MASS EFFECT 1 - Revisited this early this year. Still reworking through the trilogy but found myself missing 1’s stronger RPG elements and more focused vision in 2. Plainly wearing its influences on its sleeve from Gears to Star Trek. The type of game that gets me out of bed in the morning

NO MORE HEROES - When I lived in the dorms one Valentines Day, all of our friend group had dates so Dakota and I set up two TVs in my room. She played Reservoir Dogs on PS2 and I played this. I scribbled notes for a review and our old channel was (basically) born. Video games forever

Glad to see ME1 on here! ME1 is my fave of the trilogy, specifically for the stronger RPG stuff you mentioned. That, and I think it has the best atmosphere and its OST is the most "classic sci-fi," whereas 2 and 3 leaned more into action flick/epic score territory.