Built for adults:Mass Effect 3 (360) SPOILERS

As Sheppard flung herself into a shimmering column of light, and smiled as she fell, I glanced over at my wife. This has been a shared journey, where I would only play when she had time and willingness to watch. She had been captivated by the characters and the story. She was weeping softly. She told me later, surprised at herself, that she couldn't believe that a video game had affected her so. Mass Effect 3 is a masterpiece. It is a capstone on unique experience of unrelenting ambition. If the extent of your enjoyment is tied to the cutscene at the end you have missed the entirety of the 30-40 hours that brought you to that point. Play it again, and reflect on the history across three games that brought Sheppard to this point. Revel in relationships gained and lost and if you are lucky, shed a tear. Mass Effect 3 stands with Journey as diametric proof of games as art. Rejoice.