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Man I dunno if I want to get this game just seems like you play through it and thats it. Might wait for gamefly to have it in stock.
 
[quote name='io']May be the first time I've ever agreed with you ;). I find the CAG game completion time estimate thread to be particularly hilarious. I think I take, on average, twice the time a "normal" CAG takes. So maybe Mass Effect will be worth it to me as I ought to get a good 30-40 hours out of it.[/quote]

We have a game completion time thread?
 
[quote name='ThatDamnDave']We have a game completion time thread?[/quote]

haven't seen one, but sounds like a great idea
 
Achievents are up:
  1. Medal of Honor - Complete 1 Mass Effect Playthrough on any setting - 100G
  2. Medal of Heroism - Complete Feros - 25G
  3. Distinguished Service Medal - Complete Eden Prime - 25G
  4. Council Legion of Merit - Complete Virmire - 25G
  5. Honorarium of Corporate Service - Complete Noveria - 25G
  6. Long Service Medal - Complete 2 Mass Effect Playthroughs on any setting - 25G
  7. Distinguished Combat Medal - Complete 1 Mass Effect playthrough on the Hardcore difficulty setting. Do not change the setting. - 25G
  8. Medal of Valor - Complete 1 Mass Effect playthrough on the Insanity difficulty setting. Do not change the setting. - 50G
  9. Pistol Expert - Register 150 Pistol Kills - 10G
  10. Shotgun Expert - Register 150 Shotgun Kills - 15G
  11. Assault Rifle Expert - Register 150 Assault Rifle Kills - 15G
  12. Sniper Expert - Register 150 Sniper Rifle Kills - 15G
  13. Lift Mastery - Use biotic Lift 75 times - 15G
  14. Throw Mastery - Use biotic Throw 75 times - 15G
  15. Warp Mastery - Use biotic Warp 75 times - 15G
  16. Singularity Mastery - Use biotic Singularity 75 times - 15G
  17. Barrier Mastery - Use biotic Barrier 75 times - 15G
  18. Stasis Mastery - Use biotic Stasis 75 times - 15G
  19. Damping Specialist - Use Damping Field 75 times - 15G
  20. AI Hacking Specialist - Use AI Hacking 75 times - 15G
  21. Overlord Specialist - Use Shield Overload 75 times - 15G
  22. Sabotage Specialist - Use Sabotage 75 times - 15G
  23. First Aid Specialist - Use medi-gel 150 times - 15G
  24. Neural Shock Specialist - Use Neural Shock 75 times - 15G
  25. Scholar - Find all primary Alien: Council Races, Extinct Races and Non-Council Races codex entries - 25G
  26. Completionist - Complete the majority of the game - 25G
  27. Tactician - Complete playthrough with shield damage greater than health damage - 25G
  28. Medal of Exploration - Land on an uncharted world - 50G
  29. Rich - Exceed 1,000,000 Credits - 25G
  30. Dog of War - Register 150 organic enemy kills - 25G
  31. Geth Hunter - Register 250 Synthetic enemy kills - 25G
  32. Soldier Ally - Complete the majority of the game with the Alliance soldier squad member - 20G
  33. Sentinal Ally - Complete the majority of the game with the Alliance sentinel squad member - 20G
  34. Krogan Ally - Complete the majority of the game with the Krogan squad member - 20G
  35. Turian Ally - Complete the majority of the game with the turian squad member - 20G
  36. Quarian Ally - Complete the majority of the game with the querian squad member - 20G
  37. Asari Ally - Complete the majority of the game with the asari squad member - 20G
  38. Power Gamer - Reach 50th level with one character - 20G
  39. Extreme Power Gamer - Reach 60th level with one character - 50G
  40. Renegade - Accumulate 75% of total Renegade points - 15G
  41. Paragon - Accumulate 75% of total Paragon points - 15G
  42. Paramour - Complete any romance subplot - 10G
  43. Spectre Inductee - Become a Spectre - 15G
  44. Charismatic - Use Charm or Intimidate to resolve an impossible situation - 10G
  45. Search and Rescue - Locate Dr. T’Soni in the Artemis Tau cluster - 10G
http://www.daking240.com/2007/10/31/mass-effect-achievements/
 
wow... if the game is truly that long, it could take months to get 1000 on this with all of the "complete majority of game with..." Not to mention the complete game on insanity. Anyway, still planning on getting it.
 
