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Sommaire 1 The term "Mass Effect" 2 Synopsis 2.1 Plot 2.2 Characters 2.3 Alien species 3 Gameplay 3.1 Player creation and character classes 3.1.1 Character background 3.2 Dialogue 3.3 Combat 3.4 Tech abilities 3.5 Biotics 3.6 Weapons and equipment 3.7 Morality 3.8 Travel 4 Editions 5 Reception 6 Sales figures 7 Street date violations 8 Cast 9 Awards 10 Novels 11 Soundtrack 12 References 13 External links

The term "Mass Effect"

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Hudson explains that certain beings are able to sense and manipulate mass effect much like some real-life creatures (such as sharks and eels) can sense and manipulate electromagnetism. These abilities will be augmentable via implants, and the manipulation of mass effect is referred to as Biotics.

Synopsis

Plot

The game begins aboard the experimental Human Systems Alliance frigate SSV Normandy, commanded by Captain Anderson and his XO, Commander Shepard. The Normandy is being sent to the human colony world of Eden Prime to recover a Beacon built by a highly advanced extinct race, the Protheans. To assist in recovering the Beacon, the Citadel Council, the main government for most of the galaxy, have sent one of their top agents, a Turian "Spectre" named Nihlus.

Nihlus, Shepard, and a small team are sent down to Eden Prime to recover the Beacon, and discover that the colony is under attack by alien synthetic life forms known as the Geth. Nihlus encounters and is then killed by another Turian Spectre named Saren. Saren orders the Geth to destroy the colony, but Shepard prevents them from doing so. After the battle ends, Shepard discovers the Beacon and activates it, receiving a vision of biological creatures being slaughtered by machines.

The Normandy and its crew are summoned by Ambassador Udina to the Citadel to report on Saren. The Citadel Council concludes that there is not enough evidence to charge Saren with treason. Shepard discovers a recording of a conversation between Saren and one of his allies, an Asari Matriarch named Benezia, discussing their victory on Eden Prime. The recording also mentions the return of a force known as "the Reapers", which the Geth believe are a race of sentient machines that wiped out the Protheans, as well as an artifact called the "Conduit." Confronted with this evidence, the Council revokes Saren's status as a Spectre. The Council cannot send their fleet after Saren without provoking a major war with the independent Terminus Systems. The Council opts instead to make Shepard a Spectre, and charges him with hunting down Saren.

Shepard is given command of the Normandy by Captain Anderson. He uses the ship to follow up on several leads given by Anderson and Udina, but as a Spectre, Shepard is free to follow them in any order. Traveling to the planet Therum in the Artemis Tau Cluster, Shepard finds and rescues Liara T'soni, Matriarch Benezia's daughter, who is an expert on the Protheans. Liara identifies the Beacons as devices that transmit information directly into the user's mind, but the information is useless without the collective unconsciousness of the Prothean species, also known as the "Cipher". Arriving on the besieged colony world of Feros, Shepard fights off an army of Geth and discovers that the colony is housing an ancient life form known as the Thorian, a sentient plant-like creature that has absorbed vast knowledge from the Protheans. This knowledge forms the "Cipher" that can help interpret the contents of the Beacons. Shepard battles the Thorian and acquires the Cipher, learning of Saren's flagship, Sovereign, which seems to be capable of mind-control.

Shepard finds out that Matriarch Benezia is on the corporate-controlled world of Noveria. He tracks her down to a research facility where he is attacked by both Geth and alien insects known as Rachni. Shepard discovers that the Matriarch's goal was to recover the location of the Mu Relay, the location of which is possessed by the last surviving Rachni Queen. Benezia attacks Shepard but is defeated, and reveals that her mind is being controlled by Saren, through his ship Sovereign. She soon reverts to Saren's control and Shepard is forced to kill her.

After completing two of the previous three planets Shepard learns a Salarian spy unit has uncovered a base operated by Saren on Virmire. Traveling there, Shepard and his team learn that Saren is creating an army of Krogan warriors, and studying the process by which Sovereign controls minds. Shepard assaults the base to detonate the fusion reactor of a ship inside it.

With the assistance of the Salarian commandos, Shepard's stealth team breaches the base. Inside they discover another Prothean Beacon, which transfers its knowledge to Shepard. Shepard is then confronted by Sovereign itself, which reveals that it is what the Protheans and Geth consider to be a "Reaper." Sovereign explains that the Reapers allow organic life to develop, using the mass relays to control organic life, before extinguishing them when they reach a certain level of advancement. After planting the nuclear bomb and attempting to escape the facility, the team is attacked by Saren. He explains that he has aligned himself with the Reapers to save organic life by making it "useful". Shepard refuses to accept Saren's plan and escapes Virmire before the nuclear warhead is detonated.

