to get their attention! Mass Effect is an action role-playing game developed by BioWare for the Xbox 360 and then ported to Microsoft Windows by Demiurge Studios. The game takes place in the year 2183, with the player assuming the role of an elite human soldier named Commander Shepard, sent out to explore the galaxy on a starship, the SSV Normandy. This article uses material from the Wikipedia article "Mass Effect" and is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License.