Mass Effect 2 - Review Flood #2

It's almost like the entire internet has stopped for Mass Effect 2, so much as I'd like more diversity in the news,  more ME2 will have to do.  Another line listing, but this time I'm only going to highlight the more interesting articles.

Figit - not really a review but Tom Chick's list of Ten Things Gone Horribly Wrong in ME2 doesn't paint a positive picture.

9) It's mostly a shooter
The core gameplay in Mass Effect 2 is a cover-based shooter, built around a narrow set of resistance/attack types. There are also exploding barrels. Oh, and ammo is called "thermal clips" for some reason. Bioware occasionally tries to vary the action by adding gimmicks, generally involving a timer bar or limitations on where you can stand. It's decent enough, I suppose. There's nothing inherently wrong with a cover-based shooter. But when you make the core gameplay so simple, it has a ripple effect through the rest of the game world. Everything in Mass Effect 2 has to be related to an anemic shooter.

• Edge Online - 9/10
• Ars Technica - "Buy"
• AtomicGamer - 96%
• Bit-tech - 10/10
• GameDaily - 10/10
• GameSpy - 5/5
• IncGamers - 9.6/10
• Joystiq - no score, but a closing line of "nothing short of one of the single best games I've ever played"
• ActionTrip - 9.3/10
• MTV - no score but "we're still in January and Mass Effect 2 is easy game of the year material".