

While they're helpful, none of these bonuses will put new characters at a significant disadvantage, and the other bonuses will scale based on the imported character's final level at the time Mass Effect was completed.Ī slight caveat is that players will only be able to import a maximum of eleven (completed) in-game saves to Mass Effect 2.

If you finished the first game with the status of either Paragon or Renegade, your imported character's alignment will also carry over to Mass Effect 2, giving you access to additional conversation options. Imported characters will receive some extra money to spend at the beginning of the game, as well as ".additional research resources for use at the Normandy's Tech Lab." In addition carrying over numerous character decisions and plot points from the original Mass Effect, importing a completed character from the first game yields a few other bonuses. PC users will simply select the ".MassEffectSave" files they wish to import. Importing from a portable memory card won't be possible. Xbox 360 users will need to be signed into Xbox LIVE to import previous character data from the Xbox 360 hard drive. New Mass Effect 2 information recently surfaced on the BioWare Community Forums, shedding light on the process of importing saved game information from the first Mass Effect game, and confirming a "New Game +" mode for the highly anticipated sequel.Īs previously reported, players of Mass Effect 2 will be given the option to import completed character data from the first Mass Effect when beginning a new game.
