I found a solution to it (it worked for me).
In binaries directory:
Rename MassEffect2.exe as MassEffect2Launcher.exe
Rename ME2Game.exe as MassEffect2.exe
Now It Works fine and it can import Mass Effect 1 saves.
Hope work for everyone.
I too am having the same issue, ME 1, and ME 3 launch flawlessly, ME2 DID launch upon installation, I didn't use my disks, just downloaded.
Initially i got the issue with crashing at the weapons loadout screen, but now it wont launch, it shows in the process tree for about half a second, then disappears, an no matter what I do, it doesn't change, (run as administrator, launching through origin, launching through the EXE file) nothing. All my drivers are up to date,
still, no errors, no prompts, nothing, just disappears from task manager process tree.
I've reinstalled ME 2, and again it initially launched, but after tring to launch again it no longer opens.
My specs
Win 7 64bit Ultimate
i7 930K 2.8ghs
Kingston Hyper X 16GB ram
Asus GTX 560 Direct CU II Ti
Asus ROG Rampage Gene III motherboard.
The worst part is it seems that people have been having issues since the game came out initially, but nothing I find online seems to have any answers.
It seems I had only scratched the surface of how terrible a piece of coding Origin really is...I enabled "Keep Game Installers after game is installed" only to find that 99% of games are what is known as "Download in Place", therefore no installers are downloaded and cannot be re-installed without a redownload, you might want to mention that ont he page that offers to keep installers...it screams amateur when we have to find this stuff out on google from end users.
Do I have to download an image from some kind soul off newsnet (just the images, I do technically own the game so it's not piracy) to get the game I paid for? To re-iterate I have the originall trilogy discs that are corrupt and have downloaded the game twice to try and solve the above issue.
Hearing that the error occurs after playing once I have to backup the game files in the hope that uninstalling then copying them back will work...not convinced Origin is coded well enough to allow that but hey...if it stoped bringing the download to 45gb why not.
Work beckons...will test this out later when I get back.
Just to clarify none of my whining is directed at the support staff, it's more at the people responsibe for the current state of Origin, whether that be developers or the people higher up tieing their hands behind their backs or failing to give them the resources they need, please don't take it personally.
