The thing is, both of these voices were quite often wrong.
That nagging voice was usually balanced out by another that said, "No, this event is too crucial to the story to have happened any other way." Yet, there was a constant, nagging voice in the back of my head wondering whether some earlier decision (or set of decisions) could have changed the outcome of some relatively key events. Most of the decisions I was allowed to make in conversations and cut scenes seemed relatively immaterial, representing two different branches that quickly end up back on the same conversational pathway. AdvertisementĪside from these major decision points, which are practically highlighted with flashing, red neon "THIS IS IMPORTANT" signs, the game was almost too subtle in showing the player how seemingly minor decisions would play out across the timeline. For series fans, the game also throws in quite a bit of previously unknown background that might even impact the way you look what transpired in previous games. The game does a good job telegraphing these major decision moments, naturally laying out all of the interspecies backstory necessary so that even newcomers to the series will understand what's at stake. Often, securing the help of one race means utterly screwing over another, setting up the kind of Moral Dilemmas With Far-Reaching Consequences (tm) BioWare games are known for (I'm staying necessarily vague in discussing the story here to avoid giving away too much). Humans-first group Cerberus plays the spoiler role this time around, working against Shepard and the Alliance in an attempt to control the Reapers rather than destroy them.
During a dramatic attack on Earth-serving as the game's seamless tutorial-Commander Shepard is called back into active military service as the only person with the credentials and reputation to unite the galaxy's various bickering races into some sort of coherent front (against an existential threat they haven't sufficiently prepared for, naturally). The game starts off with a bang, as the life-eradicating Reapers finally make the assault on galactic civilization threatened throughout the series. $59.99 (standard edition) $79.99 (Collector's Edition)
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