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Mass Effect (PC DVD) | 
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List Price: £34.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  100 reviews
Sales Rank: 949
Platform: Windows Xp
Rating: Suitable for 12 years and over
Media: CD-ROM
Operating System: Windows XP
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.3 x 0.6
EAN: 5030930065683
ASIN: B0015M0PYI
Release Date: June 6, 2008
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Story Summary: You take the role of Commander Shepard starship Normandy, the last hope for all life in the Galaxy. Saren, a rogue member of the elite and untouchable Spectre agents, has discovered the secret to unleashing an apocalyptic force upon the galaxy, and only you stand in his way. To save the lives of billions, you must do whatever it takes to stop Saren and prevent the return of an ancient force bent on the destruction of all organic life. Highlights: Experience a rich and engrossing story where your choices decide the fate of a galaxy
Engage in emotionally charged interactions with the most realistic digital actors ever seen in a video game, using an innovative new dialog system
Immerse yourself in an incredible new adventure from world-famous masters of the RPG BioWare
Stunning high resolution graphics for PC
Optimised GUI and controls for PC gamers
Dominate the battlefield with new individual squad member commandsystem
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| Customer Reviews: Read 95 more reviews...
 Excellent game, DRM or not.... November 18, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
I found Mass Effect to be an excellent game, and it is one of the rare few that actually makes my completion list (BioWare now being the only company to have two completely separate games on that list), due to sheer enthralling storytelling.
The characters are interesting, the gameplay fun, the story well told, and all in all it's one of the best games I've ever played.
As a side note, a lot of reviews, both on Mass Effect and other EA releases have been whining incessantly about the DRM, but since it can be removed without stopping the game from running, I really don't see what all the fuss is about. Get rid of it and play the game anyway if you want to, or stop complaining about something you weren't going to play anyway.
EVIL DRM November 15, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Avoid this game unless you dont mind your pc being infected by DRM
EA can keep their DRM infected games.
In contrast there is a software publisher called Stardock (Sins of a solar empire) who have a totally different view on how customers should be treated.. here is Stardock's Gamer's Bill of Rights:
1. Gamers shall have the right to return games that don't work with their computers for a full refund.
2. Gamers shall have the right to demand that games be released in a finished state.
3. Gamers shall have the right to expect meaningful updates after a game's release.
4. Gamers shall have the right to demand that download managers and updaters not force themselves to run or be forced to load in order to play a game.
5. Gamers shall have the right to expect that the minimum requirements for a game will mean that the game will play adequately on that computer.
6. Gamers shall have the right to expect that games won't install hidden drivers or other potentially harmful software without their consent.
7. Gamers shall have the right to re-download the latest versions of the games they own at any time.
8. Gamers shall have the right to not be treated as potential criminals by developers or publishers.
9. Gamers shall have the right to demand that a single-player game not force them to be connected to the Internet every time they wish to play.
10. Gamers shall have the right that games which are installed to the hard drive shall not require a CD/DVD to remain in the drive to play.
If enough people boycott EA (with their pay per play plans) and support companies like Stardock, then our PC gaming future may be something to look forward to..
DRM, Blah, blah, blah. It's a great game! November 14, 2008
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
This is a great game. If you liked KOTOR and KOTOR2 you'll like this. People moan about the DRM which is strange when you consider that Windows uses DRM.
 What a disappointment, sounds good, runds terribly October 24, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
When I read about this game, it sounded to be just the sort of game I enjoy the most. However EA Games and Bioware should be ashamed to have issued this game without,seeming to, have really tested and made it suitable for all platforms and the general set-up of PCs. If you read the requirements, most purchasers would be right to think that they have to either nuy a specially constructed PC for the game or build their own. Once you've got past that hurdle, if you bothered in the first place, you will find that the game regularly 'locks-up', the sounds are all un-balanced, it's difficlut sometimes to hear what characters are saying with background noises and music drowning out most conversations. This happens even if you try and asjust sound levels.
The game crashes on a regular basis and sometimes when you wnant to re-start, you get one of those strange 'windows messages', about secuirty being breached or permission not grannted or of a general protection fault.
From a critical point of view, the graphis aren't that good, the old KoToR series had cleaner looking graphics, Oblivion and Quake 4 are far superior.
Basically it could have been a classic game but fails miserably
My advice is don't buy it the are other games just as good
Great game, but don't purchase October 21, 2008
5 out of 7 found this review helpful
Mass Effect is in essence a great game, with great graphics, great characters, great plot, great playability, long lasting and clever.
It is rare that a video game treats the user like a mature adult and allows him/her to make his/her own descisions regardless of consequence.
But the Securom Encryption on this game means i will never purchase it. For those not in the know, Securom modifies the core kernel(core programming if you like) of your operating system vista or XP. Meaning there is no possible way to remove it (except a complete reformat) and allowing access to god knows what to your computer. Not only is this wrong on any level the debate rages in an American court over its legality.
Only a fool would do this, and will permanently stop you running PERFECTLY LEGITIMATE programs such as Nero, Some slysoft programs and Daemon tools. All essential programs for a PC gamer.
So to sum up, this game is great, one of the best i've played and i have a catalogue of 300+ games, i would quite happily pay 40+ for this if DRM wasn't there, but if you have any sense, play this on a friends PC, on an XBOX if you want about 75% of the enjoyment of the PC game, on a PC you were going to format anyway (even then you only get 3 installs of the game), or like many people out there take the easy option and play a pirated copy of the game without the DRM.
When will EA learn.... and btw the same goes for all new EA games, Crysis, Spore, Farcry 2 and who knows what else
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