| Mass Effect | 
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| From: Electronic Arts
Category: Video Games
List Price: $29.99
Buy New: $26.48
You Save: $3.51 (12%)
New (26) Used (7) from $23.97
Avg. Customer Rating:  193 reviews
Sales Rank: 1176
Format: Dvd-rom
Platforms: Windows Vista, Windows Xp
ESRB: Mature
Media: Video Game
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Age: 17 - 20 years
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 0.1 x 0.1 x 0
MPN: 19081
Model: 19081
UPC: 014633190816
EAN: 0014633190816
ASIN: B00140P9BA
Release Date: May 27, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 A great game ruined by DRM September 17, 2008
4 out of 6 found this review helpful
You are allowed to install this for 3 times??? That means that you dont own the copy but temporarily rent it!! after paying 50$!!
Then they complain about users tend to play with pirated copies..!! Bioware and EA should just examine the reasons why users prefer original Stardock games (Sins of a solar empire, Galciv series) over pirated copies.
 Not Touching This With A 10-Foot Pole September 16, 2008
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
Like many other I was looking forward to playing this game until Bioware sold out to EA and decided to wrap this thing in digital barbed wire. Congrats for losing another customer.
 Annoying September 15, 2008
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
Over the years, I've learned to put up with various glitches and crashes, but once an hour or less? With the most recent patch? Yes, the patch helped, at least it's not crashing every five minutes, but it still crashing.
I am enjoying the art, however. The space station is wonderful (even if it's specified 0.3 g doesn't function and really doesn't make sense). Some of the aliens are well done, though the more humanoid ones still seem awfully Star-Trekky.
The main quest seems a little short to me. In fact, I stumbled upon the lead up to the climax accidentally (long before I'd completed most of the side quests) and had to backtrack. I was expecting several more main quest mission before getting pulled into the finale.
I've had no problem with DRM, since I've loaded it only once, on one machine.
The manual overrides are a pain in the ***. I end up converting much of my stock to the omni-gel just so I can open containers.
Control of the Mako is also difficult, but after a while, I got used to it. It will climb just about everything and I'm grateful the NPCs aren't making comments on my driving!
Combat is straightforward. I'm glad the shotgun is as effective as it is.
The manual and tutorial are generally worthless. Very often I found myself in situations in which I had no idea what I needed to do, particularly with problem solving puzzles. There's no explanation or directions.
Overall, if this wasn't so buggy, I'd rate this a 5, but as it stands I just can't do that. At least, I'm getting some housework done when the game crashes, locks up my computer and I have to reboot.
WARNING DRM Software September 15, 2008
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
I can't believe anyone is buying a game they can only install 3 times. Hope you guys are ready for a lot of frustration when u reach the limit
Crashes a lot, and DRM annoying September 15, 2008
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
I've been through the game multiple times. The main thing I don't like about it, is that it crashes a lot. And if you've been using your computer for a while, and just decide to open mass effect, the DRM usually won't let you. I usually have to re-boot my computer to get it to work (As annoying as a version of Softimage I have). I would try to remove some of the TSRs that my Canon software put in the memory, but doing so would make the Mass Effect DRM not allow running of the game. So anytime you try to optimize the play, even based on suggestings in the readme/manual to get better gameplay, won't work. I personally would prefer if they had done a floating license, if they're going to go DRM crazy. That's basically how an MMORPG works (you can install the game anywhere but are limited by your login). But this limited installation thing I'm not thrilled with, especially when it appears the software is monitoring what you're doing on your computer, even when the game is not running (therefore I'm very hesitant install it on my newest computer).
From a game politics perspective, I also find it interesting that Sony, which doesn't really produce game content for PCs is behind a DRM scheme that is pitting PC owners against the publishers. Could it be they're making the PC crowd unhappy in the hopes that people will opt for console gameplay instead, and being paid to do it to boot? A playstation disc can be used on any playstation; but they want to make a PC disc only work on basically one PC and no more, hmmm. Something is not right here. Can you image what would happen to the Xbox, wii or playstation if publishers implimented schemes that would only allow you to use your console game on 3-5 consoles, and then no more. There would be the game equivalent of world war 3.
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