I think I am half through Mass Effect 2 (about twenty hours and a bit more, have most of my eight buddies in "loyal" status and I'm picking up my ninth) and I can't tell what a huge score it is for Sony to get this game in its console. I am overwhelmed by the experience. I never suspected a game could center itself around the "ethical action" as this one has done.
It is all about choosing and dealing with the comsequences. Though the systems seems a bit shallow as it structures itself in a dicotomy (renegade - paragon), you are constructing who you are with every single choice you make. You chose which means are legit to reach your goals and you even get to choose many goals. I do care about the characters. A lot. So making an impact on their personalities by my course of choice is a big deal to me.
I just think BioWare will have to do something huge to make up the newbiees for the experience those who played the first one had when they had to deal with their choices: that's actually the most fun of it.
