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My favorite game of all time.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 4
Date: December 02, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This game is incredible, a must have for Xbox 360 owners with the time to play it. It is an RPG and is very story intensive, so be prepared to interact conversationally a lot. I love this, it builds the story and connects you to the characters.
THe combat is fun too, as is the character customizability. If you like this type of game, it's the best available. It's addictive, simply put.

Mass Effect

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 5
Date: December 08, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This is seriously the best RPG game I have ever played. If you are going to play only one 360 game make it this one. After playing Bioshock I had high hopes For this title from Bioware. Needless to say it passed my expiations by a massive amount. All I can say is BUY THIS GAME. Mass EffectMass Effect Limited Edition

Mass Effect: Limited Edition

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: February 04, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I will simply say this game is awesome! It's intensly epic and if you're a fan of the RPG format, this is a must play. There are naturally some comparisons being made to the two Knights of the Old Republic video games. I think these comparisons are very appropriate because the general game design is a fairly similar, though I'm sure many Star Wars fans are disappointed to not see laser swords in this game. Anyway, both games are very epic in scale, however, I think Mass Effect improved and built on from some areas.

Now anyone who plays RPG styled games HAS to realize that the screen view offers quite a bit design limitations. For example you're not going to have super high-detailed characters that look life-like all the time, though Mass Effect does a damn good job. People have to remember you're not seeing things through a first person view, so those who complain that it's not as "detailed" need to get over themselves, I grew up with Diablo, which I still think has a pretty good design. The screen interface to me is one of the most important, however, Mass Effect is a little hard to figure out at first. Such as when you want to change weapons quickly or use your special abilities. After having gone through the game, I realize now that it is by far the absolutely most logical control development for the user to interface with the screen.

Everything is in 3rd person view so the user is sitting sort of "far away" in perspective, aside from video sequences of course. Despite this, I think the graphic design is very well done. I see people complain about things not being "Next Gen" on a Next Gen console, seriously, what do these people expect to see? Graphic design wise Mass Effect is probably comparable to Half Life 2, and really, is that such a bad thing? I'd rather have developers spend their time developing a really epic game with an awesome story line than spend all their time amping up the graphics to the point where systems can't process all the detail so they have to shorten the game to compensate for data overflow. Which, is something I will complain about in Halo 3, because it was far too short, despite how beautifully designed the game was.

Another thing that was really interesting was the weapon designs. You get new weapons as the game goes on, but they're energy based weapons so you have unlimited ammo. I thought this was a really interesting way to treat the weapons, granted I enjoyed the unlimited ammo because running out of ammo in a game really sucks. You basically have access to all the weapons from the start of the game, but you have to put points into being trained on them to actually get good at using them. If you don't have access to build up points for the Sniper Rifle your character will always be really bad at using that weapon, but each character has the ability to build up at least one of the options!

The real part to focus on in Mass Effect is the highly original world and engrossing story line! You're thrust into a future universe of humanity where we have contact with other alien cultures and we are trying to work our way into the politics of the situation. I would say the story line is somewhat influenced by Carl Sagan's "Contact" because it starts with teh discovery of something called a Mass Relay, which can send vehicles far into distant reaches very quickly... yeah, kind of like "Contact, but this takes place long after that initial contact. I found the story-line very intelligent and very well thought out, to the point where it's believable in that situation. I haven't played through that many excellent Science Fiction RPG's, but this is probably my favorite as much as I liked Knights of the Old Republic. The story line does have a serious shock ending that I really didn't predict in the least, whereas I found Knights of the Old Republic II's story line slightly predictable.

Mass Effect really shines in my book. I was one of the lucky few to pick up the Limited Edition version and it comes with a bonus disc, which I haven't watched yet, but I will add to this review when I see it. It also comes with an added booklet with extra information about the historical time-line, which I thought was a really cool game addition.

As anyone can see, this game is VERY highly rated by users and I personally have no complaints about this game whatsoever. I found it to be challenging and intriguing. I don't have a lot of time to play games and this thing kept me occupied for two months (I do spend most of my day at work and only can play like an hour or two a night). Most games I can beat pretty quickly, but the grand scale took me as long as Knights of the Old Republic. Seriously, get this game!

The game is good , The Limited edition awesome

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 6
Date: December 11, 2007
Author: Amazon User

If you have played anything bioware. you will know what to expect with mass effect. the whole sci fi universe that bioware has created in mass effect is simple stunning. the game has all the rpg elements as well as n action game elements. i'm still playing thru this game but so far it looks really good.

Mass Effect review

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: December 28, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Be warned on the Limited Edition's slip case, the actual metal case inside can slip out from the slip case very easily (leading to dented metal case).

Over all the additional items in the limited edition don't seem to make up for the added cost over the regular edition.

Massive Letdown

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 7
Date: March 07, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I had very high hopes for this game. I was a big fan of both Knights of the Old Republic games, and I think that Microsoft and Bioware really built this game up. Unfortunately, it really failed to live up to expectations. To be honest, the more I played it, the more frustrated and disappointed I became. Ultimately, I wasn't able to force myself to finish it.

I could write several pages critiquing the game. But I'm feeling a little too lazy for that right now. My biggest advice would be, if you buy this game, stick to the main plot. The side-quests are tedious and poorly-implemented, often relying simply on text pop-ups and involving very little (if any) meaningful "exploration" of the galaxy.

The game's high points would probably be the graphics (although it's plagued by inexcusable popping-in of textures, embarrassingly small numbers of character model variations, and a conspicuous absence of characters with any meaningful amount of hair), music, and the thoroughness of the sci-fi universe that they have envisioned.

These strengths are heavily outweighed, however, by an innovative but ultimately ill-conceived dialog system, shallow inventory system, laughable "decryption" mini-game, lackluster voice acting, painful vehicle control, cookie-cutter dungeons, a combat system that is a step-back from KOTOR, and, apparently, a total lack of vegetation anywhere in the galaxy.

In a holiday season with countless outstanding titles, there are MUCH better ways to spend your precious spare hours of free time...

Worst game ever!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 8
Date: August 02, 2008
Author: Amazon User

First of all, if you're buying this game because you think there's nudity in it, DON'T! Because there is NO NUDITY! As for the game mechanics, they are absolutely atrocious. The storyline is sleep-inducing. The controls are almost impossible to get used to. The characters are as uninteresting as they could possibly be. PLEASE don't waste your money on this game!

Well Produced and great RPG

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: December 29, 2007
Author: Amazon User

AS the reviews said, the haphazard loading screens are disruptive to the flow of the game, but the gas=me has revolutionized game play for RPG's of the future.

Fantastic.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 24, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Despite my bitter hatred of driving the Mako which encompasses a lot of this game, I still played it through in a single sitting. I haven't been that enthralled with a game since probably Final Fantasy VIII. The combat system is excellent, overall fights are very well balanced, the dialog is excellent (if excessive). Overall an excellent action-RPG.

A must own

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

Excellent mix of First person shooter with elements of an RPG. Uses "spells" and techniques fluidly with gun play for stellar playing experience. Story is deep and fascinating with well written dialog. A must own.

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