A crew, a ship, a suicide mission, and you catch yourself hesitating before every choice.

When the community picks on pure gut, no thinking, Mass Effect 2 climbs high, ahead of 97% of games, though that verdict still rests on few votes, to be confirmed. And the per-criterion profile tells the same emotional story. Attachment is huge, ahead of 96% of titles, the urge to rediscover it for the first time too, ahead of 87%. The controller feel sits comfortably mid-pack, the soundtrack just above. Where it stumbles, still on few votes, is the pure fun of the session that runs late, way down at the bottom, and the art style, down at the bottom too. There's the tension: a game you love on instinct and keep in your heart, but don't necessarily fire up for the sheer joy of playing.

In sci-fi RPGs, few games build this bond to a crew. It's less about mechanics than about characters you remember years later.

So, who's it for? For you if you want an RPG to make you love its people, its dialogue, its dilemmas. Much less if what you chase first is the controller thrill and the immediate visual punch.