Mass Effect iPhone becomes Mass Effect 'Galaxy,' ties in to Mass Effect 2
by Ben Gilbert 
{ May 31st 2009 at 5:30PM } 
Citing the "limitations" of Apple's handheld, Mass Effect Galaxy is comprised of "a very defined beginning, a middle with three branches, and an end sequence that takes the player to the final showdown with the game's antagonist." BioWare is staying mum on more info to do with the game but hopefully we'll see more on the game this week at E3.
Gallery: Mass Effect Galaxy (iPhone)
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
dark_inchworm (on Steam!) dark inchworm (on XBL!) @ May 31st 2009 5:18PM
Is it sad that the first thing I thought was, "Those boobs seem kinda big for that frame"?
tmacairjordan87 @ May 31st 2009 5:40PM
My first thought, actually a two parter, was
Why is this animated, and why is it on the iphone and not the psp where they could at least kind of make it like a weaker 360 version?
smcn @ May 31st 2009 5:55PM
Well if it's Kahlee Sanders then she probably has implants. The second book kinda made me think of her as a slut.
J-Link @ May 31st 2009 6:02PM
Nah, it would've been sad if you thought those boobs weren't big enough for that frame.
Cesaria (seh-sare-ee-ah) @ May 31st 2009 6:20PM
It's on the iphone because they want people to buy it, not pirate it.
Linkario @ May 31st 2009 7:04PM
Because people don't pirate stuff for the iphone? Unless of course you mean that the content on the iphone sucks so bad that it isn't worth pirating. That is the way I'd sum up my ipod touch software. My touch is officially used for music only.
Papa Midnight @ May 31st 2009 7:10PM
@cesaria: Yeah, because who pirates games for the iPhone? That's just crazy...
Cammy @ May 31st 2009 7:21PM
I clicked on this article with the sole intention of writing 'nice rack'
Cesaria (seh-sare-ee-ah) @ May 31st 2009 8:07PM
It's a well known fact that there is rampant piracy on the PSP. I wasn't slighting the system. I'm well aware that there's piracy on iPhone, it just isn't as publicized as much as the PSPs.
kal326 @ Jun 1st 2009 1:40PM
Maybe its the 6 million dollar woman and those are the battery packs.
sony boy @ May 31st 2009 5:50PM
they should have made it on the psp. Psp has more hardcore owners.
THE WICKER MAN (BWF) (GT: Dalek Prime) @ May 31st 2009 6:42PM
Now why would you suggest that, SONY boy? :P
Papa Midnight @ May 31st 2009 7:09PM
PSP owners? More hardcore than Apple owners who willingly pay for higher priced materials? Never.
(Here come the down votes for knocking Apple products, but lets face it, when a company prices a Mobile Intel Core 2 Quad @ 1.83GHz for $1153.70 when you can get one retail for $360.57 @ 2.00GHz...)
NaeemTHM @ Jun 1st 2009 12:29AM
Then...shouldn't they have made it for the DS since it has twice as many "hardcore" owners?
Get off Sony's dick, it's not like they pay you to suck it.
Whittico @ May 31st 2009 5:58PM
Not being on the PSP probably has something to do with Mass Effect being a pseudo-Microsoft exclusive (pseudo thanks to this game). And yeeeeeah... those boobs are "kinda" massive. Didn't know they could fit in that suit, much less exist in the ME universe... or any universe... I want to go to there...
The Baron @ May 31st 2009 6:00PM
This strikes me more as a sort of paid teaser for ME2 - obviously one that's probably worth it, content and length-wise.
But they'll want to be using it to make more people buy the main ME2 release, as such it's cheap on a very large platform.
I Like Corn @ May 31st 2009 6:04PM
More like "They should have made it an XBLA title", or really put it on anything that doesn't force you to buy into a cell phone plan to own the platform. I don't want the iPhone. I love Mass Effect, I've read the books, and I don't like that I'll be cut off from part of the story of the universe because I don't want AT&T's phone plan or Apple's expensive(and admittedly impressive) piece of hardware.
