i liked it a lot! the combat took a while getting used to but at some point i got an assault rifle that one shot pretty much everyone and i just spammed barrier to keep myself alive and i was an immortal one shot god. The story is cool, has some nice agamben philosophy metaphors (the bad guy is named sovereign?? the spectres operate outside the law? spectre = harvey specter = suits the tv show... duh!!!) BTW Wrex and Ashley were the best, Wrex was cool and had the best story and Ashley was funny. She was a teensy bit racist but u know just a little bit. It's like spicy food. Think, like, Kenny from the walking dead or laezel from baldurs gate 3. Sorry if it seems like im jumping around a lot, this is my first review i'm new to writing sooo haha just bare with me guys i'm still getting the hang of things. BTW, the lore is so cool. I spent a long time just going thru all the codex stuff and reading the lore. It was nice. Im gonna play 2 now.
I don’t actually think this game is as great as people say it is, but it is one of my favourite games of all time.
It’s not very good as a shooter, or even as a RPG really (although I do miss the light role playing outside of conversations that was mostly abandoned after this one). For me it’s all about the setting and the atmosphere they’ve created, and how well they immerse you in it. It’s one of those universes that I really wanna be in for real. No other game has captured the feeling of being part of a really dense sci-fi universe for me. It’s so good.
It’s not very good as a shooter, or even as a RPG really (although I do miss the light role playing outside of conversations that was mostly abandoned after this one). For me it’s all about the setting and the atmosphere they’ve created, and how well they immerse you in it. It’s one of those universes that I really wanna be in for real. No other game has captured the feeling of being part of a really dense sci-fi universe for me. It’s so good.
I've never fallen in love with a game so quickly before. The worldbuilding of Mass Effect is exquisite. The gameplay is amazing. The missions are all incredibly interesting. The mako is unstable enough to be slightly annoying without being enraging. There's a certain lack of character development, the NPCs are lovable but could do with a little bit more fleshing out.
Still, the plot is amazing. I absolutely adore Shepard (I played as femshep). I love that the alien species, with the exception of the asari are not all humans in a wig. I love everything about the asari (with the one downside being how sexualised they are...).
The paragon/renegade system is awesome. I love that the choices you make affect the story. I even love the soundtrack.
Still, the plot is amazing. I absolutely adore Shepard (I played as femshep). I love that the alien species, with the exception of the asari are not all humans in a wig. I love everything about the asari (with the one downside being how sexualised they are...).
The paragon/renegade system is awesome. I love that the choices you make affect the story. I even love the soundtrack.
i started my journey with this series because of my love of KOTOR and man does this start have so many shades of the first KOTOR.
as a start to a trilogy this does it's job, there is a good sense that this is the beginning of something greater just from the first moment. there's things i didn't like but once the games on you get use to it and they become fun!
i think what hooked me was the characters and wanting to see where their arcs ended up, including shepard!
as a start to a trilogy this does it's job, there is a good sense that this is the beginning of something greater just from the first moment. there's things i didn't like but once the games on you get use to it and they become fun!
i think what hooked me was the characters and wanting to see where their arcs ended up, including shepard!
I feel like age has done this game a disservice because being able to play this back to back with ME2 shows how scuffed the game part of this game really is. The world and universe shines the most in this title and I feel like that is mostly because everything else in the game is kind of a slog. That being said the universe of Mass Effect is incredibly interesting and the Hanar are one of the most truly alien feeling species I can think of in a video game.
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first time i played this i had to quit bc the mako gameplay made me dizzy, came back for the remaster and enjoyed the story and the mako fixes! i will never forget the first time hearing sovereign's voice - THAT is how you introduce a villain and set the tone for the true horror of what's to come in the trilogy.