I cannot wait for this game!

All I remember is loading...crash....pop up textures...loading...crash...e tc, etc.
Got ME2 pre-ordered. Hopefully, I'm not disappointed.

I have mass effect 2 on pre order and today I decided to replay mass effect since I upgraded to the elite a little over a year ago and lost my save. THE DAMN THING RED RINGED. So sad I wont be able to play this on release.

ME1 was amazing imo.
Game just slowed down TOO much sometimes for long non-combat parts.

Other then that It was a great game.
I can see why people could call it boring, but it's really kickass.

cant wait to play it on MY brand new rig
finally im DX11 combatable

The first Mass Effect was the best RPG I have played this gen. I've replayed it twice and it was rewarding each and every time. Didn't find the minor glitches gamebreaking at all. In fact, I didn't pay attention to them until people started reporting them.

Mass Effect 2 is my most awaited game of 2010. Can't wait!

ME1 was amazing even with the technical probs , it was still a great game and is my fave 360 game so far ... Can't wait to play this one

The only game I'll be buying this month. Great way to start the year.

Cool score.

Although I would have picked it up no matter what it scored.

A lot of PS3 fans in here stealth trolling, so what else is new?
However, a few of them are leaving positive comments with no strings attached and that is appreciated.

Anyway, this is by far one of the games I am looking forward to most this year. The first one is a true gem of gaming and I have no doubt that Bioware have improved many things for the sequel. I can't wait.

There are some technical issues with the first ME, but you will soon forget them since the game is so darn good. None of the issues are game breaking (not even close), but it is a little annoying. I'm playing it right now in anticipation of the second one. That is a great score so I'm expecting a great experience!!!

The Limited Edition of ME2 is already sold out at numerous places.... This game, Alan Wake and Halo:Reach is the biggest game of the year for me.

I think the technical issue thing has been latched onto by fanboys and way, way overexaggerated. There was some slowdown in 'places', but um.. that is pretty much true of a lot of games. (I saw similar kinds of slowdown in some parts of Killzone 2, for example). There was also a little texture pop-in here and there, but nothing too noticeable.

All in all, though, I thought it was a gorgeous game. The textures were awesome, the character models were nearly CGI-like, and the effects and overall look of the game was just nice.

Honestly I know the game is gonna be great but was OXM ever gonna give this game under 9.5 no matter how bad/good it was gonna be?? simple answer... NO... They need this game to sell very well on 360 otherwise it would have to come to PS3 as the rights are now owned by never exclusive EA. So they are gonna push it like crazy. You can bet your back side a lot of high up reviewers are gonna get "incentives" too when they review this game like with Halo 3.

I loved the first one but it wasn't without me seeing its flaws. Unengaging pointless side missions and boring planet exploration. An the biggest thing for me was the story wasn't long enough. The majority of the length came from you getting lost in general or in other things besides the main story. Of which you only got a bit of most of the time then it was back to going here an there. Still one of my favorite WRPG's as I've beaten it now 7 times and I'm on my 8th before the 2nd comes out.

I want to make sure this runs great. ME1 and Gears for PC were the better choices as well from what I read. So far from his review it seems like there's no problems, so maybe it's not going to be so bad this time around.

@ENATE

You know, Demon's Souls has lot of little nit pick issues like that as well but it is the overall experience that matters.
Mass Effect was an amazing experience overall.

Oh shut up already. I bet you take away all the 10/10 for KZ2 from playstation magazines and you get a 80/100 on metacritic. And according to your logic a lot of sites must have got "incentives" for MGS4 for it not to go multiplat.

on topic: 2 weeks left before I get my hands on this master piece!! :)

@ Socrates- You must of been playing the PC version, the 360 version really does have too much technical issues ;\ they should of delayed it for a few months to fix that, extreme loadings, texture loading. Hell once I saw a "dead" guy shooting at me, i couldnt kill him so I did lift, i killed him while he was in the air and he died in a awkward position (kinda like sitting down), after a few seconds, the body disappeared...saying ME1 didnt have much technical issues (360 version) will just make you sound like a fanboy, you can still like a game while acknowledging its problems. I know every game has these types of problems, but ME1 takes it to another level, alongside Haze. Regardless of that, its still a solid title and one of my fav game son 360, seeing ME2 videos im confident they fixed this, I didnt really see much slowdowns or glitches, looks a lot better this time around. Buying it first day.

