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{{quote|''[[Rousing Speech|"Not just for our own sake but for the sake of every other species in Citadel Space, Saren must be stopped. And I promise you all: we WILL stop him."]]''|'''Shepard''' (paragon choice)}}
 
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The plot revolves around one Commander Shepard, a human military officer who becomes the first human Spectre, a member of [[Space Police|an elite interplanetary peacekeeping force]]. S/he is tasked with tracking down a rogue Spectre, Saren, who has apparently allied himself with the geth, a race of [[Mecha Mooks|murderous robots]]. As the storyline progresses, Shepard explores a variety of worlds, encounters a wide range of sapient species, and uncovers an ancient plot involving the [[Doomy Dooms of Doom|coming doom]] of every sapient organic being in the entire galaxy.
 
There are a handful plot-revelant missions and if you focus exclusively on those the game would be in the realm of 9-109–10 hours, but being an RPG there is an entire galaxy for you to explore as you engage in side-missions, expanding the game to upwards of 25 hours or more. The game lacks a a traditional good/evil [[Karma Meter]], and instead gives you options on how to preceed with each encounter based on the [[Sliding Scale of Idealism Versus Cynicism]]; you are a hero either way, but your heroism can range from [[Knight in Shining Armor]] to [[Anti-Hero]]. You can choose whether to recruit all of the characters optioned to be part of your crew or ignore them and do it all yourself. You even have the option of different characters to [[Romance Sidequest|pursue a romantic relationship with if you so desire]] (including a possible [[Love Triangle]]).
 
The weapons within the game do not have ammunition, instead replacing it with an "overheat" meter that limits how long you can fire your weapon before you need to pause for a cooldown, but there are modifications available within the game that [[More Dakka|allow for non-stop firing]]. You are also able to customize the equipment of yourself and your squad, including which specific weapons you take into battle, the armor you wear and various perks and enhancements.
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The game was wildly praised for its story, [[World Building]] and interactivity, but received a cooler reception on its gameplay. Generally it is regarding a menu system that overcomplicates the RPG elements and some shakey Third-Person-Shooter gameplay (neither of which are broken, just unrefined). Of note is that the game was designed to work with ''[[Mass Effect 2]]'' in that [[Old Save Bonus|your choices]] transfer over to the new story in a suprisingly in-depth way.
 
Jack Thompson [[Even Evil Has Standards|thought the controversy over this game was overblown]]. [[Ambulance Chaser|That's already saying]] [[Moral Guardians|quite a bit]]. <ref>There is a sex scene between Shepard and a romantic option late in the game, which was drummed up as meaning this was a sex emulator. CNN talked to an author of a book on media influence, Cooper Lawrence, who proceeded to pick apart the moral values of the game despite admitting she had never played it and did not understand the game at all. In contrast a game reviewer was also interviewed and explained in detail what the game was about and that it was just a cutscene and did not actually "emulate" a sexual encounter (ie give you options on what to do ''during'' the act). The scene in question had some vague nudity but nothing explicit, and would very well fit into a PG-13 (or equivalent) movie, the game itself is rated M. The backlash against Cooper Lawrence was immense, with people spamming reviews of her book on Amazon.</ref>.
 
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=== ''Mass Effect'' contains the following tropes: ===
* [[Abandoned Mine]]: Many, many side-missions in take place in these- from recovering missing Alliance intelligence to killing husks of a mining team that [[Dug Too Deep]].
* [[Above the Ruins]]: On Eden Prime, walk past the beacon to the railing behind it to trigger this cutscene with Ashley and Kaidan.
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* [[Hiroshima As a Unit of Measure]]:
** The gravity, volume, rotation times etc. of planets are measured in comparisons to earth instead of newtons etc.
** One of the side-quests has Admiral Hackett asking you to diffuse a nuclear weapon that he explains has the same power as the bomb dropped on Hiroshima. Oddly enough, the game averts this trope when discussing the improvised nuclear weapon on Virmire, which dialogue indicates also has the same explosive power as the Hiroshima bomb -- althoughbomb—although this is probably due to Kirrahe being a salarian, and therefore unlikely to make this reference.
* [[Hitchhiker Heroes]]: Apart from Kaidan, who is actually part of your squad at the beginning of the game, and Liara, who you are specifically sent out to pick up, every squadmate joins of their own free will, or because Anderson thought they might be useful.
* [[Hundred-Percent Completion]]: The main storyline will probably only take about 10 hours to complete, but there are dozens of sidequests as well, and there is an achievement for players who complete 75% of the game.
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* [[Psychic Nosebleed]]: In a conversation with Kaidan, he'll mention that one of his colleagues at Jump Zero "reached for a glass of water instead of pulling it biotically. She just wanted a drink without getting a nosebleed, you know?"
* [[Purposefully Overpowered]]: Master Spectre weapons and Colossus armor. They are for Insanity.
* [[Rainbow Pimp Gear]]: Ever wanted to [[Real Men Wear Pink|get in touch with your feminine side?]] Equip Phoenix armor and you too can slay demons while looking like Combat Action Barbie/Ken. Devlon armor in any variant tends to be very brightly colored, owing to its anti-environmental-hazard status, and Colossus, particularly on a female Shepard, is just... amusing. The "hidden" armors in the PC version take it [[Up to Eleven]], complete with [[Power Crystal|Power Crystals]]s and even more outrageous color schemes.
* [[Ramming Always Works]]: {{spoiler|A Turian commander places his ship directly between Sovereign and the closing arms of the Citadel [[Go Through Me|to stop the attack]]. Sovereign simply plows through him without even slowing down}}. Shortly thereafter, {{spoiler|[[Meaningful Background Event|an Alliance dreadnought returns the favor and rams Sovereign]] ... ''very slowly''}}.
* [[Read the Freaking Manual]]: A possible quip made by Ashley or Kaidan when Liara expresses confusion at the function of various computers in the Noveria labs.
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* [[Squad Controls]]: The [[Ring Menu]] allows you to order your teammates to hold back, follow on you, or press forward.
* [[Squishy Wizard]]: The Adept (Full biotic) characters gets limited-to-no weapon training, forcing them to rely on Soldier and Engineer characters to kill the enemies once their biotics have disabled them.
* [[Stock Puzzle|Stock Puzzles]]s / [[Stock Video Game Puzzle|Stock Video Game Puzzles]]s: [[Towers of Hanoi]] on Noveria, [[Three Plus Five Make Four]] on Feros.
* [[Stupid Sacrifice]]: {{spoiler|Fai Dan}}. Regardless of your gameplay choices he choses to die rather than attack you, even though one of the options given to to your character is to non-violently incapacitate him until he can be cured.
* [[Suspiciously Similar Song]]: The song [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsnbAl2nvh4 Final Assault] is almost the EXACT same as the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zm4E4umP9Qc 1984 Dune theme] from 1:50 in. The music where yo go to save Tali on the Citadel is also similar to the Blade Runner theme.
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[[Category:Third -Person Shooter]]
[[Category:Western RPG]]
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