Mass Effect First Look

GameSpot brings us a short preview of BioWare's newly announced Mass Effect, after witnessing the unveiling of the action RPG firsthand at Microsoft's X05 event. Here's a taste:
As far as gameplay goes, it was hard to get an exact sense of what to expect from the game based on the footage from the trailer. Thankfully, questioning of those at X05 yielded some info. The game's core focus is a campaign that has you working to elevate humanity by one means or another. Along the way you'll option to explore the game's rich worlds and discover new alien life, resources, ruined civilizations and powerful technologies by visiting uncharted, unexplored planets. Your investigation can even take place via an all terrain rover. Combat's pretty straightforward and makes use of a real-time, squad based, tactical combat system. The visuals in the game are contemporary and are dramatic-looking. From the look of it Mass Effect will be a powerful title in the Xbox 360 software library for those hankering for a unique RPG.