Mass Effect 2 will be out

[Bateluer]

Originally posted by: Beev

Originally posted by: Bateluer
I want to see inter-squad conversation and a game that's twice as long as ME1. Granted, that'd only make it about 24 hours long, but still an improvement.

If ME1 was a "short" game, then you did it wrong.

How so? I did every possible side quest, minus the collection quests which served no purpose. I listened to every line of dialogue my characters spoke. I read every entry in the codecs. I explored every inhabited planet, every space station, every derelict ship, etc. The game was insultingly short.

KOTOR received criticism for being short, it it'd take near 24 hours to play through, knowing exactly what you're doing. In ME, if you know exactly what you are doing, you can finish it in under 8 hours. I think my first play through was between 12 and 15 hours. From reading a lot of the feedback the game got on these forums, the number 1 though people seemed to have after the game's final fight is 'Where's the rest of the game?'

Edit - This response is to Beev's comment that all RPGs are short. That has only been true over the last 6 or 7 years. I'd dare you to beat Baldur's Gate 1 or 2 inside a day. Hell, I'd dare anyone to attempt to beat Torment inside a month. Neither of these classics can be beaten with the same degree of finality that ME can. Both Neverwinter Nights games were longer than ME. Their expansions were longer than ME was. NWN1 and 2 both had player made modules that make ME look like a first grader's checkers game. In ME, you can literally do nearly every possible side quest on a single play through. The only real difference is the outcome of Shepard's love life and the death of one member of his/her crew. This is barely worth a second play through, even though the game is short enough to allow it.

RPG's these days have been incredibly dumbed down to appeal to a wider audience.