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To wait until our Gamersyde Diaries, here are the first five minutes of Mass Effect as we discovered them during the parisian presentation of the game. These five minutes take place just after the character creation phasis, and here we have the pleasure to control a "charming" lady wearing audacious make-up.

entecillo
entecillo
Commented on 2007-09-17 21:32:54
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Thanx for the vids, its just amazing!
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Getpwned
Getpwned
Commented on 2007-09-17 21:56:36 In reply to acm2000
Posted by ramses01
Where are you seeing that you can't que up actions? everything that I have seen, including gameplay videos, has show how you can pause the game and issue commands to your squad, including things like go there then attack or cover or whatever. When it is being played shooter style, most of the demos haven't really used ques, but the times that they have shown a more RPG style gameplay, they have used paused and ques.
a queue of three moves spanning three guys is 1 more per guy. that's not what i would call a queue. if u had played KOTOR, you'd know what i mean. in kotor, you can REALLY queue up like 5 or 6 moves for EACH party member in a row, at one time, then watch it all happen and make minor adjustments or change it all together. it was a deeper combat system from what i can tell. 1 queue for each character is Mass Effect's way of continuing the "casually-safe" next gen experience, and i hate that. Bioshock did it, oblivion did it, every game does it now. i hate it. i love the games, i just hate what's going on.
Posted by acm2000
you do know the game isnt finished right?
ORLY? Unless they plan on rewriting the entire Unreal Engine code, I don't believe they can "fix" the facial self shadows in a month. I just hope it doesn't appear too distracting when we're sitting down actually playing it. just look at any Unreal Engine 3 game. Even Gears. the shadows are great, but up close, on faces, they look horrendous.
Posted by dcdelgado
This is hands down one of the best looking games on ANY console out there!! any games graphics can be nip-picked at, i have no problem with you picking out any negatives you can find, but now do you have any positives you'd like to share?
of course i can, but id rather bitch about something. like, the combat looks crap so far. i thought it looked good in their older vids-- the quick cut vids showing lots of cool combat, but this looks nothing like that. maybe it's just too early in the game, but for whatever reason, the Bioware demonstrator tried his hardest to NOT show any REAL combat-- and what he did show was crap. "I've just loaded this save here, uhh, this is right after a battle of like 50 guys here." "uhhh im gonna use charm to get these guys to run away now" "uhhh" "uhhhhh" it's just crap. what they did show was clunky and actually annoyed me quite a bit.

the boss battle was ridiculous. it looked like they were shooting water guns at each other. and the entire time, he's not even aiming at anything. I think there's a reason they weren't showing any real combat. they botched it. they spent too much time on cut-scenes and not enough on gameplay. I guess we'll find out soon enough...
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Optimusv2
Optimusv2
Commented on 2007-09-17 22:04:43 In reply to Snoopers
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Posted by Snoopers
Oh yeah, so horrible :) Jeux-france is a fucking plague here, breaking every NDA they can, cheating all the time on the agreements we all make, proudly stealing and leaking content. Publishers get problems because of them, we get problems because of them. Clearly they're not welcome here and you're totally free to go wherever you want if it makes you feel bad.
If thats the case then to hell with jeux france :)
Raz0rEdge
Raz0rEdge
Commented on 2007-09-17 22:05:53
The game looks great in all aspects, but the one thing that does concern me a little is the battle system. In this video and others that were released a few weeks back, you can see that Shepard isn't really aiming at a particular enemy and even then the enemy is killed by the shot.

You would imagine that the people demonstrating the game have played the game enough to be very good at it. But most of the combat looks like an amateur is playing it. In as much as this game is about the story and all that, they've chosen to go with a shooter-style fighting mechanism and it'd be a shame to see that aspect not work out..
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lukasblue
lukasblue
Commented on 2007-09-17 22:24:30 In reply to synce
Posted by synce
Can you create a lesbian character in this game?
You cant flirt with the guy, so i think it is automatic once you created female character. All girls will be really nice to her :)
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dcdelgado
dcdelgado
Commented on 2007-09-17 23:02:18 In reply to Getpwned
The off looking showdows is caused by the Grain Filter (as mentioned in many previews) and this can be turned off, for a sharper image and shadows.

Posted by Deft who is play testing many different builds of Mass Effect:
Deft can be wrong, but the grain effect is selectable. I think it's even built into UE3 (don't quote me on that, it might just be a modification by Bioware).

I never actually tried switching it off mind, I quite liked it :)

Also I wouldn't say it's a chore to look around...bizarre comment. The combat controls felt tighter with each build to me. Nothing particularly new, but they worked. Ordering your squad to certain positions felt very fluid.
Combat will get tighter in the next 2 months.
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Merguson
Merguson
Commented on 2007-09-17 23:21:03
Hey guys, do you know if this game will have subtitles? Like in KoToR they showed subtitles when the other NPC was speaking.
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NickyD_o
NickyD_o
Commented on 2007-09-17 23:37:23
Very impressive so far.

