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Mass Effect (PC)
Developer: BiowarePublisher: Electronic ArtsCategory: RPGRelease date: Second quarter of 2008.Official site  
 
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Game description:
As the first human Specter – sworn defenders of galactic peace – your mission is to halt the advancing armies of a legendary agent gone rogue. But as you lead your elite team across hostile alien worlds, you will discover the true threat is far greater than anyone imagined.

Three hundred years ago the quarians created the geth, a species of rudimentary AIs, to serve as an efficient source of manual labor. But the geth rebelled against their quarian masters and drove them into exile. Now the quarians wander the galaxy in a flotilla of salvaged ships, secondhand vessels, and recycled technology. Other species tend to look down on the quarians, seeing them as scavengers and condemning them for unleashing a dangerous synthetic life form on the rest of the galaxy.

Optimized for the PC, Mass Effect for the PC incorporates the following features:

   * Optimized controls designed specifically for the PC.
   * High resolution visuals – Mass Effect for the PC features highly detailed textures, characters and environments.
   * Fully customizable controls – PC gamers can re-map the control scheme any way they like.
   * Run & Gun Control – Players can assign biotic powers or skills to ‘hot keys’ allowing them to play Mass Effect with a heavier focus on action.
   * New decryption mini-game.
   * New inventory screen GUI and functionality – The enhanced inventory system makes it easier for players to equip and modify their weapons and armor.

“Mass Effect serves as a powerful example of video games as an art form, delivering new levels of emotional intensity, realistic characters and a gripping storyline – all set in a compelling new universe,” said Ray Muzyka, General Manager, BioWare and Vice President, Electronic Arts. Frank Gibeau, President of EA’s Games Label added, “EA has struck an agreement with Microsoft to handle future publishing for Mass Effect. We are looking forward to releasing Mass Effect on the PC this Spring and brand new titles in the future.”

Originally released for the Xbox 360, Mass Effect combines a deep story with intense combat and challenges the player to make difficult decisions that can significantly impact the course of events. An innovative conversation system allows for lifelike interaction with some of the most realistic digital actors, voiced by Hollywood actors such as Seth Green, Marina Sirtis, Lance Henriksen and Keith David.

Features :

   * Determine the fate of mankind as you lead an elite tactical strike force as an epic galaxy-wide conflict unfolds. "Mass Effect" will take the player into new depths of an action-roleplaying game, with choice-based gameplay.
   * While defending galactic peace and earning a position of respect for humanity in the community, gamers will discover that a greater conflict between organic life and artificial intelligence exists. Players' decisions and actions will serve to shape the destiny of all life in the galaxy as you become absorbed in the story that is "Mass Effect," the first game in an epic trilogy from BioWare. They will become the center of an engrossing story as they battle against alien life forms to save the galaxy from threatening armies.
   * The player's decisions and actions will serve to shape the destiny of all life in the galaxy, while raising humanity to the pinnacle of galactic civilization via noble means or via tyranny.
   * "Mass Effect" employs a real-time, squad based, tactical combat system. Players will be immersed in intense, challenging and exciting combat.
   * In addition to the main story arc of the game, players will be able to visit a large number of uncharted, unexplored planets which are not directly tied to the main story. At any time during the campaign, a player can choose to explore one of these planets in an all-terrain rover in order to discover new alien life, resources, ruined civilizations and powerful technologies.
   * "Mass Effect" features a huge cast of in-engine digital actors that you will encounter as NPCs, enemies or as party members. Each will have life-like facial and body movements, and an advanced dialogue system will give them engaging personalities.
   * Players will be able to choose from a variety of stunning, photo-realistic character appearances at the start of the game, and throughout the game can increase various statistics which will have an impact on their performance during gameplay. Equipment, weapons and armor that are acquired during the course of the story will change the appearance of the characters.
   * "Mass Effect" takes advantage of Xbox 360's hardware providing gamers with exciting new experiences, including photo-realistic, high definition graphics on an epic scale. As the future of gaming goes online, Xbox360 live features, including premium downloadable content and recognition of achievement will be available via the Xbox Live service


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 News (latest 5) Date  

Bring Down the Sky DLC available, Mass Effect PC patch 1.01
17:30 - 29 07 2008
    Bring Down the Sky, the first downloadable content for Mass Effect PC is finally available.You have to go here and register your copy. After that, log in and a new CD-key will be generated for you. The last steps are download, install and play.Also, we have available the 1.01 patch for Mass Effect PC which was also released today.Have uber mega phu...

Biowares' Mac Walters on game storytelling
14:38 - 03 07 2008
    Gameindustry.biz sat down for a talk about story and storytelling in video games with Biowares' Mac Walters.Interesting points about digital actors, portraying of emotion and technological advances in the video game world."Q: What's your view on the evolution of storytelling in games in the past decade or so? Mac Walters: Game narrative and ...

Mass Effect PC only 3 installs ?!
12:07 - 19 06 2008
    Simprograms had to reinstall their OS a couple of times and their Mass Effect  copy shows this message :“The game can not start. For security reasons, only a limited number of machines can ever be licensed by a single purchase. This limit has been reached. Please purchase another registration code, reinstall, and then try again.”I'm going to...

Mass Effect PC - first review, first benchmarks and an interview
00:36 - 28 05 2008
    1, 2, 3.1. First evar Mass Effect PC review from Eurogamer - 8/102. Interview with Greg Zeschuk - bigshot @ Bioware3. First evar benchmarks of Mass Effect PC, screens attached.Bye.

Mass Effect - new trailers
16:10 - 23 05 2008
    We have 2 new Mass Effect PC trailers for your downloading pleasure:Mass Effect Combat TrailerMass Effect "Shepard vs Wrex" TrailerYou can find them below, in all their HD glory.
 
 Downloads (latest 10) Type   Size Date  
Mass Effect Bring Down the Sky Downloadable Content Mods 309.02 MB 20:22 - 29 07 2008 
Mass Effect 1.01 patch Patches 34.9 MB 17:49 - 29 07 2008 
Mass Effect (PC) 'Shepard vs Wrex' trailer Movies 38.28 MB 16:15 - 23 05 2008 
Mass Effect (PC) Combat trailer Movies 38.28 MB 16:15 - 23 05 2008 
Mass Effect PC gameplay movie #8 Movies 72.89 MB 12:21 - 13 05 2008 
Mass Effect Combat Trailer (HD) Movies 29.89 MB 21:57 - 17 03 2008 
Mass Effect Dialogue Trailer (HD) Movies 51.22 MB 21:48 - 17 03 2008 
Mass Effect Interface (HD) Movies 38.48 MB 21:48 - 17 03 2008 
Mass Effect Alien Love Scene (HD) Movies 73.65 MB 21:48 - 17 03 2008 
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