Mass Effect 2 Video Review

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@williebazerka I do think that you should try and get through ME1, BUT if you feel like you really vcan't do that then either get Mass effect Genesis oir whach it on youtube to get thwe story and then play nr2. because you HAVE TO play ME2, it's great!

@philMcCrevis I bought ME2 the day it came out but I wanted to play ME1 first.I tried to finish ME but never did and as a result never played ME2.Yesterday I played it (only a hour or so) and was completely blown away by the atmosphere and presentation of it.I will try and finish part 1 so I can inport my saves but if not I'll just play ME2.Game seems really epic.

@philmccrevis Oh yes it is a great great game. It came to me suddenly somewhere around my 3rd playthrough. This is now my favorite game.

holy crap Mass effect 2 is an amazing game. i've owned it for over a year yet just started playing it. I'm really happy i did. This is amazing and Keven Vanord's review is dead on though I was describe this game as an RPG/shooter hybrid with very very generic character and weapon progression minigames rather than real RPG attributes. Still super engrossing

im getting this game today (i did rent it for the ps3 from a friend but im buying it for the xbox becuse of the save import from mass effect 1 so the entire mass effect series will be imported for me :)

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

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.

@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.

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

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

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

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

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

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=)

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.

@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.

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!

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.

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

Must buy... Space Hamster...

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.

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.

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

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!

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

Wow really really ( really ) great still ME3 is bound to be better

this game is so over rated, the gameplay sucks, clunky slow and generic. The story sucks, the characters in it are cool but the story it's self is so stupid, especially at the end OMG it's a HUMAN REAPER!!! lol wtf? like they couldn't come up with something more clever to reward me for solving the epic mystery? Or even something that makes a little since, why does a humanoid shaped giant robot HAVE to be powered by humans, and they don't even give the reason for that. Im sorry but this game just sucks imo

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sweet

This game just sucked up my whole weekend - its fantastic. ME1 was too frustrating in combat, and I gave up on it quickly as a consequence. This sequel though is great. One of the best games I've played this year.

@ dr_exoscience shut up !

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BioWare alway have good games and have great stories to tell us gamer! cant wait for ME3!

Its the next best thing to a 2 week vacation!!

I gonna buy this game tomorrow! Yay!

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@kgould01 get them today if you have steam! its mass effect day, you can get both of them for $15.

i have never played mass effect games. was thinking of picking them up.

currently im 14 hours into this game and from what I hear its 30 to 40 hours of gameplay which is great because this game is just AWSOME.I have been playing games since i was a kid and trust me when I say this is in the top 5 games I have ever played.It gets 3 things perfectly right story,gameplay and graphics.Just go buy it

I'm playing the first one right now... and wow, this looks amazingly better. I am glad I bought this to play after I finish the first.

@Afinati I played the first one on the 360.(the main quest only) I'm playing this one on the PC. I plan to get the 3rd one on the PC. And I agree with you. This is one of the best games ever made.

@thekey Do not get Mass Effect 2 alone. If you aren't using a PS3, buy the first one and then the second and then, when it comes out, the third. Seriously.

Best game ever made.

My favourite game

I'm late to the party but I'm getting this so I can be ready for part 3.

Awsome!I ordered it and its coming tommorrow

Why did I not get it?? Why...?

by this game best rpg of the year

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