
It's hard enough to stand out amongst the flood of new releases that deluges the end of every year, but something even harder to do is meet expectations when your game just happens to be made by BioWare. The game in question is
Mass Effect, BioWare's galaxy-spanning action RPG. Hype is no stranger to
Mass Effect, but with the BioWare pedigree from titles like
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic and
Neverwinter Nights, most would agree the attention is justified.
In
Mass Effect you play as Commander Shepard, a character you can fully customize in terms of gender, appearance, and abilities. In true RPG form, Abilities come from your chosen class, from standards like the gun-toting Soldier to the Biotic-dabbling Adept. Mastery of classes will naturally open up more complex options. General combat revolves around a squad-based mechanic where you only have complete control of Shepard. The complete customization of Shepard from the aforementioned abilities to even his/her morality may prove to be quite a timesinker.
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