Somebody’s Uncle once said, “with great power comes great responsibility”, that’s how I feel about Mass Effect 2, not the epic story of Commander Shepard you understand, but having to write the review. To be honest the long awaited release has come and gone, along with the pre-launch excitement that was buzzing the Buttonmasher forums. That is one of the reasons I feel uncomfortable right now, because 95% of the people that would have been interested in this review have already finished the game, 50% of them are probably now on their second run through and let’s not mention the shady 16% that have already happily skipped back to EB with their seven day hires. Yes, it has taken me nearly two weeks to get here, but I am not going to apologise for that.
Mass Effect 2 is a great game, no question, it’s glossy and entertaining, it has improved over some aspects of Mass Effect 1 in leaps and bounds, but I do find myself taking issue with it occasionally. Perhaps now a couple of weeks after launch it would be prudent to play Devil’s Advocate and raise these issues, rather than tout the title as a contender for Game of the Year so soon into the new decade.
