Videogame review: Mass Effect 3

Mass Effect 3 is an action role-playing video game, which was developed by BioWare for Microsoft Windows Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Wii U. It was officially released on March 6, 2012 by Electronic Arts for the aforementioned digital platforms. This game is a third-person shooter and tells the story of some attacks suffered by the planet earth by The Reapers, where the main objective of these is to kill any life found on our planet, starting with the Batarians and humanity. One of the main characters of the game is Commander Shepard, who happens to be a heroic member of the human species in whose hands lies the fate of the entire known universe. This game is quite interesting because beyond the action always takes an important role what is the strategies and decision making by the players, because depending on it will cause an impact on the story of the game and the direction it takes, because between the decisions are as successful as possible, we will advance faster in the game and thus achieve the main objective of the same.

BioWare is a Canadian company founded in 1995 dedicated to the development of video games. It is famous for having developed very successful western role-playing games for PC such as the Neverwinter Nights, Baldur's Gate, Dragon Age, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic and Mass Effect sagas. The company was founded by Casey Hudson, David Gaider, Ray Muzyka and Greg Zeschuk. Bioware is currently divided into six sub-branches: BioWare Edmonton, BioWare Austin, BioWare Mythic, BioWare Montreal, BioWare Ireland and BioWare San Francisco, known as the BioWare group.

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The first thing the player must do is to select the character to use, as well as build his squad and equip them with the necessary weapons. Then the player must select the experience he wants to live, either the role-playing mode or the story mode. Already in the experience that we select the player must fulfill a number of missions that can be both individual or cooperative mode, where this second we can play with friends or anyone in the world, through the use of multiplayer mode and online Internet connection, where the missions is to defend the galaxy and especially our planet earth of the imminent threat of enemies. In the cooperative mode the player will have the option to select from a variety of species, classes and weapons to face dangers of all kinds. But the most important of this is the result of the missions that not only affects the group part, but also the individual part. While the gameplay of the game is quite good, with many aspects quite entertaining, I think it lacks some variety in the game modes to be perfect, however what we have is impressive from my point of view.

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The combat system is quite good and it couldn't be any other way since the game developer focused on the cinematic part, where I'm quite pleased. This game focused on the gameplay, while maintaining the rich and complex story, decision making, and the large number of side quests. Among the characters in the game we have Commander Shepard, Liara T'Soni, Kaidan Alenko, Ashley Williams, Garrus Vakarian, Tali'Zorah vas Normandy, Lieutenant James Vega, SID, Javik, Jeff "Joker" Moreau, Admiral David Anderson, Admiral Steven Hackett, The Illusive Man, Kai Leng, Miranda Lawson, Mordin Solus, Jack, Aria T'Loak, Lieutenant Steve Cortez, Counselor Donnel Udina, Diana Allers, Jacob Taylor, Legion, Samara and Morinth.

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Graphically the game is quite good, where the same offers us some modeling of the characters that stand out among the three presentations of this saga, in addition to the artistic part that is not left aside. The scenarios where the action and adventure takes place, are well created by the developer, with many details and many things to say about this game. What is the animations and movement I can tell you that they comply correctly, from my point of view is not the best, but if I feel that this more than well, if you could say so. The visual effects during the shooting is the weakest part of the graphic section, but it does not mean that it is bad, but the other aspects are more outstanding. As for the fluidity of the game, it runs correctly, loads the textures quickly, as long as the minimum system requirements are met, but the more demanding the graphics are, the more resources are needed because otherwise the game can tend to flame, which is usually quite uncomfortable for players. In general I can tell you that the graphics are impressive, there are great improvements over the previous two presentations,

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As far as the sound is concerned, Mass Effect 3 did an excellent job, being the highlights are the sound effects both environmental and gunshots, explosions and very convincing ships. What are the voices of the dialogues are heard really well, plus it has a Spanish dubbing, which is quite good for us hablahispana. If the above was good, then what is the soundtrack left me speechless, the musical themes are superb, which highlights the incorporation of composer Clint Mansell along with others. In short, the soundtrack is fantastic, varied and very consistent with the situation we are going through in the plot of the game.

In conclusion, Mass Effect 3 is a game that gives us great entertainment, where we enjoy an adventure full of action and excitement in which every decision you make will have a strong impact on the world around you. The gameplay is pretty good and if you could change something would be to place more game modes, but overall what we have is pretty good. The technical part is quite good, both the graphics and the sounds. In short, we are in the presence of a game with a wonderful gameplay, a visual feast and a great story. For all of the above I give a 9.5 to the gameplay, a 9.7 to the graphics and a 9.8 to the sound.