One of the most surprising reveals of the year has been the announcement of a PS3 port of
Mass Effect 2, the highly acclaimed BioWare PC/X360 WRPG, which launched in January of this year. Though many PS3 gamers were delighted by the news, several fans of the series have pointed out that the game is only at its best when you have played the original
Mass Effect and made the decisions which shape the universe of
Mass Effect 2. BioWare announced that they were working on a solution to this problem which would introduce new players to the franchise, but declined to provide any concrete details.
However, a post on the Official BioWare Forums, posted in German, may have revealed the exact content (besides the game itself) of the PS3 version of ME2.
The interactive comic "Dark Horse" which informs the player about the back story and offers various choices
The three previously released DLC "Kasumi: Stolen Memories", "Overlord"
and "hiding the Shadow Broker '
Moreover, even accompanied by a code that allows you access to all
published to date content on the network gets Ceberus
A new mission for about six hours of play time.
- The interactive comic "Dark Horse" which informs the player about the back story and offers various choices
- The three previously released DLC "Kasumi: Stolen Memories", "Overlord" and "hiding the Shadow Broker '
- Moreover, even accompanied by a code that allows you access to all published to date content on the network gets Ceberus
- A new mission for about six hours of play time.
The Dark Horse comic seems to be a solution to the problem of a lack of
Mass Effect 1: an interactive comic which fills you in on the story and allows you to make choices.
It would appear, according to this post, that the PS3 version launches with all of the DLC episodes, and indeed, everything released thus far on the Cerberus network (Mass Effect 2's DLC store).
The game appears to be retailing for €50, which is slightly less than standard new game retail price in Europe, and will launch in January 2011.