At the time I tried the original Mass Effect it was not long after it released and I was juggling two college courses. My mind set was this. If the game didn't grasp me in 10 minutes of trying it out, the rental was returned. I had no time to enjoy games so they needed to really POP! After trying Mass Effect back then I now think that it was more about the limited time to play a game than it was truly about the game. Sure, it was a bit slow starting off, but I do think I was just impatient with the dialog early on. After restarting the game last night I realized that it wasn't too bad, but I only played about 30 minutes so far (hey, I got past the 20 minute mark that I had before).

I talked to some people here at work not long after Mass Effect 2 was released and explained my problems with the original game not giving me enough action to grasp me early on. Majority of them told me not to retry the original Mass Effect again and how it would be good to start with Mass Effect 2. I figured that if I can at least get hooked with the sequel that maybe I'll enjoy the original this time around. Plus, I am currently not taking any school courses right now so I have some spare time to play games than I have had in over 2 years. I was extremely deprived of game time outside GameSpot's game nights.

So, not too long ago I picked up Mass Effect 2 and played and played.. and played... and finally finished it last night. After completing the game I put in a borrowed copy of Mass Effect to create a new character. My plan? I want to finish Mass Effect 1. Import my new Shepard into Mass Effect 2 and see if I can get Garrus to fall in love with me! Any tips to get him to fall for me?!