- Joined
- May 3, 2003
- Location
- Cleveland, GA
A complaint about Mass Effect (Spoiler Alert!)
Seems most of the 'boss' and story line battles are introduced through cut scenes, however, you are not allowed to quicksave during battles or given any opportunity to save the game, so if and when you die you get to sit through the cutscenes over and over. It might make me put it down. I'm at a point now where I've rescued the daughter and get about 1 min + of cutscene as the elevator rises with 1 non-sequential dialog thread. Once the elevator reaches the top there's another dialog branch where a group of thugs advance and start in whooping your butt regardless of dialog choice. You are never even given the opportunity to survey the scene, check for cover or anything. The battle starts and you're not allowed to quick save or save game. You will die. You get to start over back at the bottom of the elevator. There's no jump cutscene 'hot' key I've found, and I've tried every key on my keyboard.
it' s a rainy Sunday in north Georgia and I have the whole afternoon to play my new game. But I'm putting the damn game up for now 'cause I'm through watching 2 minutes of cutscene for 7-8 seconds of game play. screw it. I finally beat them to all but one character, and he rallied and killed me. This is poor. It ought at least auto save after all the cutscenes and plot line development. Once you've seen it once. I don't need to see it over and over again. If you can auto save before the movies, why can't you save after the movies? Come on guys, you can do better then this.
Seems most of the 'boss' and story line battles are introduced through cut scenes, however, you are not allowed to quicksave during battles or given any opportunity to save the game, so if and when you die you get to sit through the cutscenes over and over. It might make me put it down. I'm at a point now where I've rescued the daughter and get about 1 min + of cutscene as the elevator rises with 1 non-sequential dialog thread. Once the elevator reaches the top there's another dialog branch where a group of thugs advance and start in whooping your butt regardless of dialog choice. You are never even given the opportunity to survey the scene, check for cover or anything. The battle starts and you're not allowed to quick save or save game. You will die. You get to start over back at the bottom of the elevator. There's no jump cutscene 'hot' key I've found, and I've tried every key on my keyboard.
it' s a rainy Sunday in north Georgia and I have the whole afternoon to play my new game. But I'm putting the damn game up for now 'cause I'm through watching 2 minutes of cutscene for 7-8 seconds of game play. screw it. I finally beat them to all but one character, and he rallied and killed me. This is poor. It ought at least auto save after all the cutscenes and plot line development. Once you've seen it once. I don't need to see it over and over again. If you can auto save before the movies, why can't you save after the movies? Come on guys, you can do better then this.
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