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We feel up Commander Shepard and company on the PC

Below: The Mako, your all terrain vehicle, feels a lot less clunky in the PC version

Below: You won't need a state of the art machine to run Mass Effect, but if you've got a decent rig you can expect to see more eye candy

May 8, 2008

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