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Game entry

Mass Effect

2007 · Action RPG, TPS · PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 · Electronic Arts

Mass Effect is ranked no. 130 among the best video games of all time by GameForever voters, with an ELO score of 1,825 and 59% of duels won.

World rank

no. 130

ELO score

1,825

Wins

59%

Duels played

2,417

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About 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 routine mission goes wrong, Shepard assembles a squad and pursues a threat that escalates into a galaxy-wide conflict. The game features real-time squad-based combat where players choose companions and tactics suited to different enemy types, from biotic-wielding opponents to heavily armored machines.

The game spans a large science fiction universe, with explorable locations ranging from the Citadel space station to alien homeworlds and remote outposts. Player decisions affect mission outcomes, crew relationships, and the overarching narrative across the trilogy.

The community says

I remember picking Paragon on my first run, mostly because I wasn't sure what Renegade would actually let me get away with.

ELO progression

Score moved from 1,500 to 1,825 ELO points over the last 123 days.

Head-to-head

Direct record on the most played match-ups.

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  2. 128 Metroid Prime 1,826
  3. 129 Banjo-Kazooie 1,826
  4. 130 Mass Effect 1,825
  5. 131 Rocket League 1,825
  6. 132 Ori and the Will of the Wisps 1,825
  7. 133 Tekken 7 1,825

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  1. NovaSniper3

    I remember picking Paragon on my first run, mostly because I wasn't sure what Renegade would actually let me get away with.

    Ghost_Archuleta

    ¿Y esas conversaciones te compensaban también en las misiones secundarias, o solo en la trama principal?

    LuckyHunter

    (never touched multiplayer since there wasn't one back then) but next to Red Dead the pacing feels so much slower, in a good way honestly.

  2. Élodie_44

    Je le trouve toujours cité comme référence alors que le gunplay était déjà daté à sa sortie, les couvertures qui ne marchent qu'à moitié, l'inventaire imposé au début qui casse le rythme des premières heures, ça n'a pas si bien vieilli que le classement le laisse penser.

  3. BossPilot2

    Está sobrevalorado, la mitad del combate es apuntar mal a coberturas rotas.

  4. Córdoba2003

    El combate cuesta reconocerlo, se nota tosco todavía hoy, pero la sensación de construir a Shepard como quisieras compensaba casi todo eso para mí, y sigo pensando en esas conversaciones años después.

    Irma_76

    Mismo dilema aquí.

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