Release date: UK RELEASE: 25-May-2007/US RELEASE: 22-May-2007
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Mass Effect is a science fiction action-RPG created by BioWare Corp., the commercially and critically acclaimed RPG developer of "Jade Empire," "Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic," "Neverwinter Nights," and the "Baldur's Gate" series. "Mass Effect" will deliver an immersive story driven gameplay experience with stunning visual fidelity. Published by Microsoft Game Studios, "Mass Effect" will be exclusively for the Xbox 360 video game system.
As the first human Specter – sworn defenders of galactic peace – your mission is to halt the advancing armies of a legendary agent gone rogue. But as you lead your elite team across hostile alien worlds, you will discover the true threat is far greater than anyone imagined.
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» Immersive RPG: Determine the fate of mankind as you lead an elite tactical strike force as an epic galaxy-wide conflict unfolds. "Mass Effect" will take the player into new depths of an action-roleplaying game, with choice-based gameplay.
»Rich and engaging storyline. While defending galactic peace and earning a position of respect for humanity in the community, gamers will discover that a greater conflict between organic life and artificial intelligence exists. Players' decisions and actions will serve to shape the destiny of all life in the galaxy as you become absorbed in the story that is "Mass Effect," the first game in an epic trilogy from BioWare. They will become the center of an engrossing story as they battle against alien life forms to save the galaxy from threatening armies.
» Player controls the ultimate fate of the galaxy: The player's decisions and actions will serve to shape the destiny of all life in the galaxy, while raising humanity to the pinnacle of galactic civilization via noble means or via tyranny.
»Real-time squad based combat: "Mass Effect" employs a real-time, squad based, tactical combat system. Players will be immersed in intense, challenging and exciting combat.
» Explore uncharted worlds: In addition to the main story arc of the game, players will be able to visit a large number of uncharted, unexplored planets which are not directly tied to the main story. At any time during the campaign, a player can choose to explore one of these planets in an all-terrain rover in order to discover new alien life, resources, ruined civilizations and powerful technologies.
» Digital actors: "Mass Effect" features a huge cast of in-engine digital actors that you will encounter as NPCs, enemies or as party members. Each will have life-like facial and body movements, and an advanced dialogue system will give them engaging personalities
» Character customization. Players will be able to choose from a variety of stunning, photo-realistic character appearances at the start of the game, and throughout the game can increase various statistics which will have an impact on their performance during gameplay. Equipment, weapons and armor that are acquired during the course of the story will change the appearance of the characters.
» Next-generation gaming defined. "Mass Effect" takes advantage of Xbox 360's hardware providing gamers with exciting new experiences, including photo-realistic, high definition graphics on an epic scale. As the future of gaming goes online, Xbox360 live features, including premium downloadable content and recognition of achievement will be available via the Xbox Live service.
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really looking forward to this, looks like a stunner
Cohen wrote:
I'm a troll! well done, you caught me lying my ass off on a forum. I post pictures so that it makes you angry and that you wish you could have my awesome material things
Yeah, i've been waiting for a game to really immerse myself in for the 360.
"Techniclly speaking, Beta-Manboi didnt inject Burberry_Massi with Benz, he injected him with liquid that had air bubbles in it, which caused benz." - House M.D
"Faith without logic is the same as knowledge without understanding; meaningless"
Well, that is pure speculation. As with GoW, no plans have been made for porting it to the PC.
But what is for certain is, PC fanboys are missing out on a lot of great games nowadays
Well... this is exactly why I own both a kick ass PC and several console systems. Rather than a certain system fanboy, I am just a game fanboy. But I must say my PC holds a special place in my heart that a console will never touch.
Still... a good game is a good game.
Least we will get bioshock and gta out the way then
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but you know what Chinese whispers are like; some newbie will read your comment and suddenly run and spread it all over the internet that the new 2010 Banwave disables all your XBLA games when you're banned.
"They demoed a certain scene, which we won't spoil for you here, that actually had you making life and death decisions based on your dialogue choice. You can play the game as a good character, a jackass, or anywhere in-between, based on which dialogue options you select. Again, similar to KOTOR, but much more refined."
Releasedate set for November 20th. I really hope that extra halfyear of development payed off and this game will be the spiritual succesor to KOTOR we all wish for
exorcise urself from this thread and never come back
Cohen wrote:
I'm a troll! well done, you caught me lying my ass off on a forum. I post pictures so that it makes you angry and that you wish you could have my awesome material things
Yeah, I disliked Kotor as well, but this looks a lot better.
