why take a shot at people who were expecting something more/different out of the game?
You could simply have said that you're enjoying the game, there's absolutely nothing wrong in that.
Everybody has different tastes, which is also a good thing, right?
Well, my head was swimming after adding 15 hours to my savegame in one day. I had stopped the first time at around 25 hours and yesterday I was immediately hooked again. I don't know why I quit the first time.
It was late, I had been drinking (good call, DArtagnan
) and couldn't understand the harsh responses the game received. I do understand, of course, but after filling my head with the (pretty detailed and consistent!) Mass Effect universe so much, I switched to fanboy mode apparently.
Maybe you just need to enjoy what you enjoy, and not over-analyze the whys and the hows?
You keep second-guessing yourself with games like this - almost as if you're ashamed of liking them.
Hahaha, I am ashamed of my braindead taste?
I think we covered this. I like adventure games in this way. You know, just walking around and talking to NPCs, not having to worry about silly little things like dying… Mass Effect has that in spades. Visiting Joker after a mission and hearing his commentary feels like visiting an old friend. Walking around The Citadel, I can always smell the atmosphere (more so in the first title). That's sort of kinda part of what makes an RPG great, too. Except the combat here is point and shoot. Oh, well.
I hope that in ME3, we will have more stat-based dialogue options. That would rock.
The thing that I have a problem with, is all the bullshit PR from Bioware claiming it's the "best game they ever did" and that it's still a deep cRPG with everything intact. We all know it's a mainstream version of what they used to do - and that's fine. I just despise the deception. Maybe it's delusion?
Yeah, I don't pay attention to that stuff so much. I would be lying to myself if I'd claim that this kind of PR does not affect me (they specifically target me to affect my opinion of the game), but I do not feel that my enjoyment is in any way altered because of it. The first thing I thought when I started the first Mass Effect was more: "Woah! Feels like a space opera! Awesome graphics! *cancels dinner appointment with mom*" and less: "I want a deep cRPG! I hope they implemented that promised feature properly." I go by what I see.
But oh well, I've had my little fun gushing. It was about time I worked on finishing this game, as Mass Effect 3 is almost around the corner. Now to decide if I'll go for the PC version and get MUCH better (SSD HD better) load times and graphics, but miss the feature of importing my Sheperd...