RPS Interviews Mass Effect 2's Christina Norman
If you want to imagine Krogans in gold bikinis, Rock, Paper, Shotgun recently interviewed Christina Norman and garnered this important fact (by asking about similarities between this game and Empire Strikes Back).
Along with a few others. For instance, we can rejoice to know that Jennifer Hale will be reprising her role as Commander Shepard's female voice. What else?
Christina Norman: Mass Effect 1 and Mass Effect 2 are both shooters/RPGs. We've dramatically improved the quality of our combat. Weapons feel accurate and powerful right from the start. Player control and cover animations are fast and responsive. We've added in new shooter features like headshots, and location based hit reactions. All these changes make Mass Effect 2 a better shooter, without detracting from its capabilities as an RPG.
It seems they have learned much about the simple mechanics that some seemed to find annoying in the first game. In fact, the interview goes on at length to discuss how they went about their iteration process, and as all good developer interviews do, they promised they kept only the best and brightest ideas that did not detract from the game's play. Others have covered that in much more depth.
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Posted to Video Games on 14 January 2010
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I heard that a videotaped interview with a Polish voice actor for Commander Shepard let slip that he felt a bit uncomfortable voicing *male/male romance lines.* There are some topics on Bioware's message boards covering this.
@Gamescook: Yeah, I've heard similar, even about who the rumored M/M romance is. Nothing official yet, so have been curious to see what will develop. Either way, I'll be eagerly playing another BioWare title for its M/M romance come the 26th.
I'm hoping Garrus or the yellow amphibian guy. Actually I'm hoping both, but I doubt they'll be that generous.
My money is on the yellow amphibian guy, since he has lips unlike Turians. That would make more sense if they include a kissing scene. Doubt they'll go as far as DA:O did with the relationships.
BTW so male Shepard isn't voiced by the same guy as in the first? That sucks.