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[Tifa Strife]

(I greatly apologize if this topic is in the wrong thread.)

I waited, though not patiently, for the demo's release. As usual, I'm very impressed. To suddenly be thrust upon the fact that the Reapers were almost here, at Earth. It was nice to hear Admiral Hakett's voice first, considering he is one of my favorite characters in the series. And then Shepard seeing the little boy playing outside, only made me realize why I was here, to fight the Reapers. To take back what would be destroyed. The emotion on Shepard's face during this little bit of scene, was already intense to me.

The only character I didn't take to much liking is James Vega, but hopefully a better introduction to his character will be seen in the final game. And then the seen where Shepard and Captain Anderson were talking, I couldn't help but smile. It was nice to see an old friend again, someone I could readily recognize. It was nice to hear that Captain Anderson continued to believe Shepard about the arrival of the Reapers.

But time stood real motionless, for me anyway, when I saw Kaidan Alenko. My top favorite character. My heart pounded heavily and quickly, wondering if there was any hint that Kaidan still loved Shepard (My main Shepard is Femshep. :3). To see him nod and smile a little at Shepard, only made time stand even more still. And then suddenly he was gone, and reality set back for me in the game.

To hear that Luna Base was already in danger, and the Reapers already arrived, only set my adrenaline pumping. It was nice to see the evolved mechanics of the game. Everything was smooth about it, and I absolutely love the new running system. It made things feel more adrenaline pumping, rushed... In a very good way. I seriously couldn't help but stop at the very beginning of the demo, when you first control Shepard, and looking at one of the enourmous Reapers that was closer by Shepard's being. I was at awe, fear, but also found a new sense of purpose. As it destroyed buildings in it's path, I realized the horror that there was people probably still in there. People were getting hurt, regardless if they were Human or alien.

What made me even more astonished about this demo, was the fact that I was fighting side by side with Captain Anderson. I've always looked up to him as a character; strong, loyal, caring, yet raw determination. I've always wanted to fight with Captain Anderson, the great hero (in my opinion), a great Soldier. To see the Earth slowly fall beneath Shepard's feet as the demo progressed, I again only wanted to push farther. And the new melee system that you, intelligently, were introduced was really nice. I'm very happy to see that each class respectively has a different melee attack (Soldier is one Omni-Blade, Sentinel is two Omni-Blades, etc.). And the scene where you are first introduced to that little boy, able to talk to him. I so badly wanted to help him, regardless if I even had to carry hime a long the way.

But to hear those words, "You can't help me." only made me realize even more that Shepard inevtiably (Sorry for spelling.) cannot save everyone from the invasion... And that hurt a lot to me. So, as Shepard, I pressed on further into the demo. Yet again, to see Kaidan on the Normandy SR-2, I again felt my heart race. Even more so to see Shepard and Kaidan side by side. And to hear that Captain Anderson would stay and help with the rest of the people back on Earth, only put a lot of fear into me. I was worried, as Shepard, that in the full game I would not be able to save Captain Anderson when I would come back to Earth. Again, another realization that I cannot expect to save everyone. 

And that scene with the kid being killed by a Reaper...

Wow... That tore at my heartstrings. I seriously couldn't help but cry, especially with that amazing song in the background! It just intensified everything. So, from then on, I vowed that I would revenge for that innocent child. I hate seeing children die, even if in a video game. I understand Bioware setting some raw emotion, but wow... I haven't cried that hard over a video game. I fear that more tears will unfortunately fall down my cheeks when I play the full game...

The next scene, where you are on the Salarian homeworld...

Oh my god, I was so relieved to see Wrex, Liara, and Garrus! Especially Wrex. The way he acted during that little cutscene only made me smile. I've always agreed with Wrex, and whatever he said that was humorous to me, only made me laugh. It was really nice to see an old friend, especially one that is still alive. And to suddenly see the first female Krogan? I was in shock. She sounded pretty too, for a Krogan anyway, lol.

And the fight scenes you're thrusted into with Cerberus Agents was veeeeeeeeeery exciting and fun. It was really nice to see Shepard dish out awesome melee kills. Once again, no quarrels here. The fighting mechanics in this demo are flawless, fast paced, and somewhat of a challenge. I was, yet again, very impressed.

So my overall thoughts on this demo...?

Purely amazing. I can't wait to play the full game.

Thanks Bioware! I can't wait to take back Earth!