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dsage01 on 13 July 2011
Reasonable said:

Uncharted for me. I really like Mass Effect 2 but found 1 to be very rough around the edges and way overrated by the critics in general (classic scenario of overlooking a heap of clear flaws).

Uncharted DF has a fun, good story and solid mechanics all around. It's flaws were an over-reliance on combat in some sections and an over-abundance of the same foe to kill in droves, plus too obvious a split between shooting vs climbing sections. The character models and graphics were stellar with only some screen tear as an issue. Vehicles were solid although they did bork the jet-ski controls a bit.

Mass Effect has a good, deep story and world, but the mechanics I found average across the board. The combat was weak (actually, given the focus on TPS combat it was terrible next to DF and Gears both out around the same time), the levels rough around the edges (particularly the filler side mission levels) and the menu and item management was awful. Character models were good but the rest of the graphics were pretty average and rough around the edges.

Both franchises hit their stride with number 2 but for me DF was somewhat underrated vs its achievements on release and Mass Effect overrated and its flaws often ignored so I'm going with DF.

BTW the poll time seems short now.  I was going to go with Gears after some mulling previously but the poll was gone before I could get back to it.  SMaybe it was just the way the timing fell but the poll seemed to open then close very quickly.

Yup it's only 1 day now. And no one really commented on Gears vs Resistance



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slowmo on 13 July 2011

I voted Mass Effect because I played through it 4 times to get my level 60 character and enjoyed it as much on the fourth play through as the first, even with the annoyances it had. Uncharted was a great game but the sequel showed the repetitive nature of the first game up and how much it relied on the wonderful story telling. In terms of overall impact they both have brought significant gains to the table. Mass Effects story and entire universe is amazingly detailed and the innovation of you choices affecting future games is omething that should be applauded. Uncharted DF really showed how to use cinematic story telling properly in games and set the bar for future games.

P.S I played through Uncharted DF twice and still enjoyed the experience each time but still Mass Effect edged it given my love of the franchise.



dsage01 on 13 July 2011
slowmo said:
I voted Mass Effect because I played through it 4 times to get my level 60 character and enjoyed it as much on the fourth play through as the first, even with the annoyances it had. Uncharted was a great game but the sequel showed the repetitive nature of the first game up and how much it relied on the wonderful story telling. In terms of overall impact they both have brought significant gains to the table. Mass Effects story and entire universe is amazingly detailed and the innovation of you choices affecting future games is omething that should be applauded. Uncharted DF really showed how to use cinematic story telling properly in games and set the bar for future games.

P.S I played through Uncharted DF twice and still enjoyed the experience each time but still Mass Effect edged it given my love of the franchise.


Did Mass Effect 1 have online play? I never played Mass Effect so I didn't vote. But anyways I don't like RPG games at all so I might just vote for DF as it was a great game.



lurkerwithnosoul on 13 July 2011

Neither ME1 or 2 have online play.

Anyway, they have nothing to do with each other. But i would vote for Mass Effect as i prefer it for being a great space opera.
I have never played Uncharted, so this is a biased vote.

Next round i would like it to be dedicated to downloadable games. Do something like, Flower vs Ilomilo, or whatever you like.



dsage01 on 13 July 2011
lurkerwithnosoul said:

Neither ME1 or 2 have online play.

Anyway, they have nothing to do with each other. But i would vote for Mass Effect as i prefer it for being a great space opera.
I have never played Uncharted, so this is a biased vote.

Next round i would like it to be dedicated to downloadable games. Do something like, Flower vs Ilomilo, or whatever you like.


I've already made a list. But I don't know too many good downloadable games give me a list of some good ones



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slowmo on 13 July 2011
dsage01 said:
slowmo said:
I voted Mass Effect because I played through it 4 times to get my level 60 character and enjoyed it as much on the fourth play through as the first, even with the annoyances it had. Uncharted was a great game but the sequel showed the repetitive nature of the first game up and how much it relied on the wonderful story telling. In terms of overall impact they both have brought significant gains to the table. Mass Effects story and entire universe is amazingly detailed and the innovation of you choices affecting future games is omething that should be applauded. Uncharted DF really showed how to use cinematic story telling properly in games and set the bar for future games.

P.S I played through Uncharted DF twice and still enjoyed the experience each time but still Mass Effect edged it given my love of the franchise.


Did Mass Effect 1 have online play? I never played Mass Effect so I didn't vote. But anyways I don't like RPG games at all so I might just vote for DF as it was a great game.


No but it has a ingame levelling system that allows you to carry over your stats from a saved game that has completed the game.  In effect you might get to level 30-40 on a strong play through then 40-50 on a second and 60 on your thrid play through (or 4 in my case as I didn't do enough side missions) depending on missions you do and difficulty.  I'm sure some might have done it on 2 play throughs but it would be very difficult.  The reason I played so much was I wanted my bonus stats for Mass Effect 2 for importing a level 60 character, I also wanted to try different story outcomes and relationships. 

If you have a 360 then you could do a lot worse for a game for rainy days, it certainly is worth playing and it's not your traditional RPG.  That been said the second is even less of a RPG and a far better game too but I'd always recommend playing the first if you can as no amount of dialogue and cutscenes can make up for the 25 hour game experience you're missing out.  It also makes some of the cameo relationships not make as much sense.

That being said, we all have busy lives with too little time for games we have already and I certainly don't begrudge anyone choosing Uncharted DF as it was the best game on the PS3 by a mile (imo) when it was released and still is great fun today.



Michael-5 on 13 July 2011
dsage01 said:
lurkerwithnosoul said:

Neither ME1 or 2 have online play.

Anyway, they have nothing to do with each other. But i would vote for Mass Effect as i prefer it for being a great space opera.
I have never played Uncharted, so this is a biased vote.

Next round i would like it to be dedicated to downloadable games. Do something like, Flower vs Ilomilo, or whatever you like.


I've already made a list. But I don't know too many good downloadable games give me a list of some good ones

Do Lost Odyssey vs. Valkeria Chronicles. Moderatly well selling, very well rated JRPG exclusives. They beat a lot of other games on the lists in terms of quality ...cough, Resistance, cough.



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dsage01 on 13 July 2011
Michael-5 said:
dsage01 said:
lurkerwithnosoul said:

Neither ME1 or 2 have online play.

Anyway, they have nothing to do with each other. But i would vote for Mass Effect as i prefer it for being a great space opera.
I have never played Uncharted, so this is a biased vote.

Next round i would like it to be dedicated to downloadable games. Do something like, Flower vs Ilomilo, or whatever you like.


I've already made a list. But I don't know too many good downloadable games give me a list of some good ones

Do Lost Odyssey vs. Valkeria Chronicles. Moderatly well selling, very well rated JRPG exclusives. They beat a lot of other games on the lists in terms of quality ...cough, Resistance, cough.

Tomorrow is Killzone 3 vs L4D 2 so I'll try to fit that in somewhere though I can promise you that. And is Valkeria Chronicles on PS store. I saw Lost Odyssey on Xbox Live though



arcane_chaos on 13 July 2011

awww man...my two favorite fanchise this gen(and of all time) this is hard... but based on the first games I'm going with mass effect, it had such a riveting story and really pushed me to accepting modern RPG's, uncharted :DF was amazing was well the the control were somewhat clunky, specifically the melee system.



SinZinDetta on 14 July 2011

I got them both and Mass Effect is the easy choice. Uncharted was a good game but the second time I beat it there was nothing different. Mass Effect I beat six different times and it felt new each time.