Not only was the first Mass Effect labeled the best game of 2007, but it is still said to be the best RPG in the history of games. When we finished the first Mass Effect, we wanted more. It had one of the best endings; those of us that played the game would agree that Mass Effect had some of the best characters. Not only were the characters deep, but they remained in your mind long after the game was completed. It is games like Mass Effect that get sales up for the Xbox 360 and it is Mass Effect that earned Bioware lots of money.

If you’ve played the first incarnation, Mass Effect, on Xbox in recent years, you probably still have the game saved. However, if you had this game, loved it, and deleted it, it’s going to make you a little bit sad to know that you’re going to missing out on something pretty amazing, indeed.

If you still have the first Mass Effect file, saved, you can keep it until early next year. At that time, Mass Effect 2 will be released, and you can actually import your saved game so that you’ll start right off in Mass Effect 2 where you left off in the first Mass Effect game.

However, that’s not what really is important here. What’s really important is that your character will retain his or her moral standing, so that the choices you made in the first game will carry right on over into this second incarnation. The choices will affect the second game, if you save your file, so that in essence you’re playing one long game.

Remember the credits rolling at the end of the first Mass Effect? Now, the second game has its start. If you’ve seen the Mass Effect 2 trailer to “tease” you about the advent of this second incarnation, you’ll see that the camera slowly pans over an armor suit that’s very familiar. The camera zooms in on the chest area, and we see “N7.” Ah-ha, it’s that of the main character, Shepherd.

Oops, no, it’s not. Instead, a Geth soldier is wearing the suit, and we find out that Shepherd was killed in action. However, as the saying goes, “accounts of Shepherd’s death were greatly exaggerated,” and he’s right back in Mass Effect 2, facing an entirely new threat.

What should you know about Mass Effect 2? Well, first of all, it shares its love of multiple endings with Mass Effect, so there’ll be some more of those. Primarily, you’ll be on a suicide mission, and the beginning of the game will tell you that. Of course, Shepherd and his team already know this.

You and your team can live or die. This depends on what you decide throughout the game, and ultimately you’ll decide your own outcome. However, if your character does die in this latest Mass Effect, the second, rest assured that you can return in the third installment, Mass Effect 3.

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