Mass Effect (PC Games)

Mass Effect is an excellent RPG game, one of (if not the best) i've played.
If you like RPGs, this is one of the best choices.

Everything arrived as promised and much faster than I expected. I will definitely use this Seller again.

So far so good. We shall see the overall once I am done playing with it. The game recieved a very high rating for game play. The price was the other consideration. This game normally sells for 45.00 or more. So I was very pleased with the price and shipping.

This is possibly the best game I've played in recent years. The role-playing experience is fantastic, all NPCs have full personalities, and I don't mean your teammates (although some of them do too; more on that later). Every person that you can talk to is different from the next one. The combat system is great as well, especially for me as I'm not all that great at full on shooters. You can seamlessly pause the game during combat and give your two teammates commands, although sometimes their AI can leave you wanting. However, they can turn the scales in your favor in a seemingly hopeless battle. You just need to use them right. A lot of games tend to let you down a bit when it comes to the ending. This game does not. It ends very well and although this is only the first in a trilogy it also has a definite ending to a singular story.
On to the bad. The graphics, while beautiful, do not mean a thing when the animators can't make humans look like humans. The lips (as in all Bioware games) do not move like human lips which detracts quite a lot. Plus the way NPCs end a dialog is so unnerving, it's looks as if they have to excuse themselves so they can use the toliet. And to me the most horrifying experience is this: I love when there is a romance in games. Baldur's gate and KOTOR got it right. Mass Effect did not. Sure they had a sex scene (and I'm not for or against this; it is simply part of the game to me), but really there was no lead up to it. You can only really have four or five conversations with your love interest before all of a sudden you're in love or lust or whatever and then you get down and dirty. This was an unforgivable atrocity and BioWare should be ashamed. I felt a greater connection with the Hanar who wanted to preach about the Enkindlers (a side quest NPC) than with any of the love interests (main NPCs). Normally my favorite character in RPGs is the love interest because they actually have character. Jaheria and Viconia in Baldur's Gate, Bastila in KOTOR where my favorite characters from their respective games, simply because I felt I knew them. Not so in Mass Effect. Wrex was by far the coolest character in this game, which is not a bad thing as he was fraking awesome! However, my point is there wasn't enough time to get to know the love interest to actually care. And we'll end that there.
Despite my cons taking up more space, I still give Mass Effect an excellent score. I have never, ever played a game through twice in a row. I spent almost five days straight playing this game through twice and I doubt I'll ever find another game like that. Unless Mass Effect 2 is better, cause Dragon Age certainly doesn't look like it. So yes, this game is awesome. Buy it. Love it. And if you don't, you're probably not even human. Maybe a Krogan.
Oh and on a psuedo related note to BioWare personnel should they read this: Mass Effect 2 better be a direct continuation with the same main character with the ability to import old characters a la the old Quest For Glory games. KOTOR2 pissed me off something fierce. (These two sentences actually correlate if you've played this game. You might not agree but it does make sense;)
Thanks for reading, and support more great games by buying this one! ie, don't try to justify the pirating of this game because it has a ridiculous three time install only and an activation thingy (not a real activation thingy, by the way). Oops, I'm about out of space.

I'm always on the lookout for a good game and when I heard about Mass Effect from fellow gamers I went out and got it. It starts out a little talky at first but once the action picks up it's non-stop. One of the most fun things in this game is driving the Mako all-terrain vehicle around. It responds well to controls. Overall I rate this game a 9.5, the only reason it's not a 10 is it really needs a high end computer, I actually went out and purchased a new video card, now it's smooth sailing. Gameplay involves making choices and decisions when speaking with other characters which will take you into exploring different worlds and strange races. Not to mention the love interest!! Enjoy this game, it's good and it's different.

Bioware. Amazing. Real-time 3rd person shooter Sci-Fi RPG. If the mention of that description has you intrigued, buy this game right now.

Graphics:
The graphics are amazing, if your computer can support the requirements. I have an 8800GT and it plays on highest settings with no hitches.

Sound:
Great ambiance, scores and sound effects are well done and fit the theme of the game.

Gameplay:
If you like shooters or RPGs, give this game a look. The combat is reminiscent of Gears of War style 3rd person game play, and is actually quite in depth. The RPG aspects are what defines this game. This isn't a shooter with RPG elements, its and RPG that uses a shooter combat system. True to their other RPGs, there are countless possibilities, customization, side quests and mini-games to supplement the main story line, and trust me, the main story line is really quite good on its own.

This game is for everyone who enjoys shooters and RPGs, if your PC can handle the system requirements.

it didnt work in my pc because my video card was not supported :(
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PRO: Another excellent RPG from BioWare! Deep and engaging story, exceptional voice-acting and great all-around production values.

CON: Beware draconian DRM! SecuROM, virtual drive blacklisting, Internet authentication (though it is a single-player game only), and worst of all: you are only allowed to install this title 3 times maximum -- it will not authenticate installation if you have used up your 3 installs. This means that this game may not be playable for as many years as other PC games, since you will likely have different PC configurations over time. Any major configuration change to your PC and re-installing Mass Effect will use up another of your 3 installs.

MINOR: Game inventory and buy/sell screens are unnecessarily difficult to navigate due to complete lack of sorting and categorizing options of the many, many different game items. Game items are multitudinous and detailed with interesting art and descriptions, but disappointingly lack much practical difference between them during game use. Also, unlike other BioWare RPGs, this one is a console port and is more "streamlined" (read: dumbed-down) for "accessibility" to console players. Many may find this a positive, but as an old-time computer RPG junkie, and big fan of previous BioWare titles, this is an unfortunate turn of events. Still, the game is good enough that with all that, I still give it 4/5.

pretty damn good game, not much to complain about *yet* but seems to have everything an rpg needs, lots of fun. If your into rpg's definantly worth gettin your hands on