If I were Microsoft right now, I would be ecstatic because of the recent avalanche of games and sales. Mass Effect is one of the most anticipated games in this avalanche and has now reached a pretty big milestone in sales, one million copies sold. Without hesitation, Jeff Bell also annouced that Halo 3 has reached five million in sales, not to anyone surprise. Now that Mass Effect is a huge seller, Microsoft is probably trying it’s hardest to keep it an exclusive and away from those meddling kids at Sony.
Mass Effect is undoubtly the next huge game of the year. And that isn’t even beginning to touch on the expectations people have set for this game and now every can rest easy because GameInformer has reviewed the game and give it a 9.75/10. Only.25 points away from a perfect score from the magazine. The review focuses heavily on the storyline of the game and also, confirms that the aspect of choosing a path in the game that BioWare has been flaunting is great and fun and everything we could have hoped for. The game even goes as far as saying that the Mass Effect makes KOTOR and Jade Empire look like test runs, which is a heavy statement. I think this quote from the review sums up their thoughts on the game:
“In fact, I think you’ll agree that Mass Effect is one of video games’ greatest treasures.”
If release dates like “November 2007″ and “Q2 2008″ make you anxious and even slightly angry, you will be happy to know that Mass Effect, one of the most anticipated games of 2007, has just gotten a release date. Mass Effect is now set to hit Xbox 360’s on November 20th. Mass Effect is probably most known for it’s great visuals, voice-acting, and even just because it is being created by BioWare. Check out our other post for more Mass Effect details!
Everyone at Rotpod is a big fan of BioWare, but that really goes without saying when a company has games like Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic and Jade Empire under its belt. There latest RPG, Mass Effect, looks to be no different, delivering solid visuals and great RPG elements. The latest footage can be seen in the stage demo at PAX 2007 below:
Now let’s move on to the meat of the story. Some of you may have heard of the gaming blog Destructoid. They have a more radical opinion on the stage demo. Orcist, the writer of the article, admits that the game is amazing visually, but says that the facial animations and the voice acting is sub-bar and took away from the flow of the game. These are both aspects of the video above that I loved and I thought were done beautifully. Orcist goes on to compare facial animations to a ventrilquist. This is when X-Play writer Matt Keil decided to speak out on the NeoGaf forums.
Do not believe this preview. I had the first hour of the game played in front of me, and none of Destructoid’s criticisms are valid. This is either truly awful taste or a pathetic attempt to get more hits. Possibly both.
Mass Effect has the most incredible facial animation of any game ever (at the time I saw it, anyway…Heavenly Sword tops it in cutscenes, IMO), and the voice acting is perfectly fine. The beginning of the game is all space navy “Sir, we have visual” shit, anyway. It’s obviously not going to be Gone With The Wind.
There are plenty of things to worry about with Mass Effect without making up shit about the presentation. This preview is simply not describing the game I saw.
I agree with Matt and also think that the Destructoid article was just an attempt to get more hits. Mass Effect is a beautiful game and is very high on my list of games to look forward this season. Check out another Mass Effect video after the jump. Continue reading ‘Controversy Over Mass Effect’
This huge IGN Mass Effect preview really gets me excited. As if we aren’t hyped up enough for this game as it is, this trailer hits us with more gameplay, conversation system, and commentary footage than you can shake a stick at. There something for everyone here, so definitely check this one out!
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