Posted in another thread, here's my take:
ME2 improvements over ME1.Direct to mission location.
It never made sense to me in ME1 why you would get dropped off so far from the actual location you were going to. Driving AND fighting your way with the Mako was fun but for the most part ground travel in ME1 was a time consuming drag, especially with all the mountains you had to climb in the Mako. In ME2 you're dropped right where you need to be and can get right down to business pretty much the moment you land. Good.
Variety of mission environments.
One of the big complaints of ME1 was how similar most of the mission environments were. In ME2 the mission environments are vastly different, unique onto themselves. ME2 environments are on a whole new level compared to ME1. It's not a minor improvement but a major one. Good.
No muss no fuss inventory.
Inventory managment in ME1 got to be a burden quickly. You'd have to constantly go in and delete old items and change things up amongst yourself and the squad. Not to mention the frustration of having to omni-gel a rare Krogan armor because it turns out you had no more room to carry it thus forcing the breakdown of recent found items. In ME2 each squad member carries the weapons they are trained in (2) with just a couple of variants. Weapons only have 4 or 5 upgrades which cuts down on the time consuming fiddling as you would constantly attempt to make the best upgrades for each mission/enemy type. A few select ammo types are made available minus all those levels and you can choose the ammo type direct from the HUD, yay! Armor upgrades for Shep only goes so far and again you don't have to spend large amounts of time fiddling with different combos trying to find the right one. Good.
Storyline/Characters.
ME1 had a great story and ME2 doesn't dissapoint in this department either. Mass Effect continues to be some of the greatest Sci-Fi out there and holds it's place well with the SCi-Fi movie, TV and literary classics. The story in ME2 is paced well, never boring and builds to a decent climax. I had initially worried that all the new characters in ME2 would be rather one dimensional tough guys from the game trailers I saw. In game however I was pleased to discover they all had much greater depth, even vulnerability. BioWare got it right in thinking that a great story has great characters and ME2 delivers. Each character was interesting to me (well...Some more than others) and I enjoyed getting to know them and having them on my team. Good.
Humor.
Humor offers a good balance from the heavy handedness and feirce combat scenarios. Star Trek, Star Wars, Buck Rogers, etc. all had a good amount of humor thrown into their stories and characters and it made them all the more enjoyable (except for Jar-Jar of course). ME2 is loaded with humorous moments and dialog, even Joker comes off as funny and less of a douche than he was in ME1. Good.
A little more logic.
Though I am no fan of planet scanning it at least makes more sense, developing your own cutting edge technology in house and manufacturing with found minerals, than the illogical of having to buy Specter weapons or any gear of any sort from some guy in your own ship's cargo hold. Good.
Production values.
I can't even think of a Sci-Fi video game on the same level as Mass Effect. Graphics, voice acting, special effects, all are top notch. Even better in ME2 there is no more glitching, texture popping, frame rate drops and vsync issues that were found in ME1. No more long elevator rides, the game just flows. Load screens and a disc swap is a small price to pay for the results. ME2 surpasses ME1 in it's production and that is no small feat. Sure it's not perfect but way ahead of other big budget video games. Good.
Miranda's butt.
No fan of unarmored squad mates. No fan of unrealistic clothes-on love scenes (why bother?) But Miranda's butt...Good...Very good.
All I can think of at the moment. I hope BioWare doesn't go and change all the game dynamics again. As in ME1, all is ever needed is a little tweak here n there. On a final note I loved being able to continue the Shepard I was familiar with in ME1 into ME2. Continuing a saved character is a great feature. ME2 is with out a doubt one of the best video games around.
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