EDIT: http://www.youtube.com/watc... great example

Sad to say I played this game late, much after most people had played it. By the way some people talked I thought I would see lots of glitches and stuff in the 360 version I got, but I hardly noticed anything. Just some slowdown and a little screen tearing, which are things many games suffer from. I remember playing Uncharted on my PS3 and I saw lots of screen tearing and some slowdown in some places too, but it didn't hurt things too bad. Mass Effect was just a brilliant game and knowing that they have worked to improve those issues is nice but I would have happily bought the game anyway.

But, this is definitely getting bought by me on day one, this and SC:C. As much as I enjoyed the 1st MassEffect, it did have some pretty ridiculous/annoying problems and I hope like AC2 they fix the problems w/ the 2nd iteration. The biggest problem was the planets w/ side missions literally looked the same and those elevators were annoying.

BTW, Where the F**k is Alan Wake? I haven`t heard anything about that game in a while.

even with its problems it was still a great game for 2007.

this one looks like its improving alot of the problems from the first so it should be great.

lots of haters who dont have a 360 in here.

Edit -- hey pixel, dont forget the PC versions of mass effect and gears1 were months and a year later than the games were out on xbox.

Great game ONLY for the 360!

PS3 fangirls seem to be hella buthurt!!

ps3 fangirl "oh ima play this multiplat on the pc"

ha ha ha! yea right!! How on earth are you guys going to buy a game for the PC if you guys dont even buy your own PS3 exclusives!!! FACT!!!! "look at ps3 exclusives sales"

any1 who says mass effect sux is a fanboy coz this game is really aweosome, mass effect 2 will be off the chain , +if u hate the 360 so much get it on pc, this game dosent deserve ur fanboy hate

I love all Bioware games. At least all the ones I have played. Started playing their games on the PC and their mastery has only grown over time. Mass Effect 2 will be on the short list for my game of the year.

Even Ninja Blade received a triple A status from them. They have proven to be untrustworthy.

Especially when they list main story as disappointing, which is the only thing that matters in role playing games.

Mass Effect is one of my favorite games ever. I can't explain some of the feelings it gave me, so I'll just say that I loved it and leave it at that. ME2 is my biggest game this year so this month is very special to me.

Believe me I know that otherwise I wouldn't have beaten the game as many times as I have. I'm just pointing out the things I hope get better. As for my main point with the story I don't think that is nit picking as the most important aspect of an rpg is the story. An although what was there I loved it I want more of it. Overall it just felt like the story elements were to few an to short with a few exceptions. As for Demon Souls I wouldn't know have not an do not plan to play it currently despite rpgs being my favorite genre I just don't think it looks like the type of rpg for me. As I said I'm all about good long story an as far as I know Demon Souls barely has a story at all. Not saying its bad but its just not for me.

I keep trying to finish ME 1 so that I can get ME 2, but this damn MW 2 won't let me go!

Mass Effect 2 is my 2nd most anticipated game of the year. Behind only Heavy Rain. The original was a landmark in storytelling and narrative design. Much in the same way Uncharted was. I like to view those two franchises as the pinnacle of this generation. Microsoft better hold onto Mass Effect. Right now, in my opinion, it is the only franchise worth a damn compared to Uncharted.

Day one buy for me. Can't wait! :D

I enjoyed the first and really just hope for a better story.

I'm confused because they say in the article one thing and another in the conclusion in regards to the quality of the story.

Also, sad to see so much emphasis on mining compared to the first game. Wouldn't mind having seen some reduction in equipment being gained, but it seems the second game will be more about wasting time looking for components for upgrades outside of the normal story/combat, which is a cheap way to inflate overall game time, IMHO.

Still, can't wait for the 26th.

@Shutupandplay

You can also add

Kingdom Under Fire II
Mechwarrior
Ninety Nine Nights
APB

but please don't! It would be too humiliating for him

@shutupandplay

Please tell me you are kidding. Another Halo game, Mass Effect 2, Splinter Cell Conviction, Metro 2033, all multiplatforms, a remake of Perfect Dark, Crackdown 2 which the first was only popular thanks to Halo, and finally Fable 3, an unannounced game for 2010.

LOL, what a crock.

