Would You Buy ME2MP?

Eh? Most balanced combat? All I remember from ME2 combat was constantly dying from stagger. Like, EVERYTHING staggered. Then it was dead in a moment. Especially from flame wielders.

Then there was the enemies that lay down suppressive fire on you and those who've taken damage run around (far away from your weapons or powers could reach) and returned when their shields recharged. Wasn't fun at all. The story was good. The combat I could have lived without.

I will definitely buy ME2 again, if that`s what you are asking.

ME2MP should take completely different format from the rest of MEMPs.

They should actually let us use real named characters in MP.

Zaeed, Garrus, Thane, Samara... etc etc.

Ehh, maybe. I would consider it if it looked decent, but sight-unseen is going to be a no. I like some of the balancing mechanics in ME2, what with certain weapon types either excelling or suffering against different defenses, but the core gameplay of 2 is less fun to me than 3's.

No, I will not repurchase the Trilogy unless they package up the entire thing with all the DLC included for a discounted package. I've played through the Trilogy twice in 2016 and liked it, but I've just bought/played it, so I am confused as to why I am supposed to repurchase it. The graphics in 2 & 3 were fine. It's the DLCs that still cost way too much and not packaged with the Trilogy that bugs me, not the graphics.

I am even more confused at a suggestion to re-purchase ME2 specifically, because of all four ME games, imo it is the least "stand alone" title. So... why? The story is fresh enough in my mind, and no way I am replaying ME1 to set up a Shepard for ME2 or accepting default choices for just ME2...which I remember well, so don't want to replay again... 

What I want are MEA2 and/or the DLCs that continue the Andromeda story with or without Ryders and enrich the MP.

I also do not really want DA4 and Anthem. DA4 because I don't like the setting and the story in DA3, and Anthem because nothing really felt interesting there so far.

the game I would repurchase with modern graphics and with a new MP is Jade Empire. Even if it's just an MP.

ME2 is a fantastic game, loved every moment of it (except for Hammerhead DLC...), but the combat was painfully awkward at times, and it was very-VERY cover-based. The limited sprinting option and the absolute no-dodge/no-roll thing would not work very well in MP.

ME2 combat sucked compared to ME3.

Almost everything about the combat in ME2 was made better in ME3, so I don't really know why there'd be an ME2 multiplayer so long after the fact.

Really the only things in ME2 that (I think) were better were that barriers weren't impacted much by tech powers, enemies had armor AND health, and SMGs and other automatic weapons actually had bonuses against shields that the game said they did.

ME2 also had worse functioning combat rolls, fatigue, no jumping over gaps, no jumping over cover, no going around corners while still in cover, etc.

I would full on jizz in my pants if they were to pull ME2 enemies and maps into ME3 though. I thought the enemy sets got slightly worse as the trilogy progressed.

You've captured how I feel about ME2 almost perfectly. The nexus of lore and combat mechanics was excellent, as was the variety in the enemy design, but I found the story less engaging than either ME or ME3, and the combat improvements from 1 to 2 were vastly overshadowed by the improvements from 2 to 3.


Also:

Fuck the Hammerhead in its stupid hammer face. I wanted vehicle combat to be improved in ME2, and instead it got so, so much worse. It was probably a wise choice to omit it entirely from 3.

Sweet baby Jesus no. ME2 mechanics for MP?...no...shit no, man

ME2 was the best of the four.

But you would probably need to borrow a few things from ME3 to make good multiplayer, mainly the movement changes. The only thing I would drop from the combat mechanics would be the range modifiers.