Now they are true characters with individual personalities that I could relate to in ways I couldn’t in previous BioWare titles. No longer are they digital mannequins that spout compelling and/or humorous dialogue. Chakwas sparkle with this newfound humanity. All the familiar characters, from old teammates like Tali and Garrus to background characters like Joker and Dr. That is, by far, Mass Effect 3’s greatest accomplishment. And it’s not just when you talk to them, but it’s also expressed in the way they interact with each other. The fear, sadness, and despair these characters are feeling as their homeworlds burn and their families remain lost is palpable, and when they do get to experience brief moments of joy, it’s made all the more sweet. I’m routinely entertained by the dialogue and character interaction in BioWare games, but Mass Effect 3 is the first time I’ve ever been moved by the dialogue and character interactions in a BioWare game. Thanks to BioWare’s amazing ability to breath life into these characters in a way they haven’t quite done before, Mass Effect 3 is far and away the most emotional game of, not only the Mass Effect series, but every console RPG BioWare has put out in the last ten years or so.
So how do the denizens of the galaxy handle such news? Well, at least as far as Shepard and her cronies are concerned, they finally live, not only as in-universe characters, but as out-of-universe avatars whose job it is to guide the player through a series of feelings and emotions as they play.
Earth finds itself square in the crosshairs of an extra-galactic invasion force that fields sentient living starships that are not only far faster, but can also outgun anything humanity, or any other race in the galaxy, possesses Oh, and they can also land, walk around on their nightmarish Cthulu fingers and laze the ever-loving **** out of everything with impunity. The Reapers, the enemy Commander Shepard has done everything he can to warn the galaxy about and/or stop outright, have arrived in the Milky Way galaxy in force and they’ve got a score to settle with humanity. That scenario is exactly what the characters that populate the Mass Effect universe have to deal with in Mass Effect 3. No doubt many of us would simply curl up in ball and wait to die. How would you handle it if you found out the world was ending? How would you react if a hostile military force arrived in your city intent of its destruction and your potential enslavement? Many of us, me included, probably wouldn’t be able to handle it.
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