Originally Posted by RyanC

SWTOR is the worst. Makes me sad.

Too bad. It was such a good series up until the sith lords (even though i did not like the ending) now back to lego star wars.....

Sonic Generations, Batman Arkham City, Mario kart 7, Super Mario 3D Land, Uncharted 3 multilayer.

Originally Posted by mattatmac

I think we'll have to wait for Bioware to release C&C Generals 2 before we categorize them as defunct company tier.

I don't know why EA keeps trying to license out Bioware to games that aren't RPG's...

You haven't played Mass Effect 2 or Dragon Age II, have you?

Originally Posted by Grover

You haven't played Mass Effect 2 or Dragon Age II, have you?

I haven't played Dragon Age 2 because it was Call of Duty: Medieval Edition, I played Mass Effect 2 and thought it was actually a decent upgrade upon the fundamentals in the original. Of course because Mass Effect has since become popular /v/ hates it to death for no logical reason.

Originally Posted by mattatmac

I haven't played Dragon Age 2 because it was Call of Duty: Medieval Edition, I played Mass Effect 2 and thought it was actually a decent upgrade upon the fundamentals in the original.

I disagree. If by "decent upgrade", you mean, "removing everything RPG-related as well as anything worth laboring to fix entirely", then yes, I'd call it a "decent upgrade."

Originally Posted by mattatmac

Of course because Mass Effect has since become popular /v/ hates it to death for no logical reason.

/v/ hates everything to death for no logical reason...

Although, having gotten the gist of the leaked Mass Effect 3 script, I think they'll have more than enough reason to hate what the series has become after its release.

Originally Posted by Grover

I disagree. If by "decent upgrade", you mean, "removing everything RPG-related as well as anything worth laboring to fix entirely", then yes, I'd call it a "decent upgrade."



/v/ hates everything to death for no logical reason...

Although, having gotten the gist of the leaked Mass Effect 3 script, I think they'll have more than enough reason to hate what the series has become after its release.

I'm kind of curious of what they removed from the original Mass Effect that makes people come to this conclusion. In my playthrough I only noticed additions rather than the removal of anything truly fundamental to the RPG experience.

- The scars on your face added a sense of progress
- Paragon and Renegade dialogue were entertaining as opposed to the original
- Dune buggy missions replaced to a mining pseudo-mini game

These all seemed like improvements to me, and if anyone played it on the PC they were amazed at how efficiently it was coded.

Originally Posted by mattatmac

I'm kind of curious of what they removed from the original Mass Effect that makes people come to this conclusion. In my playthrough I only noticed additions rather than the removal of anything truly fundamental to the RPG experience.

-No inventory, little to no loot.
-Streamlined character development.
-Simplified weapon and armor upgrades.
-Explorable (albeit repetitious) worlds replaced with linear built levels and planet scanning.
-Terrible sidequests that are somehow worse than the first's (despite that they mentioned improving sidequests would be a major focus of the sequel).
-And so on.

Truthfully, I always saw Mass Effect as a WRPG with (badly polished) shooter elements. Mass Effect 2, on the other hand, is the complete opposite.

Originally Posted by mattatmac

These all seemed like improvements to me, and if anyone played it on the PC they were amazed at how efficiently it was coded.

I can agree with you there. Mass Effect was an incredibly ambitious game, but it suffered its share of technical issues, as did many others running on the Unreal Engine 3 tech at the time. Mass Effect 2 took these problems and chucked them out the window.

Kinda random, but how is the Fallout series? I'm mostly an RPG (essp fantasy based) kind of girl, and I've never been into FPS... but it seems good...lol...?

Originally Posted by britb

Kinda random, but how is the Fallout series? I'm mostly an RPG (essp fantasy based) kind of girl, and I've never been into FPS... but it seems good...lol...?

Fallout and Fallout 2 are legendary. Fallout 3 is a disgrace to the series.

Originally Posted by EngStud

I got bored of Skyrim, don't get it if you're not getting it on PC. The mods are what makes the game good.

Good way to ruin the game.

Originally Posted by Grover

-No inventory, little to no loot.
-Streamlined character development.
-Simplified weapon and armor upgrades.
-Explorable (albeit repetitious) worlds replaced with linear built levels and planet scanning.
-Terrible sidequests that are somehow worse than the first's (despite that they mentioned improving sidequests would be a major focus of the sequel).
-And so on.

Truthfully, I always saw Mass Effect as a WRPG with (badly polished) shooter elements. Mass Effect 2, on the other hand, is the complete opposite.

I completley agree. when i played mass effect 2, i was confused at first how the lack of inventory would pan out but it did really well. the only problem i had was scanning planets for resources for upgrades which was like scanning your wall from 10 cm and looking for all the bumps. besides that i was impressed

Originally Posted by mattatmac

I haven't played Dragon Age 2 because it was Call of Duty: Medieval Edition.

It wasn't as good as the first, but it wasn't that bad. You still had choices, but there weren't as many nor were they too complex. The fighting system was more streamlined, yet similar to its predecessor. Some choices you made in the last game carried over, too.

Originally Posted by Misspolitics

Masterquest is amazing! Is it included in the 3DS version? I have the original master quest for the gamecube and it would be great if it was portable to play anywhere.

Yea, it's included on the 3DS. It is pretty awesome when you can play Zelda anywhere

Originally Posted by AnimeGamer31

Yea, it's included on the 3DS. It is pretty awesome when you can play Zelda anywhere

Well, maybe it's not too late to ask my brothers to combine my Christmas gift into a 3DS from both of them

Originally Posted by AnimeGamer31

Yea, it's included on the 3DS. It is pretty awesome when you can play Zelda anywhere

I got that game too! I can't wait to get some real progress in that game - I'd never played it on any other console.