This game has to be one of if not THE best game I've ever played.
I've been playing this game 2 weeks straight now (Mass Effect legendary edition) and I'm blown away by the sheer scale and expansiveness of the game. Before purchasing the legendary edition I played the original as a test to compare, and the upgrades, especially to things like graphics, UI and taking steps to fix the somewhat janky movement/cover system were a huge improvement. However apart from those things not a lot has been changed and it's kept all the life and more importantly soul of the original. Something I'm still in shock at is how a game that was made in 2007 had such scale and the ability to draw you in to a throughly addictive story and character progression. The story of Commander Shepard and his quest to defeat Saren and save not only one planet, but entire universes and species is excellently laid out and each individual character, friend or foe plays a vital role in your journey, something I've never seen in game before or since. You know you've found a real gem of game when every day you wake up and the first thing you think about is booting the game up and exploring new areas, speaking to new friends or slaying your mortal enemies. The addictiveness of finding out what happens next is a joy and with progression and events carrying over between games Mass Effect truly rewards you for exploring and speaking to that hidden away person in a corner or searching and finding that piece of evidence that solves a galactic mystery. The game honestly has almost zero downsides with the only minor issues being the cover system which feels slightly sluggish and janky at times or the doors that are very slightly annoying as you have to press a button to open then wait a second or so before you can enter. That's it. Nothing else negative I can say about it. The last thing I'll say is that some games feel planet expanding, but Mass effect, both figuratively and literally is Universe expanding. Truly wonderful game. 10/10.
I've been playing this game 2 weeks straight now (Mass Effect legendary edition) and I'm blown away by the sheer scale and expansiveness of the game. Before purchasing the legendary edition I played the original as a test to compare, and the upgrades, especially to things like graphics, UI and taking steps to fix the somewhat janky movement/cover system were a huge improvement. However apart from those things not a lot has been changed and it's kept all the life and more importantly soul of the original. Something I'm still in shock at is how a game that was made in 2007 had such scale and the ability to draw you in to a throughly addictive story and character progression. The story of Commander Shepard and his quest to defeat Saren and save not only one planet, but entire universes and species is excellently laid out and each individual character, friend or foe plays a vital role in your journey, something I've never seen in game before or since. You know you've found a real gem of game when every day you wake up and the first thing you think about is booting the game up and exploring new areas, speaking to new friends or slaying your mortal enemies. The addictiveness of finding out what happens next is a joy and with progression and events carrying over between games Mass Effect truly rewards you for exploring and speaking to that hidden away person in a corner or searching and finding that piece of evidence that solves a galactic mystery. The game honestly has almost zero downsides with the only minor issues being the cover system which feels slightly sluggish and janky at times or the doors that are very slightly annoying as you have to press a button to open then wait a second or so before you can enter. That's it. Nothing else negative I can say about it. The last thing I'll say is that some games feel planet expanding, but Mass effect, both figuratively and literally is Universe expanding. Truly wonderful game. 10/10.