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Mass Effect

Published May 28, 2009
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So I'm playing Mass Effect, which is a pretty cool game, if you're into awkwardly attractive monogendered aliens... and guns.

It's my first RPG since Pokemon. Hurray! It definitely reminds me of why I usually stick to FPS and pron, however. I never did miss the walking around place to place through for hours. Of course, Mass Effect enhances this, um, effect by having some bitchin' slow elevators.

Guns and shooting are definitely the main thing holding me to the game, the story is pretty... well, I'd rather read a book. The universe is pretty interesting, however, with some obviously well-read and hardcore sci-fi nerds behind it. At one point I was wondering why the Krogan dudes have such widely spaced eyes (bad for binocular vision), a thought that was surprisingly addressed later within the game's codex-thingy.

Oh, yeah- I'll be posting random things until I find a project to work on... anybody need some sprites?
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jbadams
Quote: Original post by Prinz Eugn
Oh, yeah- I'll be posting random things until I find a project to work on... anybody need some sprites?
Any interest in a one-off job doing some logos?

May 28, 2009 03:03 AM
evolutional
I could use some tilemap sprites for an XBox Community game I'm working on at some point :)
May 28, 2009 07:12 AM
sanch3x
I'm also going through Mass Effect right now. It's my second run through the game after having played it when I first bought my xbox a year or so ago. I'm surprised you don't like the story because it's definitely one of the things that I really enjoy about the game. I find it so much more involving than most other games I play... plus Shepard doesn't sound like a good-douchebag when you decide to play the good guy or evil-douchebag when you play the other :)
May 28, 2009 10:44 AM
Prinz Eugn
@jbadams: Sure, what do you need?

@evolutional: mmm... tiles. Sounds interesting.

@Gazillion: The story is alright, I think I've been spoiled by reading a lot of really classic sci-fi novels- space operas just seem kind of lame at this point. Ancient races and saving the galaxy? Booorrriing...

The art direction is pretty impressive, though. I really like what they did with the aliens- I think it's interesting games are able to escape the basic "people with fucked up foreheads" problem with TV. Krogans and Turians FTW.
The dialouge is well done, though, although I think it's funny the disconnect with what's on the little wheel they give you and what you'll actually say sometimes.
May 29, 2009 12:02 AM
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