Mass Effect

After playing this like crazy, then becoming burnt out, then watching a friend play his copy which re-motivated me; I just finished it tonight. It seemed as if BioWare knew exactly what turned me off about the SW:KOTR titles and fixed it(while including real time action, which helped immensely). A plot that was as linear as I decided to make it(read: I spent a little under 40 hours), with a solid pace and well done narritve definitely kept me invovled.

I know I'll never go through it again, as doing so just to play on a harder difficulty(went through it on Normal) or to experience some optional side-quests isn't going to do it for me, but I'll be damned if I didn't enjoy myself every step of the way through this title. Color me impressed, and lock me in on a day 1 purchase of the sequel.

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Originally Posted by Error

Well what is the point of that?

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Just to play through a speed run on a harder difficulty.

Just finished it for the first time. 12 hours! D'oh! I thought I'd have way more time to go exploring.

Started a new game with my stats from the last. Its awesome! Makes the game even more fun I think. Hardcore with stats from my first playthrough is retard easy like you guys all said. Still really fun though.

I quit after getting through the 3 main missions in under 4 hours on Hardcore because it was too easy.

Started a new game on hardcore with old stats.
First playthrough was good. This time im being an asshole.
I just knocked out that assistant on Eden Prime. This is going to be fun. :D

Yo JB, hop on AIM.

I got off Citadel finally and did the first mission. Definitely like this game. Combat is retard easy though, not that I'm complaining.

The loading and framerate drops are driving me nuts on my second playthrough. This shit alone is enough to take it out of goty.

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Originally Posted by SamuraiMoogle

The loading and framerate drops are driving me nuts on my second playthrough. This shit alone is enough to take it out of goty.

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It does get unbearable at times. Especially during cut scenes when everyones textures are still loading.
I think they should have let cast use the hard drive to try and cut down on the loading and framerate issues.

While I love Bioware to death, they never were the paragons of efficient coding. I don't think any of Bioware's recent console offerings had stable framerates. I thing Jade Empire was their most stable, and even it had significant dips.