The Official Mass Effect thread

[XtromaniaK]

I wish I was playing Mass Effect.

 

[Zenien]

I'm just going to buy another copy tonight.

So what are your characters? I'm a female Infiltrator... level 22 I think, and I have a very high (almost maxed) paragon rating.

 

[블라스]

Is it just shooting or is there like punching or stabbing or close quarter combat or something?

 

[terry78]

Is it just shooting or is there like punching or stabbing or close quarter combat or something?

It's a cinematic game. Like choose your own adventure, except the adventure is like a 1980's sci-fi novel. But there are spurts of battle.

 

[블라스]

It's a cinematic game. Like choose your own adventure, except the adventure is like a 1980's sci-fi novel. But there are spurts of battle.

No, that's not what I meant...sorry, dude.
My question was not about that, I love Bioware games.
I meant, it one of the classes like good for close quarters combat of some kind?

 

[Zenien]

Huh?

It's mostly shooting (Handgun, Assault Rifle, Sniper Rifle, Shotgun etc). If enemies charge you you or you go up close you'll do a melee attack. Other than that it has all the status alteration stuff you see in an RPG plus 'Biotics' is basically 'The Force' without the mind trick stuff (you can do push, pull, freeze etc). If you're an engineer you can do things like "Overload" "Sabotage" or "Dampen" (Area of effect that will disable Biotic abilities).

The presentation is pretty awesome. It's basically an action RPG with great movie like presentation and stories.

 

[GFreeman]

Do you have to have karate in every game?

 

[블라스]

Huh?

It's mostly shooting (Handgun, Assault Rifle, Sniper Rifle, Shotgun etc). If enemies charge you you or you go up close you'll do a melee attack. Other than that it has all the status alteration stuff you see in an RPG plus 'Biotics' is basically 'The Force' without the mind trick stuff (you can do push, pull, freeze etc). If you're an engineer you can do things like "Overload" "Sabotage" or "Dampen" (Area of effect that will disable Biotic abilities).

The presentation is pretty awesome. It's basically an action RPG with great movie like presentation and stories.

Cool, good enough for me

 

[블라스]

Do you have to have karate in every game?

Yes

 

[Zenien]

Classes are

Soldier
Adept (Biotics) (Meant as a support class, doesn't have very much durability)
Engineer (Gets a bonus to healing, can do status efect things to disable waepons, biotics, electronics)
Sentinel (Engineer/Adept)
Infiltrator (Soldier/Engineer)
Vanguard (Soldier/Adept)

Melee isn't a focus of the game at all, it's there, but usually when you're in melee you're in trouble, since you're usually facing Geth (machines) or Krogan (big strong frog things). It's all about weapons, positioning, and status effects.

Mass Effect is really awesome though, it's not perfect, and has noticable niggles but whatever, it's still awesome so far. Haters and nitpickers be damned.

"Have you ever faced an Asari Comando Unit before, Commander? Few Humans have..." - Diana Troy... I mean

- Asari Matriach Benezia

 

[Purple Prancer]

Mass Effect is really awesome though, it's not perfect, and has noticable niggles but whatever, it's still awesome so far. Haters and nitpickers be damned.

 

[블라스]

Classes are

Soldier
Adept (Biotics) (Meant as a support class, doesn't have very much durability)
Engineer (Gets a bonus to healing, can do status efect things to disable waepons, biotics, electronics)
Sentinel (Engineer/Adept)
Infiltrator (Soldier/Engineer)
Vanguard (Soldier/Adept)

Melee isn't a focus of the game at all, it's there, but usually when you're in melee you're in trouble, since you're usually facing Geth (machines) or Krogan (big strong frog things). It's all about weapons, positioning, and status effects.

Mass Effect is really awesome though, it's not perfect, and has noticable niggles but whatever, it's still awesome so far. Haters and nitpickers be damned.

"Have you ever faced an Asari Comando Unit before, Commander? Few Humans have..." - Diana Troy... I mean

- Asari Matriach Benezia

I know it's not the focus, I was just wondering if there was some
Anyway, that all sounds awesome!

 

[Zenien]

What?

 

[XtromaniaK]

 

[Zenien]

It is?

 

[GFreeman]

Zenien once sent me a picture of her burning a cross and wearing a white pillow case on her head. True story.

 

[XtromaniaK]

Zenien: Closet racist and KKK Lesbian Chapter leader.

 

[Zenien]

What's wrong with niggles?!

 

[블라스]

I never expected that from you, Zenien

 

[Zenien]

If it makes you feel any better I never expected this reaction from any of you.

Seriously, I haven't heard of this before? Niggles is a racist term, wtf?

 

[XtromaniaK]

What's wrong with niggles?!

Now you're mocking their struggle against adversity?

For shame.

 

[Purple Prancer]

I've never heard niggles before

My niggle! [/nofx]

 

[GFreeman]

So is niggles the term for the younger ones, or what?

 

[Zenien]

nig·gle (ngl)
intr.v. nig·gled, nig·gling, nig·gles
1. To be preoccupied with trifles or petty details.
2. To find fault constantly and trivially; carp. See Synonyms at quibble.

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/niggle

I rest my case.

 

[XtromaniaK]

Yes, it is. Thus why I posted the little "niggle" as KKK Imperial Wizard Zenien would say.