Final Fantasy is delectable, but in a different way. Final Fantasy is truly an excellent series at its best, but as a whole it does quite reach the caliber it's so acclaimed for.

Mass Effect was just a collection of shooting galleries with dating sim "x or y" dialogue trees involving recycled BioWare characters and tropes used since Baldur's Gate, typically with very transparent consequences (like filling Loyalty bars will determine whether or not a squadmate dies or "galactic readiness" defeats the purpose of having non-linear narrative choice).

It's not to say Mass Effect is "bad", it's just not terribly original or compelling, betraying the of what made many RPG's of this type great.

(SPOILER)I like Garrus though. :3