Mass Effect

[Ish]

I discovered that just a few minutes ago. Christ combined with the zoom it makes it a lot easier.

Soooo glad I found this out at the start of the game. Thanks all!

Played about 5 hours now - loving it.

[Finsbury Girl]

I didnt realise you could zoom the turret view in until about 14 hours into the game - makes picking geth off at distance enjoyable Waiting for their projectile to get close then just jetting vertically up as it flies under you then you throw a missile in their gob.

Took me about 20hrs LOL!

After that MAKO combat was a piece of piss!!

[El Leone]

Just found out that Richard Jacques made quite a few tracks for this.

http://www.richardjacques.co.uk/

He lists some MP3's as well, I assume these are the tracks he made, and he's not just listing tracks randomly from the OST:
Exit
Unexplored Worlds
The Ice Planet
Beneath the Ice World
Mass Effect Bonus Track
The Alien Queen
The Citadel

[SUMIRE]

I discovered that just a few minutes ago. Christ combined with the zoom it makes it a lot easier.

Soooo glad I found this out at the start of the game. Thanks all!

Played about 5 hours now - loving it.

Haha, I went through 70% of the game without knowing this.

Awesome game, amazing soundtrack.

[Ish]

Finding this really absorbing. Looked up thinking it was about 9 and its 11. Blimey.

One question for those who've finished it: when you finish the main story does it stop the game or can you carry on doing subquests?

[Spatial]

Sadly it stops it, there's no free roam once the main thing is done.

edit: should clarify that you can carry your character over to a new game but you still have to get back to the point where the missed missions are uncovered before you can re-do them.

[Ish]

Thank Spatial. I guess I better get started on them then!

[Malc]

I've finished searching all planets that aren't to do with the very first mission once I became a spectre now, with just over 24 hours on the clock and reaching level 28, I think i'll start the main game now...

Loving it!

[WazMeister]

hmm

I got this for xmas, alot better than I expected.

Only got about 8 hours clocked inc pausing alot.

I've done a few side quests, really detailed how some of them are! Awesome.

I've had some bad frame rate parts, to point I thought te game would freeze or my 360 blow up!

I see alot people mention secret hidden missions or something...
Is there some sort of process I have to do before carrying on with main story line?


P.S I've nearly found all scanners on citadel all but 2, but i left... can I go back to find them.
Where are they!


Also I am raising alot my soldier, aslt rifle and spectre skills with my other 2 chars with like warp, electronics, first aid etc.
THat a good idea?

The level and changing gear and stuff with upgrades is confusing, got so many never know what to use!

How do I change pysc or what ever its called stuff or upgrade it, i think I missing out on stuff here!

[reektan]

Wow - Just finished this now whilst " working from home ¬_¬ " - amazing ending , found I got chills like when the Star Wars fanfare kicks in - hair on back of neck moment. Went renegade as much as poss all the way through so the choices near the end were very very cool. Ending track is absolutely superb , pure 80's synth guitar sound.

High up on my games of 2007 list easily - it does have it's technical downfalls and slight broken aspects but when they say they reached for the stars in the credits they're weren't wrong by any means.

Cannot wait for the next book and the next game

[SUMIRE]

I got this for xmas, alot better than I expected.

Only got about 8 hours clocked inc pausing alot.

I've done a few side quests, really detailed how some of them are! Awesome.

I've had some bad frame rate parts, to point I thought te game would freeze or my 360 blow up!

I see alot people mention secret hidden missions or something...
Is there some sort of process I have to do before carrying on with main story line?


P.S I've nearly found all scanners on citadel all but 2, but i left... can I go back to find them.
Where are they!


Also I am raising alot my soldier, aslt rifle and spectre skills with my other 2 chars with like warp, electronics, first aid etc.
THat a good idea?

The level and changing gear and stuff with upgrades is confusing, got so many never know what to use!

How do I change pysc or what ever its called stuff or upgrade it, i think I missing out on stuff here!

->Open Spoiler<-

There is a point were you cannot go back to the citadel, something that is annoying, so make sure you complete all that you want to do before progessing the story.

I ordered the soundtrack CD the other day, easily the best score since Halo.

[reektan]

The OST is absolutely awesome

[Red Hogg]

Due to a calamitous initial campaign I have had to start all over again.

I hope you are all pleased with yourselves.

[cavalcade]

The OST is absolutely awesome

Where did you get it from?

[Mephistopheles]

Completed it doing all the sidequests in a little over 30 hours. A truly spectacular game. Fantastic story, well-written and often intellectual dialogue, great soundtrack, fun combat and a beautifully realised world to explore. On that last point, the last few hours of the game feature some of the most stunning visuals I've seen so far in a 360 title. Brilliant art direction.

Now you could argue the sidequests aren't as fun as the main quest. Who would have thought, eh? But the fact is they're still fun to do. I enjoyed all of them, quite frankly. The only thing that irked me is that they copied and pasted a few interiors for the sidequests. That's it.

I really dug the characters as well. Very fleshed out. The aliens look totally believable! But a special mention has to go to Liara. I loved this character. Had her in my party at all times. Really enjoyed the conservations -- quite sophisticated, if I may say so. Perhaps she appealed to the geek within me. For a special bonus, take her with you to Noveria and the last planet.

Probably my favourite game on the 360, although my opinion is skewed because I love RPGs. But before signing off, I will admit that there is no plot twist quite on the same level as the one in KOTOR, which is a shame. However, overall the story I think is better.