The original Mass Effect 2?

Do you mean " The original AND Mass Effect 2"?

Did you play with your save files and if you did how much did it affect the game so far.

When I sat through the first 4 hours of Uncharted 2, at no point did I think the VA was the best. It wasnt horrible like some games tend to be, but it wasnt something I thought best yet. And of course they are in competition. So when any of the 20 + reviews literally say the words best cinematic experience ever seen. Or closest gaming has come to hollywood they dont mean Uncharted 2? Even in terms of sheer attention to detail on the storytelling, some reviewers say that Bioware are the hardest working devs out there. I dont get the game till Friday, but just the first 10 mins Ive seen of it, are more cinematic than anyhting I witnessed in Uncharted 2. In fact the 2nd most cinemtaic moment goes to ME1.

Theres a lonmg list of Reviews that say it's the best cinematic experience in gaming I can post them if you want.

I can appreciate you have an opinion. But I feel I'm sure my opinion will side with the majority once I own it on Friday.

Also on the subject of VA. Martin Sheen is ingenous. Seth Green is so good for VA in anything. Carrie Anne Moss is PERFECT for Sci Fi and Kieth David is brilliant. Also remeber there are others from the latest series of Battlestar Galactica to. No wonder Reviewers are in awe of the presentation.

Uncharted 2 has nothing on Mass Effect 2 in terms of acting. Even the first ME blew it out of the water.
BioWare are the masters when it comes to the atmosphere and stuff like that.

Uncharted 2 was a really good game. But it is very linear. It is telling you a story and it can be done in only one way. ME2 is telling a story but giving you various paths to do it in and various places to choose from. They are two totally different games in that regard.

Uncharted 2 = good. Mass Effect 2 = great in my opinion.

I understand, and I certainly don't mind people preferring Mass Effect's visuals to Uncharted's. But frankly, I also can't help but feel the reviewers are just speaking in general. I mean, "One of the best" does not necessarily = the best. Neither me, nor CGI are denying it's one of the best looking games out there on consoles right now.

My opinion is the same as CGI's judging from youtube videos. Which is that the character models (or facial model, at least) is ahead of Killzone 2, but just behind Uncharted 2. Cloth detail is the same as the other 2 games. Depth of field is just the same as Uncharted 2. But animations, lighting, and environment detail are where it just lags behind, especially the lighting. Now the presentation, acting, and that other stuff are a totally different story, and once again, neither one of us are trying to downplay that area either. But the majority who did play Uncharted 2 would agree the VA is amongst the best. If you don't agree, that's fine. But it's the same case as with the visuals. We're not trying to downplay the game, but I really feel the visuals to Mass Effect 2 fall just completely short of Uncharted 2, and is ahead of Killzone 2 in certain areas, but behind in other aspects (mainly the lighting).

Hopefully, the game will be in my hands today, so I'll find out first hand today.

This thread starting arguments? NO KIDDING.

flamebait or not? you be the judge

Actually 360 owns 2011

....I'm amazed how many replies this thread has gotten.

while xbox fan boys keep coming here trolling (like the kid that started the thread), this thread will never die. at least till January 2011 where the same kid will say that xbox will own 2011.

its the same crap in every forums he posts. silly threads. silly posts.
if stupidity would pay a tax, he would be really poor by now.

Sorry but lad, you clearly aren't going to change your opinion reguardless what you are told. From a technical stand point, and I really know my graphics, ME2 is nothing impressive. Little AA, poor to none post processing effects and really bad soft shadows are evident in screenshots & that cannot be argued, backed by it's performance on old GPUs. You don't want to say it, but on a technical note, graphically it is dated.

Reviews liked MW2 and that game was rediculously bad. Fact is revewiers will always praise every aspect of a game that people have preordered to please the masses.