im a ps3 fan but this game is srsly fckin aweosome, its really worth chkin out , dont let ur fanboyisim stop u from playin it , im just gonna say this, story-wise its deep and i really wasnt expecting that, think metal gear but in space, so plz if u dont have a good pc get a 360 for it, its THAT good

It really was an amazing game I confined myself to a 5 day rental but I won't make that mistake with this one.

Mafia II has been delayed to 2010 i think.

cant wait for ME2, which routes did everyone go on the first with characters?

I hope this is true because Mass Effect 2 is easily, by a country mile my most anticipated game.

EDIT@ Below

- Saved Wrex
- Saved the council
- Saved Ashley (we are an item lol)
- Played as Paragon

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-Killed the council
-Saved Wrex
-Let Ashley die
-Played as paragon character

Edit @ above: fairly similar, I killed the council to allow captain Anderson to get the position he deserved, plus the council really pissed me off throughout the game with their "ignore everthing your saying" kind of attitude

@ XxPh1l5t3RxX

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I was the same, except i saved Ashley because her and Wrex were my main powerhouse team. Never used Kaidan really. Was glad i put my paragon skill up so i could talk Wrex down though, my mate had to kill him. Is it bad that i didn't even batter an eyelid at the end when i killed the council? They just annoyed me all the way through so it was like "dont care..."

Best news I've heard all year. This seriously has me pumped and I hope it's true. One of the very few games I'm looking forward to so an early release would be a godsend.

OMG this is awesome news, I just hope the quality of the game doesn't suffer.

cannot wait to play the next. coming out sooner too is amazing, i wonder what Bioware will do with the Mass Effect 2

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the Council annoyed me after a while but I spared them for the sake of being a squeaky-clean good guy. plus I thought humanity would lose some credibility with the other races if I just casually sacrificed the Council.

@Yipee: lol nice avatar

That is too soon for me. I don't have a good feeling about this. Please don't rush this game.

I'd perfer if they took a few extra months (if needed) to work on the game instead of rushing it out. If its really done and ready to ship in 09 that be great.

oh and I saved everyone my 1st play throught then killed them my 2nd play through lol.

spoilers!

everything really came together nicely with the first mass effect.

*saved the rachni (most dramatic part of the game imho, just awesome)
*saved the colony
*saved wrex (he'd be pretty pissed if i didn't try, lol)
*saved the council
*saved ashley (but it's liara who i end up with)

ilos was my favorite part of the game, it was just so different from the rest of the game's levels. and the outside battle before saren was pretty awesome (climbing down the side of the elevator...wow).

I agree with Megatron.

I hope this isn't MS putting pressure onto the devs to get it done this year. I want a proper polished game. I'm hoping it will be done properly before its released since I loved the first game.

I'm sure the game will be ready by the end of the year.
It was originally announced for January wasn't it?
If it comes out in December, that's not too bad..

But, haven't you guys seen the trailers? They look really good.
And, there is still about seven(7) months before the Holidays..

GT5 could be a strong contender. Not only graphically, but from what I've heard it sounds to be one of the deepest entries into the franchise yet. I'm not a GoW fan so I'd have to take a wait and see on that.

Now shazui...your definition of 'innovative' is adding multiplayer? Please. Stop.

Most RPGs that aren't MMOs don't do that. Fallout 3, Oblivion, Valkyria Chronicles...these RPGs must all suck because of no multi. None of them deserve the heaps of praise because you can't nutshot your friends. Feel free to skip them and save us your ignorant complaints.

Seriously, abandon RPGs. All you talk about are graphics and multi and think that makes goty.

no one here noes enough about any of the so called "GOTY" contenders to declare them the winner yet

@omega, what exactly is ME 2 doing thats so new exactly? and do you really no enough about GOW 3 to say its not doing anything new? i love mass effect but baseless accusations have to be called out

It has to go against the title that achieved goty against the original which seems to have grown substancially as well bioshock 2.

I used the same argument last year in Bethesda (fallout 3) vs Epic (gears 2) and fallout got about as many game of the year awards as the overall game of the year mgs4 with gears pretty much not getting one. So this year i expect a similar outcome with bioshock 2 contending with another title (not mass effect) for the prizes, if it emulates 2007 its probably gonna be modern warfare 2. Although i expect it to be pretty much rpg of the year since jrpg dont get much love at goty nominations lately.

Albeit interesting the main problem with mass effect universe in the original is that it was heavily influenced by the companies previous work on Kotor which gave it a slight star wars clone feel. Looking at the information available they seem to want to break comparisons by making it darker and grittier but unless they do something drastic it seems to emulate the feel timeline. With mass effect 1 being episode 1 and/or 2 and this one being episode 3/4.

Anyway i expect it to be a great game but the use of unreal engine will take away the graphics factor, the use of bioware trademarked conversation system will score it less for innovation. However it will be redeemed by its revamped combat engine and great storyline so i expect AAA but no Goty)

ok I'm being a bit of a broken record here, but it really REALLY takes me out of a game sometimes when I get to some corny dialogue. which almost ALL games have in spades - except Mass Effect. 1st true console game for us 'grown-ups' with a brain IMO.

however, innovation seems to score lots of points with the GOTY judges. since ME2 will prob be more of the same as far as actual game mechanics, I think you're right that GOTY is not a sure thing.

Gran Turismo 5 and God of War 3 are not even confirmed for 2009. Just the fiscal year.

You're comparing GT5 to Mass Effect? o.O
You're silly..