The storyin this game is as engaging as anything i have ever watched, played or seen in a very long time. I personally believe that if they work on the visual glitches and other small issues that they have, that when all is said and done with this trilogy, it may be the finest and most satisfying experience in VG history. Ambitious i know, but there is little reason to believe that this series of gameswill be anything but groundbreaking. I know it will prob be 2 1/2 - 3 years between games, but it will be well worth the wait. MASS EFFECT!!

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[QUOTE="outbreak201"]hey i take back all what i said about mass effect...This game OWNS...just took a little time to get use to for me!! but ya THIS GAME ROCKS !!! galaxy map...dune buggies!!! biotics!!! HELL YA!!!! outbreak201

at first i felt the same way was a bit let down, but it was mostly cause i didn't like the look of my character(lol bit shallow i know lol) anyways i made a new character started playing and damnnnnnnnnn i luv this game its one of my new favorite games of all times luv the story and dialogue animation everything. also i luv how you can turn the film grain on and off sometimes i think it works really well others i prefer to see everything more clearly. anyways the only thing im not to crazy about is some of the music but i can replace it with my own. i luv this game and it surprised me how good it turned out to be.

this is an amazing month every console released what i personally think is the best game on the console to date. November rocks thanks bioware.

Can someone please explain this 'film grain' effect, because I have never heard of it. What does it look like and when can you activate it?

1. it makes your screen filled with little dots.

2. why would you want to activate it when it makes the game look fugly

do you deactivate it in the options screen?

To everyone defending Gamespot's score of 8.5:

Did you ever consider the fact that Eternal Sonata got the exact same score? It's a fun little J-RPG, but come on. It didn't do anything to move the genre forward or revolutionize the way the genre is played. That's why it deserves that score. Mass Effect has it's issues no doubt, however it has raised the bar for RPG's the world over. In areas of graphics, voice acting, story, and gameplay it has pushed real time RPG's to the next level. I personally feel Kevin really didn't recognize that in his review. He seems to enjoy light hearted RPG's more. He has the right. He can in fact rate a game however he so desires. I on the other hand feel the game deserves better, and I too am entitled to my opinion. BOOYAKASHA!

JFRocker

most intelligent point ever made on this website. well done. somtimes i dont even think they take into account passed scores. i cant stop playing this game and is an immersive experience to say the least. so much to do/see. Instant classic in my opinion and the most off a review score has ever been on this site. a friend of mine said they must be short staffed at GS or something. This Van nord guy did both AC and ME, and questuionable reviews for both, there is outrage for a reason, its because the population as a whole sees the games as better or worse when it comes to these 2 particular reviews. Most of the time i find that they complain about things in a review that i would have never noticed had i not read/watched the review, or didnt even happened when i played. like the bioshock freezing bug, never happened and i had30 hours in that game. multiple playthroughs. they are overly critical at this site. I always go to the meta review website and take all opinions into account. but i still know what games i want to play before any review ever comes out and have never been swayed either way. i just think this one (mass effect) review is comical.

for every system i get less and less confidence in gamespots reviews... the reviewer contradicted himself buy saying combat was weak in the summary but then applauding the combat in the actual review.... do editors even read these after they are written? i'll stick with ign's take....

im not surprised by the reviews, gamespot always waits until all other reviews are already done THEN just takes a point or half point off to look more "critical".... when i look back at past reviews of games i've finished i consistantly find ign's review system more reliable and consistant between reviewers... gamespots reviews are all over the place, so are 1up's

ajefferism

As true as anything that has been written in these forums. with the exception of Halo 3 - Gamespot has been lowballing rewviews for the better part of this year. The darkness got an 8.5 which was fun but had no replay value and a below average multiplayer. the few visual issues and hard menu (whatever that means) knock a point and a half off? and he is afraid of the big monsters that come out of the ground because they are hard to kill. Yeah ok.......bad review by a bad reviewer. this guy gave metroid prime 3 an 8.5 too and AC a 9. i just finished AC and it is an 8.5 at best! the majority of the reviews from all sites are falling in the 9.5-10 area. IMO this guy had a bias before he played the game and it shows. if you listen to his voice in the video review he treats it like a chore - a tell tale sign that someone was bothered by even having to review the game.