Played Mass Effect on PC or Console?

I play on PC. I had quite a few consoles in my life. Even though my gaming started from Commodore 64 and Amiga 1200 later, I then later moved to consoles. I had Amiga CD32, Sega Mega Drive (Genesis in US), PSX, Nintendo 64, PS2. But at some point I bought PC (I think it was around the time I got PSX) and couldn't go back to consoles anymore.

My first PC was assembled to me by the guy who was selling me illegal games for Amiga 1200 In Poland (in 90s) there were Computer Fairs organized around the country (for example every Sunday). You could buy some PC Software, PC parts and so on, but the strongest point were the people copying games on Amiga You came with your floppy disks, you chose from the "catalog" which games you want and they were copying it them on your floppy disks. I know, piracy stuff, but that was the only way back then in 90s to get any games on Amiga in Poland (we were under Communist control until 1989 so it took some time to catch up). And oh boy, the community. Even though I was a kid, I still remember that community and how people knew each other. That was great.

Here you have a picture from one of the computer fairs:


So, the guy who was selling me games in one of these computer fairs assembled a PC for me. I think my first PC game was Fifa World Cup 98. Later on I got some consoles and newer PCs but I still focused my gaming time on PCs. I owned PS2, PS3, Xbox 360 and PS4 recently but all were sold sooner or later. I think I was just raised in the times where you had to tweak stuff and actually work a bit to make the game launch and I'm bored on consoles. Though on the other hand, the older I get the more I appreciate how easy consoles are (I gotta say I like one unified interface for all your achievements and stuff). But my heart will always be with Amiga and PCs

Console, only because my PC (a gaming laptop) isn't up to spec anymore after serving me well for a few years. I prefer PC gaming and love modding, and maybe once I get my dream desktop I can play Andromeda on PC

The one thing I noticed, though, while playing on PS4 is that I play more of the game because (it's 100% my fault but) I tend to get sucked into modding and spend most of my time either tinkering with mods or trying to get them to work while I troubleshoot problems. I'm looking at you, Skyrim...

I don't see me switching to any console at all.

I play a lot of strategy games, such as the Total War series. And these games live and breathe because of the modding being done. Such as historical uniforms and campaigns, weapon damage and morale. I think they're even exclusive to the PC, but I'm not sure. I also play a lot of city builders. Again heavily modded.

There's also the fact that using a console, you're never fully in charge of your hardware. It's most obvious with FO4, where they finally allowed modding for consoles, but the manufacturer decides on what you're allowed to use. Far as I know, Bethesda even had to pay hefty fees to the console manufacturers to be allowed to host a number of mods. Which is a problem in itself, since you have to use the Bethesda interface instead of directly downloading and installing them from the Nexus website, where most mods come from. My major hub for modding games.

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Obviously I have no idea what you are on about.

Mass Effect 1 - PC originally. I've always had Playstation, so I couldn't play ME unless I got it on PC. I enjoyed it.. My computer at the time was good, but not top of the line so ME ran kind of poorly from time to time.

ME 1 - Andromeda - Playstation. I purchased ME1 on PC a few months before ME2 was released on PS3 (and there was no way my computer at the time could run ME2) so that I could experience the entire story, despite not being able to import a save (this was fixed later once they released ME1 on the PS3 as well). After that, I've played the entire franchise on console. Despite later getting a much better computer that could have ran the series, I enjoyed it on console, especially once I could play ME3's online component with some old friends.

PC. I have never owned a console, and not sure how to approach it even and what it is. in our household my husband typically watches TV, while I game.

Glorious PC

console because my laptop can't handle it and same price can't get better laptop compare to ps4 pro so ,
my before console was xbox360 with ME 1 still enjoy with it too

Xbox One. And very happy with it!

PC only

PC.

The fact that playing on PC gave me a ME3 mod that allowed my BroShep to survive and be reunited with Kaidan? Bonus.



(This wasn't my playthrough but you get the idea. Credit for the mod goes to Mr. Fob and for the video goes to FluffyNinjaLlama.)

Definitely a PC. Too old of a dog to move to console now...well, I probably could but I won't as long as PC is an option.