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Mass Effect 2

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Mass Effect II is a sequel to Mass Effect one, following the story of Captain Shepard in his or her journey in saving the Galaxy from Reapers. Just after the fight against Saren, Shepard dies and drifts in open space. Being collected by Cerberus and the lead man, The Illusive Man, Shepard has to investigate attacks on human colonies around the Milky Way, and discover that now the Reapers using some new insectoid called the Collectors.

You can choose from different classes to play, for example, a Soldier, Adept or Vanguard. A cover system is the main mechanic in the fight, as you have to think about fighting your enemy strategically. Your talents have a global CDR, so choose wisely. With one little addition, now your weapon has a loaded magazine of bullets, and you can run out of ammo if not using your weapon properly.

BioWare sticks to the tradition of dialogue and reputation system, as your actions still affect your position in the world. If you act like a hero and help everyone you meet, people will like you and your reputation will be Paragon. Do the exact opposite and a Renegade. Whom will you be?

System requirements for PC

  • OS: Windows XP SP3 / Windows Vista SP1 / Windows 7
  • Processor: 1.8GHz Intel Core 2 Duo or equivalent AMD CPU
  • Memory: 1 GB RAM for Windows XP / 2 GB RAM for Windows Vista and Windows 7
  • Graphics: 256 MB (with Pixel Shader 3.0 support)
  • DirectX®: DirectX 9.0c August 2008 (included)
  • Hard Drive: 15 GB
  • Sound: DirectX 9.0c compatible
  • Supported Chipsets: NVIDIA GeForce 6800 or greater; ATI Radeon X1600 Pro or greater. Please note that NVIDIA GeForce 7300, 8100, 8200, 8300, 8400, and 9300; ATI Radeon HD3200, and HD4350 are below minimum system requirements. Updates to your video and sound card drivers may be required.
  • OS: Windows XP SP3 / Windows Vista SP1 / Windows 7
  • Processor: 2.6+ GHz Core 2 Duo Intel or equivalent AMD CPU
  • Memory: 2 GB RAM
  • Graphics: ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT, NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT, or better recommended
  • DirectX®: DirectX 9.0c August 2008 (included)
  • Hard Drive: 15 GB
  • Sound: DirectX 9.0c compatible

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Mass Effect 2 reviews and comments

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«Just one more turn»
Surprisingly lame. Tries so hard to escape the role-playing side of the first Mass Effect but doesn't make it up with good action combat. Switching to ammo was a bad decision and glaringly so, but so much else of the role-playing side was stripped away. Skills are bare bones, equipment is gone, weapons are boring, team building is non-existent, the overworld is a joke, mining is tedious. Even quest design, particularly the loyalty missions, are painfully linear. Maybe that valance is better found in Mass Effect 3 but it's a slog to get there.
Out of this world
«Blew my mind»
CAN’T STOP PLAYING BLEW MY MIN
«Can’t stop playing»
10/10
8.5/10
«Can’t stop playing»
«That ending!»
Mass effect 2 to me personally is the peak of video games as an interactive artistic medium. The story,characters,setting and general ambiance of this experience is something I still am waiting for another game to replicate. All these narrative tools suck the player in and invites them to fully emotional connect to this masterpiece.

Beyond its incredible narrative, its game play is extremely tight and well polished, heavily reinforcing the idea of you the player as a leader with the use and command of your squad being essential to every encounter. Missions are diverse and engaging with little filler. This all topped off with the most satisfying end mission in any video game in which your engagement with both the narrative and gameplay his game is rewarded.

Mass Effect is of course not perfect no game truly is, what it is, is special and a shinning example of the potential of video games to connect with its player.
«Time-tested»
Mass Effect 2 is one of the pieces of evidence that can be submitted to claim and prove that the sequel is usually (if not always) better than the first entry of a franchise. Set sometime after the events of the first game, Mass Effect 2 picks up with most of the same characters that were introduced in the first game with more newcomers added along the way. Commander Shepard and the SSV Normandy are attacked. After recovering from this mysterious assault, Shepard finds himself among some unlikely and concerning allies. But a new threat has emerged. Shepard must assemble a team to combat this new, or perhaps old…., encroaching threat and operate outside of the normal rules, laws and boundaries as he tries to save the galaxy once again, but without the Alliance and his usual resources. The game builds on what came before in Mass Effect and further expands and improves almost everything. The interactive story, the gameplay, the visuals, the writing, all of these things are drastically updated and rejuvenated for this entry. I really enjoy the gunplay and overall gameplay mechanics. The voice acting is top notch. The design of the game and overall art direction is so wonderful and beautiful. Very few games really bring me into the world and get me to empathize with characters as much as this game does. This is one of my favorite games and to be honest I like Mass Effect 3 as well. At the end of the day I would recommend the whole series. Such amazing talent and effort was put into this trilogy.

 Rating: 5/5 
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