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List Price: £34.99
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Rating:  88 reviews
Sales Rank: 652
Platform: Windows Xp
Genre: role-playing-games
Media: CD-ROM
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.3 x 0.6
EAN: 5030930065683
ASIN: B0015M0PYI
Release Date: June 6, 2008
Availability: Usually dispatched within 2 to 5 weeks
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Story Summary: You take the role of Commander Shepard starship Normandy, 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 upon 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. Highlights: Experience a rich and engrossing story where your choices decide the fate of a 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 for PC
Optimised GUI and controls for PC gamers
Dominate the battlefield with new individual squad member commandsystem
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| Customer Reviews: Read 10 more reviews...
 Stunning! June 7, 2008
Bromcom (UK)
13 out of 22 found this review helpful
Well, I can understand the major issues with the games DRM system. I'm not exactly an advocator of DRM myself. However, if you can get past these issues then you'll be in for one heck of a treat. I am a PS3 owner and was gutted when I heard that Mass Effect was a 360 exclusive. But also owning a PC saved me.
The game is simply amazing. Graphics are second to none, storyline and gameplay are the same. I don't have a high end PC (In fact I'm running it on an Apple iMac with BootCamp) and it looks great, not all the settings are turned up, but I can deal with that.
Buy it. That's all I can say.
A Fantastic Game! Don't be put off with everyone's doom & gloom stories! June 5, 2008
Silvara (London)
13 out of 24 found this review helpful
I really don't see why everyone is moaning incessantly over the DRM - it's game is an example of a rare case where the developers actually stopped and listened to the fans and changed their policy so instead of a weekly check, its now a one time check to make sure the copy you are playing is authentic.
The game is amazing - certainly on-par with all the other Bioware games such as Knights of the Old Republic and is definately a contentder for Game of the Year!
Activation changed May 10, 2008
Mr. Paul D. Page (England)
19 out of 37 found this review helpful
The activation scheme has been changed. It now has a one time activaction and it only activates again when downloaded content is added. It still has a 3 system install limit, but if the limit is reached a call to customer support can enable more system installs. It can be installed and uninstalled on the SAME system as many times as you like.
Very Hard To Believe... July 15, 2008
Narrator (North-West, Uk)
7 out of 13 found this review helpful
... that so many people are knocking this game over a simple protection issue. The simple fact is, you're reviewing the content of the game; it's playability; graphics; storyline, fun-factor, etc. not the fact that the company are trying to protect their intellectual content (even if they do go about it in a totally gash way). But even so, this shouldn't be a problem. I'm a pretty big gamer - when I have the time - and I'm constantly installing and uninstalling. But with a game of this quality, I have no qualms over leaving it on my hard-drive. What's 4-5 gbs on a decent sized hard-drive? Absolutely nothing.
As for the game itself, I can honestly say having played both KoToR games, this is far superior. Much like the earlier BG games, the content and background of those two was already in place from 25 years prior, while this is a story/background/history created from scratch. Bioware have excelled themselves. Again. The interface and controls really knock your for six initially, as you don't really have the same 'pause game, steady yourself, kick ass at your own pace' option you did in those games, but that is more because the AI of enemies is a lot more impressive; they will literally hide behind whatever's at hand if their numbers begin to dwindle, and you have no option but to go over there and weed them out. And if the have the numerical advantage they will all target whichever of your group has been weakened the most. Very simple, but effective touches like this make the game great. A lot of people have compared the action side of this game to other out-and-out shooters but as that isn't really a genre that interests me, I can't really agree or disagree. The one thing I will say though, is that, at least in ME you have a very clear reason as to why you're shooting at the enemies, and it's not just because they're in your way.
The only slight (and by slight, I can't stress how slight I mean) downside is the sheer amount of background info available to read throughout. I can honestly say I spent and hour or more at a time reading through various histories and backgrounds of races as the game progressed, and if that isn't your thing you'll get bogged down. But if you like the storyline aspect, it's a sweet touch, as it really builds up a sense of history and purpose. The characters are all very typical but voiced so well. Especially Lance Henrinkssons turn as the fleet commander who keeps bugging your ship to go on some mission or other.
Anyway, this review has been pretty long, so i'll bring it to a close now. This is a game for many different types of people, however if your attention span is short, you're highly impatient or you just prefer to shoot stuff then i'd advise you buy Duke Nukem or Donkey Kong because this game requires time and effort. Much like the time and effort that was put into making it...
D.T.
DRM is bad, game is good. September 1, 2008
A. Houten (Sheffield)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I'm slightly torn over which way to vote here. Should I cast my lot with the anti DRM crew, who in some cases go as far to give the game one star, regardless of game quality, or should I vote on the game's actually strengths.
I decided to go against the flow and give an actual review of the actual game, instead of just a rant against the DRM. Don't get me wrong, I hate what the DRM means for games, and although I've managed not to have a problem with it, it doesn't mean that it could cause me problems in the future.
Gameplay is divided between third person combat, and it's incredible story. Combat can be fun, but certain classes lack the options that other classes have. If you chose to be a soldier, you can use any type of weapon (which is still limited to only - shotgun, sniper rifle, pistol and assualt rifle) whereas other classes can only use 2, or less of the weapons, and one of them only after leveling up a few times.
You can customise your weapons with mods, and get better weapons over time, and while this gives you a fair amount of control over how you would use the weapon (my shotgun is armed with a mod that poisons enemies, so I shoot them, taking most of their health, then hide, waiting for the damage to take its toll) it feels slightly mechanical.
Most classes also have abilities, some resembling Star Wars force powers, others based around "tech" although I haven't had much experience using the latter abilities. Vehicle combat is difficult and slightly clumsy, but thankfully not necessary, since you can get out of your vehicle most times and fight on foot.
After the first few missions, I decided to dial the combat down to normal, so I could focus on the most important aspect of the game - the story. I have to admit, I have never played KoTOR, so I have no comparisons to make with that bioware fans.
The story is engulfing and exciting, making you feel like you are in complete control of your actions (even though in the main missions you are occasionally - and understandably - funelled towards a certain goal). How you complete your goals is largely up to you, and you earn points for taking a stand on issues in two different sectors - renegade and paragon. These are less "Good" and "Evil" than "Selfless" and "Selfish" or "Welcoming" and "Intimidating". Earning points in these sectors is not exclusive, and they both open up new conversation options that can change the outcome of a confrontation. To me, it seems that the developers are actually rewarding the players for developing the character, in whatever direction.
All in all, an unmissable game for sci-fi lovers and RPG players, but should be avoided by anyone who hates having to do any more than fire guns at aliens.
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