Whittico @ May 31st 2009 6:09PM
Maybe (if we're really, really ridiculously lucky) BioWare might put this as some kind of an extra on a special edition or possibly even the regular version of ME2? Who knows, it's a possibility they should tease around with if they don't at least make it an XBLA title.
Inferno313 @ May 31st 2009 6:11PM
You are aware that all iPhone apps and games can be used on an iPod Touch?
Ignatius @ May 31st 2009 6:41PM
Why would you buy an mp3 player to play a game that should be on XBLA?
That's like a publisher making a series of paperback books, then releasing one that ties into the sequel book, but you need a $300 e-reader to read it. Just plain stupid.
The Baron @ May 31st 2009 8:47PM
Or like having to buy a new console to play the 4th game in a japanese stealth action series, or the 3rd game in a sci-fi shooter series set on, but not limited to, a ring-shaped planet.
The Dark Wayne @ May 31st 2009 10:22PM
no baron it's not like that at all, because the PS3 and 360 were just new iterations and from the same company that made the original. It might have been witty but it didnt really fit at all.
The Baron @ Jun 1st 2009 8:57AM
Fine then, like having to buy a TV to watch the animated series of your favourite comic?
nutman @ May 31st 2009 6:33PM
Mass Effect Saturday morning cartoon confirmed?
By the looks of that artwork I'd say yes.
finnith @ May 31st 2009 11:02PM
Yea cause all the illegal medical experiments, random killing, and blue lesbian space aliens are what the kids are really into these days.
O wait.
nutman @ May 31st 2009 11:12PM
wut is a joke
o wait wut
I Like Corn @ May 31st 2009 6:33PM
While I wasn't aware that the iPhone apps could be used on an iPod Touch, it doesn't much matter. My media is on a Zune. I certainly don't *hate* the iPod, the Zune is just an overall better fit for me, and I just don't see the point in owning two such devices.
The Alex @ May 31st 2009 6:49PM
Thanks a lot, Bioware: for making a game I want on a platform I have no way of ever owning. The mobile providers in my area don't offer the iPhone. Wait to limit your audience with a title that would sell well on a real gaming platform like the DS.
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As for the boobs, the bigger the better... in every case! Who cares if they are seemingly bigger than realistic... it's a goddamn video game girl... it's not supposed to be real (even though I have seen a number of small figured girls with very large and very real boobs... so this isn't THAT unrealistic)
tmacairjordan87 @ May 31st 2009 6:58PM
"a title that would sell well on a real gaming platform like the DS"
Chinatown wars is rolling over in its grave at that comment.
J-Link @ May 31st 2009 7:28PM
China Town wars didnt sell as well as they expected, but I think it's doin alright. As for a Mass Effect on the DS, well its an RPG and they usually do well on the DS, and Bioware already made that Sonic RPG for DS, so I think it could do alright.
THE WICKER MAN (BWF) (GT: Dalek Prime) @ May 31st 2009 8:00PM
For shits sakes. THE APPS WORK ON AN IPOD TOUCH! Every time there is an app this site covers at least on person complains about only being able to play it on an iphone. It looks like apple is doing a shitty job explaining this.
Cesaria (seh-sare-ee-ah) @ May 31st 2009 8:05PM
My theory on Chinatown Wars not selling well is GTA fatigue.
The Alex @ May 31st 2009 7:02PM
I see your point, But if it's gotta be on a portable device, do you think a game like this will do better on the iPhone as opposed to the DS (or even the PSP for that matter).
My point really was more that the iPhone is a "limited" device, in that not everyone with money can purchase and use one, whereas a DS is accessable to more people.
