Mass Effect 2 trailer; it looks amazing

[rodeo]

the Mako actually does get broke. we get a new vehicle thing that is supposed to control a lot better.

[Miaoww]

Poor Kaidan

He was just misunderstood....

Wasn't he also the further away of the two characters when you have to make the choice?

[rodeo]

depends on the choice you made to send him with the Salarians or to detonate the nuke.

i usually send Ashley with the salarians, then go rescue her and let Kaidan blow himself up.

[Fiz]

the Mako actually does get broke. we get a new vehicle thing that is supposed to control a lot better.

the mako was arguably the most disappointing part of the game.

originally you were going to be able to buy upgrades for it and stuff, but that didn't make the deadline

what you actually got was the most basic, simple version, and you could tell.

[rodeo]

i didn't mind it so much because i always got out to fight enemies (70% less XP when you kill them with the mako), i just hated driving over poo for 10 minutes on a planet to get to where i was going.

the new vehicle is supposed to have straifing and control similar to how you walk. i think it may be a hovery thing of some kind.

[Kurb]

Most disapointing to me was the lack of DLC

[natty]

At first I thought the mako was cool, but only because I landed on a random planet. It was way too easy as part of missions and annoying if you missed an important save.

[Fiz]

Most disapointing to me was the lack of DLC

well there was, it was just awful

although choosing not to save that chick then telling her boss was pretty funny

[Kurb]

Main improvements I hope for

1) Cooler weapons (Check already)

2) Better "random" environments

3) Longer game

4) DLC!

[SmootsDaddy89]

In absolutely unrelated news, Risen (basically Gothic 4) is actually really good.

[rodeo]

release date: January 26th

[SmootsDaddy89]

Holy poo. Much sooner than I expected. fug YEAH.

[rodeo]

Liara and Ashley are not squad members.

[Sultan33g]

very interesting

Shepard's fate

Following the release of the initial teaser trailer for Mass Effect 2, which claimed Commander Shepard to have been killed in action, there was confusion about whether or not the player character would be featured in the game. In a post-E3 2009 blog post, BioWare Executive Producer Casey Hudson explained the situation. He revealed that as a result of the player's decisions, Shepard could be killed during Mass Effect 2's final mission, not during the course of the game: "When you get to the very end of the story in Mass Effect 2, you will get one of a wide variety of climactic and satisfying endings. Depending on how prepared you were, your ending may involve Shepard making the ultimate sacrifice to accomplish the mission. If you do die in the ending of Mass Effect 2, it will not come as a surprise, nor will it be random. It will be pretty obvious that you headed into the final mission knowing that Shepard probably wouldn’t make it out alive. Throughout the middle of the game you are building up information, resources, a team, and a ship that will be able to do the job, and although you can jump straight to the final mission at a certain point, you’ll have a good feel for whether you’re likely to survive it."

Hudson also revealed that the player's decisions can affect Shepard's team as well, saying "You might have an ending where Shepard’s entire team survives, or where the entire mission is a bloodbath and everyone (including Shepard) is killed, or anything in between. And for all characters, death in Mass Effect 2 means they won’t show up in Mass Effect 3."

Relative to the planned Mass Effect 3, Hudson confirmed that if Shepard is killed in Mass Effect 2, the character will not return for the third game. "One big reason you’ll want to be alive after the ending is that after the credits roll, you are returned to the game world - ready to head back out for more adventure. You can complete unfinished missions, explore the galaxy, and download new adventures to play. But Mass Effect is a trilogy about Commander Shepard’s journey - if your Shepard dies in the end of Mass Effect 2, that’s the end of him/her. In that case, you can play Mass Effect 3 as “a” Shepard – just not “your” Shepard. As in real life, not being able to keep living is really the main down-side of death. So if you care about playing the next game with your character, make sure you survive this one."[2]