[geobrad]

Spotted this tonight in asda for £8.50, i have never played a mass effect game, so is this worth a punt?

[Matt D]

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!

One of my absolute favourite games of this generation. I think it was well worth it at full price (I've played it three times, 40-50 hours each playthrough), so for £8.50 it's a bloody bargain.

[gother]

Bought this for a tenner and it is worth every penny.

[MartinImber]

I paid twice that!!!!

[claymore74]

It's currently going for £5 in Morrisons as part of their sale if you can find any stock. I got ME2, Crysis2, & Bulletstorm for £5 each, and Portal 2 for £7.

[MojoMaster]

Originally Posted by claymore74

It's currently going for £5 in Morrisons as part of their sale if you can find any stock. I got ME2, Crysis2, & Bulletstorm for £5 each, and Portal 2 for £7.

Seriously? Crikey those are some sweet prices.

[claymore74]

Originally Posted by MojoMaster

Seriously? Crikey those are some sweet prices.

Yip - check out hukd for a bigger list. It's an old post (8 days old), but the sale is still on in the stores, it just depends on the stock they have.

http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/5-ja...evania-1102587

[MartinImber]

But you will have to pay for the DLC whereas I got it included 31/12/2011 is the latest date you can claim

[geobrad]

Worked for me yesterday!!

[DemdikeStare]

Originally Posted by MartinImber

But you will have to pay for the DLC whereas I got it included 31/12/2011 is the latest date you can claim

I got the game for xmas and installed on 01/01/2012 and it worked fine for me.

Such a great game, although mining has lost it's appeal very quickly!

[Nedubiz]

I became all OCD about the mining. By the time I had finished the game I think I had stripped the galaxy of all its valuable resources

Stunning game this - In my top 5 of last year

[MartinImber]

Originally Posted by DemdikeStare

I got the game for xmas and installed on 01/01/2012 and it worked fine for me.

Such a great game, although mining has lost it's appeal very quickly!

That was lucky - I was panicking

[MartinImber]

Originally Posted by Nedubiz

I became all OCD about the mining. By the time I had finished the game I think I had stripped the galaxy of all its valuable resources

Stunning game this - In my top 5 of last year

Stripped about 3/4s of the stuff

[Flawed-Tactics]

The only thing I don't like about this game is the horrendous load times. Isn't dying in the game punishment enough, nope it seems not, you have the long wait to reload the checkpoint. arrgghh!

I could understand it if the game was playing from disc, but its the DL version obviously running from the HDD.

Ah well, great game, I'm getting well into it.

[Gormond]

Originally Posted by Flawed-Tactics

The only thing I don't like about this game is the horrendous load times. Isn't dying in the game punishment enough, nope it seems not, you have the long wait to reload the checkpoint. arrgghh!

I could understand it if the game was playing from disc, but its the DL version obviously running from the HDD.

Ah well, great game, I'm getting well into it.

Get a Hybird HDD

[Flawed-Tactics]

Originally Posted by Gormond

Get a Hybird HDD

what's one of those, they sound expensive.

[Gormond]

Originally Posted by Flawed-Tactics

what's one of those, they sound expensive.

A hard drive with flash memory (for caching), it will half your load times.

Seagate Momentus XT 500GB is what I use which costs about 70 quid. You can get other capacities though.

http://www.ebuyer.com/222310-seagate...d-st95005620as

[Flawed-Tactics]

Originally Posted by Gormond

A hard drive with flash memory (for caching), it will half your load times.

Seagate Momentus XT 500GB is what I use which costs about 70 quid. You can get other capacities though.

http://www.ebuyer.com/222310-seagate...d-st95005620as

That's quite reasonable. Does having such a drive make a difference to all games that are DL or partially installed on the HDD.

[Gormond]

Originally Posted by Flawed-Tactics

That's quite reasonable. Does having such a drive make a difference to all games that are DL or partially installed on the HDD.

Yeah all games that work alot off the HDD (Which is most of them nowadays) will be much faster on a Hybrid HDD.

[Flawed-Tactics]

Originally Posted by Gormond

Yeah all games that work alot off the HDD (Which is most of them nowadays) will be much faster on a Hybrid HDD.

Final questions, is there any special set-up to go through or is just like installing a normal HDD?

Anything I should be aware of at all?

Thanks.

[Gormond]

Originally Posted by Flawed-Tactics

Final questions, is there any special set-up to go through or is just like installing a normal HDD?

Anything I should be aware of at all?

Thanks.

Nope, just install it as you would any additional HDD.

A note of warning though, as well as being hybird these drive run at the faster 7200 RPM which means they generate a little more heat. For me this isn't an issue as my PS3 isn't stuffed into a tight space, its got plenty of ventilation.

If your PS3 already has a tendency of putting your fan at max speed while playing a game a would avoid it.

My PS3 never went above the second fan speed before i got the hybrid and still doesn't with it, it is a PS3 Slim though.