Taking a brief break from discussing economics I thought I should mention a new Xbox game called Mass Effect 2 (reviews).
Why am I mentioning this. Two reasons: I don’t have time to put any thought into a post as I am extremely busy (which rules out most economics 
), and it is the best game I’ve every played. It is like a good movie, with entertaining action and a strong story. I figure this is a blog, so I can really write about anything anyway as long as I’m not breaking the law
Experiences during the game are strongly based on what you did in the prior game – quite a breakthrough for games.
I haven’t wanted to replay a game this much since Knights of the Old Republic 2, and I haven’t appreciated the story and the tie in of characters this much in a game since Ultima 7. As a result, I’ve immediately lent my copy of the game to a friend so I can’t play it anymore and can get some work done.
My one qualm is that Bioware seems to find a way of making the sex scenes in their games more and more uncomfortable with each game they release. I don’t know what it is, it just feels like other emotions/interactions in the game are treated with such depth (and awesome amounts of moral ambiguity), whereas the “love/sex” chains feel more contrived.
Note: I seriously recommend playing through Mass Effect 1 and then importing your save game for Mass Effect 2, it just adds that little bit to the experience.
3 comments
agnitio says:
February 2, 2010 at 4:02 pm (UTC 12 )
But with KOTOR 2 you only wanted to replay since they left a bunch of the game out and thus you fealt like you had missed something, at least that is why I wanted to replay it:) Hopefully I’ll want to replay ME:2 for a different reason!
Matt Nolan says:
February 2, 2010 at 4:04 pm (UTC 12 )
@agnitio
I enjoyed the morally ambiguous elements of KOTOR2 – but the replayability did in part come from goodwill garnered from the first game
ME2 does feel complete for sure
zone says:
February 5, 2010 at 2:25 am (UTC 12 )
game…who doesnt li,ke…
i always plays 1 day all day long…if the game i like ..
but what is KOTOR2 ?? is it a new game