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    Mass Effect

    Game » consists of 21 releases. Released Nov 20, 2007

    Humanity is still a newcomer on the futuristic galactic stage, and it's up to the charismatic Commander Shepard to investigate the actions of a rogue agent while under threat from a dangerous synthetic race known as the Geth.

    norton123's Mass Effect (Limited Collector's Edition) (Xbox 360) review

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    An incredible story that compensates for some buggy game play.

    Mass Effect is a third person RPG developed by Bioware. The best way to sum up Mass Effect is it's a space soap opera. The only thing separating Mass Effect from an actual soap opera is how compelling the story is. Most people can't sit threw an entire soap opera without losing their lunch. Mass Effect on the other hand keeps you playing for about 40 hours by drawing you in with its gameplay and then making you stay to see how the story finishes.

    In Mass Effect you play commander Shepard. You can customize your character and give them whatever first name you want. You are commander of the SSV Normandy and your faithful pilot is none other than Seth Green. Yes the man you know from Family Guy and Robot chicken. I won't get too much into the story actually I'm going to leave you with that, because as i said before this is a game that can only stand on two legs for 40 hours because of its story. The overall gameplay isn't terrible actually when you first start playing it is actually somewhat compelling. The whole earning points and leveling up your character gets a bit tedious after a while. About half way in you begin to throw all of that gameplay into the catagory of general RPG gameplay.

      The main story in Mass Effect is nice on its own but Mass Effect also offers many side missions which include landing on different planets and going into the same damn building and killing some dudes then leaving. These side missions get extremely tedious and boring but sadly if you want to max out your level you basically have to do them all. It's a great idea and concept only its the same side mission fifty times. Oh by the way each planet is the same only with a different environment.

    Don't let the terrible side missions keep you from picking up a copy of Mass Effect, its truly a special game. Not very often does a game come out that has as much of an amazing story as this one. The gameplay will hold up for 40 hours or so but it will do no more than that, just hold up. Anyone who is a fan of RPG's or even shooters should pick up a copy of this game.

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