Mass Effect 2 is overrated and here's why.

A.I. Hess of Burn360 writes: Playing through Mass Effect 2 on my first go was some kind of experience, one that was absolutely amazing in nearly every aspect of video gaming. I breezed through almost all of the missions and clocked in at just under 16 hours to finish the game in it's entirety. Like many reviewers I was amazed by what Bioware had accomplished with the title. Revolutionary in more ways than one, Mass Effect 2 has certainly set the bar in terms of visual fidelity and story. It wasn't until my second play through of Mass Effect 2 did I realize that reviewers probably made a big mistake and here's why.

[Saaking]

Perhaps it is a bit overrated. I mean, it's a great game and definitely one of the best WRPGs around; however,it does have it's flaws. I think the reason it got such high scores is to balance out all the high scores UC2 got last year. Still, it's a great game. 9/10 from me.

[kaveti6616]

I can't take a reviewer seriously if they use the word "your" when they should use the word "you're."

[we won]

LOL at you. LOL at the article 2.

The PS3 fanboy writer needs to worry about PS3 games and the charity scores they're getting even though some are still scored as flops.

ME2 is great playing different classes and playing the story differently, after the 1st run through. I like paying attention to the story and play each character the way they are suppose to be played and placed, you can get much more story that way(example: bringing Legion to the Flotilla)

The writer sounds like a little witch play this game on insanity.

"I think the reason it got such high scores is to balance out all the high scores UC2 got last year"

LOL I thought that same thing when Uncharted got all the praise it did last year based on all the years PS3 had nothing.

[CWMR]

-To be honest it sounds like it was written by a PS3 fan trying to console himself that the game isn't on his favorite console.

I'm on my second play through and it is an amazing game through and through.-

[Digitaldude]

Its over rated, beat it and thought it was very good but definitely not one of the best games i played, not even this generation.

[crck]

It's a good game but I think a 96 average is too high. If anything its a dumb down version of the first game which I thought was better. Now it feels like a buggy version of Gears Of War with dialog trees. But maybe people like that. Then they wonder why there isn't any innovation in the industry. Personally, I enjoyed the first Mass Effect and Dragon Age more then Mass Effect 2.

[PoSTedUP]

make my own website and start posting my random thoughts on n4g, it seems they will get approved. i can't wait. my first article will be: "Guys I Was Playing Socom Eairler And I Thought 'Hey! Did I Leave My Stove On?' And I Got Killed, Hears Why Socom Sucks..."

[360FTW2]

So typical! First off he plays the game beats in in "16 Hours in". Then plays it again, on a harder level and gets his ass handed to him and claim that the game is overrated.

Then, 75% of the people that respond to it an agrees with him are known PS3 fanboys. I'm sorry have we seen this movie before?

I THINK SO!

Edit: Lastly, determining whether something is overrated is clearly subjective and therefore makes this story both pointless and lame. But, if its gonna get approved anywhere on the internet, it'll be N4G.

@PostedUp, that sh!t was hilarous! Bubbles for breaking the tension..lol

[Bathyj]

Whatever, he's an xbox lover on an xbox site, pointing out a few flaws he didnt notice till his second playthrough.

And as for the 75% of PS3 fanboys agreeing with him, most the PS3 fans here are saying what a great great it is, even if he has a couple points.

Even Saaking gives it 9/10 and you still blame the PS3 crowd for everything. Get over it.

And yes its subjective. So that would make it his opinion wouldnt it? Not universal law. I dont see where its written we all have to abide by his opinion.

[Bigpappy]

Because the AI gets kill in insane mode? Are you serious?! Just remove insane mode form the game then. Then you can justify the 10/10. What a dumbass argument. There is simply no game on the market as complex as ME2. The game just does so many things, and they are all very polished. ME is not a 3rd person shooter like UC2. It is an RPG that uses TPS as the battle system. It has the choice to revive your team mates. Stop trying to rush through the F'ing game in 16 hrs and maybe you will see the barn option on the wheel. You are playing the game like it is "Gear of War". It is an RPG, so you must level-up your crew and choose wisely if you want to move forward on insane level you turd. Everyone else is taking 30 plus hours to play through the game and this guy is doing it in 16 hrs then complains that his AI help keeps dying on insane level so the game is not as good as everyone else is saying it is. What a nob and a tool.

[GameGambits]

There's a big list you can chalk up against this game. ESPECIALLY if you compare it to ME1 which is still a much better game in my opinion.

ME2 is about an 8.8 for me, but that's mostly because of how much more was put into ME1 in comparison to ME2.

