next game better have better melee combat with lightsabers. KOTOR Style.

12/22/2007 8:56:22 PM

yeah it's not going to.

12/22/2007 9:54:50 PM

goin through now as whatever class is half Biotic and half Tech...pretty cool stuff compared to the "normal" soldier character...and the assault rifle bonus weapon is critical

12/23/2007 2:46:53 PM

They better make another one.

But for god's sake.

Add jumping.

12/23/2007 4:24:26 PM

screw jumping

Jumping only leads to stupid combat and retarded jumping puzzles.

12/23/2007 5:27:29 PM

Please keep your clearly retarded opinions to yourself.

Jumping is essential to any game thats first or third person.

12/23/2007 7:55:00 PM

^jumping is not essential in re4. not jumping helps heighten tension and suspense, and the design of the enemy and the speed of enemy is tuned just right for this condition however. this is the only one of a few exceptions to that, but in general jumping is essential to shooters. with that said re4 technically is not a first or third person shooter

[Edited on December 23, 2007 at 8:13 PM. Reason : sdfg]

12/23/2007 8:12:39 PM

There was no jumping in Gears of War.

I thought that game was ok.

http://www.1up.com/do/blogEntry?bId=7482393&publicUserId=5474264

[Edited on December 24, 2007 at 2:31 AM. Reason : ]

12/24/2007 2:29:39 AM

can we please not start the jumping argument again

Stein already covered that in great detail, so just go back a few pages if you want to read about jumping

12/24/2007 3:23:32 PM

I jump in this game all the time. I'll jump from the Citadel to Feros to Noveria to Artemis Tau and back to the Citadel...thats what mass relays are for, right?

12/26/2007 4:50:37 PM

Quote :

"Please keep your clearly retarded opinions to yourself."

For the love of God, please follow your own advice.

12/26/2007 5:11:58 PM

i knew if you get 150 kills with either sniper rifle, assault rifle or shotgun you unlock those abilities as optional 'upgrades' for a new character but i wasnt aware of all the upgrades...so here they are

Quote :

"Character Benefit Unlockables You have to attain certain achievements to gain benefits on future plays through the game. Simply do the achievement to gain it. Attain 150 Kills with Sniper Rifle Sniper Rifle Skill for New Characters Attain 150 Kills with Assault Rifle Assault Rifle Skill for New Characters Attain 150 Kills with Shotgun Shotgun Skill for New Characters Use Overload 75 Times Electronics Skill for New Characters Use Sabotage 75 Times Decryption Skill for New Characters Use Dampening 75 Times Shielding Skill for New Characters Kill 150 Organic Beings +10% Health Bonus Kill 250 Synthetics +10% Shield Bonus Attain 150 Kills with Pistol +25% Marksman Cooldown Bonus Complete 75% of Game +10% Experience Bonus Complete 75% of Game with Ashley in Squad +10% Hardening Bonus Attain 1,000,000 Credits in your Wallet. Spectre Grade Weapons for Purchase Use Lift 75 Times Lift Skill (for non-biotics) Use "Singularity" 75 times Unlocks "Singularity" skill for future characters Complete 75% of Game with Wrex in Squad Regenerate 1 Health per Second Complete 75% of Game with Tali in Squad 10% Reduced Cooldown for Sabotage and AI Hacking Complete 75% of Game with Garrusin Squad 10% Reduced Cooldown for Overload and Damping Complete 75% of Game with Kaiden in Squad 10% Reduced Cooldown for Lift and Throw Complete 75% of Game with Liara in Squad 10% Reduced Cooldown for Barrier and Stasis Use 150 Medi-gel First Aid Skill for New Characters Use Throw 75 Times Throw Skill for New Characters Use Statis 75 Times Statis Skill for New Characters Use Barrier 75 Times Barrier Skill for New Characters Use Warp 75 Times Warp Skill for New Characters Use Neural Hacking 75 Times Medicine Skill for New Characters Use AI Hacking 75 Times Hacking Skill for New Characters Complete the Game Twice on any Difficulty 5% Increase in Weapon Damage Sustain More Shield Damage than Health Damage on One Playthrough 10% Shield Increase Reach 50th level with one character +5% Experience Bonus Reach 60th level with one character +5% Experience Bonus Unlockable Gamer Pics Completing the game on the Hardcore and Insanity difficulties will unlock 2 special gamer pics for use on your profile. Gain the Distinguished Combat Medal achievement Saren Gamer Pic Gain the Medal of Valor achievement "N7" Gamer Pic"

12/27/2007 3:26:20 PM

i've been running into a few glitches lately

last night i was physically stuck in a part of the map on virmire

i could crouch and turn in all directions but couldn't move at all

i hadn't saved in a while and had to start over at the beginning of the mission

i was pissed

12/28/2007 7:29:55 AM

i've had some glitches like that as well

also on one planet i had to clear out one of the cookie cutter shaped bunkers...the very last enemy in the entire place somehow pinned me in between itself and a wall as it died, and i had to re-load

course lately my game has been too scratched to play

12/28/2007 11:09:52 AM

Hmm Spectre grade weapons?

