Mass Effect Trilogy (PC, PS3 or Xbox 360) $30 + Free shipping

Quote from Vortex3D : How well does the PC version run on laptop that has integrated video. CPU is AMD A6 Quadcore at 1.5GHz, 4GB of memory. Does the PC version requires every authentication with EA server to start the game? Can I have two PCs sharing the same license? I would like to play with my brother on ME3 Multiplayer online. Thanks.

Another question. How much total hard drive space is needed to install each ME1, 2 and 3 for the PC version?

Bah, had to wait til I got home from work, everything but PC is dead. No more PS3 Trilogy for 30$

Has anyone's order shipped?

Quote from Mattiekrome : Bah, had to wait til I got home from work, everything but PC is dead. No more PS3 Trilogy for 30$

Just checked a minute ago and PS3 is still $30.
http://store.origin.com/store/ea/....243469200
http://store.origin.com/store/ea/...ass+effect

Total included DLCs for each platform. PC includes both DLCs for ME1. PS3 includes all but last story DLC for ME2. X360 includes zero DLC.

http://www.ign.com/wikis/mass-effect-trilogy

X360 version is listed to include Cerberus weapon but I think that is not longer included as it was limited free download. Zaeed character in ME2 requires the code which has expired.

Quote from Vortex3D : Just checked a minute ago and PS3 is still $30. http://store.origin.com/store/ea/....243469200 http://store.origin.com/store/ea/...ass+effect

You are correct, not sure what link I clicked, but everything but PC was gone. Looks like it's still active as of this post, I just placed an order.

Even though I have all three on 360, I haven't started any of them yet, and am very tempted to grab the PS3 trilogy (I just prefer playing on PS3). Anyone have any thoughts on how the games play, PS3 vs 360.

Either way, TU for this being a very good deal.

Quote from wjb3000 : Even though I have all three on 360, I haven't started any of them yet, and am very tempted to grab the PS3 trilogy (I just prefer playing on PS3). Anyone have any thoughts on how the games play, PS3 vs 360. Either way, TU for this being a very good deal.

I played ME1,2,3 on X360 and ME2,3 on PS3. Overall, I still prefer X360 version as some scenes are smoother. Not saying PS3 version is broken but when you play on both consoles, you can see the differences.

If you never bought any ME2 DLCs on X360, you get all but the last DLC free on PS3 version.

As for achievement and trophy, X360 version has more achievements on ME2 since the DLCs are sold separately and you are given more achievements in the DLCs.

If you don't like huge hard drive install, you can run directly off X360 DVD discs. While ME2 and ME3 have two discs each, you only do the discs swap 2-3 times in the game. For a game that long, I just don't understand the difficulty have to swap the disc after so many hours. PS3 version require large install for every game, I think around 4 or 5GB each for the main game.

If you own both versions on PS3 and X360, this is how I could recommend how you play. Try to play as different role, choose what Shepard does in each platform and gender. That way, you don't feel like playing the same game twice the same way on both consoles. And you get to experience both voice actors performance. Also you get to romance the opposite side as they are quite different.

Do you guys think this will drop further sometime this year? I'm in no hurry, but seems like a cool game from BioWare

Quote from Vortex3D : I played ME1,2,3 on X360 and ME2,3 on PS3. Overall, I still prefer X360 version as some scenes are smoother. Not saying PS3 version is broken but when you play on both consoles, you can see the differences. If you never bought any ME2 DLCs on X360, you get all but the last DLC free on PS3 version. As for achievement and trophy, X360 version has more achievements on ME2 since the DLCs are sold separately and you are given more achievements in the DLCs. If you don't like huge hard drive install, you can run directly off X360 DVD discs. While ME2 and ME3 have two discs each, you only do the discs swap 2-3 times in the game. For a game that long, I just don't understand the difficulty have to swap the disc after so many hours. PS3 version require large install for every game, I think around 4 or 5GB each for the main game. If you own both versions on PS3 and X360, this is how I could recommend how you play. Try to play as different role, choose what Shepard does in each platform and gender. That way, you don't feel like playing the same game twice the same way on both consoles. And you get to experience both voice actors performance. Also you get to romance the opposite side as they are quite different.

Thanks so much for taking the time to put this together. I think I'll just buy it on PS3, and play differently on each platform as you suggest. Repped.

Quote from Vortex3D : Another question. How much total hard drive space is needed to install each ME1, 2 and 3 for the PC version?

I bought the ME Trilogy off Amazon. The installed directory sizes:

ME1: 10.6 GB
ME2: 13.9 GB
ME3: 11.7 GB

Quote from TheParasite : I bought the ME Trilogy off Amazon. The installed directory sizes: ME1: 10.6 GB ME2: 13.9 GB ME3: 11.7 GB

Wow, 2X larger disc space than PS3 disc install version. Is the PC version showing DLC included for ME2 and ME3 doesn't include the story DLC? Or it doesn't make sense why ME2 would be so large if only the main game.

While PC has cheap hard drive, I still hate having the game to need so much hard drive space. I think that is the reason final Citadel DLC is so huge at 4GB as the code is simply poorly optimized. 4GB is like half of the entire ME2 or ME3 X360 main game.

I want this even though I brought mass effect 2 and still haven't played it.... my backlog is bad enough. What are the chances that grab this for $20 in the next 6 months?

Quote from mD- : I want this even though I brought mass effect 2 and still haven't played it.... my backlog is bad enough. What are the chances that grab this for $20 in the next 6 months?

I'd buy it and move it to the front of your log. I just started the first one but I can tell the series is going to be epic!! lol