Mass Effect

Lately, my urge to go through windows for combat has dwindled. To be honest, I've been getting the urge to play a game where I can just shoot a dude in the head and be happy with it. I really don't play many shooters these days aside from the ancients, so I'm somewhat lacking in options here. This desire I've been dealing with is more than likely going to be quelched by Mass Effect.

I bought Mass Effect the day it came out, hoping that it would fulfill my wRPG quota for a while. It was fun times and I enjoyed what I played for the most part. The only reasons I can come up with for why I've stopped on two seperate occasions are girl issues and other games. It's really too bad though, whenever I hear someone mention it, I feel like I've missed out.

Both times when I tried to play through the game, I ended up stopping right after you get full control of the Normandy. The first time around, without knowing, I accidently went to the much more difficult second planet first and got stuck on the boss. Each time, i would get a little bit further, but my death was assured each and every time. I eventually got to the second phase of the fight, but my will to go on had dwindled.

When I played through the second time, it was right after I had gotten my HDTV and wanted to play something pretty. This time I went to the proper planet first, but it seems I chose an unfortunate time to play the thing. I started playing through about a week before the release of Metal Gear Solid 4, which essentially ate up all my game time for a while between the solo play and Metal Gear Online.

I'm due for another attempt to get through the game, but between school and some other games, I may be waiting for longer than I'm willing