Critical Gamer writes: This article is SPOILER-HEAVY, if you've yet to play the game, then go buy it and do so immediately. That is, unless you're a PS3 only kind of person, in which case you should probably go and wallow in your bitter tears (or just replay Uncharted 2).
Mass Effect 2 is a big game, in every sense of the word. In terms of content, it's by most standards pretty large; but in terms of its resonance within the gaming world it's positively mass-ive (I'm so sorry, I couldn't resist). Bioware have obviously put a great deal of time, money, blood, sweat, and tears into creating this game and so I feel it's only fair to give the game more attention than a review or a summation.
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.
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A very interesting article! I love mass effect!!
This is a great article and very well written. I'm looking forward to the next installment.
Here is my comment from the site:
"You asked for commentary on the seemingly flat alien races, so I am here to contribute.
I see where you are coming from with your criticism of the “human-alien” that is dominant in Mass Effect 2. However, I believe that in many ways this was the point. Throughout both games there are many comments on how humans are incredibly complex and adaptable to the point that it makes most other species incredibly uncomfortable. Samara (the Asari Justicar) mentions it near the end of her relationship dialog and she indicates that there is no other species who has the breadth of personality and dispositions that the human race has.
I believe that Mordin also mentions something about it as well (though I could be wrong with the character). He takes the stance that all other known species can be quickly identified based on their species: Krogans are violent, Asari are manipulative, etc. However, take the same size sample set of Humans and you can’t make the same assessment. The idea being that we are incredibly diverse within our own group.
These are clues from the developers. They built the world in such a way as to make Humans the outlier, not the standard. Measuring the other races by what humans have done or will do is not correct–we are supposed to measure Humans from the opposite side, as if we were Krogan, Turian or Batarian.
This allows the writers to implement various human-like character types into other species, but in a limited scope. If you catalog most of the characters in both games, you’ll see that they fit pretty well in predefined buckets with a small sample set of outliers (the poetry spewing, engineer Krogan being a good example). Conversely, you see Humans in every role imaginable–merchant, mercenary, soldier, biotic, engineer, dock worker, etc.
I have to admit that I was a little disappointed at the final battle and what you were fighting, but it certainly made sense given the analysis I just mentioned. During my second battle–after thinking this through for a couple days–I found the story to be much more fulfilling and the final battle to have more impact."
All you lucky 360 owners. Bioware please bring this game to PS3!!
Very good read :))))))))
I agree the game needs a big twist in the middle for the 3rd game, for me i have a possibly theory that
maybe the Illusive man is some how either part of or controlled by the Reapers/collectors.