Mass Effect 2, as we've established this week, was a pretty fantastic game. It enjoyed some ups and suffered some downs, but on the whole the entire thing fit together quite neatly, combining the first game's sci-fi take on the traditional BioWare role-playing structure with more concrete shooter mechanics. Gone was gun damage determined by stats and invisible dice rolls, replaced by the easily grasped workings of a third-person shooter: Aim at something and hit it and it would die.
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.
Oh good, I wasnt the only one that thought that the mass effect 2 boss was a bit of a jip.
I don't know. It was kind of scaled down from ME1 but as a whole i like the final mission in ME2 better than ME1.
lol at Gandalf. Glad i am not the only one thinking of T-800 with that last reaper.
HA ha wait till you get to the end of ME3.
I actually thought it was ok. Nothing too unique, but I thought it had a fairly epic feel to it.
I guess I'm just easily amused...
I forgot who the final boss was. Guess he must of sucked.