Mass Effect was bad if you were retarded and insisted on doing the poorly made side quests/gathering. The main story line and gameplay that went with it was a heap of fun.

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i actually like mass effect more than mass effect 2 so far. i'm not far into 2 but they've made enough shitty changes that i'm still having to get used to it i guess.
 
basically none of the common complaints against mass effect (framerate, shooting, texture popping, load times, the mako) are really valid on the pc version. that or i played an entirely different game from everyone else somehow.
 
the weird thing is i played it recently (like last week) for the first time ever, so i wasn't on a non-stop hype train into liking it like most people are with 2. i don't even really enjoy space/sci-fi settings, and the only other bioware game i've played was the intro to dragon age, but something about the game just clicked and i liked it. and now 2 comes along and dicks with all of it for no reason.

i never sent them a memo? maybe that was the problem.

ME1 had its fair share of flaws, but it still was a enjoyable experience for me. If it wasn't for you, its your loss.

It has always been great, and it still is. Sure it had it's wide variety of technical problems, but the actual game more than makes up for it.

" There was a strong narrative and some of the characterisation was very good. For a game. "

Please, and this is an appeal to everyone - stop using the "it's good for a game in terms of narration/suspense/plot/characters". Video games in the past three years created more interesting universes than movies in ten. It's plain stupid, if books and movies are so superior in those terms, then why the fuck Meyer's Twilight series are not video games from the start?

Come on. It's the XXI century. We're far way from Contra and Commander Ken times.

The game definitely wasn't as good as it was suppose to be. It was one of the biggest disappointments ever.

Mass Effect 1 was made of total failure, held together only be great potential and trademark Bioware-quality storytelling and character writing.
 
It is one of the most memorable games I've ever played. I had a really hard time getting into it. When it was over, I was completely in love with it.
 
I'm sorry for you, if you can't get past the fail to the pure and utter win Mass Effect 1 is.
 
Mass Effect 2 isn't hamstrung by fail. It's pure and utter win all the way through! Best RPG EVER!

The game really wasn't terrible, it just had a lot of technical problems, and for me personally the plot was damn boring until the last hour and I didn't care about the characters at all. Sure the shooting and the gameplay was clunky but it never held me back from killing enemies so it wasn't a big deal. I don't think the game was as mind blowing and amazing as other people but it wasn't "bad" either, it was a solid game.

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the story kept me in there.

No one is going to argue that the game didn't have more than its fair share of problems.  I had a laundry list of grievances for the game including the gawd-awful MAKO, the inventory system, the useless loot you endlessly acquire, the clunky cover system, Thresher-Maw quests, the hunt for gases, minerals, tokens, etc...and, the jarringly obvious texture pop-in on the 360 version.  But, I still enjoyed my time in the game enough to play through it completely 3 times.  I just loved the world, the characters, the design, the story, and the mythology that Bioware created for this franchise.  Mass Effect 1 is a rare game that succeeds in spite of all its numerous failings.      
 
I'm really not sure of the point of this thread since, as many above me have reiterated, no one is saying the game is perfect or anywhere near to perfect.  But, I still found it to be a very enriching experience.