Things that salter ME2 on its own merits for me are:

1) Planet probing. It's unavoidable if you want to earn a good ending for yourself and not one where you fail and don't have upgraded gear.

2) Too many box rooms. Where are all these boxes headed? It's a VERY cheap way to try and make an environment look like it has a lot in it when in reality it doesn't.

3) I would've thought with ME2 there would be MORE customization just for when you make your character in terms of hair, facial hair, jaw, etc...but nope. In fact its less if you think about it, because in ME1 I remember being able to make my character have a scar over his eye and in this one you couldn't.

4) Too many similar story lines for the characters. What I mean is everyone seemed to have some sort of children issues.

5) There's still pop-in, but not nearly as bad as on ME1 which was my only complaint for ME1.

All in all great game, but some massive over hype.

[CWMR]

-Now let's write an article about how Uncharted 2 is a good game, but on our second play through we noticed some faults and now we think it is overrated.

PS3 fans are so desperate to downplay anything on the 360 it is just ridiculous. And then they hide behind stupid excuses like "well, I'm still saying it deserves a 90, just not a 96". Do you guys think people are stupid? It's the oldest trick in the book. You try to give the impression of being a level headed gamer that simply has a little different opinion, but in reality it's obvious what your real motives are. You simply want to say that "yeah it's good, but not as good as Uncharted 2". That's what this is really about, plain and simple.-

[TheBand1t]

Funny, I don't recall 360 fanboys making such a fuss when the same site posted this article:

http://www.n4g.com/NewsCom-...

[JonnyBadfinger]

Of course Mass Effect 2 was over hyped as was Uncharted 2, all Halos, KZ2, MW2... once the media get a whiff of a new potentionally great game they set about ruining it for you by building up your expections to unrealistic levels.

Thats why i didnt look at any reviews or previews about ME2 until i had finished it. I the game did not disappoint me. I'd give it a 9.6, its not perfect but then again no game is. If any game is 'perfect' then in my opinion somethings is seriously wrong with it.

You need something to hate about every game. What i hated most about ME2 was the blood on the screen when your near death... not only does it cover the screen almost completely but its not even transparent... seriously who f***en idea was that, take him out the back and shoot him.

[Pistolero]

"Funny, I don't recall 360 fanboys making such a fuss when the same site posted this article"

How could we make a fuss when the ps3 hordes did it for us?....with all the trash talking ps3 loyalists were doing in that thread it put us in the position of having to defend Reach from unwarranted criticisms and attacks....but it seems to me this guy writes with too much hype and exaggeration.

[360FTW2]

You are always trying to make yourself sound intelligent using silly plays and reversals of other people comments. (you do it all the time, guess what, it's annoying. You have a lot of bubbles for someone that really never bring a quality debate to the table.) I've been around here long enough to know that you are one of the most rabid PS3 fanboys on this site. One of the guys above nailed it, you're willing to give ME2 any score in the book as long as your favorite game has a score above it. This is what the 75% that i'm talking about are doing also. Once a game passes your favorite game then the hating and fake articles start to show up on N4G

@Band1t...

360 fans didn't need to comment on the link you provided, there was so much PS3 bash and hate going on about the writer and the article, that if a 360 fan needed to make a comment, it would have landed on page 4 if it wasn't done within 10 minutes of the article being approved. I remember that day, the SDF was a battle stations immediately. No one else could get a word in edge wise.

How do you guys not see some of this sh!t? I get it you see it, you're just denying it because "YOU CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH."

[nix]

yup.. public memory is always short! no wonder we keep voting idiots who are politicians. q:

and lol@people who are saying it's written by PS3 fanboy.

@PoSTedUP: please don't. we already have EDGE, Eurogamer, Gamesradar etc. already.

[menoyou]

The game is definitely overrated. I would give it an 8.9, it's good but it doesn't really build up or get too mind blowing or anything.

[nnotdead]

overrated yes, but still a great game.

[Bathyj]

Ok 360FTW2.

So you're no longer playing the cards, you're playing the player?

Good strategy if you're playing Texas Hold'em, but here, in this forum, it just comes off as if you have nothing to say to my remarks and attack me because it was easier.

I just pointed out the situation as I see it. Dont agree with me if you dont want too. And its funny how its always the same group of people who dont.

But you cant find one bad word I said Mass Effect 2 because I havent said one. I dont try to sound intelligent, at least not more inteliigent than I am, thats just how I talk. And if I use your own words against you, maybe they weren't very well placed to start with.

