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THE MASS EFFECT TRILOGY

Part 1 By Tom McLean

Just over 5 years since its release, now is as good a It was the start of a game-changing journey for
time as any to look back on the genre-changing me. In the next few months, I would grow to
series that is the Mass Effect Trilogy. I was revere the N7 logo, laugh when Mordin Solus
surprised when I found out how many people I would think out loud (even more when he sang!),
know who haven't experienced the epic Space harbor deep respect for Garrus Vakarian, punch
Opera. When asked "Why?", the most common reporters in the face for trying to trap me in an
response was "...I just haven't gotten around to it interview, love the Normandy and feel personally
… it’s a big commitment!” responsible for her crew. I would finally
understand what people meant when they would
I was the same. say "I'm Commander Shepard and this is my
favourite store on the Citadel". If you've never
I had bought the original Mass Effect in January played Mass Effect, the things I said will mean
2011 with the best intentions, but only managed nothing to you, but if you decide to join the
to play it for a few hours. It got a little tedious and legion of fans and experience the epic tale, you
felt dated, so I stopped. Then around October, will look back at this section of the article, smile
there was a lot of hype surrounding the upcoming knowingly and nod in agreement.
Mass Effect 3. All of my friends were talking their
heads off about how good the series was, In this spoiler-free article, I'm going to take a look
reminiscing so fondly about their favourite at each game in the series and let you know what
characters and the hard choices they had made. you should expect from the story and the
Throw in a few amazing teaser trailers and I was gameplay. I'll also address some of the questions
convinced I was missing out on something huge. you will want to ask before starting this long
So, I bit the bullet and just played the damn thing. journey: Does Mass Effect stand up to modern

Storming in combat

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