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| From: Electronic Arts
Category: Video Games
List Price: $29.99
Buy New: $26.48
You Save: $3.51 (12%)
New (26) Used (7) from $23.97
Avg. Customer Rating:  193 reviews
Sales Rank: 1100
Format: Dvd-rom
Platforms: Windows Vista, Windows Xp
ESRB: Mature
Media: Video Game
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Age: 17 - 20 years
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 0.1 x 0.1 x 0
MPN: 19081
Model: 19081
UPC: 014633190816
EAN: 0014633190816
ASIN: B00140P9BA
Release Date: May 27, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 Never going to buy June 4, 2008
38 out of 57 found this review helpful
The DRM flaws that kill your DVD burner, require a constant internet connection, suck up CPU and memory, and prevent you from ever selling/loaning the game to a friend truely make this a worthless product.
NO DRM June 4, 2008
28 out of 38 found this review helpful
I played this game on a friend's PC and LOVED IT.
Been excited about this game since I saw the first trailer, but after reading about the problems with DRM... Sorry, I'll have to pass. No game is worth allowing a company to punish its paying customers so much.
Mark me up as another gamer who would rather never play a game they've been looking forward to, than to take a hard DRM up the kiester.
 Excellent Game !!! June 4, 2008
0 out of 16 found this review helpful
Check ALL the gaming review sites to get a LEGIT review of this most excellent game (see gamerankings, gametrailers, or IGN for starters). Please disregard the lame negative reviews here.
Install took about 8 minutes ... no problems. No need to keep the DVD in the computer with the on-line key check. No big deal. The graphics are outstanding and gameplay, storyline, and controls are excellent! I highly recommend this game.
 overated & under-informed June 4, 2008
13 out of 21 found this review helpful
After antisipating the arrival of ME on PC, I was fairly underinformed of the conflict the start up would be using Vista on a Mac Parallel.
it is not compatible with ATI 2700. The hype is there, don't be discourage from trying it out, but only with the coreect specs.
Enjoy !!
 Great game with some flaws. June 4, 2008
7 out of 18 found this review helpful
I've been waiting for this game since it was announced. I am a HUGE fan of all bioware games, especially Knights of the Old Republic, which I consider the best RPG of all time to date and was looking forward to this game as a "spiritual successor" to KotOR. (compared to KOTOR2 which was a big pile of rubbish. Thats what you get when you don't let bioware make the sequel)
First off, the game is great, however it's not as good as KotOR was. Don't get me wrong, it's a great game but doesn't live up to KotOR.
Pros: Storyline - I personally liked the mass effect storyline better than KotOR in some respects. It feels a little more real/gritty and I feel more suspense from the enemies than I ever did with the baddies from KOTOR. You also have the option to read all about the different species throughout the game as you collect information on them, also the tech of the universe and history. Very well done Bioware, I like the depth here.
Gameplay - The gameplay is fun too. I don't know why some people don't like it. The shooting is fun and being able to hide behind and shoot is a welcome to just standing there and taking it ala KOTOR.
Voice Acting - The voice acting is some of the best I've ever heard in a game. Some of it's very moving in certain areas. They actually have Seth Green as the pilot of your ship and he does an awesome job. He was one of my favorite characters in the game and I hope he comes back for ME2.
Cons:
Side-Missions - The side missions are interesting for the first couple of times but then they all turn into the same thing. You basically have to land on a planet and roll around in a horribly hard to steer buggy and find a place where you have to kill or talk to someone. There are only a couple of maps for these that are overused. The side quests themselves seem like more work than fun.
Characters - While the characters are fun and interesting. There is NOT enough back story to them. I will try not to spoil anything, but something big happens between your character and another after only like 4 conversations. What?! I remember having tons more conversations with my companions from KotOR than this. It felt like I hardly knew the Mass Effect characters at the end of this game. Very saddened by this because they were interesting.
Inventory and HUD - The inventory system sucks. That's all there is to it. You can't look at your inventory easily at all. And god help you if you ever get to your max limit of items on a mission. The game REQUIRES you to start trashing new items if your over your limit. And you can't check your team mates levels or items most of the time. When your on your ship you might as well forget about tweaking there powers and items. It's impossible.
Other thoughts: To the person who said the game is grainy. Yes, I found this out as soon as I started it and was SHOCKED that it looked so bad. HOWEVER, there is a option that gets turn on automatically as default in the game (god why?!) that makes it look more grainy. It's suppose to cause the game to be more "movie like" but just makes it ugly imo. Turning it off makes it look a LOT better and I was very happy with the graphics after that.
This is a good game and worth purchasing, I just hope mass effect 2 has less boring side-quests and more storyline and depth of the characters.
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