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#29: Mass Effect

There's something both magnificent and awful about Mass Effect.

I didn't like the game the first time I tried it. I got bored maybe ten hours in after I glitched into the floor and lost two hours of progress because there isn't an autosave.

Also, I've tried to replay the game about three times and always give up quickly.

But that one playthrough in the middle where I immersed myself and really cared about the story was magic. What makes the game awesome is that gestalt of worldbuilding, characters and story. The core mystery of figuring out where saren is, what the reapers are, and what they are up to is the perfect centerpiece. It's just... that excitement, surprise and novelty wears off after a single playthrough.

In that way it's very similar to the witcher 3. they're both huge, high production value action-ish rpgs that require your full attention and participation, but the core gameplay isn't quite enough to carry everything

What can I say, I'm a sucker for sci fi, and I'm a sucker for production values. I'll complain about almost any game, but none are going to nail everything perfectly.

This trilogy is absolutely worth it, and while it's technically possible to start with 2, you shouldn't. One of the best things about this series is that you get to see some of the same characters from game to game, and they'll change slightly.

Mass Effect is pretty much the culmination of eastern and western party-based RPGs. They don't make them quite like this anymore.

Oh, it's also dumb that it has a light/dark (sorry, paragon/renegade) system, and if you don't invest all the way into one or the other you're shooting yourself in the foot.
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You did indeed stab me in the back. However, you are only level one, whilst I am level 50. That means I should remain uninjured.