But on those difficulties dont the enemies level up equivalent to the main character? So its somewhat the same, well excluding the abilites you've learned.

I cant wait to play the game the second way through. I havent even finished it yet.

You know what I find done so well is how the conversations seem so...real. I am amazed simply conversing with my team and people in the game.

On hardcore and insane the enemies are scaled depending on your level. On normal and veteran only the bosses and (on veteran) the sub-bosses are. It makes it much more challenging. They also get a lot of ****, like immunity. Krogans+immunity= about 20 shotgun blasts to kill them.

I've heard nothing but great things about this game and once my Xbox returns from the repair center, I'm buying this.

I got a problem, when ever use my premade character that I beat the game with the first time around. Im unable to pick the difficulty before the game starts, but I can do it afterwards, do I get the acheivment if I change it after?

I don't know, I was wondering the same thing Fresh.

You got the red ring error too?

Yeah, it's pretty lame.

I heard about Mass Effect, but not too much.

Personal opinions people? I heard it's a really in-depth sci-fi RPG and it's bad ass.

I have EGM's magazine in front of me it got a 9.0, 9.5, and 9.0. Here's a quote from the one of the reviewer's Jennifer:

"Though the mouth movements don't sync up well with the voice acting, these characters look and sound like real people, making this one of the most immersive game experiences I've ever had. The story itself - a sci-fi melange of Star Wars, The Matrix, Battlestar Galactica, Contact, and more - wont win awards for originality. And yet when things are illuminated near the end, it really stuck with me."

I felt that summed up the story pretty well (i havent finished the game also) but now for my opinion.

If you're a fan of the Knights of the Old Republic franchise you will love this game. I found the universe to combine almost all elements from different sci-fi realms but it still created a unique universe in itself. Gameplay is faster paced then a turn based rpg. Combat is real-time, almost like a third-person shooter. But you can pause in the middle of battle to issue commands, use powers, change weapons etc.


So I'll list out the pros
- Unique Combat system
- In depth story
- In depth characters
- Length of game something you will replay
- Great graphics

Cons
- Classes aren't balanced some are underpowered
- Slow start takes a bit for the game to pick up
- Confusing controls (at first) it took me a day to get use to everything
- Boss fights. If you die you have to redo the whole thing including the dumb conversation you had just before the fight.


Hope that helps in your decison.

Game Informer gave it a 9.75/10.

Personally, I love it. It's huge and you can do just about anything. Also, unlike KOTOR, you can be both good and bad when it suits you, and this changes the ending (there are like 4 or 5 endings). you can also choose whom to sacrifice, whom to save, ect.