I fired it up yesterday when it went live for the press and my head nearly exploded. On top of that, the multiplayer component is expansive as shit. There's still a whole lot of game in front of me. But again, I'm still in the process of rallying the troops, so to speak. Firefights can get frantic as hell, so unless you know the Kinect squad commands like the back of your hand, you're better off switching back and forth between voice control and the standard squad command radial wheel when things get a little too hairy.Īt the point I'm at in the game's campaign, I haven't really experienced any "Oh Shit!" moments outside the opening thirty minutes. While I chose to use it as much as possible during combat - if only to test the waters fully - there were a few instances where I fell back on the old tried and true method of pausing in the middle of a firefight to strategically plan out my squad's next move. With that said, however, having a Kinect sensor isn't a requirement.
It's all done on the fly and it works rather well. No longer do you have to pause the action to direct Garrus to use Overload or James to use a frag grenade, for example.
With a Kinect sensor you can shout all sorts of commands at your television to direct your squad in the heat of combat. Take, for example, the game's Kinect integration (if you own a Kinect, of course). BioWare has done a wonderful job putting further emphasis on the game's shooter backbone. In fact, it's even more sleek than before. The streamlined gunplay that was introduced in Mass Effect 2 returns here in ME3. Thankfully, the errands you're sent out to complete usually involve heavy action like blowing holes through Reaper husks and kicking those nasty Cerberus bastards in the balls. It's a symbiotic dutch rudder, if you will. Essentially, Shepard turns into an errand boy, doing various favors for each race in order to get their full support in the galaxy-engulfing war with the Reapers. It comes down to Shepard playing diplomat in order to unite the various races across the galaxy to take the fight back to the Reapers. The Reapers have begun their invasion and earth won't last long without Commander Shepard's help. That's right, folks, Mass Effect 3 lives up to the lofty expectations bestowed upon it, at least in this writer's humble opinion.Īs people who have dabbled in the game's recently released demo can attest, the story of Mass Effect 3 kicks off with hell on earth becoming a reality. And so far, I'm quite satisfied with the experience. With that said, however, I have played a little more than 10 hours of Mass Effect 3, so I do feel qualified to comment on the game up to this point in time.
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