Mass Effect

SUBMAN1 · 06-15-08, 10:10 PM

Got Mass Effect installed - Virgin key as i did with Bioshock. I refuse to allow these idiots copy protections to rule my life. My BioShock key has never been registered as now is Mass Effect. When will they get a clue?

-S

Dowly · 06-16-08, 12:03 AM

Dont know, but may I just say that ME was a pleasent surprise. Nice to see a good game once in a while.

Tho, it was a bit short (IIRC, the final time was ~16hrs).

Detritus · 06-16-08, 12:48 AM

I was also positively surprised and very much looking forward to the next installment- this is supposed to be a trilogy if I've understood it correctly. It's not a perfect game but still definitely a winner. A few things to complain do exist, however:
The hacking minigame grew old really fast. On lockers and such it's allright but on corpses, mineral deposits etc. it's simply stupid.
Too much Mako. Nuff said.
Interface sucked. They made it unnecessarily complicated when they could've done it with the good ole double-click system. I kept assigning 'wrong' skills to people before I got the hang of it.
My game is very dark, could be the monitor though, too. Had to crank gamma all the way up. No biggie.
Got a couple of lock-ups during dialog parts with certain people. To be fixed in patch, I suppose.
Besides these I was actually hooked on it, the whole 'Can't put this down/What happens next?´ thingy. Lotsa thought and effort has been clearly been put into ME with success in the end. The dialogue and voice-acting effectively raised the bar for other games to surpass- Jennifer Hale and Lance Henriksen most notably were really swinging it.
16 hrs to finish? You must've missed half the stuff, mine was at least double to that.

Galanti · 06-16-08, 07:40 AM

I look forward to actually starting a game, now that I seem to have solved my freezes and lockups, which were the worst I've ever had in 10 years of gaming. I literally could not get off the Normady for the first mission before the thing would freeze up.

Basically I updated my 8800 drivers to 177.26 (leaked) and commented out a couple of lines in the BIOEngine.ini file related to the sound engine. I can't recall exactly what they were (something to do with 'NoHAL') but anyone here is experiencing similar issues I'll post the fix when I get home.

SUBMAN1 · 06-16-08, 08:01 PM

Mass Effect is definitely dumbed down for consoles graphics wise. This is no Crysis, that is for sure. Notice the lights in the distance. Talk about lowering detail to make sure frame rate stays high. Not clear and crisp. This is on the max settings with all options running.

-S

Dowly · 06-16-08, 11:56 PM

Hmm... that's odd, my graphics are crispy apart that noise filter there is constantly. Where you took that shot? I wanna check it out. :hmm:

06-15-08, 10:10 PM	#1
SUBMAN1 Rear Admiral Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 11,866 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Mass Effect Got Mass Effect installed - Virgin key as i did with Bioshock. I refuse to allow these idiots copy protections to rule my life. My BioShock key has never been registered as now is Mass Effect. When will they get a clue? -S __________________

06-16-08, 08:01 PM	#5
SUBMAN1 Rear Admiral Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 11,866 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Mass Effect is definitely dumbed down for consoles graphics wise. This is no Crysis, that is for sure. Notice the lights in the distance. Talk about lowering detail to make sure frame rate stays high. Not clear and crisp. This is on the max settings with all options running. -S __________________

06-16-08, 12:03 AM	#2
Dowly Lucky Jack Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 25,053 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	Dont know, but may I just say that ME was a pleasent surprise. Nice to see a good game once in a while. Tho, it was a bit short (IIRC, the final time was ~16hrs).

06-16-08, 12:48 AM	#3
Detritus Navy Dude Join Date: May 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 177 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 0	I was also positively surprised and very much looking forward to the next installment- this is supposed to be a trilogy if I've understood it correctly. It's not a perfect game but still definitely a winner. A few things to complain do exist, however: The hacking minigame grew old really fast. On lockers and such it's allright but on corpses, mineral deposits etc. it's simply stupid. Too much Mako. Nuff said. Interface sucked. They made it unnecessarily complicated when they could've done it with the good ole double-click system. I kept assigning 'wrong' skills to people before I got the hang of it. My game is very dark, could be the monitor though, too. Had to crank gamma all the way up. No biggie. Got a couple of lock-ups during dialog parts with certain people. To be fixed in patch, I suppose. Besides these I was actually hooked on it, the whole 'Can't put this down/What happens next?´ thingy. Lotsa thought and effort has been clearly been put into ME with success in the end. The dialogue and voice-acting effectively raised the bar for other games to surpass- Jennifer Hale and Lance Henriksen most notably were really swinging it. 16 hrs to finish? You must've missed half the stuff, mine was at least double to that.

06-16-08, 07:40 AM	#4
Galanti Captain Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Ottawa Posts: 536 Downloads: 106 Uploads: 0	I look forward to actually starting a game, now that I seem to have solved my freezes and lockups, which were the worst I've ever had in 10 years of gaming. I literally could not get off the Normady for the first mission before the thing would freeze up. Basically I updated my 8800 drivers to 177.26 (leaked) and commented out a couple of lines in the BIOEngine.ini file related to the sound engine. I can't recall exactly what they were (something to do with 'NoHAL') but anyone here is experiencing similar issues I'll post the fix when I get home.

06-16-08, 11:56 PM	#6
Dowly Lucky Jack Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 25,053 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	Hmm... that's odd, my graphics are crispy apart that noise filter there is constantly. Where you took that shot? I wanna check it out. :hmm: