This is a bit more of a first impressions; ive played quite a lot, and progressed the story somewhat. So heres my current impressions of Mass Effect Pc.


Good:

- Actually, this belongs in the "HOLY FUCK AMAZING" category; the voice acting! They really went above and beyond to do a good job of this. It never ceases to amaze me when i enter a complex conversation with someone and yet every line is acted well, if not perfectly.

- The galaxy map... freakin hell its huge! I cant wait to explore it all.

- The graphics are very nice, for the most part. In particular, i was impressed with the customization options for your character, and how you still end up looking human (suck it oblivion!).

- When it goes right, the combat is pretty darn fun. Driving the mako is entertaining too - every game should have a fast, powerful transport vehicle with jumpjets!


Bad:

- Random jumps in difficulty. The normal battles are generally pretty easy, but e.g. I reached a quasi-boss battle, in which most of the attacks could kill me in one shot. There are quite a few enemies who can kill you very, very fast, and it can get frustrating when you get no warning. Its made worse by...

- The allies AI; its fucking terrible. I mean, not many games have done it right lately (Gears wasnt too bad i guess, and Halo 3's humans were allright, at least they knew to stay back), but Mass Effect's allies are a bunch of retards. They stand in the open, they pick the wrong weapon to use, they ignore enemies who rush and get behind them... Its quite annoying to have to babysit them all the time.

- Why have an autosave system if youre not gonna use it? Seriously, anyone who reads this, PRESS F6 ALL THE TIME. Considering the last two points, you really dont want to rely on autosaves if everything goes wrong (i learned my lesson quickly).


Other:

- The amount of reuse of, well, everything is unfortunately just a little too noticeable. Body shapes, clothing (esp female clothing), level lay-out, furniture etc... but I know why they do it, it saves disc space and probably saves a bit of processor/graphics power too. So it goes in this category. Also, the incredible voice acting and dialog options provide the needed variety.

- Quicksave is nice, but wheres quickload?

- The things they 'fixed' for pc... are the standard ways of doing things. I really dont know why they werent implemented this way in the 360 version.

- This game is addictive. I dont know why. Maybe its the rpg fan in me.


Overall - Mass Effect is a very good game, and im enjoying it most of the time. It reminds me of GTA IV - sometimes, it all goes to shit and its mostly not your fault, but otherwise, its incredible.