The only taste of Mass Effect 2 on PlayStation 3 that gamers have had so far is a demo that we took a look at before breaking off for the Christmas holiday. Our first thoughts? Aside from an unlocked frame-rate and lighting variations, it was much the same as the Xbox 360 version.
On 13th January, BioWare's community man Chris Priestly, posting on the PlayStation Blog, revealed that "the demo was, for certification and testing reasons, about a two-month-older build than the final 'what you will play when you get it home' version. I think you'll see that the game is noticeably better at launch."
Previous claims that the PS3 version would be the "definitive" version of the game didn't stack up based on the demo code, so the question remains: how does the final game stack up? We're covering the PS3 vs. Xbox 360 side of things in our Mass Effect 2 Face-Off, but here we'll be comparing the demo experience with the final game.
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.
Interesting to see Bioware reinstated the V-synch and frame rate cap. I don't think that was necessarily a bad decision, but it does prevent those nice frame rate spikes the demo saw.
Overall, I think the Ps3 debut of ME2 is looking great. This is an excellent game on every platform.
I'm still playing on an SDTV. Is the text issue still there?
some areas framerate was better in demo code
I kind of liked the bit of extra smoothness in the demo, but it's probably for the best since it doesn't take away too many frames and eliminates many of the technical issues. I'd would prefer an option to unlock v-synch in these types of situations, though. Maybe Bioware just thinks it's simpler this way.