Mass Effect
You take the role of Commander Shepard starship Normandy, the last hope for all life in the Galaxy. Saren, a rogue member of the elite and untouchable Spectre agents, has discovered the secret to unleashing an apocalyptic force upon the galaxy, and only you stand in his way. To save the lives of billions, you must do whatever it takes to stop Saren and prevent the return of an ancient force bent on the destruction of all organic life.
User Ratings and Reviews
4 Stars Supurb Graphics
The game is very good, the graphics and sound are excellent. Gameplay is engaging. I found the controls a bit clunky at first but I eventually got used to them.
4 Stars A Good Addition to the Genre
I won’t be covering the DRM issue in this review. Yes, it’s very annoying, but I’ve had no problems with it. Since I got it cheap and discounted, I’m not too worried.
It’s easy to think of this as similar to Knights of the Old Republic, a great game also by Bioware set in the Star Wars universe. However, a comparison between the two is rather interesting as it shows up the flaws and virtues of Mass Effect.
The gameplay and graphics of ME is very good. Everything is lovingly rendered, and it’s all very good indeed. Being a single player only game, ME lives or dies on its story. The story here is certainly inventive and original in setting. However, there are problems. For a start the villain is quite unimpressive - vanishing for 3/4 of the game. Even the surprise villain at the end isn’t great. Further more, your party members, with perhaps two exceptions are dull. I didn’t always like the personality of the KOTOR characters, but at least they had one!
The length of the story was also iffy. My first run-through where I did almost everything and all sidequests took about 40 hours. However, the campaign story and a single (necessary) sidequest took only 13 hours. Draw of that what you will, but there is quite a lot of padding involved.
Overall, ME is a good game, not as good as KOTOR, but very good even so. I rate it 4 because I enjoyed it.
5 Stars Possibly the best PC game of all time.
This game is simply amazing. It’s the first game you can actually feel like your living it. There is no “the end” to it as there are tons of places to explore and tons and I mean tons of lore behind it. The graphics are just as impressive as Crysis but runs 10 times better.
This game bumped Half-Life off my number 1 spot for best pc game I’ve ever played.
What makes this game amazing is the lore and the dedication the developers put into the story and why and how things are way they are. It’s like watching, err living a movie. This game has spawned a franchise for EA/Bioware as it’s already got more than 2 sequels on the way and a possible movie.
Defiantly check this baby out. I got mine off Steam which has no Securerom.
4 Stars As Close to real “Star Trek” game as you can get.
When I initially bought the game it would randomly crash. I put it aside for a couple of months and then came back to it one day. Once it was patched and I used a headset instead of the on board sound, it worked flawlessly. I personally found this to be one of the best games I have played and for the current price it is a killer deal. Have fun!
5 Stars MASS EFFECT for PC
I have played lots and lots of Video games and RolePlaying Games. This was like I was watching a Animated movie play out. the Cut Scenes were Flawless and the interaction Unique and Engaging.
I have Played other titles by the same Company And I wasn’t Dissappointed again!! Top knotch;and well done, without even the highest Video settings!!
I would recomend it to a Hardcore player as we as novice,. And Amazon’s cost and product supply Awesome!!!!
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