The first Mass Effect was a wonderful title and is one of my personal favourite 360 titles, it wasn't without issues however - the framerate and clunky combat are the two most championed when people are sticking the boot in but for me i just found it a little lightweight compared to the scope of the other classic Bioware Star Wars title Knights Of The Old Republic.
I'm happy to say that Mass Effect 2 improves on the original in every single way, they story is darker and much more appealing - the same can also be said for the new characters that it introduces to the storyline, particularly the new antagonists who are far more intimidating than the Geth ever were in Mass Effect.
There are also no technical issues this time around and the combat has been tweaked to offer an experience that feels more like a proper 3rd person shooter rather than a RPG with shooter bits tacked on.
The level of content available to players has been dramatically increased with plenty of side quests for you to get your teeth into should you be that way inclined. I managed to get 35 hours out of my first playthrough which is certainly more meaty than the first game.
The only negative i can think of is that the soundtrack has been made a bit more mainstream and loses much of the wonderful electronica which made the first games soundtrack so wonderful. Richard Jaques isn't involved in the soundtrack this time either.
A great game and the best i've played so far this year.
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