My Mass Effect Review!

[averyblund]

Reasonable said:

I'll definately get ME2.  I'm travelling around on my laptop at the moment so I'm going to hold off until I get home to my PC in a few weeks.  I don't want to spoil it by playing it with settings dialled down.

Good to hear your view - I've been pretty confident that Bioware were going to keep the good stuff (of which there was a lot) from the first while improving all the weak elements.

You are making a wise choice waiting to get home. The graphics and art directiong are frankly stunning. Not the best "technically" (though close), but one of the most varied and detailed I have seen. Another perk is the awesome framerate this game kicks out even on a modest laptop. My 9600GT mobile has no problem with maxed out settings (even AA) at 1280x960. A half-decent desktop GPU like my GeForce 250 runs it like butter at 2560 x 1600. Compared to the usually shitty preformance of non-exclusives it is really nice to see. I'd be curious to compare it to the 360 version, though I can't imagine it would even be competitive.

 

Don't forget to import your ME1 save if you still have it, there are lots of cool perks.