Game entry

Mass Effect

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

GameForever voters place Mass Effect no. 65 in the world ranking, with 1,854 ELO points and 60% of wins across 2,463 duels settled. The pairing that comes up most often sets it against Max Payne: 129 duels settled, 67 to 62. In its strongest family it holds position no. 2 out of 143 (2007).

World rank

no. 65 =

ELO score

1,854

Wins

60%

Duels played

2,463

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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 1,854 ELO points over the last 170 days.

Head-to-head

Direct record on the most played match-ups.

against Max Payne 52% 129 duels played · 124 points ahead
against Horizon Zero Dawn 64% 119 duels played · 36 points ahead
against Mass Effect 3 68% 111 duels played · 87 points ahead
against Red Dead Redemption 43% 100 duels played · 21 points ahead
against Mass Effect 2 47% 91 duels played · 36 points ahead

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The standing

Where Mass Effect ranks

The world rank mixes every family of games. Here is where Mass Effect stands in each of the ones it belongs to. Its best standing, all families considered: 2 out of 143 (2007).

Where Mass Effect ranks
Ranking	Position	Games competing
World ranking	65	5,035
Action RPG	10	510
2000s	17	1,308
2007	2	143

The community

The debate

10 comments

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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.

Peltier8

Pareil, Paragon direct (j'avais peur de rater des trucs). Ça tient toujours la route.
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.

Ghost_Collet

Daté ou pas, il gagne 60% de ses duels.
BossPilot2

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

SilentHunter2

Still finished it twice
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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