<![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC - Kotaku Comments]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC - Kotaku Comments]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> FINALLY! I was waiting for this because I knew it was going to happen sooner rather than later. Never expected it to be THIS soon.

GLaDOS

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> I don't know why everyone goes into a tizzy over a game being ported to the PC.

Every single time it happens the port ends up being inferior to the console version and requires more horsepower than the average gamer has at home.

Case in point: Gears of War.

Minimum system requirements:

* OS: Windows XP or Windows Vista
* Processor: Intel 2.4 GHz or AMD 2.0 GHz or higher
* HDD space: 12 GB
* Graphics card: NVIDIA GeForce 6600 or ATI X700 or higher
* Online multiplayer: Broadband Internet connection and Games for Windows LIVE Silver Membership (included)

How'd it do?
Xbox 360 average score (357 game rankings reviews) 93.8%
PC average score (70 game rankings reviews) 87.4%

Jordan Lund

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> @Muisee:

Look at you, talking about fanboys. You just gave a list of crappy xbox360 exclusives and said, "This list is better than all the ps3 / wii exclusives lololol GO 360!" What a hypocrite you are.

Mpalm.

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> Don't understand that many are blaming bioware for releasing a pc version. In my opinion the only true experience with ME is on 360 with your flat panel tv and your 5.1 Soundsystem. Ok, there are some enhancements to the pc version, but I am sure 360 owners will participate on some of the fixes, hopefully Elevator ;-) and Inventory (for deleting upgrades what is now awful). I don't think that the texture popups will be solved, I suppose it's to deep in the engine. Looking on the screenshots that are now available I don't see any major differences to the 360. For me the ability of hotkeys for your tech or bionic powers isn't as powerful as the wheel was in the 360 version.
Regards

IlluminatusV

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> a new decryption mini-game, and - the best bit - a new inventory screen GUI that makes it easier for players to swap out and upgrade their weapons and armor

A new decryption game and a new inventory screen?! Thank god. I was so tired of both already. Mass Effect modding here we come!

Dudemeister

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> While I won't be buying another copy of Mass Effect since I already own the 360 version, I'm glad these enhancements are on there way because they will obviously be in Mass Effect 2, which I will definitely buy.

PsycheDiver

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> There is no way my PC will run this. Sob.

No virtual orgasmic rape for me.

Evil Tortie's Mom

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> @logicaldefense:

No more then anyone reading this news. They seem to be taking this as a win for the PS3, which is fairly annoying.

Muisee

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> Full sex scene included.

Hylian

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> @Muisee:Well actually... PS3fanboys will rejoice as they can enjoy Xbox "killerapps" on their PC's. With better graphics and gameplay improvements. So IMO, it does effect them to an extent.

logicaldefense

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> Coolio.

Aethyr

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> Well this went pretty fanboyish fairly quickly. What has happened to Kotaku?

What system has the games the X360 has? Really? I buy consoles for the games, maybe some of you should do the same. Play nice and enjoy whatever system you own, if you really thought you had the better console you wouldn't talk about another.

All of these PS3 fanboys are amazing. This news does not effect you, get over yourself.

Muisee

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> This is a sign that EAs riding the money horse with ME, the whole point of ME was that the conslole gamers could enjoy a rich game that rivaled alot of PC games.
Now this is crap


Yahtzee

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> Meh, not really BIG news. Not a serious pc gamer myself, nor a 360 one, good exclusives on the 360 wind up a lot in the PC. I need to upgrade UwU

Hades

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> @Burguois: Hum, really don't know where you are getting at. I played KOTOR back in the day on my GF4 TI 4400 and later a few months when I upgraded on a 9800PRO with more AA and stuff than before. Not that much more visually tho.

Besides the technical aspect, this isn't too bad for a lazy port, is it :P

Candlejack

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> @adolfo-gomez: I'll put it this way. If I were an RPG whore and that's all I played, I STILL wouldn't have played every RPG available for the PS and PS2. There wouldn't have been enough time. Now if you're telling me that you've played every RPG that PS and PS2 has to offer (or even most of them)...more power to you. I find it possible but highly unlikely. Considering that games are still being made for the PS2 it makes it even more unlikely that you've played everything it has to offered in terms of RPG goodness.

The point is, feel free to indulge in your RPG whoredom but I choose to brag about FFXIII and Versus considering I have plenty to play and look forward to on my PS3 in the meantime. I'm having a blast with a lot of different titles and choose not to pigeon hole myself by playing only one genre.

sHa-

BaM

mO!

Striderhayasa - Phillyyakk on PSN and Live.

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> I'm so happy right now I can't even describe it.

Irafe

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> Sweet have it for the 360 but haven't played it yet. Might as well wait and see how the PC version pans out.

FtGF

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> @Candlejack: The only two games on that list that are critically acclaimed PC titles are Baldur's Gate and Neverwinter Nights, both of which are stunning.

KOTOR and Jade Empire are very, very lazy console ports. While both great games in their own right, if you don't have the very specific type of hardware that Bioware had in mind when they ported the game engine (much like the very specific hardware a console might have) the games will run like complete ass.

Note that my criticism was not on the games themselves but on the very hamfisted and lackluster ports they underwent. I hardly expect Mass Effect to be any different. I would love to be proven wrong but the track record is less than stellar.

Burguois, Teabagger of Olde

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> @Burguois: You best be kidding. I played KOTOR at the time not even knowing that it was on the Xbox and so did about 90% of my friends. We were amazed and stunned by that game and that emotion didn't fade away by today. Your statement seems to me like it's 100% coming from someone who's pissed off at this great game being ported.

