Posted August 13, 2015
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Elmofongo
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From Puerto Rico
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Roxolani
1-Up
Registered: Mar 2014
From United States
Posted August 13, 2015
I admit I bought it because of the graphics and very positive reviews. :)
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Ki11s0n3
Silently Weeping
Registered: May 2011
From United States
Posted August 13, 2015
The graphics helped, but I mainly bought it because I heard it was an awesome Space RPG.
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DProject
Not Deus Ex
Registered: Dec 2009
From Finland
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Elmofongo
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From Puerto Rico
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Smannesman
4-bit classic
Registered: Oct 2010
From Netherlands
Posted August 13, 2015
I bought it because A) sci-fi RPGs are fairly rare, B) you had your own ship, C) it came from Bioware, D) reviews/buzz was positive and E) it was pretty.
And it's still pretty good looking to be honest, especially for an RPG.
And it's still pretty good looking to be honest, especially for an RPG.
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Engerek01
Disteryan
Registered: Oct 2013
From Turkey
Posted August 13, 2015
I bought it because they were on sale. All 3 of them.
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LiquidOxygen80
In the 36 Chmbrs
Registered: Sep 2010
From United States
Posted August 13, 2015
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Deus Ex can be played as a shooter, is it still an RPG? Is combat the only thing that makes of breaks an RPG? Because besides the combat, ME has pretty much the same structure of Kotor (or Jade Empire for that matter) and I don't think I've ever heard anyone arguing that Kotor is not an RPG.
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Tallima
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From United States
Posted August 13, 2015
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I agree with your OP. It was a huge step. Especially for an RPG which, before Bioware, were called Really Poor Graphics games. Bioware redefined it to Role-Playing Game. (I'll have some people here to correct me on that in a minute :-P. Figures of speech, people!)
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Elmofongo
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From Puerto Rico
Posted August 13, 2015
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I agree with your OP. It was a huge step. Especially for an RPG which, before Bioware, were called Really Poor Graphics games. Bioware redefined it to Role-Playing Game. (I'll have some people here to correct me on that in a minute :-P. Figures of speech, people!)
Mass Effect to me was the "True" Next Gen gaming experiance ever made back than in the late 2000s. We had a character creation driven RPG where your character can Talk with many different dialoge lines. The human characters look increadibly photrealistic and aliens look realistic, it had a movie like presentation, gameplay felt BIG I mean we explore whole planets on the ground.
It was the most "Next Gen" game I have ever played.
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Wolfehunter
Old School Gamer
Registered: Dec 2013
From Canada
Posted August 13, 2015
No I bought mass effect because It reminded me of Starflight 2. One of my fav games of all time.
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DProject
Not Deus Ex
Registered: Dec 2009
From Finland
Posted August 13, 2015
I did. And? Basically, all you're saying in it is that you were blown away by the graphics. I also read your title, and it seems to assume everyone else was too and that's the one and only reason why they would ever have bought that game. I, for one, bought it because reviews said it was a good RPG.
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Elmofongo
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Posted August 13, 2015
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Post edited August 13, 2015 by Elmofongo
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DProject
Not Deus Ex
Registered: Dec 2009
From Finland
Posted August 13, 2015
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