Well the review comes off that you didn't think it was a good game. Its sounds like the combat is weak, the characters aren't developed, the game is a rip off of other game titles, and that due to the characters appearance they're emotions are not done correctly and despite good voice work all the scenes probably fall flat.
36 seconds in and you already have taken down the game a lot. In your batman review you mentioned that the place feels alive but here you say its dead when the characters are about the same in the sense they stand around and do little but at least in here their dance clubs were you can dance and a gentlemen's club you can go and watch the entertainment.
From a programers perspective asking for every character in the game to constantly be doing something different and to be interactive with the huge size of the game is a bit much and I'd probably drive my team insane with such a task since the more crap they have to do the harder it gets and requires more time to put it together and more likely more glitches can happen.
Fallout 3 pull this off better with characters you can talk to and having them walk around but they held back a bit on the graphics and it worked out ok but of course theirs a lot more glitches because of it.
decent game. story is really believable cos of all those details, action is real time , and thats really amazing, the all idea of game is like new genre. cos of that those few bugs, glitches can be forgiven. nice review btw. and again i havent seen such well developed story since kotor (both of em).
Personally I didn't think this review was done very well. Your audio is a bit to quite and your voice feels very monotone which can make your viewers switch to something with a bit more energy. Your edits have nothing going on that helps your points out in few bits and its hard to support your side on what you feel of this game because theirs a lot more too this game then other titles like your backstory having missions, making tough calls and learning their back stories
((Had to edit stuff out due to size. but audio was low, learn about character back stories, making character sacrifices, was some things that got messed up with my trimming.))
I really like Mass Effect. Just because I highlight areas that need improving doesn't make it a negative review. If every fan of Bioware goes around pretending their work is flawless they'd never improve.
As for all the side missions and backstory detail in the weapons and equipment...it's nice, but would be much more impressive if any of it had an actual bearing on the game itself.
As for the audio quality of the review - I agree. Still working on that side of things. :)
No one is saying their work is flawless as I have issues of my own but if your doing a review you should try and give us a good idea of what you think. Is the game worth buying? Is it a rental? Did all the things you point out drag it to nothing? I'm only pointing these out to help you out so you shall get better as well so I hope you don't take my comment too personally ^_^
The review feels very nit picky as the team spent alot of time coming up with backstories on your equipment, the planets and galaxies you go to, the many sub plots, side missions, how to incorporate this into the rest of the games planed for the trilogy and what to reveal and what not to and not to mention having the characters look amazing. It really sounds like you think the game is lame and would turn people off from playing it which is a shame because it really is a good game.
Also if I could suggest that you should instead of showing gameplay for like 2 minutes then moving on to something else. I would suggest that you just have like quick snippets not too quick but just enough. Also at some points it seemed nit-picky IMO and you couldve spent more time telling us what the game has to offer rather than all of its faults. but other than that good review. Sorry if I sounded insulting or whatever :P
When I first started watching I heard "The gameplay is somewhat flawed while Bioware has gotten it right in games like KOTOR" Comparing KOTOR to Mass Effect = wrong
I know this is YouTube, so people often get their opinion confused with fact, but would you care to explain why comparing them is 'wrong'?
They're by the same development studio, both feature a sci-fi setting, a similar spaceship hub design, similar NPC progression systems (KotOR's being more subtle), generally similar 'end of the universe' storylines, with an old enemy returning and the player character having strange flashback memories.
Yeah sorry but comparing a game Mass Effect to Star Wars just doesnt seem right IMO. There are some similaritys between the two but idk they feel like totally different games.
Ah, I see where you're coming from now. I think the difference is that we're maybe analysing two different aspects of the game. You're looking at the setting (and I agree the ME universe does feel VERY different to SW), whereas I'm focusing on the game design.
actually the games are very very similar i have got both kotor games and mass effect. mass effect is just like another take on the star wars universe except with guns instead of lightsabers.
finally somone else has seen how you make a character in the oblivion menu and then when the game loads it doesnt look like what you mad. Same with Fallout 3 it must be a bethesda thing but its still inexcusable
Interesting debate. :) This is why these days I'm tending to lean towards games with either strongly defined characters like The Witcher or silent, empty vessel characters like HL2.
