Mass Effect Legendary Edition: How To Set Up Biotic Combos

Commander Shepard has many powerful abilities for disposing of their enemies in Mass Effect Legendary Edition, and these can be amplified via techniques called Biotic Combos. We take a look at what biotic combos are, how to set them up and the different uses they have in Mass Effect 2 and 3. What Is A […]

The Existential Horror Of Mass Effect’s Husks

Zombies are pretty goddamn scary. They’re a quintessential horror villain, one of the most frightening and most intimate forces of evil in the hallowed genre. Ghosts might haunt you, murderers might stalk you, terrifying sea monsters might pull you down in the deep, but zombies? They are you, and there’s nothing quite so horrifying as that. […]

Mass Effect: 7 Questions We Have About Krogans

The Mass Effect Legendary Edition is out and fans both old and new are exploring the galaxy as Shepard with their crew members. Of the many aliens in the franchise, the Krogan have one of the most tragic and interesting histories. Unlike humans in Mass Effect, they are a race that did not build up […]

Mass Effect Has Me Feeling Guilty About Virtual Love Triangles

Commander Shepard is such a slut. Not intentionally so, but my version of the galactic saviour accidentally found herself in an awkward love triangle amidst the Normandy when she should have been focused on putting a stop to Saren’s evil plans. But there’s always time to relax between stopping evil hypnotic bugs on Feros and […]

Mass Effect Legendary Edition: How To Unlock Specializations

At the beginning of Mass Effect, one of the decisions you will have to make during character creation is which class you want your Commander Shepard to be. This decision later affects which specializations you can unlock also, as each class can lead to one of two specializations. Unlocking a specialization for Shepard will replace your […]

Mass Effect Still Has The Best Opening In BioWare History

I underestimated my nostalgia for Mass Effect as I booted up the first game yesterday. Despite simply sporting a new coat of paint and several mechanical improvements in the Legendary Edition, Commander Shepard’s debut adventure somehow still carries the same weight and circumstance it did all those years ago. Upon creating my galactic hero, I’m […]

PSA: You Need To Play The Mass Effect Games In Order

I envy everybody that is about to play the Mass Effect trilogy for the first time with the Legendary Edition. If I could wipe one series from my mind and play it over again fresh, it would be Mass Effect. However, I’m kind of glad that technology doesn’t exist, because then I wouldn’t know the […]

Too Many Of Mass Effect’s Renegade Choices Just Don’t Make Sense

I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve played through the Mass Effect trilogy. It’s my absolute favorite series, and I’ve developed a bit of a yearly ritual where I replay the trilogy over the summer. I usually make the same few choices, drop Ashley, save Wrex, romance Garrus or Thane, opt for Synthesis – […]