You might experience the temptation, like I have, to backtrack and change a choice to see the differing outcome, like putting Jack and her students on the frontline. I chose a support role for them, but wonder if choosing frontline duty would put Jack back on the Normandy. We’ll see.
Otherwise, it’s rolling on nicely, though the beginning stages of the game are more cut scene than anything else – only after about 45 minutes of game play does the full RPG experience kick in.
Note of caution: if you import a saved character, you can’t choose gameplay mode – you get Role Playing Game mode (RPG) by default.
…And a Half!
Big news! You can play a Mass Effect prequel on iOS! Can I get a ‘wuhoo’!
It’s called Mass Effect Infiltrator, and you play Randall Enzo, a Cerberus operative (Cerberus is dubious organisation that is working against the good guys in the main game) with a conscience who is now fighting for the Alliance (supposed good guys) and intent on taking down Cerberus. You are trying to recover important alien-related data from a research facility and pass it on to the Alliance.
It hasn’t been widely publicised but it does exist, I promise, and it’s pretty cool. With similar controls as Dead Space and Shadowgun, you can shoot from cover, vault, switch weapons and use biotic skills pretty seamlessly.
This story occurs simultaneously with the Mass Effect 3 storyline, and the outcome apparently contributes to the console game’s storyline! Pretty sweet. Just make sure you have an EA account so the game outcomes can be synced.
This game does great in continuing to show how iOS and other portable devices can provide a great gaming experience with near console level graphics and gameplay.
Get it, and keep fighting to save the universe! Without the universe we can’t enjoy chocolate…and I love chocolate.
