Mass Effect 2 On Two Discs

Chris Priestly, Community Coordinator at BioWare, today revealed that the upcoming sci-fi action-RPG Mass Effect 2 will come on two discs; three if you are buying the Collector’s Edition. This is applicable to both the Xbox 360 and PC version and the reason for this is simple: too much “awesome”ness to fit in one disc.

Ok some details for you.

1 – Yes, there are 2 game discs for both the PC and Xbox 360 versions, both the Collector’s and standard editions.

2 – There is a 3rd disc with the Collector’s Edition. This is a movie DvD containing making of and other bonus information.

3 – The PC version is a standard install. You install the information from both discs and then play with 1 disc in the drive. No swapping.

4 – The Xbox 360 does not have an install and does require disc swapping during play.

5 – Even though there is a disc swap, it occurs at a carefully planned place in the game (that does not interfere with gameplay) and is done once. You do not swap back and forth. 1 swap and then done.

6 – Why 2 discs? Answer: Because you cannot fit this much awesome on one disc.

Hope this helps.

The only worrying aspect about this is that the Xbox 360 version will not support installation. Gamers who have suffered from jet lag before the install feature was supported will know what this means. Time to get a nice pair of noise canceling headphones!