Mass effect

Mass effect

mass effect series are computer 3D TPS(thrid person shooter) video game developed in 2007(mass effect 1).  It is based on far future 2148 when human race found an alien artifact as they name them 'Prothean' on mars and with their advanced technology human were able to travel to space. Then scout found an FTL(faster then light) space high way during searching pluto's moon 'Charon' as it turns out to be prothean old mass relay. After years later human race found an alien council formed in Citadel which caused few conflicts. Story begins as a Lieutenant Commander Shepard who was traveling toward human colony Eden Prime with secret mission.

Citadel

Through out the game player can interact with several alien species to communicate and fight them as an enermy. It add special atmosphere to the game and make easiler for play to combine with this space opera. During missions player can chose a way of converstation with choosable context which can lead to aggression or peaceful way to sort the problem in the game. The game have two different stage in between mission Adventure and combat. In adventure stage character is going around inside of citdel or ship to found out more informations about mission or improve relationship with people. In action stage it is a typical third person shooter but player can cover him behind the wall or an object to avoid projectiles.

Stanford Torus design

Most of adventure stage is based on Citadel where player spend most of time to interact with alien species. What i like about this space is that first of all scale of buildings on a sphere ground. Citadel is inspired by NASA's 1975 design of space settlements.