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Mass Effect 2 will use Dragon Age DRM News
PC News by Robert Purchese
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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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
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the_dudefather
26/11/09 @ 09:01
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I would be tempted to get ME2 on PC, but my ME1 Shepard lives in my 360
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ignatiusjreilly
26/11/09 @ 09:27
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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.
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20charactersmax
26/11/09 @ 09:48
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GfW games don't have to support the 360 controller, but if they support a controller they must support the 360 controller (probably also as default).
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cianchristopher
26/11/09 @ 10:47
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If it's on the Games for Windows label, doesn't it have to support Xbox 360 controller for Windows?
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hiddenranbir
26/11/09 @ 11:14
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It was strange, even on the PC version I still wished to move around with the pad.
I doubt it will have it though. |
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"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. |
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ignatiusjreilly
26/11/09 @ 14:42
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@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.
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@ 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.
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"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. |
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