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The sci-fi role-playing epic continues, as the Mass Effect story delves into darker territory and the fate of Commander Shepard, his crew and the entire galaxy.
This Canadian developer has become one of the most renowned makers of Western style role-playing games, with titles such as Baldur's Gate, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, Jade Empire and Mass Effect. Star Wars: The Old Republic will be their first massively multiplayer online game.
 The saga continues with even more action and intrigue |
 Enemies will keep on coming even with missing limbs |
 Mass Effect 2 will see the return of many familiar faces |
 Equip and upgrade many new weapon types and biotics |
A streamlined combat system makes the game even more action-packed than before, with a new regenerating health system that means you spend less time fiddling with menus and more time shooting enemies. You can also direct teammates individually with a simple press of a button, giving you greater tactical control over every encounter.
The number of planets you can explore, and the complexity of the sub quests you find on them, has been greatly expanded from the first game - giving you a whole galaxy to explore at will. The original game was the most cohesive mix yet of action game and role-player and this sequel goes even further in combing both genres into one giant space opera.
Key Features- Episode Two: Commander Shepard returns as the award-winning action role-player offers up even more intense storytelling and a whole new threat to humanity.
- All action: All-new combat options make the game even more action-packed, with more versatile controls, more weapons and better management of allies.
- Age of discovery: Even more exploration options than before, with more detailed side quests and many more developed planets to visit.
- Good talker: Revamped conversation system is more dynamic than ever, with faster, more realistic dialogue and a new cinematic camera.
- Ongoing story: If you have a save file from the first Mass Effect then the decisions you made will have an effect on the new game and old characters will remember you.
This Canadian developer has become one of the most renowned makers of Western style role-playing games, with titles such as Baldur's Gate, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, Jade Empire and Mass Effect. Star Wars: The Old Republic will be their first massively multiplayer online game.
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Like all modern combat hard-suits, Terminus Assault Armour is environmentally sealed with an independent air supply for use in space and extreme planetary conditions, with an onboard "micro-frame" computer capable of running a suite of battle management software. To prevent detection by passive thermal sensors, body heat is channeled to the base of the feet, where it can be dispersed into the ground. The Terminus Assault Armour increases storm speed +10%. all weapons have +1 magazines of reserve ammo and increases shields +15%.
- Mankind's Future is At Stake
From the makers of 'Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic', 'Dragon Age: Origin's, and 'Mass Effect' comes the dark second instalment in the thrilling Mass Effect Trilogy!
Command a unique team of amazing characters on a perilous mission in the most dangerous regions of space.
Players of the first Mass Effect can import save games to continue the story of their own Commander Shepard. New players will find a thrilling standalone adventure awaits them, a polished and action packed journey that surpasses the first game in nearly every possible way.
- Intense Third Person Combat
Take cover, command an elite squad with ease, utilise 19 weapon classes including heavy weapons, and unleash deadly powers against your foes with an all-new and improved combat system.
Increased intensity with precision shooter controls to let you control the action and overcome insurmountable odds.
Featuring a new location based damage system: target key weak points, and blast off limbs, ignite enemies, or cripple and disable enemy troops.
- An Entire Galaxy to Explore
Travel the distant and deadly reaches of space to assemble your team for the mission at hand. A cast of amazing character
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20 of 21 people found the following review helpful
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Most reviews, quite naturally, are from fans of ME1 and RPG experts. I thought I would add my two-pennyworth, as a player who had never experienced the original and who normally avoided RPG games and 3rd person shooters.
I was tempted to buy it after a surprisingly good experience with Avatar. I knew ME2 was going to be good from the moment the first load screens appeared. It had quality written all over it.
Fans of FPS are rather limited to Call of Duty and its clones these days. I love them but miss the depth offered by tactical shooters like Hidden & Dangerous and Raven Shield. This is a superb alternative.
It plays more like an interactive epic film than a game. I found myself absorbed in the conversations. Gone are the stilted text conversations of old RPGs. These are cinematic affairs and your choices of questions and answers blend seamlessly into the "script". You have an abbreviated choice of what your character will say, which makes it even more interesting and sometimes quite surprising! Funnily enough, I became so wrapped up in the story, the combat became almost secondary!
The combat is good, if not revolutionary. It's not on the epic scale of CoD but it's none the less challenging. Choosing your class of warrior makes a big difference to the experience. As a soldier, you rely totally on weapons. However, other classes offer the chance to use "Biotic" powers where you can blast opponents of their feet or lift them in the air and slam them against walls. It sounds daft but it saved my bacon a few times!