Used to be Yondaime but forgot pass and what email I used on it. Doh. I had ~1200 posts or something, been around since NForce started or so, so i'm no new guy.
anyone read the book? I don't normally buy into gaming merch (beyond figurines and the like) but I was visiting family in Illinois and saw it at a bookstore there. With nothing better to do I bought it and read it. Wasn't bad, but I've been dieing for this game now because I want the rest of the story This is easily my most anticipated game for the year and I PRAY there's no more delays.
Games are getting closer and closer to the "choose your own adventure" style of books that I used to read when I was a kid.
If you never read one of those types of books, its like this...
You walk down a dark alley. There is jazz music lingering in the air as a skanky hooker puts her arm around you. Clearly hopped up on something she mistakes you for one of her "johns" and demands the money that you "owe" her. Youve barely even begun to decipher what the crack addled spoogebucket is saying when you see him. Her pimp. Her savior. He lunges out of the shadows brandishing his trusty stiletto as you reel back anticipating the blow.
Do you ?
A. Shove the working girl in front of him skewering her like a whore-kabob. (turn to page 4)
or
B. Attempt to wrestle the knife from the lunatic. (turn to page 7)
Feel free to finish the pages OK, OK, so they werent EXACTLY like that, but you get the picture.
Kotor is pretty much always in the top 10 on user-selected top 100 games of all times
Easily one of my favorite games at least
Yeah, the plot was excellent, the characters surprisingly deep and the choices profound.
"Techniclly speaking, Beta-Manboi didnt inject Burberry_Massi with Benz, he injected him with liquid that had air bubbles in it, which caused benz." - House M.D
"Faith without logic is the same as knowledge without understanding; meaningless"
Games are getting closer and closer to the "choose your own adventure" style of books that I used to read when I was a kid.
If you never read one of those types of books, its like this...
You walk down a dark alley. There is jazz music lingering in the air as a skanky hooker puts her arm around you. Clearly hopped up on something she mistakes you for one of her "johns" and demands the money that you "owe" her. Youve barely even begun to decipher what the crack addled spoogebucket is saying when you see him. Her pimp. Her savior. He lunges out of the shadows brandishing his trusty stiletto as you reel back anticipating the blow.
Do you ?
A. Shove the working girl in front of him skewering her like a whore-kabob. (turn to page 4)
or
B. Attempt to wrestle the knife from the lunatic. (turn to page 7)
Feel free to finish the pages OK, OK, so they werent EXACTLY like that, but you get the picture.
Nice one , I had an A-TEAM book of this structure when a kid
I have the mass effect prequel paperback in the post , hope its good
Games are getting closer and closer to the "choose your own adventure" style of books that I used to read when I was a kid.
If you never read one of those types of books, its like this...
You walk down a dark alley. There is jazz music lingering in the air as a skanky hooker puts her arm around you. Clearly hopped up on something she mistakes you for one of her "johns" and demands the money that you "owe" her. Youve barely even begun to decipher what the crack addled spoogebucket is saying when you see him. Her pimp. Her savior. He lunges out of the shadows brandishing his trusty stiletto as you reel back anticipating the blow.
Do you ?
A. Shove the working girl in front of him skewering her like a whore-kabob. (turn to page 4)
or
B. Attempt to wrestle the knife from the lunatic. (turn to page 7)
Feel free to finish the pages OK, OK, so they werent EXACTLY like that, but you get the picture.
Hahah. Definitely brings back some memories. Think there was some set in underwater places like Atlantis or someshit...and one where you go back in time with dinosaurs or some such. But yeah your example is much better than the actual books
And I love this aspect of Mass Effect, esp since there are more than just 2 choices it seems with each line. Makes the whole story and experience seem so much more interactive and interpersonal.
Another thing it reminds me of is the Wing Commander series, which was great.
Anyways this game is one of the big reasons I went back to the 360 after having one explode...If ms didn't have some real kickass games coming for their console, they would have many pissed off gamers who would never buy the system again.
anyway, it's bioware we're talking about here so I don't think there ever was the slightest reason to doubt the greatness of this game.
Can't wait to get my hands on this game, it's definitely gonna be one of the main reasons to own a 360
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OK, OK, so they werent EXACTLY like that, but you get the picture.
