Mass Effect species watch: the sturdy Krogan

BioWare didn’t let us down when they released Neverwinter Nights and Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, so we expect great things from Mass Effect, the game that Bioware is developing exclusively for Microsoft‘s Xbox 360.

Mass Effect is the first of a planned trilogy, the first chapter in an adventure that will span across the stars. Space opera fans, action-adventure fans, and RPG fans will probably gravitate towards this game. After all, it’s already won several awards. Like what? Well, like this thing called the Game Critics’ Award for Best Role Playing Game at E3 2006.

Anyway, a couple days back the IGN staff released an article about some of the features of the Krogan. Now that we’re deep in the weekend and the news is drying up, we have time to go back and revisit that feature article.

The Krogan… When I read about them, I can’t help but think “tank, tank, tank,” because the Krogan is basically the massive, hulking, well-nigh-indestructible bruiser of the Mass Effect universe. We’re talking multiple-redundant organ systems (so if one system fails the animal’s body will still survive), a violent and war-filled past, and instincts and strengths honed by having to survive in a harsh world.

Their homeworld has always lacked hospitable places to live. So countless generations ago they used their modern weapons to wage war against each other. And they reduced their planet into a steaming chunk of radioactive rubble. But still they survived. And grew stronger.

It’ll be interesting, really interesting, to finally get our hands on this game and see how the Krogan’s history are woven into the tapestry of Mass Effect‘s greater story arc. And those who are interested in Mass Effect as a work of imaginative science fiction can pick up Mass Effect: Revelation, the first Mass Effect novel. It’s been on bookshelves for over a month.

Mass Effect is being developed by BioWare and will be published by Microsoft Game Studios.

BioWare didn’t let us down when they released Neverwinter Nights and Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, so we expect great things from Mass Effect, the game that Bioware is developing exclusively for Microsoft‘s Xbox 360.

Mass Effect is the first of a planned trilogy, the first chapter in an adventure that will span across the stars. Space opera fans, action-adventure fans, and RPG fans will probably gravitate towards this game. After all, it’s already won several awards. Like what? Well, like this thing called the Game Critics’ Award for Best Role Playing Game at E3 2006.

Anyway, a couple days back the IGN staff released an article about some of the features of the Krogan. Now that we’re deep in the weekend and the news is drying up, we have time to go back and revisit that feature article.

The Krogan… When I read about them, I can’t help but think “tank, tank, tank,” because the Krogan is basically the massive, hulking, well-nigh-indestructible bruiser of the Mass Effect universe. We’re talking multiple-redundant organ systems (so if one system fails the animal’s body will still survive), a violent and war-filled past, and instincts and strengths honed by having to survive in a harsh world.

Their homeworld has always lacked hospitable places to live. So countless generations ago they used their modern weapons to wage war against each other. And they reduced their planet into a steaming chunk of radioactive rubble. But still they survived. And grew stronger.

It’ll be interesting, really interesting, to finally get our hands on this game and see how the Krogan’s history are woven into the tapestry of Mass Effect‘s greater story arc. And those who are interested in Mass Effect as a work of imaginative science fiction can pick up Mass Effect: Revelation, the first Mass Effect novel. It’s been on bookshelves for over a month.

Mass Effect is being developed by BioWare and will be published by Microsoft Game Studios.