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Mass Effect 1 is still my favourite sci-fi game of all time (infosec.pub)

submitted 4 days ago by cloudless@piefed.social to c/patientgamers@sh.itjust.works

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This game made me feel like the captain of a space ship. There was nothing like it at the time it was released, and even now I have not experienced any other game making me feel this way. I loved Fallout 3 too, but Mass Effect had something special. It was so well crafted, I listened to every dialogue of every NPC. The characters are so memorable with amazing voice acting. The Citadel is the best city in video games, felt really alive. Most sidequests add to the story instead of just padding the gameplay time.

After playing the game, I wondered how Star Wars (movies) sucked so badly, when a video game could create a much more interesting sci-fi world and story.

Unfortunately Bioware is no longer the same company.

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[–] A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world 10 points 4 days ago (3 children)

Driving the Mako (is that what it was called? God its been ages) was so damn fun for some reason.

[–] Hubi@feddit.org 18 points 3 days ago

[–] TwoBeeSan@lemmy.world 9 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

Yo fiddy hit that ramp

Doing jumps off those unreal 3 ass landscapes was more fun than it had any right to be

[–] A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago

I know right? Especially back then, there weren't a lot of games where you could drive around other worlds like that. I loved it, it felt like actual astronaut shit

[–] cloudless@piefed.social 7 points 4 days ago (3 children)

Yeah I keep hearing complaints about the Mako but I enjoyed it.

[–] FlexibleToast@lemmy.world 8 points 4 days ago

Yeah, a lot of people complained about it back then. So much complaining that they replaced it with the planet scanning in Mass Effect 2. A much worse mechanic. ME2 improved the gameplay in every other way. ME1 story with ME2 mechanics and menu system would be the best.

[–] A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago

I think my friends and I spent a good week getting super baked and just driving around on moons lol

[–] OpenPassageways@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 days ago

Andromeda was not well received but the Mako equivalent in that game was pretty good.