It also originated the dialogue wheel, a mechanic similar to dialogue trees enabling players to dynamically steer conversations by selecting from a number of preset choices the feature has seen widespread use in other role-playing video games. The series has generated attention and discussion about its representation of same-sex relationships and sexual minorities. Praise was directed at the game's visuals and combat, but criticized its technical issues and plot. Mass Effect: Andromeda received mixed reviews. The ending of Mass Effect 3 drew widespread criticism for being an unsatisfying conclusion to the trilogy, prompting Electronic Arts to release an expanded cut with additional cutscenes. Critics praised the game's narrative, characters, voice acting, world building, and emphasis on player choice. The original trilogy was met with commercial success as well as universal acclaim.
A fourth game, Mass Effect: Andromeda (2017), featured a new setting and cast of characters, with a fifth in active development.
The original trilogy's final instalment, Mass Effect 3 (2012), depicts a war between the Reapers and the rest of the galaxy. Mass Effect 2 (2010) begins two years later and sees Shepard's forces battling the Collectors, an alien race abducting human colonies to facilitate the Reapers' return. The inaugural video game in the series, Mass Effect (2007), follows Shepard's investigation of Saren Arterius, one of the Reapers' agents. The first three games form a trilogy in which the player character, Commander Shepard, attempts to save the galaxy from a race of ancient, hibernating machines known as the Reapers. Each installment is a third-person shooter with role-playing elements. The franchise originated in a series of video games developed by BioWare and published by Electronic Arts. The franchise depicts an alternate universe where humanity and several alien civilizations have colonized the Milky Way galaxy using technology seemingly left behind by an advanced precursor civilization.
Mass Effect is a science fiction media franchise created by Casey Hudson, Drew Karpyshyn and Preston Watamaniuk.
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