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Mass Effect Review (continued)
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Manufacturer: Microsoft
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ESRB Rating: Mature
Platform(s): Xbox 360
Release Date: November 20, 2007
Average Rating: 5 out of 5 Stars
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Date: 2008-10-12
Fun RPG
Mass Effect is incredible in its sheer amount of material. There are so many things to do in this game and it pretty much just hands you the wheel and lets you go/do whatever you want to do. The story is pretty decent and the ability to choose everything your character says during conversations makes things even more interesting. My only complaint is that things started to feel a little monotonous after awhile. I'm not really a Sci-Fi fan and I still enjoyed this game. It deserves to be played by any fan of RPGs
Date: 2008-10-10
Mass Effect is massively fun
This is a fun game! I really enjoyed the twists and turns in the storyline. Every choice you make determines the games' next actions, so you can play it over and over with different outcomes. Yes, there are battles to be fought, but there is also dialogue (which you can choose to ignore) and an indepth story. Your actions-good or evil- determine your alliances and destiny. I'm not a hard-core gamer, and still made it all the way through the game. There are many choices in building your starting character, or you can start with a default. This one's a winner.
Date: 2008-09-29
OK Game
Mass Effect is a fun enough game with a moderately slow pace, some tedious missions and little replay value. I played the game twice through, mostly because the first time I skipped a lot of the side missions and I wanted to get some more achievement points.
The story is interesting. Most people find it excellent, but the general Human v. Machine and insectoid bad guy aliens are two genres that are played out. Mass Effect has both. Even so, there are enough plot twists ad options to keep things interesting enough.
Although it is open world, the story line is still linear. There are about 4 (maybe 5) major plot points. You can choose 3 of them in any order. There are a number of smaller missions a player can take, but they don't really effect the major plot line.
I played the first time through in under 20 hours (I forgot how many, but maybe 18). I skipped many of the side missions, so I decided to replay. Bioware has a morality system in this game, so the first time around I played it as a straight good guy (called paragon) and the second time as a heavy (renegade). There simply was not enough variety the second time around despite the new missions and choices.
Here is the bottom line: You can win this game in a week without alienating your loved ones. Rent it or buy it if you know you can get a good trade out of it.
There are quite of few detailed reviews here, so please forgive this for being sparse on specifics.
Date: 2008-09-23
excelent
This game bought for my son, here his opinion
The story its great I mean you can notice that the person who creatd this game thought every detail and possibility, you can choose some options in the conversations that adapt to your personality. it has couple of glitches but every game has one or two.
In conclusion:
I recommend this game if you want more possibilities than most of the games.
Date: 2008-09-15
A Truly Exquisite Game
I had no idea what Mass Effect was. I bought the game on a whim with little prior knowledge as to the story or gameplay or anything of that sort. I only knew that you could make decisions and choose the flow of the story (as in most Bioware games). When I started playing, I was honestly astounded. The game, first off, is beautiful and its story is rich. I actually cared about and felt connected to the characters. The gameplay was pretty good for me...it's not an FPS, so fans of that genre will most likely be disappointed. It's an RPG and it plays like one. My only issue comes with tedious planet-roaming missions and long load times - trying to disguise them with long elevator rides does not work. Also, the ending is basically the same no matter how you play. There are a couple of major decision points but it's nothing that really inspires you to play through again to get something different. It would've been nice to see playing as a "good guy" culminate into something drastically different than playing as a "bad guy" - not just something that can be reversed at the end with a couple different choices and dialouge options (but maybe they're planning that for the sequel).
All in all, the game is amazing and something I recommend to anyone who's looking for a fresh videogame experience. This is possibly one of my favorite games for the 360.
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