Mass Effect 2 PS3 review - 93% in GamesMaster
PS3 version is "the best" says mag

Mass Effect 2 for PS3 has received a sterling review in the latest issue of GamesMaster.

Issue 234 of the mag arrives on shelves today and gives Bioware's sci-fi RPG shooter 93 per cent, claiming that the PS3 version is the one to get over the Xbox 360 edition.

"Basically, if you've never played Mass Effect before, and you're lucky enough to own both a 360 and a PS3, then this is definitely the version to plump for," GM says.

 "You don't miss out on the events of the first game, thanks to the interactive comic, and you've all the extras existing players have had access to.

"Frankly, there's never been a better time to surrender to the frightening pleasures of a future in which you have the power to make a real difference," GamesMaster concludes.

Most importantly, the arrival of Mass Effect 2 on PS3 marks the transition of an Xbox console exclusive to the realms of multi-format.

That means that you can look forward to Mass Effect 3 whether you pledge allegiance to Xbox, PlayStation or PC.

It's just as well, since Bioware has said that the third instalment will be the best yet.

Doubt it. Playing with an existing save file makes the game so much better.

Though the inclusion of all DLC is a nice thing of course. On the other hand ME2 on PC and 360 are so cheap at the moment, that you probably save more if you buy them instead and all DLCs seperately.

EDIT: I mean it remains unclear for now if that interactive comic can get the same experience as ME1 which I doubt.

@Barozi

I will buy this version because my PC doesn't run the game... so finally I can play it on PS3.

I hate to be a downer, but I highly doubt that the PS3 version is better than the PC version.

Good to hear it's not just a quick and lazy port like certain games, though.

Glad PS3 owners finallly get to experience ME2, but an interactice comic does not make up for the loss of ME1. The sooner ME2 hits PS3 the better. I want to see what the next DLC is. Since it supposedly the last one before ME3, I'm expecting something at least as big as Lair of the Shadow Broker, if not bigger.

i heard the PS3 version of ME:2 runs on the Me:3 engine - is this true?

anyway, i'm picking up this bad boy as soon as it hits the shelves, and will play it as soon as GT5 lets me lol

I for one am glad this is coming to the ps3 and will buy this game. Some post can downplay the fact that it's coming to ps3 all they want,but that's not going to keep me from buying and enjoying this game. lol

I asked for some vgcharterz who played both games if I was missing something by playing only the second game and I receive comments saying I saying that I would not be missing much because the story of the two are different... so playing the second without the first makes no difference (many people did it) even without the interactive comics.

Is it true ou not? I will buy ME2 just because the theses comments... and I have no time do play the game in 360 (same with Ninja Gaiden... I have the second and didn't play yet because I have no time do play the first one).

Appreciate any help.

Your decisions from ME1 carry over to ME2. Part of the fun of ME2 is seeing those differences reflected in your quest. ME2 can be enjoyed without playing ME1 but players of ME1 get a lot more out of ME2. Your Ninja Gaiden example isn't the same. You don't make your own custom Ninja in Ninja Gaiden 1 and you can't port your Ninja Gaiden 1 save game into Ninja Gaiden 2. The Ninja Gaiden 1 story plays out the same for everyone that plays it. That's not the case with Mass Effect.

That's a good feature but what I want to know is the ME2 was a complete game or a story related with ME1. For what I see until now ME2 was a single game to be enjoyed even without played ME1 because there are no story relation between them.

The Ninja Gaiden is different because the second one is a story sequence... so I need to play the first one.

ME1 and ME2 is more like Final Fantasy games... no related... except you can use some itens and decisions from the first one... anyway the itens and decisions of the first one don't change the story or the game ME2.

That's what I read here.