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I am soooo looking forward to this. Absolutely adored the first game, beat the whole game (even the dreadful side quests) several times, so if the promises for the sequel are that they will cut out the bad stuff and improve on the good (ah but doesn't everybody promise that....but i tend to trust these guys) and make it more epic in the process...come january i will lock myself inside for a few days until i play trough it at least once.

I really need to finish the first one. I was going to do it as soon as I finished Dragon Age but Planescape Torment arrived yesterday and a new TF2 update has just been released so I'm a bit busy.

Will definitely be grabbing number 2 as soon as I finish the first one though!

damn that's probably the best voice acting cast...ever.

As much as I love BioWare, I never got around to Jade Empire or Mass Effect (i know im missing out). I should look around the used game bins and see if I can pick up the first one, cause this game looks amazing, and I should play it from the beginning.

I really felt burned by paying full price for Jade Empire. If you can nab it on the cheap, it's worth a playthrough I guess, but overall kind of uninteresting and dismally linear, if you ask me. As such, I never gave Mass Effect a chance as I'd heard it was extremely similar. Perhaps I should re-think my snobbery.

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Originally posted by Rodrico As much as I love BioWare, I never got around to Jade Empire or Mass Effect (i know im missing out). I should look around the used game bins and see if I can pick up the first one, cause this game looks amazing, and I should play it from the beginning.

Yea Jade Empire was sort of a let down. Agreed on being very linear, and I found it to be a bit too easy. Still worth playing through but don't expect a deep gaming experience.

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Originally posted by Halcyon+On+On I really felt burned by paying full price for Jade Empire. If you can nab it on the cheap, it's worth a playthrough I guess, but overall kind of uninteresting and dismally linear, if you ask me. As such, I never gave Mass Effect a chance as I'd heard it was extremely similar. Perhaps I should re-think my snobbery.

It's definitely linear but the game is quite fun. If you find yourself irritated with the combat system after the first hour or so, I'd recommend sticking with it for a little while longer. I know at first I just did not like the way it played at all, but later on the in the game I was hooked.

Looking forward to 2.

Jade Empire (Special Edition) is currently US$10.16 on Steam.
Mass Effect is $19.99

yeah, jade empire is definitely the weak link in bioware's chain.

Even so, i must say i still enjoyed it quite a bight. It may be a bit simple but sometimes that is just what one wants. I went in knowing that i shoudnt expect the next baldurs gete or planescape torment and was quite satisfied with it.


Bu if i can complain for a bit here...i just found that that the first ME runs like crap on my new computer with windows 7 on it...which is sort of surprising because it ran perfectly well on my 3 year old one (which ran xp) and on the new one i cant get it to play smooth even with everything on low...seriously, wtf.

Have you checked for compatibility modes or multiple-processor interference? Those seem to be the most notorious culprits whenever I revisit older games.

Just finished this. Nice finish and revelation towards the end.
Very much looking forward to the next one.

about 3 hours into Mass Effect 1. Good game thus far. Are weapons/armor very deep in this game or should I expect to keep the same setup for several hours at a time? I picked up an some armor and a pistol on Eden and haven't switched it yet. Also, my income is so sparse (50 credits here and there) I can't really afford anything in the shops just yet.

I've been playing Final Fantasy XI with my wife for the past year and now I'm just addicted to RPGs with items of rarity (Borderlands has been very good to me). Does ME have collectible items/equips?

I can't believe how in-depth this world is. Every race has it's own history in the journal, as well as worlds, governments, vehicles, technologies, myths, events, etc.

The items and money could have been done better mate. At the beggining you have hardly anything and it takes ages to get some kick ass stuff. Then as you progress you get overwhelmed by items.

I think I finished with about 8 million credits (lol!), a shotgun that does 324 damage with 90% accuracy and medium human armour with about 500 shields.
In other words, I could pretty much solo 100 people by myself and kill multiple people in one shot.

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Originally posted by SuspicionVandit about 3 hours into Mass Effect 1. Good game thus far. Are weapons/armor very deep in this game or should I expect to keep the same setup for several hours at a time? I picked up an some armor and a pistol on Eden and haven't switched it yet. Also, my income is so sparse (50 credits here and there) I can't really afford anything in the shops just yet. I've been playing Final Fantasy XI with my wife for the past year and now I'm just addicted to RPGs with items of rarity (Borderlands has been very good to me). Does ME have collectible items/equips? I can't believe how in-depth this world is. Every race has it's own history in the journal, as well as worlds, governments, vehicles, technologies, myths, events, etc.

That's typical in Bioware games having very developed storylines/histories of the characters. As soon as I get through Torchlight I'm starting ME. If u haven't played kotor u must play those and Dragon Age is awesome as well.

I'd be more excited if it didn't mean I finally have to get around to buying that new pc in order to play this.

yet another thread on that to come in the near future.

Jeez, how old is your PC? ME 1 looked like dogshit, id be surprised if you couldn�t run this.

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Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN Jeez, how old is your PC? ME 1 looked like dogshit, id be surprised if you couldn�t run this.

lol, for real dude. The blur effect is annoying as shit too, but good story.

Yeah, thank god for the story!! Gameplay was fun too, but I couldn�t believe they didn�t bother to tighten the textures up for PC release. Ick.

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Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN Jeez, how old is your PC? ME 1 looked like dogshit, id be surprised if you couldn�t run this.

4 years? something like that.

I can run 1 just fine, but, apparently, my athlon 64 won't cut it for 2.


by the way, ME 1 is a $9.95 download on EA right now.

/capitalizt

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Originally posted by shaw 4 years? something like that. I can run 1 just fine, but, apparently, my athlon 64 won't cut it for 2. by the way, ME 1 is a $9.95 download on EA right now. /capitalizt

seriously? I don�t understand why the reqs would be much different, given that the 360�s tech is 7 years old.

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Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN seriously? I don�t understand why the reqs would be much different, given that the 360�s tech is 7 years old.

just the processor, iirc. my vid card, memory, etc. are all fine, but it's a 3500, ffs.

also, add 'the graphics actually improve over time, because the hardware can' to your pc superiority repertoire.

Honestly, id try the game before you spend any money (unless of course you were spending it anyway!) if it can run on the 360 I reckon you should be fine. Unless of course bioware are actually making 2 different games, which they sure as fuck didn�t for the first one

Dear lord.....
ME2 is optimised so that it looks better and yet it actually runs better. If you could run ME1, ME2 will be fine.

I ran it on an old mobile 7950GTX with relative ease.

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Originally posted by Fledz Dear lord..... ME2 is optimised so that it looks better and yet it actually runs better. If you could run ME1, ME2 will be fine. I ran it on an old mobile 7950GTX with relative ease.

7600GS, athlon 64 3500+

pkc, I was planning on doing it at some point, but this might speed it up. Every time I go to pick out the components on newegg, though, I wind up with something more expensive than the last time.

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