Mass Effect 3 · RAWG · Courtesy of RAWG
Game data
Metacritic 90- Released
- 2012-03-05
- User rating
- 4.40 / 5
- Genres
- Action, RPG
- Platforms
- PC, Xbox One, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii U
- ESRB
- Mature
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Game details · IGDB
Mass Effect 3 is an action role-playing game in which Commander Shepard leads a final campaign against the Reapers, a machine race that has invaded Earth and is conquering civilizations across the galaxy. Players recruit squad members from various species and classes, forge alliances, and make choices that determine which characters survive. Combat features squad-based tactics with combinable biotic and tech powers, blind fire, and enhanced melee attacks. The game includes a cooperative multiplayer mode where up to four players fight waves of enemies to liberate conflict zones. Progress in…
- Released
- 2012
- Genres
- Shooter, Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Adventure
- Platforms
- PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360
- Game modes
- Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
- Engine
- Unreal Engine 3
- Franchise
- Mass Effect
- Developer
- BioWare, BioWare Edmonton
- Publisher
- Electronic Arts
Key facts
- Developer
- BioWare
- Publisher
- Electronic Arts
- Director
- Casey Hudson
- Producer
- Jesse Houston
- Designer
- Preston Watamaniuk
- Programmer
- David Falkner
- Artist
- Derek Watts
- Writer
- Mac Walters
- Composers
- Sascha Dikiciyan Sam Hulick Christopher Lennertz Clint Mansell Cris Velasco
- Series
- Mass Effect
- Engine
- Unreal Engine 3
- Platforms
- Windows Xbox 360 PlayStation 3 Wii U
- Release
- March 6, 2012 Windows , PlayStation 3 , Xbox 360 NA : March 6, 2012 AU : March 8, 2012 EU : March 9, 2012 Wii U NA : November 18, 2012 PAL : November 30, 2012
- Genres
- Action role-playing , third-person shooter
- Modes
- Single-player , multiplayer
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Wikidata facts
- Official website
- www.ea.com/games/mass-effect/mass-effect-3)
Show 5 more facts
- title
- Mass Effect 3
- publication date
- 2012-03-06
- units sold
- 890000
- review score
- 89/100
- announcement date
- 2010-12-12
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Article
Mass Effect 3 is a 2012 action role-playing game developed by BioWare and published by Electronic Arts. The third major entry in the Mass Effect series and the final installment of the original trilogy, it was released in March 2012 for Windows, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3. A Wii U version of the game, entitled Mass Effect 3: Special Edition, was later released as a launch title on November 18, 2012. The game is set within the Milky Way galaxy in 2186, where galactic civilization is invaded by a very advanced machine race of synthetic-organic starships known as Reapers.
Similar to Mass Effect 2, the player can import a completed saved game into Mass Effect 3 that influences the plot by taking previous decisions into account. In general, Mass Effect 3 revolves around increasing military strength by completing missions and gathering resources. As BioWare designed the game to be accessible to both old and new players, many of the series' traditional gameplay elements remain, such as cover-based third-person shooting, but new aspects are introduced as well, such as a multiplayer component. The game's score was written by a variety of composers, who aimed for a balance between the orchestral sound of Mass Effect 2 and the synthesizer-driven sound of the first Mass Effect. Mass Effect 3 also supports a variety of downloadable content packs, ranging from minor in-game items to more significant plot-related missions. Notable packs include From Ashes, Leviathan, Omega, and Citadel.