(Update) Mass Effect officially announced for PC’s |
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BY Rain Anderson February 12th, 2008 |
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Well, so much for that 360 exclusivity thing. Yup, EA and BioWare have just officially announced that Mass Effect will be seeing daylight on PC’s everywhere soon enough. And by soon enough I mean in just three months - in May 2008 (no exact date yet). Meaning the Xbox 360 exclusivity lasted for about six months.
Mass Effect for the PC will be optimized for the platform and will feature just what you’d expect from any good PC game these days - high resolution visuals and fully customizable controls. You can re-map the control scheme any way you want and also assign biotic powers or skills to ‘hot keys’, allowing you to use them on the run and focus more on the action. The inventory screen has also been enhanced - it is now easier to equip and modify weapons and armor. And there’s a new decryption mini-game to play around with as well.
The devs are also working on how to incorporate the recently announced Xbox 360 DLC content into the PC version, although no promises have been made. Story wise, the PC version will be the same great story 360 owners have already enjoyed.
Now that the PC version is out of the way, anyone care to take a guess how long until the next “Mass Effect for PS3″ rumor emerges ?
Update: BioWare has released the first screenshots from the PC version. Check them out in our Mass Effect gallery (the first eight).
[See also: Mass Effect gallery]
February 14th, 2008
at 1:29 am
This would have made more money if it had been dual platform at release. its been my experience that most people with high end PC’s also have a 360 and some a ps3. Sadly, mass effect has little replay value due to the short core story. all the side quests and extra stuff is all good and well your first time through the game but can be very tedious your second time through.
as an owner of the 360 version i probably wont be buying the pc release. i wish i had waited, though. i was extremely happy i waited for Jade Empire to be released on PC because the similar changes (hot bar, custom controls, higher res, ect) where well worth it. This will be the first BioWare game i will acquire through…. unsavory means as BioWare’s exceptional quality games are always worth the purchase. which cant be said for most companies in the market these days.
February 14th, 2008
at 6:05 am
“Sadly, mass effect has little replay value due to the short core story. all the side quests and extra stuff is all good and well your first time through the game but can be very tedious your second time through.”
I disagree. The brilliance of ME is the dialog system and all the different lines of text everyone has. I’m on my third playthrough now, and not bored at all. Sure, the overall end result is the same but the road you take is different. But of course I’m not going through the planet sidequests now, those offer nothing new.
February 14th, 2008
at 5:12 pm
i was surprised at how many dialog choices yield the same response. that was a little disappointing.