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Getting Dumped: What Mass Effect 2 Gets Right about Role-Playing

Morality systems in RPGs can be pretty hit-and-miss. Too often they boil down to binary choices between extremes -- you're either Superman or Satan, without much room in between. As Bitmob community writer Matthew Polen recently wrote, moral ambiguity is sorely lacking in today's games.

Stealth20k5587d ago

Sure it gets alot right but it also gets things wrong

Its basically a third perosn shooter with rpg elements. Not the other way around.

Blacktric5587d ago

Keep playing D20 based games then.

nycredude5587d ago

My biggest problem with the ME series is the branching conversation. They need to make it refective of the different paths of conversation you take. Make what you say or do have an effect in how the outcome of the game or story or scene turn out. Alpha Protocol, although not a great game, did this in a great way. Obsidian needs to show Bioware how it is done.

Tex1175587d ago

Obsidian can write good games...too bad they aren't the best programmers.

Tex1175587d ago

Sure it is...But that doesn't mean its not a good game.

2011 has some great RPGs including Dragon Age 2 (and of course...Dark Souls among others)

Enjoy the game for what it is. A smooth TPS with an RPG story.

Darkfiber5587d ago

You're crying cause you got dumped by a black dude?

Gay.

xlockingupthesunx5587d ago

I like the first game better because there was more story than action, they flip-flopped that in the second game, and despite Mass Effect 2 being better than the majority of what's coming out these days, I still prefer the first.

Darkfiber5587d ago

I agree about the action to story ratio being a little too high in the second game. I honestly didn't notice until my girlfriend pointed it out to me. I went back and played the first and sure enough, you can run around for hours without ever fighting a single enemy whereas in 2, you're lucky if you can go 10-15 minutes without having to kill something. That being said, the combat system in the second game is SO much better than in the first, it's almost forgivable, and the reason why I barely even noticed how much fighting there is. There were a lot more missions and diversity in the second game, and more cities oddly enough, but there was so much less talking and exploring. Everything was streamlined to death in that department which kinda bugs me. Hell, you can't even go to the presidium, the travel hub just teleports you directly to Anderson's office. That was a little disappointing.

mobijoker5586d ago

I think the morality system of witcher should be standard.Its every choice is in the gray area between right and wrong unlike other rpgs where the decisions consists of two opposite poles.
And i do think Alpha protocols dialogue system was awesome.I heard Bioware is adopting that for ME3.

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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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IAMRealHooman531d ago

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

anast531d ago

Legion, Zaeed, and Jack are my favorites.

RiseNShine531d 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.

anast531d ago

They lost too much talent.

IAMRealHooman531d ago

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

anast530d ago

Liam lol I can't stand that dude.

IAMRealHooman530d 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.

SimpleSlave779d 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

DustMan779d ago

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

SimpleSlave779d ago (Edited 779d 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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