Commenting to MTV's Multiplayer blog, the Bioware doctors spoke briefly about the side-quests in Mass Effect (which we can all agree were repetitive and far too similar). There are a few comments made about the "reasoning" behind the Mass Effect sidequest choices, but a clever reader can tell it really came down to time. Which is mentioned as being spent mostly on tech and engineering in the first game, and the team's subsequent freedom to spend that time on "making things a little bit richer." Hopefully it'll be more than just a little bit, but as the recent DLC revealed it seems that Bioware has shifted their internal bar for sidequest quality. As long as the doctors make good on their mentioned plans to make the difference in quality between Mass Effect and Mass Effect 2 similar to the difference between Baldur's Gate and Baldur's Gate 2, then we don't have anything to worry about with this trilogy.
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3-11-2008 @ 11:36PM
jefffff said...
Is that the real cover art for Mass effect deux?
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3-11-2008 @ 11:43PM
mingonwah said...
Ahhh Mass Effect. I just started it today. And someone says video games are not an art form. Play Mass Effect my friend. However i've seen (spoiler free) up to seven glaring similarities to Stargate Atlantis in this game. Still though... I've never had such fun just talking in a game.
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3-12-2008 @ 12:04AM
PerfectStrategy said...
That is obviously photoshopped.
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3-12-2008 @ 12:08AM
PSN: KillaKornbread (the shirt is a lie!) said...
so is this going multiplat or wat? i wouldnt mind giving it a go if it came to PS3. i dont recall if EA made any announcements regarding the exclusivity of the franchise since acquiring Bioware but im sure Microsoft would pay pretty handsomely to keep it off PS3. damn you Microsoft and your fat wallet!
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3-12-2008 @ 12:32AM
PerfectStrategy said...
Well if it isn't the elusive playstation lurker.
Yea I know, you absolutely refuse to buy a 360 so you can't experience the greatness that is Mass Effect unless it goes to PS3.
Well sorry but you aren't getting your grubby fanboy mitts on it ever, unless you break out of the fanboy mold and buy a 360 (and henceforth becoming a decent, respectable human being).
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3-12-2008 @ 12:41AM
Terrence Stasse said...
But the real question is, is it a GOOD photoshop?
And I mean besides the fact that that character art is years old now.
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3-12-2008 @ 12:43AM
Darko said...
Damn you PerfectStrategy, you beat me to it...
Come on now, we all know the best console is the PSWii60
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3-12-2008 @ 12:47AM
BluesmanTLU said...
Baldur's Gate II is the best game ever made.
That is all.
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3-12-2008 @ 12:49AM
Tony said...
I don't know, I think the PS3 question is a valid one at this point. It's really not clear what will be happening with that... the guy was hardly rude about it.
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3-12-2008 @ 12:58AM
Anticrawl said...
What I want out of Mass Effect II is the ability to visit Earth and explore some more civilized cities/planets. Check out some homeworlds.
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3-12-2008 @ 1:13AM
david said...
u know that EA is not a studio that does exclusive titles it is more than likely its on other platforms AKA ps3
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3-12-2008 @ 1:33AM
colin said...
the boxart needs more yoda!!!
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3-12-2008 @ 1:34AM
colin said...
the boxart needs more yoda!!!
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3-12-2008 @ 1:37AM
killploki said...
mass effect is amazing, i have played through it twice, but the side quests do start to repeat.
it actually reminds me of how the forge system works in halo 3, there are only a few different layouts of maps with a bunch of different crates and boxes tossed in to change the layout.
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3-12-2008 @ 2:10AM
CB said...
I have a feeling the next game will be great, as long as EA doesn't have any interference.
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3-12-2008 @ 2:47AM
Ghostbuddy said...
Mass Effect was published by Microsoft. Microsoft stressed the series was going to have 3 iterations exclusively on the 360. Long before the first game was even released. If they were that confident, it was probably because they owned the publishing rights.
When the PC version of ME was announced, it was noted EA and Microsoft had come to an agreement on the franshise. If Microsoft had enough influence over the franshise, that EA had to come to an agreement with them. Obviously they have enough control to make sure the series never sees the light of day on the ps3.
Further more, even if Microsoft only had publishing rights for the first game, you still wouldn't see the second game on the ps3. Bioware stated the sequels would utilize the same save as the previous games. So you can continue the game with your character. So choices made in the first game affect the second. A Ps3 port of the second game would either be incomplete, or EA would force Bioware to change the game drastically. And Ea doesn't roll like that anymore...(thank god).
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3-12-2008 @ 3:23AM
Deck said...
Oh Mass Effect, how I love thee.
The sidequests do need some work but from the first glimpse of DLC I think they are on the right track.
Though the one thing I hope for ME II is another world that is interactive like the Citadel. Doesn't have to be nearly as big per say, but maybe another world along the Citadel that you may go back and forth between a lot for missions.
It should be great! Fix the side quests, do some touches here and there, develop the story more and voila! Maybe not quite but... I can't wait!
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3-12-2008 @ 6:21AM
mat parker said...
EA has and will publish games on PC,360 C&C 3 anyone?
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3-12-2008 @ 6:52AM
Boff said...
Awesome game. The side quests were the only thing that let it down for me. After the initial first dozen or so they got a tad boring, but as for the main story - can't fault it!
More Cerberus side-quests in MEII please!
And whoever did the box art, Shephard-Garrus-Wrex combo FTW!!
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3-12-2008 @ 7:02AM
Terrence Stasse said...
I did the photoshopping on that one.
http://i30.tinypic.com/n2c320.jpg
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