I went into this because a friend kinda forced me to by buying it for me at full price.

I knew next to nothing about Mass Effect, and I honestly wasn't giving the game my full attention at first. I think ME1 is the weakest of the series mostly for gameplay reasons. But as I went on I started really enjoying the writing, the characters, the story, the gameplay got better. Granted the ending does suck and I do have a lot of problems with ME1, but overall I just can't get enough of these characters and this world.

I loved Mass Effect.