So I finished Mass Effect 2 and I do not stand corrected on my previous post. Although the game is fun and has smooth game-play it didn't feel like the sequel to mass effect. It didn't even feel like an RPG which apparently it might have never intended to be.

The reason I fell so in love with the idea of mass effect was because it was an RPG that you shoot people and rip around space. It was a beautiful system: you explore nebulas and planets, you collect glorious prizes and you kill shit. Mass Effect 2 is pretty much a diet version of the first one.

You don't explore you head where your told. The levels consist of you travelling from one kill room into a hall way and into another kill room rinse repeat. Really the game's action sequence is a glorified target shoot. There's no epic planet side expedition that takes you hours to work through like the first one. Sure it was annoying to pop around the corner in your six wheeled awesomeness to be lit up by a colossus but it felt good you felt like you earned it. In the sequel you fight ONE colossus and YOU don't even kill it some other dude does while you run around distracting it.

You don't collect. Well at least not that much. There is no rain of different types of weapons provided by different companies throughout the galaxy that you could further customize with a slot system. I completed the game with only ever touching 3 different Assault rifles. What the hell is that? I even played through almost ever level. I recruited everyone and did all the loyalty levels... well except Jacob  but by the end of the others without getting any rewards I just wanted to finish the game. I was constantly looking for more weapons and armour pieces I thought that if  I played all the levels and got the loyalty then I would be rewarded but I wasn't. Scratch that I got model ships and some fish that died these don't replace guns. I want guns, I need more guns. HOW AM I GOING TO SAVE HUMANITY WITH 3 ASSAULT RIFLES. The reapers are laughing at you Sheppard right in your stupid ill equipped face.

Side Note I do have to give credit where credit is due the Space hamster is awesome I named him Schteeve. Also hot pink armour who could pass that up.

You kill but it's not satisfying. Remember the first game where you were basically Dirty Hairy kicking ass and taking names. Breaking in doors and killing Slave Traders frontier justice. It was enough to get even the meekest nerd hootin' and hollering. Well now you hide behind a crate and pop out. Oh and if the enemy is a tough boss that blows up the crate you stood behind.... well you move over to the other crate. Don't worry about missing items in the corner IT'S ALL MED PACKS AND AMMO.

I wanted to love this game. I loved Mass Effect so much it had won me over it was almost the perfect game. But Bio-Ware bulked and made mass Effect 2 a gutted smoothed over version. There isn't even vehicles in it. How does that make sense. That was one of the greatest parts about the first game. I am sad that this game turned out to be a disappointment for me. I wish I could say good things about it. I mean the game is pretty good it's just not Mass Effect good.