GameStop lists Mass Effect re-release for Feb. 10
by Justin McElroy 
{ Jan 19th 2009 at 10:43AM }
You know, Mass Effect may not have been the perfect sci-fi opus we were hoping for, but for $20, you'd have to have the heart of a Geth to be able to pass this up. ... And yes, that gag was brought to you by Wikipedia.
[Via VG247]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
tlarkin79 @ Jan 19th 2009 10:49AM
For 20 bucks I'd give that game a spin.
SToNeP2277 @ Jan 19th 2009 11:12AM
Mass Effect got more then a spin when it first came out from me it was worth the $60.00 then.$19.99 is a steal now.
Temidien @ Jan 19th 2009 12:06PM
Impossibly slow elevators aside, I would throw in another $20 for a second copy with all the goodies. That game rocks hardcore...
bobartig @ Jan 19th 2009 2:07PM
If you like RPGs, and especially if you like BioWare RPGs, this is a no-brainer.
It's a rich space opera with fast-paced RPG combat, and a great story/universe. There are some rough edges, like the vehicle driving and repetitive planetary missions, but it is otherwise a very satisfying experience.
I played a friend's copy, but I would definitely pick this up for $20 to have my own.
sk8monroe81 @ Jan 19th 2009 3:09PM
u would have to be a bitter sony ONLY fanboy to not try this game out....
and btw the game is already $ 20 at many stores such as amazon.com and best buy..
Rabidkeebler @ Jan 19th 2009 3:57PM
This is great news for my friend. He just got a used 360, and loves RPGs. Plus I've been bugging him about just how awesome this game is
SoCoolCurt (PSN: KillaKornbread - XBL: SoCoolCurt) @ Jan 19th 2009 6:24PM
cool. i've been looking for one on eBay for cheap (not very hard honestly) but im pretty sure this one is a lock at $20 when it drops. i just need some time to play it lol.
Snowblind @ Jan 19th 2009 10:52AM
Wow, that's pretty annoying, I only *just* bought the game. But it's definitely worth getting, for anyone else who hasn't got round to playing it yet.
Justin B @ Jan 19th 2009 10:59AM
A friend of mine pointed out to me that none of the characters ever changes facial expressions. I could never play the game again.
Markez (Sandwich Eating Crew) @ Jan 19th 2009 11:55AM
Please tell me you're joking.
Lord Negatron @ Jan 19th 2009 2:44PM
Haw haw, silly boy, your friend played Effect of Mass...
The Church simulator.
:P
DiggyStyle @ Feb 9th 2009 3:28PM
Ha!
Levi @ Jan 19th 2009 10:55AM
nnneeeeevvvvveeeerrrrrr use Gamestop as a release guide. They put release dates up for games long before the publisher makes it official.
Haggard @ Jan 19th 2009 8:51PM
To spur pre-orders no doubt
time @ Jan 19th 2009 10:56AM
I'll have to pick this up. Haven't gotten around to playing this yet.
Professor Lario @ Jan 19th 2009 10:57AM
Missed it the first time around - I'll have to give it a try! Any thoughts on whether it is worth the mula?
arrrgh @ Jan 19th 2009 11:01AM
absolutely.
one of my favourite games of all time
Markusdragon @ Jan 19th 2009 11:46AM
It's an excellent game. Well worth the money. It's essentially KOTOR with third person tactical combat mechanics and a Star Trek sized chunk of space politics. All in all, whilst the game isn't perfect it's still one of the best-written and most immersive universes in recent gaming memory.
Markez (Sandwich Eating Crew) @ Jan 19th 2009 11:54AM
It's a ridiculous steal at 20 beans. This post has me absolutely salivating about the prospect of Mass Effect 2. My gawd, it's the only game ever that I'd consider playing hooky from work to play all day. This is one of my favorite games of all time.
*drools
AwesomeTown @ Jan 19th 2009 10:58AM
What? Some don't have Mass Effect yet? Get on that, people.
Haon @ Jan 19th 2009 11:00AM
Well worth the money. Played through three times to get the achievements and it was fun every time.
Alex Sohn @ Jan 19th 2009 11:03AM
Dear lord, this is completely off topic, but please never let Justin sing in a podcast again....EVER.
I can appreciate the fact that he thinks he may have some slight musical talent, but his guitar skills were terrible, and the voice, well to put it nicely, your cold was doing you a favor. Please never punish us with hearing Justin sign again....ever. Be it a rock band video or just for kicks and giggles.
Justin don't quit your day job, or your night job. Or whatever it is you do that will keep you from having to sing.
