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Most Underrated game of the year....

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: June 13, 2008
Author: Amazon User

If you ask anyone what their favorite game is, most of them will say either Halo, Call of Duty, or Bioshock which are good games in their own right. However, Mass Effect definitely wins the most underrated game award of the year. I was just casually surfing Amazon when I came across this gem, and decided to order it. It was well worth it, let me tell you. The game sequences are beautiful and the characters are so finely detailed that there is no need for cinematics. The plot is deep and rich, with twists and turns around every corner leading the gamer into new problems to solve and information to use when playing through the game. The controls are very easy to learn and master, giving you varying levels of control over your AI teammates so those who are new to the game can concentrate on playing while those who are already adept can use the AIs to the their best advantage.

The Mass Effect world could almost be compared to the world of Star Wars. Every object has its base in the Mass Effect history, and through an info bar in the start menu can be used to give the gamer a very in-depth account about the weapons, ships, armor, and prothean structures that are used throughout the game. This allows the gamer to become very involved in the Mass effect world. Combine that with almost no loading times and you get an experience that is hard to find in any other game.

There are very few cons about this game, but they can be annoying ones. Due to the complexity of the game and all the interactive people walking around, the game experiences many glitches. During a fight with the Matriarch my character was "Knocked out", forced to the floor and squiggling all over the place. This rarely happens, and all I had to do was load my last save. Two other things I dislike about Mass Effect is the autosave feature and the elevators. The autosave feature does do what it is designed to do, but doesn't save nearly enough. You really need to remember to save at regular intervals in order to prevent having to redo multiple areas. In Mass Effect the elevators are used instead of a loading screen, which contributes to the overall game experience but makes the elevator rides very, very long. (Plus, with their advanced technology you'd think that they might have faster elevators? Yes? Well, apparently elevator speed wasn't on the top of their priority list.) There is however, some amusing dialogue between your characters during the elevator ride which managed to grab a few smiles from me during some of the more comical moments.

Overall, Mass Effect is an amazing game with a whole universe that is begging for you to explore. If you like Role Playing Games, I strongly suggest you at least rent this game and try it for yourself. I bought it and was hooked from day one.

Great story.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: June 07, 2008
Author: Amazon User

It takes a while to get into this game, about an hour I'd say. Once you get past that part though, it's really good. It's mostly story driven (being an rpg that should be obvious)and I'd have to say that the 'action' is fairly sparse towards the beginning of the game.

If the words "Role Playing Game" might scare you away from this one because you've never beat one, or you just don't have time to beat it, I'm pretty sure you can beat this one. I did, and I've been on the first disc of FF VII for seven or eight years. If I can do it, I'm pretty sure almost anyone can.

Number 6 on my all-time list..

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: May 31, 2008
Author: Amazon User

First off, this game ranks as my 6th favorite game of all-time behind
5. Sarges heroes N64
4. Halo 3
3. Halo 2
2. Goldeneye
1. Bioshock
This is an excellent game with a story line better than any of the above that I previously listed. The gameplay is incredibly fun, and has many features new to the xbox-360. If you enjoyed kotr 1 and 2, you will love this game. The sniping is wonderfully fun and presents many new challenges. The story is good, but nothing intoxicating such as: Oblivion, fable and many other rpgs. You could classify this as an rpg, but it feels more like a third-person shooter to me. The way the squat based things are set up, is wonderful to say the least. The inventory is quick and easy to access. The game progresses threw a few main story-plots and has about 40 side missions.

For me it took like 10 hours to beat, but I just played the main storyline, if you play everything you can beat it in 30-40 hours. It gives you the independence of working at your own pace.
You are also rewarded nicely, I earned 400 easy points, and with more playtime, you could easily earn 500g worth of achievements.

Overall 10.0

Mass effect

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: May 29, 2008
Author: Amazon User

i have beatin the the game twice now and i would say its a ok game you could basicly just get 1 weapon and use it the whole game the loadtimes in the elevater is extremly long although the gameplays good it gets kind of boring

A breath of fresh air! (spoilers)

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: May 27, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I honestly can't think of the last time I played a game like Mass Effect. That's probably because it has a very unique feel. From the highly customizable player-character to the expansive, free-roaming universe you traverse through on your interstellar spaceship, the "Normandy"; this game has it all.

