Mass Effect 2 (X360 version) Is the highest rated RPG of all time.

You need to come up with better topics.

Are you related to Blurayhidef?

i loved mass effect 1. not 2.

can't agree with metacritic.

I loved the game, but metacritic? Come on.

100+ post thread incoming.

As it should be #hatersbedamned

#hatersbebanned

Not even top 10 best RPG.

Final Fantast VII, Final Fantasy X, TESV: Skyrim, TESIV: Oblivion, TESIII: Morrowind, Planescape Torment, Diablo etc are all better RPGs.

That(ME2,96),Out of the Park Baseball(96) and GTA4(98) all prove how useless and irrelevant metacritic should be.

The only thing more sexy than mass effect 2 is mass effect 1 in gen 7, in my opinion.

It's not even the best Mass Effect game, and no where near the best RPG of all time.

/notevenanrpg

@MonsieurX: Ooooh ruthless.

Toinkz..

@MrYaotubo: It should be irrelevant cause critics have a different opinion than you?

Not critics, but MC. The use a weighted score, which is the other user's issue (or so it would seem).

Prime example of how useless game reviews are

nope. That honour goes to Trine 2/Heavy Rain.

loved the Lair of the Shadow Broker DLC

That's great too bad it is an action 3rd person shooter.

It's a good game but a pretty terrible rpg. It shouldn't even be spoken in the same sentence as stuff like Deus Ex or Fallout 2 however.

It's an amazing game...but far from the best RPG of all time, IMO ME3 was better, sure is even less of an RPG than ME2 and ME but the cinematic feeling made me liked it more.

Anyway, for me the best RPG of all time is, without a doubt, Chrono Trigger, that game is timeless, truly timeless.

Mass Effect 2 is not an RPG. Simple as that. It's a shooter with RPG like characteristics. Bioware wants you to think it's an RPG, but the series is not a role playing game. An RPG by video game standards is a stats-driven experience where player skill is determined by their ability to learn the mechanics and apply what they've learned to various challenges.

Mass Effect is first and foremost a shooter. The stats are completely irrelevant and having branching storylines and character development is not a feature unique to RPGs.

I don't get why Chrono Trigger gets so much love. I played it for like 15 hours until I finally put it down because it just wasn't fun. The combat was boring and the story wasn't that interesting.

not sure about the second one, it's hard to love any one more than the others, overall the series is probably my favorite RPG of this generation

@ Wasdie "

An RPG by video game

standards is a stats-driven experience where

player skill is determined by their ability to learn the mechanics and apply what they've learned to

various challenges." Genres evolve, except for appearentle because people haven't quite grown up from the good old tabletop RPGs days when: "THE ONLY WAY TO DETERMINE PLAYER SKILL WAS TO USE STATS AND NUMBER ATRIBUTES" which was very impractical but hey, its the70s, what are ya gona do? but genre has changed mediums and theres more hands on, practical and direct methods of determine player skill across different roles, its why I'l always regard Battlefield's Multiplayer class options as more modern example of Role Playing in a video game than anything Bethesda and Square Enix can come up with.

ME2 may not be a traditional RPG in the old school mechanics sense, but then if we were to rigidly adhere to D&D models, we'd be consigning that the entire RPG genre cannot evolve. Even where the mechanics diverge from familiar stat formulas, it still serves to engage the player in the essence of the role playing experience;

* developing character progression, starting small and growing into a powerhouse (this is both in ability and weapon strength)
* customizing your character in outward design and skill trees, with multiple designs by class
* open and non-linear mission structure, like most RPGs, there's a log to track quests (most action games and shooters are linear with missions set up sequentially)
* more than just action, engaging with the populace of the world in an interaction context
* The player participating in the story through their actions & choices, affecting outcomes that can impact the ending, or localized scenarios

By all core criteria, ME2 IS an RPG. It has a different presentation to this effect on the surface, but the underlying rpg experience is there within.

That said, I still find that ME3 was the better game and RPG (ending not with standing) for how it balanced the dynamic action and the range of customization and skill building.

It's certainly not the best RPG there is. Not by a long shot. But that said, Mass Effect 2 is probably the game that I've replayed the most number of times in its generation. I like it a lot. It may not be much of an RPG, but it's a damn good game regardless. Not a "true" RPG? Okay. Who cares?

I have yet to play ME2 and 3, I've finished the first one, however. I have a feeling that ME2 has little of actual RPG in it, though. Not that it is necessarily a bad thing and getting rid of Mako sections can only be a good move but still using this nomenclature seems bit far-fetched.

This game is 360 exclusive?

Not saying that it's exclusive, but the TC is referencing the meta scores of the 360 copy of the game.

lol mass defect.

How such unpolished works can be appreciated by so many is beyond me. PC developed games always have people over look flaws in order for people to say what amazing games they are. both ME1 + ME2 suffer glitches and bugs to the point to where I couldn't even bother playing them anymore, ill never understand how games like this an oblivoin and such score over 7.5 the fundamental gameplay is just not good.

and gone hoom will be the best rated game on gamespot this year

as far as sci-fi rpg go, even Deus Ex HR wrecks Mass Effect, and HR is completely mediocre compared to Deus Ex

You're the first person I've seen who appears to have faced so many bugs in either of the first ME games. Hell, even the third one was pretty solid except for the face import mess that they never fixed.

yeah, ME1 was bogged down by technical performance in frame rate and area load-in hiccups. But that was all cleaned up in ME2, which ran significantly smoother, so much so that no performance issues were noticeable at all.

Mass Effect 2 is not an RPG. And Skyrim has the same metascore.

the ps3 / pc versions are pretty much the same, no need to fanboy this thread up by having 360 version in title.

not surprising, the 360 version was by far the best.

Highest rated "TPS" on 360.

LOL

Yep, without a doubt it's the best RPG ever released.

Great game but it's a shame it get in on the RPG genre over titles that have more than a light amount of RPG-like mechanics. Call of Duty has deeper RPG stuff but nobody in their right mind labels that as a RPG.

It's an amazing action/adventure game, but not an amazing RPG. Mass Effect 1, The Witcher 2 and Elder Scrolls games are better RPGs.

It was no different from any other system version. Your trolling is... lame :rollseyes:

The weighted score doesnt really make much of a difference. Gamerankings has GTA 4 at a 97. ME 2 is the highest rated rpg on gamerankings as well. When a game like Gears of War gets a 94 meta then GTA 4 easily deserves a few points higher.

It was an excellent game, one of the most compelling I've ever played. I'd still say the original has better gameplay ideas, just poorer execution. I'd put Dragon Age above it though as the best RPG this gen, with The Witcher getting honourable mentions

I am sure if 360 version run like that "2560x1440, 60fps, max settings, k/m, etc" all xbox fanboys will go crazy with hundreds of threads per day clamming ownage.

@cain006: chrono trigger is so good to me because it's the jrpg formula nearly perfected. Its charming and welcoming... Difficult in the later half. Compelling state management and great combat. It deserves it'splace.

It's a great game, no doubt. Really the only one worth playing in the series. Best RPG ever? No. Not even Bioware's best.

Nah, inFAMOUS was a better RPG