Zero Punctuation: Mass Effect 2

[TotallyFake]

Jetpacks would be an issue when exploring planets without an oxygen atmosphere. Because the fuel wouldn't be able to combust unless it used oxygen inside the pack intself, but then it would need to be huge.

Yeah, cos it's not like the technology in this game revolves around a quick, easy and efficient way to reduce your mass to practically nothing so that even the smallest of ion propulsion systems can send you screaming through space.

Possibly the nerdiest sarcasm ever.

Side note:Is anybody else surprised at the name? Since the whole thing was planned as a trilogy + spinoffs from the start, Mass Effect 2 seems rather bland. I'd expect at least a subtitle.

 

[Egobrain]

Mass Effect 2 : Operation Lazarus?

 

[Outlawhero]

I agreed with some of the things he said in the review. Overall the game was great but they could have made the upgrading the ship, weapons, and armor a bit better. The combat was pretty good in my book.

 

[chozo_hybrid]

Why do people moan about having to swap discs if it's on a console? It takes like 5 seconds and keeps the game massive.

PC's on the other hand need plenty of hard drive space, I hate having to uninstall a game to play another if I'm low on room.

 

[Lykosia_v1legacy]

But at the same time the Mass Effect franchise is still somewhat lacking when it comes to gameplay, although most RPG fans probably won't care all that much.

I must point out that ME 2 is not an RPG. It's a 3rd Person Shooter fest with the lightest of possible RPG elements stacked on top of a good storyline.

Mass Effect 2 is an RPG. It's a modern RPG, where deep character development (meaning who and what you're rather than how good your character is) and strong narrative are more important than stats and loot.

 

[Tony2077]

good game could have been better. this place has still not gotten out of the hole its dug its self so better luck next week Yahtzee

 

[Canadamus Prime]

Say, did the Lazerus Project make anyone else think of the 6 Million Dollar Man?
"We can rebuild him, we have the technology..."

Well I enjoyed the driving in Mass Effect, and as I said in a previous thread, I'd like to kick everyone who complained about it in the balls... hard; so hard in fact that they'll be talking like Pee Wee Herman on helium for a month. ... Anyway the Mako was a fucking TANK with rocket boosters on it, you don't exactly expect a tank to handle like Ferrari, do you? I thought the damn thing handled quite well considering it was a fucking tank!
Anyway, I digress.

Well, I would be one of the people you would like to kick in the balls, but that's mainly because I realize that the mako was actually supposed to be something like an APC rather than a tank, and the fact that the mako handled like an epileptic waiter at a rave didn't help either...

Tank, APC, whatever, the point was that the thing could hardly be expected to handle like Ferrari on a freeway; esp. since you were distinctly not on a freeway, but on the very rocky terrain of some alien planet. And it did not handle like an epileptic waiter at a rave.

 

[411hunter]

Side note:Is anybody else surprised at the name? Since the whole thing was planned as a trilogy + spinoffs from the start, Mass Effect 2 seems rather bland. I'd expect at least a subtitle.

What? Mass Effect 2 not good enough for you? What else were you expecting? ''Mass Effect 2: The Return of Shepard''?

Mass Effect 2 is an RPG. It's a modern RPG, where deep character development (meaning who and what you're rather than how good your character is) and strong narrative are more important than stats and loot.

Its a RPG, but with shooter elements. Its not the first game with that's done this.

I found this game to be a lot shittier than the first mass effect.

Then why did you waste 60 dollars on a game you hate?

 

[Wolveria]

Snipers don't need teammates. In fact, they have this disgusting tendency to GIVE YOUR POSITION AWAY. I'm more just impressed that you had the patience to be a sniper in that game.

Being an infiltrator was the only way I got through the game on Insanity, stealth and sniper rifles are amazing. Probably why Yahtzee thought it was so easy - should have tried as a Vanguard. That shit was whack.

I wish Yahtzee had commented on Garrus's win one-liners. "SCOPED AND DROPPED!"

 

[Cryo84R]

He didn't romance Tali. Do you know why? He's a normal male. Not a mouth breathing, hentai watching, creeper who watches little girls get off the school bus.

Yes, that's what you are if you did that.

 

[Wolfram23]

hahahahahha!

 

[Clidefrog123]

Bioware never relly got the hint that one the most important reasons their game sold so well was the space boobage.

 

[Doug]

I want to know who Yahtzee sexed! I hope it's Tali.

Spoiler

From what Yahtzee described that was the Miranda ending. Although why she felt the need to screw in the engine room is beyond me.

I just wanna see the Normandy smash into a planet because they accidently hit the wrong switch whilst doing 'it'.

You know if you sex up Tali, in the next game she's going to contract an virus and die from a poor immune system...right?

lol

Nope. And you know Quarians can't get virus's from humans, right? Only from Turians.

 

[Yahtzee Croshaw]

Dirty Harry FTW, also, I love the ending sequence, the best one after L4D2 & Super Mario Wii.

 

[Doug]

Why do people moan about having to swap discs if it's on a console? It takes like 5 seconds and keeps the game massive.

PC's on the other hand need plenty of hard drive space, I hate having to uninstall a game to play another if I'm low on room.

Because people like to ***** about any inconvince, no matter how minor.

 

[Shepard's Shadow]

That was an awesome review! I would love to explore planets flying around with a jet pack; that would be epic.

 

[Killjoi]

BioWare should just hire the dudes at Airtight games for the exploration sections. It makes perfect sense - they have experience working with the UT3 engine, they do the flying jetpack thing well and they will soon be out of a job thanks to the commercial failure of Dark Void.

And while they are at it, they can probably replace the stoic voice of Mark Meer with the smartass mouth of Nolan North [http://www.giantbomb.com/will-grey/94-356/]!

 

[Anorgil]

Yahtzee acknowledged the existence of the Quest for Glory series...

I don't know why, but my opinion of Yahtzee just went up a tad...

 

[AvsJoe]

Did he say if he liked it or not?

He liked it. I can't remember which video or Extra Punctuation it was in but he said that if he isn't overly cruel then he enjoyed it. Hell, he spends a portion of the video praising it. That's a good sign.

Besides, apparently no one likes it when he does a praising review as he mentioned early in his Escapist career when his Psychonauts review went belly-up.

 

[IlikeLolis]

I don't know if this came up before but while mass effect 1 was all about the Romancing and becoming either Evil Racist McGee or Super Happy Sunchild #357, Mass effect 2 was all about Shepard dying to the point that he has the opportunity to do so TWICE while still being Canon.

I'd hate to see Bioware make him come back another time for those wanting plot wholes big enough to create a "I will die this time" Shepard. But then what would humanity do if Shepard really does die?

Cloning? Super Soldiers? Or use his/her DNA to create a child whose sole purpose is to save the Galaxy(Bobofet style). I feel like ME3 will be praised by having more Replacements for "The Icon of Humanity" than you can throw at a Reaper.