An awesome RPG with tons to offer.
You play Shepard. A human the you customize. You are called into action when a Specter goes rouge. You are in charge of finding him, finding out what he is doing, and killing him. This is a game that will take you across tons of planets, fighting cool aliens, and finding out the secrets of the galaxy. I'm not going to go into a lot of detail from the story, because, I do not want to ruin it if you have not played it, or are still playing
The game play in Mass Effect is a lot like other third person shooters. Most of the time, you will be getting in these intense fire fights, but there are time when the action cools down, and you have to go around talking to people. The gun fights are fun, and there are lots of weapons to use on your enemies. You have an assault rifle, pistol, shotgun, and sniper rifle. But you also have a bunch of different powers, like biotic powers, that let you pick up enemies and throw them, depending on what class you pick. You level up all these skills like in all rpg's, and you get even more special abilities. Like with your shot gun, one of the skills you can get is an extra power shot after you fire a normal shot. There are tons of different skills, that all branch of into different things.
The controls in Mass Effect work really well. The player controls are smooth, and everything is easy to pick up. You have this vehicle that you ride around in on planets, and the controls for that get tricky. The vehicle moves funny, and will some times turn way to fast, but after a little bit of driving around, you will get use to them. The canon on the vehicle is tricky, because, what your cursor is on is not always what you are shooting. You can't be to close to enemy that you are shooting, or else you can't hit them. Over all, the controls in Mass Effect work really well.
The graphics in Mass Effect are amazing. The problem is that there are a lot of texture loads, but once everything loads, this game looks amazing. The planets and environments look awesome. The character models, especially the faces look amazing. You can see every detail, in every one's face that you talk to. The mouth movement in this game is amazing. The character mouth forms into every shape to make every sound, and every word that comes out of their mouths. The frame rate can be a bit choppy at times, but it does not happen a lot.
The sound in Mass Effect is amazing. The music sounds really good, and has this nice futuristic feel to it. The voice acting is amazing. Every voice in the game sounds good, and matches their character really well.
Mass Effect is an amazing game that any one who like stories, third person shooter's, or rpgs needs to play. It will blow you mind. Now, I can't wait for Mass Effect 2. But Mass effect is a game that you will want to go through again.