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Mass Effect 2
Studio : Electronic Arts
by Electronic Arts
Brand : Electronic Arts
Model : 15981
Platform : Windows Vista, Windows XP
Release Date : 2010-01-26
Publisher : Electronic Arts
Minimum Age : 17.0 Years
Maximum Age : 20.0 Years
Availability : Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Number of Items : 1
EAN : 0014633159813
UPC : 014633159813
Avg. Customer Rating: (based on 99 reviews)
List Price : $39.99
Our Price : $21.64
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Improved NPC conversation system where Commander Shepard can take matters into your own hands ? interrupting or using force to get the answer required.
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The second act of BioWare's epic sci-fi RPG trilogy continues the story of Commander Shepard and humanity's first steps onto the galactic stage.
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Integration with the original Mass Effect game allows players to import saved files and contiue play with those files in Mass Effect 2.
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Choose from 19 different weapons, including devastating heavy weapons that can end a battle in seconds.
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New location based damage system allows for targeting of key weak points, blasting off limbs, igniting enemies, or cripple and disable enemy troops.
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Product Description |
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The second chapter in the Mass Effect trilogy takes you to the darkest reaches of space, where you must uncover the mystery behind the disappearance of humans across many worlds. Prepare yourself for a suicide mission to save mankind. Travel the galaxy to assemble a team of soldiers and combat specialists, and launch an all-out assault on the heart of enemy territory. |
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Jas-store.com Product Description |
Mass Effect 2 is the sequel to BioWare's hit space-based role-playing game (RPG), Mass Effect. A single player adventure, Mass Effect 2 allows players to continue the adventures of the fully customizable series hero, Commander Shepard, as you take on a whole new adventure and cast of supporting characters. Features new to this latest release in the franchise include the ability to import game save files from the original Mass Effect game to continue the adventure in an unbroken fashion, a new damage system, a more flexible dialogue game mechanic and more. Story
Two years after Commander Shepard repelled invading Reapers bent on the destruction of organic life, a mysterious new danger has emerged. On the fringes of known space, something is silently abducting entire human colonies. Now Shepard must work with Cerberus, a ruthless organization devoted to human survival at any cost, to stop the most terrifying threat mankind has ever faced. To even attempt this perilous mission, Shepard must assemble the galaxy’s most elite team and command the most powerful ship ever built. Even then, doubters say it would be suicide. Commander Shepard intends to prove them wrong. 
The return of Commander Shepard.
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A new cast of characters.
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Along with familiar faces from the past.
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New damage and dialogue systems.
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Integration with original game.
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An space-based action RPG like its predecessor, gameplay in Mass Effect 2 revolves around the player's particular version of Commander Shepard and continuing development of this character as the game proceeds. As the game opens a variety of character classes are made available to the player, with talents, both exclusive and general, associated with each. With experience these talents are leveled up, resulting in the unlocking of related abilities and/or entirely new talents. The player has the ability to customize their Commander Shepard in a number of ways including physical appearance, gender, and certain aspects of their personal history, with the rub being that these choices can influence things like available missions, dialogue choices with non-player characters (NPCs), and character background. Accompanying this main character are a number of preset supporting characters that the player can direct and develop relationships with, which again, will alter the outcome of the story. All the characters from the original game make an appearance in Mass Effect 2, but the immediate characters surrounding Commander Shepard are new. Additional new features that players can expect to experience include new alien races; a more realistic damage system; a new heavy weapons system allowing for maximum damage; a regenerative health system; a dramatic increase in the number of character animations available to Shepard; and updates to the dialogue mechanic used when conversing with NPCs. Integration with the Original Mass Effect
Mass Effect 2 allows players of the original Mass Effect game to import save games to continue the story of their own Commander Shepard. In doing this, the decisions that were made in the first game will affect the events of the second game. In addition, characters from the first game will return, as long as they were not killed off by the player in the first game. On the other hand, new players coming to the series for the first time in Mass Effect 2 will start a brand-new character, discover the events of the previous games as they progress and embark on a thrilling stand-alone adventure that does not require the previous game for play. Key Features - Futuristic Weapons - Choose from 19 different weapons, including devastating heavy weapons that can end a battle in seconds.
