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Mass Effect 2 Announced For Early 2010

Posted by Soulskill on from the allegedly-no-holds-barred dept.

Bioware has confirmed rumors that development for the sequel to Mass Effect is well under way, and they're planning on a release in early 2010. They mentioned PC and Xbox 360 versions of the game, but no information was given about a possible PS3 version. CVG has a write-up of what we know about Mass Effect 2 so far. Quoting: "In the shooting department the developer's official announcement promises 'intensified combat' and 'expanded weapon options.' We're hoping some of the work goes on improving the game's shooting mechanics, which were solid enough but could certainly do with some polishing to meet 2010 standards — especially in the cover system department. As for 'expanded weapon options,' we can only assume this refers to the in-depth gun tweaking and customisation options available in Mass Effect 1."

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  1. Re:Sequels by theArtificial · · Score: 5, Informative

    Or trilogy in this case...

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  2. How about more variety? by g0del · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I guess a new cover system might be nice, but I'd much rather they spent time designing side-quests that didn't all take place on identical ships/outposts etc.

  3. Re:Sequels by zombietangelo · · Score: 5, Informative

    Agree with your sentiment, generally, but Mass Effect has been planned to be a trilogy since its conception.

  4. Re:Sequels by celnick · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Wow, props for the immediately ignorant first post.

    Mass Effect was ALWAYS planned as the first in a trilogy telling a larger story.

    Good to know that you actually pay attention before spouting off ignorance.

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  5. Re:Sequels by Trahloc · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I wish I had mod points to bring you up from -1. The game is part of a story arch, it wasn't artificially expanded because sales were good, it was designed that way.

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  6. Re:Sequels by enderjsv · · Score: 5, Interesting

    True, but sometimes the sequel get's it even more right. Can you imagine a world without Zelda: Ocarina of time? Or Half life 2?

    I'm not opposed to well thought out sequels. It's the Electronic-Arts-sequel-every-year-regardless-of-need-or-quality that I'm opposed to.

    (To EA - Keep developing games like Dead Space and Mirror's Edge and I'll stop making you the brunt of all my gripes)