so is it a big game with lots of quests?
and what other things are there to do in the game aside from conversating and third person gun battles?
i ask because it comes out next week for the ps3 and i'm thinking of buying it
A good chunk of the game is recruiting and building your squad. Each squad member has a loyalty mission. Compared to the first Mass Effect, the sidequests are done a lot better and seem to fit in with the overall story more.
There's different classes that you can play as which change the gameplay a lot.
If you play as an Adept, you have powers like Warp, Throw, Singularity and Lift. Once you level them up a bit, you can use only the powers and might not even have the need to fire your guns.
It has a little mini game where you scan planets for minerals to upgrade your weapons, powers and the ship. It took some serious grinding when it first released, but Bioware patched it to make the scanner a bit larger and move faster.
The conversation system is done really well and is a lot more cinematic than the first game.