Mass Effect is mild stimulation at best, It has less customization than pretty much all their previous games,
squad commands are a shitty attempt of trying to combine real time with a turn based option
The story is ok if you like battle star galactica or other sci fi drama that tries to be epic,
there are two or three planets that you can actually land on the rest you just drive around on barren waste land with a point of interest every ten miles
, The npcs were alright but they where few and far between and nothing like the npcs of KotOR
It was a boring linear experience that would of got a lot more flak from the mainstream media if it had not be sugar coated as much as it was.
And I never said any thing bad about KotOR in fact I've been on this thread since page 30 or 40 something Wanting KOTOR 3 more than any other game I remember me and kinslayer went around all the RPG forums we could find calling to spam lucas arts with emails about another KotOR.
But now the for get us and move to market the masses making a mmo The star wars video game market is all about marketing and cash.