A Week of Gaming - 3-3-12

Mass Effect

I'm really glad I chose to go back to Mass Effect. It's proving really worthwhile so far. Just goes to show that I don't necessarily need to buy any new games right now. There's probably a whole lot of great games that I've yet to play. I certainly don't have a shortage of choice in my games library right now...

Like with most games of this kind, I've decided to play a good character. I tend to enjoy being a nice person as opposed to a nasty piece of work. That and I usually can't be a bad guy even if I wanted to be. I don't feel I'd have too much of a problem making 'renegade' choices in Mass Effect, although it's probably in my best interest to carry on down the 'paragon' route with this save (mainly because I'll use the same character in ME2 when I get it).

My only complaint is that the combat sections are a bit tedious in tight corridors. Open areas are usually fine, but when it comes smaller ones, I tend to die because I couldn't get a good shot on whoever's attacking me. It doesn't help that my AI teammates don't always move where I ask them to (but hey, maybe I'm being too harsh on a game that came out nearly 5 years ago).

Unlike my last attempt at Mass Effect, I've decided to play as a FemShep. Some of the female-specific dialogue is pretty cool. I'm glad Bioware took the time to include a feature like that. They could have just provided the same experience for both sexes, but they didn't (although I am aware of a later scene which was clearly overlooked).

I don't feel like I'm far enough to really comment on the story yet, so I'l hold off until next week.

Other gaming stuff

Not a great deal to be honest. I checked out a game called The Cursed Crusade yesterday, though. I was playing it on co-op with a friend of mine. Both of us agree that isn't the best of games (corny dialogue, graphics not entirely up to scratch), but it seemed alright. He only paid £13 for it, so it's not as if he's blown £40. We played through about three missions before we moved onto something else. Might post an update IF we ever get back to it, but I'm not sure that we will.

Next week: More Mass Effect and anything else I happen to pick up. Who knows, maybe even some SF x Tekken (no guarantees)...