Mooey, you can try to spin it all you want, but the fact remains: All the games I listed are all part of 360`s lineup, and are not available on ps3...and what are you puffing your chest over? GoW3, GT5 and Heavy Rain? The 360 is bringing way more to the table than ps3 in 2010, including Natal. Stop kidding yourself son.

N4PS3G - All Points Bulletin is a PC exclusive.

@ shutupandplay
I think he meant good games. You mentioned one good game, two if you stretch facts.

Face it, 360 has very few good games. ME2 score will be inflated, since it is the first game in years that is actually good on the 360 console, and the Eastern media will take any opportunity to mask the limited 360 lineup. Like the first, expect ME2 to be very good in a select few areas, and very very bad in everything else. I hope the mechanics of ME2 are at least fine tuned, since the first was a complete disaster.

Mass effect on the PC was a great game. Not my style of play, if the FPS part of the game was more FPS than duck n cover I might have kept it.

Mass effect 2 most likely another 360 straight port to PC meaning worse controls and limited gameplay. therefore I won't even buy Mass effect 2 this time.

At this rate with the 360 ports to PC and all, PS3 is looking better and better.

Wrong! 360 has a ton of games. More, in fact, than the PS3 does.

PS3 has fewer games overall and fewer good games. The 360 has 301 games that have a metacritic score of 75 or better (which is their cutoff for a good game), the PS3 on the other hand only has 207. That is a huge difference.

@shutupandplay

for someone who tells people to "shut up and play", you do a lot of b*tching and moaning on the internet. don't feed the trolls.

All consoles have no games!

TRY BEATING THAT TO DEATH ! ! !

...the P.C Version(which i can buy)will be a 10/10??? COOL!!! ;-D

Agent
God of War 3
Gran Turismo 5
White Knight Chronicles
The Last Guardian
Heavy Rain
MAG: Massive Action Game
ModNation Racers
The Last Rebellion
Final Fantasy XIII Versus
L.A. Noire
The Agency
Trinity Universe
Atelier Rorona
3D Dot Heroes
Steambot Chronicles 2
Ar Tonelico 3
Trinity: Zill O'll Zero
Kurayami
DC Universe Online
Dynasty Warriors Online
Yakuza 3
Yakuza 4
Eyepet

Soon to come-
Resistance 3
Twisted Metal
New Kingdom Hearts
MLB 10: The Show
NBA 10: The Inside

(List excludes some great PlayStation Network games)

Notice how there's no Halo 6, MW2, or L4D2

Poor droids nothing in 2010

The 360 list would be massive if you included all the lesser games, but we're talking about major releases, not no name games that nobody cares about. Most of the PS3 list is filled with games that few people will care about. The only major releases on the PS3 that have been more or less confirmed for 2010 are GOW3, GT5 and maybe Heavy Rain.

The 360's lineup just kills the PS3 lineup with example after example of huge AAA games.

He's totally right guise, 360 has like one game.

I am looking forward into playing the superior mass effect 2 for the PS3.

Hahaha

As soon as an xbox 360 game gets a good review to see all the PS3 fanboys in full damage control! Just look at the amount of comments on this article, most of them from PS3 fanboys. hahahaha. Even if a game get a good score on the 360 it doesn't take anything from your beloved PS3. So funny. And to read that some fanboys are willing to play it on a PC because it's going to be, according to them, the "superior" version!? You shouldn't bother because the games on the 360 aren't any good, so why play it on a PC. Oh, I know because of the graphics. Because we all know that better graphics = better game. That's why, when we see a top 50 games of all time none of the current generation games are in the top 5. Anyway, I'll play it anytime on my 52" lcd sitting on my recliner before playing it on a cpu monitor sitting on an office chair.

But, if it makes you feel more secured that you didn't miss a chance to bash a good 360 game and it helps you sleep at night, go ahead. But you won't stop anyone from playing it!!! hahahaha.

@udintlisten

"Betatest that game for us, bots.
I am looking forward into playing the superior mass effect 2 for the PS3.
"

Yes i'm sure just like 99% cross plat games look and do better on ps3 /sarc

Technically it is just a timed exclusive for PC.

"Notice how there's no Halo 6, MW2, or L4D2"

No but i did notice:
God of War 3
Gran Turismo 5
Final Fantasy XIII Versus
Steambot Chronicles 2
Ar Tonelico 3
Yakuza 3
Yakuza 4
Resistance 3

The PC has no games!!! BWAAHAHAAA!!!