Mass Effect: Mass Effect 2, Races of the Mass Effect universe, Characters of the Mass Effect universe, Mass Effect: Revelation, Music of the Mass Effect video game trilogy, Mass Effect: Ascension, Mass Effect 3, Mass Effect Galaxy

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 40. Chapters: Mass Effect 2, Races of the Mass Effect universe, Characters of the Mass Effect universe, Mass Effect: Revelation, Music of the Mass Effect video game trilogy, Mass Effect: Ascension, Mass Effect 3, Mass Effect Galaxy, List of Mass Effect media, Mass Effect: Redemption, Mass Effect: Retribution. Excerpt: Mass Effect is an award-winning, worldwide mainstream-popular series of futuristic RPG third person shooters developed by the Canadian company BioWare and released for the Xbox 360, Microsoft Windows and, from the second installment, for the PlayStation 3. The first game in the planned trilogy centers around a player created character named Commander Shepard and their mission to save the galaxy from a race of mechanical beings known as the Reapers, and its followers, including the brainwashed Saren Arterius. The first game sees Shepard facing Sovereign, a Reaper left as a vanguard, who plans to allow the Reaper fleet currently hibernating in extra-galactic dark space to invade the Milky Way and destroy all sapient organic life, continuing a mysterious cycle of destruction. The second game takes place two years later, and sees Shepard battling the Collectors, an alien race abducting entire human colonies in a plan to help the return of the Reapers. The third and final game will center on the final battle against the Reapers. Since the beginning the series has been a major critical success. Both games have received critical acclaim for their storyline, characters, voice acting, choices, and the depth of the galaxy. Video game website, GamesRadar, called Mass Effect the best new franchise of the generation, saying that the galaxy was so well-constructed that it felt like a decades-old franchise and that it represented "a high-water mark for video games as a story-telling medium." A trilogy of games is planned to be released, each continuing the game's story in chronological order. The second game in the trilogy was released in January 2010. The Mass Effect series combines sci-fi, action game and role-playing game elements, with the main series games being third-person shooters. The protagonist can use two AI-controlled squad members in battle; which usually consists of members he or she has recruited, from various places and for various reasons, and taken onto the Norm