[quote name='LinkinPrime']Achievents are up:
  1. Medal of Honor - Complete 1 Mass Effect Playthrough on any setting - 100G
  2. Medal of Heroism - Complete Feros - 25G
  3. Distinguished Service Medal - Complete Eden Prime - 25G
  4. Council Legion of Merit - Complete Virmire - 25G
  5. Honorarium of Corporate Service - Complete Noveria - 25G
  6. Long Service Medal - Complete 2 Mass Effect Playthroughs on any setting - 25G
  7. Distinguished Combat Medal - Complete 1 Mass Effect playthrough on the Hardcore difficulty setting. Do not change the setting. - 25G
  8. Medal of Valor - Complete 1 Mass Effect playthrough on the Insanity difficulty setting. Do not change the setting. - 50G
  9. Pistol Expert - Register 150 Pistol Kills - 10G
  10. Shotgun Expert - Register 150 Shotgun Kills - 15G
  11. Assault Rifle Expert - Register 150 Assault Rifle Kills - 15G
  12. Sniper Expert - Register 150 Sniper Rifle Kills - 15G
  13. Lift Mastery - Use biotic Lift 75 times - 15G
  14. Throw Mastery - Use biotic Throw 75 times - 15G
  15. Warp Mastery - Use biotic Warp 75 times - 15G
  16. Singularity Mastery - Use biotic Singularity 75 times - 15G
  17. Barrier Mastery - Use biotic Barrier 75 times - 15G
  18. Stasis Mastery - Use biotic Stasis 75 times - 15G
  19. Damping Specialist - Use Damping Field 75 times - 15G
  20. AI Hacking Specialist - Use AI Hacking 75 times - 15G
  21. Overlord Specialist - Use Shield Overload 75 times - 15G
  22. Sabotage Specialist - Use Sabotage 75 times - 15G
  23. First Aid Specialist - Use medi-gel 150 times - 15G
  24. Neural Shock Specialist - Use Neural Shock 75 times - 15G
  25. Scholar - Find all primary Alien: Council Races, Extinct Races and Non-Council Races codex entries - 25G
  26. Completionist - Complete the majority of the game - 25G
  27. Tactician - Complete playthrough with shield damage greater than health damage - 25G
  28. Medal of Exploration - Land on an uncharted world - 50G
  29. Rich - Exceed 1,000,000 Credits - 25G
  30. Dog of War - Register 150 organic enemy kills - 25G
  31. Geth Hunter - Register 250 Synthetic enemy kills - 25G
  32. Soldier Ally - Complete the majority of the game with the Alliance soldier squad member - 20G
  33. Sentinal Ally - Complete the majority of the game with the Alliance sentinel squad member - 20G
  34. Krogan Ally - Complete the majority of the game with the Krogan squad member - 20G
  35. Turian Ally - Complete the majority of the game with the turian squad member - 20G
  36. Quarian Ally - Complete the majority of the game with the querian squad member - 20G
  37. Asari Ally - Complete the majority of the game with the asari squad member - 20G
  38. Power Gamer - Reach 50th level with one character - 20G
  39. Extreme Power Gamer - Reach 60th level with one character - 50G
  40. Renegade - Accumulate 75% of total Renegade points - 15G
  41. Paragon - Accumulate 75% of total Paragon points - 15G
  42. Paramour - Complete any romance subplot - 10G
  43. Spectre Inductee - Become a Spectre - 15G
  44. Charismatic - Use Charm or Intimidate to resolve an impossible situation - 10G
  45. Search and Rescue - Locate Dr. T’Soni in the Artemis Tau cluster - 10G
http://www.daking240.com/2007/10/31/mass-effect-achievements/[/quote]
Had already planned to spend a ton of time on this. Good to know that there will be achivements dangled in front of me like a carrot should I need any motivation. :applause:
 
Anybody know if this game is going to be region locked? I bought a 360 in Japan while studying abroad, and it's run every game I've tried to play on it (with the exception of Fight Night, stupid EA), but--as much as I'm looking forward to this--I don't want to waste $60 on a game I can't play.
 
