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Lens of Truth Head2Head: Mass Effect 2 Analysis

We go Head2Head with both retail versions of Mass Effect 2 for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.

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Seijoru5257d ago (Edited 5257d ago )

Oh boy.
Its an even tie to me with the only differences being lighting yet their staff still personally chose 360. I have the game on PC and it looks better than both and is cheaper than both. Just buy the game for whichever console you have.

SasanovaS19875257d ago

so lens of lies, have you learned anything yet?

Nitrowolf25257d ago (Edited 5257d ago )

I have to Say Bioware did an excellent job at porting this over. The FPS is nearly on Par if not slightly better, faster loading, and literally no screen tearing.

Also i find the Staff choice (their reason) to be a complete BS.
Here when i saw the 360 i was hoping they were going to explain with the technical and graphics arguments, but instead they go based off price???

WTF this isn't a price analysis.
I mean of course if you already own the game on a console, why should you have to buy it again?

Also big difference compared to the demo. And i have to say the lighting between the 360 and PS3 can make the game look way different (last shot first page)

LORD-PHOENIX5257d ago (Edited 5257d ago )

are people still stupid enough to trust lens of truth?

i trust them as much as i trust gametrailers... both have been proven to sway their videos to one side or should we say 'fix'

these untrustworthy fanboy sites are whats wrong with gaming today

Army_of_Darkness5257d ago (Edited 5257d ago )

It looks and plays like a 3rd person shooter with some rpg elements when it was on the 360 and you know what!? when I played the demo on the ps3, its exactly what I thought! cover. shoot. cover. shoot.... I couldn't even finish the demo cause I got bored. I had more fun customizing my character in the begining than the actual game lol!

just 2 more days til dead space 2 comes out!!! :D

Blacktric5257d ago (Edited 5257d ago )

What's the big deal about Mass Effect 2? Hmm, let's see.

-Great storyline and importance of the choices you make.
-Awesome characters and their development throughout the story.
-Being able to interrupt conversations in certain moments to perform paragon or renegade actions which adds more interactivity.
-Awesome soundtrack and incredibly good voice acting

Should I continue or will you take your prejudgement and leave to play the whole game and see for yourself? If you've played the whole game and didn't like it, that's fine. But both PC/360 and PS3 demos don't do justice to the whole game. It's an RPG. Don't expect to predict how the whole game is by just playing a demo.

Sarcasm5257d ago

Honestly they look the same to me other than mostly lighting differences. Although perhaps more of the screenshots favor the PS3's lighting, but in some cases the 360 had better lighting. There's not any graphical differences though.

Man In Black5257d ago

"i trust them as much as i trust gametrailers... both have been proven to sway their videos to one side or should we say 'fix'"

Haha, I remember Gametrailers' Race Driver GRID comparison, where they tried to make it seem as if the crashes were less impressive on the PS3 version.

P_Bomb5257d ago (Edited 5257d ago )

@Nitrowolf
Agreed about the price editorial which came out of left field. Seems irrelevant in a tech analysis, especially since the PS3 ME2 came with a $20.00 coupon on Amazon which negates their argument. Then a guy's talking about a subjective preference for the 360 controller and how he'd never play Mario on a system other than Nintendo (?) like he has the option. I had to double check to see if I was still on the same site, lol.

At least it's a tie and this can finally be put to bed while everyone goes home happy.

Final thought? Funny how something as commonplace as a 4GB install needed to be mentioned twice including in the final technical score, but they didn't re-asterisk the fact it's all one disc now with the various DLCs and interactive comic included. That in and of itself is a technical plus and explains the install. The 360's disc 2 install takes up 1.8 GB more than the entire 4272MB ME2 + DLC BluRay combo, and you still have to go to the XBox Marketplace and install all the DLC separately. Worth noting if you're gonna compare form and function.

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Bigpappy5257d ago

Is it just me or is Maranda a great piece of work.

kaveti66165257d ago

"Lens of lies you are the laughing stock of the industry."

Let's not carried away, Morganfell.

colombiankilla015257d ago

I just watch this in 3d using the cross eye technique!!

ikkokucrisis5257d ago

Lol these vids are Boooring!

gaffyh5256d ago

How they heck have BioWare managed that? The demo on PS3 had quite a bit of screen tearing in it, and in this vid there is literally no screen tearing at all. Look pretty much identical to the 360 version too.

YogiBear5256d ago

@ Blacktric

What are demo's for then? He was simply stating his opinion. I also heard a lot of talk about the Mass Effect franchise and the little I played didn't blow my socks off.

Ju5256d ago

Its not a tie. The PS3 has the higher frame rate, zero tearing, and faster loading (with the better lightning).

