Outrider
Oct 26, 2008, 03:39 PM
...and I'm confused why they made so many arbitrary changes.
So I played through the initial training area (Only it was a planet called Eden Prime instead of a space ship) and then I got to go to the big city area where I meet all the important characters (only it was called the Citadel instead of Taris).
The characters all seem to be here, though. I had to save the female fighter love interest from certain death (although her name was Ashley instead of Bastila.) I have the gruff, pretty-boy soldier who doesn't like to talk about himself (renamed Kaiden instead of Carth). Just a little while ago, picked up the spunky technology expert (called Tali instead of Mission.) I can't forget the angry bounty hunter referred to by his last name (who is an alien called Wrex instead of a Mandalorian warrior named Ordo.) I'm a little confused as to why they got rid of Zaalbar, but they still have a big, strong alien party member named Garrus.
Everybody keeps using the force (called Mass powers in this) which I found a little odd, and I still don't have a lightsaber. Instead of becoming a Jedi, I was given the title of Specter by this council of three people (but not the same three person council that made me a Jedi in the original KOTOR). The story still revolves around me taking down a former hero, but instead of being a Jedi turned Sith he's a Specter who's on the loose.
Oh yeah, and for some reason they renamed the game Mass Effect.
In summary, I'm enjoying Mass Effect but boy oh boy does BioWare follow a template sometimes.
So I played through the initial training area (Only it was a planet called Eden Prime instead of a space ship) and then I got to go to the big city area where I meet all the important characters (only it was called the Citadel instead of Taris).
The characters all seem to be here, though. I had to save the female fighter love interest from certain death (although her name was Ashley instead of Bastila.) I have the gruff, pretty-boy soldier who doesn't like to talk about himself (renamed Kaiden instead of Carth). Just a little while ago, picked up the spunky technology expert (called Tali instead of Mission.) I can't forget the angry bounty hunter referred to by his last name (who is an alien called Wrex instead of a Mandalorian warrior named Ordo.) I'm a little confused as to why they got rid of Zaalbar, but they still have a big, strong alien party member named Garrus.
Everybody keeps using the force (called Mass powers in this) which I found a little odd, and I still don't have a lightsaber. Instead of becoming a Jedi, I was given the title of Specter by this council of three people (but not the same three person council that made me a Jedi in the original KOTOR). The story still revolves around me taking down a former hero, but instead of being a Jedi turned Sith he's a Specter who's on the loose.
Oh yeah, and for some reason they renamed the game Mass Effect.
In summary, I'm enjoying Mass Effect but boy oh boy does BioWare follow a template sometimes.