[quote name='IOnceWasLegend']Anybody know if this game is going to be region locked? I bought a 360 in Japan while studying abroad, and it's run every game I've tried to play on it (with the exception of Fight Night, stupid EA), but--as much as I'm looking forward to this--I don't want to waste $60 on a game I can't play.[/quote]

Your best bet (but it will take longer) most likely would be to order the Asian version from playasia.com. I would just double check though, it usually says in the product description on playasia.
 
[quote name='Damian']From that link:

In the US and Canada the Limited Collector's Edition is ONLY available through online orders. It will NOT be sold in stores.

What am I missing? You have the same opportunity to get the LE as Americans.[/quote]
They edited it since I first looked at it today.

Only retailers in the list so far up here is EB (no online store in Canada) and BB (not in their system) :\
 
[quote name='mrelusive']They edited it since I first looked at it today.

Only retailers in the list so far up here is EB (no online store in Canada) and BB (not in their system) :\[/QUOTE]
amazon?
 
I'm not really sure which class I will play as. I usually play as the basic class first (combat) but I might try one of the others since I loved using the force in both KOTORs.
 
[quote name='IOnceWasLegend']Anybody know if this game is going to be region locked? I bought a 360 in Japan while studying abroad, and it's run every game I've tried to play on it (with the exception of Fight Night, stupid EA), but--as much as I'm looking forward to this--I don't want to waste $60 on a game I can't play.[/quote]

Here is your answer:
http://www.play-asia.com/paOS-13-71-dw-49-en-15-mass+effect-70-1iiz.html


All Asian version 360 games will run on your console.
Too bad you didn't order earlier...the pre-order price was $40 until very recently.
 
Anyone else not have any audio on the "inside mass effect" section of the pre-order disc? Every other video plays fine with audio, and there's sound on all the menus, but that particular featurette is silent for me.
 
[quote name='garfep']Anyone else not have any audio on the "inside mass effect" section of the pre-order disc? Every other video plays fine with audio, and there's sound on all the menus, but that particular featurette is silent for me.[/quote]

Try quitting back to the dashboard and/or popping out and reinserting the disc and then try to play it again.
 
[quote name='garfep']Anyone else not have any audio on the "inside mass effect" section of the pre-order disc? Every other video plays fine with audio, and there's sound on all the menus, but that particular featurette is silent for me.[/quote]

I don't have the disc, but I have heard other people mention the same problem. Some were saying that it might have been a problem with the master disc.
 
[quote name='garfep']Anyone else not have any audio on the "inside mass effect" section of the pre-order disc? Every other video plays fine with audio, and there's sound on all the menus, but that particular featurette is silent for me.[/quote]
Audio on "Inside Mass Effect" works for me
 
[quote name='CheapyD']Here is your answer:
http://www.play-asia.com/paOS-13-71-dw-49-en-15-mass+effect-70-1iiz.html


All Asian version 360 games will run on your console.
Too bad you didn't order earlier...the pre-order price was $40 until very recently.[/quote]

Ah; sorry, didn't make myself clear...I appreciate the help on that, but I'm trying to find any info on whether a US version will run on my Japanese console. I returned to the US in August and kept my 360 (they would've only given something like $120 for everything, including two games), and so I've been playing American games on it. Nothing except sports games released by EA has given me a problem, but I really want to get ME launch day. Thanks for the help, though, CheapyD!
 
[quote name='LinkinPrime']I got the bonus disc yesterday at Best Buy with $5 deposit for pre-ordering the game. I mainly got it for the free gamerpics/themes. They're ok...just ok.[/quote]
I finally got mine today (first one got lost in the mail lol) and I agree about the gamerpics. Seems like they were really lazy. If my sig shows up you can see the red outline that each of the pics has. It's really annoying. The themes are decent enough.

[quote name='garfep']Anyone else not have any audio on the "inside mass effect" section of the pre-order disc? Every other video plays fine with audio, and there's sound on all the menus, but that particular featurette is silent for me.[/quote]
Mine has audio.
 
I was wondering what's the best place to order the LE. I read that GS/EB would definitely ship the LE to arrive on the 20th if I pay $10 s&h. I'm new to these forums, but I remember also reading that there's a "free shipping" code from amazon.com, but it may arrive later, and I heard that amazon messes up/delays orders a lot. That's not really a big deal to me, but, to be brief, my situation is as follows:

I'm a student living in NYC, and my "home" is long island. I'll be home for thanksgiving, but I want to be able to play Mass Effect at my apartment on the 20th. My concerns are: 1) If I order it to my apartment, it may not arrive on the 20th and I'll be away for a few days, and the package would be hanging around loose in the mailroom. 2) If I order it to my house, it's guarenteed I won't be able to start playing until after thanksgiving, and if it doesn't arrive thanksgiving weekend, it'll be a pain in the ass to have to come back to long island to get the game, but I know the package would be "safe at home" at least.

