I can definatley see why it won game of the year on xbox. Mass Effect 2 is awesome! Its got a great story, great characters, great atmosphere, great gameplay, just great all around. Its got a lot going on so I'm never bored and even though I'm level 23 and havn't finished the game, I can't wait to start my second playthrough.

There are some odd momments though, especially playing as a female character. Its like the game was intentionally designed for people to play the male character. You can see this oftenas the female is butchest, toughest, deepest voiced woman in the galaxy. From the way she sits like a man, dances like a man, runs like a man etc, it can definatley raise an eyebrow. The feminine part of the female is so lost, it makes you feel like you are playing as a crossdresser with a nice body.

Aside from the little things, ME2 is an all around polished game that will keep you entertained for a long, long time and its well worth every penny you spend to get it.

[QUOTE="codezer0"]gamenerd, do you have nothing better to do than to try and annoy me? First off, what good is it for them to be released if no store will carry it? Or that no rental outlet will stock the game in order to even try to play it? As stated, HERE you couldn't even find a new PS1 anywhere within the first two years of the PS2's release, and accessories and games followed suit not long after that. And even now, the PS2 is basically getting a trickle of real crap games at this point in its life... which I find ironic when the PS2 had the worst SDK out of the four systems (inclusive) it was competing with. Considering the insane amount of money it took for me to have one working PS3 that wasn't neutered, I have every right to complain about what Sony is doing and how they've screwed me over. Why? Because in case you haven't figured it out, they did screw me over, by making such shoddy, unreliable hardware, and not backing their product like an ethical, reputable company would. Even automotive manufacturers still support their vehicles past their warranty dates with parts and specs so that other companies can at least create compatible equipment to repair them. Yet we're all just supposed to bend over backwards because it's Sony? I don't think so.MrSelf-Destruct

Nice post TC! Not only do I see Sony comming out with the PS4 very soon, I believe we will see the birth of a PSN monthly service fee.

I believe out of the three powerhouses (Wii, Microsoft, Sony) that Sony is last in the console race. It would be logical for Sony to make the first move in attempts to try something new, especially to recover lost customer moral.

This just makes perfect sense to release a brand new console first, at low cost, with a monthly service fee to re-coup the losses of selling a cheap system. Add on golden promises that gamers have been looking for to help build lost moral...and its a sound plan to bounce back from this.

When will they do this? Time will tell...but Sony has dropped some bombs on their customer base with titles like Medal of Honor, GT5 and Black Op's gaining uproar from the community and it would not surprise me at all to see them release a new console to save them.

If I had to put a date on it. I honestly believe 2012 Christmas season. I'm calling it now :)

the new MGS? u mean rising?

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[QUOTE="Ninja_Zombie83"]If someone breaks into your house do you blame yourself for not having tight enough security or do you blame the theif? I don't understand your logic by blaming the developer for not preventing the enevitable.Sphire

I know you made another post, but I couldn't be bothered to quote that. But anyway, the way I see it, using your analogy it should be 'if someone breaks into your house do you blame the builder (meaning developer) for not building a properly secure window frame perhaps that led to the break in or do you blame the thief? Sure the thief is at fault, but the builder shoulders some blame for selling you a shoddy product.

People here aren't defending hackers, nor blaming gamers (which kinda seems more equivalent to blaming yourself in your analogy, since it's the legit gamer who suffers in the end), they're just saying the game had shoddy security/left to be. I don't really know or care, but I understood that at least.

The point I was trying to make is that its not IW's fault, as Denji stated, but the hackers. Even Sony can make the most resistant console to prevent hackers and eventually fail because nothing his hack-proof. The battle over security is circular and is neither a cause or solution for cheating.

Instead of providing security in vein, they should go after the people (banning) instead. IMO security without conciquence or re-enforcement is pointless.