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Can’t Wait for Mass Effect 2? Good, Because You Won’t Have to
Posted 08/25/09 at 05:09:24 AM by Nathan Grayson
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After launching to much fanfare on the Xbox 360, the original Mass Effect disengaged its warp drive and sort of just floated over the PC. Granted, we were given a nice, long laundry list of improvements for our troubles, but still, we’d rather have gotten our shiny new game when it was still shiny and new. Fortunately, though, Mass Effect 2’s PC edition is launching day-and-date with its Xbox counterpart, BioWare said in an interview with VG247.
“This time round, doing it at the same time for a [simultaneous-ship], we can control the differences much more smoothly because it’s the same team building it now,” said Mass Effect 2 associate producer Jesse Houston.
“We learned a lot from building the PC version before, and having built it six months later there was a big difference. So we actually took what we learned from PC and put it back into 360. Fundamentally, we want you to have the same gameplay experience, but just with the difference in controls.”
Both versions of Mass Effect 2 launch this spring. Which is a shame for Microsoft, really, because we would’ve bought 360 Xbox 360s if it meant being able to play this game. Oh well, we're sure they’ll catch us the next time we’re willing to spend $72,000 on a single game. Yep. No biggie.
What's the part about the
Submitted by jcollins on Tue, 08/25/2009 - 8:58am
What's the part about the $72,000 about?
it's a joke referingto
Submitted by nekollx on Tue, 08/25/2009 - 9:03am
it's a joke referingto them buying 360 X-Box 360s just for mass effect 2 if the PC port was 6 months late.
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I'm having a hard time
Submitted by samduhman on Tue, 08/25/2009 - 6:39am
I'm having a hard time keeping interest in ME1. I've started it twice already and quit shortly into it. The second time I fired up Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines and got hooked. Now thats a great game.
I do find this comment interesting, “We learned a lot from building the PC version before, and having built it six months later there was a big difference. So we actually took what we learned from PC and put it back into 360."
Console gamers (especially ex PC gamers) want PC gaming to die so badly they forget why the 360 is so popular..... because it's a baseline PC that Microsoft put together basically by robbing ideas from the PC platform along with the game devs and IPs. So exclusive 360 gamers, if it wasn't for PC gaming you wouldn't be idolizing that turd you have hooked to your tv right now.
Well, I have to agree with
Submitted by I Jedi on Tue, 08/25/2009 - 6:52am
Well, I have to agree with you about the Xbox, and other console systems, just being "turds". I like to refere to the console gaming systems as the "dumbman machine". In other words, if you can't figure out how to buy/build a decent gaming computer for playing PC, then you'll just have to settle for playing on the dumbman consoles.
Submitted by ElderJefferson on Tue, 08/25/2009 - 6:24am
Can't wait for its release. Of course, I still need to find out what's wrong with my retarded, "almost makes me want to run out and buy a DELL" gaming system that won't run properly.
But that's another story for another tread...
Submitted by I Jedi on Tue, 08/25/2009 - 6:53am
Please build your own system than pay double for almost all the same parts, as Dell, and others, will charge you hugely for the labor cost to build it.
Submitted by ElderJefferson on Tue, 08/25/2009 - 8:10am
Of course, it's just a major hassle getting your system fine tuned, that's all. Like my "determined to drive me to an early grave" system I have now.
Come, build with me!
Submitted by Havok on Tue, 08/25/2009 - 1:49pm
Sorry, but no! If you can play with LEGO orTinker Toys or the like, and install a program, you can build a PC. Buy the right parts, find any MaxPC Dream Machine Mag for detailed instructions, a cup of coffee or tea and get cracking! You can do it!
OMGWTFBBQ
Submitted by Vegan on Tue, 08/25/2009 - 6:19am
Not interested until they issue the patch for ME1 that they've been promising for what, a year? There's still embarrassing missing textures.
Submitted by kurvaak on Tue, 08/25/2009 - 6:35am
You mean the patch right here?
http://masseffect.bioware.com/me1/pc/updates/index.html
Submitted by I Jedi on Tue, 08/25/2009 - 6:54am
You just got served, Vegan.
Submitted by Vegan on Tue, 08/25/2009 - 11:50pm
Really? You're gonna bust my balls for not knowing about a patch on the day that it was released after it was something like 6 months overdue from when they announced it "coming soon"?
Submitted by Havok on Tue, 08/25/2009 - 1:50pm
Hmph, yeah, OWNED.
OMGWTFBBQ
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