Also, you are shittalking Bioware here. Jade Empire, KOTOR, Baldur's Gate & Neverwinter Nights are critically acclaimed PC titles that barely find competition in their genre, for some the latter two games are even the best ever made (those who remember it from back in the day....Baldur's Gate was the shit).

Candlejack

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> Yessssssssssssssssssssssss.

TychoCelchuuu

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> Thats great news! I waited for that since it was released. Now I have no reason to buy Xbox!
Only upgrade PC but it was in my schedule.

XidZen

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> i'll buy it and it if it had EA-itis i'll cry about it.

relax_guy

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> I really can't see this as being anything other than a huge disappointment. Bioware has a history of really badly-performing PC ports (I cannot run KOTOR or its ilk on my PC without it stuttering, despite having close to 4 times the recommended specs) and there has not been a single good Games for Windows Live release ever.

Things you can expect:

Not being able to use any of your save files if you cannot sign in to Live for whatever reason
Absolutely horrible menus (chances are around about 75% that you'll get a bunch of menus that still have the original xbox tooltips)
Texture pop-up (yes, even from an HD. This is more a problem with UE3 though)
Generally crappy performance

I'm a PC gamer by heart but I've long since given up any hope for these types of games. GFWL is merely a thinly veiled attempt to make PC gaming such a shitty experience that people will buy a console to get the ungimped versions of games.

Burguois, Teabagger of Olde

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> This was the best 2-days-too-late birthday gift, altho expected, I could get.

Now I do not have to buy RRoD, and just upgrade my PC to meet the recommended Mass Effect specs...

*Saves some money until May*

I must admit this was the game that almost got me to buy X-Box360. But now I'm all glad I only own a PS3 and a PC.

E-lai-e

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> @-Sigil-:

With the exception of NG2, no... no i don't like any of those games, unless i started liking below average to shitty games, i don't think i'd ever like them. Well.. halo 3 is just an average game, not below average.

Mpalm.

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> saw that one coming miles away

Ruisu

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> The reasons to get a 360 get less and less for me. All I need is Dead Rising on the PC or PS3

LittleBigPlaneteer

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> YAY!

That's all. Now if Dragon Age and another quality NWN2 expansion hits this year, it's a terrific year for PC RPG'ing.

Karlott

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> Is there anyone who didn't see this coming?

Gouki4u

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> Hooray! I was waiting for this, and had a feeling it was coming. I feel like PC should be the standard for this type of game, for some reason... it usually seems to work better...

Magwidgeon

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> I almost bought an X360 for Gears, then almost again for Mass Effect. So happy I didn't. Proof again PS3 and PC is the best combo for gaming.

jacksons98

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> Hmmm...I think I said something like this yesterday or the day before...I home you marked me words!

Cerif27

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> May have to pick this up for PC even though I have it on 360. Only if the graphics pop-ins are fixed and it comes to good reviews when thrown up against the 360 version.

CFStang

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> I knew it.

MHCJimQc

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> I soooo wasn't expecting this *rolls eyes*
My only must-have 360 game is now not a 360 game, so I am happy and all is good in the world. I can finally watch alien sex and not feel guilty!

TheJeanGenie

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> Balls, knew it, shoulda waited it out, now I'm stuck with you, dear Three-sixtah. I mean, your not the best house guest anyone could hope to have, your noisy, bitchy, whiny, almost always end up getting all hot and bothered when were together, over nothing sometimes, and have a habit of just taking off whenever you feel like it, and you never tell anyone when you'll be beck. The others things I've tolerated, but thats the last straw, you think you can just disappear for months at a time whenever you feel like it? GET OUT! It's over.

Yea, Bando went there. Oh lord should I have waited.

Bando

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> I'm happy for PC gamers. My laptop is no where near good enough to run a PC version well, so I do not regret my 360 investment. However, I will be upset if Bioware never ports Dragon Age to the 360.

Raw Wind

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> @Joeshie: Take it back. 14 days return policy. Don't fuck around if it was a waste in your scenario, cause that's big money you'd "lose".

Candlejack

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> I Don't regret getting a 360 for Mass Effect!

Gaia99

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> Wow, the number of reasons why I should get a 360 is dwindling down to just Halo 3 (which will probably end up PC exclusive just like the last two) and GTA IV (same only it goes back even further).

Its funny since I always believed that it'd come out for PC eventually (this is Bioware we are talking about). Each time there was an article about it being exclusive, it either meant that they really meant that or they are holding back just like with KOTOR.

Zharay

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> @Topcat: I'm not saying they won't (this has made me have less faith in MS) but they aren't on yet and he already has a 360 so he can either wait 7 months - 2 years or he can pick up a good game.

I can agree with what you say slightly but 360 even excluding the PC-360 exclusives has as many exclusives as the PS3. They've both sucked so far though in my opinion, 360 lets PC have too many and the PS3 is always waiting on the better games.

-Sigil-

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> What bad timing for me. I JUST bought a 360 last week simply to play Mass Effect cause I didn't want to wait for it to come to PC.

Goddamnit......

Joeshie

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> @-Sigil-: Actually, it is very likely Halo 3 and Fable 2 will show up on PC. Sorry.

