Alien artifacts left behind eons ago allow us to advance our technology to the point where we learn of a method of manipulating mass known as the “Mass Effect“. This bold new tech allows us to develop power sources, weapons, and methods of advanced stellar travel.

Now that we are able to range the galaxy, we have allied ourselves with a vast network of Alien Races. Their hub is known as the Citadel. An ancient platform with mysteries of its own and an ancient 4-legged race that monitors and maintains the Citadel’s various systems.

As you play the game, you will earn credits, and harvest minerals which will allow you to purchase upgrades for you and your team. Use your resources to enhance your weapons, ammo, armor, abilities, and allies.

You will take on a race of very mischievous synthetic beings, led by a traitorous member of the Specters. The Specters are the most elite members of each race who have proven themselves to the Citadel council and endowed with all the resources necessary to maintain balance in the galaxy. You prove yourself and end up a Specter yourself. You command a ship, lead a team, and take on an entire race of synthetics known as Geth.

Mass Effect 2

In the sequel, you learn of the leader of the Geth, and learn their intent; to wipe out all life in the Galaxy. Every so often, a race known as the Reapers come from the depths of space, and cleanse the galaxy of all organic-based life. Afterwards, they go back to their hiding places. In the first Mass Effect, you fought the Geth, and modified humans with zombie-like characteristics. In the sequel, you will take on the Geth, and their allies, the Protheans. The Protheans, a once-benevolent race of vastly advanced creatures are now overtaken by the Reapers. Working for them, the advance their methods for modifying human beings into suicidal weapons.

Better weapons, badass armor, intense upgrades, and alien weapons that whoop some serious alien ass. You end up with several variations of a pistol, machine pistol, shotgun, sub-machine gun, assault rifle, sniper rifle, and even a pulse-laser which burns down the competition. Grenade upgrades and modifications, not to mention various forms of ammo give you the ability to take on virtually any enemy, any way you can think of. Frost, incendiary, shock, shredder, and warp ammo give you the ability to make headshots a one-shot kill every-single-time, given a wisely selected ammo type.

Now comes Mass Effect 3

Promising graphics, seriously enhanced one-on-one fights, and the ability to control your team by voice via the Kinect. This is sure to be a wild ride. More to come after the release date. I have Mass Effect 3 pre-ordered, and I can’t wait.

• Release date is set for 3/6/2012

 Visit the official website: http://masseffect.bioware.com/

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I was skeptical at first. The commercials make this game out to be all that and a bag of chips. I can say, the storyline was lacking, but the game was non-stop action, gore, and comedy. Typically there isn’t much dialog between you and the other characters helping you out along the way; not in this game. There’s blood, guts, gore, and trash talking the entire time you’re racking up points and unlocking upgrades to already sweet weaponry.

The game is too fast-paced to do much customization of your weapons so if you’re looking for a game to compete with Crysis 2 or Modern Warfare 2, you’re in for a letdown. But if you’re in it for the action, you’ll get just that in the campaign.

The game is a raging bag of fun with a side of rib-busting hilarity. And if the comedy doesn’t get you, the profanity will. This game is one wild ride.

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