Mass Effect, firstly I pirated the game for the PC and then after a number of problems I just said screw it and bought it on steam, one problem was that the galaxy map does not load up and you have to enable the console and manually enter each planet and system you wish to travel to and a few other problems, although even then the retail version had some bugs which were fixed by modifying the bioengine.ini file.
Anyway, to the game, I normally don't play many games which are RPGs or have RPG elements in them, however I sunk about 25 hours into mass effect, reached level 40 and did a lot of the side quests, I really liked the game. The side quests were a little repetetive though and they had little variation so I got a little sick of them towards the end. I ended the game with slightly more paragon than renegade even though I thought I would have got the opposite, I'm not sure if I will carry my save file over however because Ashley killed Wrex without Shepherds command and I want Wrex to carry on to the next game, from what I hear it's a bad alternative if I don't carry Wrex over. Also I knew the rough plot of the first game since I've seen what happens in ME3, but it didn't stop me from enjoying the game. Characters which although were a little cheesy but were still great were Kirrahe, Anderson and of course Shepherd.