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Author: fleinn
Posted: February 25, 2011 (01:57 AM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
"the roving MAKO vehicle no one liked"
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Author: darketernal
Posted: February 25, 2011 (07:13 AM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
I disagree. To me, the dialogue and the world itself was the strongest point, while the actual gameplay was shabby at best.
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Author: EmP (Mod)
Posted: February 25, 2011 (08:53 AM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
Maybe ME1's plot was more of a sweeping epic, but ME2 was much more character driven. It took the time to establish the cast in a way the first kinda skimmed over to plough more effort into the main story. Pros and cons, I guess.
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Author: Suskie
Posted: February 26, 2011 (07:31 AM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
I'd argue that ME2 was too character-driven for its own good. The story itself was terrific, but there were only really a handful of missions devoted to it. The standard three-act plot structure is there for a reason.
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Author: fleinn
Posted: February 26, 2011 (07:39 AM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
lol :D
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Author: wolfqueen001
Posted: February 26, 2011 (09:33 AM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
I remember reading your first review and being rather confused by its roundabout way of telling things, even though that one was really good, too. This one I find to be much more engaging simply because it's more "linear", if that makes sense. The examples you use are also very poignant and illustrate well the deep and turbulent world(s) you explore. Frankly, when it comes to reviewing games that are this large, the best way is to find a focus rather than talking about everything, and that's exactly what you did. By fully illustrating the game's strongest points, we get a much more detailed image of the game (or at least that focused part of it) rather than just a surface-glazing of everything that went into it. And this works much better.
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Author: EmP (Mod)
Posted: February 27, 2011 (10:41 AM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
I rather liked your ME2 review, Suskie. I almost didn’t bother writing my own because I didn’t feel the site needed it. Then I wrote it anyway; I’m odd like that.
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Author: Suskie
Posted: February 28, 2011 (03:53 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
Actually, it'll be interesting to see how they handle ME3's cast. Keep in mind that no one in ME2 is guaranteed to have survived that game. However they approach it, it feels at this point like so much of the exposition on display in ME2 is wasted on characters that, one way or another, won't have the spotlight in part three.
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Author: EmP (Mod)
Posted: March 05, 2011 (05:40 AM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
What they did to scatter ME1's cast was great, but if they ploughed this much effort into establishing ME2's cast at the cost of the overall plot then threw them away, I cant help but feel that would be a huge mistake. Hence why I'm backing on 2 & 3 suscribing to the usual "One big game" rather than the huge progression between 1 & 2. I guess time will tell.
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