Mass Effect

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  • Release Date: Nov. 20, 2007
  • Price: $40.00
  • Publisher: Microsoft Game Studios
  • Developer: Bioware
  • Platform(s): Xbox 360  PC
  • Genre: RPG
  • ESRB Rating: Mature
  • Partial Nudity
    Sexual Themes
    Violence
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Engaging story [15] Not enough content [6]
Amazing visuals [14] Repetitive gameplay [3]
Loads of content [11] Braindead computer AI [3]
Innovative concepts [10] It's boooring [2]
Intense action [8] Ugly visuals [1]
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Just plain fun [8] Unresponsive controls [1]
Epic boss fights [7]
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Mass Effect - Xbox 360

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Innovative concepts Not enough content
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Simply Amazing.

I had just finished Enchanted Arms, and it was a very disappointed. So I really hoped Mass Effect would be a good game. It is a amazing game, I haven't played anything like it. It's a RPG, but also a first person shooter game. You would think it wouldn't work, but it blends the two types of games perfectly. It also lets you make decisions that effect the game. Also the attitude you have toward people effects how they react. One decision choice might get you opponent to surrender, another will have them attact you. The Sci-fi story blends themes from Star Wars, Starship Troopers, Battlestar Gallactic, and themes from many other shows perfectly creating it's own unique universe. BioWare did a amzing job with the graphics, which are unbelievable. I've seen nothing like it, it helps bring the characters to live. The game play is easy to learn, and use. The characters come to live through the story and BioWare's graphics. Finally the music is amazing it add to this perfect game. Overall this game is a masterpiece and I'm going to put it in my top 10 video games I've played.

Mass Effect - Xbox 360

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sweetness

this is one of the best games EVERRRRR!!! its like a little piece of heaven inside a disc.it is so sweeeet.

Mass Effect - Xbox 360

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Mass Effect

I'm a huge fan of the orginal KOTOR and this game takes it to the next level. Mass Effect is basically virtual heroine. I even found myself waking up at 8 o'clock in the morning to get some hours in before work. Now this game isn't set up exactly like the KOTOR series. Its like a 3rd person shooter with RPG commands and elements (very cool combination). The only thing that is holding it back from true greatness is the tutorials or the "lack of understanding" feeling. You constantly find yourself searching the manual and gameguides to understand exactly how things work. I still don't understand everything about the game but that little annoyance is crushed by the sure awesomeness that is Mass Effect. If you own a 360 (or a PC), BUY THIS GAME!

Mass Effect - Xbox 360

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Addictive gameplay  
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Just plain fun  
Loads of content  
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Awesome.

I'm not really a fan of RPGs, and I just wanted to try out Mass Effect because of all the great reviews it got. I absolutely love it. It plays like the original Gears of War, but with that role-playing aspect. The combat did get a little too easy for me, then would get really hard in some places. It wasn't really consistent, but that is totally overlooked due to the awesome story and gameplay.

Mass Effect - Xbox 360

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Amazing visuals  
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Coke has Pepsi and Star Wars has Mass Effect.

First off, let me just say that RPG's (of any sort) aren't my choice of game. I prefer the action type that let you slowly evolve from the button-masher to the hardcore gamer. You know, the kind that can dish out a no-scope/head-shot from across the stage while wiping the Cheeto cheese from their mouth? Mass Effect isn't exactly hardcore in either aspect of the games raw gameplay or typical RPG inventory usage. Instead, Mass Effect is built on dialogue, story, imaginitive characters and the games most impressive feature of all, it's enviornments, which might I add, are some of the best I've seen in any game for any system. You'll notice a ton of influence from Star Wars but the guys at BioWare found a way to take a little/lot and make the most out of it. Intrguing is an understatement to describe Mass Effect. Once you start the game you'll become engulfed in the scenery and the society of various extraterrestrial characters. It truly is a game that lets you escape into a whole new world. Mass Effect has opened my eyes to RPG's and for that, I am thankful.

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