Mass Effect

2007 sci-fi role-playing video game

Game data

Metacritic 89

Released: 2007-11-16
User rating: 4.39 / 5
Genres: Action, RPG
Platforms: PC, Xbox One, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3
ESRB: Mature

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Game details · IGDB

89Critic score · 4 ratings

86User score · 2,513 ratings

Mass Effect is an action role-playing game set in the year 2183. The player takes the role of Commander Shepard, a customizable character who serves as Executive Officer aboard the SSV Normandy. After a routine mission goes wrong, Shepard assembles a squad and pursues a threat that escalates into a galaxy-wide conflict. The game features real-time squad-based combat where players choose companions and tactics suited to different enemy types, from biotic-wielding opponents to heavily armored machines. The game spans a large science fiction universe, with explorable locations ranging from th…

Released: 2007
Genres: Shooter, Role-playing (RPG)
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player
Engine: Unreal Engine 3
Franchise: Mass Effect
Developer: BioWare, BioWare Edmonton
Publisher: Electronic Arts, Microsoft Game Studios

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Key facts

Developer: BioWare
Publisher: Microsoft Game Studios
Director: Casey Hudson
Designer: Preston Watamaniuk
Programmer: David Falkner
Artist: Derek Watts
Writer: Drew Karpyshyn
Composers: Jack Wall Sam Hulick Richard Jacques David Kates
Series: Mass Effect
Engine: Unreal Engine 3
Platforms: Xbox 360 Windows PlayStation 3
Release: November 20, 2007 Xbox 360 , NA : November 20, 2007 AU : November 22, 2007 EU : November 23, 2007 Windows , NA : May 28, 2008 AU : June 5, 2008 EU : June 6, 2008 PlayStation 3 , NA : December 4, 2012 EU : December 7, 2012
Genre: Action role-playing
Mode: Single-player

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Wikidata facts

Official website: masseffect.bioware.com/me1

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title: Mass Effect
publication date: 2007-11-20
software version identifier: 1.02
announcement date: 2005-10-02
review score: 89/100

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Mass Effect is a 2007 action role-playing game developed by BioWare and published by Microsoft Game Studios for the Xbox 360. It is the first game in the Mass Effect series, and takes place within the Milky Way galaxy in the year 2183, where civilization is threatened by a highly advanced machine race known as the Reapers. The player assumes the role of Commander Shepard, an elite human soldier who must stop a rogue agent from carrying out the Reapers' galactic invasion. The game involves completing multiple quests that generally involve space exploration, squad and vehicular combat, and interaction with non-player characters.

Planned as the first chapter of a trilogy, Mass Effect was developed over the course of three and a half years, and uses the Unreal Engine 3 as a groundwork. It was designed so that the player would assume the role of a central character that could make important decisions and impact the story of the game in numerous ways. The combat was designed to offer the tactics and customization of a role-playing game, but through a simpler and real-time third-person shooter interface. In 2008 and 2009, two downloadable content packs that introduced new missions to the base game were released.