Mass Effect 3 Datapad now available on iOS

If you've been wholly absorbed by the Mass Effect universe lately, the newly-released "Datapad" should be up your alley.

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If you've been wholly absorbed by the Mass Effect universe lately, the newly-released "Datapad" should be up your alley. The Universal app--compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch--will give you access to codex entries from across the entire Mass Effect trilogy. You'll also be able to access "breaking news" from BioWare and the Alliance News Network, as well as messages from characters in Mass Effect 3 after you interact with them in the game.

The free app (available here) also includes wallpapers you can use you on your iDevice.

A bonus mini-game included with the app--"Fleet Commander"--will also increase your Mass Effect 3 Galactic Readiness Rating by deploying fleets of ships. However, Touch Arcade points out that the mini-game adds "about 0.90% to your galactic rating every four hours," which all things considered, is "not very rewarding."

Andrew Yoon was previously a games journalist creating content at Shacknews.

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    March 13, 2012 7:45 AM

    Andrew Yoon posted a new article, Mass Effect 3 Datapad now available on iOS.

    If you've been wholly absorbed by the Mass Effect universe lately, the newly-released "Datapad" should be up your alley.

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      March 13, 2012 8:27 AM

      I'm surprised its free!

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      March 13, 2012 8:31 AM

      Loving ME3 and would have checked this out... except I don't own an iDevice.

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      March 13, 2012 9:00 AM

      why do companies limit stuff like this to iOS?

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      March 13, 2012 10:55 AM

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      March 13, 2012 11:07 AM

      I don't see the Wallpapers the article is talking about. Do they just mean the screen shots in the Media section? Not exactly formatted correctly for iOS if that's what they mean.

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      March 13, 2012 11:13 AM

      Oh neat, I can upgrade a fleet and send it on missions.

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        March 13, 2012 12:30 PM

        And it can take hours. I wish it were a little more involved.

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      March 13, 2012 11:43 AM

      The UI on this app is unresponsive as hell. Or is my iPhone 3 not beefy enough to display static 2d graphics?

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        March 13, 2012 12:19 PM

        Its chugging on my original iPad also.

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        March 13, 2012 12:29 PM

        Oh good, not just my 3GS then.

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        March 13, 2012 4:17 PM

        Janky on the iPad 2 as well.

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        March 13, 2012 4:51 PM

        iPhone 4 here and the codex is slow as shit

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        March 13, 2012 5:22 PM

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        March 13, 2012 5:32 PM

        They always put their best programmers on these important side things. /s

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        March 13, 2012 5:42 PM

        No it's just generally shitty. The Galaxy at War section has this weird switch to lower res whenever anything is moving. Like it's a bunch of high res stills stitched together with FMV sequences.

        It's bizarre and unresponsive.

        The Codex seems ok for me though, and that's the only part I'm likely to use I think.

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      March 13, 2012 3:47 PM

      I like that it seems to analyse your ME3 save and send messages from your crewmates depending on what you did.

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        March 13, 2012 7:35 PM

        I would have enjoyed it more if I hadn't finished the game before this came out.

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