Mass Effect 2 Trailers, Wallpaper, and Preview

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Written by BuckGB on December 21st, 2009

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The story and environment aren't the only things that will be expanded. The gameplay follows suit, as well. Mass Effect 2 actually pulls the game closer to the shooter genre than it previously was, adding things like area-specific damage (and the ability to blast/blow/chop off limbs) and a refined ammo system (it actually has ammo now.sorta). There is greater weapon diversity as well. While the original had precisely four weapons types that all handled exactly the same (save an inverse proportion between power and the time it takes to overheat), ME2 has far more weapon types and even within these overarching types, the individual weapons can handle differently. For example, there are pistols that handle like a standard 9mm with a relatively large clip and moderate stopping power, but there are also magnum-type weapons with only a few shots, but massive damage. While RPG fans may be wary of these changes, rest assured that Bioware is keeping the game's stats, level-ups and upgradeable techs intact.

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