Mass Effect 1 Review
I really like this first game in the trilogy. It's not perfect; there were a few things that I didn't really like about it, but I enjoyed a lot more things about it than I hated about it. For one, I didn't like that there wasn't much characterization when it came to squadmates. At least for my playthrough, I only really got maybe three unique conversations with each of the squad (Except for Liara, which I romanced). I would've liked to see more from Kaiden, Garrus, and (especially) Wrex. I got Wrex's loyalty assignment fairly early in my playthrough after maybe two conversations with him, but after I completed it, I just felt that he didn't have much to offer in terms of character and development until that choice (iykyk). Ashley didn't really at all seem like an interesting character to me, or a necessity in my squad so that choice was fairly easy between her and Kaiden. One other nitpick I had with the game is that I felt some of the assignments got to be a little repetitive. It was mainly go to this distress call, kill these enemies and I was finished. One of my favorite parts of this game, however, is this beautifully crafted story. Saren was an amazing antagonist and the twist that it wasn't entirely Saren all along was pretty surprising. I loved that. Another thing I really liked was the combat. I played on insanity, which got easy after a while, but the combat kept me coming back to the game and I love it. I would probably give this game in the series a 4/5.