Xbox One New Mass Effect is 'ambitious, fresh yet recognizable'

So it pretty much was just slow paced? And the whole time I thought it was just me being impatient lol. I had to keep revisiting it in installments when I had nothing else going on during a particular day.
 
I didn't find ME1 all that slow. It certainly took awhile to get into, though. I also picked it up after I kept hearing about it.
 
I agree with Knight, ME2 was my favorite out of the trilogy. The only part that gets a tad boring is the planet scanning that you have to do to find material to upgrade your ship with. Other than that, that game is a 10 out of 10 in my book. Before ME, I never gave RPG's of any type any consideration in my gaming world.....ME completely opened my mind to this type of game.....good thing it did as well or I would have missed on games like Elder Scrolls as well.
 
MetalSwift said:
That's the reason I finally decided to give it a try, people were all "You HAVE TO PLAY THIS GAME!" I enjoyed the first ME, but I have to admit it was a slow crawl for me to enjoy it. I just chalked it up to the game being well paced instead of it just being slow, plus I'm not the biggest fan of sci-fi--which is why I took to Dragon Age Origins so easily, same generally linear gameplay, but it was fantasy which I love.

My young brother got the Trilogy and had a hard time getting into it, but he enjoys JRPGs more than western RPGs on the whole.
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I got into Dragon Age: Origins as well. Yeah, agreed: it's easy to get into. We'll see with the ME Trilogy; still want to see where I can get a PC copy that is NOT region-locked.
 
This thread was all about the new Mass Effect, and it seems it became the praise thread about the original trilogy. Looks like consensus here is the original ME trilogy will still rock anyone's world, whether it's the old fan or the new fan looking for a new game set to play. Seems you guys convinced me already. I'm looking forward to getting the trilogy.
 
Yes, I already see this thread being a love thread for the original ME trilogy. It really makes me curious to play this game, to see why almost all of you love the trilogy.
 
thedoodseven said:
I got into Dragon Age: Origins as well. Yeah, agreed: it's easy to get into. We'll see with the ME Trilogy; still want to see where I can get a PC copy that is NOT region-locked.
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You got Origins too? Yeah, loving it. It's a game that sucks you right in. Man, that night when my sweet Iona.... -_- man! WHY! I really hate it. Just didn't see it coming. Anyway, well, if Dragon Age: Origins was that easy to get into, then why not ME Trilogy? Cannot wait! I'll probably get the PS3 versions.
 
For me, DA: Origins was easy to dive into not only because I love fantasy-themed stuff, but since it's fantasy-themed there's some initial familiarity as soon as you see the races. You know what all the cultures are because writers/developers tend to keep that pretty universal across the board--and drop them in this story with a different coat of paint. There's a lot of lore to the series, but it's digestible.

With sci-fi-themed stuff there's a ton of lore. You have history, you have explanations of races (which you haven't heard of in any other medium), explanations of planets, events, technology, etc. There's just a lot of stuff that you would feel "Ehh, I don't want to read this," or "I don't need to read that," but you're going to end up reading it because you need to know the world and why things are the way they are. With all of that and the pace of ME1, it just comes off as too much initially.
 
MetalSwift said:
For me, DA: Origins was easy to dive into not only because I love fantasy-themed stuff, but since it's fantasy-themed there's some initial familiarity as soon as you see the races. You know what all the cultures are because writers/developers tend to keep that pretty universal across the board--and drop them in this story with a different coat of paint. There's a lot of lore to the series, but it's digestible.

With sci-fi-themed stuff there's a ton of lore. You have history, you have explanations of races (which you haven't heard of in any other medium), explanations of planets, events, technology, etc. There's just a lot of stuff that you would feel "Ehh, I don't want to read this," or "I don't need to read that," but you're going to end up reading it because you need to know the world and why things are the way they are. With all of that and the pace of ME1, it just comes off as too much initially.
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Hmmm... so that's how it is? But basically, it's kinda like saying if you got the time to get into the ME, you'll be sucked in. It's like the book people think just sucks from the first read but if you tread on, it actually rocks. All right, I think I get it. Well, wasn't that hard for my friend to get into it. She got her ME Trilogy gift this month and since starting she, she's been going crazy about it. She got sucked in. This is the same friend who suggested Dragon Age: Origins to me, and she was nuts about that. Well, we'll see when I get it. I can tread through some games even if they feel draggy.
 
That sounds about right to me (both explanations). I'm a sci-fi fan, but whenever you start a new piece of sci-fi whether it be a game or a book there's quite a bit of lore absorption to do for the reasons MetalSwift said. It's always new each time. With fantasy dwarves always live under ground, they're typically technologically advanced, they typically wield two-handed weapons, elves are ranger class in nature and hang around the woods but are also in tune with magic, dark elves are always evil and possibly necrophiles, it goes on and on.

That aside, ME was great. All the references were fun to read, really.
 
I know you got into Mass Effect easily. It also occurred to me that I tend to have other games that I can immediately get into gameplay wise and that caused my attention to ME to suffer somewhat. It's like the same thing as not being able to get around to a lot of games everyone says you should when you've got open world games on your shortlist.
 
Well, either way, I'll get into the ME trilogy in the near future. I still got Dragon Age: Origins to digest so I'll just finish it up first. There's also The Witcher 1 and 2, so lotsa PC gaming for me. THEN when I finish those, I'll go ahead and dive into the sci-fi universe.
 
Someone told me there was still some Dragon Age talk going on in a Mass Effect thread (no one told me any such thing), so I came to check. I'm pleased. I personally believe ME is as hard to get into as you make it, really. If you're going full blown "I don't want to do this assignment!" and pushing pencils and papers off your desk before putting your hood over your head and putting your head down, it'll be a difficult game to get through and will seem more like a chore.
 
I guess I'd be interested in a new ME but I agree that it needs a whole new look to get me back into it. I'M hoping that it really is fresh, the universe of Mass Effect but I think that Shepard's story (for me at least) is truly over. I want a whole new cast of characters now, maybe a couple 100 years after Shepard. A recognizable universe and threat but new technology and cast dealing with it.
 
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