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Mass Effect 2 Video Review

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  • Posted Jan 26, 2010

Kevin VanOrd takes the Normandy out for a joyride in this video review for Mass Effect 2.

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1023 Comments

  • Wastelander87

    Posted Feb 3, 2012 9:47 pm GMT

    Much better than the first. Best game ever with lots of replay value. Can't wait for the third.

  • Ares360

    Posted Jan 27, 2012 11:29 pm GMT

    The combat was much better, but I wasn't a fan of the mainstreamed skill tree and the story was at best okay. Hoping ME3 will reboast the rpg aspect and have a kick ass story to boot.

  • la-leyenda

    Posted Dec 30, 2011 1:13 am GMT

    @TheMrBlackfloyd
    Oh god, please. Mass Effect was a mess. Awful, awful game that was only held together by its story.

    Mass Effect 2 is a vastly superior game. It took mediocrity and turned it into greatness.

  • GamerLegend10

    Posted Dec 27, 2011 1:05 pm GMT

    @Ice-Cube
    damn i missed that offer should have snatched it up when i had the opportunity.

  • Raven_1981

    Posted Dec 24, 2011 11:27 am GMT

    this game is fantastic!!!! I just got it last week, and I can't get my mind of of it, it took me a while to find a game like this, I'm glad I gave the series a shot, for sure I'm getting mass effect 3 the day it comes out

    I highly recommend mass effect and mass effect 2 to anyone who loves deep stories and RPG's

  • Ice-Cube

    Posted Dec 23, 2011 4:53 am GMT

    @Jmaster211
    You're in luck, Steam is having a sale 75% off, now $4.99. I'm picking it up.

  • Jmaster211

    Posted Dec 18, 2011 10:10 am GMT

    just got a new laptop, played the demo(now that I can run it). I NEED THIS GAME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • badmutt22

    Posted Nov 27, 2011 12:04 pm GMT

    this game was awesome but it was so hard if you played on the hardest difficulty like me. I got so frustrated i literally threw my controller

  • jayjay444

    Posted Nov 22, 2011 8:29 pm GMT

    I liked the RPG type game of me1 but I liked me2 better because to me it seemed like action RPG suited the game better in my personal opinion however they shouldnt have taken exploreing the worlds with a tank looking thing out of the game insted they should have enhanced the experience great game though both games deserve a 9.5 in my opinion=)

  • Bowserpwns

    Posted Nov 18, 2011 9:44 pm GMT

    This series is easily my favorite game franchise of all time, and no game has ever done that since Legend of Zelda back on the N64 when i was like 7, lol.

    I actually think the story is on par with ME1's. Sure it is different, but the story in ME1 was the over arcing story of the Reapers, as this one is mostly about character development. And boy do they nail character development. Every single character has interesting backstories, and i love going into them, even characters i don't like.

    ME3 is going to be the greatest thing ever made.

  • sknight175216

    Posted Nov 3, 2011 7:31 pm GMT

    @999eric I'm not going to lie. I thought Mass Effect was a good game, however I agree it was kind of over-rated. I went in with these high expectations, but came out feeling like I missed a little bit of the magic somewhere. I'm playing it again with the game + option type deal. Maybe I'll find something this time. I'm going to play the second soon too.

  • Codester_41 posted Oct 10, 2011 6:44 pm GMT (does not meet display criteria. sign in to show)

    Codester_41

    Posted Oct 10, 2011 6:44 pm GMT (hide)

    Oh boo, I hate cover shooters. Why do I need to play a game behind a wall the whole time? Sorry, that fact just turned me off of this game!

  • TheMrBlackfloyd

    Posted Sep 12, 2011 11:05 pm GMT

    Bioware... i don't really understand why the hell do you do second chapters more action based...
    mass effect was a masterpiece... dragon age origins ALSO...

    mass effect 2 and dragon age 2 was really good games.. really! but why you removed that feeling of a true RP game? to think.... to ... dunno.... why for me mass effect 2 and da2 are less rp than the first chapters? i will buy the third chapter of each one... for sure.. but really a rp must remain a TRUE rp..
    i hope people will understand this comment.

  • 999eric

    Posted Sep 11, 2011 3:17 pm GMT

    i played ME1 and thought it was one of the most overrated games ever... however, ME2 is probably one of the best games ever!

  • All-ArounD-GamR

    Posted Aug 26, 2011 12:07 am GMT

    Must buy... Space Hamster...

  • santinegrete

    Posted Aug 14, 2011 2:14 am GMT

    I missed the loot and inventory in Mass Effect 2, but I was thankful that at least they let me use ammo modes. Yes, shooting is more fluid making this a roleplaying shooter, but at least there's still a layer of tactics to follow.

  • ADDADAC

    Posted Aug 10, 2011 10:26 pm GMT

    Personally i hope in me3 you get either most or all of your whole team at the beginning of the game like me1, so it can focus on the story more than me2.

  • Augustine33

    Posted Jul 12, 2011 6:22 am GMT

    Just completed this. I've never had so much fun playing a game whilst enjoying the plot and caring about the characters. Cant wait for ME3

  • lethal_intake

    Posted Jul 12, 2011 3:30 am GMT

    i think both ME1 and ME2 had good and bad qualities to them but i enjoyed playing them both... i hope they took what was good in both games into ME3 and improved upon them... really cant wait til it comes out its gonna be epic for sure!

  • Two-Cans-short

    Posted Jul 10, 2011 12:26 pm GMT

    Ever notice that the Quarian armor is remarkably similar to the Mandalorian armor in Star Wars?

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