Rock, Paper, Shotgun

Mass Effect 2 Launch (Final?) Trailer

By John Walker on January 21st, 2010 at 4:07 pm.

That's a big wasp.

A Mass Effect 2 trailer you say? But those are more rare than the freckled unicorn! I’d heard rumour they were even extinct. But no, it is real, it is yours to watch below.

Has any game received more trailers? Better question: has any game had so many good trailers? This latest, and perhaps even last, is absolutely stunning. 150 awesomes. The game comes out on the 26th in the States, and then because of the NO REASON WHATSOEVER reaches Europe by the 29th. Well, I suppose you can understand their decision to make sure their game is on all the torrent sites for three full days before making it legally available to buy for an entire continent. Oh no wait. [Please smash your head into bricks here.] But despite this continued idiocy, the video below is a corker.

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  1. Azhrarn says:

    … ok that was one seriously awesome trailer. So glad I have a PC CE pre-ordered, can’t wait to get my mits on this game.

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  2. So when is that one coming to theatres? What, it’s a game? Oh, not interested then…

    Now can some filmmaker please make a good, epic sci-fi flick like that?

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    • Richeh says:

      Don’t worry, some guy called Uwe Boll’s on it.

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    • matte_k says:

      Please God No, not even in jest.

      And not Michael sodding Bay either :D

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    • Maltose says:

      New features:
      *Underwear sex 2.0! What’s better than adults going at it awkwardly with awkward looking undergarments on? Adults going at it awkwardly fully clothed! WOO!

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    • Vandelay says:

      @Schaulistiger

      They have, it’s called Serenity. Okay, not quite the same, but it’s still pretty epic.

      Well made trailer. Still no idea whether this will improve on the many problems of the original (cut and paste levels, dull side quests, atrocious inventory management, very bland story that failed to warrant the pre-planned trilogy,) so I’ll be waiting reviews and probably for it to drop in price. If it is only as good as the original then it will be worth a play, but I won’t be rushing out to buy.

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  3. Misnomer says:

    Why is it still surprising that in Europe games release on Friday and in the U.S. they release on Tuesdays?

    Here in the states our retail stores restock all media on Tuesdays. That means that new music, movies, come out on Tuesdays. I am willing to bet that European brick and mortars do it on Friday. While it is stupid to those of us who have heard of the internet, it still makes lots of sense to EA’s old fashioned retail publishing connections.

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    • Nick says:

      You are willing to bet that the entire of europe which is, what, 50(?) different COUNTRIES all have the same day to restock their media outlets and THAT is the reason?

      Um, right.

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    • Plinglebob says:

      Our films & music are released on mondays so their succes can be charted for an entire week and games released on Fridays so people can play over the weekend. However, I’ve noticed a couple of big releases are out on a Tuesday this year (Bioshock and Final Fantasy XIII) presumably to avoid whats suggested in the article.

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    • You know, putting aside the fact that the number of countries in the EU is something you should really know, that exact number is very easy to find online. :P

      Anyway, as a matter of fact, yes, the majority of EU countries restock on Fridays. It’s really not surprising that they’ve managed to synchronise since we’ve been trading amongst ourselves forever and a lot of stuff that’s in any given store either comes from or transits through a fair few EU nations of its own.

      Considering piracy rates and digital sales, though, it’s a completely redundant and suicidally stupid practice but oh, well; when did we start expecting publishers to be intelligent about those sorts of things?

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    • Nick says:

      @Alexander: I didn’t say the EU I said Europe (hint: one is a continent). Where are you pulling this unified restocking day of retail outlets data from exactly? Supermarkets like Asda restock daily for example. I thought Game did so on various days as well. (edit) In fact many usually have the games before the release date, same with online retailers, they just hold onto them until they are told to (well, some don’t).

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    • Ginger Yellow says:

      Games with a retail component (almost) always release on a Friday in Europe. It doesn’t make much sense, but it’s what happens. And, for the reason Walker gives among others, it’s another reason why we can’t go all-digital soon enough. Publishers are losing European sales to pirates for no good reason, and we non-pirating Europeans have to wait for no good reason. Isn’t bricks and mortar retail great?