- Elite Specialists - Recruit up to a dozen of the galaxy's most dangerous operatives to help you in your mission. Train and equip your team to survive insurmountable odds.
- Explore the Galaxy - Scan planets to uncover unique secret missions in the Mass Effect universe.
- Integration with Original Mass Effect - Players of the first Mass Effect can import save games to continue the story of their own Commander Shepard. New players will find a thrilling stand-alone adventure awaits them, a polished and action packed journey that surpasses the first game in nearly every possible way.
- Intense Third-Person Combat - Increased intensity with precision shooter controls to let you control the action and overcome insurmountable odds.
- New Damage System - New location based damage system allows for targeting of key weak points, blasting off limbs, igniting enemies, or crippling and disabling enemy troops.
- Character Customization - Choose a player class, customize your appearance, and tailor your own abilities and strengths. As you progress, so do Shepard’s abilities.
- Improved Dialogue Mechanic - Improved NPC conversation system where Commander Shepard can take matters into your own hands – interrupting or using force to get the answer required.
System Requirements: | Minimum Specifications: | Recommended Specifications: | | OS: | Windows XP or Vista. | | Processor: | 2.4+ GHz Intel or 2.0+ GHz AMD | 2.6+ GHz Intel or 2.4+ GHZ AMD | | RAM: | 1GB+ (XP), 2GB+ (Vista) | 2GB+ | | Disc Drive: | 8x DVD-ROM drive or better | | Hard Drive: | 12GB or more | | Video Card: | NVIDIA GeForce 6 series (6800GT or better), ATI 1300XT or better (X1550, X1600 Pro and HD2400 are below minimum system requirements) | NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GTX or higher. ATI X1800 XL series or higher | | Sound Card: | DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card and drivers – 5.1 sound card recommended | | Input Device: | Mouse and keyboard | | | |
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cheaper than the store |
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Brand new and about $20 off retail. I would buy more games from this seller, especially with new releases, shipped within a couple days. A+ service |
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Great follow up to one one of the best SciFi RPGs on the PC |
The good: Great improvement on the game-play (more like a First Person Shooter than in Mass Effect 1), Great and epic story that is enhanced when you help your team mates face their personal issues. The required exploration can sometimes get tedious, but can turn up some good surprises.
Great music, as well as presentation. Graphics has been improved over the original and fewer graphical glitches.
RPG elements have been reduced considerable compared to the original (personally I prefer the changes made). You spend less time moving weapons and their enhancements around, you don't have to worry about what amour to outfit your team mates with and there are less abilities to allocate skill point to. In my opinion, this makes the game-play more focused as well as each team mate more appropriate for specific tasks.
If possible, please play Mass Effect 1 and import your saved game into Mass Effect 2; it makes the experience more fulfilling.
The Bad and the Ugly: (why the 4 stars on the fun side of the game).... there were random crashes especially when I was attempting to assign abilities to short cut keys. Sometimes my character would get stuck above the environments or within walls while exploring, this however should not discourage anyone who is considering this game.