Dave @ Jan 19th 2009 11:08AM
Err, story came from here: http://www.videogaming247.com/2009/01/17/mass-effect-two-disc-edition-coming-in-february/
Not CVG. Please use the correct sources.
Tahnks.
Richard C @ Jan 19th 2009 5:18PM
Actually the story came from here.
http://masseffect.bioware.com/forums/viewtopic.html?topic=664206&forum=104
Lord Negatron @ Jan 19th 2009 11:08AM
Bought it when it first came out. The controls took some getting used to, with the shooting mechanics and all, but the game overall is pretty. The characters animation etc, put a dagger in the robotic faces of Fallout 3 by far. The story is pretty good as well.
When going in don't expect CoD4 controls, and shotguns own everything. :P
The Fatass of Kickassness @ Jan 19th 2009 11:10AM
Ooooh, I'd love to see this game come out on the PS3...
I guess I'll just wait until I get that 360. $20 is a damn fine deal, it'll probably be one of the first games I get at that price.
GundamWingEW @ Jan 19th 2009 11:51AM
This will never come out for the ps3.
Markez (Sandwich Eating Crew) @ Jan 19th 2009 12:01PM
Well, if you listen to that dolt Pachter it's possible it might come to the PS3. I hope it would so more folks can play it, it's kicks all kinds of ass.
Knight Marquise @ Jan 19th 2009 12:07PM
Published by Microsoft Game Studios. Not happening.
Hyams @ Jan 19th 2009 1:36PM
Actually, Bioware can port it where ever they want.
"Sorry folks, this is just another rumor at this stage. Could BioWare make Mass Effect for the PS3 (or the PC, or some other platform) in the future? Yes we could, but we are not working on a PS3 version currently."
That's from 2007. Now that EA own Bioware (and so Mass Effect), a PS3 port is entirely possible. And given that EA aren't known for making exclusives, and given their recent finacial problems, I'd be really suprised if it didn't get a PS3 port sooner or later.
And a PS3 version of Mass Effect 2 is even more likely.
*shrugs*
Hyams @ Jan 19th 2009 1:36PM
Oops, sorry, forgot to link my source.
Taken from here: http://forums.bioware.com/forums/viewtopic.html?topic=607257&forum=22&sp=0
sk8monroe81 @ Jan 19th 2009 3:21PM
mass effect 1-
developed by bioware.
published and rights owned by Microsoft game studios.
bioware was later bought out by EA, therefore EA now controls the development rights to mass effect.
microsoft game studios is still the publisher as of now.
EA and MS have already made some sort of deal regarding mass effect.
i dont see # 2 coming to the ps3.
1 reason:
especially when the character will continue in # 2 and decisions made in # 1 can change mass effect 2. they made us aware to keep our game save files.
2nd reason:
ms game studios
3rd reason:
money
4th reason:
bioshock ps3 sales are in the hundreds of thousands, while 360 bioshock are in the millions. ps3 bioshock released with a discounted price and still cannot sell copies like the $60 360 version did 1.5 years ago.
Hyams @ Jan 19th 2009 4:41PM
1) Yeah, a bit of a bummer, but shouldn't stop a port of ME2 from happening. After all, you don't *need* a save file to play the game.
Also, if ME1 got ported to the PS3, then it wouldn't be an issue at all. ^_^
2) Except this re-release here is being published by EA, not Microsoft, syggesting that Microsoft no longer have control over the game. Furthermore, BioWare have said that if they wanted to port to the PS3, they could, suggesting that there are no legal issues to resolve.
3) Yeup, EA want money, which is why I imagine they'd make ME2 multiplatform. When was the last they made an exclusive? And given that Microsoft weren't able to shell out enough money to keep Bioshock exclusive (which is just as big as franchise as ME), I doubt they'd be able to convince EA not to make a port.
4) But it'd be quick and easy to port, as it runs on the UE3, which the PS3 supports. As with Bioshock, a ME1 port would be quick and cheap, and though it wouldn't sell much, it'd still make money (not to mention start building a fanbase for the sequal).
(Also: Bioshock released on the PS3 at full price, not discounted, which is probably part of the reason is sold so poorly. Who'd buy a $60 game for the PS3 when it's like $20 on the 360?)
I'm not saying it'll definately happen, I'm just saying it's possible, and that there aren't really any major reasons to suppose that it won't. Having said that, if a PS3 port of ME1 was gonna happen, I'd have expected it to have been announced by now, so maybe it won't.