The voice acting is very good indeed. Some well known actors and actresses are behind the characters. Funnily enough, I thought the weakest actor was the male voice of Shepard (the main character). He sounded a bit monotone. I preferred playing Shepard as a female character. She has a much more animated voice.
Of course with 3rd person shooters, you see the characters much more than in FPS. I doubt many of us gamers have the muscular torsos of the male characters or the impossibly trim figures of the females!
My message to FPS players is to give this a try. I love it and have put it among my best games of all time. It would have been worth buying at full price. Now it's a budget price it offers fantastic value. Compare the hours of gameplay it offers to the mere 6-8 hours you get on a CoD game.
Incidentally, I now have bought the original Mass Effect. It has the same epic film feel but the interface feels a bit clunky in comparison. Knowing where to go is less obvious than in ME2, so I found myself wandering about hoping for the best a few times. As an FPS fan, I would not have been hooked on the series, if I had tried it first. Of course, now I have to play it through, so I can import a character into Mass Effect 2! It's a tough job but somebody has to do it...
Edit.
I have now played though the original Mass Effect. After the initial boring missions, it suddenly came alive. I was sucked in. It's actually a better story than Mass Effect 2. The end was stunning. I almost forgot that I wanted to create different circumstances for the beginning of ME2!
I was tempted to buy it after a surprisingly good experience with Avatar. I knew ME2 was going to be good from the moment the first load screens appeared. It had quality written all over it.
Fans of FPS are rather limited to Call of Duty and its clones these days. I love them but miss the depth offered by tactical shooters like Hidden & Dangerous and Raven Shield. This is a superb alternative.
It plays more like an interactive epic film than a game. I found myself absorbed in the conversations. Gone are the stilted text conversations of old RPGs. These are cinematic affairs and your choices of questions and answers blend seamlessly into the "script". You have an abbreviated choice of what your character will say, which makes it even more interesting and sometimes quite surprising! Funnily enough, I became so wrapped up in the story, the combat became almost secondary!
The combat is good, if not revolutionary. It's not on the epic scale of CoD but it's none the less challenging. Choosing your class of warrior makes a big difference to the experience. As a soldier, you rely totally on weapons. However, other classes offer the chance to use "Biotic" powers where you can blast opponents of their feet or lift them in the air and slam them against walls. It sounds daft but it saved my bacon a few times!
The voice acting is very good indeed. Some well known actors and actresses are behind the characters. Funnily enough, I thought the weakest actor was the male voice of Shepard (the main character). He sounded a bit monotone. I preferred playing Shepard as a female character. She has a much more animated voice.
Of course with 3rd person shooters, you see the characters much more than in FPS. I doubt many of us gamers have the muscular torsos of the male characters or the impossibly trim figures of the females!
My message to FPS players is to give this a try. I love it and have put it among my best games of all time. It would have been worth buying at full price. Now it's a budget price it offers fantastic value. Compare the hours of gameplay it offers to the mere 6-8 hours you get on a CoD game.
Incidentally, I now have bought the original Mass Effect. It has the same epic film feel but the interface feels a bit clunky in comparison. Knowing where to go is less obvious than in ME2, so I found myself wandering about hoping for the best a few times. As an FPS fan, I would not have been hooked on the series, if I had tried it first. Of course, now I have to play it through, so I can import a character into Mass Effect 2! It's a tough job but somebody has to do it...
Edit.
I have now played though the original Mass Effect. After the initial boring missions, it suddenly came alive. I was sucked in. It's actually a better story than Mass Effect 2. The end was stunning. I almost forgot that I wanted to create different circumstances for the beginning of ME2!
30 of 34 people found the following review helpful
Platform for Display:PC
Fun:
5.0 out of 5 stars
I am a great fan of Mass Effect 1 and have played it through a number of times with different characters. However, even though I thoroughly enjoyed the game, it was never really an RPG. It was always a tactical shooter with an excellent story, great grpahics and a few RPG elements. I'd even go as far to say how bad some of the RPG aspects were (poor levelling system, awful inventory, limited character creation etc...).
Mass Effect 2 seems to have taken out all of the bits that irritated me (including those dull dull dull Mako missions) and created a much tighter playing experience. Every mission feels important to the main story and there were very few times I felt I was playing the same mission with a different background. Some of the missions were truly exciting and left me guessing what was going to happen next. The story is even better then the first. It introduces new twists to the story and I like the idea of seeing the galaxy's darker side. Even the characters seem more engaging this time round. I'll always miss Wrex, but most of the game's first charcaters left me cold.
