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wild_karrde Registered: Oct '99	Date Posted: 11/18/07 6:03pm Subject: RE: Mass Effect -- Action RPG Title made by Bioware
	Well, with Microsoft being so pissed at BioWare that they're screwing up their sales with the LCE, I can't see them doing a port to PC any time soon. -----signature----- Take me out to the black. Tell them I ain't comin' back. Burn the land and boil the sea. You can't take the sky from me. - from "The Ballad of Serenity" (Firefly)
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Leto II Registered: Jan '00	Date Posted: 11/18/07 7:54pm Subject: RE: Mass Effect -- Action RPG Title made by Bioware - Date Edited: 11/18/07 8:02pm (2 edits total) Edited By: Leto II
	An acquaintance has played through Mass Effect, and tells me that his final playtime is around 46 hours. This may seem like a lot, but he's absolutely anal about "100%"-ing things (his Twilight Princess time was almost double mine). He does say that most of the optional stuff is directly integrated into the main gameplay, though, with most of the sidequests given to you through the course of play, and that you actively have to ignore them if you just want to rush through the main story (which he guesstimated amounted to about 17 hours of game time). Knights of the Old Republic clocked in at around 45-50 hours with most sidequests included, so this is about par. I'm in favor of the sex cutscenes, just because they push an envelope that needs to be pushed. I just want games to be treated similar to movies: if you're making a mature game, and want some sexual content in it, fine. If not, fine. If God of War and Mass Effect get us a bit closer to that state, I can handle their first stab at the actual implementation being a little clumsy. Because honestly, whose wasn't? -----signature----- "If there's one thing I hate, it's losing. If there's TWO things I hate, it's losing and getting cancer." - Kenny Powers
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Espaldapalabras Registered: Aug '05	Date Posted: 11/18/07 8:25pm Subject: RE: Mass Effect -- Action RPG Title made by Bioware
	That is something I actually hope doesn't happen. I really don't want my games to turn into the same thing as R rated movies. By nature they are going to be more violent than movies, but why would I want pixelized sexual content in my videogame? If you seperate them, people like me who have a high tolerance for violence but less for other things can get what they want, and if you want more sexually explicit stuff, we have teh interwebs. -----signature----- It is impossible to find common ground when you insist on yelling from my lawn.
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Reynar_Tedros Registered: Jul '06	Date Posted: 11/18/07 9:53pm Subject: RE: Mass Effect -- Action RPG Title made by Bioware
	Well, there hasn't yet been a video game where I think to myself "That needs more sex." But if the situation calls for it, I see no reason why sexuality can't be incorporated into a video game similar to a movie. -----signature----- Now playing: Forza Motorsport 3, inFamous, Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City Waiting on: Heavy Rain, Red Dead Redemption, Mass Effect 2, Final Fantasy Versus XIII, Max Payne 3
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Espaldapalabras Registered: Aug '05	Date Posted: 11/18/07 11:35pm Subject: RE: Mass Effect -- Action RPG Title made by Bioware
	I think too often people confuse explict sexual conduct with romance. I don't want my games to turn into the game equivalent of chick-flicks or pornos. -----signature----- It is impossible to find common ground when you insist on yelling from my lawn.
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darth_paul Registered: Apr '00	Date Posted: 11/18/07 11:50pm Subject: RE: Mass Effect -- Action RPG Title made by Bioware
	On the other hand, I'd forward that movement toward a greater variety would be inherently healthy for the medium. While it would of course not be optimal for every game to be a "chick flick" game, having some that are has to be a positive thing, I'd tend to think. Every other entertainment medium/art form has its erotica and its pornography; that doesn't mean that they dominate the medium. Despite the preponderance of pornographic movies, most mainstream movies incorporate sex in ways that aren't taking their cues from porn. We're beginning to see pornographic games. Just a few, and they're just starting, but that's something that's beginning to exist. That will be its own niche. Games, particularly deeply plotted games like RPGs, can certainly expand to encompass sexuality into the array of things they deal with without veering in that direction. I'd consider it unusual, and probably undesirable, if games didn't develop to be able to deal in a mature and sophisticated manner with sexuality. -Paul -----signature----- So this is how liberty dies... with thunderous applause.