Yes, and this 0.00001% makes it the better version. Like we have seen this the other way round a million times.

Come on, if you want to be consistent, that's the way this needs to go!

kancerkid5256d ago

Looks like Unreal 3 can work on PS3, with a little work by an excellent developer.

Blacktric5256d ago

@YogiBear

Demos ARE being released for that reason. But that doesn't mean ME 2's demo have to give you a true taste of what the whole game is like. Not every game demo out there does justice to the games they supposed to represent. I'm not gonna waste my breath anymore since some people in here has an obvious bias against Mass Effect.

FanboyAndNoobs5256d ago

have you learned anything yet?

N311V5256d ago

Don't even look at the staff picks, from currently 1056 votes;

21% tie
32% XBox
47% PS3

The staff are wankers, personally I chose PS3. Crushed blacks suck, I'm annoyed they claim crushed blacks are good on XBox as the games in space!

MeanOldman5256d ago (Edited 5256d ago )

tell me the staff dont have it in for morg. he an that kaveti have practicly opposite agree an disagree numbers yet he is trolllin at 36 to 8? i think at this point since the votes dont count an mods decide who gets bubbles an not an who gets marked as trollin its obvious some mods jus are out to get guys like him.

evrfighter5256d ago

I don't visit LoT articles but read the comments to kill time.

Judging from all the anger and tears. The ps3 version lost?

juggulator5256d ago

The PS3 version held a higher framerate in 4 of the 6 clips but they said the 360 version maintained a higher framerate.

gamer20105256d ago

If you guys read the Digital Foundry comparison they gave the edge to the 360 version.

The lighting has been moved around, but it sometimes makes things look worse.

Digital Foundry found that the 360 had a bit of an edge in the framerate across the game.

They also reported that some effects and a few textures have been pared back on the PS3 version.

So even though Digital Foundry gave the edge to the 360 version and Lens of Truth basically said it was a tie you guys are still mad at Lens of Truth?

You guys are funny. The only thing that would make you happy is if the comparison sites would just lie and say the PS3 version of every game was better. That's the only way you would be happy.

nickjkl5256d ago

i dont get it

ps3 version uses a newer version of unreal 3 than the 360 version

shouldnt the ps3 version at least tie the 360 version and at most surpass it

the way it seems is that even with a new version of unreal they still cant get it past what was done on the xbox 360 last year and that seems stupid and dissapoints me in mass effect 3

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RankFTW5257d ago

The grammar on that website is terrible.

Biggest5257d ago

I thought only HipHopGamer used bad grammar. That's what everyone else says.

Sarcasm5256d ago

That's why Education is important still.

Lord_Doggington5257d ago

Gah!!
"But on the other hand, the PlayStation 3 version had zero screen tearing."

Jezuz5257d ago

this is considered news?
even if xbox 360's version was better it still isn't news
even if ps3's version is better IT STILL ISN'T NEWS

smoothdude5257d ago

@Seijoru

I agree just get it for whatever system you own. After looking at the screen comparisons for the xBox and PS3, I saw no noticeable differences, so I just got it on sale on Steam. 15 Bucks for Mass Effect 1 and 2. You can't beat that, and the graphics are very nice.

I don't own an Xbox and never bought the game for PC before, so I wanted to play the first Mass Effect too. A very very interesting game that sucked me right in.

KotC5257d ago

So I take it by the comments above that the PS3 version didn't do so well. Isn't the PS3 version supposed to be a new engine?

jadnice5256d ago

Since this is really about which console can produce better graphics... the real lens of truth is which game if any on the 360 can compare to the physics, graphics etc of Killzone 3 for the PS3.

Its clear a game developed for 360 hardly ever works well on the PS3 (bug feast and freezing issues). This is one reason if it is multi platform I go with the best version which is the PC (my machine is a beast with a bad ass GPU) and I will invest in first and second party games for my PS3.

KozmoOchez5256d ago

negative, the comments are saying stop using lense of truth to help you decide what game to play...they are both even graphically and this analysis is pointless, just get the game for whatever system you own/prefer and stop judging games based on tiny little minor flaws that you wouldn't notice otherwise

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Vherostar5257d ago

Hmm I was expecting a tie after there last article on this game.. Lets wait for a real comparison website shall we instead of these 360 fanboys?

jpdcmo5256d ago

The real winners for this head to head are the GAMERS because they have the oportunity to play this awesome game, for manny the 2010 GOTY.

the real losers are the fanboys:

xbox360 fanboys lost one “exclusive” – ever gamer in this galaxy deserve to play this game.

PS3 fanboys dont have the “definitive version” – overall the game are the same minus the price and import ME1 data.

