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I was one of the less fortunate members of Team Kotaku who, when disassembled from our invincible Voltronesque form, did not get to see Mass Effect at E3. Yes, I saw some game called Rock Concert and a trifling by the name of Hello 3, or something, but Mass Effect's divinity eluded my grope grasp. That's why extended clips of in-game dialogue are sort of completely rocking my world.
The cinematic direction approaches Hollywood quality, and the voice acting isn't that cheesy faux-British accent crap we always get for RPGs, but decent, well-acted stuff. In completely unfounded logic, I've awoken in cold sweats at all hours of the night, worried about whether or not the dialogue branching system would allow you to cut people off mid-sentence, fake gamey style. But it does! And while I won't speak for anyone else, I can't wait to skip through this beautiful, fluid interface after the first few hours of gameplay—appreciating nothing but the potential for sexy, blue alien ass.