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  4. Lobotomist says:

    Cant wait for the game.

    But am I the only one who starts to find Bioware writing bit stale?

    I mean “Sheppard is the only one who can save humanity” … “Humanity is on brink of extinction , you (Sheppard) are the only one who can save it”

    What would I give to play game with Mass Effect engine, but story of let say Blade Runner.

    And not the pretentious (and old fashioned) space opera

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    • Sonic Goo says:

      @Lobotomist:

      Don’t forget that Cyberpunk is almost 30 years old as well. And, while Space Opera as a genre is even older, Mass Effect seems to lean heavily on more recent influences like Alastair Reynolds*.

      *not that I’m that big of a reader, so correct me if I’m wrong

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    • Bhazor says:

      You only just noticed? Having a character called Illusive man wasn’t enough of a tip off?

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    • Lobotomist says:

      I know, i know.

      But as much I enjoy Mass Effect bringing SCI-FI back into RPG gaming. I would really like to be less “Space Opera” – just equivalent of Fantasy set in futuristic setting.

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    • simonkaye says:

      Yeah, Bioware should probably be sending some kind of royalties to Reynolds, for plot and for borrowing the general tone of his sci-fi. Then again, I suspect that Alastair Reynolds owes some credit to Freespaces 1 and 2, which pioneered the “destroying aliens are the explanation of Fermi’s Paradox” plotline in mass culture. Unless you count Pohl’s Heechee saga or Fred Saberhagen.

      Am I being too geeky now?

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  5. PixelCody says:

    I knew I would be buying Mass Effect 2 the day it was announced. I loved the original and seriously doubt Bioware would screw this one up. Therefore I have decided that the barrage of trailers is not “for” me and I have avoided every single one of them to avoid spoilers. Squueeee!!! I can’t wait.

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    • Chalkster says:

      I, on the other hand, knew the day Mass Effect 2 was released I wouldn’t be able to afford it, so I’m watching as much media of it as possible. SQUEE!

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  6. Fergus says:

    I…eh…where do I put my money?

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  7. Shiny.

    Though I really must stop reading/watching stuff about ME2 now. I already feel I know more than I want to.

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    • Man Raised by Puffins says:

      Yes, I told myself I wasn’t going to watch any more preview trailers after spoiling parts of the first game. But I’ve watched damn near all of them, Christ I’m weak and it’s all John’s fault.

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  8. Davee says:

    This trailer has been Davee-aproved because of extreme epicness. That is all.

    And I have been trying hard to avoid the hype, but it’s damn hard! GAH!
    Also why are there such stupid, pirating-friendly release dates anyway? Srsly.

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  9. Psychopomp says:

    The Mass Effect 1 trailers and reviews were just as impressive, and I was supremely disappointed in that…

    So why am I giddy with excitement again? Oh, please be like Street Fighter -> Street Fighter 2

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  10. innokenti says:

    That is indeed an awesome trailer. Sets the feel well!

    Still, sad and unfortunate that they insist on the US/UK/Anywhere else delays. *sigh*

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  11. Andy says:

    The release date discrepancy is something to do with retail outlets. I’m not sure if this is 100% of the time but they tend to get their video game releases on a Friday and they get all upset with various commissions and agencies if they can’t sell at the same time as the online outlets, thus, platforms like steam have to wait until the friday too.
    ‘Down with shops’ is what I say.

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    • SheffieldSteel says:

      All they need to do is make stores in the US wait till Friday, end there’d be no incentive for piracy.

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  12. The Sombrero Kid says:

    agree with john in every respect here it’s almost as if he’s been reading my mind/twitter, which i doubt.

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  13. macc says:

    I totally agree, the B-movieness of the trailer is pretty great. All the “Sheppard is the only one who can save humanity” is immensely cheesy.
    Still defenately will get this though.

    I would like if they did a story like Firefly with the Mass Effect quality, that would be something.

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    • Funky Badger says:

      Is that a way of saying “if Firefly had been good, it would have been good” – because I agree with that.

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  14. Mr.Bigglesworth says:

    Maaan, i feel so over saturated.

