Mass Effect 2

Rarely has a sequel of a great game seen so much improvement.

User Rating: 9.5 | Mass Effect 2 PC

By Chemical_Viking | Review Date: March 18, 2010

Mass Effect 2 is not just a game of the year contender. It is a best sequel of all time contender. From the improved Blade Runner-lite setting, to the shooting, which felt like something tacked on in the previous game, to the magnificent seven style story, it's like Bioware trawled the gaming community and worked out all of the issues with the previous game. There weren't that many to begin with. I was looking forwards to this like Liam Gallagher looks forward to the sound of his own voice.

People wanted more locations, they got them. People wanted more interesting characters, they got them in spades. People wanted the action to not feel like it was tacked on somehow. They got it. And the balance between good and evil, paragon and renegade, has never been better implemented.

For once, I felt like the renegade actions often made sense. Sometimes, being bad was the right option, not just unnecessarily evil actions taken by someone with no scruples. Making decisions was not always a clear cut choice. This is absolutely vital to this type of game. So often in the past I've simply walked through the goody two shoes option and then mustered a replay as a bad guy, making decisions I wouldn't have made otherwise and seem completely wrong to me.

This is not Jaws 2. This is not Ghostbusters 2. This is not I'm Alan Partridge series 2.

Ladies and gentlemen, this is For A Few Dollars More. Oh yes.

Best New Character:
Thane
Best Location:
Illium

Verdict:
Buy this, three times just in case the other two copies break.

Nine Point Five Black Holes out of Ten

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