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Teletext: Mass Effect 2 Review

Teletext writes: "It's easy to slip into hyperbole when describing this game, which may seem odd given the solid but flawed original.

But the truth is all of BioWare's role-players - from Knights Of The Old Republic to Dragon Age: Origins follow the same basic structure and set-up."

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Wii360BeatsPS35945d ago

The mako was good too.It was only flawed because the 360 hardware wasn't able for the game, which is ahead of its time. Mass effect remains one of the best games ever made. This sequel is flawed as it strips out a lot of RPG elements that worked in the original.

NaiNaiNai5945d ago

actually it was the game itself.

T_T I mean come on, pointless loading elevators.

PirateThom5945d ago

Were the elevators really worse than the random repeating screens in the sequel?

NaiNaiNai5945d ago

don't ask me, I haven't gotten to play the second one yet.

I just know those elevators were annoying.

personally I think the first one was great. only issue I ever had was texture pop in.

SaberEdge5945d ago

I love both games, but the second game is definitely the more polished of the two. The only thing that seems like a step back is the amount of anti-aliasing. ME2 seems to have no anti-aliasing, whereas the first game seemed to have at least 2x MSAA. Oh well, if that is the price to have no screen tearing and a much smoother frame rate then it was a well worthwhile trade-off.

callahan095945d ago

I didn't like the Mako exploration parts of the original and I don't particularly like the planet scanning parts in the sequel. I wouldn't mind the planet scanning parts so much if every cluster had a fueling depot, but instead you have to buy fuel and probes, then go to a cluster and start scanning, then when you run out of probes you have to use your fuel to get back to a cluster with a fueling station, buy more fuel and more probes, then go back to the cluster with the planets your were scanning, THAT is very tedious, I don't know why the game makes you go through all of that when it should just let me stock up on as many probes as I want to buy so that I don't have to do all that back and forth crap just to scan planets.

And I preferred the elevator ride in the Normandy to the loading screens, too, because at least I didn't feel like I was being taken out of the game, I was just having control taken away, it didn't feel as intrusive to me as loading screens. Plus, I'm almost certain that the new loading screens take longer than the elevator rides in the original did.

But other than those little nitpicks, this game is amazing and definitely better than the first one.

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CD Rates5944d ago

agree, not my type of game

GamerPS3605944d ago

1 was better storywise. 2nd is better techwise.

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Mass Effect Companion Tier Ranking

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!

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IAMRealHooman524d ago

Bro missing companions: Legion, Grunt, Samara/Morinth, Javik, EDI

anast524d ago

Legion, Zaeed, and Jack are my favorites.

RiseNShine524d ago

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.

anast524d ago

They lost too much talent.

IAMRealHooman524d ago

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

anast524d ago

Liam lol I can't stand that dude.

IAMRealHooman523d ago

it's like bitch but your shirt back on, your not blue or spikey get away from me

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The 7 Best Western RPGs: Immersive Adventures

RPGs are often huge, sprawling endeavours. With limited playtime, we have to choose wisely, so here's the best western RPGs available today.

SimpleSlave772d ago

"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

DustMan772d ago

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

SimpleSlave772d ago (Edited 772d ago )

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.

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The Best Video Game Romances of All Time

Wealth of Geeks explores some of the best gaming romances that have stolen our hearts over the years.

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