I'm with the others on this one: a lot of what I'm looking forward to on the PS3 just isn't available anywhere else (MGS4, Gran Turismo, Sucker Punch's new game), whereas The Xbox 360 games that I really want to play are either on the PS3 as well, or will be ported to the PC with the kinks worked out a year later (Mass Effect's in dire need of some patching TLC, naturally suited to a PC version). There's just not a lot of value in that console anymore for someone who already has a kickass computer.

Topcat

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> This'll give me a reason to Dual Boot, though what I'd really like EA to do is wrap it in Cider for a simultaneous Mac Port.

Nomnisang

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> @JudgeNutmeg: Not likely for games ported from the 360 to appear as Mac-native, as the engines are built for Direct3D (the 360 has no OpenGL support).

Topcat

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> Microsoft Defence Force? :P

Candlejack

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> @Mpalm.: Do you not like Ninja gaiden 2, Lost odyssey, DOA 4,Kingdom under fire, Fable 2, Halo 3, Naruto or any of the exclusives not on the PC? Or is this just a knee jerk reaction to one title coming on the PC 6 months later with no real extras?

People are too quick to think everything is on the PC already when there's tons that aren't and more coming that won't go on it.

-Sigil-

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> @Jashin: Hey now lets be fair, they also get to play it on a smaller screen hunched over a desk.

-Sigil-

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> Sometimes i feel like there is no reason for me to have my 360 anymore... :(

Mpalm.

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> I love all you PC fascists who are like "OMG! I GET TO WAIT 6 MONTHS TO PLAY A GAME EVERYONE ELSE FINISHED LAST YEAR!"

If a game comes out for a system, then several months later comes out for another system. I still consider it exclusive.

Just because Sonic the Hedgehog can be played on Wii VC now, does that mean it was never exclusive to the Genesis?

God, pull your head out of your asses.

Jashin

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> @STRIDERHAYASA - PHILLYYAKK ON PSN AND LIVE

I have the 60 gig but I have played most of the RPGs on the PS2 (it is what I play most on console).

FFXIII and Versus have no release date for the US, I'm talking about games I can buy and play not games I can mention and brag about

I can buy and play a good RPG on my PC come May, That is something I can not say about my PS3 anytime soon.

I do not have a Wii so do not know if it sucks or not.

adolfo-gomez

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> @Dakobah: you trick me, i keel you.

rennyf77

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> Makes me laugh that three of the super-special 'features' are keyboard and mouse support.

Still looking forward to it though.

Rob0

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> As EA are all about the Mac love since the Intel switch, what are the odds of this appearing on Macs? KoTOR was a Mac game, although KoTOR 2 never got ported, as far as I'm aware.

JudgeNutmeg

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> @adolfo-gomez: yeah, but PS3 is getting two of THE RPGs to play. FF XIII and Versus. Can't get much more high caliber than that.

Wii is the bigger joke for RPGs..unless of course you want to count VC games or GC games then Wii has a decent selection of older RPGs. but then, by that same token, PS3 shits on everything under the Sun for RPGs if you have a 20GB or a 60GB. PS, and PS2 RPGs still will rock your face off so...shAbAMmo!

Striderhayasa - Phillyyakk on PSN and Live.

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> @Justice7541: Eternal Sonata, by Bandai Namco. Anyone with half a brain cell can tell you that Bandai does not make PC titles, it is not their strong suit. So, kiss that PC version of Eternal Sonata "goodbye".

NKato

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> Fuck, now I almost regret having bought it for the XBox. I hope to God / Allah / Cthulhu that they put in modding resources to let the game be modded to hell and back like Oblivion for the PC is. The very idea of Mass Effect being modded with mods like Oblivion makes me hard in the pants.

Toprem

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> Oh man am i gonna have to buy 5 new video cards to run this?

Shermi

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> To PC you say? Fuck yessssssss.

ohhello

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> This better run on XP...I still need to get the orange box, ive been playing COD4 on my macbookpro..damn im so behind on pc gaming these days..

smeee

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> @HUHWHAT

yeah I should have held off buying my PS3 and just stuck with my PS2 and PC for a bit longer

seems everyone gets RPGs but the PS3, this is starting to be a joke :-(

adolfo-gomez

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> Well I dislike that alot of 360 games are on the PC but I don't mind too much cos 6 months to a year later a PC that costs 2 or 3x the price of the 360 can have a game we'd have completed a year ago. I also get to play it on my bed with a bigger screen too so it's not really too bad but it is dissapointing.

-Sigil-

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> So long as this game isn't Vista exclusive I'll be picking this up. If it is, however, it may just make me convert to Vista. I just don't want to have to wipe my XP partition and re-Boot Camp it again as then I'll have to redownload my lovely Steam games that I can't live without. Now all the information I need to know are the system reqs. Hopefully they'll be on this side of Assassin's Creed...heh.

FeendRendor

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> Finally! It's been a while since I played Bioware's RPGs (last one was Jade Empire on the PC), so I'm getting a little eager to taste Bioware's latest offering. Plus, another eye-candy-filled game means my 8800 GT will be earning its value.

Most importantly, it'll help me hold out against temptations to get a 360 unit, seeing that a DS, a PS2, a PSP and a PC will do just fine for all my gaming needs.

huhwhat

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> @Detre: Halo 2. That is all.

Flawless101

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> YEY!!!!!!!!!! I played it this weekend on my friends 360 but did not get to finish it, it is so amazing! I can not wait!

just with the 3 days I had with the 360 there are lots of reasons to own a 360 so it takes nothing from it... specially if you do not have a gaming PC

great to see them sharing the game with the PC people

adolfo-gomez

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> Updates better come with the 360 DLC, or there will be INTERNET RAGE of massive amounts.

