PCGH has graphics card benchmarks of the Mass Effect 2 PC version. They tested 15 cards with two graphics settings and three resolutions (1280 x 1024, 1680 x 1050, 1920 x 1200). According to their results AMD's Radeon HD 5000 series is doing quite well and the HD 5870 is, depending on the settings, up to 41 percent faster than the Geforce GTX 285.
One of the best things about the Mas Effect series is the companions you meet along the way. So here is a tier list of all the companions from Mass Effect!
To think that Bioware at some point was capable of doing games like this, you see those characters and remember them like good old friends, and now check ME Andromeda, Anthem, Veilguard etc and wonder what the hell happened.
some in andromeda are decent, I agree with peebee and Vetra being good companions. Except Liam he's trash tier
it's like bitch but your shirt back on, your not blue or spikey get away from me
RPGs are often huge, sprawling endeavours. With limited playtime, we have to choose wisely, so here's the best western RPGs available today.
"I started playing games yesterday" the List... Meh!
How about a few RPGs that deserve some love instead?
1 - Alpha Protocol - Now on GOG
2 - else Heart.Break()
3 - Shadowrun Trilogy
4 - Wasteland 2
5 - UnderRail
6 - Tyranny
7 - Torment: Tides of Numenera
And for a bonus game that flew under the radar:
8 - Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden
Not only glorious jank, but the idea that the story can completely change depending on what you do, or say, or side with, makes it one of the most forward thinking games ever. The amount of story permutation is the equivalent of a Hitman level but in Story Form. And it wasn't just that the story changed, no, it was that you met completely new characters, or missed them, depending on your choices. Made Mass Effect feel static in comparison.
Alpha Protocol was absolutely glorious, indeed. And it was, and still is, more Next Gen than most anything out there these days. In this regard at least.
Pity.
Wealth of Geeks explores some of the best gaming romances that have stolen our hearts over the years.
they forgot 5970. Oh well, I can bench myself when I get game.
Will be enjoying ME2 at 1080p60, v-sync'd of course =)
The frame rate is so high on nearly all cards that the difference won't be noticeable to the human eye.
I'm using two 4870s and have been for quite a while and the performance ration is well above any NVidia card I have ever used. For a card almost two years old, it's incredible that it can still run EVERYTHING I throw at it. The architecture has scaled incredibly well. In general, PC components are not known for their longevity.
Admittedly, the catalyst tools were lacking, back in the day, but I even find them vastly improved (now) over the NVidia drivers.
So, how will my 9600m GS with 1GB GDDR3 do? it played ME1 at higest settings withouut hiccups..