A laser blast goes by barley missing my head before smashing into the wall and an explosions rocks the nearby stairwell, not exactly the welcome I expected in the office suite of a pharmaceutical company. I simply turn and fire down at the enemies and throw a grenade letting the blast do the rest. I am there for one reason, the computer in the CEO's office has evidence against the administrator, I plan to use it so I can blackmail him into doing what I want. I might be called evil but I need this and the galaxy needs it in Mass Effect. Since the first Mass Effect in 2007 the saga has enthralled gamers. The choices you make in the game, the relationships, and the way things turn out based on your choices. In 2010 the second game came out and it took RPGs to a new level. After beating the first one you can take your character and transfer him into the second game and continue the story. All your choices from the first game affect how the second game works. I beat the first one as the lap dog of the alliance and the second game remembered that as I noticed certain characters resented me for it and others were more then happy to help me out due to that fact. I beat it a second time as a complete jerk and in the second game I had a completely different experience and I was treated differently.
Mass Effect still holds up to graphical standards well and I am once again back to playing the first game through trying to see if I can get another different ending and another new experience in the second game. Why? Why would I play through the games again, well its simple. Because the tentative release date of March 6, 2012 looms. Mass Effect 3 is on its way and being able to transfer my character over to it is just too big of an opportunity to pass up. You have a character you have had since day one, all his or her choices and actions from the first two games will affect how the third game is played and how you make your way through. Anyone who has played Mass Effect will also tell you that the voice acting is superb headlined by Seth Green's voice as your pilot and he pulls it of well. Seth Green is known for some funny and goofy roles but his role as the voice of your pilot is superb. Star power got bigger in Mass Effect 2 when Martin Sheen's voice played a character known as the "Elusive Man", a rich man bankrolling your mission. The voice acting from Sheen was superb as well. 
Any RPG gamer will tell you that gameplay changed by choices is huge. For example, in Mass Effect 1 I had the option to kill or talk down a certain character. I talked him down and in the second game when I ran into him, he remembered me sparing his life and was all to happy to lend me a hand. Another character from the first game remembered the same thing and tried to kill me for it. Mass Effect 3 has been confirmed as the conclusion, it's the end of the triology and I can't wait to see how it ends it. What is the game about? Well there are always trailers for them(See below). Review
Grade-Harvest Them!
Highs-Missions are good, the storyline is compelling, voice acting is good, and overall the way your choices affect the game is good
Lows-Sometimes you just can't feel the tension in the missions sometimes making the urgency hard to feel ESRB Rating-Both are M for Mature, Ages 17 and up
Kid Friendly?The storyline is for older gamers.I would respect the rating on the game
Where Can I Get It?Amazon has it, but local stores still carry both games, what, that's what happens when your good
Overview-Both are very good and worth the money
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