Demaar

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> My new video card, meet Mass Effect.

drywaller79

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> @Fyren: So comparing it to KOTOR which still resides in my head as an epic experience and the best SW game to date, ME falls a little short? What about the world you play in, is it lively or rather mechanic?

Candlejack

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> Hope you guys get it a bit more optimized; i.e. FPS. A good game, but I couldn't play it more then once, then again, I've already unlocked all codecs and then some.

If your expecting KOTRO length, be ready to be disappointed, and the "cut and paste" layout for ALL the sidequests can be a bit annoying. All the tunnels look the same, the rooms look the same. The main quest
line is beautiful but too damn short. Like 10 hour run if you ignore everything.

Is it worth 60 bucks?, definitely not. Is it worth 40 bucks?, definitely yes.

Oh and...sideboobs.

Fyren

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> We're in for another hyper-high-end game, and hopefully they'll give easily accessible and GOOD shortcuts to all the commands.

Phibius

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> YAY now i can stream it to my PS3, thnx guys X3

LordChris915

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> And this is why I have a PC, and a PS3 - seems like all the 360 "exclusives" end up on my PC anyhow. And seeing as my PC has been running 24/7 for years now, I can avoid the reliability problems.

It's like win-win and eating cake all together.

The_Inquisitor

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> Umm, to anyone that actually believed Bioware would release a console-exclusive game and neglect the PC, give me some of what you're taking.

topcatticus

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> Hooray! Now I don't have the buy a 360! It was getting really close with Naruto 360 (with the Japanese Language Tracks), Beautiful Katamari and Mass Effect. Saved by the bell.

Ytmnd Matt Neski !!!11

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> @rennyf77:

just download a PS3 emulater and you should be all set

ok that was bad.

Dakobah

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> @Strangelove: Yup, that's because the PS3 & 360 both don't exactly have GPUs that much more powerful than yours.

BTW, I'm on this: [www.abload.de] + AMD X2 4200+@2.7GHZ and Crysis runs on Very High DX9 (using the config workaround) @ average 30FPS, High @ average 40FPS.

Candlejack

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> Oh thank you there is a god!

^_^

Now here's hoping its not too crazy like Assassin's Creed...

Roguestriker

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> goodie, i probably will never have to buy another 360 again. i can run pretty much all of the really enticing console games on my five mighty pc's, with the exception of mgs4, maybe.

rennyf77

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> When it came down to what system to buy (sorry kiddies, I'm a one system per generation kind of guy) I looked at the track record of Microsoft exclusives being ported to PC and pretty much everything I really wanted to play has come down that pipeline (Fable, KOTOR I, II Jade Empire and now Mass Effect).

I think if I was a 360 owner I'd be pretty cheesed off that my exclusives aren't exactly exclusive.

But for me...WOOT!

Inhocmark

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> HOLY MOTHER.

This is the best news I got today. And this game will look stunning with my 8800GT. I might play it on my big screen HDTV with wireless equipment as well.

Candlejack

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> This is good news for those who haven't played it and have PC's, it's a fantastic game. Ignore the flaws (they're very few) and just enjoy yourself. Well worth investing in.

TearsandScreams

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> @homernoy:

Oh, yeah, I forgot Bioshock was UE3. It ran extremely well for me.

I've been putting off buying Mass Effect on 360 for the last couple of months, as I was still wading through the fall's crop of games and was retiscent because of the poor frame rate in combat. This changes everything, except the wait.

Strangelove

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> About time, I was actually contemplating getting a 360 for this.

Yakuzaice

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> And booyah, my year is made.

drifter13

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> as i said in all my posts about mass effect before... i will get this on pc :P
now a reality!

symphony_of_the_night

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> @charsuipau: Console gamers are generally for exclusives because it keeps the console they have purchased alive. Without that exclusive game that is geared to a particular gamer, why would that particular gamer even buy that console? Exclusives are there to sweeten the pot to get a console gamer to take the plunge. However, exclusives must work hand-in-hand with variety. It does not matter how many exclusives a system has if there isn't enough variety of games to justify the purchase.

Again, why did the Xbox and GameCube never reach the heights of the PS2? What was a major reason for the Dreamcast failing? Why did the N64 and Saturn never reach the levels of the PS1? Why was the SNES so popular and how did the Genesis compete so closely and why did the TG-16 not make a dent? Why did the NES save video gaming?

Tepoz

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> woo hoo! chalk another one up for the pc guys

arles.mauck

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> This is why I'll never need an Xbox. Every game that's ever sold well on Microsoft's platform will eventually come to the PC.

Lancehead

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> @homernoy: Yes it is* based on the Unreal Engine 3

homernoy

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> @Strangelove:
Yes it is. If it runs anything like Bioshock, it should be smooth as butter on a decent system at a realistic resolution. Can't wait really.


homernoy

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> Great! This is one of the two exclusive titles for the 360 that I've been wanting (the other being IdolM@ster). I guess I can have my cake and eat it too! :D I just hope it doesn't have killer requirements. I plan on getting a laptop this fall, so I hope I don't have to buy anything beyond $1500 to run it.

ShinjiKinomoto

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> Doesn't Mass Effect run on Unreal Engine 3? If so, it bodes well for both compatibility as performance. I have UT3 for PC and it runs like a dream at 1280x800 fully maxed on my two-and-a-half year old rig. (AMD 3700, 7800 GTX, 2 GB RAM, Xfi).

