Mass Effect available today in Australia

360 News | From EB Games, anyway. UPDATED: Not so fast...

EB Games Australia has posted word on their official website that they will be selling copies of Mass Effect from today (Friday 16th of November). Emails confirming this have also been sent to purchasers. The website suggests that customers call their local store for delivery times.

BioWare's highly anticipated sci-fi action-RPG was supposed to have been released in Australia on the 22nd of November, but it looks like EB has got the drop early. This comes of the back of news from this week that EB Games was also selling Crysis a few days earlier then expected. Nonetheless, the announcement will be welcomed by those who have pre-ordered Mass Effect, as they will be the ones getting first dibs on the game.

Mass Effect is an exclusive Xbox 360 game and is built on Epic's Unreal Engine. BioWare's latest title is promising around 30 hours alone to complete the main quest, so it looks like our holidays just got a whole lot busier!

UPDATE: Mass Effect Community Coordinator Chris Priestly has posted the following on the official BioWare forums: 'We have spoken to Microsoft Australia and they have spoken with EB Australia's head office. NO copy of Mass Effect will be sold before it's Nov 22 launch date.'

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112 Comments

Cerebral

4 years ago

The frame rate is indeed an issue. At times it can go from 30fps to a hairy sub-20 depending on your location. That said, it doesn't stop the graphics and visual design from being sublime. The character models and facial animations put Oblivion to shame.

Michael Kontoudis

4 years ago

I really thought Mass Effect would be the game to finally get me into 'Bioware'-esque RPGS, due to the real time nature of the combat, etc, but sadly I don't think it is THAT accessible

The biggest tragedy for me is that by not owning it I won't get to listen to that majestic, yet slighlty-80's-style sci-fi score...reminds me of Blade Runner, for some reason...

I'm happy to be a member of PALGN's forums due to the fact that you can express a non-favourable opinion about a game, and for the most part, people will accept your opinion without too much animosity or interpreting it as some sort of personal attack on their tastes.

ObsoletE

4 years ago

sidzed2 wrote

The biggest tragedy for me is that by not owning it I won't get to listen to that majestic, yet slighlty-80's-style sci-fi score...

ORLY?

adsam3000

4 years ago

Having just finished the game, all i can say is, I can't wait to do it again!
With so many different possibilites, this game can be mind boggling as to the amount of work they put into the different characters and the storyline.

One of the greatest games I've played in years!

Peveus

4 years ago

adsam3000 wrote

How did you manage that so fast? Did you do all the side quests? I've been doing every one so far, and the first visit to council ship took me ten hours by itself o_o

Fetidchimp

4 years ago

yeah i'm up to 13 hours on the clock and i feel like thats about 1/3 of the way through, I'm loving it though. Frame rate is a bit of an issue, too many particle effects going off at once, but it is still very playable. The best part for me is how well they pulled off the interactions, as so far i've felt that he has said pretty much what i would say in most of his situations, plus the voice acting is so well done.

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The biggest tragedy for me is that by not owning it I won't get to listen to that majestic, yet slighlty-80's-style sci-fi score...reminds me of Blade Runner, for some reason...

indeed, how cool is the soundtrack, reminds me of a throwback to older style game music, just done with better technology.

ugh the boot

4 years ago

sidzed2 wrote

I'm happy to be a member of PALGN's forums due to the fact that you can express a non-favourable opinion about a game, and for the most part, people will accept your opinion without too much animosity or interpreting it as some sort of personal attack on their tastes.

Hahahah you say that like you almost believe it youself!

http://palgn.com.au/viewtopic.php?p=320679&highlight=

http://palgn.com.au/viewtopic.php?t=15014&highlight=

http://palgn.com.au/viewtopic.php?t=14720&highlight=

AlaCarcuss

4 years ago

sidzed2 wrote

Howdy y'all, managed to pick up a copy on the 16th also, returned it on the 17th.

