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Will be interesting to see the Gamespot review though - they usually mark down for technical issues.
Must. Resist. Buying. Xbox.
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Neat-o.
Will be interesting to see the Gamespot review though - they usually mark down for technical issues.
There just *has* to be a PC port in a year or two. Please Bioware let it be so!!!
Modern man calls walking more quickly in the same direction down the same road “change.”
The world, in the last three hundred years, has not changed except in that sense.
The simple suggestion of a true change scandalizes and terrifies modern man. -Nicolás Gómez Dávila
Looks like I might be getting a new game in the next couple of days.
Gamespy has given about 15 games 4 or 5 stars out of 5 the last two months. They are useless.
http://xbox360.gamespy.com/index/reviews.html
There's tons of great 360 games -- but I agree in Gamespy needs to be a bit more discerning.
"The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "
Well, which intelligent gamer uses gamespy as a vaild benchmark?
Modern man calls walking more quickly in the same direction down the same road “change.”
The world, in the last three hundred years, has not changed except in that sense.
The simple suggestion of a true change scandalizes and terrifies modern man. -Nicolás Gómez Dávila
Why? This is the best time ever to have one.Originally posted by Nostromo
Must. Resist. Buying. Xbox.
More Penny Arcade commentary.
You'd think that Bioware would've learned better inventory management from the mess in KOTOR
Consoles are evil, didn’t you get the memo?Originally posted by Kuciwalker
Why? This is the best time ever to have one.
Modern man calls walking more quickly in the same direction down the same road “change.”
The world, in the last three hundred years, has not changed except in that sense.
The simple suggestion of a true change scandalizes and terrifies modern man. -Nicolás Gómez Dávila
They never do, manage to take the time to fix things like that.Originally posted by Kuciwalker
More Penny Arcade commentary.
You'd think that Bioware would've learned better inventory management from the mess in KOTOR
Modern man calls walking more quickly in the same direction down the same road “change.”
The world, in the last three hundred years, has not changed except in that sense.
The simple suggestion of a true change scandalizes and terrifies modern man. -Nicolás Gómez Dávila
Not consoles but teh evil marketing.Originally posted by Heraclitus
Consoles are evil, didn’t you get the memo?
Pssh we do not talk about the "you know what".Originally posted by DrSpike
Not consoles but teh evil marketing.
Modern man calls walking more quickly in the same direction down the same road “change.”
The world, in the last three hundred years, has not changed except in that sense.
The simple suggestion of a true change scandalizes and terrifies modern man. -Nicolás Gómez Dávila
Gamespot gave it 8.5.
http://www.gamespot.com/xbox360/rpg/...om_clk=topslot
Let us be lazy in everything, except in loving and drinking, except in being lazy – Lessing
Nostromo is a Sony fan, IIUC, hardly a console hater.Originally posted by Heraclitus
Consoles are evil, didn’t you get the memo?
http://www1.ca.dell.com/content/topi...881&lid=574243
Just ordered Mass Effect for $44. Dell has some awesome sales in Canada, probably the US too.
"The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "
Games are not as popular in Canada because the
Originally posted by lord of the mark
Nostromo is a Sony fan, IIUC, hardly a console hater.If I'd buy a console, it would be a 360. But I would make damn sure I get a Falcon. Its the best console on the market right now, IMO. The Wii as zero appeal to me. Its all kiddie games, if you ask me. And I don't care about the PS3 games.
It just that I rarely play games anymore and I think its generally a good thing. But there are always games, like Mass Effect, that threathen to suck me back in.
Let us be lazy in everything, except in loving and drinking, except in being lazy – Lessing
I just picked a copy up. I'll post some impressions after I have played it more.
Kids, you tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is, never try. -Homer
To my mind that's the most balanced review yet. Most reviews flag similar issues and then don't reflect them in the score.Originally posted by Nostromo
Gamespot gave it 8.5.
http://www.gamespot.com/xbox360/rpg/...om_clk=topslot
I'm still going to get it though, and hopefully BioWare will release an update to fix the worst problems.
That's one potential advantage to having to wait for the PC port. Lots of those issues will be fixed by the time it comes out. I'm sure there will be a bunch of PC bugs depending on hardware/software configuration to deal with anyway.
Age and treachery will defeat youth and skill every time.
This makes no sense. The issues will be fixed on the 360 via patches if they're fixed on the PC port (which is probably at least a year a way, if at all, due to an exclusivity agreement). Plus, PC versions are always more buggy due to the increased complexity in the machines they run on.Originally posted by Quillan
That's one potential advantage to having to wait for the PC port. Lots of those issues will be fixed by the time it comes out. I'm sure there will be a bunch of PC bugs depending on hardware/software configuration to deal with anyway.
The only advantage the PC has here is ease of piracy, which is what's killing the platform too.
"The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "
Your response is exactly what I meant, Asher. KOTOR had all the little incidental bugs fixed by the time the PC release came out, but depending on which processor/video card/sound card/drivers the PC had it might work fine or might have problems. Me, I had no issues with it at first, but later on I changed from an nVidia to an ATI video card that had driver issues on Dantooine. No telling what problems if any I'll have with this one until it's out.
Age and treachery will defeat youth and skill every time.
And the Xbox version did as well, due to game updates pushed through Xbox Live.Originally posted by Quillan
Your response is exactly what I meant, Asher. KOTOR had all the little incidental bugs fixed by the time the PC release came out
"The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "
Id suspect that especially hurts games that might otherwise be released multiplatform - why release a game on PC as well as console, when you're only going to get a modest number of PC sales, and the PC piracy will hurt console sales too (IE someone who might have bought the game on console decides to pirate the PC version instead)Originally posted by Asher
This makes no sense. The issues will be fixed on the 360 via patches if they're fixed on the PC port (which is probably at least a year a way, if at all, due to an exclusivity agreement). Plus, PC versions are always more buggy due to the increased complexity in the machines they run on.
The only advantage the PC has here is ease of piracy, which is what's killing the platform too.
I think the main strength of PC gaming now is the genres that are weak/non-existent on consoles, but perhaps that was not what you were referring to.
Why do you think PC versions typically come out much later?Originally posted by lord of the mark
Id suspect that especially hurts games that might otherwise be released multiplatform - why release a game on PC as well as console, when you're only going to get a modest number of PC sales, and the PC piracy will hurt console sales too (IE someone who might have bought the game on console decides to pirate the PC version instead)
"The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "
Well yeah thats a compromise, if you ARE gonna make a PC version, wait till the console game has been out for awhile, that way the piracy would only impact if the game has really long "legs" which most dont.Originally posted by Asher
Why do you think PC versions typically come out much later?
Even then I'm not sure it impacts. GTA sales didn't tank by any means when the PC version came out. Then again, no one bought it on the PC and everyone pirated it.Originally posted by lord of the mark
Well yeah thats a compromise, if you ARE gonna make a PC version, wait till the console game has been out for awhile, that way the piracy would only impact if the game has really long "legs" which most dont.
"The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "
There are definitely some texture pop ups in the game, I don't think they take away much from the game though. Other than that, the game runs pretty smooth, it hasn't froze on me any yet. The story and characters are awesome. The combat definitely takes some getting used to. At first it is a little to much going on, with all the biotics and such. But once you get used to it is fun and challenging. The controls on the mako suck, no doubt about it. I have only explored a couple planets so far, most of the them seem to have similar quests, i.e. you find some debris, distress call, find a trigger that starts a side quest, etc.
Kids, you tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is, never try. -Homer
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