New Mass Effect 2 Cinematic Trailer is the Most Epic Thing Ever

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Dan Webb

If one Mass Effect 2 trailer wasn't enough for your Saturday, how about another one? This time, of the cinematic and CGI variety. Epic about sums it up.

A few locations are discussed by Sheen's Illusive Man in the trailer - Illium (where you pick up Thane - which we've seen before), Purgatory (the prison ship where you release an unknown character) and Tuchanka (the Krogan homeworld where you pick up Grunt and see him fighting a Thresher Maw).

I love a good cinematic trailer.

Look out for the full version on December 22nd on Xbox Live, which of course we'll post here.

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  • This game keeps on getting better and better.
  • Sweet.
  • Woah! today just keeps getting better!
  • bonerrrrrr
  • This game looks kinda good.
  • After many replays, I have to concur with your choice of words, Webb. "Most Epic Thing Ever" Which begs the question: What words will we use to describe the trailer on 12-22-09?
  • @6: "Most legendary thing ever"
  • Judging by the silhouette and the fact that the 'unknown character' from Purgatory uses biotic powers, I'd bet that's subject zero.
  • Cannot Wait!
  • this. looks. so. epic.
  • ahhhhhhhhh!!!!! and that wasn't even the full length trailer! holy frak! :o
  • Must has game!
  • @#6 - Well the new trailer would replace this trailer as the most epic thing ever =P @#8 - That might be a good shout. I just tried comparing the hands in the two trailers. Can't make up my mind though. Weird how they cast an air of mystery over that one though.
  • OMG> This game deserves like seven trailers for the trailer that trails the trailer
  • This is one of the best trailers I have ever seen... And the full length one still to come!!! Seriously, GOTY!!!!
  • I have been seriously debating on whether or not to pre-order this game as I am hoping EA will be wise and release a Platinum Hits edition with all the DLC added with the game. However, I think I have finally been broken down enough to go ahead a pre-order the darn thing and end up paying extra for the DLC. :P
  • @13 I actually think the guy in purgatory is Kaidan :) the reason ithink that is because subject zero is a commando, she doesnt use biotics While we got samara and Liara both for biotics already and if u let kaidan survive... then maybe thats his fate :) to be captured after the ships explosion near the beginning of the game, and then to be held in purgatory. well thats my hypothesis well whoever the character is, i want him :|
  • Halo Reach Trailer is better fields reloaded is better than mass effect as well.
  • I bought and beat this game again ensuring that Wrex survives for this :P cant wait
  • I love Martin Sheen. Great addition to the cast, fantastic addition to a cinematic trailer. I can't fucking wait until this comes out. I'll be pre-ordering this soon.
  • man i need this game now o and that woman with the illusive man i think she joins your crew and betrays u need to watch out im no sure but i think i saw her in and other trailer working with the u
  • OMFG. I'll be waiting eagerly for the full length trailer on the 22nd.
  • @#18- Ha ha ha. I love sarcasm =) Oh wait... you were being serious? =P
  • Oh, Mass Effect...I will be making love to you very soon...but not soon enough...
  • I wonder if the full trailer will reveal the rest or at least some more characters.
  • #18, Go be a fanboy somewhere else.
  • This game looks amazing, I really can't wait for it.
  • Meh. I LOVE RPGs, love Bioware's past games, but Mass Effect bored me to tears. Travel to identical planets, move through identical rooms, shoot identical enemies, and gather identical loot. All the info I see on Mass Effect 2 bores me too. This trailer was dull as dirt. I don't see why people are so excited about this game. I know, I know: I'm not a skilled enough gamer to appreciate Mass Effect, if I don't like it don't buy it, why am I even watching the trailer if I'm not interested, go post somewhere else, IDENTICAL ARE YOU CRAZY?!?! etc...
  • Epic indeed.
  • :O
  • @16 you do this is a trailer for mass effect 2 thats TWO not one
  • @16 you know do this is a trailer for mass effect 2 thats TWO not one
  • :D
  • I need to go grab some tissues! lol
  • ahhhh i think i just... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pXfHLUlZf4
  • i say this looks good.
  • @32 What the hell are you talking about? He is not sure whether to wait for ME2 and see if it comes with dlc or just buy it first day and buy the dlc seperately.
