BioWare’s Mass Effect 2demonstration at E3 2009 floored us. It was flush with intrigue and action, and showcased inventive in-game abilities and new stirring ways to interact with others in the universe. It was also dripping with drama. We watched the SSV Normandy’s hull being pounded by an unknown threat, witnessed the glib protagonist Commander Shepherd act brutishly, and began to understand the meaning behind Mass Effect 2’s now-fabled “suicide mission.”
And now you can see it all, too -- the shift in tone from the original, the stunning visuals and even the gameplay we observed. Below the fold are two videos, both with footage from the demonstration we watched behind closed doors at this year’s E3. The first video is a teaser, a condensed version with little narration. The second video is essentially a gentle walkthrough of the presentation (pre-E3) led by the developers.
Mass Effect 2 is looking like it will live up to its predecessor in every possible way. It’s slated to hit at some point in early 2010 for the Xbox 360 and PC. After you finish wiping the saliva off your chin (post-video drooling, naturally), drop us a line and tell us what you think.
[Update: There's a third video in the wild, the post-reveal E3 trailer. Hit the break for it as well, courtesy of Joystiq.]
(As Joystiq notes, too, the first and third have light spoiler content, but be advised everything mentioned in the second video will probably end up being used as promotional material; you’ll undoubtedly be exposed to this at some point if you’re going to follow news or marketing for the sequel.)
Yea, they are awesome videos. But if I'm not mistaken, I think both of those videos were first shown at E3.
Oh well, the game will be awesome. Does anyone know if you will be able to adjust your character's appearance at all for the new game if it carries through from the first along with your decisions? There were some facial things about my Shepard that kinda annoyed me as I went into the game, but I was too far in to start over. Could I change this in the second?
Wow, really good work on teh first one. It made me boot up Mass Effect even though I hated it. Played a bit, then remembered why I had stopped in the first place and stopped again. The important part is it made me pick it up once more.
If you're wondering, I never trade-in games, no matter how little I like them.
This is like Mass Effect, -RPG, +++FPS.
Just call it Halo Effect and be done with it.
That's the vibe I'm getting from the vids.
It's all very well to make it better, the combat mechanic, but it seems to me as if they're making it the center of the game, rather than the ROLE PLAYING, which an RPG is supposed to be about!
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12:47 PM on 07.11.2009
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*crosses off epic moment on to-do list
Nice n toight that is. That's a keeper.
lord almighty do these folk know how to tell a story or what.
And yes, Seth, its not the Geth.
Cant wait for this to come out.
Oh well, the game will be awesome. Does anyone know if you will be able to adjust your character's appearance at all for the new game if it carries through from the first along with your decisions? There were some facial things about my Shepard that kinda annoyed me as I went into the game, but I was too far in to start over. Could I change this in the second?
FUCK
If you're wondering, I never trade-in games, no matter how little I like them.
Yea, that rock was pretty heavy. Glad I'm out though. :)
Just call it Halo Effect and be done with it.
That's the vibe I'm getting from the vids.
It's all very well to make it better, the combat mechanic, but it seems to me as if they're making it the center of the game, rather than the ROLE PLAYING, which an RPG is supposed to be about!