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Gameguru Mania News - Jan,26 2010 -

Mass Effect 2 Ships - first reviews very positive - preview/review
(hx) 09:23 PM CET - Jan,26 2010 - Post a comment / read (11)
Yes, today is the North American launch day for Mass Effect 2, BioWare's sci-fi action/RPG sequel. The first PC reviews can be found on AtomicGamer (96%), GameSpot (9/10), IGN (9.6/10), C&VG
(90%), Videogamer (100%), GamesRadar (100%), IncGamers (9.6/10): If you played the original Mass Effect, you may remember the jarring texture pop-in and frequent frame rate stutters as much as you remember the excellent character design and atmospheric planetside vistas. You'll notice few if any instances of those drawbacks in this installment, which means there's less to distract you from the impressive visuals. Just as an interior designer works from a collection of complementary and contrasting colors and textures, so too does Mass Effect 2 draw from a consistent set of hues and architectural touches. Deep reds and glowing indigos saturate certain scenes, making them richer and more sinister; eerie fog limits your vision in one side mission, while rain pours down upon you in another. Subtle, moody lighting gives certain interactions great impact, such as one scene in which your troubled, tattooed teammate appears as a black silhouette. The visuals are a superb melding of art and technology, with only a few animation hitches that stand out because most aspects are consistently excellent. The fantastic musical score and sound effects do more than their share to enhance the production, working the deeper end of the sonic spectrum and communicating tension and weight without getting heavy handed or manipulative.

This gunship battle is just one of many exciting encounters in store for you. Mass Effect 2's improved shooting mechanics are no-brainers; they're the expected advancements that clean up the flaws of its predecessor. But what makes this sequel so rich isn't mechanics, but vision. A nightclub lit with flames, deadly family reunions, a friend accused of the inconceivable--these are the sights and events that cast shadows in your mind and heart. A few blemishes prove that this planned trilogy still has potential for growth, but they barely diminish the game's overall impact. This is a galaxy you want to explore that is populated with characters you are glad to know. Mass Effect 2 is the kind of game that you return to, not just because it's fun to play multiple times, but also because its universe is a place you wish you could call home.

In related news, MTV Multiplayer has posted an excerpt from their interview with BioWare's Casey Hudson talking about the development of Mass Effect 3. They speculate we will see the next title in the series in Late 2011 or Early 2012: "We're already working on 'Mass Effect 3' right now. We do want to develop it in concert with listening to the way people are experiencing 'Mass Effect 2'. We've got a lot of DLC coming out for 'Mass Effect 2' that we're also working on, and then we'll kind of blend that into developing and finishing 'Mass Effect 3'. We don't want to take forever with it. We want people to be able to conclude this trilogy that have been with us over the years... [Development will be] along the same kind of time frame as 'Mass Effect 2'."
Update: Folks on the BioWare message board have complained about not being able to sign into the game's DLC-based Cerberus Network. BioWare's Chris Priestly has posted up word that, "We are actively pursuing a fix to this and will update everyone once it is fixed on the server-side."

last 10 comments:

Koogle

(10:38 PM CET - Jan,26 2010 )

Aim system feels like console shit.

Seriously PC mouse camera sensitivity options: LOW, MEDIUM, HIGH
damn right annoying!, even on low its too fast, with the sniper rifle, its just all over the fucking place and not balanced for each viewpoint, they could have just provided a console or built in more control adjustments.. really
FUCKING PATHETIC! is an understatement!

what a screw up, it just seems more consoletarded then the first one to me, everything about it. inventory pfff

even the character facial controls are crap and limited.

And I might have thought they'd have more expansive planets to roam on with the vehicle. nah screw that.

fuck it, it turned out to be overrated noob shit.

(12:08 AM CET - Jan,27 2010 )

wow, rage much there buddy?

No problems at all with the aiming system to me.. I didn't even change anything, but I would think a slider for sensitivity would be just as easy, whether its console or pc. Anyway, if you have a mouse with a sensitivity adjustment then you shouldn't have an issue anyway.

I'm really enjoying the game, even though I didn't play the first one and usually don't like RPG games at all.

Just because its on console and PC doesn't automatically mean its consolized shit. You can enjoy both PC and console..you don't need to be 100% dedicated to one system or another...

and seriously...you're complaining about the facial controls being limited?

darknothing	(12:14 AM CET - Jan,27 2010 )
ya thats koogle... game is great, nuff said.

th4t1guy	(03:00 AM CET - Jan,27 2010 )
I like how they only let your character sprint for 2 seconds before he runs out of breath.

Koogle

(03:36 AM CET - Jan,27 2010 )

"Just because its on console and PC doesn't automatically mean its consolized shit. "

Wrong!, that is exactly what it seems to be mean nowadays.

"I like how they only let your character sprint for 2 seconds before he runs out of breath."

