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Category: Video Games
List Price: $29.99
Buy New: $22.49
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Avg. Customer Rating:  280 reviews
Sales Rank: 470
Platform: Xbox 360
ESRB: Mature
Media: Video Game
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Age: 17 - 20 years
Operating System: Xbox 360
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3
Dimensions (in): 5.3 x 7.5 x 1
Legal Disclaimer: Warranty does not cover misuse of product.
MPN: M59033
Model: M59-00033
UPC: 882224355254
EAN: 0882224355254
ASIN: B000OLXX86
Release Date: November 20, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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 We've Been Playing for Months October 14, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Mass Effect is an incredibly long RPG style game set in a futuristic world with multiple alien races and plans within plans, schemes within schemes. What you choose to do affects the storyline.
You start out with a basic setup - you choose your background and character type. This gets you on a certain route. As you go through the game, interacting with people, you then have your character develop based on what you do. There are all sorts of intriguing skills to learn, to tweak your character even further.
I cannot overemphasize how HUGE and involved this game is. There are a plethora of side missions, of characters, of planets and locations. It really feels like a large, developed world that you are one small part of.
We have played and replayed this game many times. It is easily a game you can play for months on end, put aside for a while, pick it up again and enjoy it just as much on a new pass.
The graphics are great. The way the characters move, the worlds around you, all were done with a great eye to detail. The voice acting in general is great. There's even romantic options in here if you're interested, to fall in love with one person or another.
The one part that gets a bit tedious is when you go down to random planets to search for items. You have a sort of jeep / tank vehicle that bounces around on the planet. The planets all seem exactly identical, just with different paint jobs and random mountains. I realize they already filled the game disc up with all the rest of the awesome game, but still, it gets a bit silly after a while to land on yet another green / blue / black / white planet with its random mountains.
Still, that's a minor complaint in what is an awesome game. There is a great storyline, great gameplay, a great feeling like you are affecting what is going on, great graphics, great audio. They did an exceptional job with this, and we literally have enjoyed it for months. I definitely look forward to a sequel to this. Highly recommended!
Awesome October 13, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I've been a fan of Bioware's RPG games for a long time now and this title proves once again they know how to make them. If you liked KOTOR, you're gonna love this game. It took me a while to make the transition from PC to console (XBOX 360 in my case). I still enjoy both, but the constant upgrading requirements for my PC was getting to me and...to my wallet of course.
Maybe being a PC gamer had something to do with the time it took for me to adapt to Mass Effect at first, but once you get the hang of it, it's a blast.
So thanks to all you guys who recommended this baby and thanks again Bioware for making one of the best games of all time, in this old gamer's humble opinion of course.
Another Bioware classic October 12, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Along with Star Wars: KotOR and Jade Empire, Mass Effect is a tremendous Western-style RPG that Bioware seems to only be perfecting, without suffering from the dreaded 'sequel-itis'. The game sets up an orginal universe with complicated characters that you can interact with at your leisure. The game is very story-driven; however, like more and more RPG offerings there are a multitude of side missions that increase replayability (made all the more rewarding by the Acheivements). The graphics are phenomenal and, in a few instances of cut scenes, breath-taking in scope and scale. The music adds to the gravity of certain situations, though sadly I found the standard fare forgetable. Gameplay was invigorating and intuative; the AI was (in some cases) every bit as formidable as that found in a Tom Clancy game. Overall this was a mark of genius.
As a side note the down-loadable content has added a true element of "you win some, you lose some". A very worth-while venture for anyone who enjoyed any of the side missions or is looking for additional back-story.
 Fun RPG October 12, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Mass Effect is incredible in its sheer amount of material. There are so many things to do in this game and it pretty much just hands you the wheel and lets you go/do whatever you want to do. The story is pretty decent and the ability to choose everything your character says during conversations makes things even more interesting. My only complaint is that things started to feel a little monotonous after awhile. I'm not really a Sci-Fi fan and I still enjoyed this game. It deserves to be played by any fan of RPGs
Mass Effect is massively fun October 10, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is a fun game! I really enjoyed the twists and turns in the storyline. Every choice you make determines the games' next actions, so you can play it over and over with different outcomes. Yes, there are battles to be fought, but there is also dialogue (which you can choose to ignore) and an indepth story. Your actions-good or evil- determine your alliances and destiny. I'm not a hard-core gamer, and still made it all the way through the game. There are many choices in building your starting character, or you can start with a default. This one's a winner.
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