# Mass Effect 2

Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/mass-effect-2/

5 people recommended Mass Effect 2 in Hacker News comments, 2 had mixed feelings and 7 criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 2 of 12 months, in 2 threads. It does not meet the Hacker Approved badge rule.

4 of the 5 people who recommend it commented in one thread, “EA is shutting down BioWare”.

**Verdict:** Criticized more than recommended: critics say the story and ending are weak; those who recommend it cite its team-building and the series' high point.

Summary written by Claude from the comments below.

## What people warn about

- Weak main story progress (3 comments in the sample): "ME2 gets off very lightly for doing essentially nothing to progress the main story" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50194384)) "didn't actually advance the story of the series" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50192574)) "the 'main quest' is a train wreck" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50186292))

## Why people recommend it

- Series high point (2 comments in the sample): "Peak Bioware was probably Mass Effect 2 and it's all been downhill from there." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50186071)) "ME2 was the last solid Mass Effect and the height of the series." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50191093))

## Other role-playing games people recommend

- [Baldur's Gate 3](https://hackerapproved.com/p/baldur-s-gate-3/): 58 recommend, 11 mixed, 11 criticize
- [Clair Obscur: Expedition 33](https://hackerapproved.com/p/clair-obscur-expedition-33/): 46 recommend, 12 mixed, 9 criticize
- [Chrono Trigger](https://hackerapproved.com/p/chrono-trigger/): 22 recommend, 1 mixed, 0 criticize
- [Disco Elysium](https://hackerapproved.com/p/disco-elysium/): 20 recommend, 3 mixed, 1 criticize

## The badge

A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged.

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Mass Effect 2", https://hackerapproved.com/p/mass-effect-2/ (5 recommend, 2 mixed, 7 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026).

Counts updated 2 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.