Mass Effect 3
Mass Effect 3 is an action role-playing game in which Commander Shepard leads a final campaign against the Reapers, a machine race that has invaded Earth and is conquering civilizations across the galaxy…
Mass Effect 3 is an adventure developed by BioWare, released 6 March 2012 on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows). The main story takes about 37.7 hrs to finish.
What Mass Effect 3 is
Mass Effect 3 is an adventure game developed by BioWare and released in 2012. It was published by Electronic Arts. 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
The Reapers invade Earth and quickly overwhelm its defenses. Commander Shepard escapes and is tasked with rallying the galaxy's civilizations to build a united military force and complete the Crucible, a Prothean superweapon that may be capable of stopping the Reapers. Old conflicts between species must be resolved before any alliance can hold. From curing the Krogan genophage to settling the Quarian-Geth war, Shepard must broker impossible alliances while Cerberus, a human supremacist organization, works to undermine the effort at every turn. The fate of the galaxy depends on the strength of the force Shepard can assemble and the choices made along the way.
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player. There are 68 achievements to unlock.
Where it sits in the Mass Effect series
Mass Effect 3 is the 23rd of 48 entries we hold in the Mass Effect series. The next entry was Mass Effect Datapad in 2012. Its critic score of 91 is 15 points above the series average of 76. The highest-rated entry is Mass Effect 2 at 96.
How it was received
Mass Effect 3 holds a critic score of 91 out of 100. That places it above 96% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2012 averaged 70, so it scored 21 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 88, across 1,870 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 37.7 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 55.7 hrs, roughly 1.5 times the length of the critical path.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for 1.8 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo (equivalent AMD CPU) and 2 GB RAM. At 2GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 15GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
Mass Effect 3 launched on 6 March 2012, within three weeks of Journey, Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward, Kid Icarus: Uprising and Devil May Cry HD Collection. It reviewed better than 3 of the 4.
Released around the same time: Journey, Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward, Kid Icarus: Uprising, Devil May Cry HD Collection.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Mass Effect 3 yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel. See all 6 videos →
Screenshots
All media
Dlc
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Mass Effect 3: From Ashes
Mass Effect 3: Resurgence Pack
Mass Effect 3: Rebellion Pack
Mass Effect 3: Extended Cut
Mass Effect 3: Earth
78
Mass Effect 3: Leviathan
Mass Effect 3: Retaliation
87
Mass Effect 3: Special Edition
40
Mass Effect 3: Omega
Mass Effect 3: Reckoning
88
Mass Effect 3: Citadel
Mass Effect: Genesis 2
Mass Effect 3
Remasters
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