Yes, this is how things were and that's also what "hooked" me. KotOR proved to me that Bioware could make awesome scfi-fi RPGs, so did ME1. Unfortunately the fun ended there. But it was a fun ride.wright1978 wrote...
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Ah, the good old days...
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What Hooked You onto Mass Effect?
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Posté 22 mars 2013 - 12:51
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I was bored with MMOs, since I'm a hardcore gamer and they can't give me enough content, and I had a lot of Bioware games anyway. I thought, why not check out ME2.
I'm a huge SciFi fan, so I was drawn to this type of game.
I loved the setting, the characters, Shepard, the story, the combat system. The Kotor feeling with having my own Ship again. That's why I bought ME1, after my first playthrough.
Didn't like ME1 as much as ME2, but ME1 import, made ME2 so much better. ^^
Stupid MMOs, nearly made me miss Kotor, JE and ME. <.<
I'm a huge SciFi fan, so I was drawn to this type of game.
I loved the setting, the characters, Shepard, the story, the combat system. The Kotor feeling with having my own Ship again. That's why I bought ME1, after my first playthrough.
Didn't like ME1 as much as ME2, but ME1 import, made ME2 so much better. ^^
Stupid MMOs, nearly made me miss Kotor, JE and ME. <.<
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Posté 13 août 2013 - 01:26
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Character creation has always been a draw with me. Commander Shepard can be either gender, any race, custom armor plates, the list goes on and on.
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Posté 13 août 2013 - 01:31
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Ooo that's a good question. I had only briefly heard of this game, something about sleeping with a blue alien being on the news and then my friend saying he bought the game, there was 40 minutes of dialogue before anything happened so he stopped playing and traded the game in the same day.
Cut to a few years later (before ME3 and Arrival), around Christmas, and I was looking for a new game to play. No one I knew had Mass Effect of ME2, or frankly even really heard of them, but I had briefly seen a few seconds of gameplay with Grunt on Xbox dashboard and noticed it looked much better than my friend made out. I read a bit about it, learning only about the choices carrying over and that if a squadmate dies they stay dead, and I already knew it was mostly dialogue and story rather than gameplay, so I decided to take a risk and buy it.
Bought the first 2 for about £25 from Amazon, then coincidently the Boxing Day sales on Xbox happened to be ALL the ME1 and 2 DLC, so I bought everything before the games had even arrived at my house. Thanks to the warning from my friend, and the few seconds of ME2 gameplay I'd seen, I knew how much of an endurance test ME1 would be (meeting Sovereign made it worth it up until that point) and that it'd get better in ME2.
Once the Citadel got attacked in ME1 I knew I was hooked and had stumbled into something great. For the life of me I had no idea why me, and everyone I knew, had almost never heard of this game.
Cut to a few years later (before ME3 and Arrival), around Christmas, and I was looking for a new game to play. No one I knew had Mass Effect of ME2, or frankly even really heard of them, but I had briefly seen a few seconds of gameplay with Grunt on Xbox dashboard and noticed it looked much better than my friend made out. I read a bit about it, learning only about the choices carrying over and that if a squadmate dies they stay dead, and I already knew it was mostly dialogue and story rather than gameplay, so I decided to take a risk and buy it.
Bought the first 2 for about £25 from Amazon, then coincidently the Boxing Day sales on Xbox happened to be ALL the ME1 and 2 DLC, so I bought everything before the games had even arrived at my house. Thanks to the warning from my friend, and the few seconds of ME2 gameplay I'd seen, I knew how much of an endurance test ME1 would be (meeting Sovereign made it worth it up until that point) and that it'd get better in ME2.
Once the Citadel got attacked in ME1 I knew I was hooked and had stumbled into something great. For the life of me I had no idea why me, and everyone I knew, had almost never heard of this game.
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A friend recommended ME2 to me after trying the demo. The thing that initially hooked me was the dialog system and the asthetics of this universe. When I became familiar with the story a bit (during my initial playthrough, I thought Liara was Aria), the space-horror aspect captivated me. From hearing of the Protheans and the reapers and seeing what husks were and the music during the Collector ship and Overlord (the latter of which scared the crap out of me), I found this type of tone to fit perfectly in contrast with what was considered "mainstream" in the universe (Citadel culture, common knowledge, codex, etc). Upon playing ME1 I became even more invested in the characters and deeper story elements such as the history of the races.
ME3 was amazing throughout, but slowly stripped itself of the things that got me into the series. The near perfect balance of Star Trek and Star Wars that I could describe the first two games as started becoming something less unique and more confused with itself. I hope BW takes it back to the drawing board with ME4 and abandons the "reaching out to a broader audience" trend this industry has been suffering from.