I know hilarious.

"Anyway, if you have a mouse with a sensitivity adjustment then you shouldn't have an issue anyway. "

no surprisingly you do, because Mass dEffect 2 also uses mouse acceleration, which I hate, not only that manually adjusting mouse dpi settings on the fly, while playing a game! are you fucking retarded, constantly changing dpi settings to make up for what is complete balls up for development and testing, the menu system works mouse speed is fine, the speed running is fine with aim/turn limiting although a little stupid, the sniper rifle/ in game thirdperson/shoulder aiming is all fucked up.

just check steaming shit forums, plenty of others non noobs complaining about that fuckup that was aim sensitivity settings. It was the same problem in Mass dEffect, useless noob devs.

not to mention the rest of console dumbing down syndrome.

or that the game has the resale value of donkey shit.

Tom	(07:20 AM CET - Jan,27 2010 )
Who cares? You probably didn't even buy it so I don't know why you're griping?! :roll:

trousers

(11:33 PM CET - Jan,27 2010 )

Tom> Who cares? You probably didn't even buy it so I don't know why you're griping?! :roll:

Obviously you don't care because the issue doesn't effect you. Obviously people like ME care, because I can't play the game either. And yes, I did buy the game, so stop being such a jackass, we're not putting the game down because we don't like it, we just can't play it.

The mouse goes from moving 100mph when youre aiming, to crawling across the screen like a turtle when the game or action is paused.

It's a simple fix that should have been included in the game in the first place, however they seemed to have just used the settings for the 360 version.

Camera sensitivity settings don't help a bit. So don't be such a jerkoff when people like us pay 60$ for a game and then have it sit there until its patched.

Majnun

(12:21 AM CET - Jan,28 2010 )

Two questions.

Is the driving the same utter CRAP as the first game, or is it improved at all? Compare it to the rubberbandmobile shit that the first one had.

Also how are the planetary missions compared to the first one? The first one was completely repetitive and boring.. Once you'd seen 2 interior locations (be it space ships or planetary bases) you had seen them all since they were just rearranged modular areas and basically the same with different enemies (and only 3 or 5 of THOSE types). So, is it the same modular repetitive crap as the first game?

Koogle

(01:18 AM CET - Jan,28 2010 )

the missions aren't bad, I haven't gotten far enough to say its repetitive at all yet, but I had hoped they would expand on the planet exploration and making them more detailed. Instead of just nerfing the entire thing... maybe for Mass effect3. maybe I don't expect much going by all of the dumbing down found here though. As for the Mako driving in ME, didn't find much wrong with it considering you were not always on planets with he same gravity anyway.

As for the PC controls really its a complete balls up, those BioTards are complete fucking noobs and lazy ones at that, still makes me laugh they ship a PC fps/rpg game with only 3 sensitivity options with about 0.1% difference between them all.. fucking hilarious. And no hotkey weapon switches, and just to make .ini changes requires having ruby 1.9x installed, just to run the .ini file edits through ruby script otherwise the game will crash (look it up)

so yeah some ini file adjustments to the mouse sensitivity/ no smoothing/ mouse acceleration_lowered and I can say its about as good as I'm gonna get unless someone else can be bothered to test out what the other settings do, nothing clearly labeled, like sniper zoom sensitivity

And no skippable intro screens WTF, PC gamers being forced to sit through fucking intro's without the ESC key working.. that is bullshit another hack fix, tied in with the fact that in order to get to the character facial setup screen requires sitting through about 8mins worth of game babble without being able to skip through, (I mention that because if you start a new character or want to edit the keycode for your existing character that is what you'll have to do)

console port right through, just a shame its mostly let down by what are really trivial things for a development team to fix and put right in no time. the bigger issues and direction the game took could be overlooked if it it wasn't for the mass of small irritating things of the game.

Koogle

(01:41 AM CET - Jan,28 2010 )

I'd give it an around 85% just because I like the ME universe, but can't stand the UE3 engine, and shepherd speech responses are little off sometimes (rating.. would have been even lower if weren't for the ruby script fix), it should have been better than ME1 in every way really, I mean ME1 had plenty of flaws to improve and work on including the console aim and controls being naff on for a PC fps. Yet all they did overall was changed certain bits and made it a little different, but didn't really improve it much in any area, weapons/armor upgrading/ etc etc its just weak. Leaves a lot to be desired, the Mass Effect Universe deserved a lot better really.

And those reviews giving it above 90%, 100% pfff fucking noob gaming industry.

Tom	(03:20 PM CET - Jan,28 2010 )
Glad I didn't listen to your moronic comments Koogle. I bought this yesterday and I was awed at how good it was. Martin Sheen, Battlestar Galactica blond, Matrix chick etc. Really well done. I don't think at all this is consolized crap. It's really well done! Way way better than 1st one in almost every aspect! Recommended highly!

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