Re: Mass Effect
Posted: Sun Feb 14, 2010 11:07 pm
It will be a pleasure having you over in the ME2 thread soon!
I personally thought the romance was worth exploring, but it depends on what kind of male characters appeal to you.AndreaDraco wrote:A question for Maia: have you romanced Kaidan in your playthrough? If so, how's his romance story? Is it worth exploring?
I guess that you beat DPX to it.AndreaDraco wrote:PS: Hey! I'm a Village Elder! Nice
Congrats! Now you can import him into Mass Effect 2.AndreaDraco wrote: I finished Mass Effect.
Same favorites - Quarians and Turians. Tali and Garrus have a lot to do with that. Although Wrex really made me like the Krogans also - in a way that made me at least understand the Krogans.AndreaDraco wrote: Story
While the overarching story - Saren, Sovereign, the Reapers - is certainly well thought-out and nicely polished. What is really great about it is the huge amount of detail behind the actual plot, the incredibly vivid background that sustains the entire setting. Thanks to this thorough background, the galaxy feels real and alive and every race unique and interesting (my personal favorites? Quarians and Turians).
I am normally not one for politics - but every time it's in a Bioware game, I swallow it up like it's the sweetest chocolate in the world.AndreaDraco wrote: The political system - the Council, the embassies, the delicate balance between dominant and client races - is perhaps the jewel crown of this setting and without a doubt that thing that intrigued me the most about it: believable and deep, it added a great profundity to the whole plot, maybe because I'm a sucker for political intrigues or maybe just because it was really well written in a way that reminded me of some political coucils that predate World War II (the same listlessness, the same obstinacy to ignore the threat, the same asphyxiating bureaucracy).
Wait until Mass Effect 2. You will learn much more about the Krogans and Quarians... Trust me on this one. I haven't led you astray so far with Bioware Games!AndreaDraco wrote: Characters
This is the weakest aspect of the game, at least in my opinion. I may be spoiled by Dragon Age, where every character, even the ones that seemed more stereotypical at first slowly but steadily revealed a believable, well-rounded personality, but I found many companions flat or a tad uninspired. I'm thinking of Wrex, for example, who's pretty streamlined, or - despite my fondness of her - Tali herself, who's little more than a plot device, at least at the beginning.
Surprisingly, and very much to my disappointment, considering how many characters you can pick up in Mass Effect 2, this was excluded from the game. It's very disappointing, because the party banter I thought it was made the characters so alive in Dragon Age - more so than my own conversations with them - because you could see as you were traveling how they felt about one another (not just you) or their given situations.AndreaDraco wrote: I certainly missed not only the party banter
You are probably alone in the enjoyment of the MAKO. It is removed in ME2. There's a new means (Planet Scanning) which takes place - much easier, but just as time consuming.AndreaDraco wrote: apart from the surveying missions (find n metals, find n asari writings, find n prothean artifacts), which I found boring and quite dreadful - the exploration of different planets with the Mako was pleasingly relaxing after the more tense main quests.
I trust youTawmis wrote:Wait until Mass Effect 2. You will learn much more about the Krogans and Quarians... Trust me on this one. I haven't led you astray so far with Bioware Games!
Actually, I've seen him live, and the guy is probably one of the most talented people in the universe. He just isn't put to the best use in ME. I had a chance to hear his original audition reel a couple months back at a convention - he could've voiced the entire game with his range. They just happened to pick his most boring and generic voice for the role.DeadPoolX wrote:Maybe that's because Shepard seems awfully abrupt (bordering on rude, actually) and the male voice actor is nowhere near as talented as the female one.