With the Cipher and the information from the two Beacons, Liara is able to make sense of the information Shepard possesses. She pinpoints the Conduit's location on a Prothean world known as Ilos, a world that can only be accessed through the Mu Relay. Returning to the Citadel with this information, Shepard finds that the Council does not accept the Reapers as a genuine threat. Ambassador Udina locks Shepard out of the Normandy, but Captain Anderson steps in and allows Shepard to steal the ship back.

On the surface of Ilos, Shepard follows Saren into an ancient bunker deep within the planet and encounters a Prothean computer system named Vigil, which explains the Reapers' methodology. The Citadel Station is actually a mass relay facility built by the Reapers that will summon them from the dark space outside the galaxy. Before the Reapers invaded the researchers at Ilos were on the verge of understanding the mass relay system, and were able to finish their studies upon re-awakening. The Prothean researchers sabotaged the mass relay in the Citadel and created the Conduit, a miniaturized mass relay that allowed them to travel to the heart of the Citadel. Sovereign intends to use the Conduit to transport Saren and his Geth army directly into the Citadel, bypassing its security systems allowing him to manually open the Citadel mass relay.

Shepard pursues Saren through the Conduit. At the same time, Sovereign and a massive Geth fleet assault the Citadel itself, breaking through the Council fleets defending the station. Sovereign lands on the central tower of the Citadel and begins activating the relay, while Saren uses the Citadel's central control systems to close the station around the Reaper to protect it. Shepard fights up the tower to the control center and confronts Saren, either killing him personally or convincing him that he has fallen under Sovereign's indoctrination, prompting Saren to kill himself. The Human Systems Alliance fleet arrives to reinforce the beleaguered Council fleets while Shepard reopens the Citadel and exposes Sovereign. At this point, Shepard has a choice between ordering the Alliance fleet to save the Council, who are under attack by the Geth, or going directly to Sovereign. Saren's corpse suddenly reanimates under Sovereign's direct control, and begins attacking Shepard while the Alliance attacks Sovereign itself. When the dust settles, Sovereign is destroyed and the reanimated Saren corpse disintegrates.

The precise ending of the game depends on several factors, among them whether or not Shepard opts to save the Council during the final battle, and whether Shepard has a higher Paragon or Renegade meter. If Shepard saves the Council, they are inspired by Shepard's actions and bravery and grant humanity a seat on the Council. If the Council is destroyed, the Systems Alliance assumes control and humanity steps forward to lead the galaxy into the future. Shepard is also allowed to choose between Ambassador Udina or Captain Anderson as the new leader in the aftermath, but regardless of the choice, Shepard realizes that the Reapers are still a threat, and that they must be stopped.

Characters

Main article: Characters of Mass Effect

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.</ref> Mass Effect allows the player to create their own customizable version of Commander Shepard. In addition to customising Shepards appearance, players can also choose a back story for the character, which influences dialogue throughout the game, as well as which side missions will be available to the character.

In addition to Commander Shepard, the player can have two additional characters following along and helping out with fighting and dialog. These characters are not created by the player and are only partially under the player's control. There are six characters met in the game who will join the fight; each has a detailed back-story and their own reasons for wanting to help. Two of the characters are human and the other four are aliens.

Alien species

Main article: Alien races in Mass Effect

While playing Mass Effect the player will encounter a number of sentient alien species. While human characters are present, much of the time will be taken up interacting with the other species in the game. Aliens include the reptilian Krogan, the raptor-like Turians and the Asari, a race of aliens who physically resemble human females.

Gameplay

Player creation and character classes

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Character background

When characters are first created six classes available: Soldier, Engineer, Adept, Infiltrator, Sentinel and Vanguard. Soldiers are the most skilled with weaponry, Engineers make use of the omni-tool and tech-abilities and the Adept are the best at using the biotics. The other three classes are combinations of the first three. Infiltrators are a combination of Soldiers and Engineers, the Sentinel is a combination between the Engineer and the Adept and the Vanguard are a combination of the Soldier and the Adept.

Players also have some control over their character's back story. They are able to choose either to have been a "spacer" (born and bred in space), a colonist or an "Earthborn". They also choose whether they have been the sole survivor of a terrible battle, a war-hero or a ruthless soldier. These backgrounds have only a small effect in the game, although many characters reference the player's chosen background when talking to Commander Shepard and these can also affect whether some side-quests are available. Except in a few situations, the player's background does not affect the player's dialog choices.

