Title: What is the big deal?
Product review: I bought this game based on the fact that it was one of the highest-rated 360 games on Metacritic (91). I can't say I agree. Mass Effect is definitely top-notch as far as graphics and depth and voice acting goes, but the gameplay just didn't seem all that interesting to me.The third-person combat system is not very impressive and the action sequences seem very brief. I felt like I spent a lot of time just walking around and talking to people, standing in elevators, and driving my APC around generic planets looking for combat. When I'd finally get in combat, I would get relatively far and then die and have to start all the way back at the beginning.I've probably played the game for at least 10 hours and don't feel like I've really accomplished all that much. Maybe it gets better as you play further but I'm not willing to invest any more time in it to find out. Great concept and production values but the action wasn't done well enough to keep me interested.
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