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Tyrannical on 27 May 2009

I really, realy wish they'd stop wasting their time with games like Mass Effect and Jade Empire and make a good single player KOTOR game.



Yet, today, America's leaders are reenacting every folly that brought these great powers [Russia, Germany, and Japan] to ruin -- from arrogance and hubris, to assertions of global hegemony, to imperial overstretch, to trumpeting new 'crusades,' to handing out war guarantees to regions and countries where Americans have never fought before. We are piling up the kind of commitments that produced the greatest disasters of the twentieth century.
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Bitmap Frogs on 27 May 2009
Tyrannical said:
I really, realy wish they'd stop wasting their time with games like Mass Effect and Jade Empire and make a good single player KOTOR game.

 

Mass Effect is single player. Maybe you wanted to mean single character?

I'm now doing my crazy run with garrus and liara (achievements... smh) and Wrex is noticeably absent =(





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Tyrannical on 27 May 2009
Bitmap Frogs said:
Tyrannical said:
I really, realy wish they'd stop wasting their time with games like Mass Effect and Jade Empire and make a good single player KOTOR game.

 

Mass Effect is single player. Maybe you wanted to mean single character?

I'm now doing my crazy run with garrus and liara (achievements... smh) and Wrex is noticeably absent =(


You misunderstood, I want a new single player Knights of the Old Republic (KOTOR)

 



Yet, today, America's leaders are reenacting every folly that brought these great powers [Russia, Germany, and Japan] to ruin -- from arrogance and hubris, to assertions of global hegemony, to imperial overstretch, to trumpeting new 'crusades,' to handing out war guarantees to regions and countries where Americans have never fought before. We are piling up the kind of commitments that produced the greatest disasters of the twentieth century.
 — Pat Buchanan – A Republic, Not an Empire

Munkeh111 on 27 May 2009

I'm having great fun with it, I'm on my 3rd playthrough, with a now level 52 Vanguard on hardcore, and it is still easy, I have done Therum and Feros in about 2 hours, but this save I am not doing any sidequests, I did just have a proper playthrough last week. After I have finished this, I will continue this game on hardcore, doing that one properly (getting Wrex's ally achievement). Then because the achievements are such pains, I will have to do another playthrough as an engineer with Ashley and Liarra to get the final ally achievements, then I will need to do another playthrough as a biotic to get the last 2 achievements.... It is going to take 6 playthroughs to get them all



Jereel Hunter on 27 May 2009
MontanaHatchet said:

I bought Mass Effect yesterday, since it was cheap (only 20 bucks) and it got great reviews. However, I can't help but have mixed feelings about it. It's good at times, but very boring and disappointing at others. Do note that I've only been playing for about 4 hours, so maybe it gets better. I was given access to the ship, and I've visited a couple planets and done some sidequests.


-Fighting is really random. The Sniper Rifle is nearly impossible to aim. It feels like my character is having a seizure while he's aiming it. Plus, hit detection seems kind of wonky. I have to be very close to my opponents to even hurt them, while they can down me from really far away.


-It's too hard. The game started out really easy, but now it's different. In nearly every fight I'm in, both of my allies get shot a few times and immediately die. Then I have to take on the enemies all by myself, popping in and out of cover to occasionally shoot my assault rifle.


-The radar is awful. It doesn't give you very clear instructions on where to go.


-Exploring planets is about as much fun as watching a bowl of pudding. All the planets I've been to are just a series of hills and the occasional mineral deposit.


So does the game get better the more I play it, or is this pretty how much it is from then on out? I love the RPG elements and improving my character, but the traveling aspect is dreadful and enemies are broken.

- Hang in there, the game REALLY takes off after the first few hours.

-The Sniper rifle is difficult early game - the more you train it, the less it wiggles and the smaller the sight gets. If you crouch while aiming, it stabilizes it, though.

-Some parts are hard, but you can get used to that. It's unfortunate that you went the soldier route, as ashley has better survivability than those two, but a pair of soldiers is probably a bad idea. If you haven't been, use your squads abilities first thing in a battle and direct them into cover.

- Don't waste time exploring. Get it, get out. There's nothing to see there.