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    Mass Effect 2

    Game » consists of 21 releases. Released Jan 26, 2010

    After a violent death by an unknown force and a timely reanimation by the human supremacist organization Cerberus, Commander Shepard must assemble a new squad in the seedier side of the galaxy for a suicide mission in the second installment of the "Mass Effect" trilogy.

    Armor customization! And side-missions that don't suck!

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    #1  Edited By Cornman89

     
     

        

    Planet exploration stuff looks like quite an improvement over ME1. Hopefully it'll bear out in the actual game. But screw side missions--ARMOR CUSTOMIZATION!
     
    I am about 5x more excited about screwing with color palettes and shoulder pads  than I have any right to be. Anyone else? And what about the side-missions? Looking good, or still skeptical of the final product?

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    #2  Edited By Venatio

    The waiting sucks alot, I want it NOW!

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    #3  Edited By Binman88

    Armour customisation does sound kinda cool; those menus look a lot nicer as well. Some of the facial animations looked a bit odd in that video (like at 1.16), but I can live with that.
     
    I have to say though, I was hugely distracted at 1:31 by that guy's awesome moustache.

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    #4  Edited By Yummylee

    Holy fuck @1:31, doodes sportin the ''gag glasses'' mustache =O 
     
    And armor customisation?????? are they trying to test my patience?? ='(
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    #5  Edited By Downandout

    Ooh, I'm totally getting this game now, fingers crossed for manly neon pink and yellow armour =D

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    #6  Edited By Cornman89
    @Binman88:  Yeah, "happy Shepard" looks a little off. I am, however, impressed with the improvements they made to facial animation on the whole. There's a potential for nuance there that the first game missed.
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    #7  Edited By Binman88
    @Cornman89 said:
    " @Binman88:  Yeah, "happy Shepard" looks a little off. I am, however, impressed with the improvements they made to facial animation on the whole. There's a potential for nuance there that the first game missed. "
    True, and I actually was a fan of the facial animations in ME1, like Shepherd raising his eyebrows or squinting his eyes.
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    #8  Edited By grilledcheez

    I already knew it was going to be amazing, this is just ANOTHER layer on top of the delicious pie that is Mass Effect 2

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    #9  Edited By meteora

    Totally wasn't expecting armour customization; now I think I will like my Shepherd a lot more with that.

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    #10  Edited By ApolloJ85

    And here I was, happy to finish my back log of games before picking up ME2. Now I totally just want to buy it for armor customization.
     
    I'm the type of person who spends forever in character customization before the game actually starts, and then quits the game after an hour to make a new and improved character.

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    #11  Edited By Jeust

    I for once loved the space exploration. It was monotonous, but one hell of a experience, cruising in an unexplored planet, seeing the views.
     
    I probably won't play it for some time, as i don't feel it will be a much different game from the first one, and i'm a bit tired of the same bioware stories.

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    #12  Edited By Capum15

    Armor Customization?
     
    ...I see a lot of Black and Red/Blue in my future then. And a lot of time wasted.

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    #13  Edited By Lunarbunny

    Good, now my Colossus X won't look like fetishwear.

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    #14  Edited By CL60

    Can't wait.

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    #15  Edited By BinaryDragon

    awesome.

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    #16  Edited By belaraphon

    huzzah! i can't wait for this one to come out!

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    #17  Edited By Icemael

    "This video has been removed by the user"

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    #18  Edited By MikkaQ

    Purple and gold armor, it's happening, it's time 

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    #19  Edited By bubahula

    awesome!! i saw some armor customization stuff in a screenshot a while back but wasnt sure if it was real.

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    #20  Edited By Dany

     

      
     
    Here it is.
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    #21  Edited By DoctorTran

    I'm really starting to get impatient for ME2 now. REALLY Impatient. And this video doesn't help at all. Hopefully you can customize ALL of your teams equipment because thing I hated about the first game was the fact that it was so hard to have everyone look the same while having everyone fully upgraded or on the same page. I just hate not having everyone look uniformed.

