Mass Effect GDC Interview - GameSpot

[ShepardDante]

I give it 10/10, my second best game ever

[thenumberonejason]

@ShepardDante wats ur favourite

[ShepardDante]

@thenumberonejason Devil May Cry

[Joyriser]

right yeah lets see what was good...the voice acting, character design, the story depth. This was balanced with the worst stuttering frame rate Ive seen in ages. Little satisfaction to the active gameplay, shooting red triangles with crap weapons,a destructive menu system which holds up gameplay. I dont want to pause screen select and continue. I understand its like playing a book but I would rather pick up a book than trawl through this tedium.

[JadedTrojan]

Y'know what was REALLY tedious?

Bioshock. Owned it, loved it, then realized how shit the game was (other than the concept and the story). The repetition in Bioshock outflanks the tedium in Mass Effect in almost every way.

[Joyriser]

Well I was a little hasty in criticising Mass effect. I played it again and overall it was good. I sense a dig here because I do like Bioshock. Its not perfect but I wouldnt call it bad.

[tinotrivino]

this is the xbox version isnt it? cause the graphics arent so good, inthe pc version also the layout are muchmore better

[arhanghel21l]

when has a pc game beaten a 360 version? sry dude but the 360 is way better and the feeling you get with a console is much more intense than a mouse and buttons. either way it is a great game and i really enjoyed it

[tinotrivino]

the 360 is better thanthe pc?????????????? NO WAY.. well you meant the dynamic perhaps but what kind of pc you usually use? no man my pc (12 Gb ram) 2x512 MB grpahics" Dualcore 2.04 ghz, no waaaaay :)

[JadedTrojan]

If I could find a good mouse with rumble, then I'd disagree.

[smsgrabber]

Every game.

[juggalo78910]

andrew genovese go eat poor boys dick

[hussi434]

this game was cool but i hated the parts with the Mako rover

[Royalflush26]

one of the best games ever. no question

[andrewtheone7]

honestly this game wasnt that good ooo the graphics our good yer but everything else is shit lol look at games like ff7 and ff10 they didnt have good graphics and look there way better then mass effect same with kotor geez if mass effect had at least a story u could follow and fighting which you will never get tired of this game would kick ass honestly where is the swords in this game geez so heres my final anaylis fo this game

graphics-10

story-6

fighting- abosoutely-4

game- 20/30

[admrilpopandfresh]

WOW, really i dont no what to say?

Mass Effect was givin the hounor of best ending by the X-box magazine so a 6/10 on the story idont think so. and the fighting was like any other third person shooter but it just added a little bit of an RPG element , so what i want you to do i to go and play you ff10 and ffwhatever and please never play a mass effect game ever, and i mean ever agian . (asshole)

[Burnsyde]

You're pretty dumb, I have no idea why you would buy a bioware game then basically call the game boring if you had no idea that bioware games are essentially interactive stories. Good god you're a gigantic idiot.

[icedragonzero]

uh FF10 had some of the best graphics on the PS2 and a pretty annoying battle system

[pimpdgg]

i hope yall enjoy this game because it maxed out 360

[thorrrrny]

fucking amazing game.. i've beaten it twice already i can't get enough

[davoelolz]

how long did it take for u 2 finish?

[thorrrrny]

1st time i did a little of the sub-plot so about 15 hours and the second i explored much more and it took about 25

[nilonikkijohnson]

this game is awsome

[ttaurus393]

Long live Bioware!!!

[coolzed92]

23 nov in sweden so i think a week before that in US, i guess! :D...this game and assassins creed is on my list! ;)

[zam319]

Cant wait, biowares really talented

[theCheekyMonkey]

Game of the Year.

[xcalic01]

The quality is impressive in this video. I'm not a console owner, but I'm still excited about this game. I hope they release a port for the PC. They claimed that a PC version will not be coming out.........soon. All their effort are being put into the X360 version. I really hope they get a change of heart. A PC port will be excellent. Don't you think?

[Matdude3]

Xcalic, a pc version has not been forthcoming as bioware takes alot of pride into the titles they send out. Mass Effect has an extremely demanding engine that most pc's don't even come close. That would mean that engine buffers would have to be put into place which reduce the demands but also kill alot of the gameplay. Plus the sheer size would overwhelm most hardrives. Hopefully that helps explain that to you.

[xcalic01]

It did help. However, the game Crysis and Far Cry 2 possess an even more impressive engine. Both games are not comin' to consoles due to technical issues. They said the same thing about Gears of war. Now look, a PC version is out running with the improved Uengine and more FPS than the X360 version. I believe Bioware specially made this engine for consoles, rendering any PC port futile, like the poorly done port, Lost Planet.

[Shoqkwave]

Mass Effect uses the Unreal 3 engine, alot of pc games use it or will be using it (unreal tournament, gears of war, just to name afew), infact, i'm sure Unreal 3 runs better on a PC, hopefully it won't have the texture popping issues that the 360 unreal 3 engine games have.

[xcalic01]

Yeah, I thought it was I alone who noticed the poppin', especially in Gears of war X360. Yeah, I know. This unreal engine 3.0 is getting very, I mean, VERY popular in the gaming industry for some reason. Probably cheap and versatile. The commercial for Mass Effect looks sweet on G4TV. Think it would ever come to PC, even awhile from now (2K9 perhaps)?

[Shoqkwave]

It'll probably be ported to PC just like KOTOR and KOTOR 2 were (exclusives to xbox at first and pc got them after)

[arbuckle1029]

September 3rd is the 'guesstimated' release date. Seems the most plausible to me.

[workingclassbum]

I heard july sometime as they dont have an E3 set (presumabley because the game will be out by then)

[soccerprophicy]

they are gonna be at e3. it was announced a copple of days ago.

[baztheraz06]

they need to put a release date for this game because its ticking me off because they aint telling crap.

[Matdude3]

They've set the release date for november 21'st 2007.

[MrCookie000]

It's called Critiques being able to play it... duh?

[Sytadel]

Game of the Year.

[jsl4493]

How can it be game of the year, if it hasn't even come out yet?

[Mustacio]

that game in the background looks fun haha.

[armoredyosk]

lol.. that game is mass effect.