Strangelove

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> @Nightshift Nurse: Nursier and Shiftier: That was much better written than my response. So, yeah, what he said.

JustThisGuy

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> I gotta say I'm excited; I was disappointed when this came out Xbox exclusive. Now all I need is some serious hardware upgrades...

Spamwich

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> @charsuipau: I am against exclusives, but multiplatform is bad also. To make a game multiplatform, you may end removing features. Like having a smaller map, so it fit on a console with less memory. Exclusives as a marketing plot, is evil. Multiplatform for the sake of get as much money as posible, is a bad type of greed that may result on mediocre games. Theres good types of greediness: these that result on good games, but multiplatform greediness hurt it.

Tei

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> @ConfuciusMax: Mmm, i suppose with the BLINDING AMOUNTS OF GLARE you will need a good PC

hamandcheeseUK

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> Ah, sweet. Mass Effect was the only reason I ever pondered getting a 360 as it was the only 360 game that I felt was worth playing that wasn't also on PC. Patience pays off!

Koztah

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> awwwwww helllllll yaaaaaaaa.

Birth WILD

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> @Yin: A lot of my games wouldn't work on Chankast, so I gave it a pass. It was a great start, but the compatibility list was small, and after development stopped I lost interest in it altogether.

But! When I said recently, I was speaking of nullDC, which has been able to run nearly everything I've thrown at it perfectly. Give it a shot.

RE, xbox: I think no one is interested in an xbox emu. I can't think of any significant xbox exclusive that isn't available in some other form (other consoles, PC); I can't imagine there'd be too much interest from the emu community at large. But the Saturn, though--there's a lot of interest. A bunch of different teams over the year have taken a shot at it, but they all eventually drop like flies. I can't even begin to imagine the headaches caused by programming a Saturn emu.

JustThisGuy

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> @ConfuciusMax:
Crysis requirement:

CPU: Athlon 64 3000+/Intel 2.8ghz
Graphics: Nvidia 6600/X800GTO (SM 2.0)
RAM: 768Mb/1Gb on Windows Vista
HDD: 6GB
Internet: 256k+
Optical Drive: DVD
Software: DX9.0c with Windows XP

Geez, Crysis runs so much better with decent hardware than people believe. Of course these min specs are a pushing it, but come on.








homernoy

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> @deathless: Indeed every bioware game has come to PC eventually, but I've never seen an "exlusive" title get released on PC so fast, it's not even been 6 months, and they're anouncing it. And May is only 3 months away...

Other titles (for instance KotorII I believe) were never exlusive, but just delayed for PC.

Paganmoon

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> @Yin: The Sega Saturn is an incredibly complicated piece of hardware to emulate. I'm not sure of the exact technical specs, but I know for a fact it involved elves, wishing, and fairy dust.

The only explanation I can come up with for the Xbox is that since so many of hits heaviest hitters were either ported to or originally on the PC, no one saw the pont in devoting any serious time or energy to its emulation.

Nightshift Nurse: Mile High Colonic

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> And the requirements for this game will be greater then crysis

ConfuciusMax

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> @JustThisGuy: Recently? Chankast has been awesome for ages. At least I could play through Jet Set Radio perfectly. Maybe the more taxing games didn't work as well. But Ikaruga and Project Justice worked pretty well too.

But Saturn and the original X-box seems hard. Or maybe nobody is interested in working on them :/

Yin

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> I've only got the 360 version, and I may not have a good enough pc when this comes out, but everyone who does have a good pc should be really happy. To be honest, I would get the PC version in a heartbeat. The 360 version managed to have the worst inventory system ever (I'm actually curious to see if there is a worse one), and was a tremendous technological failure, proving once again that the Unreal 3 is shit. But man, imagine how fast those elevators are going to go.

gamadaya

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> Thank you EA and Kotaku, you have completely made my week!

Estel

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> i will buy this day one.
hi-rez side of boobie yes.
i will suck bioware's collective cock.
they made me a beliver.




Sullyville

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> Yes! I knew it was worth the wait.

Hylian

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> So.. are people against or for exclusives?

I don't get it, is it just Fanboys love exclusives so they can crow about how the console the exclusive game is going to is the best.

Lets see.

Main advantage of exclusives I can think of is THEORETICALLY more effort is put into it, so theoretically you get a better quality game, IRRELEVANT of what console that 'exclusive' game went to.

Disadvantage? forces gamers to buy a platform just to play that game if they are that desperate to play that game, even if they don't really want to buy that platform anyway.

Advantage of Multi Platform games? more choice to gamers, not forced to pick a platform to play the game they want to.

Disadvantage of Multi Platforms, supposedly quality tends to be poorer between different versions, because of factors like, difference in development tools and approaches when making the game, so cheaper to build one version first then create 'emulation' layers to work on other platforms as opposed to starting from scratch with optimised code.

Heres the thing though, should us as gamers be DEMANDING better quality MULTI PLATFORM games, i.e. trying to convince devs its in their interest to ensure code optimisation and rewrites for each platform its going to, or should we be demanding games be Exclusives, when it really just benefits a console/platform manufacturer by limiting gamers choices...

I'm a gamer with the opinion Multi Platform games, should be the norm, but devs should put more effort into optimising code for different platforms, as opposed to an exclusive game which ISN'T guaranteed anyway to be of the best quality, but forces me as a gamer to buy a platform I have no interest in, if I want to play it.

E.g. I have an Xbox360 Elite which I literally bought just to play Dead Rising a few months ago, its still the ONLY game I have for it, because I'm crazy about zombie/horror in any medium.