Dialogue

Previous BioWare titles such as Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic and Jade Empire employed a conversation system where the player chose from several responses after non-player characters (NPCs) had finished speaking. Mass Effect introduces a new system in which responses to NPCs are displayed as the general tone of the message, rather than a word-for-word transcription of the message.

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Combat

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The abilities and special powers that characters have at their disposal are determined by the skill sets assigned to them at the beginning of the game and how further earned experience points have been allotted since then. Some special abilities include a telekinetic lift that can be used to pick up objects and enemies, and a tech ability that reduces the shields of enemies. Dialog and commercial abilities such as charm and intimidate are dependent on points, storyline progression, and the amount of paragon or renegade points the characters attain.

Tech abilities

Tech abilities are found to be very useful in the Mass Effect universe as most enemies are synthetic in some aspect. These abilities are activated through the OmniTool, which three of the main classes can use: Engineers, Infiltrators, and Sentinels. These abilities include destroying enemy shields and hacking robotic enemies to fire on their own squad.

Biotics

Biotics are accessed by using the implants in the characters that enhance natural abilities to manipulate dark energy. These abilities include raising shields that are resistant to enemy fire but still allow the player to fire through them and creating small singularities that cause destructible parts of the environment to fly at enemies. Three of the main character classes are able to use these powers: Adepts, Vanguards and Sentinels.

Weapons and equipment

Mass Effect features four classes of conventional weapons and a variety of weapon and armor upgrades. The player can pause the game at any time and change the equipment used by the members of the party. This is a major strategic aspect of the gameplay, as choosing the correct equipment can mean the difference between a quick victory and defeat. Equipped items are visible on the characters; the armors have different appearances and all weapons fold up into compact versions that are stored on the character's back. Weapons can be retrieved by using a weapon wheel similar to the talent wheel.

Morality

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Travel

The SSV Normandy, the player character's ship, and a technological marvel in the setting of the game, serves as the primary mode of transportation.

Since the game spans the galaxy, many trips have to be made from planet to planet. Players choose destinations by selecting them through a galactic map of the Milky Way.<ref>Modèle:Cite magazine</ref> The galaxy is divided into numerous levels of organization, shrinking in scale from star clusters, to star systems, and finally down to planets.

Travel through the Mass Effect universe is aided through the use of Mass Relays, which are technological artifacts that are capable of transporting vessels nearly instantaneously between star clusters and systems. There are two types of Mass Relays, primary and secondary. Primary relays are "linked" with a twin, and so are one-directional, but can span as many as a hundred thousand light years—according to the game's "Codex". Secondary relays are omnidirectional and can send ships to any relay within its limited range of about a hundred light years.

Once the player decides on a planet to visit, several options are available. Some planets are simply there to complete the system. Others can only be surveyed for valuable materials. Finally, some planets can be landed on and explored. The player can move about on foot or using an all-terrain armored personnel carrier called the Mako. Some segments of the game feature combat requiring the use of this vehicle. Most main story segments (and many side missions) are geared toward on-foot shooter action.

Although the game follows a main story, Mass Effect includes a large number of side missions and free-roam "unexplored planets" that can be reached by selecting them through the galactic map.

Editions

Mass Effect was released in both a Standard and Limited edition of the game. The Limited Edition was available through pre-order only at online retailers GameStop.com, EBGames.com, Amazon.com, and BestBuy.com within the United States and in store in the European Union. The Limited Edition features are as follows:

• A fiction book titled "Galactic Codex: Essentials" – A 36-page guide to the Mass Effect universe, including a Citadel time line and a guide to all non-human races, biotics and the key locations in the Perseus Arm of the galaxy
• An art book titled "A Future Imagined" which includes a collection of concept art from the game.
• A bonus DVD of exclusive Mass Effect background material and additional content including:
  • "The Vision of Mass Effect" documentary
  • "The Making of Mass Effect" documentary
  • "Interactive Storytelling" documentary
  • "Inside BioWare" documentary
  • 18 Mass Effect themed gamer pics
  • 4 dashboard themes
  • Ten songs from the Mass Effect soundtrack
  • Five historical trailers from X05 through E3 2007 and the official TV trailer
  • A demo for Blue Dragon and videos for Lost Odyssey, Halo 3 and Halo Wars
  • Design galleries featuring 600 concept images fully commented by the Art directors

The Limited Edition was made available for pre-order at online retailers only in the United States and Canada, as well as in stores only in the European Union. A DVD containing content concerning the development of the game was also distributed to all those who pre-ordered the game in the United States at GameStop, EBGames.com, and some Best Buy locations. The bonus content DVD was also made available for those who pre-ordered the game in Australia at selected retailers, but the Limited Edition is not.

