Just Replayed Mass Effect For the First Time in a While

[Wayward Son]

And my oh my did it hold up. The gunplay was fun, the main missions were mostly well-designed, with a mild amount of non-linearity in how to accomplish your major tasks. I figured going into it that it would have just been me being a young kid before that made it a genuinely enjoyable experience but no, it seems to hold up pretty well.

 

[smaug]

Why should I play Mass Effect?

 

[DalekFlay]

Why should I play Mass Effect?

If you like "cinematic" stories and sci-fi it's worth playing for that stuff alone, even if you hate the popamole combat.

 

[DraQ]

Was it not for ass-ari and the sequels I would probably have played ME at some point.

 

[a Goat]

The gunplay was fun

It holds up the abysmal shit level, but if that's "fun" then I guess you are right.

 

[Jasede]

Ugh, don't shill that moderntard trash.

 

[UsernamesAreOverrated]

For me the best thing about Mass Effect was the lore, the backstories and the politics of all the races etc. I think it would've been better without the reapers, but of course Bioware games have to be about saving the world from ancient evil. Combat was playable but not really good, they tried to combine shooter mechanics and the combat from their older rpgs but it ended up not being good at either of those.

 

[moon knight]

Why should I play Mass Effect?

Because it's the only space opera RPG in existance

 

[Corvinus]

Why should I play Mass Effect?

How else would you connect with your inner Talimancer?

 

[ebPD8PePfC]

Because it's the only space opera RPG in existance

Star Control 2 has a similar plot, only it's executed better and you don't have to deal with a bunch of hormonal teenagers. ME isn't bad though.

 

[deama]

Why should I play Mass Effect?

Because it's the only space opera RPG in existance

 

[coldcrow]

For me the best thing about Mass Effect was the lore, the backstories and the politics of all the races etc. I think it would've been better without the reapers, but of course Bioware games have to be about saving the world from ancient evil. Combat was playable but not really good, they tried to combine shooter mechanics and the combat from their older rpgs but it ended up not being good at either of those.

If you grew up in the USA, sure.

 

[moon knight]

you don't have to deal with a bunch of hormonal teenagers. ME isn't bad though.

Masterpiece

 

[King Crispy]

These kinds of threads are a disturbing new trend around here.

 

[anvi]

Codex has long been in Threads like this are destiny.

 

[mushaden]

But what does fluent think of the game?

 

[smaug]

Fluent

 

[111111111]

Waywardson having fun in his life?

Why I never would've believed it

 

[Kev Inkline]

I'm in the summer holidays now, and trying to clean up my backlog. ME1 is one of those games I first started some 5 years ago. Now I'm on the verge of the last mission.

My god the gameplay and popamole fighting mechanisms are bad, I've actually been procrastinating from playing this by working instead.

I dug up the review of the narrative design of ME1 by TNO here at codex, and his words pretty much nail down the weaknesses in the writing, which was considered the strong point of the game in the mainstream press, iirc. I am not going to go over those, read the original, it's on the point.

One or two nice tropes, which make the player somewhat engaged. Immersed, not, though.

1.5/5 trolls.

 

[Tweed]

I tried to replay them recently because my niece was playing them for the first time, wanted her to have some support for the massive letdown. However, I couldn't finish the second game, all that scanning finally did me in and I just couldn't take it anymore. It was kind of nice to go back and kill everyone I hated in the first game though.

 

[vota DC]

For me the best thing about Mass Effect was the lore, the backstories and the politics of all the races etc. I think it would've been better without the reapers, but of course Bioware games have to be about saving the world from ancient evil. Combat was playable but not really good, they tried to combine shooter mechanics and the combat from their older rpgs but it ended up not being good at either of those.

Also the congress of the universe blablabla....a couple of holograms! I don't like burocracy too but it was extreme!
I liked the Mako stuff, it reminded those retro tank simulator games, but seems out of place just like it would be putting warcraft 1 mini games in the middle of witcher games.

 

[fantadomat]

Ugh, don't shill that moderntard trash.

Are you just waking up from a cryo capsule???? It is a 12 year old game lol,compared to the modern games it is a old school CRPG.

 

[Yosharian]

And my oh my did it hold up. The gunplay was fun, the main missions were mostly well-designed, with a mild amount of non-linearity in how to accomplish your major tasks. I figured going into it that it would have just been me being a young kid before that made it a genuinely enjoyable experience but no, it seems to hold up pretty well.

Meh. I don't think it holds up. And I completed it 3 times back in the day

 

[oldmanpaco]

ME 1 is solid. Garus and Wrex are bros and the other companions are not terrible either. Story is OK, missions are OK, combat is not great but at least your skills made a difference.

Last decent game Bioware made. Also the last game that Bioware made before they went from a little gay to full on faggotry. Go figure.

 

[fantadomat]

back in the day

Then how do you know if it holds up today?