Right now I'm leaning towards ordering from amazon, and having the package shipped to my house. Should I be concerned about the order from amazon arriving on the 24th? Should I be worried about ordering from GS/EB and having it delivered by the 20th? (would they even deliver to an apartment?) What do you think makes the most sense? Thanks, please help a n00b.


*paragraphs fixed for inceased readability!
 
[quote name='splintercell']Try quitting back to the dashboard and/or popping out and reinserting the disc and then try to play it again.[/quote]

This is correct. I had the same problem and a reboot and reinsert of the disc fixed the problem.

And to Binturong, please break up your paragraphs so we can understand your post and answer your questions, thanks.
 
Binturong, I've ordered from GS/EB using the one day option before when I was living in an Apartment. Unless you've had problems in the past getting one day delivery there, I'd say its very reliable. I usually get my stuff that day as promised, but usually not until 4-5 in the afternoon.
 
[quote name='RelentlessRolento']what's with all this sex controversy with the game? Who cares! it's not like sex dosn't happen in space.[/QUOTE]

yeah and the aliens are asexual anyway so it's not even real lesbianism :(
 
Does anyone know if the pre-order disc that comes with the regular edition is the same disc that is included with the limited edition? GameStop states that by pre-ordering the regular edition, it comes with a bonus disc filled with bonus pics, trailers, etc.

But it lists the same description for the bonus disc that is included inside the limited edition. So by pre-ordering the limited edition, you get the bonus disc that comes inside the case, and the extra bonus disc that comes with the regular edition, essentially getting the same disc twice?

The reason I want to know is if it is the same disc, I'd rather order from Amazon. But if it is a different disc, I'll cough up the extra $6 and order from GS.

http://www.gamestop.com/product.asp?product_id=B200168A

http://www.gamestop.com/product.asp?product_id=B200404A
 
Well...looks like my other games have been put on the back burner for a while. Picked up Mass Effect this morning at K-Mart. This also makes it easier for me to hold off on Assasin's Creed as I was going to use that game as a hold over until Mass Effect came out the next week.
 
[quote name='Kendro']Does anyone know if the pre-order disc that comes with the regular edition is the same disc that is included with the limited edition? GameStop states that by pre-ordering the regular edition, it comes with a bonus disc filled with bonus pics, trailers, etc.

But it lists the same description for the bonus disc that is included inside the limited edition. So by pre-ordering the limited edition, you get the bonus disc that comes inside the case, and the extra bonus disc that comes with the regular edition, essentially getting the same disc twice?

The reason I want to know is if it is the same disc, I'd rather order from Amazon. But if it is a different disc, I'll cough up the extra $6 and order from GS.

http://www.gamestop.com/product.asp?product%5Fid=B200168A

http://www.gamestop.com/product.asp?product%5Fid=B200404A[/quote]

I remember reading somehwere that they are not the same disc. I don't know where I read it, just I remember it :D
 
[quote name='AdvOfJet']Well...looks like my other games have been put on the back burner for a while. Picked up Mass Effect this morning at K-Mart. This also makes it easier for me to hold off on Assasin's Creed as I was going to use that game as a hold over until Mass Effect came out the next week.[/quote]

I ordered from lions, so I will have to wait, but I will be the same way. Once Mass Effect gets to my door all other games are put on hold. I'm like half way through a bunch of games to, but I have been waiting for Mass Effect since I bought my 360 at launch.
 
Just finished the prologue and am loving the game so far. Can't decide though if I want to keep going with the coldier class or go back and take a look at the other classes before I get too far in.
 
[quote name='AdvOfJet']Just finished the prologue and am loving the game so far. Can't decide though if I want to keep going with the coldier class or go back and take a look at the other classes before I get too far in.[/quote]

IGN had a podcast about Mass Effect.

http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/833/833596p1.html

They said that you are able to change you class at some point in the game. Meaning if you wanted to later you could change from soldier to Adept, but they had not done it and did not know whether or not you stats will be changed.
 
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