compare these games!

@Bitterwise

are you done LOL comparing a game with one you haven't played ? :O

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cus Metacritic is doing he's job and lol @ you

I played ME when it was called Dragons Age.

I agree with you Mass Effect is a solid 9. The weakest part of Mass Effect is once again the game play, which should hold the most weight in a review, but that's not the case as so often it is with certain games made by certain developers.

The highlights of Mass Effect are the story, the graphics (some low textures and graininess still carry over from Mass Effect 1, but not nearly as much), audio/ voice work, dialog/scripting, longevity, and the options you have to play the game. But the game play needs work still.

Using the rating system on n4g I would rate Mass Effect 2 like this.

Graphics- 9.5 (Far fewer technical hiccups than the first game, but low res textures and graininess still show their face)

Sound- 10.0 (Excellent voice work and audio. The ability to choose what you want to say is available in many games, but Mass Effect is the only game to truly master this.)

Gameplay- 8.0 (Having to navigate wheel menus to switch weapons or use powers suck all the time sucks (Resistance: FOM worked by allowing the R2 button to cycle through weapons). Shepard still doesn't go into cover all the time when you're running towards cover and pressing the "A" button.) The game and controls feels so separated, because of so many menus for EVERYTHING.

Fun Factor- 9.0 I want to continue the games for the story alone, and the relationships that the characters develop with one another, but the gameplay/ controls ruin it for me personally, but if you can get past that then there's fun to be had.

Online- n/a

Total- 9.0 Everything about Mass Effect 2 is great, except the transition from gameplay to controls.

And I'm not trying to put Mass Effect 2 down in anyway. I own the first game, and rented the second game to see if any of the gameplay issues I had with the first would be fixed, and they weren't. Be honest with yourself, everyone who played a shooter on the 360 and PS3 for that matter that know playing Mass Effect feels like playing a mediocre 3rd person shooter.

@2.1

Hmm, I'm guessing the 360 version is different than the PC a lot in terms of controls. The gameplay in the PC version doesn't suffer from the problems you are stating. You can switch to your previous weapon by pressing "x," and it's pretty rare to ever need more than two different guns (maybe need heavy weapons if you meet something bigger, but once every couple hours isn't a big deal). Also, using powers just requires the press of a number, never leaving live action. If the 360 version does require you to go into the pause mode everytime you wanna use a power, I could see that as very annoying.

Just like in Dragon Age for the ps3 and 360. I got the PC version just because I couldn't even imagine getting near the same level of enjoyment having to pause the game everytime I wanted to use a skill.

Anyway, to people mentioning this site and UC2 review. UC2 and ME2 are un-comparable games. They are just WAY too different to make direct comparisons. I never thought I would say it, but I enjoy ME2 and UC2 equally (before I would think there is no way it would come close to UC2). So for me, ME2 deserves the 10, and this site screwed up by not giving UC2 the 10 it deserves as well (not the other way around where ME2 should have got an 8 or lower as well).

Then I really need to get the PC version, but the controls for the 360 version, just don't work as you expect them to.

Are you out of your mind with your user name and avatar. I think you meant to have a 360 in your picture.

If it wasn't for teenage highschool boys in America, 360 would still be a degree.

They lost too much talent.

some in andromeda are decent, I agree with peebee and Vetra being good companions. Except Liam he's trash tier

Loved Alpha Protocol in all it's glorious jank. Great game.