Mass Effect, BioWare's squad-based sci-fi RPG shooter, was released in 2007 on the Xbox 360 with a significantly improved PC version the following year, to critical and commercial success. Mass Effect 2 takes the things the first game did well to a whole new level, and attempts to address some of the perceived criticisms of the original. It not only significantly improves on that game in its own right, it achieves the remarkable feat of adding yet more replay value to the original game by virtue of a saved game import function that lets players continue the story with the main character and story decisions made in the first game. Fans of the first game, and some RPG fans, might scratch their heads at a few of the changes in Mass Effect 2, but the superb story presentation makes this a game not to be missed by even casual fans of any of the genres involved.

The voice acting in the game is, perhaps, almost predictably now from a BioWare game, the highest caliber, featuring the talents of Martin Sheen, Carrie Anne-Moss, Adam Baldwin, Keith David, Michael Dorn, and Seth Green, among many others. More importantly, though, is how well writtenthe dialogue in the game is, even by BioWare standards. The character dialog is often as sophisticated as the dialog you would find in any movie, and probably better than many.

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Last Updated: Mar 13, 2016

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