Mass Effect (2007)

★ 4.4 from 2,717 players Metacritic 89 About 9h to play #25 in RPG 88% finish it

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Overview

Mass Effect is a RPG title released in 2007, available on PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Xbox One. Across 2,717 player ratings it holds a 4.4/5 average. That puts it in the top 2% of every game in our catalog. Within RPG it ranks #25 of 1181 games by our quality score. Expect roughly 9 hours of play, a mid-length campaign (about 23% longer than the RPG average). On Metacritic it scores 89 — 13 points above the RPG average.

What players actually do with it

88%finish it▲ genre avg 52%

90%positive ratings2,717 votes

85playing now

284on wishlists

419gave upvs 2,981 beat it

Exceptional 56%Recommended 34%

Finish rate = players who marked it beaten ÷ (beaten + dropped) on RAWG. Wishlist and playing-now counts refresh with every sync.

Platforms & availability

Platform	Family	Release
PC	PC	Nov 2007
PlayStation 3	PlayStation	Nov 2007
Xbox 360	Xbox	Nov 2007
Xbox One	Xbox	Nov 2007

Can my PC run Mass Effect?

Minimum

Supported OS: Microsoft Windows® XP with SP2 or Windows Vista*
Processor: Intel P4 2.4 Ghz or faster / AMD 2.0 Ghz
Memory: 1.0 GB RAM or more (2.0 GB for Vista)
Graphics: DirectX 9.0c compatible, ATI X1300 XT or greater (ATI X1300, X1300 Pro, X1600 Pro, Radeon 2600 HD, and HD 2400 are below minimum system requirements); NVidia GeForce 6800 or greater (7300, 7600 GS, 8500 are below minimum system requirements)
Hard Drive: 12.0 GB or more free hard drive space
Sound: DirectX 9.0c compatible
DirectX®: 9.0c * WINDOWS VISTA OR WINDOWS 7 USERS: Launching “Mass Effect” from Steam requires the setting “Run as Administrator”. If the User Account Control feature of Windows Vista is enabled, launching “Mass Effect” from Steam will result in failure. For users with User Account Control enabled, launch Steam using the “Run as Administrator” option or launch from the windows shortcut.
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