StrengthGamer: Mass Effect 2 PS3 Demo Impressions

Samy Masadi of StrengthGamer writes "Two entire acts of Mass Effect have passed since the space opera began it's journey through the galaxy. While 360 and PC players alike reveled in this grand action-RPG show, it was an exclusive performance. PS3 owners stood waiting out in the cold, yet ye olde Bioware production company turned them away at the doors. After three years, PS3 folks needn’t wait any longer."

[BlueTroll]

I can't wait- I don't own a PC strong enough for this game, and my 360 red ringed... got a ps3 for christmas and can't wait to play this

[Peppino7]

I never played the first so I had to get used to the controls of the demo but it was sick. Im really excited to play a scary game once again since resident evil strayed away from what made it scary in the beginning.

[kaveti6616]

this is a mass effect 2 thread. i think you're talking about dead space 2?

[Peppino7]

Ahhh thanks. Explains my disagrees lol.

[jbiz320]

why the hell do you have 6 disagrees for that? N4G is getting stupid.

[pixelsword]

They disagreed that he got a PS3; they somehow determined that he got a turtleneck sweater.

[tigertron]

3 people disagreed that you think they disagreed with the fact that he got a PS3. I agreed.

[beavis4play]

i enjoyed the demo - the story looks like it'll be good; i enjoy the conversation wheel and the combat controls are very good.

i'm looking forward to this one!

[ForROME]

You know its weird but it seems like games like ME and techy games belong on PS3 because it seems like sci fi games go with a alien looking and feeling system like a PS3, quality blu ray etc, weird.

The one thing I would like to see is the ability to install games on the PS3 like you can on the 360.

[MGRogue2017]

I agree with your idea of installing games to the PS3's hard drive..

Every PS3 has a hard drive so.. why not take advantage of that, huh? teh blu-ray drive is kind of restricted.. very slow at reading..

[Blacktric]

It'd definitely help to shorten load times for games like Dragon Age: Origins and Fallout: New Vegas, since both games have load times ranging from 10-50 seconds. It'd be great to have the full install option. I don't agree with the Blu-Ray being restrictive though. Some developers can utilize its 2x speed well enough while some lazy ones(like Edge Of Reality and Obsidian) can't.

[mrcash]

most of the games that take advantage of the bluray, are made by sony. Sony has invested tons of money in optimizing their software to run well on their system. Other developers may not have the resources or time to do this, but as long as its a solid experience its all good.

[Arup02]

PS3 isn't an alien looking system, wtf.

[tigertron]

I think what he means is that its futuristic. ;)

[Tinasumsum]

ME2 has a lot of voice command computers in it and hands free minority report computers. Lots a futuristic software in ME2 so I read your comment and seen what you said the other way around. IMO the 360-s looks more sci fi

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Well that was fun nice playing

EDIT

I'm sorry some you have not played ME2 yet so the disagrees are excused.

[VenomProject]

If only the 360's tech was as futuristic as the PS3's. :D

[Silly gameAr]

Do you guys msg each other and decide which articles to flood? Serious question. I've noticed that a lot of the same people troll certain articles.

Nah, It couldn't be. No one could be that petty.

Not much longer though. I'm almost done with ME 1 finally so i'll be ready.

[Close_Second]

I thought the demo looked great...until my son, who is a PC gamer, showed me the game running on his PC (ATI Radeon 5770). Even though the PS3 version looks good the differences are still like night and day.

Basically, if you want the best experience play this on the PC if you can. If you can't then the PS3 version is by no means a bad choice.

[Arup02]

True. I have ME2 on the 360 and on the PC. The PC version is far more superior. Like you said, if you don't have a PC powerful enough to run ME2 at it's finest, you should stick with the console versions.

[despair]

yea I played the demo and thought it looked really good, then I booted up my PC copy at 1080p resolution and max settings and it wasn't even close. It really is a big difference but if you don't have the PC to run it like Arup02 said it makes no sense to go that direction.

[ULTIMATE_REVENGE]

Crap

[Snatcher]

The game that your avatar is based off is CRAP.

[ULTIMATE_REVENGE]

ok

[BYE]

Playstation has the definitve version.

[mrcash]

sorry but no, both versions seem very similar, the demo on the ps3 seemed to slow down at times, im hoping its just a demo issue and will not be present on the retail version.

[maxcer]

$60 vs $20

[hazardman]

Ceekay, sorry only disagreed cause altho you may feel like you got the definitive version, its an old game that you are now about to experience while those with your so called inferior version are playing new adventure games and waiting on ME3...that being said ME2 demo is great. awesome port job..Gonna give another go with the PS3 version incase we are able to use character on ME3 when that ships..

[aaronisbla]

you say this but couldn't he say ps3 owners were too busy enjoying other games at that time? honestly thats kinda a dumb argument, who cares when someone played it as long as they do? Besides, he's only quoting what BIOWARE said themselves

[hazardman]

he is obviously a PS3 only gamer. I have both PS3 and Xbox360. Ive already played ME2 and I said that to him cause of his comment. you should mind your biz!! I'm pretty sure he can fend for himself. your argument was stupid to begin with..

[aaronisbla]

wait thats your rebuttal? i should mind my business because i said something that disagrees with what you wrote? Last i checked, this is an open board and since its open, i made a post. Didn't know it was a private convo between you 2. No one was defending him btw, i don't even know him

My points i made still stands, he quoted Bioware when he said that. Don't like it? whatever, i post what i want when i want

[SnakeMustDie]

The PS3 fans should give the game a chance. Ever since the demo hit, I see multiple complaints on how the first cutscene is unskippable. The demo didn't give the game any justice. Bioware should have just put the Station and Freedom's progress level instead of adding the long intro and the horrible Mordin's level(Although his loyalty mission is good, his recruit mission is horrible in my opinion).

[AKS]

Mordin's recruiting level isn't the best, but I wouldn't say it's horrible, either.

My personal favorite mission is the mission to recruit Tali. That's coming up soon in my Insanity run. I decided to run through the PC version again recently with a Widow-wielding FemShep Infiltrator with Reave. Deadly combination.

[tigertron]

Fortunatly the intro cutscene was only there for the demo, it'll be replaced with the comic, it was just designed to run PS3 gamers up to speed with the Mass Effect universe (assuming they haven't played the first game).

Anyways I'm just hoping the screen tearing and frame rate changes are corrected in the retail, because on the visual side, I don't see how the PS3 is inferior, the demo looks great.