I was going to post this and am relieved it is on two discs becasue i felt with what htey shown it would be to much for one disc
 
I expcet the side missions to be the same on both disc but the story will alter from disc 1 to disc 2.

Good, as long as it's not like Star Ocean 4 with the disc-swapping. That was irritating. You'd have to swap to one of the three discs whenever you'd go to various areas that weren't on your current disc, even if you had the game installed to the HDD. I would have done tons more sidequests in that game if I didn't have to constantly open and close the tray and fumble with discs.
 
I like their reasoning. "Because you cannot fit this much awesome on one disc."

As long as I'm able to play just from disk 1 and have disk 2 installed; awesome. 

If its like Lost Odyssey it won't be a problem that game handled disc swapping really well.

I pity the fool who has to swap discs. I'm getting this on Steam myself. 

"As long as I'm able to play just from disk 1 and have disk 2 installed; awesome.  "

This is only good news. More content! and for the people who are worried about how the disk swapping will be handled... its Bioware! they'll figure something out. :)

Damn I want this game, just waiting for the system requirements before I pre-order. 
 
Don't mean to hijack this thread but what do you people think the requirements will be? If I can run the first on full should I be okay?

PC System Requirements

Minimum System Requirements

• OS: Windows XP SP3 / Windows Vista SP1 / Windows 7
• Processor: 1.8GHz Intel Core 2 Duo or equivalent AMD CPU  
• Memory: 1 GB RAM for Windows XP / 2 GB RAM for Windows Vista and Windows 7
• Hard Drive: 15 GB
• DVD ROM: 1x Speed  
• Sound Card: DirectX 9.0c compatible
• DirectX: DirectX 9.0c August 2008 (included)
• Input: Keyboard / Mouse 

 
Video Card: 256 MB (with Pixel Shader 3.0 support). Supported Chipsets: NVIDIA GeForce 6800 or greater; ATI Radeon X1600 Pro or greater. Please note that NVIDIA GeForce 7300, 8100, 8200, 8300, 8400, and 9300; ATI Radeon HD3200, and HD4350 are below minimum system requirements. Updates to your video and sound card drivers may be required. Intel and S3 video cards are not officially supported in Mass Effect 2.
 

Recommended System Requirements

• OS: Windows XP SP3 / Windows Vista SP1 / Windows 7   
• Processor: 2.6 GHz Cure 2 Duo Intel or equivalent AMD CPU  
• Memory: 2 GB RAM  
• Video Card: ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT, NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT, or better recommended
• DirectX: DirectX 9.0c August 2008 (or higher)    

Some nice info there, good find. Disc thing doesnt bother me though, just gonna get it off steam. Though I may buy the CE for no other reason than it looks pretty awesome.

Doesn't matter. Multiple disc's shouldn't even be an issue anymore. 5 minutes of installation isn't going to bother me.

So, the EU version will be three discs then? Both ME and DAO (PC) shipped with a second one containing the additional languages.

" So, the EU version will be three discs then? Both ME and DAO (PC) shipped with a second one containing the additional languages. "

" I pity the fool who has to swap discs. I'm getting this on Steam myself.  "

I for one am happy to see that Bioware opted to ship the game on two discs rather than cutting content to fit it all on one disc. More content = more awesome

" I pity the fool who has to swap discs. I'm getting this on Steam myself.  "

Holy 15 gigabytes, Batman.

" Holy 15 gigabytes, Batman. "

Fuck disk swapping. They had better make one of the disks an install disk. I'm sure as fuck not filling up my 120 gig drive with Zune Marketplace content and gamerpics.

" @Hitchenson said:

"As long as I'm able to play just from disk 1 and have disk 2 installed; awesome.  "

Yeah, my guess is it will be like Forza.  You can optionally install the second half of the game and just play from disc one, or if you want you can switch when you get to that point. "

You can install the game to your Xbox 360 Hard Drive as long as you have enough memory to do so and have the correct disc in the drive when you play.    

I like how 8 years ago, when a game shipped on 5 CDs people said "MOTHERFUCKER! 5 CD! This game must be effing epic! And long for, like, 600 hours! Dude!". Now, when we get a 2 DL-DVD game, everyone hates it because they'll have to take a shit before it installs.

" @HatKing said:

" @Hitchenson said:

"As long as I'm able to play just from disk 1 and have disk 2 installed; awesome.  "

Yeah, my guess is it will be like Forza.  You can optionally install the second half of the game and just play from disc one, or if you want you can switch when you get to that point. "

This was posted by Chris Priestly, Community coordinator, on the Bioware forums.  
 

You can install the game to your Xbox 360 Hard Drive as long as you have enough memory to do so and have the correct disc in the drive when you play.    

I think this mean that no matter if you install it or not, disk swapping (on the 360 version) will  still be required. Frankly I don't really know what all the fuss is about, I was kinda missing the ole "please insert disk 2 into drove A:" message.  "

Having the option to switch discs and then the option to only install the second disc but still play off the first would be a ridiculous amount to data to organize and optimize, probably something they don't have time for.  
 
I can't imagine people would complain about a game being multiple discs when you only have to switch once per playthrough, but I guess there are some out there making it a big deal :/

As long as I can install the second disc, fine.

" As long as I can install the second disc, fine. "

But isn't one of the arguments about consoles that you can sit on the couch while you're playing? Gotta get up to switch out that disk :(
I hope I can install the second disk, my Elite's HDD has hardly seen any action lately. Better yet! I want a PC Digital Deluxe edition on Steam, and good 360 controller support for ME2 on the PC!

i will install the whole game to my drive, but disc swapping isn't anything new. so there will be some break in there that makes me get up and change the disc. lots of rpg games did it on the playstation and you didn't have to change the disc back when going to older locations.  game is looking to be fun as hell though.

iam 12 what are disc?
A hour download on steam is what i know.

I think I am only going to get the Special Edition because I find the regular one's box art to be one of the worst I have seen in ages. Still, two discs is fine if it is installable. Taking the Forza 3 approach is fine in my opinion.

I laugh at you gvuys and your primitive "discs". I'll be downloading this day one. Should only take an hour or so.

It doesn't really affect me as ill be getting the PC version but its still interesting to see console games with multiple discs.