It turns out that BioWare’s Mass Effect series is one of my flatmate’s favourite series, and so, when he brought his Xbox to uni, I leapt at the chance to give the game a try without having to pay £50 for the super-fantastic legendary remaster on Steam. I like space games – I’m particularly looking forward to Bethesda’s upcoming release, Starfield, for the simple fact that it’ll be a space RPG.

The general description I was given was “It’s an RPG in space with a good story”. I became intrigued in the game despite never hearing about it before a couple of months ago. Similar can be said for my experience of 2007’s Mass Effect. So, I’m seeing a different part of the paper than usual and coming to it with fresh eyes.

This is the first article I’m writing for The Boar, despite having been a sub editor for a fair few months now.

There’s a parallel between myself and my experience of Mass Effect.