Mass Effect 3

Product Description

We might as well just give up now. The future isn't going to be full of happiness, world peace & Back to the Future-inspired hoverboards. If Bio Ware has anything to say about it, we're all in for a world of hurt. In Mass Effect 3, things go completely off the rails & straight to hell. A nasty alien race called the Reapers are heading to Earth, & you return to your role as Commander Shepard of the Normandy space vessel just as these bad boys begin their invasion. The game follows the same action/RPG formula as its predecessors, though things have gotten a little more explosive. As in previous games, you can earn skill points as you progress & defeat Husks, Cerberus soldiers & other enemies, & they can be spent on a skill tree so that various abilities & power-ups can be upgraded. Your AI-controlled squad can also be levelled up in the same way, & each space squaddie has their own skills that are dependent on their character class. Kaidan is able to use a Barrier technique which can help shield you in space, as well as an Overload function that can take out enemy armour. Conversation trees & upgrades aside, though, expect things to get hairy when you have to pull your gun & start cracking out those special abilities! But, while Mass Effect 3 does feel like a further step towards a more action-oriented experience, that doesn't mean that its lost any of its impact. The graphics & atmosphere are, as always, absolutely spectacular, & the iconic Mass Effect spectrum of colours & use of lighting is put to fantastic use in your first interplanetary mission. If Mass Effect 2 was Bio Ware's Empire Strikes Back, expect the third game in the series to have a dash of Return of the Jedi. In other words, expect something epic.