BioWare's latest installment to the "Mass Effect" role-playing game series, titled "Mass Effect: Andromeda," comes with two modes, the main campaign and the multiplayer mode. But what is catching gamers' attention is the Apex rating. What is it? And how does it work?

The Apex Rating is a scoreboard that players can access through the multiplayer menu in the game. It reflects gamers' overall score in "Mass Effect: Andromeda."

Players can host multiple characters, and each can be at varying levels in the game. Since gamers' skills cannot be determined by a single character's level in the game, the Apex Rating measures the overall performance of players based on all the characters in their roster. Hence, the Apex score determines the players' skill set. The greater the score, the better the skills are.

Little is known about the calculations behind the rating, but rumor has it that the game takes into account the player's kill-death ratio, as well as the ratings on particular games. Reports say that the rating takes into account revives, accuracy, badges that players earn, and the multiplayer challenges that gamers manage to complete.

To note, the Apex Rating does not affect the gameplay. Challenges will not escalate in terms of difficulty if the score gets higher. It is simply used to determine and track one's progress in the game.

To check the Apex Rating, players need to access the multiplayer menu. Gamers will find their scores displayed on the top left corner of the screen.

"Mass Effect: Andromeda" made its debut on Tuesday, March 21. Prior to that, BioWare launched two patches for the game to fix a few PC issues. One of the updates requires 500 MB of space, while the other needs 200 MB. The patches include fixes for the audio in the multiplayer mode, as well as lighting and macro effects support for the gaming hardware.

More updates should arrive soon.