Take2 has been positioning itself for an aquistion for about 3 years now (remember the failed EA bid about a two years ago).

If Activision bought Take2 it would be a disaster for gamers.  Activision's management has consistently shown themselves to be incapable of nurturing new talent and franchises.

I thought the story was ok and the combat simplistic and not very fun in ME2. There wasn't enough variation in weapons and armor. It wasn't deep like an RPG and it wasn't fun like a shooter. The choices didn't affect much of importance outside the end game. The whole mineral mechanic was a chore, not challenging or fun in any way, just a time consuming grind. The vehicle sections were bleh, basically shallow and not challenging or fun platforming. The dialogues were drawn out. There wasn't much to explore anywhere, mostly just a linear path from A to B in every location. Maybe some back and forth for a quest or two in areas like that club, which were also fairly small. Many locations also looked very artificial, designed and blocked off in very gamey ways. It looked pretty sweet though and visiting the crash site was pretty atmospheric (but then somewhat ruined by the dogtag chasing). It had a few other nice moments too, especially with female Shepard. Overall I thought the first Mass Effect seemed more ambitious even though it didn't deliver on all fronts. The  sequel could have done that, but didn't. At least they were mostly polished (on PC at least). Just so very limited in scope & gameplay.

As for Bioware in general, you can't judge them without playing the likes of Baldur's Gate II and Icewind Dale. Some of the finest and most complete experiences around, with the combat being the highlight (in my opinion). I didn't even know D&D rules and gave up on the games twice but later discovered it doesn't take long to figure it all out and have a tactical blast. The story is entertaining enough in both. The former has more of that, the latter is mostly about crawling, but both are great, just with a different focus. While both are linear you can do some nice things using your stats and skills in ways other than all out combat, especially in Baldur's Gate II of course. Although they also suffer from the fake choices that result in the same outcome that are in Mass Effect 1 & 2, at least they aren't shoved in your face as some grand thing, and you can often influence things, in small ways. I wasn't a fan of more recent Bioware titles but I think they still have it in them, if they decide to focus.

I'm going to pretend that's Rick Dahms.

Fedor lost again! Stupid doctor stopped the amazing fight, so what if Fedor cant see out of one eye he has another. That second round was incredible, Fedor was beat about a million times, a normal human would have lost many times yet he survived the full 5 minutes.

His career is on its way down, time to think of retiring or changing something.

Iga_Bobovic said:

You really are weak when it comes to discussing these stuff. All your arguements are always other people that you do not know gave it an arbitrary high score and therefore the game is 'objectively' good. I feel sorry that you need other people to justify your own opinion about these stuff. Grow some balls man.

Where is my post? I responded to this dumb post already. You have a tendancy of reading too much into things that mean nothing. Eggmeister is not trying to discuss anything, he is making large sweeping insults at everyone that likes the game, I addressed that and that is all. If he really wants to get into a discussion I can do that.

Enslaved.  Would have been my number #2 game for 2010 had I played it last year (for games released in 2010).

People had bitched about the ending -- I thought it was way better than most.

Completely impressed and now hopeful for Ninja Team's take on DMC.  I loved heavenly Sword until the cheap ending, with this game they have completely redeemed themsleves.

If you don't have a PS3 (and have a 360), pick this game up, it's the closest thing to Uncharted 2 you are going to find.

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The emperor of man has fallen. My new avatar is a tribute.

For the emperor!

I don't mind if you change my headlines or subs, just acknowledge that you did.

If you change both, please just either delete the story and re-add it under your own name, or leave it intact and make your point in the comments.

Back up again at 5:30AM...

Maybe I'll play some more Mass Effect 2.

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OMG! I think I've caught Vader Disease!

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Nah, I think I am just being silly. I'll just go turn on my Council and play for a little while. I'm sure it's just my imagination...

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