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Okay, after I posted about ME1, Dave linked to this super-spoilleriffic post that really ripped into some of the story choice made in ME2. I’m going to talk about his points below (after the cut, because they are extensive), but first I want to address my own first impressions of the game, which I posted [...]

Just a few quick thoughts/questions:

Wow. Great ending. Epic.
In the second-to-last fight (you vs. Saren, rather than you-versus-robot-Saren), is it typical to be able to talk your way out of the fight and convince the bad guy to shoot himself in the head rather than give in to the Big Evil?  I know (a) I got [...]

Yeah yeah, I know: the game’s been out for two or three years — it’s old news.
Well, not to me. A few weeks ago (after reinstalling my home system), I was redownloading games I’d bought through Steam, and I got a ’suggestion’ (read: ad) to pick up Mass Effect 2, which is the current hotness [...]