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Mass Effect
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User Score (152)6.9
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Expert Score (85)9.0
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Gameplay (51)8.1
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Graphics (58)7.9
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Sound (57)7.8
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Control (4)8.4
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Gamers and sci-fi fans alike can now find out why The New York Times called Mass Effect the Game of the Year.
- Experience a rich and engrossing story where your choices decide the fate of a galaxy
- Engage in emotionally charged interactions with the most realistic digital actors ever seen in a video game, using an innovative new dialog system
- Immerse yourself in an incredible new adventure from world-famous masters of the RPG; BioWare
- Stunning high resolution gr…
Mass Effect
Mass Effect is a role playing game (RPG) developed by Canada’s BioWare Corp. It was earlier developed for the Xbox 360 but, in May 2008, Electronic Arts published the PC edition.
This space opera action RPG takes place in the year 2183 within an epic universe. Its players assume the role of Commander Shepard, a human soldier who set out on a starship to explore a vast galactic community. The villain in the game is a renowned agent who has gone rogue. This rogue agent threatens to conq…
See moreMass Effect
Mass Effect is a role playing game (RPG) developed by Canada’s BioWare Corp. It was earlier developed for the Xbox 360 but, in May 2008, Electronic Arts published the PC edition.
This space opera action RPG takes place in the year 2183 within an epic universe. Its players assume the role of Commander Shepard, a human soldier who set out on a starship to explore a vast galactic community. The villain in the game is a renowned agent who has gone rogue. This rogue agent threatens to conquer the galaxy through alien armies. To keep that from happening, players must lead a squad of freedom fighters with the ultimate goal of restoring peace within the galaxy.
Mass Effect features a real-time tactical combat system. As the leader, players can easily control each and every member of the squad. It features a Tactical Heads-up Display (HUD) so players can access Individual Squad Command, Biotics Powers, and Abilities & Weapons command interfaces in one screen.
At the beginning of the game, players can choose from a range of character appearances. Throughout the game, players will have the chance to increase various statistics and acquire a number of equipment, artillery, and armor. Everything acquired throughout the game will have an effect on the appearance of characters. Apart from this, players are allowed to visit a number of unexplored planets. However, this is not directly related to the game’s main story line.
Other features of Mass Effect’s PC edition include optimized controls, higher resolution visuals, re-designed Mako controls, and an enhanced inventory system.
System Requirements
Mass Effect runs on both Windows XP and Windows Vista. It requires at least a 2.4 GHz Intel or 2.0 GHz AMD processor. It also requires at least an NVIDIA GeForce 6 series or an ATI 1300XT graphics card, DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card and drivers, and 12 gigabytes of hard drive space. It requires at least 1 gigabyte of RAM when running on XP and 2 gigabytes when on Vista.
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Pros & Cons
- well written dialogue, voice acting, character customization, believable characters, the script is fantastic
- some pointless locations, quasi no tutorial, miko missions, lousy sex scene, messy inventory system
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Mass Effect Review
Reviewer: AskMen.com28 April 2009Mass Effect doesn't feel like a port, so don't hold the fact that it arrives six months after the Xbox 360 game against it. The interface feels like it was built for the PC, and there are a slew of improvements here that the Xbox 360 game will never get, like an improved inventory system. It's also nice that there are pretty much as many save slots as you need, which is a big improvement over the Xbox 360 game. In that version you frequently had to overwrite previous... Read more
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Reviewer: EGC GAMES24 March 2009
- Overall 8
Once more saving the galaxy… Mass Effect takes place in the distant future, having a certain Mr Shephard as its main character whizzing around space. For those of you familiar with the Xbox 360 version, the game follows the same storyline, for those of you that are not, humanity has discovered ruins of an ancient and advanced civilization on the planet Mars which resulted in achieving instant faster than light travel through Mass Relays, in other words the Holy Grail... Read more
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Review: Mass Effect (PC)
Reviewer: review.diehardgamefan.com12 January 2009Mass Effect is an addictive, original, sci-fi action RPG that really delivers a fantastic story that any sci-fi or RPG fan can appreciate. The PC version has fixed a few bumps and glitches that were present in the 360 version, and although it needs a beast of a PC to run, is well worth having and ranks right up there with the other recent PC RPGs that have hit the market the last few years. Do yourself a favor and get this game. Read more
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Mass Effect
Reviewer: ME Gamers20 August 2008- Overall 9
- Gameplay 9
- Graphics 9
- Sound 10
B ioware are very well known for making fantasy based RPGs that span huge and complex elements and worlds and their foray into Galaxy and futuristic worlds created a huge buzz. First released on the XBox360 platform, Mass Effect from Bioware was a huge success. A few months later and PC gets its version released but not as a direct port, rather an updated version of the Xbox 360 release. Mass Effect starts by first allowing you to create your character. You can either... Read more
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Mass Effect (PC)
Reviewer: Talking About Games22 July 2008It's amazing what a 12GB data install will do to almost completely eradicate texture pop-in issues. Throw in a nice video card, and Mass Effect becomes a visual treasure, with stunning graphics and a solid framerate. Read more
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Incredible RPG
Reviewer: myback, Bestbuy12 April 2009- Overall 10
"I have played all the Morrowinds and Neverwinters and as great as they are Mass Effect is the best, most immersive RPG I have ever played. Stunning graphics combined with a well written story line draw you into this future world. A very nice break form swords and shields. The free mod "Bring Down The Sky" is highly recommended; It was so good I would have paid for it! I have run four different "characters" through the storyline before I found all the possible options... Read more
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NOT AN RPG!
Reviewer: uk_john, GamePro.com21 December 2008- Overall 4
I just wish people wouldstop calling this an RPG. Being able to change armour and weapons does not make it an RPG. Engaging story does not make it an RPG and a convrsation system does not make it an RPG. This is, at best, and adventure game with a tactical shooter tagged on. Read more
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BEST GAME EVER!!!
Reviewer: kamman, maximum pc26 September 2008best RPG iv ever played!!!! on second playthrough lv47!!! out of intrest what are you sqaud members of choice? (mine are kiaden and garrus) Read more
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