BioWare blows its statistics horn for Mass Effect 3

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BioWare has hired its top infographic designer to put together a bunch of fascinating statistics about Mass Effect 3’s multiplayer mode.

Did you know, for instance, that 36 per cent of players pick the assault rifle? No? You do now!

What other golden nuggets of knowledge can we gleam from these stats?

  • 33% of matches played end in failure.
  • 36% of players pick an assault rifle.
  • 83 billion credits have been earned in multiplayer.
  • 2 million Cerberus Phantoms have been killed.
  • There is now 1,800 years of accumulated multiplayer time.
  • Soldier is the most popular at 18% used, then Vanguard at 17% and Infiltrator in third at 16%.
  • Less than 1% of all successful MP matches are done on Gold difficulty.
  • The Battlefield 3 Soldier has been used in 618,000 matches.
  • The most popular map is Firebase White (Noveria).
  • Turians are the most popular non-human race, used 6.43% of the time.

BioWare’s opus scored a very respectable 8/10 in VideoGamer.com’s Mass Effect 3 review.

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Mass Effect 3

  • Platform(s): PC, PlayStation 3, Wii U, Xbox 360, Xbox One
  • Genre(s): Action, RPG, Science Fiction, Space
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