User blog comment:Commdor/More ME3 Details from the BioWare Forums/@comment-1746153-20110420172146/@comment-1596833-20110422071955

Umm, no, not at all. Unless Mass Effect is a rip off ofevery video-game ever, or vice versa.

Point=No such thing as rip-off if a small thing. Otherwise, America copied the Galatic Empire.

See how that makes no sense? You can't "rip-off" something if it's a good idea, especially with the example said above.