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Mass Effect is a 2007 science fiction action role-playing third person shooter video game developed by BioWare for the Xbox 360 and ported to Microsoft Windows by Demiurge Studios. The Xbox 360 version was released worldwide in November 2007, published by Microsoft Game Studios. The Microsoft Windows version was released on May 28, 2008, published by Electronic Arts. A PlayStation 3 version from Edge of Reality was released through the Mass Effect trilogy and digitally as a standalone title on PlayStation Network in December 2012. The game takes place in the year 2183, with the player assuming direct control of an elite human soldier named Commander Shepard and setting out to explore the Galaxy on a starship, the SSV Normandy. The eponymous "mass effect" is a form of mass-negating technology, allowing faster-than-light travel. A sequel, Mass Effect 2, was released on January 26, 2010, and takes place two years after the events of the first game. Mass Effect 2 also directly uses players …

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Mass Effect

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  • Husky Wing Husky Wing
    Husky Wing
    5 months ago
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    This game really tries to force the player to romance Ashley if you play male Shepard. At one point in the game I was forced to kiss her even though I never selected any romantic dialogue options, so I alt-f4ed and tried again. This time I selected more terse, dismissive options, and I was still forced to kiss her. A third time I was outright rude, and I was still forced to kiss her. The fourth time I selected every single renegade option to be as mean as I could, and shouted at Ashley to go away before our conversation could even start, which finally shut down her romance, thank god.
    • Sudertum
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      Editing … Never occured to me, getting Liara in your team early will cause an decider moment between Liara and Ashley with obvious choice.
      5 months ago
    • Nodley
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      Editing … I quit after spending over an hour driving round a planet doing shit and not saving before dying. Nope, I aint doing it again. Next game!
      5 months ago
    • Husky Wing
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      Editing … Yeah, I'm not sure how often it autosaves, but at one point I checked the timestamp on my last autosave to find out, and it was from over half an hour before. Had to learn to quicksave often. Kinda makes me glad the combat's really easy (also glad it's easy cuz it has pretty rudimentary combat mechanics)
      5 months ago
    • Klemoib
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      Editing … I bet she just thinks you're cute. Its not love, she just wants you for your body.
      4 months ago
    • Nodley
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      Editing … Story of my life that, women just want my body
      4 months ago
    • Klemoib
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      Klemoib
      Editing … They want your body to do work for them. Go fix the roof! Go install a new toilet!
      4 months ago Heart 1
    • Nodley
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      Editing … I know that feeling all to well this weekend
      4 months ago Heart 1
    • Husky Wing
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      Editing … I hope I'm still cute :)
      4 months ago Heart 1
    • Klemoib
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      Editing … If you can install a toilet you will remain cute forever. Toilets are the fountain of youth.
      4 months ago
    • Nodley
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      Editing … I cleaned my mancave toilet today. My fountain of youth is gleaming.
      4 months ago Heart 1
  • Bryan Leontes Bryan Leontes
    Bryan Leontes wrote his opinion about Mass Effect
    8 years ago
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    The best thing since Star Wars! An experience that's hard to describe...you just have to play it. The moment I became a Spectre....wow....just wow. Maybe the best story of all time in a video game.
  • Erektionsite Erektionsite
    Erektionsite
    8 years ago
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    I am liking this way better this time around. I guess it is easier to enjoy a game with lots of dialogue when you are no longer a dumb kid that ignores the dialogues :p
  • Dr Eggnog Dr Eggnog
    Dr Eggnog wrote his opinion about Mass Effect
    8 years ago
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    Started the game with multiple classes but it quickly became clear the game just wanted me to pick Soldier, none of the other stuff felt useful. The people in the game look extremely creepy; I'm surprised people complain about The Polar Express but not this. I think I even prefer the Oblivion people. A few hours in, nothing about the story or setting or characters really grabs me. The game seems to think that anything set in space will automatically be cool. The RPG mechanics are ok, but I've played many games with more interesting RPG mechanics. The shooting works fine and some of the environments are very impressive, but mostly I just don't get it.
    • Rich .
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      Editing … Whatever I've said in the past, I've now changed my mind. Favslist needs a dislike button!
      8 years ago Heart 1
    • Nodley
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      Editing … It's a fair comment actually, if you don't like shooters you wont like it. The talking drives me mad now I've beaten it, I should probably lower the score a little.
      8 years ago
    • Filly Vanilli
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      Editing … Agreed on the characters looking creepy tbh (I thought I was the only one), and that goes for what I've seen of all three games. :
      8 years ago
    • Rich .
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      Editing … I wouldn't try to argue ME1 has fantastic shooter/RPG gameplay or brilliant graphics/animation (although I do think it looks a lot better than Oblivion), those elements of the game are good enough in my book but they're not the game's strengths. It's the characters, the choices and consequences, the story and the sense of a wider universe that make ME1 awesome.
      8 years ago
    • Bob GutSmasha
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      Editing … I used to hate on the series back when I was more spastic, but the series nails the aesthetic of a space opera, the music and everything. Knights of the Old Republic I and II though <3
      8 years ago
    • Galrauch
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      Editing … And I always thought soldier was the hardest and engineer the easiest...
      8 years ago
  • Sandvich Sandvich
    Sandvich wrote his opinion about Mass Effect
    8 years ago
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    Man, ME1 is so much worse than I remember from playing it five years ago, and it's astonishing how dramatically ME2 managed to improve everything. It's a more enjoyable experience on PC, but on consoles it's simply painful, with issues including an awful framerate, frequent texture pop-in, awkward cover shooter controls, weak friendly and enemy AI, and a mess of an inventory system

