Does anyone else think ME is overhyped and overpraised?

[Hairetos]

Mass Effect was good, but it wasn't one of my favorite BioWare RPG's. Mass Effect 2 was pretty much an improvement in every way.

Dragon Age isn't as hyped as ME2, so I wouldn't call it overhyped either. Dragon Age might not do anything "new" but it does everything so well that I don't care.

Both settings have room for expansion/improvement, so I think BW is doing a great job in that regard.

Sorry, have to disagree with the "improvement in every way" comment. Mass Effect 1 and Mass Effect 2 managed to be good at completely opposite things:

Mass Effect 1 had a great story, a cool level-up system, and nice environments (minus the copy/paste planets). It had mediocre combat due to infinite ammo and general inconsistency and had a sometimes frustrating inventory system.

Mass Effect 2 had a much sharper combat system and completely scrapped an inventory. It had much less developed environments and an extremely limited level-up system, not to mention almost no looting. The story was also pretty stupid and poorly developed (it was basically a narration by the Illusive Man).

So no, I wouldn't agree that ME2 improved over ME1 in every way, since they both have completely different, almost complimentary, merits and faults. The only commonality between them was poor implementation of resources (mako vs. scanning=both lose).

 

[pat34us]

Is there anyone else out there besides me that didn't like ME and didn't think Dragon Age is the best thing to happen to RPGs since 3D?

I like Mass Effect 1, but I agree about Dragon Age I have tried to get into it three times and I can't.

 

[Zhukov]

Nope.

They are good games.

I'm not saying they're perfect. They have their flaws. But the good bits far outweigh the crappy ones.

 

[Sinclair Solutions]

I do. The action is average, and the dialogue, while well written, can get on my nerves some times. After 5 10-minute conversations, I just want to get back to the action. I don't give a shit about your backstory anymore, forgettable side character. I know I could skip these, but the game makes it seem that if I do, I'm playing the game wrong.

Overall, though, it's a great game, but not as great as everyone makes it out to be. But that''s a PERSONAL opinion. I think Red Dead Redemption is one of the best games ever, but I've seen some "Red Dead Redemption is Overrated" threads around here. Not everyone has the same tastes in games.