Mass Effect: Genesis
Mass Effect: Genesis is a downloadable "interactive backstory comic". Genesis fills the role of Mass Effect for new players by introducing them to the story of the original game and allowing them to make six…
Mass Effect: Genesis is a visual novel developed by BioWare, released 18 January 2011 on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Mass Effect: Genesis is
Mass Effect: Genesis is a visual novel game developed by BioWare and released in 2011. It was published by Electronic Arts, Inc.. It is available on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
Mass Effect: Genesis is a downloadable "interactive backstory comic". Genesis fills the role of Mass Effect for new players by introducing them to the story of the original game and allowing them to make six of the major plot decisions that players could make. If downloaded, the comic appears between the opening level and character customization. There are two versions of the comic, one each for a male and female Commander Shepard.
How it plays
It is played from a text 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: Genesis is the 17th of 48 entries we hold in the Mass Effect series. The next entry was Mass Effect 2: Arrival in 2011.
What it launched against
Mass Effect: Genesis launched on 18 January 2011, within three weeks of Dead Space 2, LittleBigPlanet 2, Magicka and Stacking.
Released around the same time: Dead Space 2, LittleBigPlanet 2, Magicka, Stacking.
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