Controversial, I know, and I will be accused of having no taste in games and being a 'casual' or a 'n00b', but I simply think that games like Mass Effect (at least from the 3-4 hours I played) are just too big and vast for their own good.

The graphics were kinda average due to a chunky framerate and generic designs, the combat seemed a little janky and unrefined, and my gosh I just despise all those stats and so on, they bore me to tears. Applying 'omni gel' and all that garbage every five minutes, URGH, snooze. Lol, I guess I just don't like RPGS.

I s'pose what I am getting at is that while I can objectively see that an RPG fan would LOVE this game, I just don't care for it and prefer more streamlined gaming experiences...

...things like Gears of War, Uncharted, Call of Duty 4, Shadow of the Colossus, etc, where you are a defined character with a pre-determined set of abilities (which may or may not upgrade) and where the mechanics may be few, but are done really well. Also see God of War, Devil May Cry, etc.

Ah well - I will give it one thing though - the story seemed intriguing, and the dialogue was great - OH, and the SOUNDTRACK was amazing, just about the only thing which would have kept me playing.

Hey man I know where you're coming from. I would've felt exactly the same way a couple of years ago. For the life of me I couldn't see the appeal of RPG's. Much preferred linear action games and FPS's.

However, when Oblivion first came out and was getting such awesome reviews, I decided to give RPG's another try. This time I made sure I stuck with it - no matter how boring I found it to be early on (and believe me I was bored sh**less for the first 10 hours or so). But then something happened - it just clicked! I found myself actually enjoying levelling up - distributing stats, trying stuff out - different armours and equipment, exploring etc....and being fully engrossed in the world. Hell I was roleplaying! - and I was lovin' it.

Since then, I've played all the well-known RPG's (and some lesser knowns) on pretty much all platforms and now RPG's are by far my favourite genre. I still play action games when I can fit them in (Crysis is still sitting on my shelf un-oppened - too busy with ME and 'The Witcher') - but really the're just kinda 'Meh..payed one - played'em all' now.

So - looooong story short - don't give up, give it another shot. Only be prepared to really commit some time and effort into it - you'll get a lot more out of it in the long run.

Michael Kontoudis

4 years ago

ugh the boot wrote

sidzed2 wrote

Hahahah you say that like you almost believe it youself!

http://palgn.com.au/viewtopic.php?p=320679&highlight=

http://palgn.com.au/viewtopic.php?t=15014&highlight=

http://palgn.com.au/viewtopic.php?t=14720&highlight=

Oh, Ugh The Boot, why can't we just lay our swords to rest?

If you want to play the hypocrisy / contradiction game, we can play all day

Besides, in the case of Metroid Prime 3, for example, your reluctance to play that was based off its admittedly 'last generation' visual technology, which is something that I feel strongly about.

If you had just said "Metroid Prime just isn't my sort of game', I could happily accept your differing opinion.

But why get into this at all, actually? Leave me alone or you'll make me cry.

ugh the boot

4 years ago

sidzed2 wrote

Oh, Ugh The Boot, why can't we just lay our swords to rest?

I got no swords to rest, I just find hypocrisy funny.

sidzed2 wrote

Like I said...I find it funny.

Michael Kontoudis

4 years ago

^^ Orright dude, have a laugh

Honestly I'd probably be disappointed if I came into a thread and DIDN'T find an argumentative douchebag-ey comment from you.

Let the people talk about Mass Effect.

Godsend

4 years ago

i preordered mass effect on d day b4 it came out n didnt know d released date was d day afta. i found out just 2day d 19/11 hoping dat my preorder copy n bonus disc is still in stock n not put up 4 sale due 2 d 48hrs policy. Have 2 get it 2morrow LOL

ObsoletE

4 years ago

Bah Weep Grah Nah Weep Nini Bong!

i've no idea what language you're speaking, so the universal greeting should suffice.

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Australian Release Date:
  22/11/2007 (Confirmed)
Standard Retail Price:
  $99.95 AU
Publisher:
  Microsoft
Genre:
  Action RPG
Year Made:
  2007
Players:
  1

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