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I can't recall anything that was surprising in Mass Effect. It's basically a dumb down Babylon 5 environment, with a dumb down Deus Ex gameplay and a dumb down
by sametmax 9y ago
I can't recall anything that was surprising in Mass Effect.
It's basically a dumb down Babylon 5 environment, with a dumb down Deus Ex gameplay and a dumb down Hyperion twist, served on a fake open world made of long empty corridors or galaxy trajectories. If the fights were good I would forgive it, but even that is very basic.
I really don't understand the appeal of this game.
Maybe it appeals to people that don't read much SF or played a lot of videos games before 2000 because they don't have reference of anything better ? It's true that today people consider fallout 3 & next as good, while there are only the shadow of 1 and 2.
And I don't say that because "it was better before". Breath of the Wild and Pillar of Eternity prove you can get plenty of quality in today's production.
- verinus 9y agoSo true. Fallout 1+2 are my favorite RPGs of all times. They had real choice for example: you could talk your way out of different situations and even get better over all outcomes (vault city and the ghouls if I remember correctly) ah and humor- not forget humor :)
- sametmax 9y agoHonestly I really wanted to love Fallout 3. I was so excited when it was out, and I tried very hard to get into the game. But it was so shallow compared to the originals. And so short. It's also possible that once you consumed a lot of excellent products you become picky. We are living on a creative golden age after all. And it's hard to come out with something new, so much have been done. Plenty of things are probably "good enough", but we have had fantastic stuff already, so it's meh to go back. I'm sure if I'm honest, I can fan many so-so titled I enjoyed as a kid because they were new to me.
- Lewton 9y agoDid you ever play New Vegas? It got a lot closer to the magic of fallout 1+2
- sametmax 9y agoNope, but I've been told the same about to many things I have a hard time believing advices on modern games now.
- Lewton 9y agoWell, New Vegas had a few people from the original fallout working on it afaik. And it's made by Obsidian, who made the excellent Pillars of Eternity which you already praised :)
- sametmax 9y agoRaising my hopes. Careful. I know your username.
- mywittyname 9y agoNV is widely considered to be the best neo Fallout. Additionally, people seem to prefer either FO3 or NV, but rarely both. So if you found FO3 lacking (as I did), then it's likely you'll enjoy NV. With the caveat that it's a nine year old game at this point.