Mass Effect 3 - is this a game for me?
I'm not that much of a gamer, I've got a couple of games I've bought and not even played. I bought one and gameplay was so horrible (you had to hold down the left cursor button just to keep your character walking in a straight line) that it put me off PC gaming for awhile and I have no intention of getting into console gaming. I've got a Wii sitting in the corner gathering dust that I've used for less than an hour.
I watched my son destroy his life with WoW addiction. I liked Doom and several of the Valve games including Half-life 2 and Counter-Strike but prefer single-player mode. I'm tired of being screamed at for being a newbie. I like first-person shooters and loathe spell-casting games.
CAN$60 seems pretty steep for a game so I'd like to know what it's about before I fork out cash.
Is this a game I'm going to enjoy?
Also, why does it have to have an internet connection? Licensing, or is it only an MMORPG?
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I'm going to assume that you haven't played the first two parts of Mass Effect, otherwise you'd have a pretty good idea of whether the game was for you. 
So my advice (if you decide that Mass Effect is for you) is start with the first part. The games have a fairly deep plot, so you'll enjoy it much more if you start from the beginning. Also Mass Effect 1 will be a lot cheaper so if you get it and don't like it'll be a smaller loss. One thing though: be prepared for sitting through a *ton* of dialogue (and a fair amount of reading) especially in the beginning, as the game establishes the plot and its universe.
Mass Effect is not an MMORPG, the first two games are strictly single player. The third game (I believe) has a multiplayer option, but it' only an option.
I've played both Mass Effect 1 and 2 and enjoyed them immensely (I also tend towards FPSs and don't like sword and sorcery type games, and only play single player), but I haven't gotten 3 yet because on PC it can only be run using Origin (EA's version of Steam), which I'm not keen on installing on my computer. That's also what you need the internet connection for because the game needs to be validated through Origin.
Otherwise, I just saw that Steam is having a sale on the Portal games. If you don't have them already I highly recommend them, though they are not first person puzzlers, not shooters. Otherwise you might want to look at Deus Ex: Human Revolution or maybe Fallout 3/New Vegas.
No internet connection required.
The endings are....meh, to say the least. But that's just coming from a diehard Mass Effect fan like myself. 
did you buy it and like it?
I admit...as a female Shep I was totally head over heels in love with Liara from ME2 - we hooked up again.
ME2 was better IMHO...mainly because I didn't have to watch my friends die...gack!
...that's my CREW! I hate being pushed towards an ending...that's edit 2
