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16 Hours in

I mentioned it before, Mass Effect devours time. But I had no regret yet. I left the huge space station on my mission to fight the alien race Geth which is terrorizing the known universe. The first main quest led me to the planet Ferros. A human colony was attacked by the Geth and the goal was to find out what they were looking for. So in best RPG tradition a lot of talking and fighting had to be done. Again some short but rewarding side quests were included.

It turned out that a herbal life form was living on the planet that had the ability to control the minds of people. The goal of the Geth and Saren was to obtain it. The quest led me to fight the life form in the end because it took already the control of parts of the colony’s people. This was the first time that I wasn’t happy with the fighting system and the squad AI. In the boss fight I had to kill a lot of zombie type enemies in narrow rooms. The fight system though is too slow for fast indoor fights. This led to many frustrating moments. The squad AI was annoying at times, too, because the squad mates often shot each other and didn’t want to do a thing about it. It happened often that I entered a fight and my shields were down before the enemy made a shot at me.

But besides that the mission was fun. Before I started the next main quest, which is to find the daughter of the matriach that is helping Saren, I flew to some other planets to finish side quest. I am already 16 hours into the game and I feel I haven’t seen 10% of the game. Great!