Another excellent RPG from Bioware, with about 40 hours gameplay on my completion of the story. I took my characters from Mass Effect 1 into the sequel but I don’t think that made much of a difference to be honest. There were a couple major differences between 1 and 2, the inventory management was very much simplified in the sequel, and the planet landings did not have the vehicle action of the first. Also, the combat uses ammo rather than overheating to regulate the use of your weapons.
The storyline was again extremely good, Bioware certainly are the masters at it making a tale that can keep your interest. The combat was good, but nothing particularly outstanding. The characters are excellent and I particularly enjoyed seeing some old faces again.
The only negatives was the planetary mining, I ended up doing way more than I needed to and it felt like I spent a hell of alot of time listening to “probe away” or “probe launched”, and also the weapons were not that inspiring.
In any case, I am very much looking forward to Mass Effect 3 when it arrives in 2012.
