Mass Effect Review
Originality: Combining the playstyle and aesthetics of Knights of the Old Republic with more swift combat (not turned based) and a completely new and original storyline was something I hated at first and loved by the end of it. This game “feels” a LOT like the KOTOR games, but the story is completely original. Still, it wasn’t overall terribly unique.
15/20
Graphics: This game looked good on my gtx 980ti now (particularly the character models and ships) let alone what it looked like to people when it launched.
10/10
Art Style: They sacrificed an interesting art style by going with the oh so common realistic style, sadly. However, I did enjoy how the game had so many places that looked so different in theme and color. It was a beautiful game at times, artistically.
10/15
Story: This is what Old Bioware had its mojo in. My goodness could they tell a good story! I absolutely hated combat in this game at first due to the terribly hard controls of using a sniper and driving the stupid vehicle but the story made me absorbed in this game. Forgetting how short games used to be (took me 13 hours to beat), I accidentally beat the game (lol?) only to discover that I couldn’t go back to do the other side quests, instead it just took me to the main menu. I was devastated! And that tells you how much the story of this game impacted me! Bravo! And I LOVE how we didn’t end up beating the big bad guy, only to discover an even worse enemy in the sequel. Instead, we beat a bad guy knowing full well this guy is a joke compared to what it still waiting for us, which is a unique way to do a story in a video game!
30/30
Game Interface: Annoying or not? Having to hold space bar to switch things around and just the way you navigate through items and upgrades in this game don’t feel very convenient, at times, but maybe that was just the limitations of the time period that I can’t quite remember now.
3/5
Controls easy and fluid or difficult and rigid? Let’s see, maybe I’m biased because I went the infiltrator route and beat the game sniping everyone, but man was that a difficult gun to control. Tons of shake factor, was that the point? I can’t tell, but I got used to it eventually and incidentally it made me better at playing widow maker in Overwatch (LOL). Also, that stupid MAKO or however it is spelled. Never again! EVER!
3/5
Is it fun? I HATED this game the first time I played it years ago. Then, I HATED it when I tried it again like a year ago. Both those times I barely made it into the game. This time, I beat the whole thing, and I realized how much I missed what KOTOR felt like and how happy I was to discover this game is basically KOTOR 3 for me emotionally. I had a blast!
13/15
Total –
84 / 100
Batman: Arkham City Armored Edition – 100 + 5 = 105
Shovel Knight – 95 + 10 = 105
Paper Mario – 90 +10 = 100
Shadow of Mordor = 95 + 5 = 100
Zelda Skyward Sword-98
Hyrule Warriors – 93 + 5 = 98
Overwatch – 90 + 5 = 95
Batman: Arkham Asylum - 93
Zelda Minish Cap – 92
Portal 2 – 87 + 5 = 92
Portal – 87 + 5 = 92
Assassin’s Creed 4 Wii U – 86 +5 = 91
Zelda Windwaker HD – 86 + 5 = 91
Bayonetta 2 = 91 NR
Bayonetta (Wii U) – 91 NR
Zelda Oracle of Ages – 91
Metroid Fusion – 91
Mario and Luigi: Bowsers Inside Story – 86 + 5 = 91
Zelda Twilight Princess – 90
Luigi’s Mansion Dark Moon - 90
Guildwars 2 – 89
Mario and Luigi: Dream Team – 89
Animal Crossing New Leaf – 84 + 5 = 89
Pokemon X – 88
Zelda: A Link to the Past – 78 + 10 = 88
Kid Icarus Uprising – 88
Darksiders 2 - 88
Fire Emblem Awakening – 88
Mass Effect - 84
Super Mario Maker = 84*
Dishonored - 84
Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark - 84
Paper Mario Sticker Star – 83
Rome 2: Total War - 83
Zelda: A Link Between Worlds-83
Mario and Luigi Paper Jam - 82
Super Mario 3d land – 72 + 10 = 82
Diablo 3 – 72 + 10 = 82
Batman Arkham Knight - 81
Batman: Arkham Origins – 81
Mario and Luigi: Super Star Saga – 80
Trine – 80
Donkey Kong Tropical Freeze* - 68 + 10 = 78
Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D – 74
Black Ops 2 - 74
Rome: Total War-74
Yoshie’s Wolly World – 73*
Just Cause - 71
Paper Monster Uncut (Wii U) - 70
Red Alert 3 - 70
New Super Mario Bros. U – 66
New Super Mario Bros.Wii – 57 *
Assassins Creed 3 – 57 NR
Zelda: Four Swords Anniversary Edition – 53*
Puzzles and Dragons Z: Mario Edition - 46
Kirby Squeak Squad – 43
Donkey Kong Country Returns 3d – 42
Project X Zone - 18
* Means it was more fun than the score indicates. Scores judge the overall quality of the game (how fun it is only counts for 15% in my reviews)
NR means Not Recommended based on inappropriateness.
^Charm is rewarded to games that have an undefinable quality to them that makes them amazing and have high replayability value.
