Mass Effect 2 Hype

[Alexia_Ashford]

I can't believe Tricia Helfer is voicing ANOTHER sci fi character. D:

[Vector]

Hype over 9000

WTF is wrong with dat ass? That .gif makes me a little bit uncomfortable.

[The Dude]

Couldn't help but fist pump the air during that trailer, some of my favorite actors/voice actors in there.

Anything with Simon Templeman in it = Win anyway.

[delage]

I'm totally buying this game, just for the top-notch voice actors it deserves to be bought

[VirusPunk]

Well I plan to get the first game first since I never got a chance to play it. Everyone I know that played the game tells me its good, and I just loved Knights of the Old Republic and knowing that Bioware (the developer) makes this game I definitely need to pick it up. Always wanted to play a game where you take command of a space ship, I'm an obvious space nerd LOL!!

[Darinl1979]

There is no reason for anyone to ever miss out on playing a Bioware game. I remember I went into Mass Effect blind, I was anticipating it for a long time and decided to cloud myself from reviews, previews, spoilers, etc and just play the game. One of the greatest gaming experiences of my life. I have ME2 sitting on my table upopened because my backlog of what to play is so big right now.

[A-J]

full 3 minute trailer is now up on XB Market Place in HD

http://www.xbox.com/en-GB/games/m/masseffect2/default.htm

and youtube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DtiTxg70gI

[The Dude]

Saw it last night, very impressive but not as awesome as the Dragon Age: Origins Blur video.

[aris13]

First Review from the Official Xbox Magazine.

SCORE: 9.5/10

PROS
Enveloping universe filled with interesting characters and revealing side stories.
Outstanding, flexible combat in gorgeous environments.

CONS
Main story is a bit disappointing; dull element mining and hacking.

[Zombie Fred]

They were a victim of praising Mass Effect 1's story as the best in this generation yet. I am sure the story is the same quality, or even higher, like with the game.

[The Dude]

ME1's story was only as good as the time you were willing to invest in it, I found it very interesting however I knew friends who breezed through the main story missions and found it lackluster as they didn't go through the effort of talking to your teammates, doing sidequests and listening to incidental dialogue when it came up during the game.

I assume ME2's is just the same, I can imagine that having to link everything from ME1 to ME2, then have to lay seeds for ME3 it might seem lacking in some areas but im sure when combined with ME3 when its out it'll all work out.

[Zombie Fred]

Could be the case. One positive thing to look at is the potential how different your play through can be, with the decisions you made in both games, from start to finish and seeing the different outcomes from your other playthroughs.

[A-J]

Characters are a plus and ME1 was a very character driven game, so I think it's alright.

[Zombie Fred]

Characters are a plus and ME1 was a very character driven game, so I think it's alright.

Shepard.

[Zombie Fred]

Lots of info/impressions. Some things that stood out to me:

- More planets to visit and each has a purpose and backstory, more like main quest levels. Excellent.

- Combat feels more like Gears of War or Uncharted.

- Run out of ammo (i.e. heatsinks) for a particular gun, it auto-switches to one which you have ammo for.

- Playing as an infiltrator, sniper rifle ammo seemed limited.

- No control over squadmates' armor, they upgrade themselvs as they level up.

- New weapons/upgrades are found as blueprints, need to be researched.

- Enemy kills DO grant you XP, but it only gets tallied up at the end of a mission, and you don't level up during a mission anymore. This was done "as to not distract the player during a mission".

- There's some kind of biotic ammo.

http://meforums.bioware.com/forums/viewtopic.html?topic=717100&forum=144&sp=0