Head to Head

[fps_d0minat0r]

MGS4.

after you get past the install it has quicker load times. in ME2 even if you want to change deck on the normandy its like a 1 minute load WTF!
and when your flying that hammerhead thing it glitches into the rocks a LOT of the time and when you go close to an edge of a cliff the textures are so pixilated they look like they were made for the background but somehow are appearing in the playable area.
ME2 runs less than 30fps most of the time and basically has no AA. I also found some of the conversations merge over each other like garrus starts a sentence but half way though he starts another one (even when i dont press any of the buttons)
MGS cutscenes look very good while mass effect should have used pre-rendered but they opted for in-game engine rendered ones so they look poor.

now thats the technical stuff out of the way.

in terms of actual gameplay i prefer MGS because each weapon has its own ammo unlike ME which is split between just heat clips and heavy ammo.
snake can climb, crawl, cross ledges, go prone, crouch while shepard can only do a few of those things (I know ME isnt a stealth game but still....shepard isnt a noob, he should have those options.) ME combat feels the same....get behind a crate, wait for enemies to spawn, shoot them move on. in MGS you can chose different ways of tackling situations and have fun in the process of doing so. In ME theres always just 1 way to do things.

Overall i like both games a lot but i really hope ME3 isnt a fraction as buggy as ME2. I honestly dont know how ME2 got the review score it did