Mass Effect: Infiltrator
Mass Effect Infiltrator is a third-person shooter for mobile devices that
takes place during the events of Mass Effect 3. The player takes control of
Randall Ezno, a veteran Cerberus agent who after completing a mission returns
to Barn, a Cerberus research space station where things begin to go wrong.
When on his way to his adviser Inali Renata, the facility is attacked by
Turian soldiers. After fighting his way through the Turian forces he finds
Inali being treated to horrific experiments by Barn’s director. Randall vows
revenge and with the support of the Volus he goes after the director.
The game is a cover based shooter that consists of a series of missions
divided into segments where the player has to move his way through the level,
from cover to cover, and kill any enemy that stands in his way. By making
swipes across the screen, Randall moves between covers and to shoot the player
simply taps on an enemy. Randall then begin firing and the player has to move
the crosshair over the enemy. There are four different types of weapons,
assault, shotgun, sniper and beam each with different capabilities. Each
weapon is upgradable up to five levels. When close to an enemy a melee attack
is used instead. In addition to the regular weapons, there are also biotic
attacks to use. For example, the pull biotic sends an enemy up in the air
making it an easy target for the player while the leash biotic allows the
player to throw enemies around. The player also has access to different
abilities such as sprinting, sliding and cloaking. Weapons, biotics and
abilities as well as armor and helmets are all bought from a store with
credits. Credits are earned by completing missions but can also be bought
through in-app purchases.
The game offers some connectivity with Mass Effect 3. The player can collect
intel from fallen enemies that can then be uploaded to Galaxy at War where it
can be used to get a higher Galactic Readiness Rating in the console game.
Intel can also be traded for credits in the mobile game.
Mass Effect: Infiltrator
Mass Effect: Infiltrator is set somewhere in the year 2186 CE and occurs during the events of Mass Effect 3. Players take on the role of Randall Ezno, a Cerberus operative who begins to learn that the organization is not as benevolent as it appears to be.
After completing a mission on an ice planet, Randall returns to the Barn, a Cerberus research space station. On his way to visit his advisor, Inali Renata, something goes wrong and turian soldiers begin attacking the facility. During the attack, Randall tries to contact Inali, but she's cut off by someone. Randall hurries to Inali's location to ensure she is safe. After fighting past the turian invaders, Randall is shocked to find Inali suffering through horrific experiments at the behest of the Director of the Barn. Randall vows revenge and goes in search of the Director, now having to fight past the facility's Cerberus defenses.
While trying to escape, Randall is contacted by a mysterious voice via his earpiece. The voice claims to be a volus working with the Alliance. He tells Randall that if he can escape the facility and contact the Alliance, both he and Inali can be saved. Randall slowly makes his way toward the communications tower, fighting Cerberus troops, escaped test subjects, mechs, and X1, a massive, mutant krogan. Finally, he reaches the comm tower, signals the Alliance and heads to a nearby desert planet on a shuttle to await pickup.
After Randall arrives, Inali shows up, augmented beyond recognition, and starts to shoot Randall. After lowering her barrier and armor bars, the Director takes complete control of Inali for the remainder of the fight. In the end Randall either spares or kills Inali depending on the player's previous morality choices. He then vows to kill the Director for what he has done and leaves the planet.