Waited ages in the hope they would bring it to the PC, but they didn't the @%^$ers... so I ended up buying a 360.

charsuipau

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> @Nightshift Nurse: Nursier and Shiftier: Man, 6 to 8 years sounds right even on the PC side of things. We just recently got a decent Dreamcast emu and there still isn't a strong Saturn emu. Guess that shit really was complicated.

JustThisGuy

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> Awesome! I can actually enjoy the combat system in the game with a mouse for targeting instead of the dual analog stick nonsense.

Of course this means i won't be downloading any content from Xbox live for this game.

angry_gamer

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> heh, it's kind of funny, I always told myself that I wouldn't need to buy a 360 given the fact that I have a decent PC on my hands... and low and behold, ME makes its way over after less then a year of waiting... guess i'll put off buying a 360 now or ever... halo 3 isn't enough to warrent a purchase compared to what i can get on my PS3 or Wii.

iyatos

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> Haha yes. I was going to get a 360 for Rockband and Mass Effect as well has HD-DVD player. Now Rockband is coming to the Wii, Mass Efffect to PC and HD-DVD is going the way of the Betamax, I no longer have any desire for a 360. I might actually consider getting a PS3 now, if only for a blu-ray player, god i feel so dirty.

Cronofan

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> @Dakobah: Most new games on the PC support the 360 controller. Take yours and hook it up to your PC. Should work without issue.

homernoy

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> Really, no one is surprised, right? All Bioware games eventually end up on a PC.

RE, requirements: probably won't have Assassin's Creed-like specs. I trust Bioware enough to optimize the code and not slap together a quick port. The game was probably somewhat optimized for PCs from the get go, anyway.

RE, exclusivity: does console exclusivity necessarily exclude PC ports? I thought a bunch of console exclusives got concurrent or near concurrent PC ports. Weren't all the old RE games released this way (excluding 4 and CV)?

JustThisGuy

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> who honestly didnt see this coming?

bigman88zz

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> @Nightshift Nurse: Nursier and Shiftier: Yeah, It's not really a serious option... Just saying you can often eventually play Sony and Nintendo on PC.

Oh, and KOF 2003 was on the PC version of MAME ages ago. At least earlier then two years ago, I'm pretty sure. And I think XI is running at playable speed on the PS2 emu. Haven't tested as I can just play it on the real PS2 ^^

Yin

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> So. Psyched. I knew this would come to PC eventually. Now I can use my new Quad-core for something other than WoW! :D

ach77

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> Good news everyone! That's why I love the 360! I don't need it!

BornToFlail

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> WOoooO! Now I can get a new video card and wait...a new PC! Who needs an Xbox...

SigmundTheSeaMonster

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> mass effect may be different but i hate playing games on my PC now. the only games i would play are RTS's but i love the controller to play most of my games.

Dakobah

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> This news is good. I'll definitely be picking this up.

chantron

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> Hope is any good.

I loved to hate Jade Empire for his console-ish horrible feel. Or maybe whas a bad game with console-interface, I don't know.

Tei

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> @beem: u forgot to add it'll come out on the PC...with lower ratings,and will be forgettable by then cuz everyone played it on the 360. taht's like the logic with GTA :SA. the xbox version and pc version came out only 4 months later and it didn't sell as well as the ps2 cuz most played months ago. MS isn't only one who has played this bait and switch method. I love who sony owners say that all 360 exclusives go to pc.they only ones I've seen is Viva Pinata, Gears of War and now Mass Effect. It's the whole 360 lineup isn't it? Yet they forget their franchises have all gone to the Pc at one point and time, and it can happen again, especially if there's poor sales. The only one who can keep exclusives to themselves is Nintendo, and taht's why they have trouble with third partys.

Jmontilla2786

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> Really happy with this, can't wait for it, should be perfet for PC play frankly.

Maleficence

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> @beem: Oh, take off your tin-foil hat and lay off the meds. The reason the Xbox failed was because Sony locked down all the major franchises and the Xbox was basically in the same boat as the GameCube and Dreamcast: a first party console only. Gamers bought PS2's because of the variety of games the PS2 had. You talk as if none of the games on the PS2 ever went to the PC. Most console gamers buy consoles for the console experience. If they wanted a PC experience then they would buy PC's for the PC experience. Consoles and PC's have existed side by side since probably before you bought your first console. Let it go.

Tepoz

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> I just bought the 360 version yesterday because I was figuring there'd be no PC version coming. If there was, they would've announced it by now, yes?

*headdesk*

And joy upon joys, the reason I wanted a PC version? I'm disabled and I can barely do two-stick shooter controls on a 360 pad. I am smouldering with generic rage.

Twoflower

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> @Yin: Emulators are a mixed bag, and not something I've ever cared to rely on given how fickle the whole scene can be. Be that as it may, "a few years" is a long time to wait for any game...particularly when that can mean anywhere from one or two years to six or eight depending on how complicated the decryption and/or emulation process happens to be.

Admittedly, my experience with emulation is on the Mac side of things. And while the scene was (and still is) a good and viable one, it's not something I would want to rely on to play a game unless I had no other choice. Case in point: as far as I know, KoF 2003 is still unplayable on a Mac...but nearly two years ago I stopped giving a shit because the Kof 2k2/2k3 pack was released for the PlayStation 2.

