1UP’s Best of E3 Awards

A couple of websites have already cranked out some awards for the games that were shown at this year’s E3, with 1UP being one of them. The only winner of interest to us is Mass Effect 2, which took home “Best RPG Game”:

While there was a lot to like about RPGs like Alpha Protocol (a cool spy-RPG from Obsidian) and Star Wars: The Old Republic (a cool prequel Star Wars MMO from BioWare!), Mass Effect 2 ended up dropping the most jaws among us. It probably helps that the game is primed to be the “Empire Strikes Back” of RPGs — the dark, yet supremely crafted second act of an epic sci-fi trilogy. Solid improvements to combat, great visuals, and some genuinely shocking story events (we won’t spoil here, but they’re a doozy) all cement Mass Effect 2 as the E3 RPG winner.