GD: "I've always believed Mass Effect to be Bioware's attempt to create a real challenge for itself by seriously competing in the futuristic third person shooters market, a place with more competition than a 24/7 reality show network. It's still an RPG with enough dialogue to make Hideo Kojima nervous, but, and this might come as a shock to some of you, there's more to games than shooting aliens from behind cover." 5/5