Mass Effect 2 *Possible Spoilers (starting page 6)*

[BreakABone]

Sure there is some poor soul on this forum who is looking forward to it. :p

http://masseffect.bioware.com/teaser/index.html

http://masseffect.bioware.com/_commonext/images/me/desktops/masseffect2_desktop_02_640x480.jpg
http://masseffect.bioware.com/_commonext/images/me/desktops/masseffect2_desktop_01_640x480.jpg

[Fox 6]

Awww man, what the shit?!?!?!!?!?!??!

[Combine 017]

Hes either not going to actually be dead or a new guy is going to take over and find out how he died. Maybe the entire crew of The Normandy was killed and you will be sent to find out why. My guess is that Cptn. Anderson shot him in the back.

[Dyne]

Very nice!

My friend from Propaganda is at Bioware working on this as a designer by the way. :D

[jeepnut]

I doubt the main character is dead. I remember them announcing a couple months back that you would be able to import your character from the first game to the second. Would be a pretty useless feature if he or she was dead when you finished the import.

Very looking forward to this though. :D

[Professor S]

THANK YOU, JEBUS!!!!!!
YEEEEHAAAAAAA!!!!!

:tap: :bath: :type: :all: :jar: :rock: :bir: :wave2: :bowdown: :dance: :Pimp: :king: :lolb: :beerchug: :love: :corn: :cof: :mrt: :banana: :eghost:

[Fox 6]

I think it was always their plan to make 3 of them.

[Combine 017]

Yeah, they decided to make it a trilogy before the first one was even finished.

[Mr.Molecule]

Update (kinda):
http://kotaku.com/5172158/bioware-mass-effect-2-will-surpass-original

[Fox 6]

Cant wait.

EPIC!

[BreakABone]

The first footage... let me not say that... first teaser/information shall be revealed during tonight's GT TV which means it will be up on the site sometime tomorrow morning for those of you who don't watch the show.

[manasecret]

What are the system requirements for this?

XBOX360? :D

I wonder if I can force my old PC to run Mass Effect 1. It has been running BioShock at 1920x1200 resolution very well - surprisingly well especially for 512MB RAM- since I bought it a couple weeks ago (awesome game, btw, but now that I'm past the new-game hype afterglow, I can see it was a bit overrated though still very very good). Maybe I can force it to run Mass Effect?

[BreakABone]

Some Alpha footage
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[Bond]

This is going to be epic. I hope the vehicle has better handling this time around.

[Combine 017]

Some new concept art.

http://na.llnet.bioware.cdn.ea.com/u/f/eagames/bioware/masseffect/desktops/desktop_26/masseffect2_wallpaper_04_full_1280x1024.jpg
http://na.llnet.bioware.cdn.ea.com/u/f/eagames/bioware/masseffect/desktops/desktop_27/masseffect2_wallpaper_05_full_1280x1024.jpg

[Dyne]

Awesome! I really like the logo.

[Fox 6]

New citadel?

[Combine 017]

New citadel?

I dont think so, the old one was never destroyed.
I think its just a different giant spaceport, or a different kind of mass relay.

[Ric]

Fuck yeah!

I loved the first one, it was fantastic, epic even. We need more gams like this. It actually had a story line unlike Halo 3 for example.

More Mass Effect... I cant wait.

Here are my three rules for it, and they are quite simple, Bigger Better More!

[jeepnut]

This is honestly the only game I'm looking forward to right now.

[Combine 017]

This is clearly the better game from Bioware, so heres a new trailer showing off some enemies.

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[Professor S]

It hurts me to wait for this game.

I want it now.

I... I NEED it now.

I don't know what I'm going to do. I am empty without it...

I'll start a new Mass Effect game to whet my appetite and sate by burning, eldritch desire for this wizardry of 1's and 0's.

[Vampyr]

It's going to be awesome.

Dragon Age is also awesome.

Bioware cannot fail. :)

[Fox 6]

Looks like they improved it a lot, should be great!

[Swan]

That's cool that they are bringing the collectors into it.


