Anyone playin ME2?

ReRuss · Post by **ReRuss** » Thu Jan 28, 2010 9:41 am

Suprised noone's mention anything about it, Mass Effect 2 incase ME2 was a bit vague

I've got 18 hour of soldier class in it with every peice of DLC they can offer with the game, pre-order gear, collectors edition gear, and dragon age gear... not to mention free DLC with the cerberus cards included with the game

sweener2001 · Post by **sweener2001** » Thu Jan 28, 2010 4:35 pm

sadly, i'm going to have to wait a bit. money and all. also, banned box, and i'd rather have the full experience.

kode54 · Post by **kode54** » Fri Jan 29, 2010 12:03 pm

I'd rather wait until I've actually played the original.

Hyos · Post by **Hyos** » Fri Jan 29, 2010 7:40 pm

I played about two hours of ME2 and I love it. However, I have now stopped playing to finish the last 5% or so of ME1 (been playing this the last few weeks), when I'm done (hopefully today or tomorrow) I can import my save into ME2 and enjoy it even more

Louis Cypher · Post by **Louis Cypher** » Sat Jan 30, 2010 12:35 am

I beat it last night, about 12 hours ago. I'm of mixed opinion.

Scanning for minerals is even more painfully annoying than it used to be, made infinitely worse by the fact that you now NEED that shit if you ever want to upgrade your weapons or the Normandy.

The plot was great... when it happened, which wasn't very often. Most of your time is spent doing what would be considered side quests in any other game - recruiting characters and solving their problems for them. Of a 35 hour game, maybe six of those hours are spent in actual plot missions. Further, no matter how I look at it, Mass Effect 3 is going to make ME2 almost completely disposable. You accomplish very little of actual consequence in ME2 other than eliminating the Current Threat, despite the "suicide mission" finale at the end of the game.

The structure has changed as well, and not necessarily for the better. Combat is restricted entirely to segregated "mission" segments, which is weird. Whereas the first game had a perfectly fluid world, in ME2 there's a gigantic gulf between the "rpg" segments and the "action" segments. You can't return to past mission areas, either. The whole setup feels very gamey and artificial.

The gameplay is fun, though. You can now shortcut three of Shepard's powers and one for each ally, which is really useful. The HUD isn't exactly self-explanatory about what indicator means what though, and it took me a good while to learn which indicator shows shields-down and which shows power recharge. And the finale was *tense.*

ReRuss · Post by **ReRuss** » Sat Jan 30, 2010 9:39 pm

mineral scanning is a pain... I was hoping the upgrade would make it easier, but I already had a fast way figured out so it was kinda meh

I never found a decent way to make good money either... kinda sucks considering some upgrades require moneyz

ME2 couldn't be too epic which I expected, but better than I would have thought... Learning about the collector's and all that was kinda nice I guess

ME3 better be definitive and properly ended... None of this KOTOR business or side-questing game crap

Hyos · Post by **Hyos** » Sun Jan 31, 2010 4:23 pm

I finished ME1 (yes i know, years late) and imported my save. Starting playthrough one, now.

darkbenny · Post by **darkbenny** » Fri Feb 05, 2010 10:52 pm

kode54 wrote:I'd rather wait until I've actually played the original.

Hyos · Post by **Hyos** » Sat Feb 06, 2010 6:45 am

To not spoil too much for people only lurking, I aquired four additional characters for my team, and did one of the missions given by a team member, also some side quests. Difficulty level for missions seems good so far. What is a bit said (but similar to ME1), consequences of dialog choices are very predictable.

ReRuss · Post by **ReRuss** » Sat Feb 06, 2010 6:59 am

Loyalty missions are sorta needed in the game, in the end mainly

Also, save often... mainly before the end-game stuff

franpa · Post by **franpa** » Sat Feb 06, 2010 9:43 am

Has any of you seen the TV EBGames exclusive pre-order advertisements? Character models look worse then most n64 FPS games.

snkcube · Post by **snkcube** » Sat Feb 06, 2010 9:45 am

You should get your eyes checked. FAST!

ReRuss · Post by **ReRuss** » Sat Feb 06, 2010 10:12 am

It's probably the fact that terminus armor is quite blocky compared to every other armor in the game... and that 360 graphics can only go so far... PS3 coulda made the game look better on console turf IMO

For a mid-trilogy filler, it's not bad, but not exactly epic

Hyos · Post by **Hyos** » Sat Feb 06, 2010 11:42 am

franpa wrote:Has any of you seen the TV EBGames exclusive pre-order advertisements? Character models look worse then most n64 FPS games.

Playing on PC in 1920x1280, with AA on = no regrets about not owning an XBOX. Plus what ReRuss said.

I.S.T. · Post by **I.S.T.** » Sat Feb 06, 2010 4:14 pm

ReRuss wrote:and that 360 graphics can only go so far... PS3 coulda made the game look better on console turf IMO

Not really. The CELL can't perform miracles, after all. The GPU in the PS3 is weaker, and the CELL only makes up for it so much.

ReRuss · Post by **ReRuss** » Sun Feb 07, 2010 3:43 am

I.S.T. wrote:
ReRuss wrote:and that 360 graphics can only go so far... PS3 coulda made the game look better on console turf IMO
Not really. The CELL can't perform miracles, after all. The GPU in the PS3 is weaker, and the CELL only makes up for it so much.

Looking at an early PS3 game like MGS4, then looking at ME2 on 360, kinda makes me wonder... Let alone comparing it to Killzone 2

Hyos · Post by **Hyos** » Wed Feb 10, 2010 3:46 pm

Finished my first run. Replaying on Insanity, way harder, makes you think for the first time. Looking forward to the harder encounters, should be intense.