You Got Me -- Trying Mass Effect Again

I had to track down which library had it, but I did reinstall ME last night. It doesn't play all that well with modern PCs...I had to futz around with the resolution for a while because when changing it the screen would vanish and I'd have to CAD the app and re-start.

I really appreciate the drama of the game. ME might have been BioWare's storytelling high-point, but there are already certain things about the game that I'd forgotten and wish had stayed forgotten. Like Shepard's wooden block line delivery. He sounds like really early attempts at voice recognition, or -- if you're old enough to remember -- how you'd interact with NPCs in Ultima:

NPC: "Hello, Shepard. Nice day, isn't it?" Shepard: "Job" NPC: "I'm sorry?" Shepard: "Health" NPC: "Are you OK, Shepard?" Shepard: "Join" NPC: "OK...you...have a good day..I guess." Shepard: "Bye"

I haven't even gotten to the abysmal MAKO part yet. I am not looking forward to that.

Bioware also seems to have never gotten the knack for producing good looking models. I know this is an older game, but once I realized that Shepard's jaw wasn't connected to his lips in any way, I couldn't un-see it XD I think I like the models in SWTOR more than in ME, or even in DA:Inquisition.

My goal is to plow through the plot, though. I think I've missed my "play it for the breadth of the experience" window, back when it was released. This is kind of a time-limited thing, since I would still need to get through 2 and eventually (buy and play) 3 before 4 arrives. I know there's some limited connections there, but since the ME series IS held in such high regard, I'd feel remiss if I didn't give it the old College Try.