I personally haven’t played ME2 yet. This is just my thoughts to an article I read about why Mass Effect 2 is the future of RPGs.
Is Mass Effect 2 really that good? People have been extolling great things about it. And I have no doubt that it is a good first person RPG. But seems like it is just that: a good first person RPG. There is a game in every RPG sub-genre that is. Diablo 2 provided a very addictive “Action” RPGs, a very different kind of fun. I have no doubt that Mass Effect 2 is fun, but to call it revolutionary? I don’t think that ME2 is revolutionary, it’s probably just “accessible”. And the hype surrounding it is just astounding.
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