It's not perfect however, but the faults are few and far between. I can imagine the planet scanning side game/quest for resources getting tedious, especially on a second playthrough. The inventory system, although much easier to use, could have made the player feel more involved. I just wasn't happy being told exactly what gun I could or couldn't use. Finally, I'm still undecided on whether DLC is a good thing or not. Time will tell.
Overall, I feel that some of the customer reviews on this page have been unfair. I think EA gets a great deal of unfair stick, but it is one of the companies that I think seems to take the risks (unlike Bioshock 2 or CODMW2). Mass Effect was never a true RPG so the sequel shouldn't be judged as one either. If you're looking for an excellent 80+ hour RPG then choose Dragon Age or Divine Divinity 2. If you want a fun and exciting tactical shooter with great graphics and an engrossing story, then Mass Effect 2 is simply perfect.
Mass Effect 2 seems to have taken out all of the bits that irritated me (including those dull dull dull Mako missions) and created a much tighter playing experience. Every mission feels important to the main story and there were very few times I felt I was playing the same mission with a different background. Some of the missions were truly exciting and left me guessing what was going to happen next. The story is even better then the first. It introduces new twists to the story and I like the idea of seeing the galaxy's darker side. Even the characters seem more engaging this time round. I'll always miss Wrex, but most of the game's first charcaters left me cold.
It's not perfect however, but the faults are few and far between. I can imagine the planet scanning side game/quest for resources getting tedious, especially on a second playthrough. The inventory system, although much easier to use, could have made the player feel more involved. I just wasn't happy being told exactly what gun I could or couldn't use. Finally, I'm still undecided on whether DLC is a good thing or not. Time will tell.
Overall, I feel that some of the customer reviews on this page have been unfair. I think EA gets a great deal of unfair stick, but it is one of the companies that I think seems to take the risks (unlike Bioshock 2 or CODMW2). Mass Effect was never a true RPG so the sequel shouldn't be judged as one either. If you're looking for an excellent 80+ hour RPG then choose Dragon Age or Divine Divinity 2. If you want a fun and exciting tactical shooter with great graphics and an engrossing story, then Mass Effect 2 is simply perfect.
20 of 23 people found the following review helpful
By Lloobee
Platform for Display:PC
Fun:
5.0 out of 5 stars
... But not truly great. ME1 Was truly awesome, but this is just good.
Apart from an annoying bug (sometimes the environment lets you walk where you shouldn't, but doesn't let you back, so you have to reload - this doesn't happen often but), it's hard to put my finger on why it is. The graphics are gorgeous. The characters seem well thought out, although *everyone* has a bit of a checkered past. Thinking about it, Jack is probably the most dysfunctional supporting character in any game since that burning mage in "planescape Torment" (showing my age there). The "paragon / renegade" actions halfway through conversations work well. There are some awesome locations - so far (being vague to avoid spoiling the plot) I thought the wreckage, the "ship's graveyard" and omega station are all brilliantly designed - even the nightclub was better done than in most (any?) game's I've seen recently. The citadel has also had a major overhaul too.
They've got rid of the really annoying inventory system, with all that shuffling around of weapons, upgrades and ammo. Now different ammo is a character ability, which actually works better than I expected.
The cutscenes are also brilliantly done; seen quite a few but my favourite so far is still very near the start of the game, as the lights get turned on in the Normandy hangar.
Oh, I haven't had to drive a six-wheeled thing that maneuvrers like a Volvo on black ice (with a layer of diesel on top) across vertical fractal landscapes either. That's a plus.
One other thing to like - the subtle (or in some cases less so) way that your old ME1 save games interact. Depending on what you did last time around all sorts of people show up. Or don't.
So why only four stars ? I don't know. Maybe given the awesome predecessor, and how good DAO was, I was expecting even more. Maybe I thought Dragon Age Origins felt more open (though I'm pretty sure ME2 has more locations). Maybe I just don't like "the Man" (you'll find out). Maybe it's that the character development has been streamlined too far? Or maybe it's just that the game lacks Wrex, who was easily the star of the first game (unless you killed him).
I might dig out ME1 again, just to get a different background...
Amendment: Having played back through ME1, then played this again, I'm thinking maybe it's worth 4 1/2 stars. Wrex showed up in my second trip through, and his replacement (the young Krogan "Grunt") has some good moments, and some of the other characters are also very well done.
Shepard: If I know Grunt, your answer will be at muzzle velocity
Grunt: You do know Grunt...
Finally, the ending is great, even if it is a bit of a plug for ME3. The whole build-up to the final battle redeems some of the early parts of the game feeling a bit small. There are lots of extra missions out there too, if you look for them, though most of them are a bit too short.
Here's hoping EA don't end the series on the kind of sour note they did for C&C.
