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[QUOTE="jg4xchamp"] being better than mostly mediocre is hardly impressive. Personally when measured up against actual great shooters. The combat is far too wooden, the enemies are far too simple/bullet spongey at times, and the actual gun play doesn't have much going for it besides good feedback(which to be honest even Red Dead Redemption got right, and that thing is also too stiff for its own good). jg4xchamp
I don't understand what you mean when you say the combat is "wooden." There is a great variety of enemy's throughout the game, and who cares if they are spongy? I perfer if my enemys can take some beating, it would be kinda lame if most enemy's simply died is 2-3 shots. it would strip out the challenge and make it a simple stop and pop shooter. The gun play is excellent from start to finish, the skill system adds depth which most shooters these days seem to lack.
It would be nice if you told me what third person shooters you are actually comparing ME2 too...
It's stiff. SHephard moves in a manner that is far too clunky, slow, and stiff. Basically I'd like it if he moved around as if he was a bit more flexible or took yoga.
Two things.
A: Who said anything about it lacking variety in enemies. While it gives you plenty of foes almost every level plays out similar. First 4 waves is just basic dudes after basic dudes in pocket arenas. With the 5th wave consistently ending with a bunch of dudes, and then one big dude that is either armored, biotic shielded, or BOTH(collector missions). Most of the enemy variety is mitigated by the sheer fact that most of them fight the same. It would be nice if they had more going for htem beyond the if they have a sheild or biotic powers or not. At least the Collectors were cool
B: Because all that health when the shooting is meh/the movement is too stiff just becames an artificial way to make it feel challenging. It doesn't provide any satisfaction, and quite frankly it doesn't do anything in terms of challenge either. In reality it's just a nice excuse for developers to make sure the AI are morons.
Except lacks any actual challenge, and all things considered Gears of War, Vanquish, and Uncharted 2 spank it on a combat level. Be it because of how much better the guns feel, how much more fluid the movement is, or how much more varied each set piece is. As for depth? what depth? The skill system is a random safety crutch power like Warp or something like Adrenaline Rush. Nothing really adds to making the combat more complex. Just gives Shephard an extra weapon to work with if you will. It's pretty simple, and far from honestly being deep enough to be worth praising over other shooters that have better combat schemes. And we're only name dropping third person shooters that play better, let's not get into FPS games that have more satisfying action.
I haven't played Uncharted 2 or Vanquish, but I have played Gears of War. I can easily say that ME2 is a far superior shooter. GoW was just a much more repetitive shooter in my book, the difficulty scale was also all over the place in that game.
I don't understand what you mean when you say the movement feels clunky or stiff. Feels just like any other shooter on the market to me. I don't really wanna argue about this honestly. ME2 is a fine game, and I simply find it better then most shooters.
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