Atomic Gamer - 10 Things Wanted For Mass Effect 2

Atomic Gamer has a Top Ten wish-list posted for Bioware's prospective next entry in their space-themed rpg trilogy begun with Mass Effect. They're all in favor of more aliens:

1. More great aliens. Sci-fi without some kind of strange, extraterrestrial (but also intelligent) life is usually hollow and lonely... Give us lots of new characters, ones with deep histories that may take some work to get out of them. Be able to find more about their background either during missions or as a consequence of them. Give them funny lines often, and make sure that the voice actors that portray them can really put forth a full range of emotions. Interesting characters are at the heart of good sci-fi, not flashy special effects or space travel.

Here's a bit about the plot-line they'd like to see:

6. A bit more non-linearity and impact to the story. Mass Effect was designed that on successive playthroughs, even if you did things totally differently and played the story planets in a new order, you still got almost all of the story and important dialogue. I'd love to see Mass Effect 2 add just a bit more permanence and consequence to the player's actions. Sure, keep giving us the options in some cases to choose who lives and who dies - that's a great part of many RPGs nowadays - but make it seem even more impactful and personal. Give us consequences that matter not just in the scope of the story, but ones that make a difference in combat.

You can read the whole list here.