Mass Effect Universe

Is Mass Effect set in our direct future?

Is the universe of Mass Effect standing into a parallel one or is it seen as our direct future?
Chris Priestly:
this all relates directly to the story, and telling of story stuff is not something we're going to be doing yet.

What kinds of aliens are there?

Georg Zoeller:
Some alien races can be seen in those new E3 screenies but there are quite a few types of aliens (as in 'non human life form') in the game, and some will be alien enough you probably won't talk to them ... or probably shouldn't try at least :)

What type of currency is the game using ?

Posted: Sunday, 05 November 2006 10:30PM by Chris L'Etoile :
Hard currency is for Luddites and criminals.

Everyone else uses electronic fund transfers. Where necessary, this is automagically converted to whatever the local currency and exchange rate is (EDIT: assuming the local treasury interacts with the galactic economy). A "credit" is a deliberately generic standard used by Citadel races. Sort of like a galactic Euro.