Q 01/05

In Mass Effect, which rare substance lets starships and biotics raise or lower the mass of objects?

A) Helium-3

B) Omni-gel

C) Element zero

D) Medi-gel

Answer · why

C) Element zero

Element zero, nicknamed 'eezo', raises the mass of whatever sits in its field under a positive current and lowers it under a negative one, which is ho...

Q 02/05

The first Mass Effect (2007) launched exclusively on which console?

A) PlayStation 3

B) Wii

C) Xbox 360

D) Xbox

Answer · why

C) Xbox 360

Xbox 360 had it alone at launch because Microsoft published the game; a Windows version followed in 2008, and PlayStation 3 owners had to wait until 2...

Q 03/05

What default first name does the female Commander Shepard carry in the Mass Effect trilogy?

A) Joan

B) Jane

C) Jill

D) June

Answer · why

B) Jane

Jane is the preset, though no character ever says it: the surname was fixed so that voiced dialogue could address a hero whose first name the player p...

Q 04/05

Mass Effect's Commander Shepard is named after Alan Shepard, the first American to do what?

A) Orbit the Earth

B) Walk on the Moon

C) Walk in space

D) Travel into space

Answer · why

D) Travel into space

Travel into space, in 1961: the writers wanted a common, all-American surname, looked through the original seven astronauts and felt the first one up ...

Q 05/05

Which two actors voice the male and female versions of Shepard?

A) Nolan North and Laura Bailey

B) Steve Blum and Tara Strong

C) Troy Baker and Ashly Burch

D) Mark Meer and Jennifer Hale

Answer · why

D) Mark Meer and Jennifer Hale

Mark Meer and Jennifer Hale voice the two versions; Meer, a regular in the studio's bit parts, expected to play random aliens and assumed the lead wou...