I'm having a lot of trouble putting a lot of time in on Mass Effect. One of the majors problems is that it can be REALLY hard. Depending on how you play the game, what skills you focus on, and which route you take through the game, the difficulty can vary hugely. And, unfortunately, I've been getting hit pretty hard. I'm about 11 hours in, and I'm really stretching it out as much as possible, so I think I'll get a good 40+ hours out of the game, but I'm having a lot of trouble advancing. I'm playing on Normal, but have actually changed the difficulty to casual on a couple of battles, but that didn't even help. I'm really hoping this turns around, this seems to be the biggest hurting factor to the game so far, and it'd be awful if I can't finish the game because of this.

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