Mass Effect

MASS EFFECT 2
EA (XBOX 360, PC)

When Mass Effect launched in November 2007, the shooter genre was revolutionized; suddenly, a compelling storyline was a key component of a game. In ME, conversations meant something, and the moral decisions were complicated and difficult. The sequel takes place two years after the close of the first game and continues the sci-fi storyline with new villains—the Collectors—who are intent on using their Reaper derived weaponry to wipe out the human race.

We’re excited about:
• the tightened controls, graphics, and combat.
• the new heavy-weapons system, featuring gear like rocket-propelled grenades.
• the ability to carry on the story you started in Mass Effect with the use of your save file. (Of course, now you’ll have to consider a possible ME3 when you’re deciding whether or not to kill off Commander Shepard.)
• the new “interrupt” system for the lengthy dialogue sequences that had some gamers at their wits’ end the first time around. We’re worried about: nothing … yet.