Review Mass Effect lubbed by RealGamer

[Saint_Proverbius]

Tags: Mass Effect

<a href="http://www.realgamer.co.uk/">RealGamer</a> has written a glowing <A href="http://www.realgamer.co.uk/reviews/Mass_Effect.html">review</A> of <a href="http://masseffect.bioware.com">Mass Effect</a>, scoring it at a <b>9 out of 10</b>. In fact, you can tell a lot of thought went in to this scoring since it got <b>9 out of 10</b> in every single sub-scoring category. The only thing they fault the game on is that occationally party members get in the way of your view. Anyway, inventories:
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<blockquote>The games inventory system has been kept very simple and unlike other RPG’s Bioware hasn’t littered the game with items and objects that you’re never going to use so the main collectables are weapons and upgrades. These are all categorised in your inventory into the different weapon types. Any excess weapons can be easily shared out between your party members on the games equipment screen or sold to various weapons dealers you will encounter throughout the game.</blockquote>
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That's nice, but is it the same console feeling inventory system like other ports have? That's the important thing to note when talking about inventory systems on ports. Heck, it's one reason why I pretty much ignore ports.
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[Vault Dweller]

That's nice, but is it the same console feeling inventory system like other ports have?

No, it's not the same. It makes KOTOR inventory awesome in comparison.

 

[Stavmixer]

Also the game IS littered with tons of items. I also have no idea why they have a limit of 150 items, if you can walk around with 150 rifles, armours and pistols; then why not make it unlimited? I have serious never played a game where I cared so little about the loot, it was just Pistol I, II, III, IV, V etc. I never bought anything and I never found anything that I found usefull exept 10 more dmg, I actually think it would not have mattered if they scipped the item system completely and just gave you 1 pistol, 1 shotgun, 1 sniper and 1 assault rifle and you would just use it for the whole game.

 

[Volourn]

"It makes KOTOR inventory awesome in comparison."

Sadly, I have to agree for the most part.

 

[KreideBein]

That's nice, but is it the same console feeling inventory system like other ports have?

No, it's not the same. It makes KOTOR inventory awesome in comparison.

Yeah, it was pretty terrible. I'd hoped that they had learned from KotOR how to not do an inventory system, but apparently that was a false hope. Everything about it -- browsing inventory, selling items, organizing, deleting items -- was stupidly difficult, or, in the case of organizing, impossible.

Also the game IS littered with tons of items. I also have no idea why they have a limit of 150 items, if you can walk around with 150 rifles, armours and pistols; then why not make it unlimited? I have serious never played a game where I cared so little about the loot, it was just Pistol I, II, III, IV, V etc. I never bought anything and I never found anything that I found usefull exept 10 more dmg, I actually think it would not have mattered if they scipped the item system completely and just gave you 1 pistol, 1 shotgun, 1 sniper and 1 assault rifle and you would just use it for the whole game.

The inventory limit was a good idea, but really poorly implemented. By the time that you get about a third into the game, practically every fight results in another ten (mostly) useless items being added to your inventory, and the constant stream of crates exacerbates that. What I feel the game could have done better in this regard is significantly reducing the amount of loot with which the player is inundated, as the current system gets really, really annoying when it becomes necessary to turn every new item that you get into omni-gel or to sell them.

Also, it was a bit annoying that once the player has access to the Spectre weapons, every other weapon becomes useless. It would have been nice if certain other brands had still had an advantage in damage, accuracy, et cetera.

 

[Mareus]

The ammount of stupidity in reviews never stops to amaze me. From all the flaws that ME has only one was worth mentioning?... WOW, this game must be awsome.

 

[Volourn]

Just because you think it has 'many flaws' doens't mean the reviewer in questions agrees with you. Dumbnutz.

 

[Gnidrologist]

In russian there's an expression ''if you hit her, you love her'' (bjosh, znachit ljubish).

 

[kris]

In russian there's an expression ''if you hit her, you love her'' (bjosh, znachit ljubish).

Sounds like the Swedish: "Love begins with a fight".

 

[Mareus]

Just because you think it has 'many flaws' doens't mean the reviewer in questions agrees with you. Dumbnutz.

Oh come now, Volly... even you have to admit the worlds you visit in ME are bland and without content, quests are really dumbed down when compared to quests from more "complex" RPGs, and battles lack any tactical sense unless you consider holding the mouse button for 3 seconds and then letting go tactics. Even the inventory system the guy is praising is pure rubish. And don't even let me start with the "new revolutionary" dialog system where you expect one answer and get something completely different. Don't give me that "it's his oppinion crap and he doesn't need to agree with you". If he failed to see all the things ME did wrong then he shouldn't be in the reviewng buisness.

 

[Gnidrologist]

Volly thinks you're a jerk.
r00fles

 

[Volourn]

"Oh come now, Volly... even you have to admit the worlds you visit in ME are bland and without content, quests are really dumbed down when compared to quests from more "complex" RPGs, and battles lack any tactical sense unless you consider holding the mouse button for 3 seconds and then letting go tactics. Even the inventory system the guy is praising is pure rubish. And don't even let me start with the "new revolutionary" dialog system where you expect one answer and get something completely different. Don't give me that "it's his oppinion crap and he doesn't need to agree with you". If he failed to see all the things ME did wrong then he shouldn't be in the reviewng buisness."

*yawn*

 

[Texas Red]

Volourn gets a critical success and wins epically.

 

[Murk]

This is most interesting, people for the most part would agree with Mareus' general ideas but disagree with how he goes about it

they hate him not for the what but for the how

yes yes yes, most interesting

 

[Jasede]

Volourn gets a critical success and wins epically.

Look, you don't have to repeat a 4-chan meme every second post. There are other ways of showing your approval than this idiotic phrase over and over again.

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