THE Greatest Game I've Ever Played !!!!!
Anyone who has ever read one of my opinions is farmiliar with my Consistent Introduction! "You Know what types of games YOU Like, etc...!" Yeah, yeah, yeah. All that stuff! Well, it's true! Only You do know!!
OK. The game! Not since Jade Empire have I EVER felt SO Connect to a game in the 20+ Years I've enjoyed them! I quite literally booted up the game picked my Jaw up off the floor after witnessing the Graphical Masterpiece that is Mass Effect! Folks, M E is right up with or Better than BioShock in this department! The way M E looks can be best described as an interactive cut scene! Yes, it's That good!
On to the story. Those farmiliar with KOTOR or Jade Empire should already expect nothing less than full immersion! Mass Effect MORE than Delivers on this expectation! You are NOT simply cycling through dialogue trees! You actually become emotionally invested in your characters' lives! Every decision you make will surely be carefully thought out! You will, after all, be choosing how your Experience Evolves!!
The Gameplay is incredible! You are able to pretty impressively customize your Male or Female character with a lot of freedom! The Action/RPG element is awesome. You notice this right away, for example, as you are aiming your shot, nowhere near a sniper yet! Your aim steadily improves as you level up. The cover mechanic, a la GOW, is also well implemented. Everything about the gameplay feels complete. The level of action is perfect. You never feel like the balance gets lost any one of the Genre, which is rare these days and very cool!
The voice actors All deliver a wonderful performance! The sound effects are also up to expectations. Well balanced. No performance intrudes on another.
As good as Mass Effect is, It is Nearly Perfect!, it does have a couple of minor issues. The ONLY one I even feel is worth mentioning is not being able to skip previously viewed CG scenes. I for one do NOT enjoy having to view the same thing, No matter how beautiful, over and over again when stuck at a certain area!
All in all I feel Mass Effect is THE shining star in a Holiday lineup filled with a few Very Good Sequels, some Big disappointments and a few other Original IPs which are almost in its league!! Again, if you know what you like no need to wait!! Get Mass Effect and start enjoying Greatness Today!!