I will highly recommend it for anyone who likes First Person Shooters but is weary of the whole RPG thing; this is a very tame RPG and would appeal to anyone who is new to RPGs. |
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Disappointing downgrade from MassEffect 1 |
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Mass Effect 1 had an overall general better experience. Gone in 2 are kneeling with sniper rifle to steady it, driving of vehicles, ability to really know how different weapons compare, ease of galaxy navigation, etc. It's as if they threw away everything and started over instead of building on what they had. And if you try to replay it, you're forced to watch the entire cinematic portion again, which goes on and on and on. |
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Bigger, better, meaner and leaner than ME1 |
I am someone who first finished ME1 and than immediately played ME2 with the orginal Shephard imported over. Intially I was put off by the tonning down of the rpg elements, the complete overhaul of loot/inventory system as well as the combat system. Overtime the more I played ME2 the more I realized it was done for the better. The orginal ME1 had in my view a bloated loot/inventory system with mobs dropping too many things to keep track off and money really mean't nothing as almost any item of significance came from drops. The talents trees in the original also felt too redundant and not specific enough which was also addressed in ME2 and the talents now gives you fewer but more powerful meaningful abilities. In all I now agree with the overhaul the game mechanics went from ME1 to ME2.
Mass Effect 2 with its save-the-universe plot, its conversation options, tightly knit high quality cut-scenes, and a more robust combat system truly makes the game feel like an interactive sci-fi movie. I will say games like ME2 given 4-5 years more and subsequent advancements in computer hardware/software technologies will make movies eventually obsolete. Why watch a movie when you can virtually star in it controlling the actions as well as story-line than rather watch someone else do it for you.
In all the game is bigger in scope in almost every way from ME1 including the climatic finale at Omega 4 relay. I literally couldnt put the game away once I started the final mission all the way to its ending. I don't agree with others that it didnt match the scope of the orginal. In my view it exceeded the orginal game ending in almost all aspects; graphically, plot wise and had lot more emotional trappings to the mission which will make you regret or ponder at some of the choices you made during the finale; in all the finale is lot more involved than the orginal. (*SPOILER* if you are dont carefully think over how you allocate your team members for the final mission you might end losing some really valuable members which actaully had me play the ending thrice to undo some of the choices I intially made.)
In a nut-shell highly recomended. ME2 just like a true hollywood blockbuster sequel is bigger in almost all aspects from the orginal and I am really looking forward to ME3. |
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Disappointed... could have been much better |
Mass Effect 2 is a good game, however, it is not an excellent game by any means. There are too many faults with the game that ruins the consistency that the original had.
The story starts out strong and then as soon as you become a recruitment officer things go bad all the way to plain boring. Practically the whole game you have to do these missions, which is the story progression, where you recruit more members for the team and then complete their loyalty missions so they become more useful in battle. In most cases if you had to visit a planet it will either be for recruiting someone for your roster or revisiting it for their loyalty mission. All the side quests add absolutely nothing to the storyline which isn't really a bad thing since there really isn't much of a storyline in this game to begin with. There is no villain like Saren (Mass Effect) who shows up consistently challenging you and has a background story and has a deep tie to the story like in the original Mass Effect. All you get now is a generic Collector/Reaper/Prothean entity who takes possession of random enemies and is too afraid of meeting you personally.
There are only two good instances in the entire game which is the start and the final mission. Everything in between is filler that is all focused on you recruiting allies and doing loyalty missions. As far as planet exploration is concerned you get a tedious mining scanner that works through the galaxy map that has you scanning planets manually for its natural resources so you can research new upgrades. Also you cannot explore planets freely with the rover from the first game, this game has you going through more linear content than the first with a new shuttle that lands directly at the area of importance on the planet.
If there are any redeeming qualities with Mass Effect 2 I can only think of a few characters that actually have an interesting plotline that keeps my attention, otherwise the rest all involve dysfunctional family members that have finally lost it. The shooter gameplay is fun but does get a bit repetitive which I don't mind. All the main decisions from the original do get carried over which is a nice touch and does change the story a bit if you port your old Shepard. Graphics are much improved from the original which was surprising at first but it still looks like the good old Mass Effect universe with all the diversity of the alien species. Music is average from what I've heard, though I still like the main theme better in the original than the main theme from this game.
I still feel disappointed with the easily forgettable storyline in this game compared to the original which had an ending that was more epic than the finale of Mass Effect 2. I would still recommend Mass Effect 2, but don't have any high expectations for this entry in the series.
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