Mass Effect is playing off science fiction tropes to force players to make incredible choices.
What’s the hardest choice you ever had to make? I bet it wasn’t about pushing a button and unleashing a deadly virus on the galaxy, but that’s what happens in science fiction movies, TV shows, and in one of the greatest science fiction video games of all time.
If you’re not a gamer, let me provide some context.
Mass Effect 3 is an action role-playing video game developed by BioWare and published by Electronic Arts. The game takes place within the Milky Way galaxy in the year 2186. A galactic civilization is invaded by a highly advanced machine race of synthetic-organic starships known as Reapers.
The third installment of the game series concludes the story of Commander Shepard, an elite human soldier who is tasked with forging alliances between species for the war.
Author: Jason Hellerman
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