Review: Mass Effect 2

Gotta say… I’m a little disappointed. Going to have a second post up with heavy spoilers, this is just general opinions.

( Mass Effect’s one of my favourite RPGs, so I grabbed this one as soon as it was on shelves... )

I Get Around

Went to see the Beach Boys last night. Someone explain to me why concerts only seem to put up posters just before the event, when the tickets have generally sold out months before?

Some... curious choices of songs. They did all the stuff you expect - California Girls, Good Vibrations, Wouldn't It Be Nice, Fun Fun Fun - but also a buch of pretty obscure stuff, including Be True to Your School - which was actually kind of funny, since that song's been something of a private joke for me and my friends, mainly because it's so not very good...

The weird thing is just how much they sound like themselves. I mean, sure, who else would they sound like - but they sound *exactly* like themselves from forty, fifty years ago. It's incredible.

Mass Effect 2 Opinions With Spoilers

So, spoiler laden Mass Effect 2 comments:

( Seriously, lots o' spoilers... )

- Minor packaging thing: Anyone else dislike how much default Male Shepard dominates the artwork and advertising? Even assuming you’re mad enough not to prefer Jennifer Hale’s Shepard to Mark Meer, does anyone really play with the default bald space marine face?

And it’s kind of disconcerting, since I’ve played so much with the same character, I just instinctively think of Shepard as being the dark-haired black woman I play her as.