I personally love the side missions just as much as the main plot. There's always some twist or interesting little part to them, except maybe the one with those monkey creatures (though shooting them was fun). And the main missions are some of my favourite ever. I thought nothing would trump Noveria, then I go to Feros, Virmire; all made me squee.EMFCRACKSHOT said:And whaaaat? If you skip out the side missions, you can get the story done in like 20 hours. And it is well worth it. I loved the space battle cutscene at the end. Its worth completeing just for thatmonkey_man said:Mass Effect, cannot be arsed.