Does Mass Effect 2 have bad framerate?

chris_uk333 · 12 Feb 2010 at 14:33

Hi guys. I played Mass Effect 1 but didn't enjoy the game since the bad framerates and shoddy feel of the gameplay put me of. Is Mass Effect 2 much improved?

wannabedamned · 12 Feb 2010 at 14:35

It's very very much improved over the first game. Even loading times are cut down, Bioware really have worked some magic this time. considering the improved visuals

Wyrdo · 12 Feb 2010 at 14:35

It runs much better than the first.

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18106973

chris_uk333 · 12 Feb 2010 at 14:36

What about the combat? Is it a lot more fun?

chris_uk333 · 12 Feb 2010 at 14:41

Looking at videos it looks a lot better than the first. If the framerate issues are a lot better, it's sold to me.

PiKe · 12 Feb 2010 at 15:09

chris_uk333 said:
What about the combat? Is it a lot more fun?

Was combat not fun in ME? I find it more spectacular in ME2 more effects when you're shooting stuff.

Nymins · 12 Feb 2010 at 15:13

Frame rate is rock steady 30fps all the time (think i seen it drop once or twice, but that was for a split second).

Combat is way way better. Never really got into ME1, but im loving ME2 atm. Clocked 20hrs so far and i haven't even been to the Citadel yet!

PiKe · 12 Feb 2010 at 15:15

Nymins said:
Frame rate is rock steady 30fps all the time (think i seen it drop once or twice, but that was for a split second).

Combat is way way better. Never really got into ME1, but im loving ME2 atm. Clocked 20hrs so far and i haven't even been to the Citadel yet!

It's ridiculous, I've clocked up 7 hours and haven't even got everyone in the squad yet.

Wyrdo · 12 Feb 2010 at 15:17

PiKe said:
It's ridiculous, I've clocked up 7 hours and haven't even got everyone in the squad yet.

Takes a lot longer to get them all, especially to have them all loyal too.

PiKe · 12 Feb 2010 at 15:27

Only thing I don't like is the loading screens, there's no indication of how far along it is.

sunlitsix · 12 Feb 2010 at 17:56

I've experienced some slowdown during combat on ME2 but in general the framerate is far far better than ME1.

leoncc · 12 Feb 2010 at 19:41

Game ran very smooth for me all the way through untill the big boss at the end I noticed fps drop quite abit, other than that no problems at all.

davejm · 23 Feb 2010 at 14:08

PiKe said:
It's ridiculous, I've clocked up 7 hours and haven't even got everyone in the squad yet.

Bear in mind that the cruz of the game IS the squad recruitment and loyalty missions. Don't expect an epic finale, as it's over pretty quickly once you start the 'end game'. Just take your time and enjoy the recruitment and loyalty missions.

'Wes · 23 Feb 2010 at 14:12

Takes the majority of the game to get your squad.

JaFFa · 23 Feb 2010 at 15:10

davejm said:
Bear in mind that the cruz of the game IS the squad recruitment and loyalty missions. Don't expect an epic finale, as it's over pretty quickly once you start the 'end game'. Just take your time and enjoy the recruitment and loyalty missions.

This kind of ruined the game for me. I expected to get the squad and make them loyal as side missions to the main campaign.

eyetrip · 23 Feb 2010 at 15:21

If I have started the "Stop the collectors" mission where you first encounter the Collectors themselves, does this mean I am now stuck in the story line from here? Or will I still get to go exploring, and do other missions, etc?

HeX · 23 Feb 2010 at 15:24

ffallic said:
If I have started the "Stop the collectors" mission where you first encounter the Collectors themselves, does this mean I am now stuck in the story line from here? Or will I still get to go exploring, and do other missions, etc?

You are free to do what you like up until you use the 'Omega 4 Relay'

eyetrip · 23 Feb 2010 at 15:39

HeX said:
You are free to do what you like up until you use the 'Omega 4 Relay'

Excellent. Thanks for the info - at least I know not to go near it until am done with everything else

davejm · 23 Feb 2010 at 16:31

JaFFa said:
This kind of ruined the game for me. I expected to get the squad and make them loyal as side missions to the main campaign.

That's a shame. From what I gather, they made a big deal of the fact the game was like this when doing all the promotion gumpf. That's fine if you follow that stuff, but I tend to shy away from it all so that I don't see spoilers (from trailers, videos etc) during the run up to release.

Luckily I'd spotted a forum post (similar to mine above) at the start of the game so I played most of it knowing that the recruiting and loyalty stuff is essentially what the game is about; aside from the 'end game' mission. It all kind of builds up to that point, rather than than having an epic and long campaign isolated from the character based stuff.