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Originally Posted by Bill McNeal /forum/post/15482646
Gogamer has a listing for Mass Effect GOTY edition, to be released 2/11/09. Has anyone seen what will be in this edition that is not in the original game?
I'm deciding between this and Oblivion GOTY as my first 360 RPG.
Any information appreciated. Thanks!
Well, considering that the basic ME can be found new for $30, the GOTY edition had *better* include *something* extra to justify the price, though "Bring down the sky" by itself will probably not do it.
As for choosing between the two, well; its all a matter of taste:
- Oblivion is a fantasy, open-world game, where the side quests provide the bulk of the entertainment value (of which there is tons) that runs best in first-person view
- Mass Effect is a Hard-SF cinematic adventure with fully voiced and animated interactions where the main quest provides the bulk of the entertainment value and the sidequests range from very good to trivial, but with good replay value as it really requires three playthroughs to see all the game has to offer. Mass effect is strictly third-person.
If graphics is what you judge a game by, Oblivion (as an near-launch) 360 title has nice graphics on the lower end of what is generally judge "good" on the 360--Which would be great on many other platforms, while Mass Effect (which runs off the Unreal Engine) has graphics at the high end of what the 360 has delivered to date--probably the best of any RPG out there.
Voice and NPC acting on Mass Effect is the current gold standard for rpgs and the story has genuine depth to it; Oblivion is a more traditional wprg with the stories secondary to the gameplay.
You can't go wrong with either and really should play both, but it might mot be a bad idea to play the big 4 360 rpgs in order of release; Oblivion, Mass Effect, Fable 2, and Fallout 3.
By then Alpha Protocol and Mass Effect 2 should be out and you'll be covered till 2010.