ME3 was amazing throughout, but slowly stripped itself of the things that got me into the series. The near perfect balance of Star Trek and Star Wars that I could describe the first two games as started becoming something less unique and more confused with itself. I hope BW takes it back to the drawing board with ME4 and abandons the "reaching out to a broader audience" trend this industry has been suffering from.
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A friend recommended ME2 to me after trying the demo. The thing that initially hooked me was the dialog system and the asthetics of this universe. When I became familiar with the story a bit (during my initial playthrough, I thought Liara was Aria), the space-horror aspect captivated me. From hearing of the Protheans and the reapers and seeing what husks were and the music during the Collector ship and Overlord (the latter of which scared the crap out of me), I found this type of tone to fit perfectly in contrast with what was considered "mainstream" in the universe (Citadel culture, common knowledge, codex, etc). Upon playing ME1 I became even more invested in the characters and deeper story elements such as the history of the races.
ME3 was amazing throughout, but slowly stripped itself of the things that got me into the series. The near perfect balance of Star Trek and Star Wars that I could describe the first two games as started becoming something less unique and more confused with itself. I hope BW takes it back to the drawing board with ME4 and abandons the "reaching out to a broader audience" trend this industry has been suffering from.
See, beautiful. why make a new thread when there are many with untapped potential appreciate the response
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Posté 13 août 2013 - 03:13
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What hooked me into Mass Effect....
Hmmm.... I picked up this sci-fi book Revelations in Borders that was about Anderson and Saren. Then I heard that it was going to be a sci-fi RPG for the 360 where you could create the main character in either gender. I was thinking... Hmmm. Interesting. I pre-ordered it. I usually don't pre-order single player games. $60 for the game + tax + later the DLC.
I created my femShep. Colonist/Ruthless.
I got it home. The first mission on Eden Prime... Okay there was the standard "Red Shirt" Jenkins to illustrate the effectivness of this week's monster. Then when Joker pulled into the Citadel, that soundtrack, everything. If you could only have seen it the way I did. It was so ... perfect. I was hooked.
I played the first game to death. I think I only had one paragon character. I think Kaidan survived once for the romance. Poor Kaidan. It was Liara.
Hmmm.... I picked up this sci-fi book Revelations in Borders that was about Anderson and Saren. Then I heard that it was going to be a sci-fi RPG for the 360 where you could create the main character in either gender. I was thinking... Hmmm. Interesting. I pre-ordered it. I usually don't pre-order single player games. $60 for the game + tax + later the DLC.
I created my femShep. Colonist/Ruthless.
I got it home. The first mission on Eden Prime... Okay there was the standard "Red Shirt" Jenkins to illustrate the effectivness of this week's monster. Then when Joker pulled into the Citadel, that soundtrack, everything. If you could only have seen it the way I did. It was so ... perfect. I was hooked.
I played the first game to death. I think I only had one paragon character. I think Kaidan survived once for the romance. Poor Kaidan. It was Liara.
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Always been a Bioware fan.. Usually the story and characters hook me first, but here it was the setting. I'm not the biggest fan of the characters, especially in the first game. And I think the story is kind of weak. But the setting trumps everything (still why it's a damn shame to see so many radical changes in the last game. I don't want the setting to go. There seems like a lot more to do with it. That's the greatest strength of Mass Effect imo. Not necessarily the characters).
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Posté 13 août 2013 - 03:57
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• E3 footage in '06
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I like sci-fi in general, though it's not one of the most prominent or respected artforms in the world.
When it commes to games it seems most games tend to be call of duty battlefield type games, sport games or in some cases fantasy. Good Sci-fi game are kind of rare.
Everythign isn't perfect in the mass effect series, ME1 reused some areas too much but the exploration was still welcome. ME3's ending could have been better and more inspired featuring the apperance of more war assets and people you recruited. The delivery of the ME3 endings could have been more interesting and feelt less forced.
Somehow it feelt like the writers ranout of ideas and just put a character there(catalyst) that atempted to spoon feed you the ending/s to get it over with. I've come to accept it with the EC but I can't say I like the way it was done.
The Citadel dlc was great, and I actualy enjoyed ME2 in general whatever other people have to say about it.
There was a lot of good moments in ME3 but it also made a few misses here and there and could have used some more attention to detail or alowed some more exploration of events, codex entries if nothing else.
Perhaps one of your non interactivfe NPC crew could have been responsible for writing reports on the situation and events that would be more "detailed".
In general a great series.
When it commes to games it seems most games tend to be call of duty battlefield type games, sport games or in some cases fantasy. Good Sci-fi game are kind of rare.
Everythign isn't perfect in the mass effect series, ME1 reused some areas too much but the exploration was still welcome. ME3's ending could have been better and more inspired featuring the apperance of more war assets and people you recruited. The delivery of the ME3 endings could have been more interesting and feelt less forced.
Somehow it feelt like the writers ranout of ideas and just put a character there(catalyst) that atempted to spoon feed you the ending/s to get it over with. I've come to accept it with the EC but I can't say I like the way it was done.
