Mass Effect 2 hits the street tomorrow in the US, while the EU release falls on January 29. The Australian market is expected to have the game by the 28th, but that date has yet to be confirmed.
Those gaming media outlets that were important enough to receive pre-release review copies of the game have been gushing over it. Neither the PC nor the Xbox versions have received a meta-modified review score of less than 90 among the handful of available reviews that Metacritic tracks. The console metascore - a weighted average of six reviews - stands at a whopping 96 ("universal acclaim"). Thus far, it seems BioWare's efforts to "critic-proof" its baby have paid-off.
The news isn't entirely positive, however. BraveNewGamer has a list of 5 Things That Suck About Mass Effect 2, which amounts to one man's index of minor annoyances. Fear not: there are no deal-breakers here.
Finally, if you don't have those saves you were instructed to keep from the first ME, don't worry about that either. Penny Arcade contacted a Community Coordinator or some such person at BioWare, who advised "that they had fully accounted for this. When creating a new character, you can go down a list of key decisions and set them manually." Nice.
I'm pre-loading the game right now, but don't expect a "first impressions" review until the end of next week.
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