Mass Effect

So I go out and buy this a few weeks back, partly because I have been meaning to for ages and partly because I was under the impression it would be a love at first play, kinda like the experience I had with Fallout 3 late last year. Did my dreams come true? Not quite. I can see this game has a lot of potential and only playing through about 3 hours of it so far could be why. I throw it in and begin designing my own character that I want to look as much like me as possible (as you do) and once I've fiddled around with cheek sizes, eyebrow curves and lip thicknesses for around 15 mins, I embark on my epic (or so I'm told it will be) journey to become a big, strong Spectre. After sitting through about an hours worth of dialogue and being plonked on a ship, that doesn't look like a ship but more like a park, called Citadel, I start to hope that the game will pick up a bit. It doesn't. I don't know, maybe it's just me, or maybe I need to play through a little more to get to the juicy stuff.

It has kinda damped my spirits for the forthcoming Mass Effect 2, that I hoped to pick up later this year.