Voiced, open ended RPGs will always have the disconnect you guys are talking about, I fear.
I dont agree with the negative critics about the game. Tell me one working idea how they could have done it better!! Stating that something isn't good is easy. But fixing it isn't...
i wish you could choose a voice for your character, i have this big black guy witha hulk hogan beard and he talks like some average white guy, kinda sucks
Shepard has TONS of dialogue. Finding a good actor isnt easy, and costs a lotof money. To make more than one voice-overs for the same character is a waste of money.
But at the same time you are right, it can sound really weird with your character. Thats why I always stick with the default one.
well you're quite strange :S firstly you said to me you're completely wrong and called me stupid, then you said oh but at the same time you're right so either agree with me or dont :S annoying person all i want is a black voice for my character
You can use the same criticisms with KotOR... with not much acting/too much dialogue/no sense of life... And anyone who's played KotOR will agree that it's a truly epic series.
I agree it's a bit dry though.. I wish it had multiple endings.
yea, I'm gonna have to disagree, although you're definately right about some very dull environments, the character animation is always a very high quality, better than most on the market and the gameplay is also great, very few faults with the shooting apart from sniping which feels horrible and the speed of health loss. Don't chastise an RPG for having lots of dialogue either, especially at such a high standard, which you even pointed out.
it's a Halo clone? In 3rd person instead of 1st person, with stat upgrades, actual characters, actual story, different controls, more exploration, dialogue etc...yeah, Halo is a 1st person poofest and Mass Effect is a 3rd person shooter rpg hybrid, you obviously haven't played Mass Effect or Halo if you are posting comments like this.
How is it fake halo when every alien race has history and you read them and human history and the best story of any game . You bitch burn in fucking hell fagot you probably never played bitch its an rpg shit you dont even have to shoot in the game except bosses . You could talk to people and persuade them to not shoot
Wow nice comeback , im not arguing with you im just saying how is traveling to hundreds of planets doing side quests proffesional writer a halo clone nowhere near the same . Play it is all im saying
Lol no your right like you said I called you out on a comment you made about the gameplay. I was thinking about the setting so i was on a completely different page lol sorry, but it was a good review.
Well the review comes off that you didn't think it was a good game. Its sounds like the combat is weak, the characters aren't developed, the game is a rip off of other game titles, and that due to the characters appearance they're emotions are not done correctly and despite good voice work all the scenes probably fall flat.
RageSeth 2 years ago
36 seconds in and you already have taken down the game a lot. In your batman review you mentioned that the place feels alive but here you say its dead when the characters are about the same in the sense they stand around and do little but at least in here their dance clubs were you can dance and a gentlemen's club you can go and watch the entertainment.
RageSeth 2 years ago
I have to say, having the option to go into a nightclub and dance in Batman:Arkham Asylum would be brilliant. :P
PotentialGamer 2 years ago
From a programers perspective asking for every character in the game to constantly be doing something different and to be interactive with the huge size of the game is a bit much and I'd probably drive my team insane with such a task since the more crap they have to do the harder it gets and requires more time to put it together and more likely more glitches can happen.
RageSeth 2 years ago
Fallout 3 pull this off better with characters you can talk to and having them walk around but they held back a bit on the graphics and it worked out ok but of course theirs a lot more glitches because of it.
RageSeth 2 years ago
decent game. story is really believable cos of all those details, action is real time , and thats really amazing, the all idea of game is like new genre. cos of that those few bugs, glitches can be forgiven. nice review btw. and again i havent seen such well developed story since kotor (both of em).
