Mass Effect First Look

IGN is offering up a few paragraphs about BioWare's newly announced Mass Effect, after seeing a short demo of the Xbox 360 RPG at Microsoft's X05 event. A snippet:
The demo we saw featured some sweeping shots of space that with various shining planets and stars. Though that shot appeared to be a cinematic, there were a few scenes that looked as though they could be in-game. One of the scenes was of a monster inside what could have been a space vessel. Amid shining metal railings and cargo crates there a monster that lashed back and forth with smoothly animated tentacles emanating from it's mouth. Another scene showed what appeared to be a soldier in a blue and white form fitting suit. After moving forward slightly he brought out a small white gun that altered its shape a few times to form a large rifle. Overall the game strongly resembled KOTOR in its visual style, especially a scene with a large field with shifting green and yellow grass against a crisp blue sky.