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PC Mass Effect in May


This press release announces plans for a PC edition of Mass Effect, saying a "re-designed for the PC" edition of BioWare's science-fiction RPG will be released in May:
Chertsey, UK – February 12, 2008 – Leading video game developer BioWare™, an Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS) company, has announced that the award-winning space epic Mass Effect™ will be released for the PC in May 2008. Published by EA and re-designed for the PC, Mass Effect invites players to take the role of Commander Shepard as they set out on an adventure to save the galaxy from imminent destruction. Wrought with treachery, heroism, difficult decisions and a universe filled with unique and colorful species, Mass Effect delivers a truly compelling storyline.

Optimized for the PC, Mass Effect for the PC incorporates the following features:

• Optimized controls designed specifically for the PC.

• High resolution visuals – Mass Effect for the PC features highly detailed textures, characters and environments.

• Fully customizable controls – PC gamers can re-map the control scheme any way they like.

• Run & Gun Control – Players can assign biotic powers or skills to ‘hot keys’ allowing them to play Mass Effect with a heavier focus on action.

• New decryption mini-game.

• New inventory screen GUI and functionality – The enhanced inventory system makes it easier for players to equip and modify their weapons and armor.

“Mass Effect serves as a powerful example of video games as an art form, delivering new levels of emotional intensity, realistic characters and a gripping storyline – all set in a compelling new universe,â€

ok my question is how much of a re design is it as most console games that get ported to pc suck. Now lots of pc games going to console seam to work out better because you just dumb it down a bit lol.

Veg,
This is an rpg. It will be great. Most ported games that suck are because the porting developer is lazy, not because it came from a console. If Bioware is doing the "port," I wouldn't worry. They actually have a good track record (Knights of the old Republic).

The improvements they mention should be good. The console inventory system is totally bad and by having better control mappings, you can probably play the action sequences way better.

Having played this on x360, I think it would be great for pc - even if they didn't change it a bit. With the fixes, it's a no brainer if you haven't already played it. Sci-Fi junkies will love it - many subtle and not-so-subtle references to nearly every sci-fi property/franchise in existence.

Gator wrote: Sci-Fi junkies will love it - many subtle and not-so-subtle references to nearly every sci-fi property/franchise in existence.

And that's one of the main reasons why I'll be buying it. I've been looking for another good sci-fi rpg/shooter since I finished Stalker. I've played KOTOR and KOTOR 2 several times already.

Yay, nekkid womens for teh sex orgees!



TD

i hear that all you get is "alien side boob" ...

Tach is such a dirty old man!!

Mass Effect is great, now if I could just find the time to play it more. *grumbles*

I doubt it will be multiplayer, right? Too bad. I like the promos I've seen for this game. Wish we could play it together.

Well, the X360 version is SP only, so I have to assume so will the PC version. But you won't likely miss the MP aspect, the storyline is fantastic.

I wouldn't think Mass Effect would have MP since a heavily story driven RPG would not lend itself well to MP.

right, it's a classic single player rpg.

to bad its not also going to the wii. Now imagine the sex scene with the wii remote hell where is the power glove when you need it lol

VEGETA wrote:to bad its not also going to the wii. Now imagine the sex scene with the wii remote hell where is the power glove when you need it lol

There's a sex scene in Mass Effect? I cant wait to check it out.

what did u think Tach was talking about. I honestlay have no clue what you get to see or do in it or whatever, all I know is it exists.

Fair and Unbalanced Fox News did a story on this game, claiming it offered full digital nudity and that the players could have graphic sex. One of the 'experts', author of various self-help books, Cooper Lawrence, came out and said lots of bad stuff about the game (even after she admitted to never having played it because, ew, it's all icky and stuff). As a result, gaming fans retaliated by giving her books mass quantities of bad reviews on Amazon.com - so many that Amazon deleted hundreds of them. Some were of the 'Although I've never read this book, it sucks because..." variety. Some actually gave positive reviews of the books' graphic sex scenes. But most were just plain 1 star bad reviews. Ms Lawrence subsequently issued an apology by way or the NY Times, saying that she'd watched someone play and that she may have 'mis-spoke' in her review.

Fox news 'Se'XBox Mass Effect

Amazon reviews

Cooper Lawrence changes her mind

TD

Hey Tach, thanks for the links there, showed the whole picture about what the game was really about and even found a you tube video of the seemingly pornographic sex scene.

It just goes to show you that the mass media like to sensationalize every story they get and that all claims that violent games or games with some partially nude female form do not have anything to back themselves up. Any ill effects on peoples real life decisions, are usually because they have already got something screwed up in there heads.

We have all been playing games of destruction shoot em up and blow em up for about 20 years and none of us are under emotionally developed freaks. Well not all of us anyway.

I loved the stupid comments like "who plays these games? not the dads but the adolecent boys!"

WHAT!!! We here at WOF all know that we have been playing games of all types since the early eighties, and we still play them today, yes they were primitive, bad graphics and limited game play compared to todays games but the effect is the same and we all still play them today and i have definitely read somewhere that the average Gamer age is actually in the mid thirties not in the teens.

As Walter would say "Dumbasses!"

WHAT!!! We here at WOF all know that we have been playing games of all types since the early eighties

It was all in your minds eye back then , I started playing ping pong , and a game called Shoot with my ATARI 400. We would load games by cassette tape. It was the latest technology back in the day. We finally upgraded to an Atari 800 where we got the floppy disk that was size 5x5 inches. I loved to play this game called Starbase Hyperion , much later we moved on to an IBM PC with windows 3.1.