Tracey John from MTV Multiplayer writes:
When I spoke to BioWare's Ray Muzyka about the things they're fixing in Mass Effect 2, he had said that the developers were "reducing the elevator speed times." We think he meant reducing load times; those elevator rides in Mass Effect couldn't get any longer.
To clarify, we followed up with BioWare, and Casey Hudson, executive director of Mass Effect 2 said this to MTV Multiplayer:
"We have a completely new system to handle transitions between areas that speeds the load times and turns the loads themselves into part of the game experience. It's one of many points of feedback we've heard and directly responded to in enhancing the gameplay in 'Mass Effect 2.'"
One of the best things about the Mas Effect series is the companions you meet along the way. So here is a tier list of all the companions from Mass Effect!
To think that Bioware at some point was capable of doing games like this, you see those characters and remember them like good old friends, and now check ME Andromeda, Anthem, Veilguard etc and wonder what the hell happened.
some in andromeda are decent, I agree with peebee and Vetra being good companions. Except Liam he's trash tier
it's like bitch but your shirt back on, your not blue or spikey get away from me
RPGs are often huge, sprawling endeavours. With limited playtime, we have to choose wisely, so here's the best western RPGs available today.
"I started playing games yesterday" the List... Meh!
How about a few RPGs that deserve some love instead?
1 - Alpha Protocol - Now on GOG
2 - else Heart.Break()
3 - Shadowrun Trilogy
4 - Wasteland 2
5 - UnderRail
6 - Tyranny
7 - Torment: Tides of Numenera
And for a bonus game that flew under the radar:
8 - Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden
Not only glorious jank, but the idea that the story can completely change depending on what you do, or say, or side with, makes it one of the most forward thinking games ever. The amount of story permutation is the equivalent of a Hitman level but in Story Form. And it wasn't just that the story changed, no, it was that you met completely new characters, or missed them, depending on your choices. Made Mass Effect feel static in comparison.
Alpha Protocol was absolutely glorious, indeed. And it was, and still is, more Next Gen than most anything out there these days. In this regard at least.
Pity.
Wealth of Geeks explores some of the best gaming romances that have stolen our hearts over the years.
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edit: lighten up disagreers it was a joke lol. I personally purchased a 360 just for Mass Effect and Crackdown.
April Fool's!! The elevator is 3x as long!
JK- I never had a problem with the elevator, but thats good news to hear.
The elevators never particularly bothered me, but any improvements are welcome.
My elevator problem was that my game saves got corrupted, and when I load either of my saves I start in an elevator and it just freezes. The auto save took over at the same time as my manual one, so both are screwed. I had put so many hours into the game and now can't do anything. At this point there is no way that I want to start all over again. This is extremely frustrating because I really enjoyed the game. All in all, I'd say that I would buy the new one still though.
The elevators never really bothered me too much…at least they had elevator music…