Ever heard of a video game with character? I don’t mean with characters, I mean with character, personality. If there ever was one, it’s Mass Effect 2, though that’s not to say it doesn’t have characters—there are plenty of those, too.
Following what seems to be a growing (and positive) trend for the videos games that have been released recently, the graphics in Mass Effect 2, an action role-playing video game, are simply stupendous. An intriguing balance of shadows and lights in Mass Effect 2 add a very sinister undertone to the gameplay. Gamespot.com remarks that it has, “Fantastic art design with a strong sense of identity.”
Mass Effect 2 has earned an extremely high critic score of 9.6/10, which represents the average of 54 professional critics. The user rating is also quite lofty, at a solid 9.4/10. You can compare these ratings to Call of Duty 4‘s critic rating of 9.2 and user rating of 9.1. Both received a GameSpot score of 9.0.
The release of Mass Effect 2 actually had been announced for the year 2009, but it ended up hitting stores on January 26th of this year. Gamers probably should be happy about this last release because it means that the developers, BioWare, took the time to work out some extra kinks. It’s likely to stay near the top of the bestseller’s list for video games this year. In its first week it sold many more copies than its predecessor. Time Magazine actually featured Mass Effect 2 during the week of January 22′s “The Short List of Things to Do.” In a quick review they remarked, ” … it’s the Avatar of video games — except it’s better written.”
Mass Effect 2 has been rated M for mature. At most stores, it currently costs the typical $60 that most new releases seem to be going for. While I can’t help feeling like $60 is pricey for any video game, there’s no doubt that this is the best quality video game that you will be able to find for this type of money. If you’ve been looking for an action-packed, role-playing game with original characters and awesome graphics, you’ll find it all in Mass Effect 2.
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