Comments on: Mass Effect Brings Down The Sky

By: Charlie

Charlie — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 18:57:12 +0000

KOTOR took me about 20 hours to complete, I know this coz I only just got round to playing it and I thought it was amazing. Mass effect was probably a couple of hours shorter but not much different for me so I didn’t think the length was an issue tbh.

Trying to play KOTOR 2 through at the moment. It seems better than the first, a more mature storyline thats a little less predictable than the first, much improved graphics and combat. But it’s so unbelievably buggy I can’t seem to play for more than an hour before something game breaking happens and I have to find a solution on the net. :(

By: Eschatos

Eschatos — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 18:15:13 +0000

The patch was completely useless for me. It doesn’t fix the bug that causes the game to randomly crash every few minutes. I started the game after installing the patch, and it crashes less than a minute in.

By: GeorgeR

GeorgeR — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 18:07:19 +0000

Tsk tsk, its the sum of free but how many peggles is it I must know this BEFORE i go, darn you!

By: KindredPhantom

KindredPhantom — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 16:27:50 +0000

This is a bit later than the promised “on Mass Effects release”.
I’ve bought, played, finished and uninstalled Mass Effect in the period of time between Mass Effects release and the release of this.

By: matte_k

matte_k — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 14:54:42 +0000

Heh, not bad for free, although the patch did reset all my graphics settings and messed up the sound, but sorted that out quick enough.

*Spoiler*

There’s a neat little easter egg of a radio station on the surface, if anyone’s read the logs, are they thinking the same as I am- veiled reference to U.S. media storm surrounding the sex scenes…?

By: Tom

Tom — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 13:59:47 +0000

Just started my 2nd run through now BDtS’s out.
I was deliberately waiting for this, and it’s a whole new experience. Love how you can continue with you old character plus level up new party members straight off. Opens up whole other sections and “stuff”.
I love this game… it’s awesome.

By: araczynski

araczynski — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 11:56:52 +0000

just can’t bring myself to play this game again, even though i loved it on the 360. just no ‘fun’ in playing through the same story again when you already know everything that happens.

everyone so far has said ‘the sky’ bit isn’t worth the hassle.

hope they release the next full game sooner than later, and this time i won’t buy the crappy console version and just wait for a nice high res pc version.

By: Mr. President

Mr. President — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 11:51:43 +0000

I’m not reinstalling and playing through the prologue again just for that. Doesn’t look like it’s worth the pain, even if it’s free.

By: Someone

Someone — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 10:07:30 +0000

I finished ME yesterday, it’s amazing but the main story is FUCKING SHORT.
I thought it will be at least like KOTOR which takes about 30 hours on first playthrough.

It’s also really annoying that you can’t continue playing after the main quest is over, because I barely did any side quests. Luckily I thought this will be the case so I saved before you fly to Ilos.

By: Muzman

Muzman — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 08:47:49 +0000

Those fractal-faced guys give me the creeps. I suppose you end up making friends with them in some sort of Trek-ish way.

By: James G

James G — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 08:23:30 +0000

Still on my first run through. I seem to have a distinct lack of game-playing time at the moment, that and I’ve been distracted by Dwarf Fortress.

By: Subject 706

Subject 706 — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 08:21:05 +0000

Well Mass Effect was very stable and never crashed once for me pre-patch.

Shame about the gameplay though, I can’t for the life of me understand you people who have played it through several times. 90% of the game is a huge cut’n'paste job.

I mean for crying out loud, EVERY planet has almost exactly the same terrain, albeit with a different texture. Not to mention that even the supposedly ‘teeming with life’ planets show a distinct lack of life whatsoever.

Most sidequests were also extremely uninspired, especially the planetary ones; hell they often even consisted of almost EXACTLY identical maps.

Main story was ok, though. Companions could have used more depth, but were ok. Equipment was sleep-inducing boredom.

To sum it up: Another playthrough? Not a chance. I hope to god that Dragon Age will be better.