Was reminded it came out today because of a long haired fellow on the bus who brought it out to open it.

Oddly, he seemed to want to unwrap it like a birthday present, unwilling to just tear the first layer of plastic. After 30 seconds of tugging, he finally gave in and tore it.

Also, once it was finally opened, he actually did smell the game. That was amazing. I hope it plays better than it smelled.

I get bored on buses :P.

Yup this is my thought also, given my impressions of the game thus far I am willing to wait, but unlike many other folks who have also had purely bad reactions to the game I still plan to make every attempt to give it a fair shake. I will of course be trying the "demo" first though, but I always buy games I like...to do otherwise is just pissing in your own cherrios imo.

A few complaints about the game:

1. You can't choose your last name, meaning I couldn't play a lesbian named "Tits McGee". Instead, I had to make the ugliest man to ever walk the Earth. It's a bit of a consolation but Tits McGee would have been better.

2. The combat is far too twitchy for my liking. I was hoping I could be a bit more of a lazy ass with this game after suffering through FPS overload the past few months.

Other than those two minor quibbles, this game is f***ing brilliant. I find myself not caring if the cutscene is five minutes long because it's so damned interesting.

I've got agree with rocketpig. For the first time in any game, I find myself searching for...craving more dialog! I just can't get enough of the character development and story.

Talk to me, baby, talk to me...

I'm already looking forward to my next play through as a pure biotic. I went the soldier route to get a good feel for the game first.

G4TV: 5/5
GameSpy: 5/5
GameDaily: 10/10
GamerTV: 5/5
MS Xbox World: 10/10
OXM US: 10/10
OXM Australia: 10/10
VideoGamer.com: 10/10
GameZone: 9.8/10
Planet Xbox 360: 9.8/10
Xbox Evolved: 9.8/10
Game Informer: 9.75/10
Cheat Code Central: 4.8/5
GameTrailers: 9.6/10
TeamXbox: 9.6/10
GamePro: 4.75/5
IGN: 9.4/10
Gamer 2.0: 9.2/10
Xbox 360 Advanced: 9.2/10
EGM: 9/10, 9.5/10, 9/10
ActionTrip: 91%
IGN UK: 9.1/10
1UP.com: 9/10
360 Gamer: 9/10
CVG: 9/10
Gamesmaster: 90%
GamesRadar: 9/10
GameTap: 9/10
OXM UK: 9/10
PALGN: 9/10
Video Game Talk: 4.5/5
Xbox World 360: 90%
Yahoo! Games: 4.5/5
GameSpot: 8.5/10
UGO: B+
Play Magazine: 8.5/10
Eurogamer: 8/10
Hardcore Gamer Magazine: 4/5
Slashdot: 4/5
EDGE: 7/10
PC World: 60%

AVERAGE: 91.2% out of 41 reviews
AVERAGE (no 360 mags): 90.7% out of 33 reviews

from another forum

Edit: Updated

It's upto 93% on gamerankings....

Pretty danged good.

hell yeah, another xbox 360 game above 90 % on gamerankings

Ya I just picked up the game also. Haven't dove to hard into it yet, only about an hour or so. So far so good, but I had a little problems with the menu system. I may get used to that, but I'll come back when I get some more time with the game.

how you can give this game anything less then a 85 or 90 is mind blowing

Also what classes did you guys go with, im a vanguard, but thinking of starting over and being a soldier, a sniper rifle would save my ass more times then i can count

I've had this game for about a week and a half (thanks K-mart!)

Just one observation; There are times in the game where you think that you're clearly doing the right thing, dialogue and whatnot. However, that "right" dialogue will result in a not necessarily good outcome.