So an Xbox guy on an Xbox site as some minor (MINOR) issues with an Xbox game, and the first thing I read is Damn PS3 fanboys, why cant they leave our games alone. You think getting picked on is an Xbox exclusive? Like every single gae on PS3 be it exclusive or multiplat doesnt get run over with a fine tooth comb looking for faults? Oh, look, a shadow is missing on MW2, oooo XB superior version confirmed.

When it comes to media hate XBox has had nothing this gen compared to PS3, so get off your high horse.

[coolfool]

Aside from the fanboy back and forth can anyone actually confirm that they have seen something similar to what the author has written about?

Who has actually played ME2 on Insanity? I haven't......

[militant07]

if mass effect 2 was overrated then uncharted 2 would be even much worse!

nothing original with boring gun fight, with great story that get rediculse at the end.
and the world is design for nathan! the platform is limited to nathan must go.

PSN. Militant_07, look at my trophies completed the game.

[Aloren]

I have. And Harbinger is a pain, other than that, I didn't see anything especially different from my other playthroughs (in normal and veteran), except it was obviously more difficult. I wouldn't call the game a mess just cause every once in a while your teammates do something stupid or cause you lose your cover...
I mean I only used 1 medikit to revive a teammate during the last fight on insanity, so they're not that bad.

[duplissi]

uh 16 hours? thats all it took him?! my first playthrough was around 45 hours... and i hardly did side quests!

something doesnt quite fit here....

[pixelsword]

Almost everything's great; if you don't have it, get it if you can. The only think I can think about that I didn't like so much were the side quests, other than that, it's a must buy.

Although I must say that I haven't played it on the hardest skill level yet, I don't think this article holds much weight, but you never know.

[SL1M DADDY]

My own score is an 8.5 and nothing more. It's a great game and with the improvements they made over the first one, which I gave an 8, they nailed this one for me. Is it overrated? Yeah, but what Bioware game isn't?

[morganfell]

No CWMR, it isn't an angry PS3 fan. Personally, I like so much that they did in ME2. They got so much right. But then they turned around and broke the main feature of the game. The title is hardly an RPG, particularly in comparison to ME1. That is the entire point of a RPG and that was gutted.

Also there are things they still failed to fix. True galaxy exploration for the available planets (I smell DVD limitation) and the fact that your choices still do not matter. I kept reloading multiple parts of two areas where I had to make choices about our engineered Krogan friend. Either way I was going that same route.

For an RPG the game is highly linear. I don't have a problem with that. They are telling a story. But to all these same people that were trying to attack Killzone 2 for not being a sandbox their comments reek of hypocrisy. If any game is going to have sandbox characteristics it should be an RPG. To reiterate, I don't care but apparently the people attacking Killzone 2 do take issue with non sandbox titles.

Then there was one of the most touted features - porting your character from the first game. What you ended up was far far less than Casey Hudson had led us to believe. Sometimes certain devs should really learn to shut up.

[-Alpha]

It still doesn't take away from the fact that a game is great, but it's a tactic to take a critical look at popular games.

Now if writers are attempting to do that, I don't mind, but an article like this fails at trying to write a properly constructed argument. It's like he was thinking this out loud and decided to publish it as news.

Before anyone says he's a PS3 Fanboy, he also wrote the "Bungie eclipses God of War Hype in seven minutes and fourty five seconds" article.

This is still sadly going to be approved by fanboys who are jealous of ME2. Any random person writing a few lines of poorly supported reasons can get approved here, and that's exactly what this is.

[Bigpappy]

All I am going to say is: I played the game and there is no way in hell that this game should be completed in 16 hrs. That is just dumb an insulting to Bioware. I have heard of speed reading, but I have never heard of speed listening. The game has hours and hours of dialog; you can only upgrade if you do the mining or have plenty of money; Shepard can revive his down team mates. All of these facts make the article pointless and "Foxgod" correct (even if he only went by intuition)

[Foxgod]

He complains that his second playtrough in an rpg wasnt so great?

Whats next, hes gonna complain that the sixth sense wasnt so much fun to watch the second time, as the first time he saw it?

[dktxx2]

He complained that the game has a lot of technical issues that don't really show up until you turn up the difficulty.

Read the story, then make a smartass comment.

[ClownBelt]

" Read the story, then make a smartass comment."

Fanboys don't have the comprehension skill to decipher such complicated article.

[Foxgod]

I dont read crap articles.

[mythamp]

Then dont comment when you havnt read it...

[TheTwelve]

Then how do you know it's crap?

