There’s always at least one game a year that has me totally awestruck, and googly eyed. Last year it was Oblivion. I’d play it for hours at a time, never doing a thing, never realizing how long I’ve played it. Hell, most of the time was spent looting caves and hunting vampires. I closed MAYBE 3 Oblivion gates. Important thing was, I had fun…tons.

The year before that was Knights of the Old Republic II. Flawed? Yes. Fun? Fuck yeah! I’ve played through it atleast 5X. Twice on the light side, thrice, on the dark. So much more fun being evil. By the way. The first time I played the original KotOR, I played the light side. The next play through, I went dark side…and felt soooo bad and guilty about it. I actually had moral issues over it lol. I got over it though as I embraced the dark side like a long lost lover. Fun times, fun times indeed. Lucas Arts/Obsidian/BioWare need to get off their asses and give me another sequel. The good news is BioWare has been busy as they are behind “My new crack”…Mass Effect.

I’m 99% sure that Mass Effect is my new crack. Got it today, and played it 5 hours straight before I realized it. Very similar in the layout to KotOR. Main difference being, Mass Effect is a free roaming action RPG, where as KotOR was a free roaming traditional RPG. The graphics are bee-yoo-tee-ful, and the voice acting is top-notch. As with most games of this type, I’ve yet to really touch the main mission/story thus far. Doing the side quests and whatnot. Anyway, I’m out. Pick up Mass Effect if you even remotely liked the KotOR games. You will not be disappointed.