[quote=Lucian]
Mass Effect does indeed have the bad ending looming over it, but it's still a really great universe. As for Dragon Age, all I can say is give it a chance. It's great.
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As someone who loves Mass Effect enough to roleplay in that universe, anyone would be doing themselves a great disservice if they are willing to disregard the 60+ hours of wonderful game play, characters, and story telling for a 20 minute rushed ending that didn't live up to it's promise. 

Dragon Age Origins was a really great RPG, but i did not care for the second one. I kind of finished it out of obligation to see how the plot was going to turn out, but the gameplay was really, really not my thing and the recycled environments were a worse crime than Mass Effect 3's pre-extended cut ending.