Mass Effect First Impressions

Mass Effect is another game I was able to acquire from a friend recently. I have played about three hours of it so I’ll give you my first impressions of the game. Now remember, like my Army of Two first impressions, this is only from playing the first few hours of the game. My full review of it should be up as soon as I finish the game.

The game is another gorgeous game to come out this fall, joining the ranks of Bioshock, Assassin’s Creed, etc. My tip to anyone playing this game is to go into options and turn off the grain filter effect. It is set as the default for some reason, and makes the graphics look muddier. Take it off, and everything is vibrant and glorious.

The musical score for the game is very good. It may never be as recognizable as Halo’s theme, but it is perfect music for the situation. All the guns sound great and so do all the character’s voices and movements.

The story is so far very good. I have been very hyped for this game as I read the novel written by the writer of this game, Drew Karpyshyn (it was pretty good by the way). The book provides some background about Captain Anderson and Saren the Spectre. It is especially good if you like science fiction. I have never really been drawn into obscure science fiction, but this has me wanting to play more and more.

If I had to rank this game on a 1 to 10 from the first few hours, I would give it a 9. The only reason it’s not a 10 is that it was slightly tedious about 2 hours in. Then, the story picked up and I’m sucked back in. Stay tuned for the full review.