Lieutenant Commander Shepard is the human protagonist of Mass Effect, Mass Effect 2 and Mass Effect 3, whose gender, appearance, skills and pre-service history are customizable and have an impact on the story. Shepard's first name is also customizable, but it is never mentioned in the game. The default prefabricated Shepard is a male soldier named John, with the Earthborn / Sole Survivor profile.
Shepard was born on April 11, 2154, graduated from the Systems Alliance N7 special forces program (service no. 5923-AC-2826), a veteran of Skyllian Blitz, and was initially assigned to SSV Normandy in 2183 as executive officer. Shepard later becomes the first human to join the Wraiths, an elite special force for the Citadel Council Mass Effect is an action role-playing video game in 3rd person1 2 science fiction for Xbox 360, Microsoft Windows and later PlayStation 3, developed by BioWare, the famous developer of role-playing games such as Jade Empire, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, Neverwinter Nights and the Baldur's Gate saga. The Xbox 360 edition was introduced globally in November 2007, published by Microsoft Game Studios. The edition for Microsoft Windows was presented on May 28, 2008 and was published by Electronic Arts. The edition for PlayStation 3 was presented on December 4, 2012 within the Mass Effect Trilogy compilation, whose conversion to the Sony console was carried out by the Edge of Reality company and was published by Electronic Arts.
The game is set in the year 2183, and moves the player to take the place of Commander Shepard, an elite soldier of the Systems Alliance fleet (an organization that brings together all the ancient nations of the Earth) in a plot which, little by little, will involve you in a plot of galactic dimensions. The order of the main missions can be altered by the player and thus change the order in which the events of the story are triggered.
Subsequently, two sequels of the game have been published until completing a trilogy: Mass Effect 2 in 2010 and Mass Effect 3 in 2012.
The Mass Effect game was named "Game of the Year 2007" by The New York Times3 and won first place in the list of best Xbox 360 games by IGN.4
