Mass Effect 2 teaser

[Zenicetus]

If Shepard is still alive, he will start without equipement, but you'll probably be able to transfer him over, with all his stats.

Okay, but he/she had better not have amnesia as a plot device, or I'm gonna scream.

[Meneldil]

Well, I'd settle for a minor amnesia, as in "What the hell am I doing here?". Given that we know what happened in ME1, they can't really go for the "who am I?" plot.

[Mailman653]

Bioware:keep your saves

[Ironside]

Okay, but he/she had better not have amnesia as a plot device, or I'm gonna scream.

Rocovering from being heavily wounded (that means weakened, thus being able to pull a lesser reset to prevent Shepard to take out ships alone by the end off Mass Effect 2) would make most sence (would cover the KIA aswell) and is oddly enough rarely used.

Some reset are probable as unlike BG, you're pretty much the strongest light infantry in the known universe at the endgame and going from lvl 60 to 120 with the current skill "tree" is quite boring as well.

[a completely inoffensive name]

Oh god, why did you have to show me this. now I am going to be lurking for hours into the night.

[Fixiwee]

Taken from Wikipedia, the most reliable source in the internet, never failed and never lied, all hail to thy hypno toad:

Casey Hudson, Project Director for BioWare, has said that players should keep their Mass Effect save-files,[2] because decisions made by the player in the first game will continue to have influences on their character in the sequel.[3] Players who have not played the first Mass Effect will start a new character in Mass Effect 2, and will be brought up to speed on the story elements that have taken place thus far in the series.[4] It is highly recommended, however, that people play the first game before playing the sequel. Hudson also states that characters from the previous game will come back, provided that they were not killed. The first trailer for this game indicates that Commander Shepard has been killed in action. It is uncertain whether or not this is the case given that players have been asked to keep their saved game from Mass Effect as well as statements from developers in the past which have implied that Commander Shepard will be the main character in the planned Mass Effect trilogy.