The Sea Wasp (Ryk E. Spoor)

I haven't tried 'Borderlands' [it's a little too much western/fps for me ^_^]. I have been told it's good, but I'm still playing 'Skyrim' and have a backlog of 'Persona' games still to play. [So what am I playing now? Ran thru KotOR last week and am doing KotOR2 now, since the lastest fan-patch has high marks.]

'Mass Effect' was very, very good. IMO you should play it before the others. It establishes plot and universe very well. It was a ton of fun. 'Mass Effect 2' is also very good, tho it takes the story in odd directions, but very much plays off the original.

I have not played 'ME 3' but have heard that it is 90% very good, but suffers from a very disappointing deus ex machina ending.