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    #22  Edited By Andorski

    I'm going for the opposite of Batman: All white with either red or gold as my secondary color.  No hiding in the shadows or stalking my targets.  I'm charging in (quite literally, as I'll be a Vanguard) and blasting everyone with my very loud shotgun.  I want people to know when Shepard enters the building.

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    #23  Edited By ApolloJ85
    @Andorski said:
    "I'm going for the opposite of Batman: All white with either red or gold as my secondary color.  No hiding in the shadows or stalking my targets.  I'm charging in (quite literally, as I'll be a Vanguard) and blasting everyone with my very loud shotgun.  I want people to know when Shepard enters the building. "

    Hells yeah. And that white armor spattered with alien blood.
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    #24  Edited By belaraphon

    whoo! it doesn't matter how many times i watch it, i love it every time! definitely excited to see how doing side missions and either going paragon or renegade will effect the outcome.

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    #25  Edited By spacetrucking

    Garrus! I still have hopes of a Turien party member this time. They look so alien and totally badass at the same time.

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    #26  Edited By Red

    I've been pretty up and down on deciding whether or not I'm going to buy Mass Effect 2, but that there was a good push towards buying it.

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    #27  Edited By vager

    That is one epic mustache.
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    #28  Edited By Cornman89
    @Andorski said:
    " I'm going for the opposite of Batman: All white with either red or gold as my secondary color.  No hiding in the shadows or stalking my targets.  I'm charging in (quite literally, as I'll be a Vanguard) and blasting everyone with my very loud shotgun.  I want people to know when Shepard enters the building. "
    I really liked the armor type that was all red and black in ME1. Don't remember what it's called. But I'm definitely going to recreate that style - black as primary, dark red/maroon as secondary. Derivative, maybe, but still badass.
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    #29  Edited By Linkyshinks
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    #30  Edited By Mrnitropb
    @DoctorTran said:
    " I'm really starting to get impatient for ME2 now. REALLY Impatient. And this video doesn't help at all. Hopefully you can customize ALL of your teams equipment because thing I hated about the first game was the fact that it was so hard to have everyone look the same while having everyone fully upgraded or on the same page. I just hate not having everyone look uniformed. "
    I want my squad all wearing this armor
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    #31  Edited By Cornman89

      @Linkyshinks:
    Done.
     

    @DoctorTran

    said:

    " I'm really starting to get impatient for ME2 now. REALLY Impatient. And this video doesn't help at all. Hopefully you can customize ALL of your teams equipment because thing I hated about the first game was the fact that it was so hard to have everyone look the same while having everyone fully upgraded or on the same page. I just hate not having everyone look uniformed. "

    You might be disappointed in that case. While no confirmation one way or the other, it appears each character has his/her own unique uniform, which may be unchangeable. I actually think this is a better solution (in ME1, you had everyone running around almost-but-not-quite matching, but now everyone has their own unique, character-appropriate getup), but to each their own.
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    #32  Edited By DoctorTran
    @Cornman89 said:

    "   @Linkyshinks:
    Done.
     

    @DoctorTran

    said:

    " I'm really starting to get impatient for ME2 now. REALLY Impatient. And this video doesn't help at all. Hopefully you can customize ALL of your teams equipment because thing I hated about the first game was the fact that it was so hard to have everyone look the same while having everyone fully upgraded or on the same page. I just hate not having everyone look uniformed. "

    You might be disappointed in that case. While no confirmation one way or the other, it appears each character has his/her own unique uniform, which may be unchangeable. I actually think this is a better solution (in ME1, you had everyone running around almost-but-not-quite matching, but now everyone has their own unique, character-appropriate getup), but to each their own. "
    See now that's fine. So long as I can change the color. As long as Everyone can wear lets say... Black and Red like the Colossus X Armor from the first one. Something like that... Not necessarily everyone in the same armor.
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    #33  Edited By Andorski
    @Mrnitropb said:
    " I want my squad all wearing this armor

    "
    Grunt would look sexy in that.
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    on linkyshinks second video I like Shepards civilian wear.

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    #35  Edited By Evilsbane

    This game looks better and better, Damn hype!!! STOP making me want you!

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