While I know that specific example doesn't apply to the PC side of things, I'm still aware of instances that might make one question the validity of relying on the emulation scene versus just buying a console to compliment your PC. Though even that statement is a little redundant, as most people who care about emulation are console fans/owners who don't necessarily subscribe to the whole "PC and PC games uber alis" philosophy.

In general, I get what you're saying. But in terms of keeping current and potentially getting more bang for your buck, I still feel that the 360 (and formerly Xbox) are about the only consoles that the PC truly has bested at this point. Of course with Devil May Cry 4 coming out for the PC this spring it demands that one keep an eye out for other developers potentially expanding their markets.

Nightshift Nurse: Mile High Colonic

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> @Jmontilla2786: Disgaea 3 for another. You may be right but I don't have the money for both systems or else I probably would get both.

cocks

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> @homernoy:

Yet, EA will be publishing the PC version of ME...

beem

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> Rocks

Screamer

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> Every bioware fan would have seen this coming. This is not the first time that Bioware had ported "exclusive" console games to the PC. It's business as usual for Bioware.

deathless

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> @CockroachMan: Microsoft=software company for pc users. Is it really that weird. And I think this is the first game in a good while ( esp from Bioware cuz Jade Empire took three years to come out on PC)that only took a few months to come out on PC. I love how we gettin on xbox owners for halo 2...mind u halo 3 was coming out in a few months plus the game was nearly 3 years old.

Jmontilla2786

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> Oh my god, oh my god, oh my god...
If this doesn't turn a convicted atheist into a believer, nothing can.
Nothing can, but nonetheless:

OH MY GOD!

ulix

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> @boilermaker11:

This is what I keep trying to tell people, but they'll then run the "But it's still on an M$ platform & they're still making money" card. M$ is looking to make their VG money off of the 360. How do they expect to do that if they can't even establish the system's so-called exclusives. They did this bait & switch method with the Xbox and now they're repeating it with the 360.

Basically, what M$ is telling you is if you're eyeballing the 360 for it's exclusives, to not to and instead go with a PS3 or Wii since most of the 360's killer apps will eventually show up on PC (with superior content I might add).

I wouldn't be so flustered by this bait & switch tactic had it been for the more lower profiled M$ published 360 titles (ala Viva Pinata, Fuzion Frenzy, etc.) but porting your console killer apps (Gears, ME, etc)?! That's just stupid.

If this method keeps up, there won't be much of an incentive to own or want to buy a 360. Well at least I didn't make a fool of myself by buying the inferior 360 (contentwise) ME.

beem

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> @dip: other than MGS4,GT5 ( both with delays , one u dont expect til 2009) and FFXIII( proably 2011), what does the ps3 offer in terms of games thats better. I mean for both systems that exclusivity line in is disappearing more and more.I'm just saying minus 2 or 3 games, I doubt either system will have exclusive titles. So in my case I took both, I'm just waiting for the ps3 to be cheaper.

Jmontilla2786

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> We will definitely need that real "Hardcore" edition now for PC. 18+ rating guarantueed is what I want to have. Anyway, this is great news for the PC crowd to finally get a great game. And that Item Menu really needs fixing.

Rince

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> Awesome for PC users. I already got it on 360, but still, awesome.

Alazar

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> @Kyle81: Including modifications, another reason to buy Bioware games on e PC.

blackadvent

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> Weird how every game that appears that make me think about getting a 360 is announced for the PC some months later..

CockroachMan

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> It's a Christmas Miracle. T T

And, I so called this. It's too hot a commodity not to bring over to the PC.

Krackatoa

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> Does this mean that the technical glitches will be fixed.

blackadvent

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> before the 360 jokes continue...anyone find it weird that EA said this and not Bioware? Cuz if I recall Bioware stated that they were gonna wait til the trilogy is over to put it on PC. Of course that's when it was when Microsoft and Bioware were together. So Mass Effect PS3?

btw, since it's EA, expect it to be worse than the 360 version.

Jmontilla2786

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> Sorry 360 fans but this among other things is why I'm going to buy a PS3 rather than a 360.

cocks

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> @Yin: Since I got my new pc, I now generally wait on most games that aren't Japanese developed, they usually end up on pc and superior.

Kyle81

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> "Exclusive"....

I Laugh at those words...

DubaiDude

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> Great news!

Quasimodo X

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> I expected this but not so soon. Awesome news!

LX

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> @Nightshift Nurse: Nursier and Shiftier: Well, the PS2 is emulated great now. And last I checked, like a year ago, Gamecube-emus could play games but at a low framerate. So if you're a PC-gamer who'd indulge in that kind of activity, you're just a few years behind with Sony and Nintendo ;)

Yin

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> Meh! So anyone wanna buy a 360 elite with Mass Effect? Only reason I bought the console, and the only game I have on it.

Curse you Bioware for making games I can't wait for!

Paganmoon

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> This isn't surprising. KotOR and Jade Empire were both released first on Xbox before hitting PC almost a year later. BioWare and MS seem to like doing "timed exclusives."

Great news for PC owners.

billnabors65

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> @boilermaker11: And PC's are run on a Microsoft operating system. Microsoft sells more games this way. I don't see what this has to do with the 360 on a mass scale. Most console gamers don't invest in a PC that can run these games better than, or as well as their 360 can run them.

Also, the PC needs to be supported by MS, not abandoned and left to stagnate. The 360 still gets games first. I will be extremely happy if these games start being released at the same time for PC and 360 ala Bioshock.

homernoy

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> Ah. This is one of the reasons I don't have a 360... Just wait a year or something, and the game will be on PC. At least all the games I'd like to play.

