Mass Effect Memories: Part 3

So i decided to change the title of this series. I started getting sick of the name. 

Over the years, my gaming preferences changed a lot. By 2008, I got completely sick and tired of first person shooters. I think the last shooter game I tried playing was Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, which was actually a very good game. 

But I quickly lost interest due to a disconnected, and confusing story line, and I also found my character to have a minimal role in the grand scale of events. 

At that point of time, I was an active member of a Gamespot Union. This might not ring a bell to many; http://gamespot.com, one of the most popular gaming websites had a unique feature called "Unions", which were basically user created discussion boards. The feature had a good following, and there were hundreds of small, but active boards that were self-governed; e.g. the owner and his appointed moderators would take care of proceedings. 

The union had about 10 active members, and we were very much geographically aloof. But we had a common liking for strategy games, and from this union, I garnered an interest in RPGs. Most of the members were RPG veterans, and I started getting all sorts of recommendations from them. 

They  walked me through the basics, and soon enough, I found myself playing Neverwinter Nights. Previously, I tried NWN2, but as you've already figured it out, I was trying to play that game as an action title, and I hated everything that involved role playing. 

But this time around, my mind was more receptive towards a slower approach to gaming, and I also managed to get involved with the story line. I struggled with certain quests at the beginning, but I managed to figure out ways and I eventually finished the game quite easily. 

After that, I started playing RPGs like a possessed man. I breezed through Dungeon Siege 2, Witcher 1, Neverwinter Nights 2, Dragon Age: Origins, Drakensang, Risen, etc. within a very short period of time.

Among these, I loved Dragon Age: Origins the most, and by the end of 2010, I had already done with my 15th play through of DA:O. 

I didn't have any other game to play, and I suddenly remembered. Wasn't Mass Effect an RPG, too? 

ME 2 was out by then, and I thought I should start with the new one. But at the last moment, I decided to start with the first game, and the rest is history. 

To be continued.....