With the Mass Effect 3 demo coming out February 14, it’s important that you gamers get properly suited up for it. BioWare’s community coordinator Chris Priestly posted some information on the BioWare forums about minimum and recommended PC specs and what you can expect from the game.
The demo will be available on PC, PS3, and Xbox 360, and both single and multiplayer options will be available.
Single player should provide you with 1 – 2 hours of content, and multi-player consists of 2 playable maps, open to players who have qualified for the early multiplayer access as of Feb 14, and will then open up to all players on Feb 17. Co-op multiplayer is online only, not split-screen.
You can customize your character and pick from all six classes, but the game will not create a save file compatible with the full version of the game. Priestly warns that the single player section might contain spoilers for ME3, but multi-player will not. The multi-player demo will be deactivated March 5, while single player will continue to remain active after ME3’s release, but for how long has yet to be announced.
If you plan on playing the demo on PC, keep in mind that you need to have an Origin account have the client downloaded. Here are some specs you’ll also need to consider:
Minimum Spec:
· OS – Windows XP SP3/Vista SP1, Win 7
· CPU – 1.8 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo (equivalent AMD CPU)
· RAM – 1GB for XP / 2GB RAM for Vista/Win 7
· Disc Drive – 1x speed
· Hard Drive – 2.5 GB of free space
· Video – 256 MB* (with Pixel Shader 3.0 support)
· Sound – DirectX 9.0c compatible
· DirectX – DirectX 9.0c August 2009 (included)
Recommended Spec:
· OS – Windows XP SP3/Vista SP1, Win 7
· CPU – 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo (equivalent AMD CPU)
· RAM – 2GB for XP / 4GB RAM for Vista/Win 7
· Disc Drive – 1x speed
· Hard Drive – 2.5 GB of free space
Video – AMD/ATI Radeon HD 4850 512 MB or greater, NVidia GeForce 9800 GT 512 MB or greater
· Sound – DirectX 9.0c compatible
Priestly also makes a note about video and sound cards:
NVIDIA 7900 or better; ATI X1800 or better [are supported]. Please note that NVIDIA GeForce 9300, 8500, 8400, and 8300 are below minimum system requirements, as are AMD/ATI Radeon HD3200, HD3300, and HD4350. Updates to your video and sound card drivers may be required.
The full version of the game will be released March 6th for PC, PS3, and Xbox 360. And don’t forget, Commander Shepard will be a big softie this time around.
I’m spending Valentine’s Day with Shepherd. *wolf whistle*