Mass Effect

[bbobb]

Finally got my copy. I'm taking tomorrow of work so I can play the shit out of it.

Got through Eden Prime as a Vanguard and I'm liking it so far. Although this game cries for a hard drive. Fuck MS for making a package that didn't include one.

[MechDeus]

I'll pick say, overload to use and then I can't seem to use it on the specific enemy I want to. I'm having troubling getting the feel for aiming an ability on who I want (I usually get pelted just by being out of cover a little bit) and never know when my selected ability is going to be used. It feels out of my control a lot of the time.

If you're having a lot of trouble just hold down the button, the game will remain paused and you can target whomever you want it to hit at your leisure. The biotics have a pretty big auto-lock so you generally only need to have enemies roughly near your targeting reticule for it to fire directly at them. I haven't used the techs yet so I can't say for sure about them, but the biotics let fly as soon as you tap the button or put away the ability screen.

If you're an Engineer take a good look at the ability trees, as unlike biotics where each ability is self-contained in its leveling up all of the techs compliment each other and boost the strengths of the other abilities. I've read that the Engineers are a little tough to use at first because of the low level abilities not doing very much, but after a few levels they really start to shine because of the exponential increase.

When it says hit X to mark an ability, what button is it sticking it to?

Right bumper, tap it for the mapped ability and hold it down for the menu. It also has selection memory, so you effectively have two powers mapped if you hold it down just long enough to tap A.

[Brand X]

It become obvious from the get go how much better they are than everyone else. They still have the best gun (the pistol) and powers that are actually useful.

I don't know so much about that, I've been wrecking fools as a Soldier (on Hardcore). Sniper + shotgun = unstoppable. When you put stability mods on the shotgun and put damage mods based on what type of enemy you are fighting you can use the shotty from pistol range while doing far more damage. Plus any enemies outside of shotgun range can be easily taken out with a sniper rifle in a single shot (if they're not Korgons, or whatever their name is). I'm having a blast playing as a Soldier, though I'm really looking forward to my second play through using a hybrid class so I can use Biotics & guns.

This game is truly fantastic. I have very rarely wanted to play through a game a second time and I am already looking forward to playing this one again. That says a lot about the quality of this game to me and I cannot recommend this one enough to anyone who is on the fence about it.

[Tigana]

Shock Troopers and Commandos basically have immunity up all the time(80% damage reduction).

[Detour]

I let arjue borrow my copy and now I want to kill myself.

[Rem]

The game is glitching on me, when I go up to the galaxy map the press A thing goes away. And when I try to talk to anyone near the map it doesn't register. The press a thing just hangs on the screen no matter how many times I pess it. This is at least the third bug I've encountered, way to go bioware.

[mannerbot]

I don't think you're in the right place. You have to walk up to that raised platform area to access the map.

[Rem]

I know what you mean but it was different, even when it showed up it wouldn't register. I fixed the problem by just deleting the file and trying again, it worked. It's a great game but this kind of shit is annoying. It was pretty funny when I came out of a video and I was in the banister for the galaxy map, moving up and down just made the guy spin. I finally broke it when I talked to the guy next to the console.

[arjue]

I let arjue borrow my copy and now I want to kill myself.

lol, say goodbye to it FOREVER

...Because i'm not going to give it back, its too fucking awesome. I haven't had a chance to really tuck into it, but I can already see this being probable GOTY.

[Drewbacca]

I've experience the bridge crew no-talk glitch once before. it wasn't that big of a deal. I went ashore and when I came back aboard everything was back to normal. The navigator was the only douche I couldn't talk to anyway -- everyone else was fine.