Reception

Modèle:VG Reviews Mass Effect has received generally positive reviews. www.xbox360fanboy.com/2007/10/16/game-informer-gives-mass-effect-9-75/ Game Informer Gives Mass Effect 9.75]</ref><ref>Game Informer scanned review</ref>. Official Xbox Magazine gave Mass Effect the sixth '10' in the magazine's history, raving, "Mass Effect is a great science-fiction novel in video game form. Meaning, it mixes the highest caliber of pure story with the decision making and raw action of the best games." The OXM reviewer also praised it saying "It's the best game i've ever played." <ref>Official Xbox Magazine, Issue #79</ref> Electronic Gaming Monthly awarded Mass Effect a Gold Award with scores of 9, 9.5, and 9, also citing that the negative points of the review were balance issues with the character classes, as well as a steep learning curve with the Mako IFV <ref>Electronic Gaming Monthly, Issue #223, Holiday 2007. pg. 85</ref>. GameSpy and X-Play gave it their highest rating, 5 stars and a special episode "Mass Effect takes interactive entertainment to breathtaking new heights and is wholeheartedly recommended. This is one of the best games of the year, and will undoubtedly be remembered as one of the greatest games ever made."<ref>GameSpy Mass Effect review</ref> Shacknews praised, "While the core gameplay is nothing new—sometimes disappointingly so—Mass Effect represents a generational jump in storytelling artistry."<ref>Shacknews Mass Effect review</ref> Slashdot's review also praised the storytelling, saying "[The] storyline Mass Effect will have you laughing, furious, and deeply saddened—in some cases all about the same character." GameTrailers.com gave Mass Effect a 9.6 out of 10, one of its highest reviews ever.<ref name=gtrev>GameTrailers Mass Effect video review</ref>//www.xbox360fanboy.com/2007/10/16/game-informer-gives-mass-effect-9-75/ Game Informer Gives Mass Effect 9.75]</ref><ref>Game Informer scanned review</ref>. Official Xbox Magazine gave Mass Effect the sixth '10' in the magazine's history, raving, "Mass Effect is a great science-fiction novel in video game form. Meaning, it mixes the highest caliber of pure story with the decision making and raw action of the best games." The OXM reviewer also praised it saying "It's the best game i've ever played." <ref>Official Xbox Magazine, Issue #79</ref> Electronic Gaming Monthly awarded Mass Effect a Gold Award with scores of 9, 9.5, and 9, also citing that the negative points of the review were balance issues with the character classes, as well as a steep learning curve with the Mako IFV <ref>Electronic Gaming Monthly, Issue #223, Holiday 2007. pg. 85</ref>. GameSpy and X-Play gave it their highest rating, 5 stars and a special episode "Mass Effect takes interactive entertainment to breathtaking new heights and is wholeheartedly recommended. This is one of the best games of the year, and will undoubtedly be remembered as one of the greatest games ever made."<ref>GameSpy Mass Effect review</ref> Shacknews praised, "While the core gameplay is nothing new—sometimes disappointingly so—Mass Effect represents a generational jump in storytelling artistry."<ref>Shacknews Mass Effect review</ref> Slashdot's review also praised the storytelling, saying "[The] storyline Mass Effect will have you laughing, furious, and deeply saddened—in some cases all about the same character." GameTrailers.com gave Mass Effect a 9.6 out of 10, one of its highest reviews ever.<ref name=gtrev>GameTrailers Mass Effect video review</ref>

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Sales figures

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Street date violations

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Cast

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• Kimberly Brooks as Gunnery Chief Ashley Williams
• Fred Tatasciore as Saren Arterius
• Ali Hillis as Dr. Liara T'soni
• Steven Barr as Urdnot Wrex
• Brandon Keener as Garrus Vakarian
• Liz Sroka as Tali'Zorah nar Rayya

Awards

Mass EffectModèle:'s showing at E3 2006 was well received and resulted in the game winning several awards. These include:

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• Game Critics Awards' Best Console Game, and Best Role-Playing Game (E3 2007)

The game earned the following post-release awards and nominations:

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• Nominated: Game of the Year, Best RPG, Best Graphics, Best Xbox 360 Game, Best Original Score.
• Awarded: Best RPG

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• Nominated: Best Xbox 360 Game, Best Roleplaying Game, Best Music Score - Original, Best Writing.

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Novels

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Soundtrack

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References

External links

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