You are a man or wamons called shepard....and you lead a team of people to hunt down and stop a seemingly mad man....
On paper Mass Effect is a neat and tidy game on paper this game is a RPG/Third person shooter. To be honest it is nither and both at the same time...yes the combat can break at times but 90-95% of the time the game just works and pulls you into its vision of the future.
In Mass Effect you play the role of a person called shepard....From the get go you are thrust into a world that is under attacke and being destroyed by a race called the geth...They like the cylons in BSG where created and thus turned on there masters to strike out on there own....This time things are differant as they are working with a specter....these people work in the backround and do the dirty work and mainly get the job done....This one on the other hand has turned bad....
During you travels you will meet up with differant people, gain your own ship and indeed yourself become a specter...At the end of your game the choices you made will effect the game to come Mass Effect 2. Which to be honest sounds like a cool idea...
So what will you do...will you be evil or good....Will you fight for right or just fight to get the job done no matter what the cost of it may be. At the end of the day Mass Effect is all about you and the choices you will have to make.
If you are a fan of games like these or if you have never played a game like this before then i think you should all stop reading this review head out to where ever you get your games from and get this game.