  • i also think its safe to say that webb likes mass effect. :)
  • #18 I think Halo Reach is going to be amazing too, but this game dosen't have words to describe it. Can't wait to get my hands on it.
  • @18 Halo is shite nuff said.
  • My girlfriend has threatened to leave me if I buy this game. :(
  • @41 - Make sure your a good boyfriend... gas up the car for her.
  • @42 Hahaha Awesome trailer by the way. Can't wait for the full version
  • I have to admit to everyone right now but...im HARD!
  • Call me the odd duck out but I didn't think this was the best Mass Effect 2 vid I've seen so far. Regardless, I'm a huge ME fan and I want tomorrow to be the 26th of January! @41: Why can't you have the best of both worlds? :(
  • very impressive
  • "New Mass Effect 2 Cinematic Trailer is the Most Epic Thing Ever" Hyperbole FTW! Regardless, I'm looking forward to this game.
  • martin sheen nice
  • I love mass effect, the first one was worth at least 2 playthroughs for me, but i didn't find this trailer epic at all... sorry. Didn't know that made me wrong. And i personally think bigger news would've been spikes halo reach trailer. I'll be picking up ME2 for sure, but this vid was not epic. Kinda cool but not epic.
  • @#47 - Hyperboles are what makes the world go round =P
  • Looks ... well Epic :P The quality of CGI trailers now are unbelievable. This and the AC2 ones, actually look real. They should combine new games with a 2hour CGI movie, would be awesome. I'd watch them all.
  • Purgatory definitely equals Subject Zero, Strong biotic in prison = definition of SuZe.
  • Good trailer, looking forward to the game.
  • @41: Dump the bitch.
  • I really don't see what all the fuss is about... A couple punches, some standard CGI, and a giant worm (woah, a giant worm?! noooooo way...). Game will probably be good but this trailer looks standard fare.
  • This game is going to be the shit
  • This was just...beautiful! Can't wait until January, pre-ordered the CE from Amazon yesterday after GameStop failed me :)...
  • if ever there was a game worth drooling over this is it.
  • I can't wait to get this game. That trailer is the most legendarily epic thing out there.
  • Yo dawg, we heard you like speculating about trailers, so we put a trailer in your trailer so you can speculate while you speculate.
  • @58 I second that....... *drool*
  • Love this... Only started the orignial Mass Effect this week after dusting off my sealed copy Ive had sinse Xmas '06! Sick game, awesome story line.. all in time for the sequel!
  • Graphics look amazing.
  • Oh. My. God. Awesome.
  • @17 Subject Zero is a biotic (there's a video that details this very clearly). As for the Kaiden theory, the video showcases Shepard gathering new teamates, so showing an old one seems redundant. Also, **SPOILER** Kaiden is a possible "kill-off" in the first ME, so wasting precious CG dollars and time on a character that might not even be alive in the players world seems unlikely. I notice there's a lot of biotic power going around in ME 2, but that just means I'm not forced to use such a small batch of folks for my jedi purposes (which is good).
  • Sorry if that last post ruined a perfectly good plot point (I know there are still people who haven't finished the first Mass Effect). If this video was in production before the subject zero video, it would make more sense for them to conceal the biotic character. Maybe at some point they were holding the shock value of Zero for later, but as the need to release new footage grew, they just decided to release a video for her first.
  • That was awesome. I want this game so bad!
  • @49 I second that completly. Kinda cool but Epic I dont think so. Does look cool tho but at least show some gameplay. how could any1 say "epic" with out seeing game play anyways?
  • I cant believe how much better graphically it looks! So cant wait! Already pre-ordered collectors edition :D
  • . . . . damnit. . . gotta wait till Dec 22nd for this full length bad boy to drop. . . ugh its eating away inside me. . .
  • And so i came.
  • this made me buy the first one again :(
  • i cannot wait to have this game!!
  • Cool vid. I wouldn't say epic though... That word has lost all meaning to me. It's about as common as "the" these days.
  • @#68 - There's gameplay vids all over the net, plus I've played it around 4 times now. I think I'm perfectly qualified to call it epic. Either way, the cinematic is epic... I said nothing about the game... although, it kind of is =P
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