"I came, I saw, I conquered... Then I fell outta my ship and died... How about that?"
- Commander Shepard

Back and better than before, Mass Effect 2 fixes what was a disappointment in the original Mass Effect game. In ME2, the game opens up with the SSV Normandy out and about in the ass end of nowhere getting shot to shreds by a massive ship that looks like a cannon covered in tech and rocks. No bullshit, after Shepard saves Joker (The ship's pilot played by Seth Green, whom I forgot to mention in the review of Mass Effect) he/she gets thrown into space and their is a tear on his/her suit... Shepard, the badass hero, dies floating in the cold vacuum of space before getting burnt to crisp as he/she gets pulled into a planet's atmosphere. That's it, end of story, game over, the hero dies and the universe is screwed... Except, it isn't.

"I was thrown through space, fried in a planet's atmosphere, died, became a Frankenstein experiment, and all I got are these freakin' scars?... Actually that's not too bad now that I think about it... Kinda sexy too..."
- Commander Shepard

Shepard's body is brought to a facility operated by Cerberus, an Alliance black op turned terrorist group who you face in Mass Effect but didn't really get any significant details about save for they are douchbags. Anyshit, it's the douchebags that rebuild Shepard's body and bring him/her back to life. Why? Because the Alliance and the Council didn't care that Saren was opening the doors for the destruction of pretty much all life and swept that whole mess under the rug. Now it's up to the douchebags to bring you back and fight the new threat: An alien race called collectors which are harvesting entire human colonies. And Cerberus believes only Shepard can stop them.

"You see, Shepard. We're assholes, but we're your kind of assholes." - Illusive Man

"... No... You're still an asshole I really wanna shoot in the throat." - Commander Shepard

The combat of Mass Effect 2 is faster, every mission area is unique, only vehicular levels are from DLC, not as much stuff to level up, an equally intriguing story with interesting characters (some old friends, some new faces), new and more badass music, new HUB worlds where you can disembark from your ship and chat with locals as well as purchase arms, a "scan the planets for minerals" feature which I felt was straight outta Star Control II or Star Trek, there also no longer several weapons and armors that look the same but with different skins, you can now buy armor pieces and various guns actually look like DIFFERENT guns. But the best part is the final boss which I will NOT reveal save for saying it feels like something from classic shooters like Contra and RoboCop vs. The Terminator... In those days, the bigger the boss, the badder they come.

Out of the 3 Mass Effect games I feel this one is the best! ME2 gets 5 out of 5 totally awesome and radical alien allies.This one's DEFINITELY worth buying folks.