My thoughts on the Mass Effect Series (Spoilers)
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A couple of months ago I started to get interested in the Mass Effect series. I had never played either game, and had somehow never even heard of the original until the second came out. I still virtually ignored Mass Effect 2 for some reason. Then I watched a trailer for it, read Brad's review, and learned that it was made by the same company as SW: KOTOR, a game I really enjoyed in its time. I started to really want these games. THEN, I saw they were both only 20 dollars, and I couldn't resist buying them. And so I started playing Mass Effect 1
Mass Effect 1:
Coming into this game three years late, I thought it wouldn't be very great. When I started playing, I wasn't very amazed. The story and universe were good, but thats where it stopped. The shooting was merely okay, and the inventory was bad. I played through a couple of hours, thinking it was alright. 
And then I got to the Mako.
The Mako was just plain bad. At first I thought ti was okay, but then I started to get very sick of it. And then, on the snowy level, I just couldn't take it. I stopped playing Mass Effect. For several weeks it went untouched, until one day I was bored so I decided to try again. I managed to get through that part, and after that I became hooked. The story was just so amazing. I eventually got to the very good ending with 17 hours clocked in (I skipped all the side quests)
Aweome Story Moments:
It's hard remembering the story after playing through the second one. Maybe I should've written this as soon as I finished the game.... (Mad Spoilers) Attack on the Citadel (Ending):
This part is amazing. There are some excellent cutscenes and epic fights. Going into the protal with the Mako to get to the Citadel is pretty cool (not to metion the Mako also gets completly totalled, which is a happy moment). The final boss battle is pretty good, and the cutscene where a ship hits where Sheperd and Co. are is awesome (I was afraid Ashley had died), though it was obvious Sheperd was still alive. Maybe it wouldn't be if the second game hadn't already come out. I can't really think of many. I'm not saying there aren't cool moments, it's just that I just played Mass Effect 2. One of the other cool moments that I can remember is blowing up the krogan facility.
The Choices:
Going into Mass Effect, I decided two things: one was that I wasn't going to pick the choices just cause I knew they were the "good choices", I was going to pick the choice that felt right. And second was that no matter what happened, I would stick with my Sheperd and never go back to a different save just because I picked a bad choice.
Truthfully I can't really remember all of the big choices in Mass Effect 1, but here's the one's I do remember (Mad Spoilers)
The Choices:
Going into Mass Effect, I decided two things: one was that I wasn't going to pick the choices just cause I knew they were the "good choices", I was going to pick the choice that felt right. And second was that no matter what happened, I would stick with my Sheperd and never go back to a different save just because I picked a bad choice.Truthfully I can't really remember all of the big choices in Mass Effect 1, but here's the one's I do remember (Mad Spoilers)
Kayden or Ashley
I hated this part, but I LOVED this part. I hated that I had to choose between Ashley or Kayden, and I loved the fact that the game was making me choose who survived! It sucked so bad, sitting there contemplating the decision. I knew that forever onwards whoever I chose not to save would never be in the series again. My thought process: "Kayden is good in battle"
"Ashley is also good in battle, interesting, and obviously a love interest"
"Kayden whines sometimes"
"Ashley can be annoying"
"Kayden's been there since the start"
"Ashley has almost been there from the start"
"WHY DO I HAVE TO CHOOSE?"
"Okay...I should save Ashley"
"Goodbye Kayden"
Kill Wrex or Not
This was one of my favorite moments in the game. It was very intense. I liked Wrex, so I didn't want to have to kill him. But I knew if he got too angry he would attack, and that would be the end of him. I don't have much to say about this part, except it was AWESOME. Save the Council or Let Them Die
This is the only decision where afterwards I was like "Holy crap, what did I just do!?" I knew it would be right to save the council. I knew that was what I should've done. But man, the entire game they were SUCH DICKS to Sheperd. It was their fault the attack on the Citidel was even happening in the first place. So I chose not to try and save them. I left them to die. At the time it seemed like a good idea, but when the cutscene showing their ship blowing up I felt I had made a bad choice. Overall I really enjoyed Mass Effect. Sure it had it's problems but the story in it was amazing and there were some really cool moments in it. If anyone is thinking of playing Mass Effect 2, deffinatly play the original first, it's worth it. I'm going to write about Mass Effect 2 soon, just not now cause that would make this blog post really long and I'm tired.
Peace,
Grant742
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