The Citadel dlc was great, and I actualy enjoyed ME2 in general whatever other people have to say about it.
There was a lot of good moments in ME3 but it also made a few misses here and there and could have used some more attention to detail or alowed some more exploration of events, codex entries if nothing else.
Perhaps one of your non interactivfe NPC crew could have been responsible for writing reports on the situation and events that would be more "detailed".
In general a great series.
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sH0tgUn jUliA wrote...
What hooked me into Mass Effect....
Hmmm.... I picked up this sci-fi book Revelations in Borders that was about Anderson and Saren. Then I heard that it was going to be a sci-fi RPG for the 360 where you could create the main character in either gender. I was thinking... Hmmm. Interesting. I pre-ordered it. I usually don't pre-order single player games. $60 for the game + tax + later the DLC.
I created my femShep. Colonist/Ruthless.
I got it home. The first mission on Eden Prime... Okay there was the standard "Red Shirt" Jenkins to illustrate the effectivness of this week's monster. Then when Joker pulled into the Citadel, that soundtrack, everything. If you could only have seen it the way I did. It was so ... perfect. I was hooked.
I played the first game to death. I think I only had one paragon character. I think Kaidan survived once for the romance. Poor Kaidan. It was Liara.
I liked the first citadel arrival sequence aswell.
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Posté 13 août 2013 - 07:08
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I'm a sucker for scifi stories, so adding a customizable protagonist, interacting with insufferable bureaucrats, hostile aliens, robots and various scum of the galaxy provides a winning combination.
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Posté 13 août 2013 - 07:15
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LiL Reapur wrote...
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LiL Reapur wrote...
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Posté 13 août 2013 - 07:31
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Well, the trilogy is crack for any manically altruistic science fiction fan.
Other people might consider this a flaw, but I like how different from KOTOR, saying something harsh or doing drastic things is not considered the "evil" but simply a different way of doing things.
A specific detail? Now that I think about it, I even have one.
The very first conversation between Kaidan and Joker was amazing -back then, even the facial details amazed me- that wasn't even it, though. When Shepard steps forward during their exchange, before even saying his first lines, he quickly glances up and furrows his brow. That was the moment. It sounds odd, but I had never seen a more "human" thing in a video game before. Ironically, since I think animations are by far the weakest element of the entire series. But still.
Other people might consider this a flaw, but I like how different from KOTOR, saying something harsh or doing drastic things is not considered the "evil" but simply a different way of doing things.
A specific detail? Now that I think about it, I even have one.
The very first conversation between Kaidan and Joker was amazing -back then, even the facial details amazed me- that wasn't even it, though. When Shepard steps forward during their exchange, before even saying his first lines, he quickly glances up and furrows his brow. That was the moment. It sounds odd, but I had never seen a more "human" thing in a video game before. Ironically, since I think animations are by far the weakest element of the entire series. But still.
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2006 E3 footage, it was the team behind KOTOR. That's what made me get ME1 day 1. But what hooked me? The immersion of the universe, characters and story. Then ME2 came out. Everything about that game hooked me. The rest is history.
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I missed out on KOTOR and Jade Empire, so I missed out on the whole choose your own dialogue and quest games. This was my first one, I always heard about ME and how great it was, but never tried it until I finally built my supa-computer and saw ME 1&2 on sale through Amazon for 11 dollah. Bought it in March of 2012 and started playing ME1 that summer of the same year.
So that's the backstory... What got me hooked, I'm not quite sure. Truth be told I didn't quite like it at first. I felt the game was a chore in the beginning, once I got out of the Citadel and chose Noveria as my first mission, I stopped playing for a while. Like three months. Once summer hit though, I decided to give it another go, but this time I go hooked.
I think it was the character dynamics, once I finally got out of the station of Noveria and to Peak 15 I really started to enjoy it. Then I got Liara, romance options became available, I had to decide on Virmire who survives, stop Saren, and boy was I hooked.
I honestly think the turning point for me was the character interactions and dialogue choices. Like I previously mentioned, I hadn't played a game like this yet, so once I started forcing myself to play again I really enjoyed it. Then I played ME2 and all bets were off, hooked became addicted.
Kinda wish I could go back and experience what it was like to play ME again for the first time haha
So that's the backstory... What got me hooked, I'm not quite sure. Truth be told I didn't quite like it at first. I felt the game was a chore in the beginning, once I got out of the Citadel and chose Noveria as my first mission, I stopped playing for a while. Like three months. Once summer hit though, I decided to give it another go, but this time I go hooked.
I think it was the character dynamics, once I finally got out of the station of Noveria and to Peak 15 I really started to enjoy it. Then I got Liara, romance options became available, I had to decide on Virmire who survives, stop Saren, and boy was I hooked.
