Gamestop was recently having a deal where you got a 150% of the normal trade in credit for used games. I dismissed the idea at first, since I only thought of the Xbox 360 games I would trade in, which happened to be none. But then I remembered all the Gamecube and PS2 games I had. And since selling them online would be slow, tedious, and not guaranteed to sell, I traded them in. My potential purchases were: Borderlands, Dead Space, Bayonetta, Mass Effect 1 and 2. However, ME1 was $30, so I wasn't going to do that at all. I decided to get Dead Space and one other game. Moments later, I almost made a huge mistake. I almost bought Bayonetta instead of Mass Effect 2.
Mass Effect 2 reminds me of how great games can be. The story is intense. The characters are interesting and unique. My favorite part so far? The battle system requires strategy. You can't just run and gun. You have to set up your squad to be well rounded because of the myriad of abilities that your opponents will have. It makes me want to pick up the original for the story, and if you import your character from the Mass Effect 1, many decisions you made will be reflected in the sequel. If you don't import a character, the game assumes that every time in ME1 you had a choice to kill someone, you killed them. Talk about game-changing decisions! And to think I almost bought a repetitive button-masher game instead of something with depth.
3 comments:
Dead Space is also a great game. It puts the horror back into survival horror.
I only played Dead Space a little to get a taste of it, and it was pretty intense. I look forward to playing through it.
With a game like this, I plan on ONLY playing it in the dark, so I get the full experience. A game this scary only comes out every decade or so.
Also, play it on at least medium difficulty. Playing it on easy will ruin the tension.
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