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Giant Bomb at PAX 09: Mass Effect 2 Demo

An uncut look at the entire Mass Effect 2 demo from the PAX show floor.

Sep. 8 2009

Posted by: Drew

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Mass Effect 2

PAX 2009

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Edited By CL60

lol @ girls just wanna have fun in the background.

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Edited By MachoFantastico
Can't wait, love the new interface. The PC version of Mass Effect was great and I know they've bought some of those extra UI features over to the ME2. 
 
Can't friggin wait!
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Awesome! I hope the whole thing runs as smooth as what they have shown.
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Edited By Lydian_Sel

I WANT!!!!!!!

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Edited By Mezmero

Looks like the sequel is coming along smoothly.  It looks good but my biggest concern after playing the first will be the class balance issue.  I remember around the time the first one came out everyone was talking about how Vanguards (maybe hybrids in general) were over powered and made most of the game pretty easy.  For that reason I made the committment to play the Adept class from start to finish and brother let me tell you it made the game a bitch to finish.  So hopefully this time every class will have better tools and incentives  to complete the game no matter what kind of player you are.  Other than that I'll be looking forward to it.
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Edited By vendetta

I'm so excited for this freaking game.

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Edited By maxszy

I loved and really enjoyed ME. The problems didn't really bother me. But If its really Mass Effect minus the texture popping, ridiculous loading (elevators) etc... plus better combat, I see no reason that this game can't win Game of the Year for many.

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Edited By Spiritof

I really hope they mean it when they say they fixed ALL the previous game's hiccups.

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Edited By afrokola

Awesome interview, gotta play through the first one again before this comes out.

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Edited By Ghostiet

So, officially, this baby ain't coming to the PS3?

God. [']

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Edited By Eversoranimus

This game is going to be awesome....now i feel like playing mass effect again.

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looks great, but I hope it comes to ps3 soon

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@fillmoejoe said:
" Shepard. "
Wrex.
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Edited By fillmoejoe

Shepard.

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At 2:29, the cartwheeling enemy made me laugh.

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@DiGiTaL_SiN said:
"meh "

FOOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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@DrawnPaladin said:
" @Satune: it never will ; ps3 needs to worry about selling consoles before they get triple a titles "
Watch out for troll.
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this is gonna be a great start to the new year

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nvm, i heared the song at around 4 minutes in.  That be a funny easter egg if it was in ME2! :-D 
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@Satune: it never will ; ps3 needs to worry about selling consoles before they get triple a titles
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@Tarsier said:
"I let Wrex live but I never used him once in the game.   It's all about the ladies. "

Same with me, i used Wrex up untill i picked up Liara and then dumped em.  Still a cool guy to have around though. 
 
Btw, where does that song play in the video?  I was too busy listening to what Jay's walkthrough so i didn't notice it. 
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Edited By theironyuppie

All my hopes and dreams rest with this gmae next year.  It cannot come soon enough

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Shepard needs some facial animations during battle - he looks like he has no emotions.

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consider me stoked, thane looks pretty damn cool

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Edited By penguindust

"Quarter one early next year" means March to May, I bet.  Quarter one of their financial year.  Still, the game looks awesome, and I can't wait to travel the galaxy again.

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@Jimbo_N said:
""Girls just wanna have fun" really brought a new dimension to this game. "

It should be added to the soundtrack. Without question/
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I'm glad they added "Girls just wanna have fun" to the Mass Effect 2 sound track. It suits the game nicely.

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Edited By Satune

Why can't this game come out for PS3? It looks so good!

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Edited By Seppli

Picked it up for PC. But somehow I'd rather play ME2 on 360. Might have to buy the 360 version and play it again, for the persistence stuff.
 
Sweet game.

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GIRLS JUST WANNA HAVE FUUUUUUUUN
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GIRLS JUST WANNA HAVE FUN!   
definitely my new gaming song

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Edited By MrKlorox

I have the worst habit of letting the video load all the way up, forgetting about it, hitting refresh or closing a tab, then immediately realizing I never watched the video after it's already been flushed, then begin the buffering again. This sometimes happens two or three times before I either get a grip or close the entire browser.
 
Makes me wish I had a better downspeed.
 
edit: DAMNIT!! I did it again!
edit2: yet again. okay, getting pissed here. perhaps I should move the tab to the other side of my Google home tab.

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I think I gotta play through just one more time.

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I let Wrex live but I never used him once in the game.  
 
It's all about the ladies.

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Amazing.  Will have to play through ME1 soon again.

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Why is Wrex not in your party? Yes Wrex COULD die in ME1, but seriously? Who let Wrex Die?  I would be willing to bet money that 98% of players let Wrex Live.

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Looking good.

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I'm going to replay Mass Effect one very soon :p
 
Sweet game and ME2 is looking much better

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Ads before videos= =(

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Oh my word, I want it so bad. Guess I'll tide myself over with some ME1...

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I'm excited for the soundtrack, Girls Just Wanna Have Fun would make an excellent addition.

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Seeing those dialogue trees....Oh man. I need more Mass Effect.

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Edited By mark2000

Since I still don't have enough money to buy a 360, I said to myself that watching this video might just pointlessly re-hype myself with the Mass Effect franchise.
 
That's exactly what happened. Good thing the release date is still quite far away.

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Edited By Grim_Fandango

There's really no way for me to put it, I am excited... In one hand I am excited to meet some new characters, but at the same time, i'm disappointed that you can't have your old crew back, that's the bummer.

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Edited By wolf_blitzer85

welp time to fire up ME again...My computer died and Shepard went along with it...time for a rebirth!

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Edited By Hashbrowns
@EvilTwin:
You could upgrade your armor with health regeneration in Mass Effect 1, so this probably isn't dire news.
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OHHHHHH GIRLS JUST WANNA HAVE FUN!!!!!!!!!!!! 
 
best background music for an interview :P

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Edited By axxiomatiq

Who's a badass?  Everyone's a badass!  Lots of badasses in this game!

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I'd like to be the first to overreact and say that recharging health is going to ruin this game. 

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Edited By Lazyaza

Love the new ammo system, god that was one of the most useless aspects of the original.
Only bad thing about this game is I just know the PC version will be delayed. :(