Mass Effect 2 (Xbox 360)
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 | Product Details: Release Date: 29 January 2010 Publisher: Electronic Arts Rating:   Sales Rank: 56 | | Look for similar items by category:
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| | Customer Reviews: MASSively EFFECTive (29 August 2010)The first Mass Effect was an amazing game with an involving storyline, detailed characters but with a few little glitches. Loading screens were a bit annoying and the dodgy frame rate needed improving. Mass Effect 2 however takes all the best elements from the first and improves on all the bad. The shooter side of things is one of the main noticeable differences, with a much improved targeting system and accuracy. The ammo and weapons options have been vastly improved too, so no more sifting through all your ammo or weapons you've collected to turn them into omni-gel or sell. The storyline pretty much picks up from where the first left off, and what's great is that you can upload your character from the first (as long as you've completed the game), and also the choices you made (who lived, who died, etc) or you can just start from scratch if you choose. All in all Mass Effect 2 is a must for anybody who even remotely enjoyed the first chapter, as this is clearly a 10 out of 10 title. Just incredible, believe the hype or miss out on something amazing (24 August 2010)Just completed this and I can say without a shadow of a doubt that it's the best video game I have ever played. Not being a hardcore gamer I wasn't sure whether something this revered would be the game for me (being very much a pick up and play type of chap) but this had me hooked form the instant it started up. I got about 65 hours out of it, knowing full well that when I elected to go past the point of no return (this will make sense once you've played it) that I could have spent far longer on it. Everything about Mass Effect 2 is just stunning; from graphics to gameplay, voice acting to scope of ideas. I cannot recommend this game enough, there will be so very much here for gamers of all abilites and levels of dedication. I wait with baited breath for the third installment. Builds on the predecessor in every way (21 August 2010)Having played through the game and enjoyed almost every minute it occurs to me it would be easy to be critical about Mass Effect 2. There's a lot of standing around talking to other characters. The game can be quite formulaic - for each character in your team there is a mission to recruit them and a mission to make them loyal, and it comes as no surprise when you're told the seventh character wants to speak to you about a loyalty mission having just played through the first six. The game can also be quite mechanistic. Without wanting to spoil anything, an example of this occurs with upgrades. You're given the choice to upgrade a certain asset. If you do these upgrades, everything is fine. If you don't, characters die. This can leave you feeling a little that the game effectively forces you down a path, despite the illusion of choice. However play the game, especially if you've played and completed Mass Effect (Xbox 360), and these criticisms melt away. With Mass Effect 2 the game establishes itself as part of a series, and like any good sci-fi you care about the characters and the story. Importing a game from Mass Effect 1 carries forward many decisions you made in the first game. You slip into something comfortable; a universe you remember and helped create. Bioware have worked hard to improve everything they could from the first game. Combat feels more natural, weapon upgrades work differently (to me an improvement from the first game's bewildering choice of armaments), characters feel more fleshed out and side-quests are much better, each unique rather than the barren, dull planets with identical buildings from the first game. The story is more enveloping and the moral ambiguity of the team you work for more enjoyable than the relatively clear cut nature of the first game. The game works because it feels like a universe you're involved with and part of. I played it through as thoroughly and constantly as I could and am now doing so again. Even Mass Effect 1 doubters will find more than enough magic here to make it worth purchasing. Bioware Delivers again... did we expect much else? (13 August 2010)There are a couple of things i would like to point out before I Review this game. Those people who gave it a one star, quite obviously don't play alot of bioware games. Unfortunately for those people, games such as bioware's are *slightly* repetetive, due to the fact, you basically do the same thing on every mission, which is shoot things. The Game is less shooter (although the did improve this greatly) and more roleplay, focusing on the dialog, which was quite incredable. The second thing is, i cannot review this whole game, its too big and mindblowingly deep, this is just the surface to entice or disuade you. (if your not to interested with the technical stuff and just want to know if its good for you, scroll to "THE LOW-DOWN") **Good points** -The graphics are intense, a welcome upgrade from the mass effect "stuttery" glitchy graphics. - Awesome diaolog, bioware always seem to surprise me with their commitment to dialogue, in previous bioware games it's only secondary characters with speaking roles, both mass effects have enchanted me with their superior dialogue. -The story, contrary to alot of reviews, i thought was good, albiet a tad dark and gloomy, focusing much more on the peril of the human race, and diving really deep into that story. I might be crazy but, I think mass effect 1 had colour scheme in the blue zones (i found it much more uplifting and bright) and mass effect 2 more of a red, always dark, mixed with a few brighter planets so you dont want to kill yourself when you play the game. -The side loyalty quests, i thought was a nice perk, though it WAS a tad repetative, and a shame that they die if you dont do the loyalty quests. -The senery is absolutely breathtaking at times, you really see the care the developers put into this. -the love side plot is interesting, as you have more choice, and you don't just have to get it on with the "Main" characters, also a minor one too. A slight shame its not an achievement as its a darn sight more difficult that the first game... - The story is thrilling and at some points genuinely scary or you have genuine worry for the lives of your team. - I know every gamer likes to hear this, they patched the game regularely, so now its 10x less glitchy, at one point, i had a character with cross eyes, trying to say something of dire importance, and i couldn't stop laughing. **The Bad Points** -The thing that made me want to scream the most was the weapon situation... You get two or three types of weapon and upgrade them... It took me a while to figure it all out for my self, and to be honest, i would much rather have the old system back (buy weapons with better/ different specs, many weapons - many looks, it was more pleasant to the eye rather thatn having only two or three type of each gun. What a let down...) -The minerals/ mining. Im sure the novelty of mining for minerals for upgrades was awesome the first half hour... maybe. But we all soon found out that its boring and takes up 25% of the time. Time we could potentially be kicking the collectors backside... oh! and listening to shepards chisled voice. - The begining and the cliffhanger. In my opinion, i was very upset that shepard had to die at all, not that im a obsessive freak, just, i didn't see much point. The end, as always, bioware loves keeping us on the edge, and well, if they dont make a mass effect 3, or some such bad boy, there are gunna be alot of angry fans... **[[^^THE LOW-DOWN^^]]** Basically, this came is probably *one of* the best Action/Thirller RPG games released so far for xbox360, i have played it several times, and it brings me no end of joy to blow the hell out of the reapers, if you are a massive RPG fan, this game is a winner, the characters (if you play it through properly) are rich and developed. If your a shooter fan, this game will seem a little repetative at times, and the story slightly linear (shoot bad guys, kill bad guys, win game), the game is probably 70% roleplay and dialogue fun, 30% shoot 'em up. A DEFINATE BUY!!! **This is my opinion, but i do like to think of myself as a seasoned gamer with a passion for sitting on my backside and enjoying a good story. Mass Effect 2 review (13 August 2010)Totally blew me away for the cost of just £15!!! This game is a vastly improved sequel to the plodding, flawed, pompous original, with far better pacing and much tighter and exciting action throughout. R |
