Posted at 7:36pm on Fri 6 November 2009 |
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marobaro- Posts: 1
| He compared it to 1 game down to the menus  Mass Effect is hardly a total representative of the RPG genre. First of all there are many subsets such as action RPG(Diablo, etc.), fps RPG(System Shock, Deus Ex, Fallout 3, etc.), dungeon crawlers a la BG and Icewind Dale (which were released for consoles even to good reception.) And then there are squad-based RPGs ala Fallout & Final Fantasy Tactics, UFO, Jagged Alliance, and more. There are open ended RPGs(Fable, Fallout, etc.) and linear RPGS(such as Final Fantasy RPGs.) There are strategy RPGs such as Mouth & Blade and many others. And then there are fantasy and sci-fi RPGs. And even then you hardly compare things down to the menus. I mean if the menus do what they are supposed to do then he just prefers the other way and there is really no place for preference in a review.Last edited on Fri 6 November 2009 by marobaro |
Posted at 7:50pm on Fri 6 November 2009 |
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Mastorofpuppetz- Posts: 8
| Umm, eurogamer are always harsh and rarely give anything above 8, Da is averaging 92% and many sites calling it the RPG of the decade, this review is easily the worst review of the game I have ever read.
he specifically states that Me and Fallout 3 show how far games have com along, say what? reviewer is an idiot. |
Posted at 7:53pm on Fri 6 November 2009 |
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Mastorofpuppetz- Posts: 8
| Me radial menu works brilliantly? more like a real conversation? LMAO, yeah, you are hand held to knwo what response is good, bad or neutral, and if you miss something, yuo can keep going back and ask all other options anyway, ME's radial menu was a step back, and to easy to manipulate.
DA's use of dialog is vastly superior, with no real way of knowing how people will react (Like real life), and often, if you say something they do not like, that conversation path is forver lot, sorry, but ME's radial wheel is dumbed down in comparison. It's more intuitive because you can move ina circle? LOL.
reviewer = Mass effect fanboy, who was simply biased. It is averaging 92% across all reviews, this review blows.
If your gonna compare it to another rpg, Me is a bad example, as EM is a simple dumbed down console rpg in comparison, this is a party based tactical RPG, other then beign rpg's, they are totally different animals. Reviewer = fail.Last edited on Fri 6 November 2009 by Mastorofpuppetz |
Posted at 8:23am on Sat 7 November 2009 |
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strongharm- Posts: 2
| 'Does nothing new or groundbreaking?' Your editor is retarded for giving you this article. Did you forget to take your medication before you tried this game? Your opinion not only differs from 90% of the people who have played this, it's completely wrong. I hope you and your editor both get bent over a desk with no lube. Maybe they'll take you both at the political desk at CNN. |
Posted at 7:11pm on Sat 7 November 2009 |
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SquareBare- Posts: 1
| The reviewer demonstrates here what is known as "Analogstickitis" which is a common condition that affects many younger gamers. It's behavioral symptoms include...
1. Rapidly spamming buttons to make your characters fight better and get those cut-scenes and dialog trees out of the way faster.
2. Devoting 2 paragraphs of a review to the way you believe the characters should sexually interact in a RPG.
3. Inability to distinguish between a FPS with RPG elements such as Fallout and Mass Effect and a true RPG such as Dragon Age.
I know it must have been horrible for you to play this archaic game, with its 92% metacritic score and what not. I know that progressing through the story and picking all of those dialog options must have required a lot of contemplation and that can hurt from time to time.
But its all over now, you can rest your mind. The new call of duty will be out soon and all this this thinking you had to do will be nothing but a painful distant memory.
Now for you true RPG fans out there. This has been called the RPG of the decade because it IS the first real RPG in a decade. And the fact that it hasn't been dumbed down to fit the majority of the ADHD console crowd is why it is sitting on that amazing metacritic score... and to think it only took 10 years for anyone to realize what was missing.Last edited on Sat 7 November 2009 by SquareBare |
Posted at 3:22am on Fri 13 November 2009 |
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strongharm- Posts: 2
| What is the employment status of this writer? If he isn't going to a welding trade school by now I don't think I want to come back to this site. |
Posted at 7:13am on Mon 16 November 2009 |
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jimsmithers- Posts: 1
| This game is crap - utter crap. The game play is worse than Baldur's Gate because of the confusing impractical (but cool looking) 3d aspect. I agree 100% with the reviewer in this regard. The game is linear in content with very little imagination. One's dialogue choices eventually lead down the same road. You are forced to play a goody-two-shoes type character whose job is save the world (ho-hum - like this hasn't been done in every other RPG). Do not believe any review or advertisement that lauds choice as a selling point - it simply is not true.
I realize that psychoanalysts probably have determined that people who enjoy playing RPGs do so for the emotional payoff of "saving the world." However, I wish that designers would dig a little deeper in the story and character aspect of these games.
Bottom line - if you want to play a good RPG - then play Oblivion or return to Torment or Baldur's Gate. If you want to watch a fantasy movie, then watch Lord of the Rings (which is what this game could have been called).
Also, I found the constant religious references and black and white value system to be dull, predictable, and irritating. |
Posted at 8:02am on Mon 16 November 2009 |
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Mr_Ninjutsu- Posts: 3,282
| Love how you say his opinion is wrong lol only God can justify how an opinion is wrong lol |
Posted at 3:28pm on Tue 17 November 2009 |
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cuthberto- Posts: 8
| I will never understand why people complain about an 80% review score. Plus, it makes perfect sense to compare this to ME because to a lot of people, all they know about bioware is Mass Effect. I think it's a very well written review which covers all of the things you need to know about the game to decide for yourself if you are going to like it. |
LardLad5160- Posts: 1
| This PC version of this game is terrible. I have my 6 month old PC with Nvidia 9300 set to lowest graphics settings and it still runs like garbage. Slow as molasses. Even the character auto presets lag in moderate sized battles. Their support is a joke as is the support forum which is exhausting to use. I haven't bought a EA game since Earth and Beyond. It will be as least as long before I buy another. I would take this POS back if they would let me.Last edited Today, 02:32am by LardLad5160 |
