Mass Effect 2: 10 Reasons Why It's The Best Sci-Fi Game Of All Time
3. Making Choices With Visible Consequences And Rewards
Even though Telltale Games made a name for itself with its choice-driven experiences, it's difficult to not feel the shallow nature of many decisions throughout each game. Many games are guilty of providing the illusion of choice without the payoff of seeing where that decision shifted a specific storyline or character arc.
Thankfully, Mass Effect 2 utilized the concept of choice-driven storytelling by filling the campaign with decision-making moments that are both life-changing and relatively small-scale.
Your relationship with each companion, how much time you take before the final mission, all of it has bearing on what happens to the characters. Will you upgrade the ship's armor or leave it vulnerable to attack? It's on you to decide what's best for everyone.
How you conduct yourself and treat those around can lead to more drastic consequences than you expect, whether it's in this game or even the next. Even the quiet moments between you and a friendly crew member are crucial as they can go sour if you choose poorly.No matter the case, Mass Effect 2 always makes you feel like what you're doing is important, and could have some profound impact on the future of the galaxy or even just the future of a friend.