Way back in June of 2009 when Conan O’Brien was still on television and people rode mammoths to work EA Mobile released a Mass Effect iPhone game called Mass Effect: Galaxy. It is not a fun game. Mass Effect: Galaxy is a top down shooter that struggles with loading issues, accelerometer senesitivity, and being an all around boring game to play.
Now I’m not here to complain all about Galaxy but rather one particular aspect of it. On the main menu there is a “Mass Effect 2″ option which prompts you to sign up for, or log into an EA.com account to sync your iPhone game with it. Once completed, the screen prompts you that a reward is waiting for you in Mass Effect 2 on completion of Galaxy. This message got me very excited to get into Mass Effect 2 and see what kind of unique item or situation would be waiting for me due to my purchase and eventual completion of the iPhone game.
Well guess what, there is no reward. Your “reward” is a fleeting mention by Jacob (the main character of Galaxy) in Mass Effect 2 that he killed a bunch of Batarian terrorists on the Citadel once. That’s it!? I wasn’t expecting much but that’s a complete middle finger to everyone who bought Galaxy. So much for showing some love to the people who support a franchise you own no matter what medium it’s on EA.
