Mass Effect Preview

FiringSquad has whipped up a quick preview of Mass Effect, based on what they saw of BioWare's RPG during a demonstration at this year's GDC.
During the demo, we were shown many aspects of the game, from the branching conversation system that you use to communicate with the NPCs. Some chat options open up all new storylines and infomation so you have to think a little before you make your choice. The game's inventory system was also shown as you are able to outfit your character with different weapons, ammo types, armor types and bionic upgrades. Graphically the game looks solid and apart from a few glitches (some voices not synching entirely with the lip movements and some breaks in the frame rate) its well on its way to being a visually impressive title. Voice acting was also top notch. BioWare confirmed that character actor Keith David was the voice of the human commander of the ship in the demo; more well known actors will be announced in the coming months.