New Mass Effect announced!

[Napoléon]

You're crushing my optimism for Battlefront, Napo.

Although, it is EA, so no one is going to be too surprised if it turns out to be a cash grab.

Ha, I just don't want you to be annoyed when it comes out and it is actually a cash grab.

I'm just saying, don't expect anything at all from it. I was cautiously optimistic, but even then I'll still likely be disappointed. If I'm expecting it to be shit, and it turns out it's not, then I'm pleasantly surprised. If it turns out to still be shit, then I've not wasted any anticipation on it.

[Napoléon]

Oh, and you know how I said it's set up for DLC?

They've already confirmed that the first DLC pack will be based on the new movies coming out from Disney.

What a big surprise.

Personally it completely outrages me that developers know, and not just know, but reveal to customers, that the game they're releasing doesn't have all the content it could, and should have.

[Fidel_Castronaut]

Oh joy >_>

[Faith No More]

Personally it completely outrages me that developers know, and not just know, but reveal to customers, that the game they're releasing doesn't have all the content it could, and should have.

I don't think it gets much worse than Destiny. They hyped that game making it sound massive and then delivered roughly $30 worth of content for $60. Then they put out two DLC's for $20 a piece(which I only bought the first one), each one delivering roughly $10 worth of content. Now they've announced that they've got a new DLC coming out in September, and they have the balls to ask $40 for it! Even after the new DLC is out, they won't have anywhere near the content as something like GTA V, but they will have milked $140 total out of gullible gamers.

I've lost all respect for Bungie after this blatant disregard for their consumers, but the real problem is that if they can blatantly get people to overpay for their game, other companies are going to take the same route. A big part of the problem with the state of gaming is that we gamers can't seem to keep our wallets shut, even when it goes against our best interests.

[Napoléon]

This is the thing that makes me laugh the most. Other companies like Rockstar, promise things to their customers before the game is released, and even though they don't always deliver, they do release the content further down the line as FREE DLC.

If it were EA, or another cunt company, they'd have the audacity to not only charge for content that should be included in the base game, but label it "planned DLC" and tell us about it before the game is even out.

Sadly, not enough people are boycotting companies when they do this.

[Jackalope]

So I've never played any of the Mass Effect series, but I see that ME/ME2 are bundled on Steam at a very attractive price. Still worth getting? This is a first-person RPG along the lines of TES / Fallout 3 but set in a futuristic universe, yes?

[Napoléon]

So I've never played any of the Mass Effect series, but I see that ME/ME2 are bundled on Steam at a very attractive price.   Still worth getting?  This is a first-person RPG along the lines of TES / Fallout 3 but set in a futuristic universe, yes?

Worth getting? Absolutely.


Along the lines of TES / Fallout? Not quite. 

I love all games like this but I wouldn't describe ME as along the lines of TES or Fallout. I don't know if you've played any Bioware games before, but if you have you generally know what to expect. 

There's certainly aspects they have in common to be sure, both have a huge emphasis on dialogue and questing for example, but ME is a lot more realistic in the dialogue department, and the story is a lot more involved than what it is in Fallout or TES. In TES or Fallout, you're sort of taken for the ride, and you can hop in and out of the car at your leisure to do your own thing. With ME, you're in the driver's seat, but you can only really make a few pitstops. Also, Bioware games on the whole tend to be a little less 'open world'. As in, you don't normally get a huge map to explore, but instead a large variety of different areas.

Oh and it's 3rd person, not first. Probably the biggest difference between them.

I look at it like this, Bethesda games tend to be sprawling sand box worlds where you can essentially create your own story, and do your own thing for the most part. Bioware games tend to be a lot more focused, put you in the role of the hero and give you the choice of how you want to interact directly with the story. 

The thing that makes me love Bioware a hell of a lot more than Bethesda, is consequence. You know how you do all those quests in Fallout, or TES, and by the end of it all the world is still essentially the same? Not so in a Bioware game, at least not in my opinion. They do their utmost to make you feel in control of the main character, and the relationships you have with the other characters in-game are a league above anything in a Bethesda game.

[Jackalope]

Thanks, Napo - sounds interesting. Snagged both of em.

[Napoléon]

I fucking hate EA.

[bennyboy]

Yeah. Any advantage-giving content that people have to pay more for pisses me off.