    :-S

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  15. nabeel says:

    Final? Shyeah right.

    (Awesome trailer)

    I just cannot wait for this game. I finished my “ultimate” save the other day, with my level 60 Shepard and all the decisions I want to carry over into the sequel. I’m so ready.

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  16. kyrieee says:

    Meh
    First one was incredibly hyped but turned out to be an okay game, nothing that will go to the history books exactly. Now this one is just as hyped and I don’t think it will be any different

    BioWare writes pretty good stories but they don’t make well functioning games. 10/10 scores just makes me roll my eyes

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  17. Heliosicle says:

    I’m annoyed.

    My pre order from amazon will likely only get to me by monday 1st feb

    3 WHOLE DAYS AFTER IT COMES OUT.

    Why the hell can’t it just come out on the tuesday?

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    • qrter says:

      Yeah, Amazon is pretty infamous for being bad about delivering preorders on time.

      I bet that’ll make you feel a lot better.

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    • Heliosicle says:

      I have had expirience where they said the monday, but it came on the friday anyway.

      I got 1st Class delivery, so *hopefully* they’ll dispatch it a couple of days before or something, I might cancel it now and get it from play actually, good idea me!

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  18. Phinor says:

    The Friday release date for Europe is a very silly thing from the past. I know for a fact (well unless someone lied..) couple of my local stores already have ME2 in store but have to wait 8 more days before they can start selling it. Too bad it’s only good things you can change (=ruin) these days, all the bad choices from the past are more or less permanent.

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  19. Wurzel says:

    First was awesome and this trailer is excellent. Just wish they’d realise female shepherd is the superior version…

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  20. *ACTUAL SPOILERS FOR ME2*

    Just to point out, some of the first scenes in the trailer – in particular the ship chase and Shepard in space – are the game’s intro sequence, which alternates between those sequences and trying to rescue Joker from the Normandy.

    *END ACTUAL SPOILERS*

    Seems pretty… Non-awesome? The taste is in the pudding I guess, and I still haven’t played beyond that intro stage, but the “awesomeness” in there are pretty much just cutscenes. The non-interactive kind. Maybe I’m old I guess.

    Also, the marketing and hype these days is killing me. Seriously. Doesn’t anyone miss not knowing this much about games? Back then I’d get excited about new releases and it was a pleasure talking to someone who actually played the bloody thing. Nowadays, when I strike up a conversation with people about upcoming games they already know just about everything about it.

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    • David says:

      You said pretty much exactly what I was thinking, sans the spoilers. :) Some serious Michael Bay vibes! Just missing the U.S.A-flag. And maybe an even bigger lens flare.

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  21. High Memetic 80s Hero says:

    Save game locked and loaded onto my new i7 rig. Now ….. give me the GAME!!!

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  22. Frosty says:

    You know what? This trailer has finally got me excited. It finally made me preorder it.

    Well done Bioware. It’s not clever or revolutionary, but it pulled in a simple minded peon like me.

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  23. Kester says:

    John’s postings for RPS are going to halve once this finally comes out! :D

    I’m quite excited for this: Mass Effect was my favourite game of recent years (and I normally find RPGs tedious). I hope the collectors storyline ties into the reapers from the first one somehow, I’d be disappointed if they were just separate episodes.

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  24. def says:

    Heck yes, this will be awesome. Unfortunately I don’t have my old characters anymore, so I’ll have to initially play ME2 with a level 50 soldier with just 4 Charm/Intimidate, since time and work won’t allow for a second level 50+ character.

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  25. jsutcliffe says:

    Oh John, you know they’ll be making trailers for every DLC item. We’ve not seen the back of them yet.

    I have two Shepard saves ready (different specializations, though I gather there’s some kind of reroll/respec available when you import your character), but they’re both male. I am determined to see my male Shepard through the series, but I definitely feel like I’m missing something by not taking the Jennifer Hale Shepard.

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  26. nayon says:

    Well, if we look at previous Bioware games, these trailers would be the extent of development in the game, and the rest of the 250 hours of the game will consist of running around vast empty landscapes (planets) to no end.

