A fun RPG from Bioware - the folks that brought us the brilliant Knights of the Old Republic. I'm not a big RPG fan but the real-time, cover based, combat makes this one an exception. You play space soldier John (or Jane) Shepard out to save the galaxy from a new, alien, threat. The universe of the game is deep and populated by a variety of well defined species, several of which you have fighting with you in your rag-tag band. There's plenty of options for classes and abilities as you level up, but none of them are too overwhelming. These abilities are fairly well balanced giving no clear "best" way to play the game. You will also find an abundance of different weapons, armour and upgrades. The shear volume of these upgrades seems initially overwhelming until you realize that most of it is crap and will never be used - something that is a bit annoying. In fact, once you realize what the good weapons and armour are - allowing you to sell the rest making tons of cash - the game become incredibly easy as you and your squad mow down your less well equipped enemy. Even on the insane setting, the difficulty curve is a bit backwards with the first quarter of the game being the hardest, and the rest being a cake walk.
The story itself is reasonably compelling and well told with solid voice acting and character animation. Though skippable, the dialogue scenes can get a bit long. You do have some ability to steer the story in different directions through your actions, so be careful what you skip. Overall, a solid, fun, game that should get me picking up Mass Effect 2.
Story: 5
Interface: 3
Game Play: 4
Challenge: 4
Fun: 4
Overall: 8.5/10
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