Comments on: OXCGN Looks At Mass Effect 2: Will It Be The Greatest Console RPG Ever?

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 29 May 2009 10:08:16 +0000

I really liked part one. I am so anxious for part two and I am so sure part three will be great as well. I hope to see more details on part 2 and 3 soon.

By: twodogsz

twodogsz — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 03:38:15 +0000

@ryan

I agree mate… Mass Effect was a fantastic game… My favourite game on any of the current consoles. But it wasn’t because of the environments, it was the variety of gameplay, scope and overwhelmingly a story that a player truly became a part of because of the amazing dialogue mechanic and cinematic interactions.

Fable 2′s environments were far and away more varied and beautiful for my money (but that is very subjective). But unlike Mass Effect they were also dynamically based on a players choices.

And for the record Fable 2 was one of my top 3 games of last year. Although I think it innovated much more for games in general than for the more narrow RPG genre.

By: betheo

betheo — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 03:32:47 +0000

…best RPG on a console, and i said, WILL it be… hey, if fallout four comes out and its better, then, no, ME2 wont be the best,
but understand, i am very bias towards this game, i think i catually forgot to include that in the article

By: betheo

betheo — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 03:25:30 +0000

it’s really the scale of the game, sure, exploring did get kindof dull, but i did point this out (hope we get some new, maybe aquatic worlds ey?)
For Fable 2, it was more the fact that, even exploring got dull as the side quests did get repetitive (although admittedly, some of the ME side quests did)
i guess, im just saying (no offense men) size REALLY matters

By: Sanzee

Sanzee — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 23:52:09 +0000

Well-written article, friend. You made a few strange points which I don’t neccessarily agree with, but the overall concept was well-established. Mass Effect 2 will certainly be amazing. The greatest things in this world are the most heavily-criticized. You see more faults in beautiful things.

Set aside what is essentially a few technical issues, environment repetition, and some interface problems, and you’ve got yourself a perfect RPG.

Mass Effect is by far my personal favorite game of ALL time. Not a Mass Effect fanboy. I just know a good story when I see one. Mass Effect is up there with Star Wars and LOTR in storytelling.

Amen.

By: ryan

ryan — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 18:37:52 +0000

i love THIS statement

“and running around Albion became old after a time. But chasing a rouge Spectre to the edges of civilized space, trying to prevent him from releasing a dormant species of colossal destroyer and dealing with an armada of synthetic soldiers…. Priceless.”

Ummm, did you actually PLAY mass effect? In fact, one of the biggest gripes about the game was that EVERY WORLD/Mission was essentially the same, with a new skin. There was not even close to enough variation to praise it for.

I for one, love mass effect, despite it’s flaws. But saying Fable 2 was “old” after a while and mass effect was “amazing” is a little retarded

By: chenkenichi

chenkenichi — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 15:14:41 +0000

Yeah I know. I was just being a bit pedantic. lol.

By: xboxoz360

xboxoz360 — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 14:08:58 +0000

well, point taken . .

BUt I think you know what I was eluding to more than anything . . but true, point taken

By: chenkenichi

chenkenichi — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 14:06:14 +0000

no offense xboxoz but the best rpgs have been on consoles. So in effect, it does pretty much mean the best rpg ever..

By: xboxoz360

xboxoz360 — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 11:14:24 +0000

AHh did you read it, it said greatest RPG on a CONSOLE . . not on all platforms . . shezzess, some ppl need to learn to read ALL of an article, not part of the headline.