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    • Nick says:

      Uh, what Bioware games are you talking about? Only one that vaguely fits is the previous Mass Effect.

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  27. eyemessiah says:

    Trailer was all puff and nothing imo. Glad to see Tali and Garrus in there though.

    I’m still quietly hopeful that ME2 will engage me more that DA:O did.

    I don’t think I have my old save, but then I was really turned off with the ending choices in ME1, so perhaps a fresh start is preferential.

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  28. Jeremy says:

    This looks great. I kinda want to start a new game now and try to blaze through it in the next few days before ME2 comes out, that will give me a fresh start I think. I am glad to see some old faces (Tali, Garrus) and a bunch of new ones to replace the original duds (everyone else but Wrex). All in all, pretty excited for this.

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  29. Jad says:

    Dunno, seems to make sense to me. Gotta load all those games onto the steamships and then bring them across an ocean. I mean, remember a couple of years ago when all we were using was sails and wind power? It would have taken at least two weeks to get you Europeans the game.

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  30. Dan says:

    I’d agree. I do love a bit of space opera, to the point that the novel I’m writing painfully slowly is one, but I still think the bestest game in the world ever would be based in Iain M. Banks Culture universe.

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  31. Inferno says:

    That was a brilliant trailer. Kinda reminded me of how much I was looking forward to (and enjoyed) Avatar. Man this is gonna be good.

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  32. James G says:

    ME2 is going to surprise me, mainly because I went into ME2 media blackout shortly after the second trailer. (Oh, and I watched the “Bitch” trailer with no sound.) I took a quick glance at the PCG review score to make sure it wasn’t a ‘shocking! 30% only’ but that is about all I know, other than a few non spoilery bits.

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  33. Dean says:

    The really annoying thing about the release dates is:
    US releases are on a Tuesday
    EU releases on a Friday

    This is fine.

    But there’s two days between Tuesday and Friday, but there’s three days between Friday and Tuesday. So if you care about releasing in all territories as close together as possible, you launch in the EU on Friday and the US the following Monday.

    They don’t do that. They do it the other way. So the US gets it first. There is NO reason for that except for bias.

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  34. Klaus says:

    Someone needs to release this game now. >:(

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    • mroaes says:

      They already released it on torrent and usenet. So, if you pre-ordered you can download it and still stand on high moral ground.

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  35. Calabi says:

    Trailer was straight out of the Micheal Bay School of Rock, except for no gratuitous slow mo butt shots.

    But I am tempted to be the one and make splosions.

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  36. Tei says:

    God must love me. Because I love RPG’s, and sexy womens, and explosions, and a good history, and interesting hostile characters, and some gibs….

    /happy dance

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    • invisiblejesus says:

      Hell yeah. And UBER-HARD MOFO GARRUS RETURNS! Now here’s just hoping there’s at least a little bit of the Mako in this one; I know most people hated the side quests, but I thought they were worth it to bomb around in the awesome truck with guns on it. Maybe a new Mako. With more guns. And more interesting reasons to run around cool-looking landscapes like a drunken hillbilly with a monster truck. Yeah… I think I better finish Dragon Age this weekend. :)

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  37. ruaidhri.k says:

    annnnnnnnnnnnnnd its up on the torrent sites already ……… quel supris !

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  38. Mike_in_Ohio says:

    Man -o-Schevitz, can’t wait for this.

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  39. Vinraith says:

    I’ve gone from a state of mild interest to a point where I’m actually considering preordering this, despite the fact that by and large I’ve avoided the prepress. Part of it’s that I’m quite impressed with Dragon Age, part of it’s that they honestly seem to grasp what they did wrong with the first one, and part of it’s that I no longer plan to buy Bioshock 2, so I might as well put the cash to good use.

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  40. Carra says:

    Now, where did I put my Mass Effect save game?…

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  41. Lucas says:

    I think I know why Shepard dies very early in the game.

    We have been shown so much spoiler-filled preview stuff that he dies of overexposure.

    Hype can be fatal!

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  42. Dissapointed says:

    I wouldn’t worry about torrent sites just hitting us here in Europe John, its just gone live on them this very minute anyway.

