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[SimpleDesign]

Fuck yes!

 

[voltron]

You're oubviously right. I mean look at the crap cantsheeshitcausewontshowshit vids we sometimes get during E3, I can't even imagine what we'd see in a pre-E3 vid :lol

My thought process exactly.

 

[Killthee]

Is that wishful thinking or the confirmed truth ? If they can pull this off I'll probably have some unfelt before feelings for the men who got the idea.

Confirmed.

When I spoke to BioWare’s Ray Muzyka about the things they’re fixing in “Mass Effect 2,” he had said that the developers were “reducing the elevator speed times.” We think he meant reducing load times; those elevator rides in “Mass Effect” couldn’t get any longer.

To clarify, we followed up with BioWare, and Casey Hudson, executive director of “Mass Effect 2″ said this to MTV Multiplayer:

“We have a completely new system to handle transitions between areas that speeds the load times and turns the loads themselves into part of the game experience. It’s one of many points of feedback we’ve heard and directly responded to in enhancing the gameplay in ‘Mass Effect 2.’”

Guess that means no more small talk or awkward silences.​

Sidequest are another thing they want to fix in ME2.

Uncharted worlds, they’re still optional but we want to make all of them feel important and feel like they’re all augmenting and improving your main passage through the game. They’re still optional but you’re going to really feel rewarded for having gone through them. It’s a much tighter experience as a result. Moment-to-moment intensity, being able to grab control of the conversations that we didn’t do in the first game.​

They also developed a different approach to level design that will hopefully help them avoid the mistakes in the first game.

 

[gollumsluvslave]

Mass Effect can only get better from here whereas Bioshock they'll most likely mine for $$ and rape it of it's reputation.
Bioshock doesn't need a sequel for any reason beyond masturbatory purposes. So kudos for not being a 'tard.

:lol
Jordan Thomas, Fort Frolic and the 9 minute Hunting the Big Sister vid say to me that Bioshock 2 will improve upon the original quite significantly. Each to their own though. Bioshock has plenty that can be improved, as does Mass Effect - they are very similar in that respect IMO.

 

[Forsete]

Please no more elevators!

 

[supermackem]

I just finished the first one off, wow wow wow i cant believe ive had a game of this level of asowmeness sat untouched since launch. Dear god it was epic, i have to say the choices in this felt alot more real than the choices in bioshock and alough people moaned about the elevators i didnt find them that bad alough i had it installed. Wow cant wait for the second one now.

 

[Rad Agast]

I don't the complaint with elevators but whatever.

Jtyettis, please update the OP with a link to the vid once it's up. Thanks.

 

[Unregistered007]

I just finished the first one off, wow wow wow i cant believe ive had a game of this level of asowmeness sat untouched since launch. Dear god it was epic, i have to say the choices in this felt alot more real than the choices in bioshock and alough people moaned about the elevators i didnt find them that bad alough i had it installed. Wow cant wait for the second one now.

Same here but I started my second run, which will be followed by a third.

 

[FrankT]

More than that.

This is pre E3 video though. We all know the good stuff is coming, but hopefully we get something decent here as well.

I guess this is just hitting on their main website? Not sure, but I hope they put it up on Live as well.

 

[HK-47]

Who cares about shepard? Wrex is the new hero in this one, well deserved.

It would certainly be more interesting than war hero marine number #3324233. Wrex is my favorite of the Bioware mercenary characters

 

[StUnNeR H2K]

I think the biggest upgrade they could do for this game is present different scenery... It got old clearing the same research facility over and over and over again... I'll probably be purchasing this either way since I really enjoyed the story.

 

[Gowans]

Mackem I can't believe you have just played this, it was my GOTY I told you how awesome it was GRR!!!

Ohhh Biowares Twitter

New Mass Effect 2 video now live in the video section here: http://masseffect.bioware.c...

 

[Kill Your Masters]

I came.

 

[Dizzy-4U]

Ohhh Biowares Twitter

Just saw it but it looks like the same teaser we already saw.

 

[Gowans]

well after watching the new vid al I have to say is AWESOME STASH!

and sound's like everythings going to be ... better.. I'm shocked!!!

not a lot of info, new lighting system, new areas, guns, aliens and a focus on improving combat.

Next bring on E3 then the game please

 

[Tek]

That video was nice, so when does this come out again? Fall?

 

[Randy Lanzarote]

Did he just say you could blow people's arms off in ME2....?

uh oh, spooge alert!

 

[Gowans]

Just saw it but it looks like the same teaser we already saw.

click on the videos on the right them select pre e3 vid

 

[Tek]

Just saw it but it looks like the same teaser we already saw.

