WARNING: NAKED BLUE ALIEN REAR END ABOVE!

I can finally satisfy my urge to watch a human woman go at it with a blue skinned alien. If you haven’t heard, Mass Effect showed up on the 360 yesterday, bringing along with it some rather intimate scenes. There seems to be much hype around this game (and not just for the kink scenes) but truthfully I never really knew why. I know it is from BioWare, which is good. I know they’ve done well in the past. But seeing videos and reading about the game did not seem to spark my interest.

After playing for about 2 hours last night, I really started to wish I had bought this game instead of rented it. Of course that will likely change after playing for about 6 hours - but since I haven’t reached that mark yet I can still say it! Mass Effect is supposed to be about as non-linear as you can get. Your choices in game have an effect on how the story plays out. Of course I’ve heard of this before in Fable, among other games, so I wasn’t overly excited. I must say however that the choice system is kind of fun. I chose a cold and calculated asshole - female asshole of course (how can I deny the developers the opportunity to display the lesbian sex scene they so cautiously included). I pretty much tell everyone off every opportunity I get. Oddly enough, they seem to tolerate my PMS quite well.

Anyhow, I can’t write much of a review right now since I’ve barely scratched the surface. I can however say that the skill system seems intriguing to me. Like any other RPG I have a wide variety of skills to choose from (Assault Rifles, Infiltration, Sniper Rifles, Electronics, Intimidation, etc), as well as about 8 different classes. It will be interesting to play the game from a different classes perspective at a later time. We’ll see how much replay value the game has…

For now, I shall leave it at this. I am completely overwhelmed right now between Guitar Hero 3, Call of Duty 4, Assassin’s Creed, Mass Effect, all the meanwhile still trying to find time for Hellgate London and Halo 3.

A more detailed review will come when I have a better handle on the game…