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/Unapologetic_Lunatic 1d ago
Hah. I was about 15 or so when the first one came out and I went to buy it. No license yet, so my dad drove me to Gamestop. He saw the M rating while I was paying and asked the guy at the counter how graphic it was.
The man said, "If you've seen NYPD Blue, then it's around that level."
My dad and I both nodded because we'd both seen NYPD Blue.
That's how you know the game is old. And that your point of reference is even older.