Good news for those who interested in Mass Effect...ME will be playable at this E3.

 

http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=63560

Yippy skippy.

KINDA BAD NEWS: It's not an RPG. Appraently. Maybe it has RPG elements.

 

http://www.gamespot.com/news/6146568.html

 

"today to discuss the studio's upcoming squad-based tactical game Mass Effect for the Xbox 360"

 

"As mentioned in our previous coverage, Mass Effect will be a squad-based, sci-fi game in which gamers play as a human soldier in an unfriendly galaxy full of alien life forms. "

KINDA BAD NEWS: It's not an RPG. Appraently. Maybe it has RPG elements.

 

http://www.gamespot.com/news/6146568.html

 

"today to discuss the studio's upcoming squad-based tactical game Mass Effect for the Xbox 360"

 

"As mentioned in our previous coverage, Mass Effect will be a squad-based, sci-fi game in which gamers play as a human soldier in an unfriendly galaxy full of alien life forms. "

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Those are Gamespot's lines... Anyway, ME is an action rpg.

 

http://masseffect.bioware.com/

 

says

 

"A Revolutionary Action RPG Coming to Xbox 360"

Edited March 24, 200619 yr by karka

How do you know?

How do you know?

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Because Bioware says so, silly!

I'm waiting to see if they can make a game shorter than Jade Empire.

Was JE considered an action-RPG? Because I honestly don't see it that way. Squad-based is interesting...but I worry about that in real time. Hopefully there will be a decent pause system like KotOR and BG.

Or maybe it's a really intuitive system.

 

Freedom Fighters and FSW did it okayish.

Or maybe it's a really intuitive system.

 

Freedom Fighters and FSW did it okayish.

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Freedom Fighters was good.

 

How difficult things are to control in real time would depend on just how much control you have over them.

 

Onimusha 4 has quite an interesting command system. It's also very easy to use while having to fight off hordes of monsters.

Isn't it the one where you can choose which member you control and the others will follow the set of commandments you've given them in advance? Kind of like Seiken Densetsu, just with Fallout 2 kinda "attack the weakest/strongest, etc"-thingamajic

Edited March 24, 200619 yr by Musopticon?

Squad-based FPSesque systems can work quite well, as Brothers in Arms demonstrated (which worked very well, if not for the repetition). Adding RPG elements to it certainly could end up quite interesting. I'd keep an eye on this one, if I actually had a 360.

 

To expand on BiA. Basically, you had two fire teams at your disposition. One keyboard press switches btw which one is active. Point somewhere, click, order move. Point at the enemy, click, order fire/suppression. Click something else, order assault - fire teams charges. You could easily set up suppression/flanking maneuvers in a few clicks. Some commands were to take cover behind objects, rally up, fall back, etc.

Edited March 24, 200619 yr by Llyranor

Isn't it the one where you can choose which member you control and the others will follow the set of commandments you've given them in advance? Kind of like Seiken Densetsu, just with Fallout 2 kinda "attack the weakest/strongest, etc"-thingamajic

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You control one and the other one can be set to a specfic state (rather than a list of commands). I'll dig around for the manual.

 

There are four commands (one for each direction , handy that :D )

 

Follow and attack - just your basic stay with me and hit things.

All out attack - way more damage but the life bar decreases over time

Stay and heal - ally stands still and heals upto 50%

The last one is character specific.

For example Jubie's is distract and avoid which basically acts like a taunt effect.

Or maybe it's a really intuitive system.

 

Freedom Fighters and FSW did it okayish.

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Freedom Fighters was good.

 

How difficult things are to control in real time would depend on just how much control you have over them.

 

Onimusha 4 has quite an interesting command system. It's also very easy to use while having to fight off hordes of monsters.

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Freedom Fighters was not good.

At all.

 

It was awesome.

Interesting. I played all the previous titles in the series, but this does party combat loads better.

 

Edit: Astroboy, I agree. I'm still waiting for a sequel. Although Mercenaries was kinda spiritual successorish.

Edited March 24, 200619 yr by Musopticon?

Freedom Fighters was not good.

At all.

 

It was awesome.

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I have no particular objections to awsome.

Interesting. I played all the previous titles in the series, but this does party combat loads better.

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Each character also has a unique skill tree and unlockable combo moves so the combat is much more involved.

 

Plus they all have background stories ala JE and you can chat to them when your resting in your base. They also make stuff for you , which is handy.

Each one also has a special puzzle ability (like a grapling hook) so playing a stage with a different partner will open up new routes.

 

The problem I had was I'd just played 3 and they changed the controls so I was pressing the wrong buttons :">

 

As soon as I'm done with Atellier Iris and Squadron Commander though I'm going right back to it

One thing: Does the game have any nods to the previous games? Any recurring characters or other things?

One thing: Does the game have any nods to the previous games? Any recurring characters or other things?

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It has references to them. The story follows on from the "secret" ending of part 3.

 

Comes on two DvD's so I'd guess it's pretty big too.

What platform is this for?

This game is not for you Gabrielle...

I'll tell you if it sucks or not after E3.

This game is not for you Gabrielle...

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Console in other words?

OMG playable at E3! See you there!

Console in other words?

 

Exactly

Edited March 24, 200619 yr by karka