...wow.

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[Foxgod]

Cause i looked at it for a couple of seconds.
Besides, i am on my second playtrough on Hardcore, and i can tell hes full of crap, just cause hes complaining.

[Bathyj]

The title told him. It was anti-xbox.

On an Xbox site, by an Xbox lover.

[FlipMode]

The only reason he thinks its crap is because its saying bad things about ME2

[nix]

i hope, we've learnt a lesson today. don't let your tail get caught!

[PopEmUp]

with a dumb face? lol

[BubbleSystemSuck]

Why here on N4g yo can get 100 Reports, but sitll be aproved by "for example" 10 Trolls/Fanboys?

What need a story to FAIL?

just a hipotetic situation an question

[-MD-]

It's not overrated at all, been playing it since last night and it's epic.

[unknownhero1123]

agreed. I beleive that this will be one of the top contenders for game of the year IMO. Bioware deserve the praise this game gets.

[math]

Well to answer your question jriquelme it's because if an article takes a specific stance like this one. Then all the fanboys lineup and say it fails, and all the people that agree approve it. It's just the nature of N4G. It happens with anything, look at any article for Uncharted 2. Xbox Fans say its Flamebait or SPAm and Sony fans say its a good article. Now its the same here people that like ME2 are saying the article is bad, why? Because they disagree with it, does it mean that its SPAM or against the N4G guidelines? No. People are definitely allowed to have opinions.. What do you think game reviews are? And I can see where this guy is coming from. I only played a little bit through insanity on ME2 for some of the reasons this guy said, and it was way too hard for me, and knd of BS. :(

[BubbleSystemSuck]

ok. Thanks.

And Veteran
CoD WaW "Is raining Nades, alleluya" is really BS

[ClownBelt]

" Mass Effect 2 is overrated and here's why."

Thank you for stating the obvious.

[Demarco156]

" Mass Effect 2 is overrated and here's why."

it is a xbox360 exclusive.

...i really wish the game had multiplayer

[Uncle Rico]

Rubbish article. Poor craftsmanship, flamebait material...etc... where has the good journalism gone.

[-Alpha]

People don't even bother to read it, they just approve it.

It's a crappy article, poorly written, yet it gets approved

[Bathyj]

Yeah, but if you only read well written, well thought out, constructive articles, you'd be reading nothing all day.

[Uncle Rico]

not really. There is Game Informer :)

[-Mezzo-]

Finally It'been Realized, it's a marvelous game but "9.6" i mean come'on.

9/10 at best.

[Cletus]

I tink my granma's rhubarb pie is underated.

[bobrea]

So many people like this game and it's critically acclaimed. YOU may think it's overrated, but there's no way you can pass it off as a fact. This is the problem with gaming journalism, people think that they're right on matters where it's impossible to be right or wrong. Like they say, one man's trash is another man's treasure.

[TheTwelve]

Some things that are popular still suck. So the fact that lots of people like it might just mean it's a fad. This is no argument.

However, I will be the first to buy Mass Effect 1 + 2 when it comes to the PS3. There is indeed quality in this series.

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P.S. I don't think the game is overrated. What I think is silly, however is how people are saying it's GOTY already and/or it's the best RPG ever and/or it's going to revolutionize this or that. That's silly. It's a great game and that's it, and that's good enough.

[seifer085]

with you. it's like that Ign article about Me2 and Uc2. we think differently and that's that. I really didn't like fallout 3 but every reviewer loved it so there we go.

[TheTwelve]

Agreed. When Fallout and the DLC finally came to the PS3, I bought it all thinking I would like it. That's what the reviews said, right? That it was GOTY, this and that? Man, I've never been so bored with a "game". Got rid of it and regretted my purchase.

I don't get why people play such boredom but everyone is different I suppose.

I played a bit of ME on PC and was impressed by the story, presentation and strategy so I THINK I will like the series (I tend not to like WRPGs) but I won't go overboard like I did with Fallout before I'm sure.

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[Pistolero]

"Some things that are popular still suck."

Stupid reasoning....what? it sucks because you think it sucks?....if it is popular that means that a majority don't think it sucks. I really hate this elitist attitude that lame a$$ wannabe gamers have that makes them think that if they go against the flow and say something sucks that most people think is good then it somehow makes them cool. Now if you really don't like a game that most other people do...that's one thing...but if you think your opinion is a fact or if you think your opinion has any more weight than anybody else then you are an idiot.

[theEnemy]

Mass Effect 2 is awesome.