How are those?

and has anyone finished the game completely on renegade?

12/28/2007 11:13:11 AM

Spectre weapons are the best, especially once you get up to Level X

I've gotten over 75% of the Renegade points in one of my playthroughs...I was basically just a racist asshole to everyone except Ashley...and I'd do side missions, but I'd always try to get some extra credits or favors for my work...and anytime I could be merciful and let someone escape or kill them, I'd kill them...and I'd often be disrespectful to the council and cut their communications short if they dared to talk shit

12/28/2007 11:16:27 AM

And how'd that change the ending?

Plus is it possible to score ashley and the Asari babe at the same time?

If so I'm going back to play again


as a female.


KEKEKEKEKEKEKE

12/28/2007 11:22:22 AM

i dont think you can bang ashley and the alien in the same game, just one of the two (per playthrough)...you can also bang the consort though...when you do the consort mission and she "pays" you that lame verbal reward, ask her "Is That It" and then you bone

i've heard if you play as a female you can bang either the asari, or kaiden

when i was all renegade (***MILD SPOILER ALERT)))) i of course at the end chose the option to focus all ships and firepower on sovereign and essentially let the council die...then when i had some talking options after that i said humanity should rule with force and when they asked if i wanted the captain or the diplomat to head the new council, i told them i didnt care and i think the diplomat got all power hungry again

12/28/2007 11:31:27 AM

I let the council die anyway and I was ass stuck up Paragon.

I mean a spectre needs to get the job done at all costs.

AMIRITE

12/28/2007 12:01:05 PM

Quote :

"I mean a spectre needs to get the job done at all costs."

That's basically the whole ideology behind renegade.

Renegade is not evil, a renegade character is all about making choices for the greater good.

Renegade characters are more like General Sherman than they are Hitler.

12/28/2007 1:23:25 PM

yeah also General Sherman didn't get injected with methamphetamines twice a day and iirc he also didn't have Parkinson's Disease

12/28/2007 1:28:54 PM

got this game for my birthday, and holy shit its boring

1/17/2008 2:25:34 PM

I landed on the planet where there's the people who are mind controlled by that plant-organism. Anyways, I am having a hard time picking it up and playing again... can anyone give me some encouragement to keep playing (Like something badass is going to happen soon)? I've heard the game's awesome but for some reason I just can't get motivated...

1/17/2008 3:03:46 PM

if you're not having fun playing it, don't force yourself to play it

get another game while the trade-in value is still decent

1/17/2008 3:24:26 PM

yeah pretty much

i think its a dope game but to each his own

i'm addicted to that Call of Duty 4 right now

1/17/2008 3:27:04 PM

Well I finished my first playthrough. I was a Paragon Infiltrator female ( I went with the Liara love story )

Personally I love this game, and am already thinking about going back and playing as a Rengade. I cant decide if I just want to do an easier play level or load my career back into a hardcore game.


**Spoiler**




For those that don't know you can choose to defend the Council's ship and still defeat Sovriegn.

Also I had my charm maxxed out and manage to make Saren have second thoughts and pop himself in the head....I was impressed.

1/17/2008 3:29:58 PM

interesting...didnt know you could save both council and beat sovereign

i was about halfway through my 2nd playthrough with the same character stats and i kept getting shitty disc read errors...i was at level 49 or something too

1/17/2008 3:34:43 PM

yeah, i thought it would be amazing, since i loved KOTOR, but right now its nothing but talking to people. I just landed on a ice planet (still very early) and after doing more messenger-boy quests I managed to get to a fight to clear some guy's office and got RAPED like a small child. Good thing I forgot to save

i restored to where i landed on the planet and played through some of the quests pretty quickly, but I haven't played it since...COD4 time

1/17/2008 7:55:47 PM

well in fairness, once you level up some more you get more health, can buy better armor, weapons, etc...makes the ground combat a little easier...but its definitely a game that takes some time...the different options and choices you have in pretty much anything you do, whether it be conversation choices, order in which you do missions, etc is pretty neat

1/17/2008 9:21:50 PM

It's probably easiest to get Liara at first. Noveria might be the hardest of the 3 first missions, especially the boss there.

