I follow your rationale.
Here's another issue I take with games: Cutscenes. I absolutely think they should be un-skippable once but every subsequent time, one should be able to bypass them. One of the recent games I've played, I died repeatedly after a cutscene launches you into battle. Every time I died, I had to re-watch the same accursed thing. Being able to save after the cut-scene or bypass it after one viewing would have alleviated a lot of stress.
Still, this is just a pet peeve of mine. As for Mass Effect, I still love the style of game, but really hope they work out some of the little glitches. Especially those stopping me progressing!
Thanks!