But you look to it.

I hope they auto update the bugs I read about in the IGN review. Can't imagine playing and forgetting to save and the game locking up... that'd suck.

I will say this the game will have a massive effect on the console wars this year. That is a system selling title. That is a genre defining title. Finally its only the first of three that is supposed to make it to the 360. I am positively stoked about this game in all areas.

I second that...   You don't play graphics but you do want to look at something nice while playing a game...  And GENERALLY, if the developer didn't spend time on the graphics or art style of the game, to make it appeasing to the eyes, then the game is generally not that great...  I stress GENERALLY before anyone quotes me.

And somehow I doubt that Mass Effect will cause eyes to bleed.

^^^^ It won't but in IGN's review, it does have graphical issues such as clipping, phasing through walls, getting stuck on objects, and textures/details not loading/taking a while to load.

And if that stops people from playing an amazing game from Bioware and would rather play stuff like Halo 3 and COD4 then gaming really is going to hell.

No, it won't stop people from playing the game (at least not me) but people may be apprehensive about playing a game that doesn't look like (and actually doesn't) run smoothly or look that great.  But I know it's a great game so I'll be buying it.

Good. It's one of the few games I want to buy a 360 for, as Bioware is one of the best developers out there.

I didn't experience any lock-ups myself. I did once get trapped in an elevator and my auto-save and last save just reloaded me into the same trapped space, so I had to go off my last save before that which was two hours earlier. =P

That was the worst one, other stuff was minor but annoying. There's one battle where if you're hit with a bionic attack and a cutscene happens there's a good chance you'll be stuck and can't fight back. If you move before the loading screens finish you might stick yourself in the command bridge, you can wiggle free by crouching and standing up.

I do recommend you save often, and ever now and then in different file slots. (You’re limited 10 slots per career) Autosave typically only happens when you land on a planet, and then select certain events that far apart. Also recommend your first play through to set the game on easy (called casual in the game). Now it’s not a hard game, even on veteran mode were only a few die and repeat a dozen time battles that annoyed me.

But like IGN said, combat takes a long while to get a feel for and enemy AI can be cheap or dumb, so easier modes give you more room to experiment and get a feel for things, and you can adjust the difficult during the game, so if you reach a point where you’re kicking constant ass, go head and turn it back onto normal or veteran. After you beat the game you get Hardcore mode anyways, which so far I’ve only found slightly harder than veteran.