PAX 2007: Mass Effect is disappointing, but nice looking

Watching the first 20 minutes of Mass Effect played by a cute BioWare representative, I couldn’t help but be reminded of a ventriloquist I saw on America’s Got Talent a few nights ago. Why I happened to be watching America’s Got Talent is none of your business, but let it be known that I wasn’t happy about it.
Now, the thing about Mass Effect is that it seemed, more or less, like a ventriloquist’s dummy. Of course, it was a very nice-modeled, well-rendered dummy with nice textures, but nothing more. The game, much like Pinocchio, lacks life.
The gameplay looks like your standard FPS fare, which is to say that I didn’t see anything great or remarkable. There’s a variety of weapons and abilities to use, but my pants didn’t get wet or tight because of them. Gameplay is kind of hard to judge without an actual controller in your hands, […]

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