Comments for Review: Mass Effect at http://talkingaboutgames.com , comment 1 to 6 out of 6 comments http://talkingaboutgames.com Tue, 14 Oct 2008 00:02:31 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://talkingaboutgames.com/content/view/69/44/#comment-580 This is a great game but for an RPG it is really short. only like 12 hours. which is ok for a shooter but this is also a RPG. one complaint is on the first level there were so many glitches that I had to restart about five times to finish it. most of the time because I couldn't jump I would glitch through a railing and get stuck there. on the first level! but it is a good game and the achievments make you play through it more than once. overall it was a good game. I liked the graphics and the gameplay only a few glitches - oddfluence Sat, 09 Feb 2008 11:59:04 +0100 http://talkingaboutgames.com/content/view/69/44/#comment-213 Good review, but I too found that I can't put down COD 4 to play it. - Spartan7653263 Fri, 18 Jan 2008 17:35:16 +0100 http://talkingaboutgames.com/content/view/69/44/#comment-92 If only this game was made for the PS3, I have a feeling that the game would have been made the way Bioware had intended it to be made. I think the flaws are largely Microsoft's fault. I do like the 360, but more and more, I'm starting to think that the PS3 is the definitive console and that the 360 will die a slow and painful death. When you have games like Uncharted, Rachet & Clank, CoD4 (better on PS3 - no lag), and the future Burnout game (360's is a port from the PS3 version, therefore it is very much inferior in graphics and overall presentation), it's no contest. And with the Blu Ray support for the games themselves, Bioware would have had everything that they were planning for the game in the game, and it would be much better. Bigger worlds in more detail, no pop-textures (which are not in any PS3 games that I've seen), shorter load times, etc. - ABACAB72 Mon, 14 Jan 2008 20:11:56 +0100 http://talkingaboutgames.com/content/view/69/44/#comment-73 I wanted more worlds, not just pre-rendered crap heaps :'( there basicly was only one place worth going to on a consistante basis, and that was the citadell. I kept waiting to come across a space station or some other world where i could actualy spend time! In oblivion different cities had different shops for different reasons. it seams like they took The main city, made that into the citadel, and the rest of the place is made out like the forest in oblivion. It felt less like a RPG, and more like a action/exploring game that had an inventory. I was wishing that my ship would be like the School on FF8, where I WANTED to explore, to run around and to have fun! This game was a letdown a HUGE one :( - Kapitan Kramer Mon, 14 Jan 2008 16:20:30 +0100 http://talkingaboutgames.com/content/view/69/44/#comment-62 My biggest complaint with the game is the texture pop-up. I don't mind the elevators or the inventory system (though I wish there was a way to view and sort all the inventory items). If I had to give a second-biggest-problem, in my honest opinion it would be the shopping experience. You don't always know when you're shopping what gear is useable by or useful to your team members. You can only compare equipment with what's being used the team members you have with you in your current party(which is none of them if you're shopping in the Normandy); and even when the character you're shopping for is in your party, the comparison only shows you the specifications of the equipment ... For armor, it doesn't show if your character is trained/able to equip the armor. And for upgrades, it doesn't show whether or not the upgrade you are buying is better than what you have installed ... Or how many of them you already own. Other than these issues, I really enjoy the game. I like the combat system. It takes a little getting used to; but if you're looking at the combat as a tactical exercise, you'll have more success than if you go in there guns blazing. I wouldn't disagree with the 8/10 review score; but I'd have given it a 9/10 personally. I really enjoyed SW:KOTOR; and Mass Effect is just as ejoyable and comes with a very familiar feel to it. I like the progression of the character a bit better in KOTOR; but Mass Effect offers more exploration and side quests. If I could only block bullets with a laser sword and then throw that sword at my enemies, Mass Effect would have KOTOR beat. - Leo Atrox Mon, 14 Jan 2008 14:15:03 +0100 http://talkingaboutgames.com/content/view/69/44/#comment-49 Great review...I wish I would have read this before I ran out and pick up the game. I havne't played more than an hour yet. COD4 sucked me in... - MUDSHANKER Mon, 14 Jan 2008 08:50:54 +0100