[we won]

And so it begins.... PS3 fanboys have nothing on PS3 because all their games are flopping and they only have one or two good games, so they turn their attention to the 360 in full force with their smear campaigns like in 2007 and 2008.

[EvilBlackCat]

This fanboys things is just getting ridiculous.

Fnck all this b.S. gaming industry have been turned into a gossip and fake reality shows entertainment now.

[JonnyBigBoss]

I have to somewhat agree. I beat it and loved it, and quickly made a video review for it on YouTube. Now that it's a week later, I can't bother playing the game because I'm bored of it...

[teenieboober]

Wow. Seriously N4G? You have a filter and this garbage somehow gets through?

[solar]

someone should review that POS KZ2. i feel asleep playing it. woke up with my cat dry humping my face.

[Amid Fantasy]

its not the games fault if you need auto-aim to be successful

maybe you should stick to MW2

noob

[macalatus]

My fellow Sony gamers, Solar is an example of what is terribly wrong with the 360 dumb kids. His post is a disturbing sign that he (and possibly many other 360 ding-dongs) are probably more than likely into "interspecies erotica".

Sony Gamers Lead the Way!

[CWMR]

-Sony gamers leading the way...to insanity and delusion.-

[solar]

ah another perfect example of the stupidity of the members of this site. criticize a ps3 title. you are a bot. i need auto aim and play that other POS game MW2. no wonder this site is looked upon as the toilet of the internet gaming sites.

[Theoneneo81]

Its a Great Game Probably going to be GOTY or a heavy Runner up but there are some things that i miss from the first game that hurt the second game had they kept those things in it probably would tie MGS4 as my all time Classic Video game.

[STICKzophrenic]

It only took him 16 hours on his first playthrough? I can imagine he just flew from point A to be B, using no strategy or tactics. I can imagine he's trying to run n gun on Insanity and and keeps getting dominated. Maybe try to use some strategy and level up your weapons and powers. It might help you out a bit.

I just finished my second playthrough, this one as a Paragon, and it was just as amazing as the first time. Now I'm gonna playthrough Mass Effect for the 7th time, and import this character to Mass Effect for my third playthrough.

[PandaJenkins]

I don't exactly see how the game can be overrated just because a higher difficulty wasn't as good as the lower ones for him. I mean cmon only a small amount of people will even bother with insanity.

I have been playing insanity recently myself. I can agree the AI is sloppier but they are still good for the most part. The game is a lot more challenging too which has made my 2nd play-through more exciting than it could have been if it was easier. Though my main enjoyment of the second play-through is using my other character from ME1 and seeing how different choices and dialogue affect things. I don't really think the combat is the main focus of other people either.

[math]

Yeah but I think the point is how can a game be rated near perfect when it has those types of imperfections. And to say well noone will bother with Insanity so who cares is like taking 25% of the game away from the sum. And people keep saying that he ran through 16 hrs, ever think that the lower skill levels are too easy? That's a whole other can of worms, though. I kind of have to agree and disagree as much as I liked ME2 I did think normal was too easy. And Insanity was too much.. Hard was well hard was were I thought the game found its sweet spot.

[PandaJenkins]

All games have imperfections though, even the highest rated ones. Reviewers all have their own opinions too and they can score it however they like. Heck IGN's main criticism was bugs, but they thought everything else was done so well it didn't kill the game much for them (Which I strongly agree with).

I don't think it kills the experience since Insanity is supposed to be difficult. ME2 offers such a range of difficulties that it tries to please everyone. I played Veteran my first time and that was far too easy for me, but maybe for others it isn't? I haven't tried hardcore so I can't really comment but I would expect it to be a fair balance between Veteran and Insanity.

[Pistolero]

How can any game be rated that high then?...because every high scoring game I have played has had imperfections.

[razielsparadox]

that friggin bit"#$ is overretarded (PC,ps3 ownr)

[Silly gameAr]

Another "pass" article. Garbage like the rest.

[Shadow Man]

The only thing impressive about it is the graphics.

Not long before the Dark Halo comes out.

[baum]

Said some dumbass 360 fanboy that nobody cares about, lmao

[CWMR]

-Coming from the stupidest ps3 fanboy to ever walk the face of the earth I would take that as a compliment, Shadow Man. If Baum says something usually the opposite is true. He gets everything backwards.-

[awesomeperson]

Aww thats cute, the bots stand up for their little 8 year old friends :)

[lh_swe]

I am sorry to say this you are all annoying little fanboy penarse's and the fact that you cannot reason properly to understand that all people are different, we want different things in games and for you guys to even pretend to be beyond that is just ridiculous, and the funny thing is is I don't think you can let yourself enjoy a game on another console, thats like wearing a chastity ring and having wonderful sex witht the woman of your dream in your minds and if I were to truly ask you why I wouldn't get an answer I would get a deflecting response in the form of a personal attack.

