Alright, So I beat Mass Effect for the first time after owning it for like two years. I just thought I'd do kinda like I did when I beat Final Fantasy IV: The After Years. For those just tuning in, I'm going to use bullet points(well, more like diamond points) to give just a few thoughts. Maybe spoilers ahead, but then again, anyone interested in Mass Effect would have beaten it two years ago.
♦ The Mako was freaking awful for the most part. I originally thought the lack of an acceleration button being what made it so bad, but I'm beginning to think that isn't why. The thought comes to mind that thing simply was just a superfluous addition to the overall game.
♦ I really don't like how they set up the achievements. I only ended up with about 430 points, mostly because I chose the Paragon route and chose the infiltrator class. I can understand how they set it up so you play the game one way the first time and then the opposite the next, but in the end, I think there simply isn't enough game to facilitate the level 50 and 60 achievements. By the time I finished the game, I had completed almost all the sidequests and after defeating the final boss, I was only level 41.
♦ I really liked how they (spoiler warning) made it necessary to sacrifice some of your characters for plot related reasons. I liked the whole angle they took with Wrex (although I chose to save him, since he's a gun-toting dinosaur). When it came time to sacrifice one of the human characters, I really wanted to kill off Ashley. In fact, I did plan on killing her off, but I kept dying afterwards and had to reload a save before the moment of the decision. I got tired of hearing the dialogue after the first time and started skipping and without noticing, I had chosen to sacrifice Kaiden. I really don't like Ashley, but I really didn't want to play that segment again.
♦ I really liked how they handled the final boss. There was a legitimately difficult battle to be had there without relying on backup infantry.
♦ Having an item limit of 150 really, really sucks
♦ I didn't discover that I could upgrade more than one slot on my equipment. I feel dumb after finding it out on the very last area of the game.
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