Archive for February, 2010
On MASS Effect 1 – Retrospective
Posted on February 6, 2010
 In the run-up to MASS Effect 2 I’ve reacquainted myself with MASS Effect 1, the 2007 game by BioWare. So, three years late, here’s my 10-penny science fiction fan analysis of the game: MASS Effect 1, a game not without flaws, is nonetheless my favorite current generation videogame. An RPG in the currently resurgent Western* style, it had a decidedly 80’s Sci-Fi epic look, feel and sound to it. Lots of gleaming, reflective surfaces surrounded you and your ears were treated to many Vangelis-styled electronic soundscapes. The plot, while nothing completely amazing to a dedicated science fiction reader, was really quite good for a video game; it involved the impending return of an inscrutible and unstoppable enemy called “the Reapers,” which apparently destroyed the galaxy-spanning precursor race called “the Protheans” many thousands of years ago. The universe of MASS Effect is like a clearinghouse of all the best Science Fiction ideas of the last thirty or forty years. Please, read on… |
