11 out of 12(92%)reviewers recommend this product.
Product Reviews
Overall rating
5/ 5
Gameplay
5/ 5
Graphics
5/ 5
Sound
5/ 5
Lasting Appeal
5/ 5
MHgod
fromNorman, OK
This game is perfect for:hardcore gamers
Awesome
PostedSeptember 24, 2010
This game just keeps pulling you back to play. When you think you done it all there are characters with new a different powers than the last. Not only do each character vary, you can take thngs to the dark side.
2 of 3 found this review helpful.
Overall rating
5/ 5
Gameplay
5/ 5
Graphics
5/ 5
Sound
5/ 5
Capt Dan
Mass Effect has it all!
PostedOctober 7, 2009
I was bored with WoW, searching for a game that might offer more than 1 playthrough. Loved the Half Life 2 series, but ... 1 playthru is it. Fallout 3, okay, a few playthru's. The STALKER series was decent, but the only real repeatability was with the (extensive) mod community. Crysis, BioShock, ...... you get the idea. So, a couple of years after release I find out about Mass Effect. Sounded decent, but then I remember the Tabula Rasa disaster. Well, ME has everything you could ask for ..... well, maybe except for first-person action. It's 3rd person action all the way, but WOW! Great customizable characters, all the RPG options Bioware is known for. You really get to feel you KNOW some of the main characters! And it tops off with some great vehicle action and some awesome physics. Cutscenes are outstanding and the action is consistently interesting. When you visit a planet you can actually get a bit of an astronomy lesson: while most of the worlds (except for the local system) are made up, the factoids that describe the planets are right there in the current extraterrestrial lexicon. Great depth! And when you do one playthru, turn around and build a new character, choose a different look, different gender, class .... and the playthru and dialog options will be different. Can't ask for much more! Kind of like Oblivion without the everpresent Orcs and Elves. I give it a SOLID 10.
4 of 6 found this review helpful.
Overall rating
5/ 5
Gameplay
5/ 5
Graphics
5/ 5
Sound
5/ 5
Piipurkki
Are they for real..?
PostedNovember 21, 2008
Never ever did game characters feel so... Alive as in Mass Effect. Never ever did Sci-fi interest me, unlike in Mass Effect. Never ever did I pay so few glimpses to the graphics and character customization over the incredibly deep story. Boring classes I must say - but what the heck, the story, all those little facial expressions and conversations are so high above it all you can only love it. Reminds Star Wars? No doubt. It is like Star Wars with only the good sides in it and without the bad ones. How you grow to actually care about your companions (or hate them) gives it more living feeling than any game or movie before. Voice acting is better than in any game, ever. (Alright, I haven't played any karaoke games in my life). The ' enhanced n' fixed ' PC version is the one I am talking about so I do not know about the XBox 360 game version at all. I have high-end sound and visual performance systems so it might have enhanced the Effect. Bugless, seamless, endless... More than 30 times I have now finished the game, and still it is one of my top played games per week along with Neverwinter Nights 2 and Fallout 3. Evertyime I play it... I find something new - that keeps the spirit up! Multiple endings, multiple ways to solve situations, multiple ways to kill... GIEF MORE PLZ! ...Ahem. Keeping a tight eye on the Mass Effect 2 release date informations, rumours, hints, tips... All. Oh. It was too short (fine 30x20 hours) though! I crawe for more, more, more...
5 of 5 found this review helpful.
Overall rating
5/ 5
Gameplay
4/ 5
Graphics
5/ 5
Sound
5/ 5
Nightrun
What Tabula Rasa should have been!
PostedJuly 18, 2008
Wow, what a great game! I don't often write game reviews but I thought Bioware deserved some credit for this awesome game and if a good review will help produce more games like this then I'm all for it! This is the sci-fi RPG that's been a long time in coming! This is what Tabula Rasa should have been! This game has phenomenal graphics, an excellent story, awesome voice acting, a great mix of action, fighting, team planning, immersive atmosphere, and a variety of non-linear missions you don't often see in RPGs. I found myself feeling that I was actually in a compelling futuristic star-base and looked forward to each return. The activity level of NPCs was a little low and more sparsely populated than I imagine an actual star-base, but that hardly diminished the enjoyment. You are able to equip, choose skills, and designate which members of your crew will make up your away team, and piloting the surface in your all-terrain fighting vehicle was a mini-game in itself. I do have a high-end system and was able to turn the graphics all the way up, but it sounds like the game will also run fine on mid-range systems. Keep up the good work Bioware, I look forward to your next games!
