Mass Effect

MASS EFFECT

WARNING: If you are not a geek/nerd/loser, you will not

care about anything in the following blog post. Thank you.

           Best game ever? No. But one of the best games ever? Most Definitely. You can't even believe how epic this game is. It's not the longest game ever, it doesn't have the deepest plot ever... but the simple fact that SO MUCH is dependent on how you react to certain situations... it's extreme. This is a kind of game that changes my perspective of games. Seriously. Starting out as just a soldier, you advance to SAVIOR OF EVERYTHING. Being an RPG, you level up by gaining experience (through various means). At the beginning you can choose between a few options - Soldier, Engineer, Adept, Infiltrator, Sentinel, or Vanguard. There are three specilizations - Combat, Biotech, and Technology. These classes mix and match these abilities to create a very unique style of combat - and unique set of skills to level up. I believe the system works VERY well and i have absolutely no complaints about the leveling system. Besides the leveling, during the game you can give your character his/her very own personality.

           You can be a total a-hole or be extremely supportive and nice to everyone around you: it's your choice. Every time Shepard (you) talk, you get to choose the tone of what he says. Sometimes, it's as extreme as choosing rather someone lives or dies. While playing you feel as if you have absolute control of your character, not that the game is steering you in the direction it wants you to go. Mass Effect is chalk full of side quests that do or do not have ANY importance at all. Some of them give you a better sense of your allies, and some of them just make you angry and make you want to kill the baddies. .

           I didn't even do every side quest available to me - and i stacked up a good 35 hours of gameplay. I'm sure it's possible to invest 40+ into Mass Effect. ALSO! The replay value is SUPER high because I want to know what it'll be like to play situations differently. I want to see how it effects the final outcome. Every "official mission" advances the plot MAJORLY and just makes you excited! Man. This game rocks. It's a MUST PLAY for any 360 owner (or PC owner, for that matter!)

9/10