Mass Effect 3 demo available to download

Single player and co-op missions in the demo provide a taste of the upcoming space RPG

Posted on Feb 14, 2012 - 2:15pm EST

BioWare, a label of Electronic Arts, has released the demo for Mass Effect 3 on XBL, PSN, and PC.

The Mass Effect 3 demo kicks off with the attack on Earth by an ancient alien race known as the Reapers. It also includes another single player mission from later in the game. Players will be able to choose the name, gender and appearance of their Commander Shepard.

Additionally, Mass Effect 3 allows players three different ways to experience the battle for Earth: “Action” allows players to focus mainly on combat, giving them the opportunity to pre-set the tone of decisions made during the interactive cinematic scenes; “Story” focuses more on the conversations and scales down the difficulty of the action; and “Role Playing” presents the classic Mass Effect experience which blends action with storytelling. All settings can be adjusted throughout the game, and all are available in the demo.

Mass Effect 3 will also support full voice recognition functionality on Kinect for Xbox 360 in the demo.

Also included in the demo is a sample of the new multiplayer mode in Mass Effect 3. Galaxy at War System will allow players to link progress made in multiplayer or other applications directly back to the player’s main campaign. The co-op portion of the demo will unlock on February 17, 2012. Gamers who have activated their Battlefield 3 online pass will be able to unlock the co-op portion of the demo beginning today.

Mass Effect 3 will be released on March 6, 2012 for Windows PC, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3.