[360] Mass Effect 2 - Skills would do a romance sub-plot but he has work in the morning

Originally Posted by Shin

It all depends how far into development they are. If the engine is built, the systems are all in place and they're just scripting the thing, new talent would definitely be a good thing. If they're pretty much starting from scratch then they're fucked, as the release of trailers implies a sooner-rather-than-later time frame for release.

I would have assumed they'd be working on an updated version of the first game's engine, so I'd be very surprised if they were starting from scratch.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Soluzar

This time around, you can't say that. There's a cover system, you can get headshots. I don't know if other body parts take damage in any special way, but headshots can be an insta-kill which is a big advantage.

All damage is localised I believe, and you can definitely trip people up by shooting their legs. In fact, with the mechs you can take their legs out completely and they'll start dragging their torsos along with their arms.

The combat is very much improved and whilst I enjoyed it in the first game mostly now it's an absolute blast. For one the biotics have been massively improved and are a lot of fun to play with (you can now curve biotics around things to an extent, so stuff like the biotic Pull can be used to drag enemies out of cover).

There's nowhere I can't reach.