Tue, Mar 06, 2012 | 17:54 GMT

First Mass Effect 3 reviews all praise for trilogy’s end

Hours after the midnight US launch, the Mass Effect 3 reviews have begun trickling in. At this early stage, Commander Shepard’s final adventure is pulling near perfect scores.

Bioware kept anticipation high through the evening of the US launch with several official parties and a Twitter-based AR game – as well as some spooky Reaper balloons.

The highly anticipated sequel arrives in Australia on March 8 and hits Europe on March 9, for PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. Spoilers are already spilling out of the US as gamers let their enthusiasm carry them away, so keep your eyes firmly closed for the next few days.

Grab your reviews below, and don’t forget to add your own links in the comments. We’ll be adding more scores periodically over the next few hours.

Eurogamer – 10/10
RPGSite – 95%
Vox Games – 10/10
PlayStation Lifestyle – 10/10
Eurogamer Germany – 10/10
GameInformer – 10/10
Planet Xbox 360 – 10/10
Atomic Gamer – 10/10
Eurogamer Italy – 10/10
OPM UK – 10/10
GameReactor – 10/10
OXM UK – 10/10
GameHunters – 4/4
The Guardian – 5/5
G4TV – 5/5
Gaming Trend – 99/100
Gamerzines – 98/100
Xbox 360 Achievements – 96/100
IGN – 9.5/10
Gaming XP – PC and PS3 – 95/100
Inside Gaming Daily – 9.5/10
OXM – 9.5/10
CVG – 9.4/10
PC Gamer – 93/100
Looki.de – 92/100
GamesRadar – 9/10
Gamespot – 9/10
Metro – 9/10
IncGamers – 9/10
EGM – 9/10
GameArena – 9/10
Gamestar – 90/100
Cheat Code Central – 4.6/5
Destructoid – 8.5/10
VideoGamer – 8/10
GiantBomb – 4/5
1UP – A
Kotaku – “Yes”
Rock Paper Shotgun – N/A
Gamespy – N/A, awaiting multiplayer review

Mass Effect 3′s launch trailer.

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#51

Da Man
06/03/12, 2:24 pm

Oi, no offense to Transformers fans.

I like them myself.

#52

Edo
06/03/12, 2:36 pm

Mass Effect 3 fail on PC,Bioware sux….oooops sorry,didn’t see loki already did it for me.

#53

Takeshi
06/03/12, 3:35 pm

http://www.gametrailers.com/video/review-mass-effect/727641

#54

LOLshock94
06/03/12, 3:39 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kq4NeqOXZGc
^ign 720p review looks amazing

#55

jrizz43
06/03/12, 4:26 pm

not trying to be a troll here but…am i the only one who HATES the mass effect series? just doesn’t appeal to me…

#56

Sini
06/03/12, 4:28 pm

no, most people with higher standards think it’s trash. We’re all playing xenoblade now. Still better than skyrim though, at least ME has some interesting characters compared to that failure.

#57

viralshag
06/03/12, 4:46 pm

@55, No, probably not. Maybe you’re the only person that feels the need to vent their hate. Healthy to do so, I guess.

Each to their own.

#58

fearmonkey
06/03/12, 4:58 pm

I checked out Metacritic before looking at this article, and noticed the 2.5 overall rating from users. Most of those reviews are spammed, like what gamers/geeks do on Amazon when they get mad.
Why all the rage against ME3? The first day DLC? Some of those reviews have fake spoilers, and are talking about events in the game they shouldn’t have even seen yet since the game just got released.

This is why I ignore the user ratings on metacritic, idiots use it for their vengengence. USer Ratings on gamefly are much better, I usually look at those before buying /renting a game that has been released for awhile.

#59

Cozzy
06/03/12, 5:25 pm

http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?q=not+bad&um=1&hl=en&sa=N&biw=1280&bih=709&tbm=isch&tbnid=081FMT_19hVeHM:&imgrefurl=http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/obama-rage-face-not-bad&docid=fYY4zJK9XyuJ3M&imgurl=http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lltzgnHi5F1qzib3wo1_400.jpg&w=288&h=288&ei=X0hWT6qICaLH0QWwnLTOCQ&zoom=1&iact=rc&dur=971&sig=118188919338529798576&page=1&tbnh=148&tbnw=147&start=0&ndsp=17&ved=1t:429,r:0,s:0&tx=94&ty=27

#60

sander_nl
07/03/12, 11:46 am

Gamer.nl – 9.5
http://www.gamer.nl/review/256467/mass-effect-3-1

#61

sander_nl
13/03/12, 4:20 pm

InsideGamer.nl – 9+
http://www.insidegamer.nl/recensies/95851/mass-effect-3-9

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