Mass Effect 2 will use Dragon Age DRM

By Robert Purchese Published 26 November, 2009

Plus: PC system requirements revealed.

EA has revealed that Mass Effect 2 will use the same DRM copy protection as Dragon Age: Origins.

This involves a rudimentary disc check and no online authentication, unlike the intrusive SecuROM program used in Mass Effect 1.

EA has also uncovered the PC Mass Effect 2 system requirements, which won't require a fortune to meet even at recommended level.

Minimum:

  • CPU: 1.8Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo or equivalent AMD chip
  • GPU: 256MB (with Pixel Shader 3.0 support)
  • Memory: 1GB RAM for XP / 2GB RAM for Vista, Windows 7

Recommended:

  • CPU: 2.6+Ghz Core 2 Duo Intel or equivalent AMD chip
  • GPU: ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT, NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT or better
  • Memory: 2GB RAM

Mass Effect 2 will be released on PC and Xbox 360 on 29th January 2010.

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Comments (17) Latest comment 2 years ago

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  • bad09 #1 2 years ago

    Sweet that'll run fine for me. I hope this time they leave the controller support in.

    Mind you now I have Pinnacle Game Profiler (best £11 quid I've spent all year!) it's not a biggie, hell I might reconsider ME1 on PC now.

    / curses finding Pinnacle Game Profiler AFTER ME1 Steam deal
    Edited by 2 at 26/11/09 @ 09:06

  • the_dudefather #2 2 years ago

    I would be tempted to get ME2 on PC, but my ME1 Shepard lives in my 360

  • Xerx3s #3 2 years ago

    Aren't all EA games GfW games? So yes, 360 controller is supported natively.

  • ignatiusjreilly #4 2 years ago

    Big improvement. Means I will definitely buy Mass Effect 2, unlike the first game, which I have avoided even when it went as low as £5 on Steam.

  • bad09 #5 2 years ago

    Yeah ME1 was "optimized" for mouse control so GFWL might not automatically mean controller support.

    Just remember from FN4 EA choice is good so have a word with Bioware for us.

  • cianchristopher #6 2 years ago

    If it's on the Games for Windows label, doesn't it have to support Xbox 360 controller for Windows?

    Is it on the Games for Windows label (I know the first one wasn't)?

  • hiddenranbir #7 2 years ago

    It was strange, even on the PC version I still wished to move around with the pad.

    I doubt it will have it though.

  • UncleLou #8 2 years ago

    Nice, didn't know it was out in January already.

  • Rubarack #9 2 years ago

    There's no extraneous DRM on the Steam version of Mass Effect you know ignatius.

  • Caimbeul #10 2 years ago

    "Big improvement. Means I will definitely buy Mass Effect 2, unlike the first game, which I have avoided even when it went as low as £5 on Steam. "

    Thats just criminal. How can you ignore it for just a fiver?

    GFWL would be very nice so i can rack up some achievements too!

  • Xerx3s #11 2 years ago

    "Yeah ME1 was "optimized" for mouse control so GFWL might not automatically mean controller support."

    I think that GFW (QA etc.) and GFWL (online functionality) are two separate things iirc.

    "Big improvement. Means I will definitely buy Mass Effect 2, unlike the first game, which I have avoided even when it went as low as £5 on Steam. "

    Means that you can't spot a classic if it hit you in the face.

  • AphoticCosmos #12 2 years ago

    TBH, I'd buy ME2 even if it installed Skynet on my PC.

  • ignatiusjreilly #13 2 years ago

    @Xerx3s, Caimbeul

    It wasn't the cost or the quality of the game, it was the principle. Although as Rubarack says if they ditched the "intrusive SECUROM program" for the Steam version I might have been a bit over-zealous.
    Edited by 1 at 26/11/09 @ 14:44

  • kangarootoo #14 2 years ago

    @bad09

    That game profiler software looks bloody awesome :)

  • bad09 #15 2 years ago

    @ kangarootoo

    Yeah got it last week, what a fucking amazing piece of software!

    It's a bit sensitive at times but works great with the games I've tried so far (The GTAs, Splinter Cell: PT, Star Trek Elite Force 2, Doom 3). Even though it's quite easy to do it yourself many game you don't even need to configure as you can download the ready made profiles!

    At 11 quid I'd recommend it to anyone who likes using a controller on PC and wished they could use it with their older games.
    Edited by 1 at 26/11/09 @ 19:10

  • Darren #16 2 years ago

    Controller support would be a nice additional for Mass Effect 2 but in all honesty I preferred playing the first game with a mouse and keyboard; it just felt more natural, gave me more control over my party members and made navigating the user interface a joy.

  • thefinn #17 2 years ago

    "Controller support would be a nice additional for Mass Effect 2 but in all honesty I preferred playing the first game with a mouse and keyboard; it just felt more natural, gave me more control over my party members and made navigating the user interface a joy."

    Agreed. Though it's possible they've tweaked the interface for the sequel to get rid of the most pronounced annoyances (inventory, I'm looking at you), for me it was just a better game with mouse/keyboard controls.