ShadowVoodooNinja 2 years ago
Personally I didn't think this review was done very well. Your audio is a bit to quite and your voice feels very monotone which can make your viewers switch to something with a bit more energy. Your edits have nothing going on that helps your points out in few bits and its hard to support your side on what you feel of this game because theirs a lot more too this game then other titles like your backstory having missions, making tough calls and learning their back stories
RageSeth 2 years ago
((Had to edit stuff out due to size. but audio was low, learn about character back stories, making character sacrifices, was some things that got messed up with my trimming.))
RageSeth 2 years ago
I really like Mass Effect. Just because I highlight areas that need improving doesn't make it a negative review. If every fan of Bioware goes around pretending their work is flawless they'd never improve.
As for all the side missions and backstory detail in the weapons and equipment...it's nice, but would be much more impressive if any of it had an actual bearing on the game itself.
As for the audio quality of the review - I agree. Still working on that side of things. :)
PotentialGamer 2 years ago
No one is saying their work is flawless as I have issues of my own but if your doing a review you should try and give us a good idea of what you think. Is the game worth buying? Is it a rental? Did all the things you point out drag it to nothing? I'm only pointing these out to help you out so you shall get better as well so I hope you don't take my comment too personally ^_^
RageSeth 2 years ago
Not at all, and your comments are appreciated. The full review is in written form on the Potential Gamer website, if you're interested, btw.
PotentialGamer 2 years ago
The review feels very nit picky as the team spent alot of time coming up with backstories on your equipment, the planets and galaxies you go to, the many sub plots, side missions, how to incorporate this into the rest of the games planed for the trilogy and what to reveal and what not to and not to mention having the characters look amazing. It really sounds like you think the game is lame and would turn people off from playing it which is a shame because it really is a good game.
RageSeth 2 years ago
Thanks for the tips, Troy. Will bear them in mind! Check out my recent Batman preview vid though, it's much more positive. ;)
PotentialGamer 2 years ago
Also if I could suggest that you should instead of showing gameplay for like 2 minutes then moving on to something else. I would suggest that you just have like quick snippets not too quick but just enough. Also at some points it seemed nit-picky IMO and you couldve spent more time telling us what the game has to offer rather than all of its faults. but other than that good review. Sorry if I sounded insulting or whatever :P
troyMLG 2 years ago
When I first started watching I heard "The gameplay is somewhat flawed while Bioware has gotten it right in games like KOTOR" Comparing KOTOR to Mass Effect = wrong
troyMLG 2 years ago
I know this is YouTube, so people often get their opinion confused with fact, but would you care to explain why comparing them is 'wrong'?
They're by the same development studio, both feature a sci-fi setting, a similar spaceship hub design, similar NPC progression systems (KotOR's being more subtle), generally similar 'end of the universe' storylines, with an old enemy returning and the player character having strange flashback memories.
The comparison doesn't seem too wrong to me.
PotentialGamer 2 years ago
Yeah sorry but comparing a game Mass Effect to Star Wars just doesnt seem right IMO. There are some similaritys between the two but idk they feel like totally different games.
troyMLG 2 years ago
Ah, I see where you're coming from now. I think the difference is that we're maybe analysing two different aspects of the game. You're looking at the setting (and I agree the ME universe does feel VERY different to SW), whereas I'm focusing on the game design.
So we're both right. :P
PotentialGamer 2 years ago
actually the games are very very similar i have got both kotor games and mass effect. mass effect is just like another take on the star wars universe except with guns instead of lightsabers.
thefuckingatheist 2 years ago
finally somone else has seen how you make a character in the oblivion menu and then when the game loads it doesnt look like what you mad. Same with Fallout 3 it must be a bethesda thing but its still inexcusable
eframe08 2 years ago
hows it halo clone it actually has good story . People who call it halo clone probably havent beat it cuz nevermind i wont waste my breath
jtgtjtgt 2 years ago
Interesting debate. :) This is why these days I'm tending to lean towards games with either strongly defined characters like The Witcher or silent, empty vessel characters like HL2.
Voiced, open ended RPGs will always have the disconnect you guys are talking about, I fear.
