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| From: Electronic Arts
List Price: $29.99
Buy New: $26.48
You Save: $3.51 (12%)
New (28) Used (4) from $24.99
Rating:  193 reviews
Sales Rank: 952
Format: Dvd-rom
Platforms: Windows Vista, Windows Xp
Genre: shooter_action_games
ESRB: Mature
Media: Video Game
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Age: 17 - 20 years
Operating System: Windows 2000
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 0.1 x 0.1 x 0
MPN: 19081
Model: 19081
UPC: 014633190816
EAN: 0014633190816
ASIN: B00140P9BA
Release Date: May 27, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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 What a Mess Effect! June 2, 2008
R. Widomski (Buffalo)
43 out of 56 found this review helpful
I purchased this game but have not played this game. It's not that I haven't tried. It just doesn't work. If anyone complains that I have given this game 1 star without playing it, tough s---. It got more then it deserves - way more. Between the DRM which is an awful idea and this, it's over the top.
I'm 6 hours into attempting to install it and it still fails. It's all over the Internet now. The game shipped with a faulty installer. BioWare has provided instructions on how to install it manually from the DVD. Don't get your hopes up. About 20 of the files in the myriad of RAR files come up corrupt as you unpack them. You have to go in and verify and extract them manually. After all of that, NO GO. It launches and stops with a missng file message. It's a MESS EFFECT.
If BioWare and EA had spent as much time on quality control as they spent in implementing DRM, I'm sure everything would have been fine. Thanks a bunch guys. You have managed to piss off a cash paying customer. I won't be purchasing anything else from you again. No wonder the % of games being pirated keeps geting higher. The honest buyer is being screwed royally and is just giving up. As we leave, the % of piracy gets higher. When we are gone, only the pirates will remain and your statistics will be 100%.
There is some good news. Word of mouth on this bad baby has spread fast. It's already being heavilly discounted and it's not even a week old. Just remember, it may be getting cheaper but it's for a reason. Bad is bad!
disappointment abounds... June 4, 2008
infael (CO)
38 out of 54 found this review helpful
I was planning to buy Mass Effect, having enjoyed Baldur's Gate from Bioware. After reading about the DRM copy protection, forget it.
EA will only listen if few people buy their DRM games. I still haven not forgiven EA for destroying Origin (the Ultima games), and they seem to be on their way to destroying Bioware. There are no good game studios left...
Never going to buy June 4, 2008
D. Klemp (NorCal)
38 out of 57 found this review helpful
The DRM flaws that kill your DVD burner, require a constant internet connection, suck up CPU and memory, and prevent you from ever selling/loaning the game to a friend truely make this a worthless product.
Do Away with EA May 28, 2008
retyler (Houston, Tx)
35 out of 55 found this review helpful
I don't rate games before I buy them, but what EA is duing to Bioware and this game I think I will make an exception this time.
I was sad to hear Bioware sold out to Electronic Arts (EA), but I also hoped EA would leave Bioware alone. It appears EA has not left Bioware alone and now I am forced to boycott a company that has provided me with many hours of entertainment; I have gone through and cleared out a lot of the old games I had, but the only ones I kept were those done by Bioware and a few other specific games. I have seen this game played by my friend on the Xbox360 and it is a game I would easily give 5 stars for, so you can imagine when he told me they would be releasing it for the PC how much I looked forward to purchasing the game; but with EA dipping their unwanted hands into the mix and adding the SecuROM and only allowing you to install it 3 times ... crap I can't count how many times I have installed previous products by Bioware. Electronic Arts (EA) sucks!
Game is Bugged! May 31, 2008
RG
35 out of 46 found this review helpful
It's impossible to reliably save in this game!
Additionally the restrictive DRM, this product is made of fail.
Anyone still interested should wait until EA releases a patch which adresses the many issues and removes the DRM.
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