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harrison13 Registered: Jul '04	Date Posted: 11/19/07 8:35am Subject: RE: Mass Effect -- Action RPG Title made by Bioware
	can someone tell me about the character customization. Can you basically make yourself? -----signature----- " Good, Bad, I'm the guy with the GUN!!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtnWMDkhvsQ
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Lord_NoONE Registered: Dec '01	Date Posted: 11/19/07 8:51am Subject: RE: Mass Effect -- Action RPG Title made by Bioware
	Yes, I believe. Character customization is exceptionally detailed in this game. There are videos demonstrating this feature. Gamespy.com gave Mass Effect a glowing review.
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JEDI-SOLO Title: Former FanForce CR Lafayette LA US Registered: Feb '02	Date Posted: 11/19/07 9:08am Subject: RE: Mass Effect -- Action RPG Title made by Bioware
	Wow I want this game. I need a 360 though. -----signature----- Master of Ringthane I'm SO hot! No really I am.
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VadersLaMent Registered: Apr '02	Date Posted: 11/19/07 2:17pm Subject: RE: Mass Effect -- Action RPG Title made by Bioware
	Slashdot review Gamers hoping for crystalline purity will be disappointed by, among other things, graphical pops, lengthy load times, and some occasionally stupid AI. It doesn't matter. Warts and all, this voyage to the edge of the galaxy and back is some of the best storytelling I've ever experienced in a game. It's like living a movie, a good one, where you decide the ending in a deeply meaningful way. Read on for my impressions of humanity's first steps onto the galactic stage. So there are problems but they are outweighed by a great game. -----signature----- Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic-Arthur C. Clarke Any sufficiently advanced extraterrestrial intelligence is indistinguishable from God-Michael Shermer I'm a sexy shoeless GOD OF WAR! #347 on SLG's List Of Sexy Men
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Leto II Registered: Jan '00	Date Posted: 11/19/07 2:21pm Subject: RE: Mass Effect -- Action RPG Title made by Bioware - Date Edited: 11/19/07 2:22pm (1 edits total) Edited By: Leto II
	IGN review is up...a solid 9.4. TeamXbox gave it a 9.6. Apparently, the general consensus is that, despite the variety of technical issues, the good outweighs the bad by a very large margin. Which is interesting, because in the video review at IGN, the guy goes out of his way to talk about how ***ty some of the bugs are for about two minutes out of a six-minute review. This game must really be great for all those things to be overlooked, and to still get that 9.4 score. Also, Penny Arcade* has been doing posts and strips on Mass Effect for the past week, and seem to concur with the other reviews -- it has some infuriating design decisions, but the overall experience is still incredible. Tycho there also finished the main quest in about 17 hours, the same as my friend. -----signature----- "If there's one thing I hate, it's losing. If there's TWO things I hate, it's losing and getting cancer." - Kenny Powers
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Master-Fett Registered: Sep '02	Date Posted: 11/19/07 7:29pm Subject: RE: Mass Effect -- Action RPG Title made by Bioware
	What. The. **. GS gave it an 8.5..... what the ..... They didn't even bother to explain the score...... Thats the stupidest thing since Bioshock getting 8.5.... they know nothing at all.... ** Gamespot, IGN is my new site.
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Lord_Vivec Registered: Apr '06	Date Posted: 11/19/07 8:09pm Subject: RE: Mass Effect -- Action RPG Title made by Bioware
	Master-Fett posted: What. The. **. GS gave it an 8.5..... what the ..... They didn't even bother to explain the score...... Thats the stupidest thing since Bioshock getting 8.5.... they know nothing at all.... ** Gamespot, IGN is my new site. IGN has always been my site. -----signature----- "Those of us who don't believe in science are being attacked by forces we don't understand...like momentum, acceleration, and gravity." Gavin Newsom for CA Gov '10! Property of JEDI_TEEGIRLOO Currently the most attractive guy in the EUC
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Espaldapalabras Registered: Aug '05	Date Posted: 11/19/07 9:11pm Subject: RE: Mass Effect -- Action RPG Title made by Bioware
	Yea, I hadn't really looked at IGN prior to the lead up to this game, and I liked it much better than GS. -----signature----- It is impossible to find common ground when you insist on yelling from my lawn.
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Jedi_Johnson Registered: Apr '02	Date Posted: 11/19/07 9:33pm Subject: RE: Mass Effect -- Action RPG Title made by Bioware
	Solid reviews so far. I'll be buying this game tomorrow. -----signature----- Former Member of Gryffindork House Are you part of the Round Table? Check out my blog: http://nerdsoftheroundtable.com Long live the forceboat parté T.B.
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