True_Avery Posted December 30, 2009 Share Posted December 30, 2009 Mass Effects probably has less than 100 legitimate mods, and most of them are just custom skins. The games engine is very unfriendly towards modding unless a full SDK is released or bought from Epic. I opened up Mass Effect again and got the latest patch and they have indeed fixed a great deal wrong. The graphics, at least, look a lot better than they used to with the inclusion of some new filtering options and they finally, FINALLY fixed the shadows that were really, really buggy in the initial release. So, upon this new patch I'd say pick up Mass Effect for the PC over the 360. It took awhile, but it finally looks and feels better than the 360 version and I never thought I'd say that. The game, being an unreal engine game, still has no AA options so it is a very choppy game on both systems but that can be sort of fixed with motion blur. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Avlectus Posted December 30, 2009 Share Posted December 30, 2009 My opinion of XBOX lately is that it's a piece of $%#^. Has a higher failure rate than other consoles. I'd much prefer playing 8-bit classics on a refurbished NES (which I can help you out with BTW--it's pretty easy actually) than on a 360. PC versions can be modded, plus your machine is only as reliable as you want it to be. Though I hear there are little negligable stuff on XBOX releases that get cut from PC so it's a bit of mix and match. I might go with a console platform if I didn't care to futz with anything, though. Certainly having a controller in your hands is a nice feel and this comes standard with a console whereas you need to buy (or make:rolleyes:) your own stuff for PC. BTW Isn't there an Afro Samurai game out there somewhere? Sam L. Jackson is the bomb. In the case of XBOX, I have to agree with mur'phon about responsivity of controls. Ironic, though, how laggy some computers are in their processors and memory--but that's an issue for another thread. Do what you think is right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prime Posted December 30, 2009 Author Share Posted December 30, 2009 Well, I ended up getting ME for the XBox. Lack of mods, my new huge TV, and the 19.99 price tag made it the starting point for me. I figure getting it for PC later if I really want to won't be much of an investment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
True_Avery Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 Well, I ended up getting ME for the XBox. Lack of mods, my new huge TV, and the 19.99 price tag made it the starting point for me. I figure getting it for PC later if I really want to won't be much of an investment. Probably a good idea. The DLC is cheap, and I'm guessing the cross save-game system will work better on the 360 anyway. 8 hours into the PC version and I am still noticing a pretty inexcusable amount of glitches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prime Posted December 31, 2009 Author Share Posted December 31, 2009 Now I just have to try and cram it in before ME2 comes out. It has been a long time since I have played a new game along with everyone else! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynk Former Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 Or you could do what I did with Assassin's Creed and Assassin's Creed II and play the two games back to back in a marathon run of awesomeness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 I didn't read the whole thread so forgive me if someone already said this, but for Mass Effect, get it for whichever platform you want to play ME2 on because of the ability to bring over your save game. I know that sounds silly but I imagine that the PC version's quality will be up to par since I believe BioWare is handling it themselves and it's being released as the same time as the 360 version. I definitely prefer keyboard and mouse for that game and didn't have a lot of problems aside from the odd crash (which seems to happen on a lot of PC games for my computer), graphics options etc seemed fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mav Posted January 1, 2010 Share Posted January 1, 2010 I didn't read the whole thread so forgive me if someone already said this, but for Mass Effect, get it for whichever platform you want to play ME2 on because of the ability to bring over your save game.Covered it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prime Posted January 2, 2010 Author Share Posted January 2, 2010 Or you could do what I did with Assassin's Creed and Assassin's Creed II and play the two games back to back in a marathon run of awesomeness.That's kind of what I'm aiming for but we'll see how long that takes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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