7 Popular Video Games That Aren’t Actually That Great

3) Mass Effect 2

Mass Effect 2 is widely regarded as the best entry in the Mass Effect series, and it’s genuinely baffling as to why that is.

It was the first game in the franchise to be produced by BioWare under its acquisition by EA, and the result shows in the opening event. While admittedly breathtaking to witness the Normandy and Shepard being destroyed, it’s also annoying to realize that this was, for all intents and purposes, a method at soft rebooting the game from its predecessor.

This is evidenced through several changes: most of your team is replaced with new members, Cerberus is changed from an obscure terrorist organization responsible for the sole survivor backstory to a paramilitary organization capable of funding intergalactic expeditions, and all RPG mechanics from the first game are thrown out in favor of generic action tropes.

Simply put, this was nothing but a disappointing follow-up to the revered Mass Effect.