Lilpunkduck @ May 31st 2009 7:31PM
Right, firstly psp is a bit nonsensical. How many xbox owners have and regularly use a psp. secondly ME2 isnt planned for ps3 to my knowlage so why release it on its sister unit? thirdly: if it was on psp people will expect full 3d and a mini version of ME where bugits and production times jump up which they dont want when making another entirely new mass effect game. Fourthly this game i would expect to be on for no more than £6 which is alot less than the £30 or more youd pay for a ds or psp title. I think they chose the ipod because its not in the whole console debate. people arguing why should I buy an Ipod for this. Simple. you shouldnt you should buy it cause of its features and games. if they made a psp or ds version then people would just say why should I buy that for the one game where as ipods are owned on mass and you wont not-buy it because you have a DS/psp.
Now why they didnt make an XBLA game, that is beyond me. expanding horizons? people enjoy shorter games on a ipod than sat on the sofa? either way im buying. I like ipod games to break up my commute to work.
Rob Accomando @ May 31st 2009 7:31PM
someone admitted the iPhone has limitations? lol
The Dark Wayne @ May 31st 2009 8:07PM
feck, guess I gotta by an iphone. Yeah i know it works on the touch but i dont have one of those either. Guess all we can do is hope it comes to XBLA or is like a super collectors edition : (
Rob Accomando @ May 31st 2009 10:14PM
You don't have "Touch"? /confused
F1: Basu Gasu Bakuhatsu @ May 31st 2009 8:30PM
The 3 options:
Blow up aliens.
Blow up humans.
Bang the boob chick.
So either way your blowin' somethin'.
Soviet Song @ May 31st 2009 8:44PM
Actually the last choice would be blowing you...Ba dum Pish..
The Alex @ May 31st 2009 9:03PM
@ The Wicker Man
I don't think you quite understand the story or my post, so allow me to try and explain. This story is about a new "video game", Mass Effect, appearing on the iPhone; it's not an application, it's a game. My (valid) complaint is that I will be unable to play said game as a result of the game being limited to just the iPhone (because I don't own one, and can't own one in my area of residence as a result of local mobile providers). I said that it should be released on a more dedicated gaming platform such as the DS (which is far more accessable, audience-wise). I have no problem with it being on the iPhone, but as I said, it shouldn't be limited to this.
Hope you better understand now.
johnny @ May 31st 2009 11:25PM
what about ipod touch? you dont need a monthly bill to be able to play this game. geez, dont people use their brains anymore.
The Alex @ May 31st 2009 11:37PM
Pretty sure the article said it was only on the iPhone.
geez, don't people read anymore?
:)
Andrew's Screen @ Jun 1st 2009 12:17AM
I would assume the article is wrong then, since as far as I can tell there isn't a single application that you can't download to both an iphone or ipod touch. Now is it guaranteed to work? I can't say that, but I would assume that since probably 99 percent of the games work across both devices unless this one requires a data connection or access to your cell phone service it will.
Just my assumption. In the end, I want to play lots of games on PS3, I don't want to pay for one. Therefore I don't get to play. Same thing here.
Just a game people.
Tha0racle @ Jun 1st 2009 6:38AM
Heck I have some great games on my touch , seriously that damn thing is a good handheld system. I use it more then my PSP by far. Not more then my DSi but close.
Jasmino924 @ Jun 1st 2009 7:56AM
I need something to tide me over before Mass Effect 2 and so this should do the trick!
http://systemfailnews.blogspot.com
captainprotonx @ Jun 1st 2009 8:33AM
Big...ass...titties
The Dark Wayne @ Jun 1st 2009 9:25AM
her face reminds me of the sloth from Ice Age
captainprotonx @ Jun 1st 2009 10:11AM
Face?
Waneta @ Jun 1st 2009 1:18PM
To those complaining that this only works on an iPhone: this will also work an an iPod touch. Trust me, I have one and I have yet to encounter an app that won't work. The only real difference for apps is that if it requires an internet connection I need to find wi-fi.
If you want to play this game, you can get a refurbished 8GB ipod touch for $160 (1st gen) or $180 (2nd gen). Mine is a refurb and it came looking as good as new and I've never had a problem with it, and the warranty is the same as for a new one. http://store.apple.com/us/browse/home/specialdeals/ipod/ipod_touch?mco=MTE3NzE