Mass effect 2 updates

Exactly how Cerberus saved Shepard is still up in the air--the game strongly hints at some inorganic medical augmentations. Case in point: his scars glow a bright orange. And thus begins Mass Effect 2's overarching story: Shephard must assemble the best team he can in order to accomplish the potentially humanity-saving, potentially suicidal mission that the Illusive Man has laid out for him.

The Illusive Man has furnished Shepard with a list of some of the best talent in the universe, and much of the game will see you venturing into deep corners of space to recruit these guns for hire. They'll add to a squad already consisting of the two Cerberus employees you meet at the very beginning, the biotics expert Jacob and the so-cute-she-must-be-a-love-interest Miranda.

Jacob Taylor right is the first squadmate you'll have in your party. Along the way, however, you'll encounter a number of familiar faces from the original game. What's most interesting is how prior story choices affect these reunions. Much has been made about the ability to import your save file from Mass Effect, but until now, BioWare hadn't been very forthcoming with details on this feature.

After a bit of prodding, here's what BioWare was willing to tell us: The save file that you import carries over the story choices you made in the original game; provides specific boosts to your combat abilities without maintaining your old skill levels; and keeps the same gender while providing a chance for you to redesign your character's appearance. The one example shown--we'll try to avoid spoilers here--involved a squad member whom you had a potentially deadly altercation with in the original game.

If the altercation went south and the character died, you'll inevitably visit this person's homeworld and receive a cold greeting from his people, making your diplomatic quest that much harder.

More importantly, though, that person will be completely absent from Mass Effect 2. But if you imported a save file from a game where you managed to smooth things over with this person, you willl receive a warm welcome and he'll be both alive and accommodating to your quest. That's one of the big, attention-grabbing features from Mass Effect 2, but our time with the game wasn't without its little discoveries. One of these is the new armor customization system that lets you take any of the armor you find in the game and alter the look of it down to its colors and finish.

There's also a post-mission recap screen that gives you a better sense of how you've progressed if you were too focused on combat to notice your various pickups and upgrades. The screen gives a plot summary of the mission you just completed, the new weapons you acquired, how many credits you found, any new skills and levels gained, and other details. There are also a number of new minigames used to unlock safes and bypass security systems that require quite a bit more mental acumen than the Simon Says-style games from Mass Effect.

Tali is one of the familiar faces you'll run into early in Mass Effect 2. We could go on about how quickly Mass Effect 2 picks up and the new faces you'll meet early on, but we don't want to give away too much. All you need to know is that the end of our demo came much too soon. It looks like BioWare has made good on its promise to deliver a darker, more engrossing game than the original, and one that has minimized its predecessor's technical gaffes. We'll need to wait to see how two of the biggest flaws from the original game play out--inventory management and vehicle control--but we're optimistic about Mass Effect 2 just the same.

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I just had an update for Mass Effect 2, does anyone here know what it changes? I tried checking Google but it only had old patch notes. Sorry if it's nothing exciting! Does it look enhanced or anything? Have no idea. Was wondering the same. Too bad there are no patch notes. There will be great earthquakes, and in one place after another food shortages and pestilences.

They're usually just updates with the emulation, nothing else. May run a little better or something. Nothing to get excited about. Was hoping for some kind of export function for the rumored trilogy remaster. Nothing to get excited about I figured, but they all seemed to run nicely anyway, so I dunno. More topics from this board If i install a game via disc on Xbox one, do i have to insert the disc every time I have to play it?