    5 days before realease! Piracy really is getting quite ridiculously out of hand these days!!!

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  43. autogunner says:

    genuine hairs on the back of my neck moment there, cant wait until I get back from uni so my shouty shepard can lesbian her way through to saving the universe again!

    christ I hope my save is still there…

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  44. Iain says:

    Wait, were my eyes deceiving me, or did they just kill off Ashley?

    *cancels pre-order*

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    • Azhrarn says:

      not kill off, abduct. Guess she needs saving now. ;)

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    • Funky Badger says:

      Fuck that, let the byatch die. Again.

      Ummm, guess that won’t be a problem for Charles Charley Shepperd.

      Huzzah!

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  45. 1nightstand says:

    More Martin Sheen in games!

    (John Voight would be more than welcomed to join this wagon)

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  46. Rei Onryou says:

    Up until this trailer, I was going to leave my pre-ordered ME2 sitting around until I played Bioshock 2 (quicker game to complete). Now it looks like BS2 will be put on the sidelines.

    Yay for Jennifer Hale!

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  47. Tom O'Bedlam says:

    bloody hell thats beautiful

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  48. Vinraith says:

    Who did the score for that trailer, anyway? It’s gorgeous.

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  49. A-Scale says:

    Looks like they took a page out of MW2 as far as the dramatic flair of the trailer goes. I am a bit disappointed in how janky combat in the original feels, but I’m hoping for a sleeper (for me anyway) hit with this one.

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  50. Vinraith says:

    Any word on how long this one is? The first was a good ride, but a bit short by my reckoning. Mind, it didn’t SEEM short, because too many of its side missions were copy/paste repetitive, but if they’ve fixed that problem I’m going to be sad to see it end after a mere 20-30 hours.

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  51. yhancik says:

    MASS2
    EFFECT
    ?

    Underwhelmed. But I’m afraid I’m not exactly into serious space operas with One Man saving humanity and dramatic choirs in the trailer.

    All I see is funny alien faces, and parody material.

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  52. Shadram says:

    @Vinraith
    Not sure on actual play length, but I read that the XBox 360 version ships on 2 DVDs (needing a disc swap at a cliffhanger moment) because the game was just too big to fit on one disc. I’d say that should make it significantly longer than the first.

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    • Vinraith says:

      @Shadram

      That does sound encouraging, thanks!

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    • 1nightstand says:

      Don’t want to sound DIScouraging but size can be a function of graphical assets, no?

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    • Vinraith says:

      @1nightstand

      True, but aren’t the capabilities of the 360 fairly well plateaued at this point? That is, shouldn’t the graphical assets of a new Mass Effect game be that much more storage-intensive than those of the original? I’d think they’d go to an awful lot of trouble to avoid having to disc swap, as well. But then what do I know, it’s not like I have a 360.

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  53. Funky Badger says:

    Fuck yes.

    Reminded be of some of the god bits of B5 CGI (Severed dreams and the bombing of Naan mebbe).

    Glad that pre-order happened.

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  54. Jugglenaut says:

    Finally slapped down my preorder on this. It’s going to be awesome!

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  55. jsutcliffe says:

    Anonymous Coward said:
    They already released it on torrent and usenet. So, if you pre-ordered you can download it and still stand on high moral ground.

    Not exactly. You’ll presumably be seeding it to non-purchasers.

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    • invisiblejesus says:

      You could just stop seeding it once you have it downloaded, if you really want to. Granted, you’ll seed it for a bit while downloading, but seriously, it’s not like anyone’s chances of pirating this game are gonna hinge on whether you seed for a couple hours or whatever. And I’m pretty sure most torrent apps let you cut your upload speed down to a miniscule level, anyway.

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    • Dean says:

      And you won’t be seeding on usenet either.

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  56. jsutcliffe says:

    Anonymous Coward said:
    You could just stop seeding it once you have it downloaded, if you really want to. Granted, you’ll seed it for a bit while downloading, but seriously, it’s not like anyone’s chances of pirating this game are gonna hinge on whether you seed for a couple hours or whatever. And I’m pretty sure most torrent apps let you cut your upload speed down to a miniscule level, anyway.

