Mass Effect 2. PC or 360?

[Hiphophippo]

Your thoughts? I'm more of a PC gamer but I do make heavy use of my 360 as well. I played the first one on there and do like the idea of sitting on a couch with a controller.

What does the PC get over the console version that's worth noting? It could be as simple as the extra camera option that was in Dragon Age.

 

[Pimppeter2]

Don't you carry the Shepard from your old game into the new one?

If so then definitely get it on the same system as the one you played the first one on.

 

[Hiphophippo]

I would, but I have an Arcade unit 360 and did not have a hard drive at the time of playing. That woefully small flash memory that comes with meant that to save other games I had to wipe. Thus, no longer have the save game. Real pity too, or I wouldn't have even second guessed it.

 

[sgtshock]

As far as I know, the PC and console versions don't have any major differences, but if you played the first I would definitely get it for whatever system you played that on. That way your decisions in the first game will carry over to the second.

Edit: nevermind

 

[MiracleOfSound]

360: sooner (I may be wrong here)

PC: probably better

This is coming from a 360 gamer.

 

[Sion_Barzahd]

If you played the first one on the 360, thats the clear choice. The biggest sell point to me was when it said about choices from the first game to affect the second.

 

[Avatar Roku]

Well, can your PC handle it? I'd imagine there's some pretty steep requirements.

 

[Hiphophippo]

It seems like I'm solid on the recommended system requirements sans a little slower processor. Still well, well, well over minimum though.

 

[braincore02]

PC and 360 is being released simultaneously this time around, if I have not been misinformed. I would go the PC, but since you beat it on the 360 I would get the 360 one in your shoes. Gotta import your save yo. Personally if a game asks me to aim the cursor as done in shooters, I will go PC all the way. Got halfway decent at aiming with the controller, but can't say I ever enjoy it. Using the mouse is natural as breathing at this point.

 

[Kathinka]

360: sooner (I may be wrong here)

PC: probably better

This is coming from a 360 gamer.

i think it has a combined releasedate for all platformes, though i am not 100% shure myself.
pirated versions are allready avaiable for pc on well-known pages. but pirating ==> zee evil, and i really think that each and every bioware game in the past was well worth it's money and really deserved to be bought, so i don't think me2 will be any difference..

 

[GodsAndFishes]

360 because I have a save file on there, and I'm not sure if my laptop could take it.

 

[Ganthrinor]

Play it on whichever system you have your ME1 saves on.

I personally prefer the PC over my 360 because they give shaper visuals and I've got a kickin' sound systems and a comfortable as fuck PC chair.

 

[Internet Kraken]

Well I've played Mass Effect on both the PC and the 360. The PC is a lot easier to manage once you get used to the controls. But I swear, your teammates are brain dead on the PC. I don't remember them being that stupid on the 360. Though I guess I just forgot about that.

But my point is that because Mass Effect was better on the PC, I think Mass Effect 2 will be better as well.

 

[Boba Frag]

I dunno... the team-mate AI on the 360 had the occasional flash of brilliant retardedness from time to time! The amount of times the stupid bastards got themselves killed after I placed them behind heavy cover...
That said.. I'm importing my save from Mass Effect 1.
Too many hours spent on it to waste!

 

[Snotnarok]

360 version: $60 for standard edition
PC ver: $60 for special edition

I think it explains itself there.

For the price of the standard PC version, you can get ME1 and ME2 for the same price as the 360 version

 

[Avatar Roku]

It seems like I'm solid on the recommended system requirements sans a little slower processor. Still well, well, well over minimum though.

I'd go for PC then, if I were you. I'm a 360 gamer to the core, but that's mostly because I don't want to spend the money on a PC that can actually run modern games and will be obsolete in a year.

Well I've played Mass Effect on both the PC and the 360. The PC is a lot easier to manage once you get used to the controls. But I swear, your teammates are brain dead on the PC. I don't remember them being that stupid on the 360. Though I guess I just forgot about that.

But my point is that because Mass Effect was better on the PC, I think Mass Effect 2 will be better as well.

Not really, the PC version of ME1 was better because they actually changed a few things based on people's complaints (for example, I think the inventory system was better). For this, it's a simultaneous release, so that won't happen.

 

[Hiphophippo]

I don't want to spend the money on a PC that can actually run modern games and will be obsolete in a year.

Breaking topic here but this don't really work this way. You might not be at the bleeding edge this point next year but shit doesn't go obsolete as people seem to think. Several year old graphic cards can still pump out amazing visuals.

At any rate, PC seems the best choice at the moment if just because of mouse control.

 

[Avatar Roku]

I don't want to spend the money on a PC that can actually run modern games and will be obsolete in a year.

Breaking topic here but this don't really work this way. You might not be at the bleeding edge this point next year but shit doesn't go obsolete as people seem to think. Several year old graphic cards can still pump out amazing visuals.

At any rate, PC seems the best choice at the moment if just because of mouse control.

I know that's an exaggeration, but the point still stands: I don't want to spend the money on a PC that can run modern games, my current one sure can't.

 

[braincore02]

I'd go for PC then, if I were you. I'm a 360 gamer to the core, but that's mostly because I don't want to spend the money on a PC that can actually run modern games and will be obsolete in a year.

Now is a great time to build a PC. Great components are as cheap as they come and given we're midway thru the console cycle, you'll be undoubtedly able to run any ports of console games, just not Crysis 2

Of course if you don't want to spend the money I feels ya there, it takes an extra helping of enthusiasm to make a $1k+ investment on a gaming rig.

 

[shadow skill]

Easier to shoot and your computer is less likely to blow up on you. Especially if you have a pre-hdmi Xbox 360 which has already RRODed once like I do. If I had played the first Mass Effect on PC instead of 360 I would get the sequel on it.