I just took a Mass Effect in my pants

I had never played the highly touted Knights of the Old Republic but I had heard good things about it and it's developer Bioware. I usually don't really care too much about who makes a game but when I saw G4 had given it the best game ever title (really?? Best game ever??) I thought I would try their new RPG style game Mass Effect.

As most role-playing games you start off customizing your avatar. I always try to make it look like me but elephantitis isn't an option. My character "Commander Shepard" unfortunately came out looking a little like a mix between Joaquin Phoenix and Vladimir Putin.

The scar on my guy did make me look like a badass though. Afterwards you are forced to choose a class. Soldier, techie or biotics (those are people with magiks like abilities. Think Gandalf or Diana Troy). A few autobiographical questions about what kind of person you are and then you 're off to kick it hardcore in the galaxy!

Now it get's good. The story is vast, interesting and has a surprising amount of depth to it. There are tons of dialogue trees but the voice-over really makes it feel like a conversation. I spent hours just talking to people learning about the universe. Actually come to think of it, I probably spent more time than I would like to admit learning about a fake universe but whatever that's why I'm a hardcore gamer. But what's really cool is that the the dialogue is important in deciding what kind of character you are. A good guy, paragon, or a ruthless leader, renegade. This is probably my favorite part of the game. You actually have many tough choices to make giving you the feeling that you really are creating a unique game experience. It's like a choose your own adventure game. Weeeeee!!

The truth is I'm kind of a softy at heart and did everything ethically. That's just me though. Fellow blogger Brendan, as usual, killed, cheated and screwed his way through the entire storyline. (he also harvested all the those babies in Bioshock…..freakin psychopath) I reveled in doing the right thing but I was pissed when I didn't get bang the human chick because she thought I was too much of a pussy.

The good guys never get the girl. But they do get tons of alien poon! SPOILER ALERT! Okay alerts over.

Awesome game overall. A few glitches and it can get a little repetitive but it has enough great elements to keep you going. The end of the game doesn't dissapoint.

Also, very exciting downloadable content is coming in a month or so. New chapters and adventures. The game that keeps on giving.... for a price of course.