Mass Effect (2007)

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As Commander Shepard, you lead an elite squad on a heroic, action-packed adventure throughout the galaxy. Discover the imminent danger from an ancient threat and battle the traitorous Saren and his deadly army to save civilization. The fate of all life depends on your actions!

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Genres: Action, Role-Playing

Platforms: Windows, PS3, Xbox 360

Franchise: Mass Effect

Expansions: Mass Effect - Bring Down the Sky

Developer: BioWare

Publisher: Microsoft Studios

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1. 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die (book) (collaborative: moderated by Veterini - 10 stars)

2. Game Pass for PC (collaborative: moderated by howabe - 3 stars)

3. IGN - Top 100 Video Games of All Time (2019) (collaborative: moderated by Veterini - 2 stars)

4. My Games (public: BeeDub - 1 star)

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7. RPG Codex - Top 101 PC RPGs (2019) (collaborative: moderated by Veterini)

8. Games Currently on Game Pass for XBox (collaborative: moderated by oldscotland)

9. Game Informers Top 100 RPGs of All Time (June 2016) (collaborative: moderated by oldscotland)

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TCI | Percentile | Date Rated | # Stars (Reviews)

Date	User	Rating
Jan 22, 2022	morphinapg	75 _63rd
I really enjoyed this game. I think it takes a while to sort of start understanding the lore and the characters, but once you do, there's a great story here. Some of the side mission worlds are unfortunately pretty dull though, with Mako exploration being extremely frustrating. The main missions though are fantastic, and I loved the way everything came together in the end. Can't wait to check out the second game!
Oct 05, 2021	favery	40 _12th
The gameplay direction is awful, the sidequests are copy-paste prefab shit, the weapon balancing suffers from neglect, and the combat AI is lacking. And I got roped into a romance that made me retch. Hopefully the rest of the trilogy doesn't disappoint me as much.
Aug 07, 2021	maddog	81 _67th
Needs some polishing, especially with the damned land vehicles, but an okay game that world-builds a space conflict and introduces some neat alien races.
Apr 25, 2021	nilkynarfy	75 _29th
Ebbs and flows between tedious and interesting often. I don't think I ever LOVED it. It always felt like a step back compared to the janky near-greatness of Jade Empire.
Apr 19, 2020	TheEscapist	91 _94th
Loved playing as Commander Shepard, really cool world. Great game, one of my favourites of all time.
Dec 08, 2019	MonsHedge	80 _61st
One of the all-time greats, but is held back by how ridiculously clunky the actual gameplay is. This would be fixed in the sequel. It's a shame we never got a third or fourth game. Also, shoutout to Tali's hips.
Oct 25, 2019	Antonio P	20 _15th
Trash. Story line was ok. Again couldn't get into this game
Apr 01, 2019	lisa-	1 _1st
an even worse than usual james cameron movie clumsily grafted onto a terrible cover shooter. you know, i can sort of understand why people might be into something like morrowind, even if i'm not. it's janky as all hell, but as a result has its own janky as all hell personality. i find it difficult to understand, however, why someone would be moved by this hollow husk of a game, this lifeless corporate product without meaning or consequence. genuinely worthless.
Feb 25, 2019	War Machine	80 _86th
would probably be lower cuz outdated. this was a 100 when it came out though. i think those were my first dialogue wheels. the best choices/goodorbad game i'd played. space exploration was amazing and reading about every planet/system. now i know those planets are just barren lmao. i love the lore. one of my fondest game phase memories was listening to the codex audio while getting ready for bed. i love the story and liara makes you love her
Oct 22, 2018	vv238	86 _93rd
A brilliant science fiction experience whose stellar writing propels this out of video game writing and into good story-telling, regardless of medium. It is not without its problems which stem mostly from a very rushed development cycle. Honestly though, the strengths of this game far outweigh the setbacks.
Jul 11, 2018	shoegays	75 _50th
Weak shooter mechanics but I enjoyed the harder sci-fi that the first game in the series promised. The universe felt interesting and the series villains hadn't been written into absurdity yet.
Jun 13, 2018	Bobbles	44 _26th
A bad movie wrapped around a bad game.
May 25, 2018	omgfridge	7 _34th
I spend my dayyyssss grindinnn
Feb 25, 2018	sensei	75 _32nd
Weak combat, copy-pasted side quests, all the worst aspects of RPGs (a million copies of the shittiest items to clutter your inventory), and pretty weak graphics. That said, this has the largest dialogue tree in the series, so if you want to be a hero, you can be, and if you want to be a prick, you can do that too.
Jan 26, 2018	martryn	82 _82nd
Excellent gameplay, excellent story, a lot of memorable characters. A really crazy plot twist toward the end of the game. There isn't a whole lot of replay value, but you can get through at least two playthroughs without getting bored. And those games are going to be fantastic.
Jan 22, 2018	auritech	89 _0th
I played this game fairly recently after having it sit on my hard drive for a long time and I have to say, it's still pretty fun. It was a much better experience for me on PC than on Xbox 360, and I really dug the gameplay once I got used to it. Also, you can go the entire game without getting busy with anyone. I never cared about doing that.
Jan 19, 2018	CosmicMonkey	83 _62nd
It's story takes a long time to get off the ground, and its gameplay gets monotonous quickly, but it stands up decently on its own and does a great job of setting the story, universe and characters for the excellent sequels.
Jan 18, 2018	Velvet Crowe	40 _21st
I honestly don't get the appeal of this game - your choices rarely mattered and the combat was the most basic cover shooter shit imaginable. It has a cool setting, but instead of capitalizing on that it forces some really lame "save the universe" plotline that's way overdone and uninteresting. Exploring random planets is boring given how empty they feel, and none of the party characters connected to me aside from Garrus. Easily one of the most overrated games of all time.
Jan 16, 2018	BillyShears	70 _54th
Wrex your big scaly ass is mine
Jan 15, 2018	Obdurate	95 _95th
Unlike the others t his is RPG first and shooter second, and yes, it does tell in the gameplay, which isn't awful but not real mechanically sound. However, it builds up the villains wonderfully, the story is great, there's a lot more customization to your team than in the next games. The other MEs differ from this in important ways (good and bad) so it comes down to what you want from the series: I still think this is the best one by a little bit.

Average Percentile 58.46% from 498 Ratings