I really want them to release more Mass Effect books.


Prof, I know you are a big fan of the game so if you haven't read the books I HIGHLY recommend them

[Combine 017]

Awesome.
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[Professor S]

OH... MY... GOD... That brought a tear to my eye, it's so beautiful.

[Fox 6]

Looks really good. Jan 26 cant come soon enough!

[Szymon]

Haven't finished ME1 but I started reading a couple of posts here and realized there would be spoilers so I stopped reading. This was released today.

http://www.gamespot.com/pc/rpg/masseffect2workingtitle/video/6242706?hd=1&tag=topslot;thumb;1

[Combine 017]

Keith David is awesome.
And wtf!? Joker was walking?
He must have some sort of robot legs now or something.

I cant wait to have Rex and that other Krogan on my team kicking all sorts of ass.

[Fox 6]

Hahaha Michael Dorn aka Warf from Star Trek TNG

So many stars in this one!

[Bond]

This is going to be so awesome. Although I do feel like Martin Sheen's character should look older.

[Professor S]

Looking at all the video and news about this game, I can't imagine this won't be one of the best games ever made, unless all that has been released so far is a complete lie.

[Combine 017]

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That class looks kickass.
And I just noticed now that your guns have ammo this time.

[Fox 6]

The more videos I watch, the more it looks amazing. The animation has really improved, the combat looks very fun, voice acting is amazing as ever. I'm so glad we dont have to wait much longer.

Combine, Swan, and myself have started new games in Mass Effect 1 to get ready for ME 2. I had forgotten how much fun it was.

[Typhoid]

I might actually buy a used 360 for this game based on this one thing i just read:

The first teaser trailer for this game gives the impression that Commander Shepard has been killed in action,[25] but a later trailer shows that Shepard is still alive at the beginning of the game. Players themselves can dictate whether or not Shepard will die based on choices that they make throughout the game. BioWare Executive Producer Casey Hudson explained that "If you do die in the ending of Mass Effect 2, it will not come as a surprise, nor will it be random. It will be pretty obvious that you headed into the final mission knowing that Shepard probably wouldn’t make it out alive." Hudson also confirmed that team members would be affected by the player's decisions during the final mission: "You might have an ending where Shepard’s entire team survives, or where the entire mission is a bloodbath and everyone (including Shepard) is killed, or anything in between."[26] The ending in which Shepard is killed represents a permanent death, rather than one where the player simply reloads from the last saved game, meaning Shepard would not be available for Mass Effect 3 in that scenario.

[Professor S]

Combine, Swan, and myself have started new games in Mass Effect 1 to get ready for ME 2. I had forgotten how much fun it was.


Count me on that list. I even started it as the default John Shepherd so it would be a experience more true to the intentions of the authors. I also have a saved Biotic complete game, so we'll which one I want to import into ME2 (I know you can switch classes in ME2, but to me thats cheating).

The more I look, though, the more engineer looks like an attractive option.

[Vampyr]

I'm glad it provides an option to change classes - I want to be a full engineer rather than an infiltrator.

I find it a little amusing you guys are so hyped about this game (which you should be, don't get me wrong), but dismissed Dragon Age so easily when I brought it up.

It's another really good character and choice driven RPG, which I've been enjoying for a while now. ME2 will probably be better than it, but DA is better than ME1.

[Angrist]

It's come to the point where anything you say about Dragon Age will just make our opinion on it even worse. :angel:

[Fox 6]

New movie for the Infiltrator. CRAZY


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[Vampyr]

Guess I'm not going to go full engineer - infiltrator looks pretty awesome now.

[Professor S]

With all the drastic improvements to classes, I wonder how they'll upgrade Soldier? I completely my replay as a soldier now, and I have to say I enjoyed the class even though it's your basic run and gun avatar. Having biotic and tech people in your party, you can divert fire to yourself and then clean up the floating and disabled Geth and Krogan.

But seeing the new class characteristics, I'm starting to think they really need to pump up the Soldier class a good bit to make it worth playing.

