Will anyone introduce me to Mass Effect?

[Craig]

Hi. I'm considering buying Mass Effect for the PC (I don't have an X-Box) and I was wondering if someone would help me out. Would the requirements to run Mass Effect on a laptop be uncommon, in that I would be unlikely to have them in a new laptop? And also, what exactly is Mass Effect?

 

[Shady sam]

I'd introduce you but I'm not sure he'll like you, your all timid AND HES A live out loud kind of person.
I'm afraid if you meet him he might try to bleed you because he is a rocker and you are a mod, it really wont work.

 

[Tetro]

It's like a military space opera. It's got some cool gimmicks like telekinesis and hot alien women, but apart from that it's mostly shooting.
Though you can get wrapped up in it for about a day, it's not that fun to play again afterwards.

My Specs:
2.3GHz triple core processor
GTX260 graphics card
2GB 800Mhz RAM
720W PSU
I bought it for about £460 at msquared.co.uk

 

[michael c]

I've half a mind not to help you, because you didn't even bother to check that you'd asked this question in the appropriate section.

You're asking how long a piece of string is. The latest alienware laptops would run Mass Effect without a problem, but then a cheapo laptop from PC world probably won't.

You need a laptop with a decent graphics card/chip. I'm more familiar with desktop graphics, but I know that the xbox 360 gpu is 3 or 4 years old now. It's equivalent to an ATI 1900 xtx, so if you can get a higher specced GPU than that, you should be ok. Check out my Tom's hardware link for a GPU comparison chart. It's a bit old, but it should give you the info you need.

How can you be considering buying this game and not know what it is about? Strange person. It's an RPG set in space and was originally intended for the xbox 360, so it's very console oriented. I think it's made by the same people who made the Knights of the Old Republic star wars games.

 

[Brack_871]

wrong thread dude