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Mass Effect 3: Omega

Omega has been seized by one of Cerberus' most accomplished and brilliant agents, General Oleg Petrovsky…and Aria T'Loak is plotting her revenge. To reclaim her domain, she must team up with Commander Shepard…

40 27 November 2012

Mass Effect 3: Omega is a role-playing (rpg) developed by BioWare, released 27 November 2012 on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Mass Effect 3: Omega is

Mass Effect 3: Omega is a role-playing (rpg) game developed by BioWare and released in 2012. It is available on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unreal Engine 3.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Omega has been seized by one of Cerberus' most accomplished and brilliant agents, General Oleg Petrovsky…and Aria T'Loak is plotting her revenge. To reclaim her domain, she must team up with Commander Shepard. Join Omega’s infamous leader in her fight to retake the notorious black market station. Navigate Omega’s seedy underbelly as Aria joins your squad and you witness her legendary biotic powers and unrelenting ruthlessness first-hand. Help Nyreen Kandros, the valiant turian leader of the Talon mercenary group, as she fights to free the enslaved people of Omega. Face down fearsome new enemies, including the Cerberus-manipulated Reaper, the Adjutant. Shape Omega’s future through four…
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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Mass Effect series

Mass Effect 3: Omega is the 35th of 48 entries we hold in the Mass Effect series. The next entry was Mass Effect 3: Reckoning in 2013. Its critic score of 40 is 36 points below the series average of 76. The highest-rated entry is Mass Effect 2 at 96.

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How it was received

Mass Effect 3: Omega holds a critic score of 40 out of 100. That places it above 2% of the 3,811 rated role-playing (rpg) games in our database, which average 73. Games released in 2012 averaged 70, so it scored 30 points below the year average. Players rate it 61, 21 points higher than critics did — a gap worth knowing about before you buy.

What it launched against

Mass Effect 3: Omega launched on 27 November 2012, within three weeks of Far Cry 3, Halo 4, Animal Crossing: New Leaf and Call of Duty: Black Ops II. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Far Cry 3, Halo 4, Animal Crossing: New Leaf, Call of Duty: Black Ops II.

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When did Mass Effect 3: Omega come out?
Mass Effect 3: Omega was released on 27 November 2012 for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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