Firing Squad writes: "Yes, that's the best headline I could come up with. Mass Effect--now finally making its debut for the PC after a six-month exclusive window for the Xbox 360--actually leaves me lost for words. This is one of those odd games that I love and hate simultaneously. One moment I'm thrilling to an RPG-tinged space opera loaded with realistic character actions and dialogue, bizarre alien cultures, and a fantastic attention to detail that makes the 22nd century come to life. The next I'm loathing tedious fetch-it quests, spartan visuals, and absurdly stretched level architecture that makes every assignment a marathon scavenger hunt. No game about saving the universe should be accompanied by this many yawns.
Yet at the same time I couldn't readily pull myself away. BioWare has done a truly spectacular job with the script of Mass Effect. While the star-spanning saga itself is more than slightly derivative of innumerable high-profile sci-fi novels, movies, and TV series, the story remains extremely well told, with some of the best dialogue and one of the most detailed settings to ever grace a game.
Still, nothing here is original. Human hero Commander Shepherd is a quasi-Jedi special agent called a Spectre who works directly for an intergalactic assembly of planets (Star Wars, duh)."
Thanks to their innovative approach to gaming, RPGs like Dark Souls, Final Fantasy VII, and Dragon Quest left a significant impact on the genre.
ES3 set things off, it's a shame they got greedy and decided to cut corners so the executives could get huge pay days.
GF365: "A friend makes the adventure all the more fun. Here are the best video game companions that will keep you company."
The Mass Effect N7 Day teaser has already been decoded, and it features Liara T'Soni talking about The Council, and The Geth can be heard too.
Better not bring back Shepherd from the dead with some half assed space magic.
@snowb420.
Yeah I saw that at the end of my play through as well. I think they will bring Shepard back….. or at least a mutant version turned villain. Lol