Mass Effect 2 - Page 9

Kerensky287 · 01-18-2010, 11:52 AM

It's coming out in less than a week and I know some of you are psyched about it.

Personally, I'm really happy that they've done so much to the combat system. The original version was pretty good too I guess, but there were problems everywhere... I mean, why bother giving squad-control commands if they were given to BOTH team members at once? You can't make them both take cover behind a box because then they'll just get in each other's way.

Beyond that, they've added a ton of new powers and weapons (more than 4 weapons! score!) so you do stuff like curving Biotic powers around cover, freezing enemies, using heat-seeking rockets... quite a bit above the original, in my opinion.

Probably my favourite thing is that they seem to have gotten rid of the Mako. In the original, the vehicle sections seemed tacked-on and cheapened the experience by giving you shitty controls and limiting you to two forms of attack. In the sequel you seem to be able to choose your landing spot (not sure how this works, procedural generation of the landscape maybe? Or it could just be one landscape that gets used over and over again... we'll see) and you go right there in a shuttle.

I'm torn as to what characters I want to use. They've brought back Tali and Garrus, but they seem to have something like 10 other characters (more with DLC, too) and most of them seem pretty awesome. It doesn't seem like they're limiting the nonhuman characters to the standard classes, either, because a lot of them appear to have unique abilities that they can use. Definitely going to be a game I'll play through multiple times for different party combinations.

I'm currently on a playthrough of the original as an Adept that I modeled after 50 Cent.
...So you could probably say I'm really excited about this game. Anybody else?

01-18-2010, 11:52 AM	#1
Kerensky287 Just That Good Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 3,426	Mass Effect 2 It's coming out in less than a week and I know some of you are psyched about it. Personally, I'm really happy that they've done so much to the combat system. The original version was pretty good too I guess, but there were problems everywhere... I mean, why bother giving squad-control commands if they were given to BOTH team members at once? You can't make them both take cover behind a box because then they'll just get in each other's way. Beyond that, they've added a ton of new powers and weapons (more than 4 weapons! score!) so you do stuff like curving Biotic powers around cover, freezing enemies, using heat-seeking rockets... quite a bit above the original, in my opinion. Probably my favourite thing is that they seem to have gotten rid of the Mako. In the original, the vehicle sections seemed tacked-on and cheapened the experience by giving you shitty controls and limiting you to two forms of attack. In the sequel you seem to be able to choose your landing spot (not sure how this works, procedural generation of the landscape maybe? Or it could just be one landscape that gets used over and over again... we'll see) and you go right there in a shuttle. I'm torn as to what characters I want to use. They've brought back Tali and Garrus, but they seem to have something like 10 other characters (more with DLC, too) and most of them seem pretty awesome. It doesn't seem like they're limiting the nonhuman characters to the standard classes, either, because a lot of them appear to have unique abilities that they can use. Definitely going to be a game I'll play through multiple times for different party combinations. I'm currently on a playthrough of the original as an Adept that I modeled after 50 Cent. ...So you could probably say I'm really excited about this game. Anybody else?