Please be good :)
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dcdelgado
dcdelgado
Commented on 2007-09-17 23:46:30 In reply to Merguson
Posted by Merguson
Hey guys, do you know if this game will have subtitles? Like in KoToR they showed subtitles when the other NPC was speaking.
Yes it will.
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deftangel - Hot stuff!
deftangel
Commented on 2007-09-18 00:13:08
Subtitles are also selectable on or off. Default will probably be off :)
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Gvaz
Gvaz
Commented on 2007-09-18 00:42:57 In reply to anm8rjp
Posted by anm8rjp
KOTOR had me scared away from this game ( I disliked KOTOR mightily and returned it 48 hours after purchase, didn't like the turn based angle)
i honestly thought that was the best part of KOTOR :( but to each his own i suppose. regardless, i agree with you, Mass Effect looks gorgeous.
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mkk316
mkk316
Commented on 2007-09-18 00:51:06 In reply to Getpwned
Posted by Getpwned
of course i can, but id rather bitch about something.
im sorry, did anyone else find this comment particularly irksome.
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Animan
Animan
Commented on 2007-09-18 00:56:40
I need this game!
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KORNdog
KORNdog
Commented on 2007-09-18 00:57:31
cant wait for this, was always my second most anticipated game after bioshock, and since i have bioshock, i guess it means this is number 1 on my list. visually it looks amazing with some damn fine lip-sync and emotion showing through...although the woman they save in the second vid has pretty low res textues on her uniform...although having lower quality NPC's is kinda expected...since you see them for what, 5 mins of the entire game. combat doesnt look as deep as KOTOR but i prefare my action to be controlled by me. not watched by me....so i prefare it over KOTOR. so far so good.
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GrimThorne
GrimThorne
Commented on 2007-09-18 02:03:47 In reply to mkk316
Posted by mkk316
im sorry, did anyone else find this comment particularly irksome.
Don't let it bother you, Getpwned sounds like another worry-wart. And he's not alone, there are plenty of worry-warts around here and when they sing it sounds like a choir on verge of tears! lol!

Don't get me wrong, they're not trolls. In fact they have GREAT enthusiasm for the games they like to over-scrutinize, but there are times that their constant negativity can be a real drag on the discussion.

ME has been hammered by criticism since the beginning over everything from screen caps without post processing to gameplay in various builds of the game.

I have no doubts that Bioware will deliver on ME and in late November all of the doubting would have been forgotten.
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mkk316
mkk316
Commented on 2007-09-18 02:23:54
I wouldnt call him a troll either, he has some valid issues. However, im more likely to respond better to someone who address both the good and bad for any game. And what irritated me is that there are aspects he likes about the game, but would rather complain.
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dcdelgado
dcdelgado
Commented on 2007-09-18 02:44:27 In reply to mkk316
Posted by GrimThorne
Don't let it bother you, Getpwned sounds like another worry-wart. And he's not alone, there are plenty of worry-warts around here and when they sing it sounds like a choir on verge of tears! lol!

Don't get me wrong, they're not trolls. In fact they have GREAT enthusiasm for the games they like to over-scrutinize, but there are times that their constant negativity can be a real drag on the discussion.

ME has been hammered by criticism since the beginning over everything from screen caps without post processing to gameplay in various builds of the game.

I have no doubts that Bioware will deliver on ME and in late November all of the doubting would have been forgotten.
Agree
Posted by mkk316
I wouldnt call him a troll either, he has some valid issues. However, im more likely to respond better to someone who address both the good and bad for any game. And what irritated me is that there are aspects he likes about the game, but would rather complain.
Agree
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AcidSnow
AcidSnow
Commented on 2007-09-18 04:34:46
Beautiful character design, and very fluid voice acting! I'm looking forward to a cinimatic experiance :D
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Nexus6
Nexus6
Commented on 2007-09-18 06:44:45
Mass Effect trumps every other videogame i've seen thus far. Absolutely brilliant !
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Ryoma135
Ryoma135
Commented on 2007-09-18 08:49:39
i love the battle system, why do ppl knock it off, i cant find anything that i dont like in this game
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Sath - Missed the<br>hay
Sath
Commented on 2007-09-18 09:27:44 In reply to Ryoma135
Posted by Ryoma135
i love the battle system, why do ppl knock it off, i cant find anything that i dont like in this game
I can...its not out yet!
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maniacoli
maniacoli
Commented on 2007-09-18 10:30:17
@Snoopers: all healthy wishes to You dude, and maybe a warm cyber tee to the city of LOVE ! :))
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gok
gok
Commented on 2007-09-18 11:00:27
Somebody probably already noted this, but it was really annoying that she could only run, not walk. I hope they change it so that more forward you push controller stick the faster she moves and vice versa.
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Bakutheswede
Bakutheswede
Commented on 2007-09-18 11:24:07
Holy shit this looks great, this game is one of the main reasons i got my 360.
This is the only game that stands a chance of beating bioshock for the game of the year title.
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dargis49
dargis49
Commented on 2007-09-18 12:17:12
It soundedlike she to me. And I've watched it 3 times.
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