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For:Xbox 360  Also On: PC Release Date: 23 November 2007

BioWare senior manager teases with Mass Effect 2 details.

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Speaking to VideoGamer.com at EA's Guildford HQ yesterday, BioWare's Senior Manager Matt Atwood shed some light on Mass Effect 2, teasing us with how brilliant the game will be.

"How will it correlate to Mass Effect, the original? There's a lot of really exciting answers to that question. I think that people are going to be blown away," said Atwood. "I've learned some of the things. I don't mean to tease people. The teams are just so brilliant and the story writing is so good that straight out from the beginning of Mass Effect 2, people are going to be in awe."

And what about the story of the second game? Atwood confirmed that Mass Effect 2 would continue the story and that it won't be a prequel.

"The story was always written as an arc, so they are meant to stand alone as great games to play individually, but even better if you play them all, because you get the entire experience, and there are quite a few twists - there'll be quite a few things that people will not expect."

Gamers wanting to know how your crew and characters will be carried over to the sequel will have to wait a little longer for the info, but Atwood did reassure us that BioWare is working on it.

"As far as keeping your crew, and keeping your characters, and bringing them into Mass Effect 2, I don't want to get that specific with regards to what will happen, but I will tell you that things you did and people you interacted with in Mass Effect... you may very well meet up with them again, whether it be the main character or other characters. Other characters take on more significant roles and there's plenty of folks you haven't met yet."

Matt was also kind enough to demo the PC version of Mass Effect. For all the details on what's been changed in the port from 360 to PC head over to our full Mass Effect PC first-look.

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bluenosepunk

fantastic preview,mass effect 2 is gonna rock.Bioware will fix the mako cause let's be honest;It was terrible.Mass Effect is my favorite 360 game no question.I have both systems(ps3)and the only game that can touch mass effect is the all mighty Metal Gear.But I couldn't say which I prefer.If Mass Effect 2 has better graphics than the first,My head is gonna pop.
Posted 17:46 on 24 March 2009
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I think they said for mass effect 2 that your should keep your files from mass effect 1 (from computer) so you will still have the same character and it'll already know whether or not you saved Kaidan or Ashley. I can't wait until Mass Effect 2! Im buying it the first day it comes out!!!! XD
Posted 18:27 on 01 January 2009
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will there be more space strange like the first one with ashley?
Posted 07:39 on 24 December 2008
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Im really excited for this game but my question is.....how are they going to know weather u saved ashley or kaiden on virmire?

and if u decided to kill wrex or talk him down?
Posted 04:58 on 28 November 2008
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So... Mass Effect 2 will blow people away because it has a good story? Pfft. Please.

Don't get me wrong. Mass Effect had one of the best stories I've seen in a video game, and it makes it most certainly worth playing through the game more than once, but I think the game itself was quite dull. I hope to see that they're fixing the obnoxious inventory system, and allowing more flexible squad mechanics and combat, but reading that made me worry that they're focusing on that as a second priority in favor of the story. It's not just a good story that makes an RPG, Matt.

Still, I have high hopes.
Posted 20:37 on 05 November 2008
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I adored Mass Effect's combination of a large RPG and 3rd person, squad based fighting style and hope to see the same if not better (more squad interaction) in Mass Effect 2. Hopefully BioWare will notice how some things like equipement and secondary plots seem to mimick eachother and have little to no uniqueness which makes the game somewhat dull after a while (but those are just little things that I am loathing). Otherwise I believe that BioWare will deliever no less in Mass Effect 2 than it did in Mass Effect.
Posted 19:55 on 01 November 2008
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what ubout a ralease date do they have on eorr now what mounth orr year it mite com eou t
Posted 08:20 on 16 October 2008
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i hope that ea doesnt screw it up
Posted 05:49 on 11 October 2008
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There is NO game I am looking forward to more than this. Mass Effect was incredible, and to hear that the sequel will blow us away, this makes me very excited. 2009 Is gonna be amazing ^_^
Posted 11:27 on 04 June 2008
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I've playing video games since the video game revolution's beginning in the early 1980's. I was one of the few people in the US to create video-game type graphics on microcomputers when micros were a novelty and I was deeply involved in computer programing since its humble beginnings. And after playing hundreds of video games through out my lifetime, this year has been the first time ever that I have played a game repeatedly in its entirety (over one dozen times) which has inspired and stirred my imagination both in story telling and action like MASS EFFECT. I patiently await for the second part to this amazing saga as well as to the entire trilogy's release. It has been an amazing experience (going beyond any other game in recent history including The Halo Trilogy) and can only hope that the developers continue to poored their hard work, hearts, and imagination in the remaining two installments. MASS EFFECT has done the nearly impossible: give me a sense of deep hope for what the gaming industry can and is to become.
Posted 03:19 on 04 June 2008
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I hope you can free roam in space with the Normandy.
Posted 23:25 on 17 March 2008
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Wido

Haha, looking forward for Mass Effect 2. I still play Mass Effect still if I got time, been switching from Army of Two and Frontlines. Also seeing as my brother has got Warhawk and No More Heroes the other day. I have been multing between them as well.
Posted 09:48 on 16 March 2008
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H4ZZ4RD

Sounds great, loving the whole universe they've created, it's like a whole new version of our favourite galaxy far far away only shinier...

Loving the in depth storylines too though could do with some more extra content like books and comics to broaden the experience...

Defiinitely pre-order worthy, damn out comes the credit card again!

I just hope they change that annoying item pickup option, where you can only destroy new items if you're inventory is full already rather than getting rid of old items... Hint hint ;)
Posted 00:13 on 15 March 2008
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Ginger_Jesus

Wicked news VG thank you so much!!! I was hoping that the story would continue, seeing as the reapers are the most dangerous races. Well created the universe if you have played the first Mass Effect then you would know were I am coming from. I shall be getting this when it comes out, I hope they would make the storyline more longer. And the AI's to be more difficult, and they could try and flank you.
Posted 18:25 on 14 March 2008
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ashio

mass effest two eh........hehe exciting. just please sort out all the bugs and dodgy slow loading graphics. get on guys!!!!
Posted 18:11 on 14 March 2008