On my first play-through of Mass Effect.
It's not a bad little game, really. I think i may have made a mistake by totally neglecting the main storyline quests in favour of the side quests (which i routinely do in any game that allows me to do that). By the time i rescued Liara, i was level 30. Fuck level scaling, though, but at least this game isn't a huge dick about it.
Can't say anything positive/negative about the story yet, but i like the OC setting and the characters, the detail put into the world and it's history. It's pretty neat. The gameplay is varied, i don't particularly enjoy combat, but not because it sucks - my rig opts to go insane whenever the AI kicks in, and slows down to a pathetic slideshow until my companions take down a few of the enemies. From then on it's pretty fun to shoot shit, i guess.
The planet exploration parts were fun at first, but it got boring after doing it 10 fucking times in a row. I could just skim through to the quest related stuff right after going planetside, but i'm a completionist - i just have to find every landmark, crashed probe, mineral deposit or a hidden Thresher Maw with it's trollface on. Otherwise i get explosive diarrhea. Speaking about boring, i learned to hate that decryption/hacking/whatever minigame. Why is it even there? Fuck that shit, just make a skill check. Was it so hard to implement? Christ.
What else... the quests are decent enough, if somewhat shallow at times. I feel some of them could have been taken a bit further, but i've no gripes, the game seems long enough as is. I also wonder where did i miss out on RP in the RPG. Oh i can either scare people into submission or suck their cock, thank you! Eh, i don't really mind, i came into the game with just the correct mindset, so i'm enjoying it way more than i thought i would be initially, especially considering my PC really struggles to run this game (the scowl i make every time i go back to the Citadel could make Chuck Norris shit his pants).
Good game, all around, i'd have to say, even if it has it's share of quirks and flaws. I wonder if the story won't disappoint, but i have the feeling it'll just be the old 'kick ass, save universe' business. Oh well, it could be worse. It could be the plot of Brazilian Star Wars.
It's not a bad little game, really. I think i may have made a mistake by totally neglecting the main storyline quests in favour of the side quests (which i routinely do in any game that allows me to do that). By the time i rescued Liara, i was level 30. Fuck level scaling, though, but at least this game isn't a huge dick about it.
Can't say anything positive/negative about the story yet, but i like the OC setting and the characters, the detail put into the world and it's history. It's pretty neat. The gameplay is varied, i don't particularly enjoy combat, but not because it sucks - my rig opts to go insane whenever the AI kicks in, and slows down to a pathetic slideshow until my companions take down a few of the enemies. From then on it's pretty fun to shoot shit, i guess.
The planet exploration parts were fun at first, but it got boring after doing it 10 fucking times in a row. I could just skim through to the quest related stuff right after going planetside, but i'm a completionist - i just have to find every landmark, crashed probe, mineral deposit or a hidden Thresher Maw with it's trollface on. Otherwise i get explosive diarrhea. Speaking about boring, i learned to hate that decryption/hacking/whatever minigame. Why is it even there? Fuck that shit, just make a skill check. Was it so hard to implement? Christ.
What else... the quests are decent enough, if somewhat shallow at times. I feel some of them could have been taken a bit further, but i've no gripes, the game seems long enough as is. I also wonder where did i miss out on RP in the RPG. Oh i can either scare people into submission or suck their cock, thank you! Eh, i don't really mind, i came into the game with just the correct mindset, so i'm enjoying it way more than i thought i would be initially, especially considering my PC really struggles to run this game (the scowl i make every time i go back to the Citadel could make Chuck Norris shit his pants).
Good game, all around, i'd have to say, even if it has it's share of quirks and flaws. I wonder if the story won't disappoint, but i have the feeling it'll just be the old 'kick ass, save universe' business. Oh well, it could be worse. It could be the plot of Brazilian Star Wars.
