*Hopefully* that answers your questions, Munkeh. To me, the game was a 9.25 overall. The story, gameplay, sound effects/music, and RPG elements are a solid 10/10. No game has yet to match them that I've played in MANY years of RPG playing.
However, ME does have it's draw backs: As stated, the side-missions can get boring if you want to do all of them and have an uber-strong endgame character (all enemies are set, if you kill one, they don't return). And there are technical issues: there are frame rate issues, and some "wierd" issues with UE3 (odd character positionings, can get stuck in walls, ect).
So from a gameplay and content standpoint, it's the perfect RPG. From the technical side, it has some major flaws. If your like me, and can play games without complaining about the technical stuff, the game is fantastic. If your a big tech-buff that can't stand frame drops and such, you'll have difficulty in some of the battles, and it could be enough to cause you to not focus on the beauties of the game.
Back from the dead, I'm afraid.