    My basic objection is that I don’t think that RPS is an appropriate forum for this kind of discussion.

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    • mroaes says:

      Whats with the “Anonymous Coward” thing? Is this Slashdot?

      Anyway, let me rephrase: you could download it over usenet and still stand on high moral ground.

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    • Psychopomp says:

      Anonymouse Coward is just a problem with some old code.

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  57. simonkaye says:

    Okay, I think that we can call that trailer a ‘hum-dinger’. All the better for being 100% in-engine… those cinematic ones are great, don’t get me wrong, but this takes the biscuit.

    If we work off the Dragon Age model (where the final product was approximately 300% better than its publicity material) then we’re certainly looking at a Game of the Year here.

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  58. Bleeters says:

    ..Is that Ashley sort of maybe kind of dying at the start? Excellent. My inability to leave both her and Kaiden to die can finally be rectified, possibly.

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  59. Pantsman says:

    Begin transmission of petty complaints…now!

    One of the nice things about doing everything in CGI is that you’re freed from making all your aliens look like humans with monster helmets on, so I’m disappointed that the design of the Collectors is so unambitious. Also, I’m seriously getting tired of the bombastic choral music in every single fantasy/sci-fi/action movie trailer. The last thing I wanted was for this trend to bleed over to game trailers.

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    • Dood says:

      Bioware tried replacing the generic orchestral trumpet trailer music with the Dragon Age trailers. And all I could see then were comment threads full of people complaining about the music. So I guess gamers just want that kind of music for their trailers.

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    • Jeremy says:

      Proof that you can’t please everyone, so you just gotta do your best. I prefer the orchestra to Marilyn Manson, obviously. What other options are there? Carnival music. Techno? I could maybe see a Muse song tossed in there, they have an epic trailer sound quality to their music.

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    • Pantsman says:

      It’s not the orchestra I mind. It’s the fact that it’s bad orchestral music. The same four BUM-BUM-BUM-BUM notes (or sometimes just one) repeated by horns and choir at a perfectly even beat in rising volume. This same thing seems to show up in every other movie trailer these days. Good orchestral trailer music would be (and is) awesome! This isn’t it.

      Although, there are other options. Maybe some electronica? That would be more in line with the first game’s soundtrack, after all.

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    • Jeremy says:

      Sorry, I think my comment came off more condescending than I was meaning it to. I was more making a statement at how hard it is for a company to create trailers and assets and things like that, which will please everyone, so they kinda have to go with their gut instinct. Personally I really liked the music in the trailer, it had an epic quality that I enjoy, I might just be a sucker for strings though :) I was also being serious about Muse having some serious trailer music potential.

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    • Funky Badger says:

      Jez: I think Muse would only work if used ironically – there’s so much drama and idiosyncracy in their music it would drown most trailers…

      …that one was really good though.

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    • pierec says:

      I wish Ennio Morricone would compose music for video game trailers.

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    • Pantsman says:

      As a matter of fact Jer, I seem to recall that one of the Watchmen trailers used Muse’s Take a Bow.

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  60. zakkmiester says:

    Actually I’ve heard the torrent’s out already. But I’m saving myself for my CE on the 26h :D

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  61. Monkeybreadman says:

    55

    FIFTY FUCKING FIVE

    Thats how many videos, inclucing interviews, walkthroughs, trailers about trailers, are on Gametrailers.

    ITS THE TRAIL-OCALYPSE RUN FOR YOUR SANITY!!!!!!!!!!!

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  62. Pantsman says:

    This would’ve been better for the Subject Zero thread last week or so, but that’s old now, so I’ll just leave it here.

    I happened upon this while perusing BoingBoing the other day. Someone’s written Subject Zero’s themesong.

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

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  63. feighnt says:

    bloody hell, why am i looking forward to this game so much? by the time i finished the original, i was just *bitter* about the whole experience…

    but then i looked back on it, considered the various things they did *right* – i came out concluding that Mass Effect amounted to being a good foundation for what *could* be a great sequel.

