| Citan said:
I read something positive about mass effect so I`d figure I`d pirate (love pirating products ms earns money from) mass effect 1 and 2. I started to play #1(on PC) and here`s my first impressions:
1. Fantastic title screen music. Perfect for a space game. 2. Creating character is a tad better than oblivion iv(dunno why I compare to that game), but characters still look crappy. Need a mod perhaps. 3. I puked when I saw and heard joker. Why can`t western developers create life-like computer characters. Even when the graphics are amazing they look like dolls. And why open the game with a filthy clichè character like him? 4. The aiming in combat is unaccurate. The strategy is non-existent. Trying to command troops is hopeless. Equipment system works great. 5. Most important part is the rpg elements and they are just bla bla bla. Let me explain: If you can skip parts or all talking, why add so much talking? Surely no-one is playing this game for the action elements. The story so far seems it`s taken right out of Babylon 5 series. Aliens poor designed. No realism in a far future where aliens co-exist with humans. No depth. I`m only 4 hours into the game, but still I`m bored with the conversation and skip a lot unless it`s the main story. Worst moment: When I became a spectre and the hollywood music roared in the backround. 6. Level design is poor. Example: the first city you`re in is lifeless and hard to navigate in.
These are my first impressions. I might have another go, but the will to continue is low so far. Maybe mass effect 2 is better, but I hate to play a second part of a game when the first is not finished. I wanted to play this game because I expected it to be a a+ game and read so much positive in us reviews. So far I`m massively dissapointed.
Thanks for reading.
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Wow, and you didn't say anything about the massive pop-in, screen-tearing and abysmal framerate drops... I guess you're in for a ride.Hopefully you won't run into the game-crashing glitch I got hit with (one I was lucky to recover from because I always keep 2 different saves. Had I stayed on the self-saved file alone I would've been screwed 11 hours into the game).
So my word of advice and don't take it lightly. KEEP TWO DIFFERENT SAVES and save for yourself as often as possible.I wonder how a game with so many technical issues and game-destroying glitches can be awarded with such high scores....I guess not being from Quantic Dream helps?
