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Sirri0n · 27-06-2008, 07:38 PM

I got a loan of Mass Effect to try it out, and to be honest i am not a big fan or RPG games, but i was told it was a good game and was basically a 3rd Person Shooter and RPG rolled in to one, which did appeal to me actually.

That said, after playing it for about 30 minutes i just find there is FAR too much information to try and read up on from the Tutorials to the background on the alien races and apparent coalition that there seems to be. I am all for Tutorials, but i want them to be practical tutorials where it gives you information on how to do things while you're actually playing the game rather than using a library of information that almost requires you to study.

As i said, i would rather have a tutorial as you play, or better yet, some sort of training to get the hang of it, especially about issuing orders and using tactics but that doesn't appear to be an option (at least it's not apparent to me if there is one).

Maybe this is RPG norm, i really don't know, i stick to racing, First Person Shooters (like Bf2, Rainbow Six and SWAT 4) and 3rd Person Shooters such as Gears of War, Splinter Cell and Assassin's Creed. For these RPG/3rd Person Shooter hybrids it does seem appealing to me but from the short time i have played it, i am not impressed with Mass Effect at all. I would also say the graphics certainly didn't appear spectacular to me, especially for the framerates i was getting at default settings (with an 8800GTS).

Is it just me, should i give it more time, and will i get my head round the game eventually?

27-06-2008, 07:38 PM	#1 (permalink)
Sirri0n Rookie Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 315	Mass Effect - Too Much Info? I got a loan of Mass Effect to try it out, and to be honest i am not a big fan or RPG games, but i was told it was a good game and was basically a 3rd Person Shooter and RPG rolled in to one, which did appeal to me actually. That said, after playing it for about 30 minutes i just find there is FAR too much information to try and read up on from the Tutorials to the background on the alien races and apparent coalition that there seems to be. I am all for Tutorials, but i want them to be practical tutorials where it gives you information on how to do things while you're actually playing the game rather than using a library of information that almost requires you to study. As i said, i would rather have a tutorial as you play, or better yet, some sort of training to get the hang of it, especially about issuing orders and using tactics but that doesn't appear to be an option (at least it's not apparent to me if there is one). Maybe this is RPG norm, i really don't know, i stick to racing, First Person Shooters (like Bf2, Rainbow Six and SWAT 4) and 3rd Person Shooters such as Gears of War, Splinter Cell and Assassin's Creed. For these RPG/3rd Person Shooter hybrids it does seem appealing to me but from the short time i have played it, i am not impressed with Mass Effect at all. I would also say the graphics certainly didn't appear spectacular to me, especially for the framerates i was getting at default settings (with an 8800GTS). Is it just me, should i give it more time, and will i get my head round the game eventually?