Mass Effect 2

[jmood88]

Re: Mass Effect 2

Yup me too. I don't know why you would wait, you don't have to pay until the game ships.

[Cyros]

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The issue is that I work very little during the fall thanks to football and I would have to hope and I have enough time at the start of January to get a paycheck or two in time for the release when I come back from winter break.

[jmood88]

Re: Mass Effect 2

Casey Hudson interview

[Altimus]

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I wish this game hit early January instead of late.

[goh]

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A custom playlist option for elevators might make it a bit better too. Make a list and it'll take a random part of the song for the ride.

[jmood88]

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The elevators don't exist anymore.

[goh]

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Yes they do...

Clifford also showed us how elevator rides are quicker. On the surface, that might not seem like that big a deal, but he claimed that the elevator trips were used to mask loading times into new sections, which often stretched out a lot longer than players liked. BioWare took note of the feedback from players of the first game, and endeavored to trim the loading times in ME2…which, in turn, made for quicker elevator trips. The bottom line is, you spend more time playing than watching the floors go by in the window.

http://previews.teamxbox.com/xbox-36...s-Effect-2/p1/

[jmood88]

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No they don't. If you've seen the E3 videos or read any current interviews you would have seen how the travel works. You're shown an outline of whatever building you're in and it goes by faster. You aren't standing around anywhere.

Even better, what used to be slow elevators or slow transitions from one deck to another now is faster transition and it actually is part of the narrative. You go to the elevator control and then you see what's on the elevator control panel as the schematics of the Normandy reveal where you are in the ship, and they show you different decks as you transition. Then all of a sudden you're there.

http://www.videogamer.com/xbox360/mass_effect_2/preview-2130-6.html

[goh]

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That IS a current article.

[jmood88]

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That IS a current article.

And that guy didn't even describe what actually went on. We've been shown the new system and Casey Hudson has said that you don't spend any time standing in an elevator.

[gbeazy]

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I just read that 360 is gonna be 2 disc. I can't wait. I have the CE (3 disc) pre-ordered and I don't pre-order anything.

[jmood88]

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Yeah

Ok some details for you.

1 - Yes, there are 2 game discs for both the PC and Xbox 360 versions, both the Collector's and standard editions.

2 - There is a 3rd disc with the Collector's Edition. This is a movie DvD containing making of and other bonus information.

3 - The PC version is a standard install. You install the information from both discs and then play with 1 disc in the drive. No swapping.

4 - The Xbox 360 does not have an install and does require disc swapping during play.

5 - Even though there is a disc swap, it occurs at a carefully planned place in the game (that does not interfere with gameplay) and is done once. You do not swap back and forth. 1 swap and then done.

6 - Why 2 discs? Answer: Because you cannot fit this much awesome on one disc.

Hope this helps.

[gbeazy]

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#4. I wonder if that means I can't install to my hdd like I do all my games. I like the quiet. This game is gonna be huge, I can only imagine.

[Flawless]

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Nice to read it will be 2 discs. It's obvious one of the reasons the secondary stuff was lacking and a lot of copy/paste was because of trying to fit the first game on a single disc.

[BlueNGold]

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Nice. Lol @ "you can't fit this much awesome on 1 disc". Can't wait.