You need to click on the video section to the right....

 

[Evolved1]

Mackem I can't believe you have just played this, it was my GOTY I told you how awesome it was GRR!!!

Ohhh Biowares Twitter

Isn't that really old?

 

[Hunahan]

Was this the first confirmation that choices from the first game carry through? (if players died, they are gone, etc?)

I know we were all hoping for it, but I hadn't heard them actually say it before.

 

[Hypertrooper]

Direct Link:
http://na.llnet.bioware.cdn.ea.com/...wnload/mass_effect_2_prelude_e3_720p_5000.mov

 

[Randy Lanzarote]

Isn't that really old?

On the links along the right of the video, click the bottom one (it has a play symbol) and you'll be taken to the video section. Its the second one across (unlocked 14/05/09 etc)

 

[FrankT]

Massive hype would be understatement. Best Game Ever.


You kill off someone in the first game and you aren't going to see them anymore. Yes.

 

[scarybore]

So fucking hyped, even in just a teaser it looks awesome.

 

[Dizzy-4U]

click on the videos on the right them select pre e3 vid

Thanks.

 

[Count of Monte Sawed-Off]

Looks great, hopefully they can follow through with the better gameplay.

 

[Valkyr Junkie]

Colonel Sanders is working on the game?

 

[Foob]

whoa my nipples are hard

 

[Mindlog]

Mackem I can't believe you have just played this, it was my GOTY I told you how awesome it was GRR!!!

Ohhh Biowares Twitter

damn

Broke down and watched it. I really don't want to see any more, but I know I will probably ruin it for myself. No willpower and all. Probably how I got crabs the third time.

*I have so many save files :lol
It'd be nice if ME2 came with a save file browser that recapped your choices.

 

[FirewalkR]

OMGOMGOMGOMG

Can't wait for E3! So much good stuff.

 

[Kyoufu]

Sooooooooooo hyped. ME is still the best RPG of the gen.

Hopefully they've made changes to the inventory system and the combat too. I want to use the face buttons for different abilities.

 

[rollingstart]

Is the PC verison out same day as the 360 version? If it is, I might need to replay it on PC so I can continue my story from that game instead of my 360 game.

 

[Evolved1]

Ok... that was fuckawesome.

 

[jarosh]

cool. very excited!

 

[Zhuk]

Sounds like the game is going to be awesome, so pumped for E3. Great to see the guys are really getting shitloads out of UE3 as well, the game should be even prettier than the first one and run better to boot.

 

[Kill Your Masters]

Graphics have improved a lot. Especially at the end. Man, the end looked fucking amazing.

 

[Lakitu]

Wow, that beginning environment

 

[FrankT]

Soundtrack is going to be amazing.

Graphics have improved a lot. Especially at the end. Man, the end looked fucking amazing.

Indeed. They have to be using 3.5.

 

[MirageDwarf]

This is pre E3 video though. We all know the good stuff is coming, but hopefully we get something decent here as well.

I guess this is just hitting on their main website? Not sure, but I hope they put it up on Live as well.

Oh. I thought you were talking about E3.

 

[dankir]

Ah the music... fuck I can't wait for this. Just played through Mass Effect 1 for the 2nd time last month.

So good!!!

 

[GreekWolf]

Incredible.

"We needed to make a weapon that hits someone so hard, you kill them a thousand times."

 

[DuckRacer]

Was this the first confirmation that choices from the first game carry through? (if players died, they are gone, etc?)

I know we were all hoping for it, but I hadn't heard them actually say it before.

They've said it multiple times.

What sucks though is that I won't have Wrex in my playthrough. :/ I wonder if I can rebuy ME1 and do a second playthrough with my Shepard and have ME2 recognize the second playthrough's decisions?

And that trailer = omg.

 

[Tobor]

Direct Link:
http://na.llnet.bioware.cdn.ea.com/...wnload/mass_effect_2_prelude_e3_720p_5000.mov

SO AWESOME

 

[Len Dontree]

Looks great! I like the robo-poochies.

 

[Revelations]

Noooo behind closed doors demo!!?? Noooo was hoping it would be playable on the show floor

 

[adama-rama]

I loved what was at the end of that trailer.

Spoiler

Looks like rebelling a boarding party off the Normandy. Holy balls

 

[FrankT]

Noooo behind closed doors demo!!?? Noooo was hoping it would be playable on the show floor

Which brings up the other question surely we will get to see some of this in action either at MS's conference or some form? Seriously it can't be all behind closed doors? Right?

 

[MirageDwarf]

http://www.1up.com/do/previewPage?cId=3174236

 

[Skiptastic]

Colonel Sanders is working on the game?

'Stache Effect.