framerate is the number of pictures you see per second. 30 fps runs well, 60 fps runs absolutly fluently. ME 1 had some issues with the framerate, so you saw it like a flip-book.

it ran on 30 then or ? hmm i gotta feeling its not that simple , ey?

It was meant to run at 30, but would drop into what I guess was the low 20's every thirty seconds or so.

Firstly Heres the problem.

Mass Effect 1 to this day still has by far the best character models of any console game. Gears, Killzone or Uncharted 2 just dont touch Mass Effect for character detail.

The game just needed to find a way to improve the textures of environments, and it would probably be considered the best graphics on consoles.

Mass Effect 2 looks like it is improving the environments a great a deal. So do one of these comparisons for environments. We already knew the character models were the best in the industry. The texture work on them is insane.

most of the improvements are kinda textures things.
like R1--> R2.
thats why it's not that noticeable.

@selnor, in uncharted 2 detail it's king, seriously nathan drake even gets wet, and texture work in gears 2 it's second to none.

killzone 2 main focus in not their characters but the enviroments. and characters are simple mainy due 32 player matches.

there is a different but little.

Uncharted has great character models. But Mass Effect 2 character models are seriously detailed. See Thane here. Look at the textures.

actually those textures are much higher than ME1 which I was dissappointed on a few characters...

U said mass effect one. NOT two.

look at the hair, the eyes, the lips, hell they are even "wet" and sweaty

and don't make bring gears!, cuz i have the pc version =)

^^God I love that last pic!!  She's all oilled up and ready to go!