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Overall Critic Score:3.7530
Mass Effect Critic Reviews
When I first booted up Mass Effect for this review, I was almost immediately struck by a feeling of the satisfyingly familiar mixed with a wonderment of the immense ambition being applied to that formula to create a game that I had always fantasized of...read the complete Mass Effect review at G4 - X-Play
Bioware's popularity among Xbox fans began with the release of Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic and continued with the release of Jade Empire a couple of years later [Although fans of the developer will also be aware of the awesome MDK2 for...read the complete Mass Effect review at Ace Gamez
Perfection in videogames, as well as life, is impossible. There will never be a truly perfect game, flawless in every aspect and irresistible to all players. Putting aside the fact that some people will dislike Mass Effect for no other reason than it's...read the complete Mass Effect review at Gamecritics
I remember when Mass Effect was first shown, well the first time I had seen it at least. This was during X05 when Microsoft announced some exclusive titles. The teaser trailer didn't give too much away, although being developed by Bioware who were...read the complete Mass Effect review at MS Xbox World
The role-playing experience can vary dramatically, depending on what sort of game you choose to play. There are those who prefer to get together every other week, gathered around the kitchen table with pizza, rulebooks and bits of paper, rolling...read the complete Mass Effect review at GameSpy
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Mass Effect does for gaming what Neil Armstrong did for space exploration: it advances the field in a profound, dynamic way that forever changes the paradigm of success. This is nothing short of a revolutionary title, one that brings together the...read the complete Mass Effect review at GameShark
Let's get the negatives out of the way first. Yes, Mass Effect has a few bugs, and I feel the need to save often because I never know when my 360 might give me a Dirty Disc error (even though this might be due to my hardware), and yeah, some of the...read the complete Mass Effect review at Gaming Age
What abominable, detestable noises. You know what they mean. Nope, not that Spring is come or that love is in the air. No, these lilting trills of the winged clan are nature’s way of saying, “Hey you! It’s five A.M. and you’ve spent the whole nigh...read the complete Mass Effect review at Game Revolution
BioWare's epic space adventure Mass Effect on Xbox 360 brings players into a brilliantly realized universe populated with dozens of interesting characters, an elaborate and engaging plot and a truly great mix of action, strategy and role playing elements....read the complete Mass Effect review at The Laser
Mass Effect is the most beautiful dice roll you never saw. It is an illusion, a picture perfect disguise, one that makes the foundations upon which role playing games are built - statistics, levelling up, character development - dissolve in an HD gust of...read the complete Mass Effect review at VideoGamer
What would you do? Would you save a crewmate if it meant the woman you love had to die? Would you destroy a whole species if it meant a small amount of peace in the galaxy? These are the decisions that are at the core of Mass Effect. Mass Effect is the...read the complete Mass Effect review at ZTGameDomain
Developed by BioWare, the creators of the critically acclaimed “Star Wars®: Knights of the Old Republic” and “Jade Empire,” comes an epic space saga exclusively for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system that spans the entire galaxy....read the complete Mass Effect review at Jive Magazine
Here at Planet Xbox 360 we try to review games fairly but at the end of the day there is always going to be someone out there that doesn’t agree with our take on a game. Luckily this time we are pretty certain that most people who give Bioware’s new...read the complete Mass Effect review at Planet Xbox 360
When I finally had my copy of Mass Effect in hand, my nerves made my stomach turn inside out. On the other hand, I also had butterflies to the point where I was ecstatic for the completion of one of my most anticipated projects in recent memory. If you...read the complete Mass Effect review at GameZone
In 2003, a game was released that heralded the arrival of one of the most important developers of our time. OK, maybe the hardcore gaming public already knew about Edmonton-based BioWare thanks to their work on the much-loved Neverwinter Nights, but it...read the complete Mass Effect review at TeamXBOX
Mass Effect can be accurately described as both an in-depth role-playing game and an action-based tactical shooter set in space. It can be even more accurately described as a ridiculously ambitious game with a monumental amount of effort put into its...read the complete Mass Effect review at GameTrailers
There's been a lot of hype over Mass Effect, and the first thing I have to say is go out and buy it immediately. Mass Effect is truly a unique experience which blends a rich story with high paced action all packaged in a massive universe that stands with...read the complete Mass Effect review at GamerNode
Although BioWare has been releasing games for over a decade, their latest is no less than a role-playing tour de force -- it’s a testament to a developer in top form, and Mass Effect as a whole pens a significant chapter in the science fiction...read the complete Mass Effect review at Gaming Nexus
Mass Effect was one of the “big three” new IP’s Microsoft has counted on, as far back as before the launch of the 360, to make their new console the clear winner this generation (I said “new,” Halo doesn’t count). The other two were Gears of...read the complete Mass Effect review at Gamers Temple
