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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...
In the year 2183, Commander Shepard is sent to the human colony of Eden Prime to recover a Prothean beacon. The mission is disrupted by an attack from the synthetic Geth, led by Saren Arterius, a rogue Spectre agent. After making contact with the beacon and receiving a cryptic vision of destruction, Shepard is appointed the first human Spectre and tasked with hunting Saren across the galaxy. The investigation leads Shepard and a growing crew aboard the SSV Normandy through multiple worlds, uncovering a conspiracy tied to the Reapers, a highly advanced machine race believed to eradicate all or...
Also known as: Mass Effect 1, ME
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November 20, 2007
Mass Effect was released on November 20, 2007.
Mass Effect takes about 30 hours for the main story, or around 49 hours for full completion.
Mass Effect is available on Xbox 360, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 3.
No — Mass Effect is a single-player game.
Mass Effect was developed by BioWare Edmonton and published by Microsoft Game Studios.
Mass Effect is rated M by ESRB.