Apart from an annoying bug (sometimes the environment lets you walk where you shouldn't, but doesn't let you back, so you have to reload - this doesn't happen often but), it's hard to put my finger on why it is. The graphics are gorgeous. The characters seem well thought out, although *everyone* has a bit of a checkered past. Thinking about it, Jack is probably the most dysfunctional supporting character in any game since that burning mage in "planescape Torment" (showing my age there). The "paragon / renegade" actions halfway through conversations work well. There are some awesome locations - so far (being vague to avoid spoiling the plot) I thought the wreckage, the "ship's graveyard" and omega station are all brilliantly designed - even the nightclub was better done than in most (any?) game's I've seen recently. The citadel has also had a major overhaul too.
They've got rid of the really annoying inventory system, with all that shuffling around of weapons, upgrades and ammo. Now different ammo is a character ability, which actually works better than I expected.
The cutscenes are also brilliantly done; seen quite a few but my favourite so far is still very near the start of the game, as the lights get turned on in the Normandy hangar.
Oh, I haven't had to drive a six-wheeled thing that maneuvrers like a Volvo on black ice (with a layer of diesel on top) across vertical fractal landscapes either. That's a plus.
One other thing to like - the subtle (or in some cases less so) way that your old ME1 save games interact. Depending on what you did last time around all sorts of people show up. Or don't.
So why only four stars ? I don't know. Maybe given the awesome predecessor, and how good DAO was, I was expecting even more. Maybe I thought Dragon Age Origins felt more open (though I'm pretty sure ME2 has more locations). Maybe I just don't like "the Man" (you'll find out). Maybe it's that the character development has been streamlined too far? Or maybe it's just that the game lacks Wrex, who was easily the star of the first game (unless you killed him).
I might dig out ME1 again, just to get a different background...
Amendment: Having played back through ME1, then played this again, I'm thinking maybe it's worth 4 1/2 stars. Wrex showed up in my second trip through, and his replacement (the young Krogan "Grunt") has some good moments, and some of the other characters are also very well done.
Shepard: If I know Grunt, your answer will be at muzzle velocity
Grunt: You do know Grunt...
Finally, the ending is great, even if it is a bit of a plug for ME3. The whole build-up to the final battle redeems some of the early parts of the game feeling a bit small. There are lots of extra missions out there too, if you look for them, though most of them are a bit too short.
Here's hoping EA don't end the series on the kind of sour note they did for C&C.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars
One of the best Games I've ever played!
Very large sweeping story with many different worlds to explore, plenty of action missions with many and vairied side missions too.
Great value for money. Read more
Great value for money. Read more
Published 29 days ago by Dr John D Gaffen
3.0 out of 5 stars
OOPS..... EA HAS DONE IT AGAIN!!!!! CONTROLS DILEMMA!!!
I Just received this game today, and i don't know if i can play it. Henceforth i gave 3 and 2 stars to ME2; the gameplay looks awesome just like Dead Space from EA, but for the... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Decibel
5.0 out of 5 stars
One of the best games
Loved it, played it through 3 times and didn't get bored. Loved the multiple endings and how it all works together.
Published 1 month ago by Mr. Je Brock
4.0 out of 5 stars
Pretty good all round but 1 big letdown
i have played this for coming up 2 months now and i can say for certainty that it is the most engaging mass effect game of the series, it has got great storyline revolving around... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Jason Prudhoe
3.0 out of 5 stars
OK
It's rather a complicated game and not what I'd call User friendly. I love CoD and MoH but this is not in their league.
Published 2 months ago by Terry
5.0 out of 5 stars
The best space saga after Star Wars
Pro: Excellent game. A great thing that they connected the storyline to Mass Effect 1. A must play for every sci-fi fan. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Imre Lendak
3.0 out of 5 stars
Mass Effect 2 plays with Single Core apparently
Play Mass Effect 2 with Single Core PC rig? Well, I've yet to play the game as I need to re-install my whole XP system - nothing to do with the game, I should add! Read more
Published 4 months ago by Stuart Hill
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great
Brought as a christmas presant. They loved it & was more than happy. The delivery was super. Would recommend for anyone who is a fan.
Published 4 months ago by yams37
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great game and probably best of trilogy
I played this game with the aim of completing it without too many side missions and it worked out well for me. Read more
Published 4 months ago by akik_r
5.0 out of 5 stars
Awesome and Original...Story Unfolds
First of all,
I've been gaming since the days of the Spectrum, Amiga 500 etc, etc, so I've seen a few games. Read more
I've been gaming since the days of the Spectrum, Amiga 500 etc, etc, so I've seen a few games. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Big T-S
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