'Effect'ive conclusion

Many things have been promised about it. Many things have been expected from it. It had to live up to being the sequel to one of the best games ever made.
“Mass Effect 3” lives up to all of this.

Its story sees the conclusion of nearly every single plotline the “Mass Effect” series has been building up to, with Earth under attack and the gamer trying to unite the galaxy against the threat.

It introduces the most morally gray decisions of the series, often making for great tension.

Seeing all these events that were foretold in earlier games is great, and they all fit together into the best overall story of the whole series. Overall, the quality makes up for an ambiguous, endlessly debatable ending.

For a series that is so strictly single-player, the new addition of multiplayer is great. It’s the most fun I’ve had playing a four-player co-op shooter since “Left 4 Dead” — not to mention the most exciting fights and set pieces of the whole series.