Good Article About Why Mass Effect is a Great Sci-Fi Universe

Mayo	Posted Feb 22, 2012 10:20 AM Link to this discussion
meepow Louisville, KY Post #: 284	Mass Effect Article
steve	Posted Feb 22, 2012 2:00 PM Link to this reply
WarHammerTime Group Organizer Georgetown, IN Post #: 715	I didn't read the entire thing, but Mass Effect is a RPG? I've never heard of it. Is it new?
Jonathan Berry	Posted Feb 22, 2012 2:11 PM Link to this reply
user 18464921 Louisville, KY Post #: 216	Mass Effect is a series of video games. The 3rd one is due out soon. I've never played them tho.
Korey McMurtrey	Posted Feb 22, 2012 9:50 PM Link to this reply
user 24893612 Louisville, KY Post #: 36	Mass Effect's awesome. Especially if you like any of the following: rpgs, shooters, or a really good sci-fi story. Luckily, I like all three. I actually just started the first game a few weeks ago, and am about halfway through. It's fantastic, essentially a really well-developed blend of Bioware's excellent RPGs with some shooter elements. I believe they quite drastically changed the gameplay in the 2nd one, to enhance the shooting and simplify some of the RPG elements. Both are supposed to be great, and the third one comes out early march. I got it on a super sale on Steam last year, and just now got around to playing it.
Jonathan Berry	Posted Feb 23, 2012 9:19 AM Link to this reply
user 18464921 Louisville, KY Post #: 218	Hmm everyone seems to like Mass Effect. I'm pretty sure its pretty cheap right now for the xbox might have to check it out. THo.... I still have not beat Dragon Age Origins, LA Noire, Skyrim, and I play a tone of Battlefield 3...... Not sure if I have time to start another game! HAHA Korey are you strictly a PC gamer or do you own any consoles?
Mayo	Posted Feb 23, 2012 1:36 PM Link to this reply
meepow Louisville, KY Post #: 289	I played the first one a while back, but I recently started over and I really like it a lot. I think the universe is very creative and well put together. I like the dialogue wheel where it shows what you feel or think, instead of what you are gonna say. It makes it easier to make choices, and you feel more a part of the dialogue. I really do recommend the series, it is really good stuff.
Korey McMurtrey	Posted Feb 23, 2012 5:10 PM Link to this reply
user 24893612 Louisville, KY Post #: 38	Yeah, I've played through about 15 hours of Dragon Age, another one I hope to get back to and finish. I've traditionally been a console gamer, though recently I really don't play games too much anymore. Now, I have a shortlist of games I hope to play. I've more or less switched my leisure time to board/card games. My shortlist is mostly a few PC and Wii games that I missed over the last couple years (the Mass Effects, Dragon Age, Skyward Sword, Mario Galaxy 2, and a couple others). I have a PS3 too, though it's been a while since I've played anything on it. It's only been with my current PC that I've actually had the hardware capable of playing relatively recent games, so I've been enjoying that. Plus, I play so infrequently that I really like downloading games very cheaply from Steam's big sales. You can't beat Mass Effect for $5. Going forward, I would probably choose to keep playing games on PC and a Nintendo console. I just always come back to the Nintendo games/franchises I grew up with. And the PC could come me current with all the other franchises. Though, I really don't play games too often anymore.
Jonathan Berry	Posted Feb 24, 2012 8:13 AM Link to this reply
user 18464921 Louisville, KY Post #: 221	I play on the 360. I've only had it for a few years tho so its nice to be able to go back and grab some of the good games I didn't get on release for cheap and play them. For about 3 or 4 years tho I've really been hooked into FPS games. Started with Call of Duty and now I am really into the Battlefield series. My main game is Battlefield 3 right now. THere's something pretty awesome about playing with 24 other people and having the ability to blow up the house they are hiding in with a tank, or flying a helo or jet through the air. Before that I had the PS2 and PS, and before that it was the gamecube, super NES, NES, Atatri. Soooooo yea I've grown up a gamer and have switched loyatly a few times. HAHA I used to love RPG game, Original final Fatasy, Dragon Warrior for NES, Secret of Mana for SUper NES are some of my favorites! HA but as Dragon AGE, Skyrim, and LA Noire have shown me...... I don;t really have the same amount of time to sit down and play these long RPG gams anymore. And for me FPS games are stress relief HAHA Something nice about blowing things up after a long day at work, or owning some kids on a game. I assume some of you all remember that VR console of Nintendos??? You looked through googles or something and it was allred and I think the games were 3d right? HAHAHA I didn;t buy it but that was a flop! This was back in..... 95, 96 maybe?
Korey McMurtrey	Posted Feb 24, 2012 8:42 AM Link to this reply
user 24893612 Louisville, KY Post #: 41	I agree that it takes me forever to finish an RPG these days, just from lack of time. But it's still probably my favorite type of game. I like FPS and shooters well enough, but they tend to just make me tense, which I guess is the opposite of stress relief. I like the strategy in games, and the building up of my character/army into something powerful over the course of the game. That might also be why I prefer boardgames that let me build up my own little area over the course of the game (such as Notre Dame/Puerto Rico/Dominion/etc.) I like that sense of progression. Anyway, you mean the Virtual Boy, and I totally talked my parents into buying that for me in the mid-90s. I still feel guilty about it. A terrible, terrible machine.
Jonathan Berry	Posted Feb 24, 2012 10:09 AM Link to this reply
user 18464921 Louisville, KY Post #: 223	I can see where FPS games can cause stress and tension. Some of the folks I play with will actually rage at the game. For the most part I laugh if I get killed in some way that is weird or something. If I'm getting stressed its time to put the game down haha. YES!!!!!!! The virtual boy! HAHA A friend of mine had it and I only played it once or twice but yea it was a flop. HAHAHA If I remember it seemed fiddly and didn;t work well.

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