Mass Effect

[mack 44]

Good god damn this was easily my favourite game to play. Beat it tonight and can't wait to try going Rogue on my next try.

Anyone else beat it? I thought the plot-point decisions to make in the game only affected this game but someone told me that it will affect the next two games in the trilogy. Awesome, awesome stuff if so.

[Fury of One 6]

I guess the more you played it, it got better?

[mack 44]

Oh yeah, once you're off the first mission/planet the game gets infinitely better.

[Fury of One 6]

I was debating on a new game and it got pretty good reviews and it seems like Assassin's Creed is a POS so I might pick this one up.

[bdj 0]

I might have to pick it up now. Assassins creed threw me in such a slump I think I need a game thats not just straight killing for once.

[mack 44]

Assassin's Creed sucks, which is made worse by how much I wanted to try it when it came out. This game is solid though and I'm going to say it's got replayability because I want to try another character out.

[Cavs019 702]

I would pick it up, but I have finals for the next two weeks and Mass effect would be the difference between a 3.7 and a 2.5. Don't spoil it for me, I can't wait.

Also, its that short Mack?

[mack 44]

Yeah, I would definitely wait on it for that reason because when I got to a mission I didn't want to turn it off till I was at least done with it, which could be a couple hours.

It's not short per se, but I skipped by a lot of the side missions they have just because I was playing on my brother's and wanted to get thru the game. That said, I'm going to try as many of the side missions I can next time I give it a go.

[flaming_june 2]

but ive heard so many good things about assassins creed, as well as mass effect. i dont have a x360, my friend does and he just loves mass effect.

[jbyun04 7]

assassin's creed is good if you like doing repetitive missions which i don't mind

i love assassin's creed. still gotta try mass effect

[sabre09923 0]

It should be noted that most of the side missions are extremely linear. You go to Planet X, locate the enemy encampment, and kill their cronies. Then, you run into the boss, and attempt to sweet talk him out of whatever he's doing (Paragon) or just cut to the chase and open fire (Renegade). That only goes for the galactic missions, after you're off of the first planet.

The combat is fairly fun, but it pales in comparison to the awesome conversation system, and various other role-playing elements. It seems like you could conceivably spend upwards of 30 hours on it, as I'm ~10 hours in and I've only completed the first part of the story after you get off the first planet, and a bunch of galactic sidequests (tracking down people, and the like). The dialogue is very fluid, and the voice acting is brilliant... It's been said before, but it really feels like an interactive movie.

Mack, I've found you can pick up more sidequests if you return to the first planet after completing some of the main story missions. I'm not sure if it's true for each subsequent story mission completed, but I'll keep you guys posted.

[Cavs019 702]

Relax with the spoilers man.