Mass Effect or Bioshock?

[Champ]

Well with the new "Games on Demand" feature on xbox live, I was thinking about buying one of these games but haven't decided on which one. So which one did you guys enjoy more?

[Ki11a_FTW]

Bioshock

[Jean-Luc]

Mass Effect was 10x better than Bioshock imo

[Ki11a_FTW]

I just liked the style of bioshock a lot

[BobtheGreatII]

I would say Bioshock. Story is better and you'll get prepared for Bioshock 2.

[Heathen]

Bioshock.

Where's the poll?

[SnaFuBAR]

UH, mass effect. way more involved of a universe and much more replay value than bioshock.

[Champ]

Forgot the poll, maybe a mod can fix that. But it looks like the majority is going with Bioshock...so far.

[jcap]

Haven't gotten around to playing Mass Effect (I have it, though), but Bioshock fucking blows dicks.

You can download the demo and get the same quality of entertainment by playing it 100 times. The best part is that it's free.

[Ganon]

mass effect...

[Boba]

Mass effect.

[Huero]

bioshock

[Champ]

Can you guys give some reasons for why you're picking that game?

[Jean-Luc]

I chose Mass Effect for a simple reason: the story. By far, the story in Mass Effect is unparalleled to any other game I've ever played, and the universe that Bioware has created is on par with Star Wars. The moral choice system, while not definitively good or bad, has profound implications on how the rest of the game will play, the combat (especially on the PC version), is very entertaining, and you'll quickly grow to treat your squadmates as real people, rather than AI entities.

Now, Bioshock is a great game to be sure, but as far as replayability/story goes, I personally prefer Mass Effect.

Oh, and Wrex = badass.

[TeeKup]

Most of the time I have Wrex and Garrus in my squad. They're just that awesome.

[CN3089]

Mass Effect owns, Bioshock is ok

[Huero]

mass effect is not nearly as good as these guys make it out to be
it has MASSIVE glaring flaws

[Jean-Luc]

mass effect is not nearly as good as these guys make it out to be
it has MASSIVE glaring flaws

Which you, interestingly enough, decided not to point out specifically, despite how obvious they apparently are.

[CN3089]

mass effect is not nearly as good as these guys make it out to be
it has MASSIVE glaring flaws

mass effect is unironically the best game ever made hope this helps :allears:

[Huero]

Which you, interestingly enough, decided not to point out specifically, despite how obvious they apparently are.

Its massive amount of glitches and shitty item management system just to name 2

[343guiltymc]

Never played Bioshock, but did play Mass effect 1 PC. And other than some small issues like horrible vehicle controls and bland side missions planets, the game is pretty epic.

[odseraphim]

I loved Bioshock, but my nod is going to have to go to Mass Effect on this one.

More bang for your buck, definitely.

[Syuusuke]

Just get both.

[El Lobo]

Champ your more like me, and we like Bioshock.

(only played Mass Effect for 20 minutes, maybe I didn't give it enough of a chance. But, I did play Bioshock through 3 times)

:lobo:

[CabooseJr]

Go for Mass Effect.

[Sever]

Fuck it. Get both and stop being a cheap-ass.

[IceCube]

Mass Effect. Great story line, great AI interactions, and awesome concept of how rpg games should be. :)

[Syuusuke]

Bioshock and mass effect both have their frustrations.

What do you like more, sci fi, or some good ol 50s-fiction shooting/zapping?

[Jean-Luc]

Its massive amount of glitches and shitty item management system just to name 2

Neither of which I experienced in the superior PC version. :realsmug:

[Futzy]

I played both on the Xbox and I definitely can't decide which is better.

But I would recommend mass effect because of the immense amount of time it takes to play through it. I spent 100+ hours on my first play through and have since done it three more times.

[DrunkenSamus]

Never played Mass Effect so Bioshock.

[Huero]

Neither of which I experienced in the superior PC version. :realsmug:

Fair enough, that version was pretty much far superior

[Champ]

Not sure but I think the crowd favorite is still Bioshock. Haven't really heard anything negative about it.

[Pooky]

Bioshock never really held my interest, so Mass Effect.

[Syuusuke]

Now that I think about it, I never finished Bioshock and Mass Effect I was able to finish.

Sometimes I just don't like being lonely ya know?

Much like FEAR, still havent finished it.

[Donut]

i have never played mass effect, so ill give you my take on bioshock

i thought bioshock's story and ideas were really good, and the environments were pretty cool too. the issue is that the controls on the 360 are kind of clunky. you know how in a game like halo you can line up a headshot once you get the feel for it, and the controls seem pretty smooth? iv played through bioshock on the 360 two times, working on a 3rd play, and i still dont have that feel yet. while on paper the game does give you a lot of different methods of dealing with enemies, when you actually play you usually dont have time to use half of those options.

for example, every weapon has 3 ammo types (camera doesnt count as a weapon imo). the second area you get to is the fishery if i remember correctly, where you get a grenade launcher. one of the ammo types for it is proximity mines. you can use your imagination from there. another weapon you get later on is the crossbow, which has a thing called trap bolts. they create an electric trip line that shocks and stuns enemies (and yourself) on contact. you can line entire hallways with trap bolts in an area where enemies will be.

those sound good in concept right? well not in practice. the main reason for this is that you just randomly encounter enemies, and usually if you can see them, then theyre shooting at you already. when you actually encounter a "battle", you never see it coming, and you have very little time to react to the situation. the other issue is that there really isnt much necessity in booby trapping areas since most enemies run straight toward you with lead pipes allowing you to gun them down before they hit you. the only time trap bolts might come in handy would be to kill a big daddy, and even at that you'd have to trap an entire hallway with like 25 trap bolts to get its health down half way.

the story is pretty cool in bioshock imo. i dont know how it compares to mass effect, but it does keep you guessing, and it does have some cool motifs in it too. there are some plot twists too which is pretty cool. another thing is theres a guy named dr. shnoug or something german like that. you never meet him, but by finding the optional audio diaries you can find out exactly how the underwater city called rapture that the game takes place in became so desolate and fucked up.

if you can get a chance to play it, i say go for it, but i would rent it since there isnt too much replay value.