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Mass Effect 2 Gets Rave Reviews in the UK!


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I don't normally go out and buy multiple games magazines each month but, well this month is different isn't it. Here goes for what the reviewers had to say.


Games TM
On the game’s opening sequence - “When the whole breathless ordeal drew a close and the game’s logo finally faded into view, we had to physically restrain ourselves from actually punching the air with the sheer excitement of it all.”
 
On combat – “The improved combat has been extolled in the pages of every magazine and website ad nauseam for a year or more and all that remains is for us to confirm that the rumours are true. If we were forced to choose, we’d take Commander Shepard over Nathan Drake or Marcus Fenix without even a second thought.
 
On exploration  - “There seemed to be less planets you could actually land on and explore in Mass Effect 2, but those you could offered a more diverse crop of distractions: some based around combat, some not requiring a single bullet, some that played like self contained vignettes, some that spiralled off into multi-part crusades spanning the entire galaxy.”
 
Verdict - “Game of the year in January? Oh, go on then.” 10/10
 
360 magazine
“As close to perfect as any game can conceivably come. There is little to nothing to criticise here. Mass Effect 2 is among the finest games we have ever played.”
 
On combat – “Combat zones are no longer the barren, open-air surface of planetoid X or the soulless corridors of science station Y. Instead, like Gears of War, combat zones are built for battle.”
 
On characters - “They’re far more intricately conceived and individual than before. From Thane, the Drell assassin and strangely believable alien ninja whose moral code and philosophical ethics place him alongside Sun Tzu, to Subject Zero, a dangerous criminal whose rehabilitation can become one of your many concurrent pursuits, should you choose.
 
Verdict - “All side missions included, it should sap away a good 40 hours of your time and, quite unlike other chunks of your life of around this size – your working week for example – this one won’t feel wasted. The most easily justified perfect score we have ever given, one that carelessly gatecrashes our top five games of all time party. Bioware, we love you."   5 stars.

360 Gamer
"As enormous fans of the first game, we would have been happy with more of the same, and certainly didn't expect the graphical overhaul that ME2 displays. There are other subtler improvements to be found everywhere, from combat to conversations to the more expansive plot-line possibilities and the subtle flicker of eyelids. It’s without doubt a wonderful game through and through and one to be savoured, replayed and savoured again.” 9/10
 

Great job Bioware. Image IPB

Modifié par bobito64, 20 janvier 2010 - 08:12 .


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Fuzzyrabbit

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Great news! Thanks!

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BjorntjuNL

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Nice!!

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BjorntjuNL

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Whoops, Double post.

Modifié par BjorntjuNL, 20 janvier 2010 - 08:10 .


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ShdwFlash

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Awesome!!
:D

Thanks for posting this!

Just 9 more days....just 9 more days....just 9 more days......

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Jarnehall

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"Game of the year"-remark and a "top five games of all time"-remark, not to shabby, not to shabby at all.

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No one in their right mind would dare give this anything less than 9/10. NO ONE.

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:o  I think I just... :huh:  Yup.

Thanks for posting that; now I have to clean up.  :?

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Excuse me while I have a fit from all this epicness.



"As close to perfect as any game can conceivably come. There is little to nothing to criticise here. Mass Effect 2 is among the finest games we have ever played."



*gbasdhhasdhg*

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It doesn't matter, this game is obviously going to be awful because it's DUMBED DOWN TO DERP FOR THE RETARDED MENTALLY HANDICAPPED PEOPLE WHO ENJOY SHOOTING GAMES.



/Sarcasm.



Glad to see that it's getting great reviews, although this really only compounds stuff I already knew.

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Giggity.

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Yay!...can we have it at the same time as the yanks now, please? *puppy eyes*

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Xaeldaren wrote...

It doesn't matter, this game is obviously going to be awful because it's DUMBED DOWN TO DERP FOR THE RETARDED MENTALLY HANDICAPPED PEOPLE WHO ENJOY SHOOTING GAMES.

/Sarcasm.

Glad to see that it's getting great reviews, although this really only compounds stuff I already knew.


Haha, hopefully this calms them down a bit (but I doubt it)

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Harrod200 wrote...

Yay!...can we have it at the same time as the yanks now, please? *puppy eyes*

PPPLEASE :crying:

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Glad to see ME2 is starting off strong on the review front.

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Cheers

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Great job Bioware!!! I have much more hope now! Well I already did but I had some concerns... Good job!

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Jebel Krong

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awesome - will be picking up games tm this month for sure.

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bobito64 wrote...
On characters - “They’re far more intricately conceived and individual than before.


/sigh I'll always lament the fact that the game didn't have this kind of effort put into the original squad instead of the "expendable" suicide squad. :(

Aside from that, I don't think anyone expects the game to be anything less than expertly presented.

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AerykN7

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Just gotta love all the positive energy flowing from the press...BTW loved Sci vs Fi last night (spoilers and all)

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Obviously these reviewers are dumbed down :lol:

Great news. Now Edge Magazine will give the game a 5 or 6 confirming that ME2 is a masterpiece =]

Congratulations Bioware. But don't drop the ball with ME3 ;)

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On exploration  - “There seemed to be less planets you could actually land on and explore in Mass Effect 2, but those you could offered a more diverse crop of distractions: some based around combat, some not requiring a single bullet, some that played like self contained vignettes, some that spiralled off into multi-part crusades spanning the entire galaxy.”
  


this comment bothers me as I was not even fully satisfied with the exploration in Mass Effect 1..

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Thank you for posting. This is excellent news. I am so psyched. The Year of Living Bioware, indeed. There is nothing better than when your favorite kick ass developer KICKS ASS.

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Harrod200 wrote...

Yay!...can we have it at the same time as the yanks now, please? *puppy eyes*

Well if you preordered at GAME with Express Delivery you might... LIKE ME! :o

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Geez Bioware is having a great last couple of months. Dragon Age was looked upon so highly that a Time Magazine writer featured it then this game looks to blast out of the gate as GOTY already.