All in all, your choices give you the chance to experience unique playthroughs, with potentially hundreds of hours of gameplay if you want to see how each outcome plays out. It's a balancing act where you have to carefully take everything into consideration. Or there may be other groups or people that you absolutely want to help, yet this comes at a great cost that negatively affects others in the world. You can side with the people whom you know will provide the most support in the finale against the darkspawn, but these characters might be irredeemable and reprehensible, so you might not want to help them after all. Once you become a Grey Warden, the choices you make during the story segments determine who will join you for the final battle. Which origin you pick also has a big impact on how your companions and NPCs react to you, such as people respecting you more if you're a noble or looking down on you if you're an elf. Right from the start, you pick which race and combat class you want for your protagonist - human, elf, or dwarf - each with their own playable origin prologue, such as a human mage with noble blood or a dwarf warrior part of the working class. Your choices can give you vastly different playthroughs The choices you make affect the gameplay and plot, opening things up for very different playthroughs. Getting to know everyone through dialogue and squad banter is a lot of fun, making it easy to grow attached to your favorite characters. Talking to her gives you the chance to learn more about the asari and why exactly she's so devoted to her academic studies. Despite being reserved and shy, Liara often jumps at the chance to gush about her research. By contrast, your scientist team member Liara is an asari: Mass Effect's species of blue female-only aliens. But then as you explore the Citadel, the game's main hub area, she makes snide comments about all the aliens around, keying you in on her true feelings about non-humans. As you chat with her in between missions, you get to learn about her history with her family and religious faith back on Earth. Ashley is a human soldier who joins your team early on. They all have backstories and traits that are believable and natural.
While just about any NPC you meet is fantastic, your squad members are the ones that stand out the most. Memorable cast of authentic characters Mass Effect has an amazing cast of both human and alien characters who feel like real people.