Last night I beat Mass Effect. At the end I barely realized that I had put nearly 40 hours into the game. This is a big deal for me, since I usually am bad about beating games. (It’s true unfortunately, though I am getting much better about it.) I can say that, overall, it was one of the best experiences I’ve had playing a console RPG.

Sure there were a few technical faults (really bad texture pop-in, load times, basically things that wouldn’t have been there if they’d cached the game to the HD) but in general Mass Effect was a very polished gameplay experience that drew me in. The “moral choices” didn’t really go that deep, but the voice acting and conversations were done so well that it still managed to add a lot to the story line and experience.

I’m going to definitely do another play through in the near future. Next character will be a hardcore jerk, I think.

One thing I really liked though was that the game didn’t end with a cliff hanger. It actually completed the story line so you felt some sense of finality. But they left enough open that there will be a sequel (or two). I’ll be ready and waiting for it.

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