    … i’m really hoping that this is going to be the hoped-for great sequel. i’m pleased by what i’ve seen, regarding the planetary exploration, which seems much improved over the original (one of the things that most excited me about the original, and ultimately most pissed me off when i realized what it amounted to).

    … of course, i was *really* hoping, given their past relationship, that Obsidian would end up making the sequel and pound out a more fascinating plot and bunch of supporting characters, much as they did with KOTOR 2.

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  64. fleabitten says:

    The idiocy of the staggered release date is weapons grade retarded. So, the 360 version hit the net a few days before release, the PC version the day after that. THEN comes the official release date, followed by another wave of piracy, THEN the “rest of the world” release date.

    You want to know how you can stop this fuckery? Compile your code and release in one swift movement so its available to purchase online before anyone along the production line has had a chance to slip a copy to their shady friends.

    The retailers will cry their eyes out but as a wise man once said: “Fuck em”. If you want the pretty box, you can wait a few days for it to arrive in stores.

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  65. Hunam says:

    It’s like 3 days wait! For all we know it could be for a shipping reason or something else where basically, it’s just more common sense to release on the friday (like real games do) than on tuesday. Plus we all know we’ll be playing it on thursday (depending on how awesome your postie is).

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  66. Quick question: the background music was from two steps from hell- a great band to listen to while playing Supreme Commander.

    Will they be doing the score for the entire game?

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  67. bill says:

    If the game is already on torrent sites, shouldn’t they call around and tell all the stores to just go ahead and release it? I don’t see any particular benefit in keeping to a specific launch-date, and they might pick up a few sales in the meantime.

    Seems like companies should be a bit more flexible and reactive… if a game gets leaked: Launch! Launch!

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  68. Am I the only person left unaroused but this protracted marketing manipulation? I wanted to love Mass Effect but it really just seemed like KOTOR-lite with less complexity, poor dialogue, unfulfilled potential, smaller areas that succeeded to be paradoxically interesting at moments yet bland for the most part, horrible side-missions and abysmal, extraneous planets.

    I am not trying to be provocative to those enthused by the first affair and I hope the sequel is a better game but unfortunately the problems seem almost fundamental in my opinion.

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  69. The delay’s basically because games always gets released on Tuesdays in the US, and towards the end of the week in Europe. It’s a shipping thing, and they can’t make it available online before the brick and mortar stores get it without pissing them off mightily.

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  70. Fraser says:

    I’m still suspicious this game will be rubbish, after the Subject Zero trailer.

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    • Jeremy says:

      I plan to bench her if she ends up being as one dimensional as the preview made her seem, but we’ll see!

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  71. Captain Becardi Jagermiser says:

    The Omega 4 Relay? Oh. My. God. THEY’VE JUST GONE APESHIT CRAZY!

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  72. Kevbo says:

    All flash and no spark?
    Only time will tell if this game is really good or if they just know how to make good trailers. They are learning from the movie studios who can make today’s pathetic movies look like epic and grand legends.

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  73. Vinraith says:

    @Fraser

    As long as she’s not the only biotic, she’ll be easy enough to ignore. If she is… I may have to go with a Vanguard or Sentinel instead.

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    • Funky Badger says:

      There’s an Asari biotic as well, isn’t there?

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    • Klaus says:

      Isn’t Miranda a biotic as well?

      In any case, I don’t particularly have a problem with Subject Zero. I mean, she’s seems to be more entertaining than both Kaiden and Ashley. But… everyone was more entertaining than those two, except Liara.

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  74. Ozzie says:

    Hrm, this trailer bored me. :-(
    I didn’t find anything original or of interest in there. It’s artistic compromise for mass appeal I’d say, if I’m nice, or pure proof of unimaginativeness, if I’m nice, too.
    Just your typical shiny metallic sci-fi environments, and your one man saves the universe plot, and…..*yawn*…sorry I just fell asleep.
    I think I rather play Advent Rising again…at least I can have a laugh with that one!

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  75. Quests says:

    Did any of the many clips show how the choices&consequences system works?

    Cause i REALLY don’t care about cool combat, blood and sex, videogames aren’t just about that.

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