Mass Effect
Critics 892007
action role-playing game, third-person shooter, role-playing video game, LGBT-themed video game
- Developer
- Microsoft
- Publisher
- Xbox Game Studios
- Platforms
- PC/Xbox 360
- Game modes
- single-player video game
- Released
- 2007-11-20
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.
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- Won D.I.C.E. Award - Role-Playing Game of the Year
- Part of the Mass Effect series
- First released 2007-11-20
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