Abstract: Fans of Knights of the Old Republic, Baldur's Gate, and Dragon Age: Origins have been waiting with baited breath for Bioware's follow up to their successful Mass Effect title released a couple of years ago on the Xbox 360 and PC. With all the hype and ...
Abstract: Since Mass Effect hit the Xbox 360 in 2007, then PC in 2008, we've been waiting impatiently for its sequel, hoping for new levels of epic space adventures and more fraternization with aliens. Even with all the technical imperfections, we understood Bi...
The story picks up directly where the first game left off, The story and dialog are often brilliant, The action-oriented gameplay and direct storyline add, tension, The cast of characters is varied and interesting. Everyone, will find a favorite, No Mako
The voice acting can be a touch melodramatic at times, At least once the audio dropped out for a few minutes. Keep, subtitles on, The role-playing elements have been severely cut back, Some sections devolve into talking to one person, fighting, through a
What Bioware has done here is create Aliens as a sequel to Alien. Stay with me—this will make sense, I promise. Ridley Scott's Alien was a brilliant film—a haunted house in space. James Cameron took the motif and feel of that film and made a war movie out...
Great cast of interesting and diverse characters, Excellent dialogue and voice acting, Fantastic art design with a strong sense of identity, Solid shooting mechanics make for exciting encounters, Level design makes every mission feel fresh
Scanning planets can get tedious, Some glitches and bugs
Once this intense and action-packed role-playing game pulls you into its orbit, you won't want to escape. ...
By making choice, dialogue and characters the key ingredients, Mass Effect 2 delivers an experience in which the player feels directly at the core - more so than any other game we can think of. It effortlessly expands the scope of the original, creatin...
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Published: 2010-01-26, Author: Kevin , review by: cnet.com
Abstract: Mass Effect 2 takes the bleak vacuum of space and flushes it with color--the light of stars and galaxies, the red and violet swirls of far-off nebulas, and the glimpses of comets as they burn through the void. You'll catch your first glimpse of this in...
Abstract: When ended, we saw Commander Shepard marching to the docking bay to clear out the last holdouts of Saren's geth forces while the new human representative to the Citadel Council assumed his new duties and made a big speech about the future. The futur...
Abstract: Mass Effect was a flawed masterpiece. BioWare, obviously tired of dealing with the restrictions of the Star Wars franchise, launched their own space opera, complete with a universe as well thought-out as Lucas' own. The attempt at truly uniting a thir...