FanboyAndNoobs5256d ago

I agree but I think you will be awarded by many disagrees and less bubbles, because its forbidden criticize fanboys and noobs in this site (75% fanboys,20% noobs, 5% Gamers) LOL

PS3 Rules5256d ago

The real winners are the PS3 Gamers because PS3 RULES:

Better Framerate
Better Lightning
Better Audio
Better controller
Better DLC
Better Loadings
Better Miranda

PS3 Rules5256d ago

PS3 have Also:

Better Colors
Better Resolution
Better Format = only 1 blueray
Better Story = interactive comic
Better Guns = exclusive DLC
Better Polished = no missing joker menus

Ares84PS35256d ago

I can't see a differenc either other than lighting.

What I just don't understand is why was the death metal soundtrack needed??

ChrisW5256d ago (Edited 5256d ago )

Even with all of the improvements and a new engine, Miranda is still fugly! That is... unless you're a hormone raging, prepubescent; then she's a GODDESS!!!

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RudeSole Devil5257d ago

Awesome Head2Head, I knew the PS3 Demo was an older build. I can't believe the Xbox 360 version had screen tearing.

DoomeDx5257d ago

Funny comment history RudeSoleDevil..most of them are about Lens of lies..lmao nice try

starchild5256d ago

That's funny, I never saw any screen tearing in the 360 version and I am extrmely sensitive to screen tearing. I never saw it even once. It seemed as solid and as v-synced as Uncharted 2.

NYC_Gamer5257d ago

now everyone can happy since its a tie :)

Vherostar5257d ago (Edited 5257d ago )

If LOT says its a tie PS3 is probably the winner..

gamer20105256d ago

No, they are just going easy on the PS3 version because they are either secretly more fans of the PS3 or they are just scared of the wrath of PS3 fanboys.

Digital Foundry said the 360 version still has the edge.

Shazz5257d ago

way too many articles about this comparison , enjoy the game

RonaldRaygun5257d ago

The game looks extremely good and performs well on all 3 platforms, and trying determine a winner based of that is really nitpicky. I would vote for the PC as the best version, followed by 360. Both these versions allow you to import your save from ME1, slightly altering the storyline and sidequests in the second one. IMO that's one of the coolest features I've seen this generation. Unfortunately, PS3 players can't use that feature until ME1 is released on it.

KozmoOchez5256d ago

PS3 has that interactive comic that takes you through the main events in ME1 and all the important choices from ME1 can be made there and will affect the rest of ME2.

Jazz41085256d ago

I feel I won as I got to play this great game on my xbox over a year ago and because I'm not biased and own all systems it will give me time this year to enjoy all the new yes new games that are coming for ps3 and good multiplats for my 360.

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Mass Effect Companion Tier Ranking

One of the best things about the Mas Effect series is the companions you meet along the way. So here is a tier list of all the companions from Mass Effect!

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IAMRealHooman187d ago

Bro missing companions: Legion, Grunt, Samara/Morinth, Javik, EDI

anast187d ago

Legion, Zaeed, and Jack are my favorites.

RiseNShine187d ago

To think that Bioware at some point was capable of doing games like this, you see those characters and remember them like good old friends, and now check ME Andromeda, Anthem, Veilguard etc and wonder what the hell happened.

anast187d ago

They lost too much talent.

IAMRealHooman187d ago

some in andromeda are decent, I agree with peebee and Vetra being good companions. Except Liam he's trash tier

anast187d ago

Liam lol I can't stand that dude.

IAMRealHooman186d ago

it's like bitch but your shirt back on, your not blue or spikey get away from me

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SimpleSlave435d ago

"I started playing games yesterday" the List... Meh!

How about a few RPGs that deserve some love instead?
1 - Alpha Protocol - Now on GOG
2 - else Heart.Break()
3 - Shadowrun Trilogy
4 - Wasteland 2
5 - UnderRail
6 - Tyranny
7 - Torment: Tides of Numenera

And for a bonus game that flew under the radar:
8 - Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden

DustMan435d ago

Loved Alpha Protocol in all it's glorious jank. Great game.

SimpleSlave435d ago (Edited 435d ago )

Not only glorious jank, but the idea that the story can completely change depending on what you do, or say, or side with, makes it one of the most forward thinking games ever. The amount of story permutation is the equivalent of a Hitman level but in Story Form. And it wasn't just that the story changed, no, it was that you met completely new characters, or missed them, depending on your choices. Made Mass Effect feel static in comparison.

Alpha Protocol was absolutely glorious, indeed. And it was, and still is, more Next Gen than most anything out there these days. In this regard at least.

Pity.

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