Mass Effect

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Mass Effect is a video game developed by Bioware which was released on Microsoft's Xbox 360 console on the 20th November 2007 in the USA and the 23rd November in Europe.^[1] A PC edition with an updated interface and control scheme was released on the 27th May 2008 in the USA and early June 2008 in Europe and Australia.^[2] The story deals with humanity emerging into an interstellar political arena occupied by several other species. Humans are attempting to get a representative both in a galactic council and as one of an elite team of government operatives called the Spectres.^[3] The player creates and controls the character Cmd. Shepard, who is thrust in the middle of the political conflict through his pursuit of a rogue Spectre. Throughout the story, the player must make moral decisions that affect both how the story plays out and its ultimate conclusion. In addition to the main storyline, the player can choose to explore the galaxy which will uncover additional side missions and subplots.

Reception

Mass Effect received a relatively high rating among online gaming communities, ^{[4] [5]} boasting a high level of character interaction, with intricate back-stories for each member of the team the player assembles over the course of the game, as well as for the galaxy itself.

The game received some negative publicity after a Fox News segment commented on one possible subplot that included mild sexual scenes.^[6] The author who challenged the game, Cooper Lawrence, received abuse from the gaming community who claimed that she was targeting the game purely to get attention for her book, The Cult of Perfection.^[7] Lawrence later retracted her statements about the game, saying that she was told incorrect information about the game and the romantic subplot within it.^[8] In an interview, she stated once she actually saw the scene in question, "[It’s] not like pornography. I’ve seen episodes of 'Lost' that are more sexually explicit."^[9] Still, she continued to receive abuse from online gamers for some time.^{[Citation Needed]}

References

1. ↑ http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/xbox360/data/930279.html
2. ↑ http://www.gamefaqs.com/computer/doswin/data/944902.html
3. ↑ http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/xbox360/masseffect
4. ↑ http://uk.xbox360.gamespy.com/xbox-360/mass-effect/836239p1.html
5. ↑ http://uk.gamespot.com/xbox360/rpg/masseffect/review.html?sid=6183119
6. ↑ http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=PKzF173GqTU&feature=related
7. ↑ http://www.amazon.com/Cult-Perfection-Making-Peace-Overachiever/dp/1599211793
8. ↑ http://sphinx.newsvine.com/_news/2008/01/26/1257215-cooper-lawrence-apologizes-for-describing-mass-effect-as-pornography
9. ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/26/arts/television/26mass.html?_r=2&ref=arts&oref=slogin&oref=slogin