Aspect 1: Guns - If you love shooting things you'll love Mass Effect. With 4 different weapon types (all visible on your person due to a compactible nature) you have your choice as to how to blow holes in your enemies. The assault rifle for maximum carnage, the sniper rifle for deadly accuracy, the pistol for short-range headshots, and the shotgun for in-your-face destruction. Each weapon can also be upgraded with a special type of ammo (e.g. incendiary, poison, armor piercing) and up to 3 types of upgrades (e.g. stability, heat reduction, accuracy). The best part ... NO AMMO! The only thing you need to worry about is not overheating your weapons and you can go trigger happy all day. Oh and there's grenades ... of course ... The body armor you wear can also be upgraded (e.g. health recovery, dmg reduction etc)

Aspect 2: Abilities - The two weapons you have at your disposal aside from weaponry is "engineering" and "biotics".
Engineering has to do with your ability to hack locks, droids, and anything else mechanical. The non-utility use of engineering skills is simply EXPLOSIVE. Literally ... almost all the engineering abilities involve some kind of explosive radius. Whether it overloads shields or short circuits robots it probably blows up. In addition you can also take control of virtually any AI enemy unit with a fully powered up version of the skill.
Biotics are essentially implants that give you abilites that harness and control small scale "mass effect" fields to wreak havoc on your enemies. The skilled biotic can throw, lift, pull and warp the enemy into submission. Fully skilled up you can manipulate even some of the larger enemies. Biotic abilites are perfect for infliction confusion and dissorientation on the enemy while the rest of your squad tears them to shreds.

Aspect 3: Storyline - You are thrown into a universe poised on the brink of destruction from an alien invasion. The best part is ... no one knows that yet :P. And even as you progress through the story and figure it out for yourself you still can't convince the powers that be to do anything about it. (sound familiar? :P) Anyway it's kind of a choose your own adventure deal except you will always follow the same general outline. You DO however get to choose your ending ... there are two separate ones and they are both awesome so don't hesitate either way :P.

Aspect 4: Squad combat - You get the traditional "3-man group" in Mass Effect. With the main character always required plus 2 others. With all characters unlocked you have 6 options. Male or female human, 2 male and 2 female alien types. Each one has their own specialties and strengths. To get the most out of the game though I recommend building your party to have at least one heavily specd engineer type and a biotic. Based on what class you chose for your character of course. (E.G. if you chose a soldier type [weapons expert] then you should have an engineer and biotic as backup.)

Aspect 5: Free roam - In your military, experimental ship "Normandy" the universe is your playground as you hop from one galaxy and star cluster to the next. The universe is loaded with side missions that can weild awesome gear, sweet cash and nice reputation ~_~. While you could just go exploring, you will most likely get sent to almost every planet out there if you search for and find all the bonus missions. A little tip though: each cluster usually consists of 4 to 8 planets (give or take); and among these planets there will usually be only one that you can actually "land" on .. that is ... be dropped from orbit in your ATV. The rest are merely eye candy that you can often "examine" for a quick quest item gather. Basically if you have a quest in the cluster and you find the planet that has the "land" option ... you're on the right track ^_^.

Aspect 6: Replay - It's been a long time since I found a game that made me want to play it over and over and over. Not only does Mass Effect have 6 different classes to choose from for a different experience each time, but after you complete a playthrough you can run through again with your same, leveled-up character with all your gear and items still intact. The mobs also level up to keep it interesting. It took me 3 full playthroughs to get to the maximum of level 60!

My number one favorite thing to do in the game: use the biotic ability "singularity" in the midst of a group of enemies creating a miniature black hole that they all started spinning around and then hurling a grenade into the center and detonating it ^_^. I called it my "big bang" :P

All in all Mass Effect gets a huge 5 out of 5 rating from me.

Most re-playable game ever

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: May 24, 2008
Author: Amazon User

For those of you who want a quick and dirty on this game here it is... I have played through this game three times and still I find myself creating another player and playing it again. Mass Effect is probably the best game on the 360 platform and I eagerly await it's sequel!

Mass Effect

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: May 18, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Overall, this game is very in depth. My favorite part of the game is that you can choose whether or not to do something. The game is very well designed and is worth the money.

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