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| From: Electronic Arts
Category: Video Games
List Price: $29.99
Buy New: $26.48
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Avg. Customer Rating:  192 reviews
Sales Rank: 944
Format: Dvd-rom
Platforms: Windows Vista, Windows Xp
ESRB: Mature
Media: Video Game
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Age: 17 - 20 years
Operating System: Windows 2000
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 0.1 x 0.1 x 0
MPN: 19081
Model: 19081
UPC: 014633190816
EAN: 0014633190816
ASIN: B00140P9BA
Release Date: May 27, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Experience a rich and engrossing story where your choices decide the fate of 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 graphics, optimized GUI and controls for PC gamers | | • | Dominate the battlefield with new individual squad member command system |
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Product Description
You are Commander Shepard of the starship Normandy and you are the last hope for all life in the Galaxy. Saren, a rogue member of the elite and untouchable Spectre agents, has discovered the secret to unleashing an apocalyptic force on the galaxy, and only you stand in his way. To save the lives of billions, you must do whatever it takes to stop Saren and prevent the return of an ancient force bent on the destruction of all organic life.
High resolution visuals - highly detailed textures, characters and environments Fully customizable controls - you can re-map the control scheme any way you like Run & Gun Control - You can assign biotic powers or skills to 'hot keys' allowing you to play Mass Effect with a heavier focus on action Decryption mini-game New inventory screen GUI and functionality - The enhanced inventory system makes it easier for you to equip and modify your weapons and armor
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| Customer Reviews: Read 187 more reviews...
 Immersive fun universe November 15, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
One of the best RPGs of the year. This game is incredibly imersive. There is a long deep main story line that really keeps the game moving along and tons of side quests to bring the universe to life. With any RPG its the details that kill games. Not Mass Effect. The developers focused on every aspect of the game play and really polished it to a high shine. The biggest downfall is that it was developed for the Xbox and so the graphics aren't as good as you would expect from a game this incredible well put together.
Battle Scenes:
Overall the scenes are a lot of fun. there are so many different ways to approach battle that its hard to get bored too quickly. The two problems I had were first in all the side quests the building layouts are incredibly repetitive. Its almost exactly the same except that furniture has been moved around. Second the AI can be a bit annoying and aggressive. The easiest tactic to win any battle is to sit back and wait for them to come to you. That's fine and all but i expect more out of my battles then sniper frag fests.
Side Quests:
there are tons of side quests and tons of places to explore. the side quests even intermingle among one another and some of the moral choices are very ambiguous making the decisions you make much much more interesting. The only problem is that unless your physically writing down where you have explored you often get confused and end up revisiting the same planets over and over again.
Main Story:
The funny thing is for the most part I completely ignored the main story line and just had fun traveling the universe and doing side quests but when you get bored its always fun to go back and continue along the main story line
Unit Selection:
This has got to be the most annoying thing about the game. I tend to choose two people for every single mission. I wish it was somehow more interactive and more were each member is needed for different kinds of missions.
Graphics:
My biggest sore point with the game. There are some very pretty scenes but for the most part things can get a little bland and blocky.
Copyright protection:
Beware this game is highly encrypted and requires a internet connection to work. Also i have heard endless horror stories about EA's customer support.
 Great Game, Messed up my computer though. November 12, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is by far one of the best single player experiences I've ever had. The graphics are incredible, I maxed them out on a Intel Core 2 E8400 3.0GHz CPU, 2Gb of RAM, and an Geforce 8800GT (512Mb) 1600x1050 resolution. The models, the textures, the lighting, everything looks great. I'd go so far to say that this looks better on the Unreal 3 engine than Unreal Tournament 3 does.
While I am a first person shooter fan, it was easy to adjust to 3rd person and over the shoulder views. I ended up turning off the "film grain" effect, for a cleaner picture. I also turned off the assisted aiming, as I wanted a more shooter like experience. I was also able to customize the controls and configure everything to my liking easily, something most console ports don't do to well. Upgrading the armor, weapons, and customizing my stats is nicely detailed and pretty complete. The journal and quests are detailed and offer back info on races, governments, and other history in general that adds to the sense of being in the Mass Effect universe. Selecting dialogue is also easy with a simple movement of the mouse and a click. Hearing your character actually speak your intentions is a plus over the Knights of the Old Republic series. The reactions of people to you are genuine, right down to tone and facial expressions. Cut scenes are interact-able, you will have to speak dialogue and sometimes choose an action; it feels like you are playing a movie. This game also has six classes to choose from, each with unique abilities. You can cross class some skills and stats.
The Story line is great. Think of every Sci-Fi movie and you have it in one great game. You can play as a Paragon (good guy) or Renegade (bad guy). Your choices will effect how your crew interacts with you and give you different options down the line. Each of your crew has an interesting back story and your party members have side quests in a round about way. Some of the side quests are mind numbing to say the least. While the Mako is a sweet vehicle, the low gravity on all the planets gets annoying after awhile. Some planets only have Mineral deposits or wreckage on them. To make it worse, often times you'll be annoyed to find that you don't have enough skill to survey the mineral or salvage.
All this said and done, I love the game and have had a many a late nights playing it.
Unfortunately, this game has a HUGE draw back. I bought it not knowing it even had DRM on it let alone how the DRM works. I'd have never bought it had I known about limited activations. Would I have missed out on a great gaming experience? Yes. Activation Limits aside, this game has done something WORSE to my system that makes it NOT worth purchasing. Shortly after installing Mass Effect, I found my computer could no longer play DVDs. Seems SecuROM doesn't like certain DVD drives, which isn't surprising given all the trouble that KotOR had with Combo drives.
 DRM- No thanks! November 9, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Thanks to all who posted concerning the DRM. After researching it, I'v edetermined that it's a suckers move to purchase this game or any game with SecuRom on it.
There are plenty of really great games out there without this DRM hassle. I'll stick to those alternatives.
EA/MS...good job. You lost another paying customer.
Good and bad November 9, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Graphics were good, the main quest story was interesting, and it ran okay after I applied the patch. I was concerned about the limited number of installs allowed, but EA worked with me on that. The "sex scene" is avoidable if you don't get too close to the other charactors. I found the planetary missions to be a little repetitive, and even with the dowloadable content, entire game seemed a little short, but it is worth playing.
 Mass Effect is so worth everything November 5, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
Mass Effect is amazing. I had some technical problems at first (i needed to update my video drivers and at one point my computer had trouble with texture mapping), but one I figured those out I was able to experience the tour de force that this game truly is. I strongly recommend this game to anyone who even kind of likes games with good story lines. This game has an amazing story and the gameplay is solid too. Buy it. It is worth it. Trust me.
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