I hope that you understand what I am trying to say and understand that in the end your the one missing out.

[Faztkiller]

Just finished ME2 amazing game Only thing's i didn't like about ME2 is the disc swapping and the main mission was more about getting your squad together and not really about the threat also planet scanning was boring and slow

[00]

that is my opinion and I'm always right and you people are always wrong, that is why mine is important.

[GrilledCheeseBook]

every high rated game has arguments as to why it is overrated
their is too much variety in taste in games to satisfy everyone

[shutupandplay]

When the initial excitement of the game release dies down, my opinion almost always changes. I beat ME2 in two days, a little over 30 hours. Right after I beat it, I would have given it a 9.8. Now, after I`ve let the experience sink in, it`s a 9.0. I have absolutely no desire to go through it again. It`s quite a great game, and did a lot of things right, but it certainly get`s a little too much credit.

[Pistolero]

I'd seriously like to know what games you think deserve over 90....I probably wouldn't agree with them.

[shutupandplay]

Not many. For this gen, I`d say MGS4, LBP, ME1, Uncharted 2, Fallout 3, Gears 1.

[SARGEHALO666]

...and I'm still loving it!

[themafia]

your paranoid, i love my ps3 but im not attacking your system cuz i dont like the games, im sure u love your games, thats fine. and masseffect2 is a good game. best game on xbox imo.

[majdees]

I started playing the game on the hard difficulty because I knew it would be very easy on normal. The game is GREAT and I haven't faced any bugs with the battle system. The AI is a problem sometimes but other than that it's EPIC. If u want to play ME2 the way it should be, I recommend going above the normal difficulty, u will have lots of fun.

[theone26]

"Mass Effect 2 has certainly set the bar in terms of visual fidelity "
Was he being serious? I mean it's a fine looking game with some nice models but it's hardly bar setting especially with other heavy hitters around.

[Pistolero]

Yeah, it is one of the best looking games I have played on either console....there might be a couple of games that edge it...but not by much.....go read all the reviews on metacritic...most of them mention how great the graphics are.

[olos]

and his complaint wasnt one of them
it is over rated
i think we are in an age where hype and blogggin has ruined actual gameplay
people are more concerned with aesthetics than actual gaming

the same guy who wrote this article also wrote some rubbish about how halo reach is way better than god of war 3

like really who cares and its not true either

the sad thing is that there is enough of this rubbish out there that people actually start to believe it

same thing with metacritic

its ruining everything

opinions are are just opinions

[dragonyght]

and are here i though insane mode was 2 easy i guess we live in different world

[NateDPG]

It's a well known fact that the A.I. in this game is terrible, PC mags are stating it all the time.

[VanHalen]

This is a joke right?

[Imallvol7]

The only thing wrong with Mass Effect 2 is that it is called an RPG. I love Mass Effect 2. AMAZING GAME. But they got rid of all my RPG elements :(

[VanHalen]

I think they made rpg elements soooo much better in this one. It was way too much in ME1. You spent most of your time screwing with your inventory. Made it not fun. I cant express how much i love ME2, every damn thing about it is frikin awesome. You have to experience it to believe it and if you havent played it yet you are really missing out on one of the best games around. Ive got and played a ton of games, all the big hitters. I can honestly say that this might be one of my favorite games in years!

[earbus]

Wow next thing sex will be overated unless its on ps3,great game you cant take the shine of this game no matter what you say its pure joy mabey use unity tell you squad to take cover perhaps.

[psycho360]

What happened to ps3 kills 360 with Heavy rain, MAG, WKC in Q1 of 2010? Aww you guys finished the Movie rain and Massive FLop GAME?

[Karooo]

you dumb fk how did MAG flop 8/10 in gamespot and eurogamer is terrific and it doesnt lag as well with 256 player battle, heavy rain is getting terrific reviews.

[Raupet]

There are multiple issues with ME2 imo. But that doesn't take away from it being a solid game. Is it the be all, end all of rpgs? No. Does it have to be to be a great game? No.

[Kos-Mos]

I downloaded the game for pc. Stopped playing after 4 hours because I actually (believe it or not) found the game boring.
Over head view which we have seen in plenty of games since Resident Evil 4.