“Fully realized” is one of those game review clichés that gets kicked around without much thought, but no two words do a better job of describing my interpretation of Mass Effect 2. It’s an astounding work of complete confidence. The folks at Bioware made the bold decisions to discard conventions or content that felt unnecessary, refine the aspects they considered essential, and add what they knew would create a genre advancing masterpiece. Few games take as many risks, and even less actually emerge for the better, but Mass Effect 2 pays off in an almost effortless fashion. Not one to be missed.

Read my full review over at Digital Chumps!