EA announces Mass Effect 2 for PS3

Megaton or what?

Whats the point if the first one is still exclusive to Xbox 360 and PC?

It’s like: Well, we just want moar money!

Hate this stuff.

Mother FU**** I TOLD YOU AGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!! YESSSS!!!!!!!!!!! IM THE KING OF THE WORLD YES EAT IT HATERS I FUCKING TOLD YOU ALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!

Without the first one, the story will just make no sense.

But the real story is… Mass Effect 3 will be on PS3, too

and @3 Calm down dude, don’t burst a blood vessel.

@3 LOOOL
Hopefully bundled with all the DLC on the Blu-Ray! Its good to see a game like this reach a wider audience.

Really wish Mass Effect 1 was coming as well.

I’m sure they could fit both games on one blu-ray.

Doesn’t really make much sense without Mass 1. My playthrough wouldn’t have been nearly as personal without my Mass 1 save.

HELL FU**** YES I will be playing Mass Effect on the PS3! OMFG this made my day! Mass Effect trophies baby YES! ONFG I swear to you all I was like flies on shit about to buy this game for the 360 this weekend at target.

I knew it man I just had this feeling inside (my inner Kutaragi) telling me no, stay strong, its coming soon! Its finally coming YES and Mass Effect 3 too. I love you EA and Bioware thank you so much. Make the PS3 version the best ver please. No frame rate issues aghhh this is A NUKE baby! WHOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!

PEW! PEW! PEW! Add MOVE support and 3D too please

Half-awesome news for PS3 owners, it’s just a shame they don’t get the first one too. I wonder if they’ll do a big ‘previously on’ DVD or something to bring you up to speed with the story so far, like they did with Xenosaga on PS2?

Taking a long time to get here too – remnants of a ‘deal’ that has to be played out? The 360 version’s already hit £12 in some shops, so full price next year isn’t going to look too appetising… unless they’re planning on doing a ‘game of the year’ version for both platforms with all the DLC included and stuff.

This is awesome news for PS3 owners indeed!

‘(my inner Kutaragi)’

Oh TEA, you make me laugh

@theevilaires but the ps3 didn’t get the first game so your fucked storywise from the get go, and without being able to carry shepard over you wouldn’t have made those important decisions in the past to effect the second game. That is just dissapointing.

The frame-rate issues were sorted out for ME2, weren’t they? It was only ME1 that had the super-wonky engine.

Aaaaaaaaanyway, are you really going to play ME2 on PS3 without playing the first one, TEA? When you have the option to play both because you have both machines? That’s just mental.

Added the announce to the post.

Lolz…in after Shitstorm

KaRmAChAnG said:
August 17, 2010 at 3:58 pm
Doesn’t really make much sense without Mass 1.

^^This…

@14 Playing Mass Effect (shooter) on console is already “Mental”

Having Mass Effect 2 is better than having no Mass Effect at all.

Part 3 would really make no sense if you haven’t even played the second one.

KABOOM!!!

PLEASE EA, show us the power of blu-ray and add ME1 on this special PS3 edition!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Get away, Erthazus. The menus and stuff were better on the PC version of the original, for sure, but otherwise it’s absolutely fine. Just because you’re rubbish with a pad doesn’t mean we all are.

@ Blerk, your correct Mass Effect 2 doesn’t even have frame rate problems on 360 it was only the first one that occasionally stuttered

@9 Why would you want Move support in ME2 it would only allow you to not control the game as well

I’m so happy right now I might actually start crying. Quick someone take my wallet before I go on a shopping spree and lose my mind. I’m going back and getting every last one of you guys comments who laughed and mocked me and said this day would not come! Until then enjoy the thought of me dancing my happy ass around my PC…..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKSxlJPmz40

Well, if I’m not mistaken, Mass Effect 1 needs authorization from Microsoft. Besides, it is impossible to fit both on one Blu-Ray, because both use compression. Since none of the PS3 games use — and Blu-Ray compression is expensive and the loading would be longer — a compilation would need 70 GB, or more.

It’s too bad for PS3 owners, but at least they can play an excellent game that, so far, it is my GOTY.

@Blerk, it’s not just a precision. It’s the same thing like playing slashers or fighting games on the keyboard. It’s possible, but it’s just lame and not enjoyable without the gamepad.

wow

Just because you prefer mouse and keyboard doesn’t make a game pointless on other platforms, Erthazus. I had no trouble whatsoever with precision in Mass Effect, it’s not a game about headshots.

@24.
You can fit at LEAST 5 8.5GB DVD’s on 1 blu-ray. I don’t know how many DVDs ME1 and ME2 are, but if it’s less than 5 total, seems pretty logical to me.

