Mass Effect 2 Exclusive Reveal Dev Diary

I don’t have much time to play video games these days, so I have to pick my games carefully. Or, to put it another way, it’s a virtual guarantee that the only games I’ll be playing for the foreseeable future will be BioWare’s upcoming offerings, Dragon Age: Origins and Mass Effect 2. This video for the latter is basically the game’s developers sharing their thoughts on various facets of the game, from combat to characters to storyline. And being the geek that I am, it’s got me pretty excited.

I find it particularly interesting that one of the potential endings for the game is the permanent death of your character. BioWare has always put a lot of emphasis on storytelling that focuses on the consequences of your decisions; this strikes me as the next logical step.

Of course, what, exactly, is meant by “permanent” death is up for debate; it’ll be interesting to see if this is simply a glorified “Game Over” screen, or if actually means that you’ve got to start over, or at least redo a significant part of the game.