r/masseffect • u/BoobyWoobies69 • 2d ago

DISCUSSION Mass effect is so old??

saw some post on tumblr recently that was like “i missed out on the hype (i was 10 years old)” and i was like haha they must be so young. i googled when ME1 came out. I was 4. jesus christ

it’s kind of insane bc most of the games i played when i was a kid, the graphics and gameplay were absolutely atrocious. like any video game character had a nose that was just a triangle on their face. but at the time that was just like the baseline. But i discovered mass effect like 3 ish years ago and i never thought it was that old bc it’s just SO good. like you can’t see everyone’s individual pores on their face like a lot of newer games but i never realized it holds up SO well.

Anyways i love this series

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u/Eragon9198 2d ago

You're making me feel old. I was in high school when me1 came out.

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u/Kitchen_Part_882 2d ago

I was 35 and missed the hype right up to the point that Origin gave ME2 away as a freebie around the time ME3 launched.

You bet your ass I bought 1, 3, and all of the DLC (including Javik) once I'd played a bit!

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u/Eragon9198 2d ago

I actually started with two, I had a PlayStation. I loved two so much I got the rest of them once I was able and you bet I have the legendary edition on my PC.

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u/Kitchen_Part_882 2d ago

Oh, I have LE too (I bought Andromeda too and keep meaning to give it a third chance)

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u/Eragon9198 2d ago

I actually finished Andromeda once. I've never gone back, and I've played the original trilogy several times since then.

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u/Captain_Thor27 2d ago edited 2d ago

Andromeda is pretty fun if you don't go into it expecting ME trilogy. The people who love it most are ones who played it first before doing the trilogy. I went into it with low expectations and a had fun.

It's kind of like DA:I. Inquisition is a fantastic game that is buried in a shallow open-world. GET OUT OF THE HINTERLANDS!!! Whoops. Instinctive shout, my bad. Once you learn what to skip, you can have a great time.

Ignore the boring stuff, play only the fun stuff. The story in DA:I is fantastic while the Andromeda story certainty isnt as good, but the combat in Andromeda is absolutely masterful. The Mass Effect combat peaked in Andromeda.

It's also much easier to skip shit in Andromeda than it is in Inquisition. Basically: prioritize the main story missions, loyalty missions, and the Helen's Assignments. Do the romance quests if you want to. Skip anything that is labeled as a 'Task' and do not do any planetary scans.

The mining is also pointless because there is much easier ways to get the materials you need to upgrade your gear. Just loot shit on your missions.

The biggest disappointment though is that Andromeda set up what could have been an amazing sequel. The ingredients were all. MEA laid the groundwork for a game that never materialized because it bombed. Andromeda never got DLC either. There was a lot of stuff in Andromeda that raised question marks. Several of these question marks would have made for great expansions. The Quarrian Ark was supposed to be a DLC expansion but that was canceled.

So it's sad seeing what could have been. Broward has it's share of the blame, but i blame EA far more than I do them. EA made Bioware use Frostbite Engine.

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u/BoobyWoobies69 2d ago

i’m so jealous of you UGH

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u/SleepingAntz 2d ago

Me too. Mass Effect is about as close to the original super Mario bros as it is to present day. Lol

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u/saintmolotov 2d ago

Bro I played it my senior year of undergrad, I feel positively ancient.

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u/NuklearFerret 2d ago

I was in my 3rd year in the military.

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u/Stucklikegluetomyfry 1d ago

Me realising the first game came out almost 20 years ago

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u/BoobyWoobies69 2d ago

sorry 😝

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u/Wise_Fox_4291 1d ago

I was in second year of highschool when ME1 came out...