Tag: mass effect

OK, having now done a runthrough…

…of both Dragon Age: Origins and Mass Effect 2, I can say this: they’re both very good games. DA:O is a good roleplaying game with lots of combat, and ME2 is a good combat game with a decent amount of roleplaying.  What worries me is the rumors that Dragon Age 2 is going to be drawing a lot from ME2, which would not be a good idea.  DA:O is simply better at real-time tactical manipulation of multiple characters, and it’s much more customizable in terms of individual character abilities.  Plus, I don’t want a fantasy first person shooter.  Or at least one from Bioware.  The Star Wars ones don’t count.

Bear in mind that I don’t want Mass Effect 3 to be a remake of Dragon Age, either.  Although a better map system would be nice.

…Yeah, that was a bad ending to the DO:A saga.

I’m not going to say anything about it – spoilers, and all that – but I expected a bit more. On the bright side, space cleared for more Mass Effect 2 DLC! No, wait, they’ll release the bridge DLC and shut that down, too. Just you wait.

And so the eternal cycle of expectation, happiness, and crushing disappointment continues. At least we got Leiliana’s Song out of them.

Three things I have learned from Mass Effect 2.

In no particular order:

  1. I cannot shoot worth a damn.  Good thing that I’m playing an Adept, because she sucks at actually hitting anything with a gun.
  2. I hate those matching hack/bypass minigames, and am totally ready to get a hack or bypass that eliminates them from the game.
  3. I have been spoiled by the DLC interface for Dragon Age: Origins.  I know that I have DLC available for Mass Effect 2; I just can’t figure out where to find it.

Yes, I’m playing the game and otherwise having fun.  Still…