Praise Bioware!
User Rating: 10 | Mass Effect X360
I'll just come out and say it now. This is truly the greatest most immersive game I have ever played. If you have any doubts about it don't worry because what makes it great destroys its cons. This is first and RPG. So expect lots of leveling up, earned experience, new abilities and major collecting and upgrading. Combat is Real time with the ability to pause time by using a power or weapons select menu. This lets you choose who's using what, doing what, to whom you choose. So if you want Teammate X to use a biotics attack on enemy Y, then you use this menu which is extremely easy and helpful. You could go all real time and map a power to the RB but you'll want to use this since it makes everything better, and gives you complete control over your whole squad. Now dialogue is always a huge part of Bioware games and Mass Effect is no different. Actually you'll probably talk a lot more in this game then any other since it's so well done. Instead of skipping paragraphs you'll listen intently. The Facial animations, especially on aliens such as the salarians, are purely amazing. There's also a lot to do. I mean a lot! Aside from the single player story, the meat of your time can be spent on side quests or as they call them, assignments. These force you to travel to the different planets spread across the galaxy. and You'll be addicted to them. Even going to a random planet just to look around and find some loot is fun. I just want to mention that I haven't beat the game yet nor have I explored all the planets. The time spent playing is not reflective of the longevity of the game which is much longer for sure. Bioware knows what there doing and all I can say is keep it coming! 
