Mass Effect Thoughts

[Bond]

It seems as though Mass Effect is a step above the KOTOR series in every way, minus the lack of a tutorial mission and some interface issues.

DarkMaster, I was also puzzled as to why the grain effect would be default... BioWare must have thought it, er, made the world look more like the future? Regardless, the game is better off with it turned off.

[Dyne]

I can see why film grain might be annoying in anything other than 1080p. However in 1080p I find it really accents the experience and it looks like a high def movie - after all, at its core, film is made up of film grains. Watching in high def, you can see every grain. Mass Effect looks mimics it very well.

Also: the game is fucking fantastic. My whole family just sat down on christmas and watched my girlfriend play for two hours. It was awesome.

[Professor S]

Question: How the hell do you take off in your ship? I tried talking to Joker, opening the Map, and nothing works. I should be able to do this. I'M A SPECTRE, DAMMIT!!!

[Bond]

You go to the map, find a cluster, the game should ask you if you wish to travel to that cluster, you say yes, and then you're free to explore the planets in that cluster.

[Professor S]

Originally Posted by Bond

You go to the map, find a cluster, the game should ask you if you wish to travel to that cluster, you say yes, and then you're free to explore the planets in that cluster.

There are no other clusters... this is weird.

[Fox 6]

Originally Posted by Professor S

Question: How the hell do you take off in your ship? I tried talking to Joker, opening the Map, and nothing works. I should be able to do this. I'M A SPECTRE, DAMMIT!!!

the giant holo mao floating there by XO Pressely go on they little ramp ans press A it gives you options as to which system to travel. Also after a bit you unlock more planets to venture too.


Edit: i have no clue what to tell you now..............


you might wanna check your journal just incase youre missing something.........






Ive already beaten the game once and it was freaking amazing.... ill just wait here and be humble while the rest of you catch up. Also once you've beat it once and start over with a new character, you get to add a skill that your previous character possesed. For example, i beat it as a Vanguard the first time through. I started a new game and carried over the shotgun skill.

[Bond]

Well, ended the game yesterday. Took me around 20 hours and I still had a lot of side quests left to do.

I plan on playing the game again as more of a renegade and finishing those other side quests, but I want to get to the rest of The Orange Box and Eternal Sonata before break is over.

[Typhoid]

I posted this on one of Dyne's facebook notes, so I'll re-post it here, aswell:

"I'll say this about the game - I haven't played it - but I watched my friend play it for a while the other day, and I thought it was really cool at first. Aside from the fact your character runs like a pansy with a tampon up his ass and rose petals for feet. I like the fact you can say what you want - and it matters on charm and forcefulness.

However, I don't like the huge amount of politics in the game. My friend was on a planet, and everyone was his friend. He was helping kill things. He opened a door he apparently wasn't supposed to, and everyone started shooting him. The game then took a turn for the worse, and then the planet exploded - causing his game to end. His previous save point (I don't know if the game is autosave, manual, or there are actual save locations - so I don't know if it's bad game design or player fault) was 3 hours previous to where he was when he died. That frustrated even me, to no end."

[Bond]

The game auto-saves for you in important locations. You can also manually save your game anytime you are not in combat.