Play Time: This game will take between 75 hours and 100 hours to complete. It can take up to 100 hours to beat the game, and that will only be one particular ending.

This is a single-player game.

Mass Effect usually costs £14.99 to £59.99. 

Mass Effect

Mass Effect (2007)

Mass Effect 2 (2010)

Mass Effect 3 (2012)

Mass Effect Legendary Edition

Mass Effect: Andromeda

Mass Effect: Andromeda Deluxe Upgrade

Mass Effect: Andromeda: Deluxe Recruit Edition

Mass Effect: Andromeda: Standard Recruit Edition

Mass Effect 2

Mass Effect 3

Mass Effect Andromeda

There are the following additional costs associated with this game:

• In-Game Purchases: Additional in-game purchases are offered for items that enhance the experience.

 
The games offer in-game purchases but the bundles and subscriptions of the original trilogy usually include the key elements for free. 
 
It's important to set up your accounts and devices appropriately. More information is on our Financial Resources page.
 

Our Mass Effect Accessibility Report documents 26 accessibility features:
Mass Effect Legendary Edition (a remaster of all 3 main games, released 2021) has more accessibility features and we have used that version of the game to highlight here.

There are five difficulty levels to pick from in each game in the Legendary Edition: Casual, Normal, Veteran, Hardcore and Insanity for Mass Effect 1&2, while Mass Effect 3 has Narrative, Casual, Normal, Hardcore and Insanity. Each difficulty ramps up the difficulty of the combat sections, with enemies getting more health, more defence and stronger attacks. While most trophies can be obtained on any difficulty, there is one which requires you to be in the hardest difficulty. In Mass Effect 2 and 3, you can swap sticks on a controller.

When you start, you are prompted as to whether you want subtitles, what difficulty you want to play on and whether you want autosave. To adjust the size of the subtitles, which are high contrast, and further customise your experience, you need to wait and select the options in the menu.

While all of the in-game dialogue is voice-acted, there is an opening paragraph of context for the story in large and clear white text on a black background that is not. Thanks to the subtitles, the game is more accessible to deaf and hard of hearing players.

When you level up, you can choose whether to manually select the boosts you receive, which can be complicated but provides a more unique experience, or do it automatically.

The crosshair can blend into the background, which can occasionally make it hard to see, and can be especially difficult for colourblind people. Additionally, there are some sections in the Hacking mini-games where to need to observe colour-based patterns.

We have documented the following aspects of the game in terms of inclusion and representation. Let us know if we missed something.