I was 3 when this came out, so I never heard whatever nonsense Molyneux promised would be in it. I just remember how fun it was and how exciting it was to try different things out. I played it again as a teen and still enjoyed it then. I'm sure it has many limitations, but figuring out fun ways to mess with enemy gods and being able to launch spells across the map to put the fear of the correct god into their villagers was a good laugh. I never had any idea how the creature fighting worked, but it was very cool to me when I played it. My disc is long destroyed and I have absolutely no idea how one would even play this now, but I would like to as I'm not sure I ever finished the main story.

One of the best. Pretty great in all the areas that count. Engaging story with great characters you give a shit about, fun combat (I think it's fun, at least), and great visually, too. Even though some of the enviroment textures or whatever can look a bit ropey, when you ride through a dark forest in the wind and the rain the ambiance is incredible to this day. The expansions are a perfect example of how to do DLC right. They're big, and just as much fun as the main game, maybe better. A masterclass. Shame they shit the bed on the next one!

My favourite Mass Effect. Sorry! Combat is further improved from ME2, although as someone who basically only ever plays as a vanguard I suppose I'm not exactly an expert on all the ins and outs. It definitely added some useless stuff, like equipment loads (although I found them fairly easy to ignore when just charge-novaing everywhere) and the meaningless stuff you can pick up to boost your war points or whatever. But despite that, and despite the admittedly shitty ending, the journey you take with your crew and the whole cast from the trilogy is really excellent. Plus, as a professional Liara simp, I was very glad to have her back as a full squadmate and not relegated to a (very good) piece of DLC like in ME2.