Mass Effect Reviews
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This feeling of realism is something that Bioware strives for throughout Mass Effect, and achieves with stunning grace. This is most noticeable during conversations, which is especially important as there are so many of them to be had the amount of dialogue that has been recorded for the game is staggering.games xtreme also took a look, giving it a 9.5 and editor's choice.
The dialogue system meanwhile, is equally impressive. It provides you with the ability to choose next dialogue option before current speaker has finished talking, thus eliminating the long pauses in conversation which have plagued Bioware games in the past. These options appear on a wheel at the bottom of the screen, and supply the context of your character's dialogue rather than the entire text. Additionally, the options always appear in the same place on the wheel top right for paragon (good) dialogue, bottom right for renegade (evil), centre right for the middle of the road, with the left hand side providing further investigation options, along with charm and intimidation, dependant on your skills. This means that if you are playing a consistent role you don't even have to pay attention to the text you can just flick the stick to the relevant position when the wheel pops up, and thus keep listening to the conversation without a break in concentration. This system is backed up by superb voice acting throughout, and does much to create and maintain the impressive cinematic style of the game.
This is a game that was truly worthy of my time, and I will probably replay it a number of times. Bioware has done it again. They've managed to uphold the standard that they have set through the years of creating magnificent titles that continue to amaze us faithful RPG gamers. For all the nitpicking that one can do with Mass Effect, from the small (I got stuck on a chair and I can't get up) to (Oops did I blow up that solar system?) Mass Effect is a golden star.
Mass Effect also allows you to start a newgame+, which basically means you will be allowed to carry on your Shepard; level and all straight into a new game. Opening a door to a whole new experience and possibly making it just a tiny bit easier as you unlock the more challenging difficulty levels.
