"These are the 5 most terrible elements from Mass Effect 2."
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.
Have to ask: didn't Bioware fire the original writer who came up with ME in the first place?
mass effect 2 is a great game, better than most in fact. however compared to ME1 its a step back and failure in every way.
i agree with every point he made.
the jump from me1 to me2 was similar to the jump from re4 to re5. the sequels are excellent games and better than most even but fall incredibly short and lose sight completely of what made the previous entry so great.
Another TERRIBLY written piece by nightmaremode. Their last "smearing" article for ME 2 turned out to be a crappy one just like this with two of the points actually being the same as each other only with shuffled words made me felt pathetic for reading it. So let's investigate one of the points in detail.
"This makes me seriously question if Bioware understands what ‘morality’ means. In Mass Effect 1 you make numerous attempts to free NPCs from reaper control, but not the geth. At no point did you try to negotiate or talk to the geth in the first game. This means that at the end of ME1, instead of being the conquering hero, you were sort of an asshole."
"I would like to bring to your attention the codex entry for the geth from Mass Effect 1. Please note the last line:
“It should be stressed, however, that in all forms the geth are universally violent creatures.”"
Yeah except these Geth were the members of what Legion called "Heretics" who followed Saren in the name of finding salvation with the return of the Reapers. They had absolutely NOTHING in common with the real Geth who just didn't want to be slaves for eternity which is perfectly explained in Mass Effect 2. Also concerning the second quote; the galactic codex (for the sake of looking authentic) contains few intentionally made errors such as this one. What were you expecting Bioware to write there? Explain the whole Geth vs. Heretic conflict in detail? Or add a silly line like "But there may be friendlier Geth somewhere in the galaxy". In essence, these crappy articles are nothing but a poorly executed smear campaign against Mass Effect series. Nothing more.
I agree 100% with this article. I didn't want to admit these things while I played, but they are true for me.
ME1 is fantastic, ME2 is no more than a Husk of the former. I still enjoyed ME2, but had this game come first, it wouldn't have been universally praised.
The biggest problem is there is no sense of accomplishment with regard to the Reapers.
I must be the only one that loved the scanning process in this game. To me, this game is perfect in damn near every way. Only criticism I could have is I would wish for more exploration and customization.