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Graphics are sharp and the story is one worth multiple plays - even if it only has one ending. This RPG/Shooter gives an actual sense of space exploration.

Genre: Role Playing
Release date: Nov 20, 2007
Published by: Microsoft
Developed by: BioWare

Franchise: Mass Effect
Features: 16:9 Widescreen, HDTV: 720p, 1080i, 1080p
Multiplayer Modes:

Offline

1 player SOLO

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Latest Stories

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The BioWare Technique

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Xbox 360 Feature - Jun 2, 2008

Cheats from CheatPlanet

Infinite Credits

Mar 24, 2008

Backwards Earth

Mar 24, 2008

Achievements

Mar 12, 2008

Downloadable Content Achievements

Mar 12, 2008

Old Bioware Nods

Feb 26, 2008

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FAQ's and Guides from CheatPlanet

Enemies/Tactics Guide

May 23, 2008

Mass Effect FAQ 2

Mar 26, 2008

Mass Effect Acheivement Guide

Feb 5, 2008

Mass Effect FAQ 3

Jan 15, 2008

Mass Effect FAQ

Jan 4, 2008

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Features

The Top 7... Worst Parts of Best Games

The most criminal imperfections of all time

Jun 16, 2008

The BioWare Technique

The devs talk about writing the company's RPG classics

Jun 2, 2008

Most Annoying Game-Over Screens Ever

Where the game ends, the anguish begins: see it now!

Apr 16, 2008

Five in-game deaths that actually made us sad

Death in games is cheap. Here are some bereavements that really mattered

Apr 4, 2008

The Top 7... Failed Franchises We Know How to Fix

They've been broken for years. Here's how to set them right

Feb 18, 2008

Mass Effect Sex Guide

Our video guide to sexual relations in Mass Effect

Feb 12, 2008

Box Art F'ups

Seriously, it wasn't us!

Feb 8, 2008

The Biggest Prick in the Galaxy

Witness Mass Effect's rudest, most offensive moments in our exclusive vid

Feb 6, 2008

Mass Effect galaxy guide

Smart space cadets won't leave the Milky Way without it

Nov 22, 2007

Mass Effect: Space monkeys and other galactic...

Simians, pyramids, giant worms, Earth and more all caught on camera

Nov 20, 2007

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News

Bioware: Mass Effect Trilogy Exclusive to 360 -...

In the just released September issue of Australian 360, comes the commitment of Bioware CEO Ray...

News from N4G Jul 22, 2008

J-RPGs Coming To Xbox 360

Gamers will be getting their Japanese role-playing game fix on the Xbox 360 soon. Japanese Xbox 360...

News from N4G Jun 10, 2008

Mass Effect DLC for PC coming very soon

Mass Effect PC players will soon have a chance to Bring Down the Sky (did you see what we did...

News from N4G May 30, 2008

BioWare keen on more licensed IP

BioWare bossman Ray Muzyka has said the studio will be creating more games based on the works of...

News from N4G May 27, 2008

Mass Effect: Sex scene controversy an "interesting...

"It's all appropriate for the rating that's been assigned," says BioWare CEO Ray Muzyka

May 12, 2008

Mass Effect DRM goes too far

Pc gamers who have had their fill of online activation headaches with Windows will be pretty miffed...

News from N4G May 7, 2008

Bioware Noncommittal On Timeframe for New Mass...

Kombo writes, Not only is CEO Ray Muzyka Bioaware of DLC, he embraces it with open arms. We did a...

News from N4G Apr 30, 2008

New info on next Mass Effect DLC

"We want to make sure it's a really great experience," explains Bioware CEO

Apr 30, 2008

BioWare is "proud" of Mass Effect sex content,...

Speaking to videogaming247 at yesterday's EA Games Studio Showcase in London, BioWare boss Ray...

News from N4G Apr 26, 2008

Mass Effect 2 questions still to be answered

"What's happening in the second game?... Who is the main character?" asks developer

Mar 18, 2008

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Review

Few games deserve the word "epic". This fantastic sci-fi, role-playing shooter is one that does.

Nov 19, 2007

Your boss called. He's busy, so he needs you to take care of a few things today: Take the new spaceship on a test run, buy milk, discover an ancient alien civilization, save all organic life in the galaxy from annihilation, and get yourself a little cosmic bow-chicka-bow-wow in the process. If you don't think you can get all that done, he says he can probably wait until the weekend for the milk. Well, of course it's impossible. But it's exactly what you do in Mass Effect, a starry-eyed space ...

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Previews

Mass Effect - latest impressions

Choose your own galactic adventure

Jul 18, 2007

Mass Effect is about many things - exploration, war, adventure, romance, politics and, of course, lots of weird and creepy space aliens. But above everything else, Mass Effect is about choice. Watching the game for just half an hour at this year's E3, we were positively staggered by the number of large and small decisions the player was forced to make, and how reaching an impact each one had. It begins before you even start the game. Do you want your hero, Commander Shepard, to be male or ... » Read Full Mass Effect preview

Mass Effect

We orbit BioWare's space odyssey and encounter bumpin' jump jets and AI-drunk robo-menaces

Oct 6, 2006

With its beautifully refined sci-fi universe and the mind-boggling enormity of its galaxy-spanning adventure, the best way we can describe what we've seen so far of developer BioWare's interstellar action-RPG, Mass Effect, is to say that it's out of this world. Our first contact with Mass Effect showed off the neat character interaction system as well as offering a glimpse of some of the squad-based, real-time combat, and the latest Mass Effect demo we were shown launched us deeper into space ... » Read Full Mass Effect preview

Mass Effect

[360] A universe bigger than your imagination... and everyone else's in the world, all put together

May 16, 2006

Tuesday 16 May 2006 RPGs are frequently measured in how many hours it would take someone to complete the whole game, but with Mass Effect, perhaps months would be a more effective yard-stick. Our private viewing of this game revealed an adventure so huge, it strains the capacity of your brain to attempt to encompass what it's all about... but we're going to try anyway. You play as Commander Shepard, a sort of space federal agent in the employ of a peace-keeping organisation called Specters. ... » Read Full Mass Effect preview

E3 06: Mass Effect

360: A universe bigger than your imagination... and everyone else's in the world, all put together

May 11, 2006

RPGs are frequently measured in how many hours it would take someone to complete the whole game, but with Mass Effect, perhaps light-years would be a more effective yard-stick. Our private viewing of this game revealed an adventure so huge, it strains the capacity of your brain to attempt to encompass what it's all about... but we're going to try anyway (just for ... » Read Full Mass Effect preview

Mass Effect

Wanted: futuristic space soldiers. Must have own multifaceted plotline

Feb 25, 2006

Next-gen games routinely come equipped with astounding graphics, so it should come as no surprise that Mass Effect oozes hi-def hotness out of every pore. What separates this game from the mob of other beautiful titles is exactly what players of the role-playing genre demand from their games: scope. As a member of the futuristic human space soldiers known as the Specters (insert techno theme music here), you embark on a mission to capture or otherwise contain a rogue military general. But, as ... » Read Full Mass Effect preview

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