Mass Effect 2 Preview

Yet another hands-on preview of BioWare’s Mass Effect sequel is up for grabs, and this time it comes at us from the folks at Britxbox. A few paragraphs to start you off:

New weapon types also make an appearance with the addition of the Heavy Weapons category. This includes missile and grenade launchers along with some guns of a more exotic variety. The missile launcher available during the demo was a decidedly brutal device which launched blue balls of energy that could change trajectory once they were within range of a target, crashing into them with explosive force. A very powerful weapon indeed, but I don’t expect ammo to be so plentiful in the full game.

Thrown into the thick of combat with all these juicy new toys to play with I didn’t initially pay much attention to the two companions beside me, but the more astute fans amongst you may very well have recognised them as Jacob and Miranda from the iPhone game Mass Effect Galaxy.

As demo Shepard was your standard Soldier it was nice to see that both companions possessed biotic powers, one of them being completely new at that. The appropriately named Crush slams an enemy to the floor with great force and holds them there for a time with crushing waves of pulsating energy. It’s a fun power to use.