Yin

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> Ha! Good thing I decided to build a new PC rather than buy a 360. I knew it would happen.

PepsiPerfect

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> Yeah now I can delay my envy of bying a 360 ! Unless it's vista exclusive ...

Shteve

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> I'm looking forward to the $400 I'll have to pump into my PC in order to run this game. Better off buting a 360.

Benjo

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> @Project Thanatos: No, PC > any Xbox console.

Good luck getting most of the heavy-hitters and sleeper hits from any relatively current PlayStation or Nintendo console.

Nightshift Nurse: Mile High Colonic

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> @Seiven:

With the Catholic Church how it is today, you'd probably be better off not calling the Pope or any local clergymen.

Lawl.

Ignatius

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> awesome for PC folks, I have it on 360 and even though there are technical issues out the ass you kind of ignore em because everything else about it is incredible. Now Mass Effect 2 just needs to come out on ps3 so that we can get the game running at a decent framerate

SolidOni_ds

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> Hmm... I might actually get this since it's coming to PC.

greyhoundbus

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> I wonder if the 360 version might get a patch then to fix the inventory system?!

RagingAvatar

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> wow, I'm glad I waited, hopefully the game doesn't require some ridiculous specs. But given the previous ports from 360, I doubt it.

geoffcbassett

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> Ha. To think friends laughed at me for not getting a RROD machine.

PC > All.

Now if someone could just show my PC some AC6 lovin.

Project Thanatos

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> I'm happy :*)

Juha Kangas

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> Yet another reason to not get a 360. Looks like those "exclusives are coming to PC quicker and quicker. Halo 2 didn't launch till Vista. Gears came out a year later. Mass Effect....6 months.....

Most of the must have exclusives for 360 are 1st/2nd party (Halo, Gears, Mass Effect, etc) and those keep going to PC. And even 3rd party titles, the likes of Bioshock, are on PC.

I already have a PS3, and I'm one of those people who thinks it will eventually take over 360, and this is only adding to contributing factors as to why. (Futureproofed with Blu-Ray, amazing games ala MGS and FFXIII, strong brand name, and now, M$ releasing all the reasons to get an Xbox on what damn near every person has, a PC.)

boilermaker11

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> great, now can us lowly 360 people get a patch or something to fix the horrible inventory?

Five Element Ninja

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> @ckranger11: Actually, it's just an option in the inventory menu if you want the helmet on or not. On the planets that have environmental hazards it automatically puts the helmets on, but they are different then the normal helmets (Full facemasks and such).

NateN

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> This doesn't really matter too much to Joe Q. Public. I'd be surprised if ME PC moved 1/3 of the units it sold on 360. Glad PC users get to play it though, its a great game. As for exclusivity, as I see it it is still exclusive to MS platforms and I dont think they really are shooting themselves in the foot releasing this on PC since most consumers dont have both a 360 and a decent gaming PC and will most likely grab the 360 version (Kotaku-ites not withstanding) if any at all.

Gray665

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> @ckranger11: "Show helmet" option in the inventory screen. Try it out sometime!

Burguois, Teabagger of Olde

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> Anyone could see this coming, but...

OMG and other acronyms!

Fulgurator

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> @ckranger11:

and the intel inside logo D:

tamago007

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> @Spoony Bard: Hot Mass?

Spolodaface

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> Something is wrong with that picture. Why does Ashley have her helmet on in Flux when no battles take place there? The helmet only goes on during combat.

ckranger11

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> @DETRE

I'll be glad as long as it's not Capcom *shudders at the thought of Lost Planet PC*.

unangbangkay

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> As excited as this news makes me, I approach Bioware's PC ports with extreme trepidation. They often follow very specific and arbitrary system requirements for CPUs and Video Cards - KOTR in particular I installed onto three separate and capable rigs, none of which had any problems running any contemporary "A" titles, and endured the flickering slideshow for all of ten minutes before giving up... fingers and toes crossed for this one.

Sustenance

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> FINALLY!!! I knew they would dissapoint the PC users, I will play this game as is meant to be.

tamago007

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> the only thing that concerns me about this is who is going to do the porting. Because there is nothing worse then a console game being poorly optimized and put on pc.

Detre

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> THANK GOD!! Now i don't have to live with the horrible framerates on the 360. I'll definately buy this game a second time.

Desfunk

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> That "Intel Inside" logo makes it look like she's preganant with a PC ...

jayntampa

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> Like all "Xbox Exclusives" they sooner or later they will come to PC. It will just be a few months now till Halo 3 comes. Pssh not like I'd buy it even if it did.

Nikral

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> So is the scandal going to be "Space Coffee" when someone eventually mods it to reveal more nudity and Fox news starts making things up again?

liquid_kore

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> I totally called this one. I knew it would be a waste of money to buy a 360.

Now all I need is Eternal Sonata and the 360 will be obsolete, at least for me.

Justice7541

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> Sweet! A third palythrough on the PC than. Woth buying a second time!

derFeef

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> Man, if MS wants me to consider the 360 as a truly valid platform, they should stop shooting themselves in the foot porting every single one of their worthwhile games to the PC....no wait, they can keep doing that.

unangbangkay

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]> Yay, hopefully playable framerate and no popping-galore. Seriously, the blizzard planet side-quest... C'mon... More varied side-quests wouldn't hurt either! I mean, drop on planet, find a desertet bunker, kill everything, graet success! x 100 times.

McKack

]]> <![CDATA[Mass Effect Coming to PC]]>