It’s a fun diversion from the main game, but most Mass Effect fans are here for the single-player story, not multiplayer. Essentially the more you play the multiplayer mode, the more your Galactic Readiness goes up. You can read all about multiplayer on, or check out the video below. I won’t say much about Mass Effect 3’s multiplayer mode because I want to focus on the mobile aspect of Galaxy at War. By increasing the readiness level, the player can achieve a more favorable outcome in the game. Each allows a player to add to his/her “galactic readiness” in the single player game. The meta-game system is called “Galaxy at War” and includes the multiplayer co-operative mode in Mass Effect 3 (included with the game), the Mass Effect Infiltrator iOS game (paid app), and the Mass Effect 3 Datapad iOS app (free). This has already been done to some degree with other games, but with Mass Effect 3 I think Bioware and EA have set a new standard. I’ve always thought it would be cool to be able to somehow interact with a game even when I wasn’t actually playing it. I’m a huge Mass Effect fan, and I was excited to learn that the final installment in the Mass Effect trilogy was going to include a meta-game system that would influence the outcome of the game.
