Mass Effect 2

I like the small details that carry over from ME1 to ME2 and now ME3. They're of no consequence but it really does help make the universe feel a little more familiar.

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Originally Posted by Yoshi

Totally agree. But it'll sell modestly and set up perhaps some additional marketshare for ME3 on PS3.

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Yeah, I see this as the major reason for this happening: more potential for selling copies of ME3. I think it's always better for more people to be able to play a game than less, but it does really suck that PS3 owners will have NO option for playing the first chapter and then continuing that experience on the PS3 version of ME2. I also do wonder how it feels to be a PS3-dedicated gamer and continually get versions of games a year (if not more) later.

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Originally Posted by Yoshi

Are there idiots who don't install every 360 game they play?

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I didn't know that installing ME3 on 360 would debug Legion and add in Jacob's chin fluff.

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Originally Posted by shidoshi

I also do wonder how it feels to be a PS3-dedicated gamer and continually get versions of games a year (if not more) later.

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Probably a lot like how this dedicated Saturn owner felt...

PS3 owners get arcade-perfect CPS2 games?

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Originally Posted by Nash

The first game wasn't released on the PS3, so what's the point with this one? If you've played the first game, it was either on the 360 or PC. If you liked it enough, you probably played the sequel on the same system as well. It's just a weird scenario where someone would play and like the first game, pass on the sequel on the 360 or PC, and then decide to play it on the PS3. It's also a weird scenario for someone to not play the first game, get the sequel on the PS3, and then go back and play the first game on the 360 or PC.

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Nah. I never finished the first game, and although I did have a little background info, I didn't feel like I needed to play the first game to enjoy the second. Plus, the game does a pretty in-depth job of explaining the universe in the logs and journal.

As a game, Mass Effect 2 stands pretty well on its own. But the first game spent so much time building the universe that you are missing out on a lot of the little details that make the series so special.

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Originally Posted by bVork

As a game, Mass Effect 2 stands pretty well on its own. But the first game spent so much time building the universe that you are missing out on a lot of the little details that make the series so special.

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I spent way too much time trying to learn about the universe I was bored to tears and couldn't finish the first game. When I played the second game I was content to just follow the story, and while I didn't know everything, it felt as if I knew enough and enjoyed it as if I was watching a sci-fi movie. But that is me, and some people may need much more.

The first one was really good, the second one was ok. When I played the second one, I didn't use the save from my first one (was on a different xbox), and this didn't bother me at all. I guess it was weird for everyone to consider me a racist by default, but hey, them the breaks.

Eurogamer really liked the new ME2 DLC. I might actually pick it up.