Effected: Having a job and lacking a brain :: rpg codex

Gamers With Jobs put up a short article on how Mass Effect 2 transcended its humble origins to be elevated to the same heights as classics like Ultima 7, Fallout and... eh, Baldur's Gate.

The thing is, I’d lost the save files for my last two Mass Effect 2 playthroughs, and the thought of playing 3 with some generic Shepard was anathema. Totally unacceptable. And so, I’ve invested another 30 or so hours into this latest playthrough, happily and without a second thought on the matter. Somehow, the game completely fails to become stale to me.

I realize that saying Mass Effect 2 is a pretty good game is hardly an edgy stance of a critical contemporary issue. So let me spice the deal up a bit. At this point, I feel like I can talk about Mass Effect 2 in the same breath as games like Ultima 7, Fallout and Baldur’s Gate. In fact, I’d dare say that from where I’m sitting, it’s the best game BioWare has made.

If only Lord British had the tech back then to make U7 a cover-based shooter. Who knows how awesome the game would have been.

Thanks to shihonage.

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