want to mix his cherry coke with sprite. Game trying to wear different hats at the same time doesn't usually work for me... Otherwise while we are talking about slow and underwhelming games, I found MGS4 to be just as bad, especially considering how amazing part 3 was. Slow story development, lack of focus on any gameplay elements, terrible script and dialoge and recycled and uninteresting boss fights. The tone of the game is the most dissapointing part...where is the humour? why are bosses not interesting characters with their own agenda but are mind controlled hot chicks? Where is the plot twist? The whole game just felt like it was dragging its feet... Both of these games are considered to be cream of the crop this generation...and I wouldnt have kind words for either. Hence why I never make threads called..."Gears of War 2...My own review". Cause not many people want to hear what I have to say about these games. Same goes for this thread... |
Actually I respect anyones opinion. :)
On your mixing Cherry coke with Sprite. That all depends on what you thin an RPG actually is. Or more to the point what is the definition of RPG. To be honest S.T.A.G.E was right about the fact that Final Fantasy is so far from what the original meaning for RPG is, that because it's refered to as an RPG people use that as their point of origin. When actually Bioware and Bethesda games are the closest games to the actual RPG definition.
So Mass Effect with it's shooting system, custom character, choices and leveling system are all spot on. The only element of FF for example that is RPG is the level system. EVERYTHING else is not RPG, but general adventure.
