Mass Effect
Mass Effect is an action role-playing game set in the year 2183. The player takes the role of Commander Shepard, a customizable character who serves as Executive Officer aboard the SSV Normandy. After a…
Mass Effect is a role-playing (rpg) developed by BioWare, released 20 November 2007 on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows). This page lists 33 cheat codes for it.
What Mass Effect is
Mass Effect is a role-playing (rpg) game developed by BioWare and released in 2007. 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
In the year 2183, Commander Shepard is sent to the human colony of Eden Prime to recover a Prothean beacon. The mission is disrupted by an attack from the synthetic Geth, led by Saren Arterius, a rogue Spectre agent. After making contact with the beacon and receiving a cryptic vision of destruction, Shepard is appointed the first human Spectre and tasked with hunting Saren across the galaxy. The investigation leads Shepard and a growing crew aboard the SSV Normandy through multiple worlds, uncovering a conspiracy tied to the Reapers, a highly advanced machine race believed to eradicate all organic civilizations on a 50,000-year cycle. Shepard must stop Saren before he can trigger their…
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, romance and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Mass Effect series
Mass Effect is the first of 48 entries we hold in the Mass Effect series. The next entry was Mass Effect: Polish Collector's Edition in 2007. Its critic score of 89 is 13 points above the series average of 76. The highest-rated entry is Mass Effect 2 at 96.
How it was received
Mass Effect holds a critic score of 89 out of 100. That places it above 91% of the 3,811 rated role-playing (rpg) games in our database, which average 73. Games released in 2007 averaged 64, so it scored 25 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 87, across 2,559 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 30.2 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 48.6 hrs, roughly 1.6 times the length of the critical path.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel P4 2.4 Ghz or faster / AMD 2.0 Ghz, 1.0 GB RAM or more (2.0 GB for Vista) and DirectX 9.0c compatible, ATI X1300 XT or greater (ATI X1300, X1300 Pro, X1600 Pro, Radeon 2600 HD, and HD 2400 are below minimum system requirements); NVidia GeForce 6800 or greater (7300, 7600 GS, 8500 are below minimum system requirements). At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 12GB.
What it launched against
Mass Effect launched on 20 November 2007, within three weeks of Super Mario Galaxy, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, Uncharted: Drake's Fortune and Assassin's Creed. It reviewed better than 2 of the 4.
Released around the same time: Super Mario Galaxy, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, Uncharted: Drake's Fortune, Assassin's Creed.
Cheats and codes
We have tested and published 33 cheat entries for Mass Effect — 32 console commands and 1 tip. Each one lists the platform it applies to, the exact input, and whether it disables achievements.
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Mass Effect cheat codes
Enable the cheat console
Unlocks the in-game console so commands can be typed
Open Documents\BioWare\Mass Effect\Config\BIOInput.ini, find the [Engine.Console] section and add the line ConsoleKey=Tilde, save, then press ~ in game to open the console
Editing game files is at your own risk; back up the .ini first
Give experience points
Grants the specified amount of experience points
Press ~, type givexp followed by the amount, e.g. givexp 1000, press Enter
Replace # with the desired number
Give all gear except armor
Gives one of every weapon, weapon mod, bio-amp, omni-tool and grenade
Press ~, type giveall, press Enter
Does not give armor; use GiveAllArmor for that
Give all weapons from a manufacturer
Gives every weapon made by the named manufacturer
Press ~, type GiveAllWeapons followed by the manufacturer name, e.g. GiveAllWeapons Manf_Spectre03_Weap, press Enter
Capitalization of the command does not matter; manufacturer names are fixed strings
Dlc
Remasters
Quick answers
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