Before its release, Mass Effect was anointed as a can't-miss prospect by practically anyone who saw or read about it. In theory, the package was tantalizing — a hybrid role-playing game with shooter elements, Oblivion-caliber exploration possibilities...read the complete Mass Effect review at Worth Playing
BioWare endeared itself to Xbox owners the world over when it unleashed Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic. It not only filled a void in the Xbox library with an RPG, Knights of the Old Republic did so with style. The follow-up, Jade Empire,...read the complete Mass Effect review at IGN
Ouch BioWare. Just... ouch. The creaking, overworked hype machine spits out one of the last HUGE holiday releases this week in the form of the Canadian developer's long-awaited Mass Effect. Despite a brilliantly written story, excellent voice acting and...read the complete Mass Effect review at UGO
BioWare Corp and Microsoft Game Studios have finally released their futuristic space adventure: Mass Effect for the Xbox 360. BioWare Corp has made some of the greatest alternative RPG titles in the history of gaming, and Mass Effect is another amazing...read the complete Mass Effect review at Cheat Code Central
With the shipping of some of the year’s biggest titles, including Assassin’s Creed, Halo 3, and Crysis, it’s almost understandable that Mass Effect’s release date snuck up on some gamers. And with the recent news of Electronic Arts’ purchase of ...read the complete Mass Effect review at Gamer 2.0
Mass Effect is the much hyped Sci-Fi RPG from the developers at Bioware. Bioware, known for their phenomenal work on Knights of the Old Republic, branches out with their own universe to play in rather than barrow lore from George Lucas again. You play as...read the complete Mass Effect review at Xbox 360 Advanced
As I write this review, the holiday season deluge of titles is finally starting to show signs of fatigue. In my mind anyway the holiday is more or less rounded off with a game I have been eagerly expecting to play, BioWare's single-player RPG, Mass...read the complete Mass Effect review at ActionTrip
It's been quite a few years now since Bioware released their most popular game, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, and even after the sequel by Obsidian Entertainment and Bioware's own Jade Empire, no other game has really delivered an experience...read the complete Mass Effect review at AtomicGamer
Bioware’s last Xbox title was the huge cult favourite Star Wars: The Knights of the Old Republic, a game that was an instant favorite for tons of Star Wars junkies all over. For those unaware Bioware is also known for hits like Baldurs Gate and...read the complete Mass Effect review at Da GameBoyz
Most of the decisions I make in an RPG are along the lines of either "do I wear the blue jaunty hat or the sassy red scarf?" or "do I rescue the cat from the dog out of the goodness of my heart, or do so and charge the sad little girl $600 for services...read the complete Mass Effect review at GameTap
Mass Effect might be one of the most interesting games this year. Not because of the vast, galaxy spanning story, although that is pretty good. And not because of the compelling dialogue system, although that's pretty entrancing, too. Rather, Mass Effect...read the complete Mass Effect review at Armchair Empire
This seems to happen quite a lot. If one was to examine all existing works of science fiction, the galaxy (or at least it’s human or human-friendly inhabitants) being in danger would probably form basis for the vast majority of the genre’s stories. It...read the complete Mass Effect review at Boomtown
BioWare undoubtedly has one of the biggest cult-followings in video gaming. From the Baldur's Gate and Neverwinter Nights games through to original Xbox titles including Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, fans of the talented developer have been...read the complete Mass Effect review at PALGN AU
Playing Mass Effect is like flipping through an incredibly rich and detailed history of the future. The scope and scale of those details that can be discovered while playing is simply staggering; it's very hard to think of a game that attempted (and...read the complete Mass Effect review at Games are Fun
Bioware’s popularity among Xbox fans began with the release of Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, or KOTOR, and continued with the release of Jade Empire a couple years later. Now in the age of the Xbox 360, Bioware’s first release for the consol...read the complete Mass Effect review at Video Game Talk
Every so often a games developer will pitch an idea and then throw some teasing scraps to the gaming community about a project we can all get tingly about. Therein lies the greatest danger, no it’s not some galactic invasion fleet or some deadly...read the complete Mass Effect review at Strategy Informer
Mass Effect is finally out, as everyone and their grandmother knows and it's about freaking time!. With Thanksgiving, for me at least, being more of an 'eat and run' affair this year, the holiday provided me with plenty of time to dig into BioWare's...read the complete Mass Effect review at Deeko
Isn't it odd that a medium which sometimes likes to use the snooty title of "interactive entertainment" so seldom makes us think about how we're interacting with our...read the complete Mass Effect review at Wham Gaming
Allow me a single Star Wars quip -- the Force is strong with this one -- and then I'll stop. It's tough not to acknowledge that work when discussing Mass Effect, the action-role-playing game from BioWare, the makers of Star Wars: Knights of the Old...read the complete Mass Effect review at 1UP
It’s been many, many months since the first glimpses of Mass Effect in action were seen, and the level of expectation was set staggeringly high. The promotional clips, videos, and trailers showed a role-playing game huge in scope, lifelike in its...read the complete Mass Effect review at Xbox Addict
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