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DirtyP2002 on 16 August 2009

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Screenshot Comparison: Mass Effect 1 and 2

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By Ravi Sinha

Bioware has certainly fulfilled their promise of Mass Effect 2’s visual prowess with the new batch of available screenshots. How does the sequel stack up to the original, visually speaking? Check out our comparison and see for yourselves. For higher resolutions, simply follow the attached links in the titles. Screens on the left (or top) are from the original Mass Effect while screens on the right (or bottom) are from Mass Effect 2.

Comparison 1: Asaris

Comparison 2: Gameplay

Comparison 3: Urdnot Wrex

Comparison 4: Shepard

Comparison 5: Ships

Better, worse, or strictly the same? Admittedly some details look better than others but in my opinion, the game is as much a visual leap from it’s predecessor as Assassin’s Creed 2 over it’s original: A noticeable difference but nothing earth-shattering. Nevertheless, we’re looking forward to the release of the sequel, and the opportunity, among others, to kill our protagonists off in alternating phases of curiosity and sadism.



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monlosez on 16 August 2009

Not much better



sguy78 on 16 August 2009

I don't see much of a difference.



Shadowblind on 16 August 2009

The improvement is there, but when you can hardly see it even with up close screenshots like these, its not much. I am a little disappointed.



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The_God_of_War on 16 August 2009

There is an improvement but the character models already looked really good in the first game.



  

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SHMUPGurus on 16 August 2009

Better lighting is always good!



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JaggedSac on 16 August 2009

LOL. Only 3 of those should be compared(character close ups) and there are incredible amounts of compression artifacts on all of them.



Xxain on 16 August 2009

There are improvements...but not visable to the naked eye+ the pics are terrible for comparison



Bitmap Frogs on 16 August 2009

There'll be some slight improvements basically due to going from UE 3.0 to UE 3.5 or whatever the last version is.

If I had to pick, I'd rather they don't touch the graphics quality and instead focus on framerate, loading pauses, texture loading, etc.





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DirtyP2002 on 16 August 2009

I think it does look better, but not a HUGE step forward. But thats not bad since ME1 was not a bad looking game at all.

The only problem was the framrate. As long as they handle this, fans should be fine.



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