Steam is hosting yet another fantastic weekend sale with a 50%-off, $10 copy of Mass Effect. Originally released for PC in May 2008, Mass Effect is an action role-playing game developed by BioWare (Demiurge Studios handled the PC port).

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An amazing game, if you like FPS and the advancing character part sort of RPG, you should really take on this offer.

I just purchased myself a copy after reading this. For $10, how can you refuse to buy this great game I've had the privilege of playing a few times.

Fantastic deal and I will get the game this weekend on my Steam account.

$10 for what is effectively antique now.

How about L4D2 on sale instead Valve.. since you failed miserably to support L4D like you said you were going to.

Amen to that.

Great game. If you liked Knights of the Old Republic, you'll like this.

I've been wondering if I should get this, is it worth it?

I hear this game is good, I've been debating getting this as I just went wild on gogamer.com and my wallet took a punch.

+1 on L4D Shalimar, I was thinking after they released the tools it would be cool with custom levels, but the community has shown there true colors and are more interested in using them to spawn ten thousand zombies or five hundred witches,
I really thing they have ruined the game. You can't just join any quick play match and expect to have a regular campaign.

This is indeed a very nice deal but i'd rather have it on the 360.

This is a terrific game at a terrific price - highly recommended.

shalimar - go whine about your L4D petty gripes on the Steam boards. This Mass Effect offer has nothing to do with L4D.

I've had the pleasure of beating this game already. It's fantastic. Questing is actually fun, and so is the hunt for armor and weapons. Plus the graphics are pretty sweet.

The only gripe I had though was that they were sort of cheap about the graphics. They used textures that looked great from a little distance away but as soon as you looked closer it looked absolutely terrible. A great way to save on graphics processing power admittedly. But I'd have preferred if it looked great no matter how it was looked at. They also could have done better with some of the textures for the aliens. But regardless, the game was excellent and I eagerly look forward to the sequel.

It is totally worth it, I just bought it and it's great and for this price, there is nothing to lose.... :) :) :)

I going to buy this game tomorrow. I hope i will enjoy it. I really like the sales that Steam puts every so often.

Man i love it when steam does these kind of sales . Just way more fun to buy !

@shalimar: If a one year old first person shooter is considered "effectively antique", no one can say the same thing about RPGs. I still play and enjoy Diablo2 (2000), Neverwinter Nights (2002), Fallout 1&2 (1997&1998) and I think any RPG fan on these boards played and maybe are still playing theese "ancient" games. :)

10$ for Mass Effect is a really great deal and I'm definitely buying it this weekend.

it's a great deal for a good game. and it's not antique, imho! l4d2 isn't for everyone. to each his own. and i guess there's a good many who will benefit from this promotion

I've never actually played Mass Effect but I've been wanting to get it for a long time. This is a great price but it's also an older title so the price is expected. However, I could just as easily buy the game used and actually be able to sell it later on if I needed to. That's the only issue I have with Steam games. I guess if you create a new account each time you can always sell it that way but I think that's against the ToS.

Good price for a great game that has an interesting story line. It is like being in a scfi book instead of reading one.

Everyones positive comments on the game makes me interested in getting it at this low price. One question though..hows the multiplayer on it/does it have a multiplayer feature?