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I bought Mass Effect due to my friends constantly telling me to play, even though I hate the XBOX controller SO MUCH, they said it'd be best to start off at game 1.

I've made it a little ways in, to the part where you go to the Citadel? Does it get better after this? This game just seems so tedious to me. :s I can't get into the characters, the only character I liked so far died(that alien dude). I am NOT a multiplayer sort of gamer, so if that the only draw to this series? Because I won't even be doing that at all...

Well I'm not a gamer (I'm not even sure what you mean by multiplayer), not in the fandom at all, and I played on a PC. I thought each game improved massively on the previous one, and I really enjoyed the world building. I've recommended it to people based on that.

By multiplayer I mean the "fight with your friends against other teams of real players or points."

I'm not sure how ME does it but I imagine it uses game maps that are repurposed as solely for killing other people.

Oh in that case I think multiplayer was just kind of tacked on to ME3 tbh, it's not what people would be thinking of when they recommended it to you. It's much more of an epic space opera with some stupid game mechanics attached to it than a Multiplayer combat game.

The multiplayer is co-op, you don't go up against other players, just waves of enemies. Think of Gears of War's horde mode. Sounds boring to some people I guess, but there's so many varied character kits that its easy to mix things up, and they're not just based on Shepard's class choices and his/her squadmates. It's fun, but it's starting to wane a little because the MP is no longer being supported actively and less people play nowadays. But I've had a blast on it and my N7 rating is kind of embarrassing.

The Citadel is like...1/20th into the game. It is a chore to do, believe me.

However, if you're really not interested in talking to people, listening to characters, meeting aliens, learning about the galaxy...yeah, Mass Effect 1 is especially not for you. Mass Effect 2 and 3 get heavier on the action, but Mass Effect 1 has pretty clunky combat and lots and lots of walking around and talking.

I love the series dearly, and it's quite possibly the series with the most potential for emotional investment I can think of in video games.

The multiplayer doesn't come until ME3, and I was surprised to find I really liked it. It's completely unnecessary to the single-player experience, and the main draw is the single-player.

But why didn't you buy it for the PC?

Edited 2013-04-04 01:47 (UTC)

I only have a laptop, which, while technically has the capabilities to play ME, there is something wrong with it and any time I play a game, even a small graphic usage one, my computer overheats and shuts off. :c

1/20th? Damn! But I actually do really like going around, talking and whatnot. I'm a Final Fantasy aficionado, after all. ahaha It's just the combat which was, as you say, clunky and just horrible. I couldn't get a grip on it.

Trust me, you'll see a massive improvement when it comes to ME2 (and even better in ME3). I suggest just setting it as low as you can to get through it.

I think you'll like ME, then. ME is really powerful in how it can foster strong emotions for your companions--don't worry if it's hard to feel that way in ME1. It's kind of dated in that sense, but the series gets progressively better. Each entry has its own pros and cons. But the beginning of the game dragging and dragging is a definite con from ME1.

If you do end up finishing it, post again in F!S about your feelings! I'd love to hear what you have to say. And try and stay away from spoilers.

it gets better, imo. a few years ago i tried out me1 on the xbox and after i drove the mako off a cliff i quit for awhile. i think it's a lot better on the pc but it's worth suffering through the citadel and stuff, i think. admittedly i though the map was shit and the citadel was big and confusing for me. i had no idea how to navigate myself in me1 when i first tried it out, but it gets a little easier.

Wait till you get to the parts with the Mako! I almost strangled someone trying to navigate that thing, it's like driving a watermelon, it just rolls in whatever direction it likes.

I'm kind of in a similar position, though further along with ME1, and I've been taking long breaks between sessions because it's not really holding my attention. But the game did pick up for me once I left the Citadel and got to explore planets (aside from the fuckery with the Mako), acquire fresh missions, and get a better sense of what I was doing. The more serious battle sequences helped me start to get attached to my personal Femshep, and being able to drop the default squad of Kaidan and Ashley for the likes of Wrex, Garrus, and Tali (all of whom you can recruit at the Citadel) was great, too. So, IMO, try to give it until your options in characters, setting, and combat have expanded from the entry level before you give up completely.

As someone who's played the series like.... three times, the Citadel part drags the most. After you leave and do actual missions (there's the main ones of course, but I like a lot of side missions too), it gets better. The characters will get more interesting too, it's not like your squadmates say or do very much while you wander the Citadel. I'd say do a few missions after that before giving up.

For the rest of the series, ME2 and 3 play better. 1 is the best RPG once you get used to the tediousness of the menus, lol. But 2 is more character-driven and 3 has the best combat by far.

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