Genres
Shooter, Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Adventure

Platforms
PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360Developer
BioWareRelease date
March 6, 2012Official links
Game overview
About the Game
Mass Effect 3 is an action role-playing game in which Commander Shepard leads a final campaign against the Reapers, a machine race that has invaded Earth and is conquering civilizations across the galaxy. Players recruit squad members from various species and classes, forge alliances, and make choices that determine which characters survive. Combat features squad-based tactics with combinable biotic and tech powers, blind fire, and enhanced melee attacks. The game includes a cooperative multiplayer mode where up to four players fight waves of enemies to liberate conflict zones. Progress in multiplayer contributes to war preparedness in the single-player campaign. New and returning squad members join Shepard's team, including soldier James Vega and EDI, an AI in a physical body.
Storyline
The Reapers invade Earth and quickly overwhelm its defenses. Commander Shepard escapes and is tasked with rallying the galaxy's civilizations to build a united military force and complete the Crucible, a Prothean superweapon that may be capable of stopping the Reapers. Old conflicts between species must be resolved before any alliance can hold. From curing the Krogan genophage to settling the Quarian-Geth war, Shepard must broker impossible alliances while Cerberus, a human supremacist organization, works to undermine the effort at every turn. The fate of the galaxy depends on the strength of the force Shepard can assemble and the choices made along the way.
Media gallery
Screenshots
Featured video
Gameplay Trailer
PC requirements
System Requirements
Entry specification
Minimum
- OS
- Win 7
- Processor
- 1.8 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo (equivalent AMD CPU)
- Memory
- 2 GB RAM
- Graphics
- Supported chipsets: NVIDIA 7900 or better; ATI X1800 or better. Please note that NVIDIA GeForce 9300, 8500, 8400, and 8300 are below minimum system requirements, as are AMD/ATI Radeon HD3200, HD3300, and HD4350. Updates to your video and sound card drivers may be required.
- DirectX
- Version 9.0c
- Storage
- 15 GB available space
- Sound Card
- DirectX 9.0c compatible
- Additional Notes
- Supported chipsets: NVIDIA 7900 or better; ATI X1800 or better. Please note that NVIDIA GeForce 9300, 8500, 8400, and 8300 are below minimum system requirements, as are AMD/ATI Radeon HD3200, HD3300, and HD4350. Updates to your video and sound card drivers may be required.
Smoother 1080p play
Recommended
- OS
- Win 7
- Processor
- 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo (equivalent AMD CPU)
- Memory
- 4 GB RAM
- Graphics
- AMD/ATI Radeon HD 4850 512 MB or greater / NVidia GeForce 9800 GT 512 MB or greater
- DirectX
- Version 9.0c
- Storage
- 15 GB available space
- Sound Card
- DirectX 9.0c compatible
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