4/5 ★ – corbintm's review of Mass Effect 2 - Legendary Edition.

A massive step up from the original, Mass Effect 2 compromises on some of the series strengths while avoiding its weaknesses. Gone are picking up millions of weapons, copy/paste side missions and drawn out story segments in favor of a faster paced game with better combat, slightly less exploration and far greater side missions. I can't help but feel like the whole game is slightly filler though. While the time skip is neat, the whole narrative for the greater story largely feels like a spin-off. There's also far too many squadmates in the game to connect with all of them. Had a ton of fun with it regardless!