Know absolutely nothing about the game, but I wouldn’t have thought Metal Gear Solid made any sense to those new to the series on XBox 360??

Either way, I suspect the developers aren’t stupid enough to introduce PS3 owners to this game without making the storyline accomodate new players to the series.

“Mass Effect 2 will make no sense to PS3 gamers”

No one ever heard of montage… Sony surely have.

“Coming in January of 2011 in beautiful Blu-ray, Mass Effect 2 PS3 will feature hours of bonus content making it the perfect entry point to the franchise”

From that, I reckon the bonus content could be a short film, or re-cap of the previous story, to get you into ME2, without actually playing the game.

@TEA if you’re that happy about it why didn’t you just play it on the 360, surely you have one? You can get it now for pretty damn cheap…

@28, three discs in total (one for the first, two for the second) so it’d easily fit on a Blu-Ray. The “compression” stuff is just nonsense, I can’t believe for a second that PS3 games don’t have anything compressed on the disc.

@Blerk, it’s not just a precision. It’s the same thing like playing slashers or fighting games on the keyboard. It’s possible, but it’s just lame and not enjoyable without the gamepad.

I actually played 1 for about 7 hours and put it back in the box.
Loading times were worse than terminator salvation (or whatever its called).

I should try it again as I have heard only good things about it.

I don’t see why you’d need Mass Effect to get any kind of continuity. Mass Effect 2 made no fucking sense, and beyond the few old characters you run into, it really wasn’t much of a sequel.

It was said when the original Mass Effect went to PC, that it was a real improvement. I think they changed a few things in the interval?

Apparently you get to “fake” your backstory at the start of ME2 if you dont carry over a save, maybe they will just elaborate on the story a bit more for the PS3 version.

awesome news for ps3 owners enjoy TEA, its a great game

Look at them all trying to shoot me down with their its only ME2 not both poison! You can’t shoot me down XBOTS! This jet is CELL powered baby! And Ken Kutaragi is my co pilot. Nothing can break my spirits today!

On whatever day in January 2011 I will be strolling down the isles to the gaming section of my local Best Buy,Target,Wal-Mart,or whatever game store (except Gamestop) doing the cabbage patch dance to this song http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKSxlJPmz40 while the clerk scans my copy of MASS EFFECT for the PS3!

I DEMAND A MIDNIGHT RELEASE! PEW! PEW! FU**** PEW!

@28 Yeah, that’s true. But, as I said, any game on a DVD (on 360 or PC) uses compression. If I’m not mistaken, the technology used on Mass Effect 1 reduces 5 GB to 1 GB.

Since Blu-Ray doesn’t use compression, ME1 would be 35 GB. Mass Effect 2 is on 2 DVDs. But it does fit on a Blu-Ray, so no more then 50 GB, without compression.

And there is the publishing deal of Microsoft and BioWare (independent at the time of ME1 release).

@40
“Since Blu-Ray doesn’t use compression”

What are you on about?

“Since Blu-Ray doesn’t use compression”

no offence but im calling BS on that..

Im sure they will announce a limited addition that comes with Mass Effect 1 and 2 on the same disc with all the DLC.

I’m just saying from a MARKETING standpoint, EA would be VERY smart to put ME1 on the same blu-ray (if possible) to increase purchase incentive as “SPECIAL PS3 EDITION”.

@40
Yes Blu-Ray indeed uses compression man. All multiplatforms are compressed onto the Blu ray usually only taking 7gb of the dic space.
First Party however doesnt always use compression (Uncharted 2, God of War 3, Killzone 2) or at least to the extreme levels like the multiplatforms.

omfg…kids plz. The only thing you really saw on FF13 PS3 version were the movies…but the textures looked the same. I am not sure if the graphic will be better and compression here and there..it doesnt matter.

Neither DVD nor Blu-Ray compress data for you automagically. The data is compressed before it’s put on the disc, so there’s absolutely nothing to prevent you from using exactly the same compressed data on a 360 DVD as you do on a PS3 Blu-Ray. I think you’ve got the wrong end of the stick there.

To be honest, it makes NO sense they aren’t doing Mass Effect 1.

MS doesn’t own the IP, so there must be some pretty interesting loopholes in contracts keeping EA from doing this, OR they are just really really idiotic.

All on one disc, both games would be superb. Even as shoddy ports, I wouldn’t mind having a go.

@46 The difference between the PS3 version and Xbox 360 were not textures my boy, the difference was between resolution and thats an important part.

God of war 3 on 360 will make no sense without the other two?