Out of the various exotic locations visited in the Mass Effect universe, the space-port Omega is one of the most characterful. Capturing the ‘used future’ feel of classic Star Wars, before someone ill-advisedly bought George Lucas a few billion dollars worth of computer effects software for Christmas, Omega is a battered and worn criminal metropolis packed to the gills with mercs, thugs, assassins and pirates. With all that to play with, it’s a little odd that Bioware chose not to visit it during the series’ final entry.
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AllThatsEpic: Mass Effect – though centered on a human by the name of Commander Shepard, is sprinkled with various alien races. In the universe that BioWare has beautifully created there are Turians, Drell, Elcor, Hanar, Quarians, Volus, and the Reapers – the human race’s biggest threat. There are many races peppered throughout the Citadel, and various planets Shepard and his/her crew venture to. In Mass Effect 2, players are taken to Omega, constructed of a hollowed-out metallic asteroid, which harbors criminals, terrorists, and those who possess more than a touch of a rebellious streak. It’s on Omega’s nightclub, Afterlife, that players first encounter Aria T’Loak, the self-proclaimed ruler of Omega.
From the article - So, N7 Day was last Thursday and it came along with a special gift for all of Mass Effect fans: we could get to see the very first image of what will become –soon enough, we hope- the fourth console installment of the franchise.
The game is all about cycles, the ripple effect and the everlasting battle against extinction, but not only human extinction; it is extinction in a whole new scale, and the redefinition of the concept of life.