Mass Effect 2

[GamerMan316]

Its a dirty job but someones got to tell all those people they are wasting thier money. R4DS card £25 with 25 games off market. That guy does all the illegal stuff so you dont have to

That price is an outrage right there, my mate only pays £10 and thats with a 2GB Micro SD card, he does have to do the games himself though, but that ain't a problem with all the DS Rom sites floating about.

[TaraJayne]

Mine was free, but I always send people to that guy. It save explaining how it works to them

[GamerMan316]

Mine was free, but I always send people to that guy. It save explaining how it works to them

makes sense 

[nCogNeato]

I fully support game developers "missing content from games" to make people buy them new instead of pirating copies!  I know a few of us (me included) might miss out on decent "preowned" deals but its a good step to make sure us who ACTUALLY pay for the games get stuff that cheaters/hackers/piraters dont get!

This is my primary motivation for buying "new" copies of games.  If buying new offers me some type of in-game benefit (additional weapons, armor, maps, characters, etc.), I will preorder the game.

If a developer / publishers doesn't give me some incentive to buy the game new, I'll buy it used a year later for 1/2 the price.

[sambo]

With Mass Effect 2 on the way, there has been a lot of rumour and speculation over what to expect. So here, we break down the confirmed list of exactly what's coming in the sequel... avoid if you don't want to ruin into spoilers!

Is Shepard Dead?

Yes and no. The initial trailer for Mass Effect 2 showed that Commander Shepard has been killed in action but he is later brought back to life by Cerberus.

The Plot

Mass Effect 2 is set shortly after the conclusion of Mass Effect. Shepard is patrolling for geth when the Normandy is attacked, forcing the crew to evacuate. Shepard is the last to get in his escape pod and dies drifting in space when his oxygen runs out.

The Shadow Broker - first introduced in the original Mass Effect as a powerful and anonymous information trader - retrieves Shepard's body on behalf of The Collectors. Together with Cerberus, who employed previous squad-mate Liara T'Soni to recover the body, Shepard's body is revived thanks to Project Lazarus (this will no doubt serve as the point in the game where you can change your character's personality and/or appearance).

Two years after, Shepard is onboard a Cerberus space station when it comes under attack. Shepard helps Miranda Lawson (new squad-mate) and Jacob Taylor escape, while Shepard is taken in to meet the Illusive Man. He then asks Shepard to investigate Freedom's Progress in the Terminus System, to find out why human colonies are being abducted - despite appearing to be a malicious organisation in Mass Effect, Cerberus' priority on human survival paints them in a different light in the sequel. Shepard encounters Tali there and also finds The Collectors are behind the abductions - and thus, Mass Effect 2 begins...

The Combat

This has received lots of tweaks since Mass Effect, mostly in the form of regenerating health (no more medi-gel) and thermal clips (serving as universal ammo for all weapons). Weapons no longer overheat and there will be no grenades this time round, probably a good thing as they didn't really work too well in the original. Sub-machine guns, heavy pistol are machine pistol are a few of the new weapons.

You no longer need to spend level up points on your weapon class either, as you will be fully effective in that weapon if your class supports it. You can now target individual parts of the body and you have to manual enter cover rather than automatically, a la the original Mass Effect.

Although it's not strictly combat, you can now also physically interrupt conversations - to push people to make a point or drawing a gun, for example.

New Abilities

On the biotic side, new abilities include Pull, Shockwave, Charge and Slam. The new tech abilities include Combat Drone, Cryo Blast, Incinerate and Tech Armor.

Uncharted Worlds

The issue of side-missions has been fixed, as the uncharted worlds will now provide more to explore. In addition to that, a brand new vehicle will replace the Mako, so no more bouncing around rocky terrain trying to line up a shot against a distant turret. We hope.

A fuel system will limit travel between the worlds, possibility promoting fewer planets than are in-depth over Mass Effect's lots-of-planets-with-just-text approach

[KoreRupt]

I fully support game developers "missing content from games" to make people buy them new instead of pirating copies!  I know a few of us (me included) might miss out on decent "preowned" deals but its a good step to make sure us who ACTUALLY pay for the games get stuff that cheaters/hackers/piraters dont get!

This is my primary motivation for buying "new" copies of games.  If buying new offers me some type of in-game benefit (additional weapons, armor, maps, characters, etc.), I will preorder the game.

If a developer / publishers doesn't give me some incentive to buy the game new, I'll buy it used a year later for 1/2 the price.

Exactly. 

[TaraJayne]

It was bound to happen. BioWare are famous for putting sex in their games and Mass Effect 2 is no different. So no big surprise that a video has hit YouTube of, presumably, the most anticipated sex scene of the upcoming action RPG. You should watch it if you want to know what hot space women wear under their rubber suits or if you just want to be able to say "Stop being mental" when the inevitable tabloid furore occurs over depraved and graphic scenes corrupting the nation's youth.
Or if like me  you just want to see how Shephard gets it on with the ladies

[xnightcrawlerxx]

shephard's such a playa

[nCogNeato]

shephard's such a playa

[xnightcrawlerxx]

haha. you're a weird one my friend. a weird one indeed

[TaraJayne]

haha. you're a weird one my friend. a weird one indeed

lmao I was just thinking the same. But we love you all the same

[Failed]

shephard's such a playa

OMG! This is the first picture i've seen of neato, who's that man he's with ??

[nCogNeato]

He's my handler.

Fetches my rodents, gives me my rabies shots.  You know ... the usual.

[TaraJayne]

He's my handler.

Fetches my rodents, gives me my rabies shots.  You know ... the usual.

lmao

[sambo]

Just read my first review of Mass Effect 2. I will not spoil the game for anyone, But will tell you it received a 10/10 score. For those of you buying the game on Friday, I will say goodbye for a while as it seems you all may be preoccupied for a few weeks.