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Two years after preventing the Reapers from wiping the known galaxies of all life, Commander Shepard has been brought back from the dead by The Illusive Man and the group known as Cerberus. As remote human colonies are harvested by the mysterious race known as the Collectors, Shepard must gather an elite squad to embark on a suicide mission to follow the Collectors and once again prevent the Reapers from going through with their genocide.

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07/11/2012 (1 of 1 found this helpful)

I am the very model of a scientist salarian

I often wonder, after playing Mass Effect 2, “What’s the difference between ‘dumbing down’ and ‘streamlining’?”

And the honest truth is... I don’t know. Maybe it’s just me, too. Sometimes, I’ve enjoyed a game that harshly punishes you for mistakes or possesses a cumbersome interface that can take a couple hours to get the hang of. Those are usually the first things to get the axe when it comes to “streamlining” and when the game is released we all call it “dumbed down”.

Two examples come to mind when I think of games that some might say got streamlined, but I felt suffered from the decision: Supreme Commander 2 and Crysis 2. You’ll have to read those reviews (when I write them) if you’d like further insight.

Mass Effect 2 is not on that list. ...

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