Mass Effect Platinum Hits
Set 200 years in the future in an epic universe, Mass Effect places gamers in a vast galactic community in danger of being conquered by a legendary agent gone rogue. A spectacular new vision from legendary developers BioWare, Mass Effect challenges players to lead a squad of freedom fighters as they struggle against threatening armies to restore peace in the land. Mass Effect is the first in a trilogy of games with an overarching story, where the real conflict between organic beings and artificial intelligence comes to life in startling clarity. Intense, in-depth story where the fate of life as you know it depends on you Features six character classes, along with six more unlockable ones - each class contains several talents As each talent is leveled, the character either gains stats (extra health, stamina, etc) or unlocks new abilities. Players can fully customize their appearance, gender, abilities and even military background. Four classes of conventional weapons ESRB Rated M for Mature
User Ratings and Reviews
3 Stars overrated
I completed this game in 10 hours. The game is just too linear and short. There are sidequests, but I did not enjoy doing them at all.
This game is more of a “choose your own adventure” than anything else. I certainly would not put this game in the top 10 for 360.
5 Stars Bioware quality yet again
I haven’t had much of a chance to play that many XBox 360 games. However, I had to buy this game when I found out who made it. This game plays very similar to their(Bioware) previous titles Knights of the Old Republic and Jade Empire. It is a wonderful story, the RPG/Action element is there and very fun. The only downer about the action is that the special powers particularly the biotics are a bit cumbersome. However, this does not even hurt the quality of gameplay. If you are an RPG fan in the slightest get this game. Also, they are working on a sequel as well.
5 Stars I HAVN”T RECIEVED IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i haven’t received this game yet!!!!!
i don’t want to get ripped! i would like my game please!!!
4 Stars Great Game but too Short
Since I got my Xbox a few months ago, I got spoiled. My 1st game was Oblivion. The game is literally hundreds of hours long if you want to explore everthing.
Next up was Fable the Lost Chapters. It was amazing for how old it was. Then I got a bunch of Japanime losers and would have rated ANY 2nd rate Western RPG an 11!
Til I played Fable 2 and every gaming site save GameSpot’s GoY; Fallout 3. I was spoiled all over again.
Fallout goes on FOREVER and has so much depth. Even FPS fans love it and don’t realize it’s an RPG. It’s THAT good.
F/O 3 goes on FOREVER, Mass Effect, not so much. Fallout is in my soul, Mass Effect, not so much. Xbox Live and PC Downloadable Content, Fallout 3 FTW. Music: FO FTW. Story: F/O 3 FTW… pretty much everything Fallout 3 FTW.
EXCEPT - Glitches, bugs and crashes: Mass Effect FTW!
Mass Effect had a decent storyline, decent graphics, a very novel concept for an RPG, but limited character generation. Fable 2 OWNS for character lgeneration and in-game development.
Devs - please buy yourself a clue. Grrl-gamers are out there. We’re playing hard-core but we MUST have the ability to have LOTs of long hair styles that FLOW (see GWs), tons of facial body and make-up styles! And give us a CAT as choice for a pet!
But I digress, Mass Effect has better than average voice-acting and dialogue. It has a large world to explore but much of it is repetitive. It has very difficult non-turn based combat. To me, on normal it was harder than F/O3 on hard, which adds to the challenge.
It also has a very good cohesive story, but it doesn’t steal your soul like F/O3.
Overall, I thought it was a very good game and far better than uber-linear, inflexible, Japanime bores, but not nearly as good as anything Bethesda or Fable 2. Maybe the equal of Fable 1 or Morrowind.
4 Stars One of the Greatest Action RPGs
This is one of the greatest games that have come out this generation. A great mix of RPG and Action/Shooter elements, if you enjoy RPGs you wont be dissapointed at all. It does have a few technical problems, like loading times and slow framerate but the story, gameplay, graphics, design, make up for it. I think the story is one of the most involving sci-fi stories seen in a game lately. And it’s getting a sequel which will for sure be much superior to something already great. So if you want to experience Mass Effect 2 to the fullest please play this one first. You wont regret it.
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