I honestly think the turning point for me was the character interactions and dialogue choices. Like I previously mentioned, I hadn't played a game like this yet, so once I started forcing myself to play again I really enjoyed it. Then I played ME2 and all bets were off, hooked became addicted.
Kinda wish I could go back and experience what it was like to play ME again for the first time haha
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Posté 13 août 2013 - 10:51
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Got mass effect as a collection with a new xbox (along with bioshock, lego batman, and a game involving atvs), It was pretty cheap 
Honestly I found the game intriguing, I never played that many rpgs, but I will say after mass effect I got my hands on any bioware game I could get my hands on (with dragon age, me2, kotor being
incredible experiences as well)
I think the idea that my "choices" will eventually matter was key to the experience, even though it turned out to be a complete falsehood I did not know that at the time.
Honestly I found the game intriguing, I never played that many rpgs, but I will say after mass effect I got my hands on any bioware game I could get my hands on (with dragon age, me2, kotor being
incredible experiences as well)
I think the idea that my "choices" will eventually matter was key to the experience, even though it turned out to be a complete falsehood I did not know that at the time.
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husband bought it me for Xmas. Never much into RP games, more Half Life and similar.
Once I had tried it though, I couldn't play it enough. The character interaction, the epic battles, Shepard's story were all things that kept me coming back for more.
Now, 6 years on and having played countless hours of all three games + multiplayer. I'm trying to find a replacement. Did get hooked on DA for a while as well but I've always loved anything sci-fi so ME always won out.
Just hope we get the same experience with ME4.
Once I had tried it though, I couldn't play it enough. The character interaction, the epic battles, Shepard's story were all things that kept me coming back for more.
Now, 6 years on and having played countless hours of all three games + multiplayer. I'm trying to find a replacement. Did get hooked on DA for a while as well but I've always loved anything sci-fi so ME always won out.
Just hope we get the same experience with ME4.
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Posté 13 août 2013 - 11:52
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Setting, interesting gameplay, a nice Babylon 5 feel, and interest into the background of the Reapers. The first Mass Effect is where I started. Unfortunately ME2 and ME3 did not expand on or develop the traits that interested me in any meaningful way. ME3 has almost kicked me out of interest with the lack or antithesis of the qualities that got me interested in Mass Effect.
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Posté 13 août 2013 - 12:21
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Your choices matter. That hooked me. E.g. I must have sat there for at least half-an-hour in ME1 weighing up the pros and cons of letting the Rachni Queen off with a pass.
And the romance angle. That caught me by surprise as to how engaging that part of a role-playing experience can actually be. Liara was my first WAIFU and I have stood by her all the way. To the end. Apart from that time when my Shepard attempted to pursue Samara in ME2. Unsuccessfully.
ME2 really set out it's stall with some of the most memorable characters I have played with. As well as Tali and Garrus rebooted. Thane's tragic 'gunfighter' somewhere between Kurosawa and Siegel's 'The Shootist' really appealed to me. To name just one of that great ensemble in particular.
The music of the trilogy really added to my immersion. Consistently innovative. Consistently excellent. From the track 'Noveria' in ME1, 'Suicide Mission' in ME2 to the rising finale of 'An End Once and for All' in ME3. To name but a few. I own all the soundtracks.
It was a great story. A compelling narrative and a great experience over all. One of those phenemenon that comes round not very often. Anyone who enjoyed some of the ground-breaking games produced by Looking Glass Studios will know what I mean by that.
And the romance angle. That caught me by surprise as to how engaging that part of a role-playing experience can actually be. Liara was my first WAIFU and I have stood by her all the way. To the end. Apart from that time when my Shepard attempted to pursue Samara in ME2. Unsuccessfully.
ME2 really set out it's stall with some of the most memorable characters I have played with. As well as Tali and Garrus rebooted. Thane's tragic 'gunfighter' somewhere between Kurosawa and Siegel's 'The Shootist' really appealed to me. To name just one of that great ensemble in particular.
The music of the trilogy really added to my immersion. Consistently innovative. Consistently excellent. From the track 'Noveria' in ME1, 'Suicide Mission' in ME2 to the rising finale of 'An End Once and for All' in ME3. To name but a few. I own all the soundtracks.
It was a great story. A compelling narrative and a great experience over all. One of those phenemenon that comes round not very often. Anyone who enjoyed some of the ground-breaking games produced by Looking Glass Studios will know what I mean by that.
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Posté 13 août 2013 - 12:38
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KotoR was my favorite game prior to ME, so I was willing to try anything Bioware put out. ME1 was the first game I bought after getting a 360 and I was immediately in love with the character creation, the dialogue, the story, everything.
And then there's Jennifer Hale's voice acting.
And then ME2 brought gave me Miranda.
Fan for life.
And then there's Jennifer Hale's voice acting.
And then ME2 brought gave me Miranda.
Fan for life.