    That's not to say it's all bad, with certain aspects being downright impressive. Bioware sets the standard for breadth of voice acting which is even included for frivolous things like the codex, and it's all generally top-tier in quality. The writing can feel a little derivative, but a lot of the characters manage to truly shine. The ships, aliens and weapons have a fairly sleek sci-fi look, and if there's one thing ME1 did better than it's sequels, it's giving its universe an immersive feel, with a far less linear structure and nice touches like having to use the airlock to depart from the Normandy.
  • Papissama Papissama
    Papissama wrote his opinion about Mass Effect
    9 years ago
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    Wow! What a game, what a story! I can't believe I've waited that long to play it. Some parts of the gameplay can be a bit tedious but my experience with Mass Effect was still way better than what I anticipated.

    Mass Effect 2 has just become my most anticipated game right now.
  • Papissama Papissama
    Papissama
    9 years ago
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    Boy, I'm enjoying this game right now!
    • Firion Hope
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      Editing … My personal favorite of the series
      9 years ago
    • Gries He
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      Editing … I hereby declare this to be "BioWare week" on Favslist! SpoilerI'm playing KOTOR1 for the first time right now and it's amazing.
      9 years ago Heart 1
    • Nodley
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      Editing … Is it your first play through Pape?
      9 years ago
    • Sha Ember
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      Editing … I didn't finish this game because it was really repetitive. The atmosphere is great and the characters are fine but imo there isn't much to it. :/
      9 years ago
    • Silent Gamer
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      Editing … Loved Mass Effect 1, best story in the series, although I am definitely more biased towards the second game :P
      9 years ago
    • Papissama
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      Editing … @martin yes, it is!
      9 years ago Heart 1
    • Nodley
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      Editing … I'm jealous, wish I could do it again.
      9 years ago
  • John Doe John Doe
    John Doe wrote his opinion about Mass Effect
    9 years ago
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    Space Opera at its finest in video game form.
  • Mason . Mason .
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    9 years ago
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    Many consider ME2 to be the objectively better game, but ME1 was the first plunge into what a galaxy-spanning shooter RPG could be, and overall what it was was awesome. Though retrospectively shallow, the dialog options and amount of narrative choice in the game was a major selling point and the lore and world-building were fantastic. ME had an interesting story with well-crafted, memorable characters, and the ability to influence said characters yourself, which wasn't entirely new to RPGs, (but seeing it done on a galactic scale) was novel enough to make it feel like a great, new experience. When it comes to gameplay, ME2 and 3 did smooth out the shooter aspects abit more, but I've always felt they oversimplified the RPG elements (such as character leveling and weapon customization) unnecessarily, and I still prefer ME1 for these aspects.
  • Joshua Hutton Joshua Hutton
    Joshua Hutton wrote his opinion about Mass Effect
    9 years ago
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    The game that made me love the Mass Effect series, before it became about your mutlicolor ending and which waifu you wanted to sleep with. A really nice space opera feel with memorable characters, before they pandered to the fans.
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