Mass Effect 1 First Impressions

Well i have finaly got back to playing M.E 1
After all the excitment about Mass Effect 3 coming out i was very excited to start playing the first game in the series every one was raving about.

My first thoughts (and i am still very early on in the game) are that it is only so so .

let me first of all say: I rarly play rpg's. the last rpg i played was K.O.T.O.R 1 probably about 4-5 years ago. all i have been playing since are fps and the likes so thus is a new experience for me

 i compleatly understand i am not far enough into it to pass judgment on it yet. The whole squad combat is confusing and im dont entirely understand it. you have team mates who follow you but are i do not understand what happens when they run out of health. its not directly explained... what i have gathered is that when you kill all the enamies in the area they stand back up on minimal health.

The whole power/ abilities sort of thing just seems clunky. To use your powers you have to hold space which pauses the game and kind of takes you out of the moment.

im enjoying the rpg aspects and cant say im not enjoying the game but i was definantly expecting more from it.  I will keep playing as im interestred to see how it plays out. it kinda reminds me of Knights of the old republic.

what has anoyed me is the save points. Often (as i am still ajusting from my usual fps gaming style) i am dying and usualy in a fps you almost instantly respawn from your last checkpoint about 30 seconds earlier. In MA 1 often i would have a long distance to travle or a cutseen to watch before i got back to where i was before i died. That took alot of enjoyment out of my game

i have alot more MA 1 to play so i will keep you uptodate with how it goes. i have been very negative with what i have said here but i have still been enjoying it dispite my small problems with it. i am the type of person who will finish a game once i have started unless the game is truely woefull enough then i just ditch it asap.

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