1/18/2008 12:39:34 AM

just saw a little segment on foxnews about the "graphic sex scene"

kinda pointless debate, but at one point, the pro-gamer guy was like "did you actually play the game?"

response: "no"

1/21/2008 1:56:18 PM

I fucked the white girl..Ashley I think was her name

The scene was pretty tame, but I'll admit I got a little wood during that half second ass cheek shot

1/21/2008 2:39:30 PM

I decided to pick this game back up from where I left off and stalled out (Feros mission right before you kill the mind control plant)...

... played all the way through till I beat it. It was kinda slow to get into, but I am definitely glad I picked it back up and beat it. Great game.

1/28/2008 4:26:34 PM

if you can get into it its definitely fun

my shit is all scratched

1/28/2008 4:54:36 PM

i burned myself out trying to get all the achievements

just have two more to go, but it would require me playing through 75% of the quests again for the last two ally achievements

1/28/2008 4:57:26 PM

http://kotaku.com/347350/keighley-sets-mass-effect-record-straight-or-tries-to

[carlface/]
[whambulance/]
etc.

1/28/2008 6:18:47 PM

^^ yea i've kinda burnt out on it trying to get the achievements. i beat it in the space of a couple of days then started a new playthrough and can't get interested in it again. rock band and cod4 have been calling my name

1/28/2008 7:08:53 PM

Yeah I don't even think I am going to bother getting most of the achievements. I'll go through on some games and try to get 100% but RPGs just isn't the genre for me to play over and over.

COD4 or Burnout Paradise will be what I pick up this week... decisions decisions...

1/29/2008 9:27:45 AM

I've got too many other games I need to get all the points for to sit there and play this game like 6 times

1/29/2008 12:10:44 PM

I'm working my way through this again (Renegade Adept Male) and will probably just stick with this until Lost Odyessy comes out on the 12th

1/29/2008 12:19:47 PM

DLC coming March 10th.

Quote :

"The Bring Down the Sky downloadable content pack will be released to Xbox LIVE Marketplace on Monday, March 10 at 2 a.m. PST, and will be available for 400 MS points. This is the first in a series of planned downloadable content that further expands the Mass Effect universe and continues the adventures of Commander Shepard and the Normandy crew. Bring Down the Sky includes a new uncharted world that introduces the notorious and feared alien race of the Batarians. A Batarian extremist group has hijacked a mobile asteroid station in the Asgard system, setting it on a collision course with the nearby colony world of Terra Nova. Only Commander Shepard can save the millions of innocent civilians before the asteroid completes its deadly descent. Bring Down the Sky contains approximately 90 minutes of heart-pounding action and a new Achievement worth 50 Gamerscore points."

2/6/2008 12:15:24 PM

just when i thought i was out

they pull me back in!

2/6/2008 12:37:06 PM

good thing i'm poor and won't be able to afford it. ahahaha.

2/7/2008 12:29:27 AM

http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/080212/20080212005536.html?.v=1

Quote :

"REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--Leading video game developer, BioWare™, an Electronic Arts Inc. company, has announced that the award-winning space epic Mass Effect™ will be released for the PC in May 2008. Published by EA and re-designed for the PC, Mass Effect invites players to take the role of Commander Shepard as they set out on an adventure to save the galaxy from imminent destruction. Wrought with treachery, heroism, difficult decisions and a universe filled with unique and colorful species, Mass Effect delivers a truly compelling storyline."

Sweet

2/12/2008 10:34:07 AM

my biggest complaint with this game is that i'll be hitting the button to skip text and then i'll accidentally pick a response without reading my options

2/12/2008 4:32:43 PM

haha, yeah i've done that plenty as well

one complain that I remember from about 5 pages back that I agree with, is that I'm a little frustrated with the planet layouts that I keep encountering. I am pretty tired of landing on a planet, seeing 4 markers, and having to figure out a way to climb some 85 degree slop to get up to the top to find another medallion. I would have been happy if every single planet was a flat plain.

2/12/2008 5:30:00 PM

anyone get the new DLC this morning?

3/10/2008 6:59:14 AM

I was going to ask the same thing

3/10/2008 7:45:57 AM

I'll probably get it sometime this week.

3/10/2008 7:47:31 AM

how much is it

3/10/2008 6:07:36 PM