PotentialGamer 2 years ago
I dont agree with the negative critics about the game. Tell me one working idea how they could have done it better!! Stating that something isn't good is easy. But fixing it isn't...
BeBarnee 2 years ago
they turned an RPG into a SHITTY SHOOTER.
How could they have done it better?
Kept it RPG, and not some shitty HALO clone.
odin422 2 years ago
Then you won't like the sequel, because it will be more action oriented...
You have to admit, it's NOT a HALO clone.
Fighting is in real time in Mass Effect, and finally it's not turn based. In kotor, it was actually turn based, but they masked this fact cleverly.
For me, Mass Effect is THE ULTIMATE GAME!
It has everything I love in games.
Best story ever, best dialogue system, great shooting action, nice graphics.
kingusbungus 2 years ago
the shooting sucks but the dialogue i like
odin422 2 years ago
i wish you could choose a voice for your character, i have this big black guy witha hulk hogan beard and he talks like some average white guy, kinda sucks
MattyGearSolid 2 years ago
That's stupid! Think about what you're saying.
Shepard has TONS of dialogue. Finding a good actor isnt easy, and costs a lotof money. To make more than one voice-overs for the same character is a waste of money.
But at the same time you are right, it can sound really weird with your character. Thats why I always stick with the default one.
BeBarnee 2 years ago
well you're quite strange :S firstly you said to me you're completely wrong and called me stupid, then you said oh but at the same time you're right so either agree with me or dont :S annoying person all i want is a black voice for my character
MattyGearSolid 2 years ago
I understand your point of view!
But it still would be a stupid idea, and a waste of money, to cast someone else as well, for the role of Shepard.
BeBarnee 2 years ago
You can use the same criticisms with KotOR... with not much acting/too much dialogue/no sense of life... And anyone who's played KotOR will agree that it's a truly epic series.
I agree it's a bit dry though.. I wish it had multiple endings.
Whiteblooded 2 years ago
yea, I'm gonna have to disagree, although you're definately right about some very dull environments, the character animation is always a very high quality, better than most on the market and the gameplay is also great, very few faults with the shooting apart from sniping which feels horrible and the speed of health loss. Don't chastise an RPG for having lots of dialogue either, especially at such a high standard, which you even pointed out.
rabbitsahoy 2 years ago 2
turning an RPG into a shooter should be a crime, this is a SHIT HALO clone.
odin422 2 years ago
it's a Halo clone? In 3rd person instead of 1st person, with stat upgrades, actual characters, actual story, different controls, more exploration, dialogue etc...yeah, Halo is a 1st person poofest and Mass Effect is a 3rd person shooter rpg hybrid, you obviously haven't played Mass Effect or Halo if you are posting comments like this.
rabbitsahoy 2 years ago
How is it fake halo when every alien race has history and you read them and human history and the best story of any game . You bitch burn in fucking hell fagot you probably never played bitch its an rpg shit you dont even have to shoot in the game except bosses . You could talk to people and persuade them to not shoot
jtgtjtgt 2 years ago
cockriding bitch.
odin422 2 years ago
Wow nice comeback , im not arguing with you im just saying how is traveling to hundreds of planets doing side quests proffesional writer a halo clone nowhere near the same . Play it is all im saying
jtgtjtgt 2 years ago
i did play it, and i really like the speech system.
But i HATE the shooter aspect of it, its hard to control your team and the controls on the PC version just doesnt respond like a good shooter.
odin422 2 years ago
Because it's made for console.
CrazyInDaBurberry 2 years ago
Play nice, children. End of the day, if Halo is your only point of comparison you're doing something wrong.
PotentialGamer 2 years ago
Your debating skills are truly unrivalled.
PotentialGamer 2 years ago
Lol no your right like you said I called you out on a comment you made about the gameplay. I was thinking about the setting so i was on a completely different page lol sorry, but it was a good review.
troyMLG 2 years ago
the game is great it`s just that you dont know a good game when you seee one you only care abouts the errors and not the game.
Bloackstone 3 years ago 2