Mass Effect - "the" Xbox360 title to get

[drothgery]

Let me know how LO looks.

First impression is that it's a very old-school RPG with very nice modern graphics. Which I like. But I'm very early in the game.

 

[Felon]

So, the DLC is out. Anyone buy it yet? Is it worth the price?

It's good. Yesterday I played it and went on to finish the entire game. Pretty fun experience.

The DLC offers appreciable rewards. As mentioned, there's a nice chunk of Paragon or Renegade points to get. You also get a decent material reward, but if you're late in the game it's nothing heads-and-tails above what you've already gotten your hands on. In terms of XP, it's pretty generous (blow up every gun turret).

The quality of the content is pretty good. They do once again recycle the same building layouts (in particular, the

Spoiler

big one-room warehouse where you typically just hunker down at the entrance and kill anything that comes at you

), but as advertised, the Batarrans are smarter about using distance and cover. I actually got some good use out of my sniper rifle, which is rare.

 

[Olgar Shiverstone]

My wife just bought Mass Effect for me.

I'm somewhat disappointed that there isn't a first-person camera view, as I find the third-person view a bit hard to use. I'm splitting time with Oblivion, and I definitely prefer the 1st person view in that game.

Otherwise, it's entertaining enough so far.

 

[Felon]

My wife just bought Mass Effect for me.

I'm somewhat disappointed that there isn't a first-person camera view, as I find the third-person view a bit hard to use.

Well, if you hold down the left trigger, you get a pretty good approximation of first-person. But I know what you mean.

 

[GoodKingJayIII]

I actually got some good use out of my sniper rifle, which is rare.

I definitely wish there had been more opportunities to snipe. But I still felt like I made good use out of it. Especially considering I often used it in lieu of the Mako cannon.

 

[Felon]

I definitely wish there had been more opportunities to snipe. But I still felt like I made good use out of it. Especially considering I often used it in lieu of the Mako cannon.

Well, on my second playthrough, I note many situations where I wish I'd had a sniper rifle...but then I have to remember that it's not enough to have a sniper rifle. You also have to have lots of points invested in the Sniper Rifle talent and a couple of Kinetic Stabilizer upgrades before your crosshairs will actually stop swaying and drifting wildly.

 

[trancejeremy]

I used the sniper rifle all the time on my first play through, once I had enough points in it. The important mods to it (for me) were the heat reducing one, because otherwise you would overheat after taking 2 quick shots.

The key was really to make your other two idiots (er, squad members) stay back while you slowly creep ahead, because otherwise they just rush ahead and draw the enemy (and get in the way).

And usually once you were spotted, if the enemy used cover, a lot of times a little bit would stick out from cover if you were patient enough. Even if it's just the tip of a foot or tentacle, that would be enough to snipe them.

 

[hong]

1. I would like to know the creative process that led to one of your NPCs being a member of a hot, all-female alien race with the ability to mate with anything. On second thoughts, I don't want to know. I WOULD like to see the facial expression on the voice actor as she's delivering Liara's lines, though.

2. Thresher maws are annoying.

3. So, I've landed on Coruscant Citadel and become a Jedi Spectre. Where's my bloody lightsaber katana?

4. Eyes are clearly the hardest part of the face to model.

All in all, it's a pretty awesome game. Just unlocked the Spectre gear, and I haven't done Virmire yet.

 

[trancejeremy]

1) Probably just a way to save time, by having one romance for both sexes

 

[Talislan]

So, question folks...

Most interesting role to take on?

Just finished the game and am highly disappointed. (sorry to the fans). I dearly wish to give it another shot, but I fairly walked through the game as an infiltrator and don't think walking through again with an uber Infiltrator just to see what maxing out the levels feels like will be much fun.

Any ideas as to how I could make a replay more bareable. I would like to be able to give this a second chance.

Thanks

T.