And, who knows, maybe Microsoft will pay EA enough to keep the sequal exclusive too.
sk8monroe81 @ Jan 19th 2009 4:58PM
hyams-
good points too.
a couple of things..
yeah when I said # 3 money that included MS paying EA to keep the game exclusive. we should at least know that if ME2 comes to the ps3 that there will at least be exclusive DLC on the 360 version. this is 1 franchise MS doesnt want to let go and they will pay for it.
ms paying EA 50 million for exclusive rights would probably mean more profit than EA could gather from porting the game to the ps3 and that is the amount ms paid to rockstar for gta DLC only.
and bioshock was never an ms game studios published game and was developed and published by 2k games.
ms has more rights with ME than it did with bioshock.
ME1 sales on the 360 were not that great and EA would be taking a big risk by bringing the game and series to the ps3 platform.
after 2008 EA saw huge losses from multi plat ventures such as mirrors edge and LFD, they may want to change their strategies for their own sake also..
Hyams @ Jan 19th 2009 6:03PM
But why would Microsoft shell out money to keep Mass Effect exclusive? It's not really that big a seller - it's more of a medium sized title, and 'only' sold just over 2 million in the year it's been out.
It's not as big a title as, say, Halo, Gears, Fable, Grand Theft Auto, Call of Duty, Fallout, LittleBigPlanet, or Metal Gear Solid, all of which are pretty much console defining titles.
It's not a system moving title, and Microsoft won't really gain much from keeping it exclusive; the 360 wouldn't lose any ground at all to the PS3 from this. If they had to choose between shelling out a large ammount of money for it, or just letting it go multiplatform, I'd imagine Microsoft would go for the latter.
Exlcusive DLC would pretty much be a given, though.
The Fatass of Kickassness @ Jan 19th 2009 7:01PM
Gundam, no shit. I was simply being hopeful, since unlike you, I don't give a shit, I'm gonna own all three systems soon. Why, you say? Because I'm not a pathetic fantard like yourself who has to cry foul in every post Sony is mentioned in.
sk8monroe81 @ Jan 19th 2009 8:36PM
hyams- another good point.
maybe ms wants to try and keep as many "good" exclusive franchises as they can.
something to hold over sony.
sony lost tekken, gta, & final fantasy all which have only helped out ms more this gen.
i feel ME2 will sell more copies than ME1 because it is releasing on the same console (same # of fans) + the larger install base now. And i think this $20 package will get even more people on board with the franchise.
bioshock for ps3 did not hurt 360 sales because they already happened.
if ps3 bioshock released when it did for the 360, it would have hurt the sales of the 360 version a bit.
if ms can sell 500,000 more copies of a game due to it being exclusive that is worth a lot of money to them now.
Eric @ Jan 19th 2009 11:36AM
I thought that game was a perfect Sci-Fi Opus. Man the story of that game was great.
Chadd @ Jan 19th 2009 11:58AM
Man that bites! They just dropped the price of the regular edition to $19.99 so I picked it up. Now I see if I had waited 1 month I could have gotten the DLC for free for the same price! They should make good on this and make the DLC free online as well!
Jeff @ Jan 19th 2009 12:05PM
Amazing game, amazing price.
Louis Sansano @ Jan 19th 2009 12:18PM
No PC version?
Einhanderkiller @ Jan 19th 2009 3:08PM
PC version dropped to $20 like last week.
http://store.steampowered.com/app/17460/
Louis Sansano @ Jan 19th 2009 3:24PM
Thats not my point, I already have the game but I would have considered getting the SE for all the extras
Chin-Poh @ Jan 19th 2009 4:34PM
I hope the PC version will get the extras as well.
scoob @ Jan 19th 2009 12:19PM
Not the sci-fi opus you were expecting? I don't know what the hell you were expecting but I expected, and received, the best game thus far this generation.
Bar none.
Sublime piece of art.
Mamba @ Jan 19th 2009 12:36PM
it's better than killzone 2
Hyams @ Jan 19th 2009 1:53PM
Not entirely sure how you can compare a third person role playing game with a first person shooter you've never actually played, but ... okay. ^_^
Chris @ Jan 19th 2009 12:39PM
I'm wondering if it will have some juicy Mass Effect 2 tid-bits in there. BTW, I hate it when people re-release games with the DLC on the disc. I generally distrust digital downloads, so when someone goes and does that, I feel compelled to buy that as well.
Silent @ Jan 19th 2009 12:59PM
I totally agree. Mass Effect has to be the most genuinely compelling, epic, and just overall satisfying game I've played this generation with writing and storytelling far above gtaiv, mgs4, fable II or anything else to come out this year.
Emophia @ Jan 19th 2009 1:10PM
The story was nowhere near as good as any of the above mentioned games...
I liked Mass Effect quite a big, I was actually more compelled to beat it, and I did finish it, unlike two of teh games you listed.
But the story wasn't really that great of a reason why.
The interactions were what made the game great, not the story.