Mass Effect is an action role-playing game developed by BioWare and originally released for the Xbox 360 in 2007. It is the first game in the Mass Effect series, and takes place within the Milky Way galaxy in the year 2183, where civilization is threatened by a highly advanced machine race known as the Reapers. The player assumes the role of Commander Shepard, an elite human soldier who must stop a rogue agent from carrying out the Reapers’ galactic invasion. Wikipedia
Research exclusive to this game
Dutton, Nathan, Mia Consalvo, and Todd Harper. “Digital pitchforks and virtual torches: Fan responses to the Mass Effect news debacle.” Convergence 17, no. 3 (2011): 287-305.
Research that includes this game in its sample
Bosman, Frank G. “The incarnated gamer: The theophoric quality of games, gaming, and gamers.” In Boundaries of Self and Reality Online, pp. 187-203. Academic Press, 2017.
Ford, Dom. “The haunting of ancient societies in the mass effect trilogy and the legend of zelda: breath of the wild.” Game Studies 21, no. 4 (2021).
Roine, Hanna-Riikka. “How You Emerge from This Game Is Up to You: Agency, Positioning, and Narrativity in The Mass Effect Trilogy.” Narrative Theory, Literature, and New Media: Narrative Minds and Virtual Worlds (2015): 67-86.
Taylor-Giles, Leanne. “Player-centred design in role-playing game branching dialogue systems.” Game User Experience And Player-Centered Design (2020): 295-325.
Zakowski, Samuel. “Time and temporality in the Mass Effect series: A narratological approach.” Games and Culture 9, no. 1 (2014): 58-79.
Other games in the franchise
Mass Effect (6)
Mass Effect 2 (8)
Mass Effect 3 (8)