GDC09: Designing a Mass Effect 2 level, in video

One thing that bothers me with games like this and Oblivion which rely on massive worlds to explore is that those worlds are so barren and empty. Might be a better idea to have just one planet which seems more like a real world.
And I wonder how profitable these games are. I am sure ME cost more to develop than Halo 3, they probably need a massive team for such a game, but it sold barely 2-3 million. Iironically, "didnt sell well" LittleBigPlanet with maybe 5% of the development cost has already beaten 360 sales of ME!

Mass Effect 2 can't come soon enough. I just wish the music wasn't so loud so that I could hear the guy from the first video talking.

Mass Effect is one of the G.O.A.T. Spectacular story line, Planet Exploration, and crazy enemies made this game a classic. Will be pre-ordering this one for sure.

I wish they would make a game and a movie based on Asimov's Nightfall.

i had no idea "voice command sam" played a role in video game development. hilarious results, as expected. :)

*glances at own avatar*
Rex is not pleased.

Isn't your name Wrex?

I am opposite side of most of the comments so far. One of the things I found disappointing about KOTR was how few planets you got to explore. Mass Effect had the same amount of hub worlds, but added a ton of places I could explore if I wanted to. Along with the little histories on each world it actually felt like a much bigger place which I appreciated.