miss_yt

Yes, I've been doing some actual productive things these past few days, but mostly I have been playing Mass Effect on my XBox. I already beat it once (using a female protagonist) and now I am working on it again with a male protagonist and having him fall in love with an alien rather than the other possible romantic interest - a human - aboard the ship. I'm curious to see how that will go.

I've kind of been playing using what I call "Starfleet officer" RP choices so far - the good, noble ones that get you Paragon points. Mostly. I wonder if I'll develop the nerve to go down a darker path and play as a cold, ruthless total asshole. The game allows you that option too. But I think I'd miss out on a lot that way, and I'm kind of one of those people who couldn't bring myself to do it, even just to see what would happen.

Anyway, I'd highly recommend this game to anyone who likes RPGs or shooters, because it does a good job of being both. Although even the XBox can't keep up with the graphic requirements sometimes, and the load times are annoying. BioWare is apparently planning sequels: I hope they address that problem. Maybe try and figure out whatever it was the God of War team did for the PS2 to bring the loads down, although since Mass Effect isn't so linear as GoW, I don't know if it will work.