It may not be everyone’s favorite or beat Rock Band but I love it:
Mass Effect absolutely mesmerized me this year. From the superb trailer to the snippets of game play, everything I saw about this game makes me wish tomorrow it was November. Before you read my thoughts on the game I strongly encourage checking out Gamespot’s stage demo, it absolutely increased my Mass Effect fervor.
Here’s a rundown of what I’m totally stoked for:
- Presentation–Have you seen the dialogue system? No, seriously, have you? It’s ridiculous. Enough said.
- Conversations–Speaking of, you apparently can end most conversations by shooting someone in the head. Something about that speaks to the evolution of KOTOR that Bioware is going for.
- Reminiscent–The way you can explore your ship and interact with your party is very similar to the system that you had in KOTOR wherein you could explore the history of all of your subordinates.
- Star Wars–I’ll miss the Jedi but I’m excited to feel like I’m making my own Star Wars-esque story.
Not everything seems up to snuff:
- Combat–The combat needs to become mroe exciting looking or more RPG-like. Or the conversation trees better be amazing.
- Slowdown–The game seems choppy in video, this may be due to the video feeds or it may be the game. Either way the game shouldn’t ship choppy.
Considering I showed the preview to my father, a sci-fi buff, and his reaction was to ask me: “What movie is this trailer for?” I think the presentation is really strong. Had Microsoft demoed this game on stage, their score would have gone up two points (a nine if you recall the seven I gave MS). I’m at a loss for why this exclusive wasn’t touted as much as Halo 3.
It almost makes me worry that the game isn’t as good as I’m hyping it up to be. As if Microsoft is not focusing on the game because it may not be the best game this year. Or it could be that more people who own an Xbox360 like Halo over anything else. Here’s hoping Bioware delivers.
