**spoiler alert**

having completed mass effect a while ago now - I pretty much forced my work colleague to play it as he loves a game with a deep story and now he is three quarters of the way through it we sat and had a chat about the game.  It seems that as we allocated the points on different things we have had different outcomes in points of the game, I spent all of my points on weapons, armour and medical skills where he made a point of building up his intimidation and charm.

The outcome of this is things like he managed to persuade rex to go along with the plan where un my game he had to die and he got the "famous" love scene, thus getting an achievement I didn't.  He also commented that he had quite a few different speech options through the game that I wouldn't have had. 

I am now considering playing through the game again (after i'm finished with Fallout 3 and the big February is out of the way) - so I was wondering has anyone on here played through it multiple times and perhaps vouch if it's worth it?

Well worth it IMO.

3 full plays here and sadly I got all the acheivements. Take a breather between plays. My second playthrough was back to back and I skipped over a lot of the dialoge because it was still fresh in my mind. Really enjoyed my third playthrough more where I took my time and followed the story again. You ought to be able to pick up most of the altrenate storylines in 2 plays.

Even though there are 3 possible(2 of them only slightly differnt) outcomes I could not bring myself to save the council on any playthrough. Couldnt stand the self-righteous bastards.

I'm actually, believe or not working on my second play-though. (in 09, still playing a game from 07. *sigh*) You'll find with mass-effect different plays will have VERY different outcomes. Even minor things like combat. Playing as a Soldier in comparison to playing as a biotic is very different from one-another. Playing as a Renegade is very different from playing as a Vangaurd. Heck, you may even find quests you missed in the game that ya didn't pick up before!

dont think I would either, thought I would play the game closer to the second to gettting released to rejog my memory - thing I'm wondering is if the second has a function to incorperate the choices made in the first game then which does it pick if you have multiple game saves on your hard drive?

perhaps it'll give you the choice or does ME overwrite the first when you start a new game?

yeah my mate reckons he has a lot of quests he cannot do as he killed a lot of the wrong people at some point, seems I missed a lot in the first play through.

Totally worth it.

Building up Intimidation or Charm really affects dialogues and choices.



Hmmm... Mass Effect...
Such an amazing experience...










A masterpiece.

There is no infomation released on the second game at all. So theres nothing we can say about Mass Effect 2 that can be confirmed. Heck, I live in edmonton. I've met a few of the bioware developers and I don't even know if or when there will be a mass effect 2. Or even if it will still be on the xbox 360! They are that good.

When you start a new game, you're given the choice to start the game with a character you've already beaten the game with. Allowing you to have new choices in that game and follow a different path. Your character skills will remain the same however you can still change your partner's skills. That will save over any career data for that character, unless you create a new save file.

Or, you can create a brand new character and live that character's life.

I personally recommend the latter. As it allows you to play as different classes.

this is now my most anticipated game (ME2) and ME is now in my top 3 games ever, the others being max payne (dont ask me why) and Zelda OOT.

I've now persuaded 3 people to lend my copy and play it and all 3 have gome out and bought the game for themselves - I will keep continuing to do so also, it is a totally must play title and imo the best new franchise the 360 has been resposible for.

Mass Effect in your Top3? Good!

How about my appreciation:
Mass Effect is in my Top1 Best Game Ever!

Top 1.
Mass Effect.

Can't wait for Mass Effect 2, and Mass Effect 3.

I saw an article - an interview with the Dr.s who were running Bioware and they said the choices in the first game would affect the second game as well. He used the example of killing a species - and how in the second game they would be an enemy - shoot, they were pissed at you in the first game. Basically, if you are a wuss in the first game, you will be treated like one in the second game.

OT: Totally worth it. On my first playthrough, I blasted Rex, but in the second one, I persauded him to come along.

Still can't figure out how to save both Ashley and Kaidan though - and I haven't unlocked the threesome either.