Mass Effect 2 (early release!)

[Tbone]

http://pc.ign.com/articles/106/1064990p1.html

If you haven't played ME1 yet, go play it right now and then start ME2. It's so mind blowing the number of things affected in ME2 by what you did in ME1. Many times I'm thinking "what would this be like if I had done something else??"

[ArchNemesis]

So i just got this and i gotta say, it feels a lot like the original only with a little more accessibility towards things like upgrading and leveling up. It took me a while to get used to the idea of using ammo but it's not too bad since most, if not all, third person shooters have ammo. I kinda prefer the weapon firing system but this one i think is the reason it feels so action oriented. Add to this that your game save from the first gets imported along with certain important choices, well, you get the idea.

Get this game if you enjoyed the original. So far it feels like a perfect continuation to the first which is what i'm definitely digging.

[Subb]

I bought an Xbox for this. So far I'm not disappointed. At all.

[Eroz]

I miss the old ammo system, I had such a set up that I was never able to overheat my pistol, and had a rapid fire that made it just as fast as the assault rifles, now I had a clip that I have to worry about and can run out of that ammo. :-( I also don't like the planet scanning, as its quite boring and never changes, at least in the Mako I had some fun trying to find ways up cliffs and ways to jump off of them.

Storywise, great. Love it. Even thought this play though is paragon style I still find times that I'm have to make a choice of what I want to do/say. I love the new team, and love all their little stories, and often finding myself thinking for a few seconds who do I actually want to take along for this mission. (As I'm not stuck with the same two to just to get achievements.) Combat is alright, very Gear of War.

And no more texture popping, yay!

[Ragnarok]

I bought an Xbox for this. So far I'm not disappointed. At all.

Why would you buy a Xbox for just one game? Wait never mind I bought a ps3 for MAG.

[Tbone]

The game is on PC, you know...

[Eroz]

The game is on PC, you know...

Because my computer is 6 years old and need an update, but I have no money, and it just works on the Xbox, and it's a long enough game that I want to relax on a couch and not at a desk to play it.

[Eroz]

Just finished it. Amazing. Imported my character, doesn't affect it too much but the little things it does do it pretty fun. Good, overall. I miss my gun that never had to be reloaded. And hated the little pictures that you teammates used.

It took me three times to get the perfect ending. But its done. Now off to do it renegade style.

[Strod]

Just finished it a few hours ago too. The game is just amazing plain and simple. I loved the new style and the way they made it feel through movement and the improvements here and there.

They did such a great job going from the ME1 to ME2.

It only took my one try to get the perfect ending, Eroz.

Yea importing doesn't make a huge difference, but it is nice to see them reference a lot of things from the first game.

I mean will it affect your gameplay? No.

Will it make it more enjoyable and fun to hear about your "doings" from the first game? Yes.

Game deserves a 10 out of 10.

[Subb]

I'm about 1/2 to 2/3 way through. I am fucking loving Thane.

[Strod]

Thane is one of the greatest characters Bioware has done, IMO. I also love Legion and Grunt.

Insanity = Full of Win. A game mode where it's hard enough to force you to think on your feet and pay for every mistake you make.

I played very relaxed and casual on my first play through, took 37h 07min.

This time (second play through) I'm gonna say, i'll add on about 10 hours to that due to the insanity factor.

[Eroz]

Thane is one of the greatest characters Bioware has done, IMO. I also love Legion and Grunt.

Insanity = Full of Win. A game mode where it's hard enough to force you to think on your feet and pay for every mistake you make.

I played very relaxed and casual on my first play through, took 37h 07min.

This time (second play through) I'm gonna say, I'll add on about 10 hours to that due to the insanity factor.

Unlike a lot of you wimps (j/k) I did it on Veteran the first time through. Took me 50+ hours, but then again, I did everything. I started my insane playthrough, but needed to go back to the final battle and switched back to that character, somehow still setting it to insane somehow so I've ran most of the final battle on insane, its not forgiving, but you just have to slow down and think about what your doing. Although for the achievement I may skip all the loyalty missions and just complete the game that way.

[Strod]

Yea, I've been debating skipping it all for the final mission. I'm not sure how hard that will be though, you will be very under geared for it. The harbringer Collector's are insane enough on their own without the insanity conditions.

Yea, I played on the standard setting because I assumed the other were unlock able like ME1, big surprise when I realized that was not the case.

[Eroz]

Yea, I've been debating skipping it all for the final mission. I'm not sure how hard that will be though, you will be very under geared for it. The harbringer Collector's are insane enough on their own without the insanity conditions.

Yea, I played on the standard setting because I assumed the other were unlock able like ME1, big surprise when I realized that was not the case.

Don't you keep weapons and armor through NewGame+?

[Strod]

Ah I see what your saying, I thought about doing that but I decided to start from Lvl 1.

I really thought about speed running it but, I'm gonna beat it fully on insanity. It will take a while I'm sure but should be fun.