Mass Effect Memories: Part 2

Quake 3 Arena was one of my most favorite games, ever. I spent countless hours fragging humans and bots alike. To me, role playing games were an alien breed. I've only played a demo of Diablo once, and I didn't like the game at all. 

I tried playing Oblivion (Elder Scrolls IV) before, but I didn't understand the underlying concepts; e.g. I had no clue when I kept on getting a prompt on the screen that my character is being heavily encumbered; I only got pissed off at my character because he suddenly started moving very, very slowly. 

So when I started Mass Effect, I had little clue about weapon upgrades, suit upgrades and inventory management. I didn't even know that weapons can be bought and sold; I just ignored the vendors. 

When my team reached the Citadel, I totally lost direction. I didn't know what to do, or to be precise, who to beat up. I also didn't like it the way random strangers (especially Garrus) invited themselves in to my team. I also didn't like it inside the spaceship, and I wanted to slap the bearded pilot guy for his cheeky comments. 

So after dilly dallying for almost a week, I figured out a way of getting back to my ship Normandy, and I went in search of some alien lady. 

I landed on a planet, and was asked to roam around using a rover kind of vehicle. At first, it seemed fun to move around with the rover, but soon, it became boring, and I couldn't find where to go, what to look for and what to do. 

After trying to get out of the vehicle (in vain) and also to find out my objectives, I gave up playing Mass Effect. I didn't have a big hard drive back then, and I uninstalled and moved on to other games. 

I forgot about Mass Effect for a long, long time. Until some other events unfolded.

To be continued.....