Mass Effect 2 preview

Oddly enough, the intel is on a site called MM( )RPG, but it's a good yarn nonetheless. It seems BioWare has been running the upgrade machine night and day; none of that "add a few new weapons and characters and call it a sequel" nonsense that permeates the industry.

If you still haven't played the original Mass Effect - and you can tolerate the third-person viewpoint - you can pick up the game for a mere $20 these days. That's a hell of a deal for 30 to 40 hours of AAA gameplay.