If you haven't played any other games as good as this then i can understand your viewpoint Mush. I've played plenty of games that are better which is why i'm disappointed ( Oblivion, Knights of the Republic, Blue dragon etc). There's probably 5 games on the 360 that could contend GOTY, sadly ME isn't one of them.
If you decide to post again could you please do us the favour of using spellcheck, your previous one was akin to reading a reply from an uneducated 13yr old.
Can anyone honestly say this game has matched the heights that Knights and previous Bioware games achieved? In my opinion it falls way short, mainly down to bland story and character design, a frustrating battle system (should've either been a straight shooter or a turn based stats system) and an alarming lack of visual polish (stuttering framerate, texture problems and barren planets). I don't think the game is terrible, its just not the game i expect Bioware to put out after such a long dev...
Mass Effect has possibly the most bland story and dialogue of any RPG i've played. I enjoyed Blue Dragon more, for all its faults it at least had some character! There's a new Bioware Lucas Arts game in development which will hopefully herald a return to the form they showed in Knights.
For once i actually thought Edge were being quite generous giving M.E. a 7/10.
Me too, i've never been so amazed by a game world and then so disappointed by the repetitiveness of missions and dialogue. There's scope for a fantastic sequel though . . .
I wouldn't worry too much Predator, you're not missing out on much apart from some fancy graphics. You'll be bored of Assassins by the end of christmas day.
Yes the Euro store has been updated. We got Coolboarders, who the fu*k needs Uncharted when you can play a PS1 game that you only played for a couple of days in 1997 coz you traded it in. Thanks Sony.
Anyone living in one these countries that are soon to be getting a PSN store don't get too excited.
Sony are only interested in yanks. Considering how long it takes our UK store to get updated, aswell as the fact that sony seem to be putting region coding into demos now, having a PSN store anywhere other than the US is a ridiculously frustrating experience.
My PS3 very nearly got thrown out the window this evening upon reading the Uncharted 'insert disc' message....
Lair 58% average score - gamerankings.com
...Gotta be honest, i'm not finding the wait too painful.
Yo predator! Very sensible buying a PS3 to compliment your 360, as a second console it works well. I'm just getting fed up with all the Sony fanboys hyping up games on these forums that really aren't that great. It's been a disappointing first year for the PS3 but i'm sure next year will be lots better. I'm a multi platform geek too, and in fairness to the PS3 i've had little to buy for my Wii either this year, SMG will make up for that though.
Predator, if i were you i'd wait until next November to buy one. I bought mine on launch day and aside from Motorstorm there's been nothing on the PS3 to keep me from turning on my 360 instead.
The best thing you can do is buy a 360 this xmas and enjoy all the AAA games around on that at the moment, then trade it in for a PS3 next xmas when there should be a much better lineup for it.
I find the lack of PS3 games more scary ...
Actually Crazy, looking at that list of releases 'nobody' seems to matter to Sony this xmas, there's very little there to warrant me turning off my 360 in favour of my PS3. Maybe xmas 2008 will be different ...
Every game that sells over 1 million units should be considered a AAA game?!!!
That's the best joke i've heard since your previous post! So Harry Potter, Transformers, NFS, etc are all AAA? You're so special.
Why are PS3 owners still whinging about Warhawk scores?! It is an above average game nothing else. I guess most of you haven't ever had any proper online experiences if you've only ever owned sony consoles and Warhawk does a good job. COD4 will replace it as the premier PS3 online experience hands down.
I agree that SMG will be the second game in 11 months of Wii ownership that justifies turning the console on. Zelda was brilliant, and Wii sports is useful for getting the girlfriend involved, but aside from that there's been nothing worth paying £35 for on the Wii.
For casual (i call them non-gamers) theres plenty of light weight entertainment on the wii but little of the innovation that was promised prior to release for more seasoned gamers.
As an owner of all three next...
Downloaded it 10 mins ago ... deleted it 5 mins ago ... same old bs from EA.
Unfortunately, as always, you fanboys are overlooking the problems with this demo.
I can't believe how many jaggies are present in the demo, i'm running 1080p through a Sony X series 40 inch, this has got to be sorted before release.
The tyre sounds are still awful (no excuse) and the car engine sounds are very weak, i'm hoping this is because the featured cars are so new that Sony haven't had time to record them yet. The interiors are nice, much better than PGR but whe...
I still can't believe the demo is out tomo, thought it was Oct 24th!! This has made my day, gimme that GTR!
Japanese store tomorrow?!! Surely thats a mistake ... if not, its gonna be a serious geek out weekend for me, probably won't be turning on the 360 for the first time in a couple of months!
7/10 is fair, i don't think i've ever been quite so disappointed by a game that promised so much.