Even in the Legendary Edition, Mass Effect 2 feels like a big step up

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Even in the Legendary Edition, Mass Effect 2 feels like a big step up
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It's a shock how different the first two games seem even after the upgrade.

were about improving the first game. Significant stuff like the graphical overhaul and redesigned combat, and a huge list of smaller tweaks too. Now you can skip elevator rides in the Citadel, so if another news bulletin is blaring instead of some priceless Garrus/Tali banter you can spacebar right past it. The Mako has a boost button, which lets you zoom over those boring planets like Shepard's souped it up for illegal street racing.

For starters, ME2's combat is fluid and responsive. You can vault over obstacles to charge enemies while they reload rather than having to awkwardly detach yourself from cover and go round, and playing as a vanguard I zipped across every battlefield like a pinball—a bundle of biotic energy slamming into clueless mercs, following up with a shotgun blast to their goofy staggered faces.

It's not just combat and controls that are better in ME2. Dialogue scenes feel dynamic, with characters more likely to walk and talk and the mobile camera constantly reframing them. Moral choices are more tempting, with renegade options like headbutting a krogan or destroying the heretic geth that are either fun or perfectly sensible decisions, rather than opportunities for Shepard to transform abruptly into a xenophobe or violent goon.

And while the trilogy's plot doesn't advance much in ME2, the setting and characters are so enriched it's a worthwhile trade. You meet aliens who go beyond exemplifying the stereotype of their species and feel like individuals, whether a krogan scientist or a salarian who sings showtunes. Returning friends like Garrus and Liara gain new dimensions, and freed from the structure of the Alliance military, Shepard becomes a believable character too.

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