Mass Effect 2 Currently Second Highest Rated 360 Game Ever

Like a celebratory processional, the march of Mass Effect 2 onto store shelves has left behind it a wake of glowing review scores. Bioware’s latest sci-fi epic has accrued so many high scores (like ours), that it has already achieved the rank of second highest rated Xbox 360 game ever.

Mass Effect 2’s rise in the ranks is attributable to aggregate review site Metacritic, which currently has the game sitting at an impressive 97/100. Second place is nearly shared, however, as BioShock and The Orange Box currently hold competing scores of 96. Who’s the ruler of the roost? That would be Grand Theft Auto IV at a stunning 98.

Let’s not act completely surprised, here. Bioware has a good run of high-scoring Xbox 360 games on Metacritic. The original Mass Effect is sitting pretty at 94 and Dragon Age: Origins is at a not-too-shabby 86. Bioware is no stranger to creating awesome games.

Could Mass Effect 2 already be 2010’s game of the year? Did you grab your copy?

[Via IndustryGamers]