Gaming Excellence reviews Mass Effect

Pros: Flawless, seamless storytelling creates a vivid galaxy for the player to save; dialogue engine is a stand-out innovation in gaming; elegant, emotive characters keep you company; great character customization; continuable campaign; spot-on synthesized score sounds straight out of Blade Runner.

Cons: Uninteresting partymate and enemy AI stagnates many battles; side-quests lack the main plot line’s level of polish; limited party control; combat abilities are somewhat plain; texture pop-in and framerate issues; very few puzzles.

Score 87 out of 100