[Combine 017]

So the full length cinematic trailer is up on the 360 now.

[Combine 017]

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[Fox 6]

The Vanguard trailer

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[Vampyr]

Not as cool as the other powers.

[Fox 6]

Soldier

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[DarkMaster]

I was just thinking about Mass Effect 1, and whether or not certain problems with it would be fixed in ME2. Like that texture pop in, for instance, was incredibly distracting, and I had always hoped they'd somehow patch in a fix for it. But I'm wondering if playing the game installed to the 360 HDD would help fix this problem or at least tone it down. Has anyone played through the game installed to their 360?

[Professor S]

Soldier

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So disappointing. The only improvements they made were making some guns and ammo soldier only. They didn't improve the soldier, they made every other class a little less. Poor show.

[DarkMaster]

I'm hearing a lot of unsavory things about this game with the recent reviews coming out. Such as no more items or equipment found from drops or caches, experience gains only happen at the end of each mission, a number of skills such as computer hacking and medicine completely removed, and also not being able to equip items on your comrades.

It's sounding less and less like an RPG and more along the lines of a cinematic third-person shooter... which is really not what I was looking forward to, maybe others will be happy to hear that. I can't imagine why RPG elements would be removed when it seems every other game goes out of its way now to incorporate some kind of RPG-like equipment/experience system. I really hope there's some depth with improved side-quests and stuff.

[Professor S]

I'm hearing a lot of unsavory things about this game with the recent reviews coming out. Such as no more items or equipment found from drops or caches, experience gains only happen at the end of each mission, a number of skills such as computer hacking and medicine completely removed, and also not being able to equip items on your comrades.

It's sounding less and less like an RPG and more along the lines of a cinematic third-person shooter... which is really not what I was looking forward to, maybe others will be happy to hear that. I can't imagine why RPG elements would be removed when it seems every other game goes out of its way now to incorporate some kind of RPG-like equipment/experience system. I really hope there's some depth with improved side-quests and stuff.

The drops I can do without. They were just annoying to manage, but I loved the treasure hunting for cache's and the best stuff came from them. My worry is that they boil down the RPG elements to Fable 2 levels. Thats game was a great, but somewhat shallow for me.

[Vampyr]

I'm hearing a lot of unsavory things about this game with the recent reviews coming out. Such as no more items or equipment found from drops or caches, experience gains only happen at the end of each mission, a number of skills such as computer hacking and medicine completely removed, and also not being able to equip items on your comrades.

It's sounding less and less like an RPG and more along the lines of a cinematic third-person shooter... which is really not what I was looking forward to, maybe others will be happy to hear that. I can't imagine why RPG elements would be removed when it seems every other game goes out of its way now to incorporate some kind of RPG-like equipment/experience system. I really hope there's some depth with improved side-quests and stuff.

I also don't care much for the drops, and I really approve of XP only coming at a mission's end. This means you don't always have to kill people in order to level up - you can make the decision not to kill them and get the same amount of xp.

I don't like not being able to equip my allies, though. :\

[Fox 6]

Heres a bit on how you will carry over ME 1 data

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Customizable armour! Thats pretty cool! And they beefed up the planet scanning and what not.

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[Professor S]

I don't like not being able to equip my allies, though. :\


Is this 100% fact, or just a rumor? I don;t see the benefit of having that ability removed. Does this mean that the NPC's equip themselves autmatically as you get new stuff, or does that mean they always have the same armor, guns and equipment and everything just advances with their level? If it's the latter, that would be a disappointment.

[DarkMaster]

It was mentioned in a review that you can no longer equip weapons/armor on your allies, but I think it said that near the end of the game each character has a side mission you can do which will earn them a new outfit or something. Kind of disappointing to hear.

[Fox 6]

Seems like they are releasing a lot of videos up until the game comes out.

Heres a quick look at the new and improved Normandy

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[Fox 6]

Official launch trailer!


So epic!


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[Fox 6]

IGNs review.


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[Professor S]

Only one... more... day...

:drool:

[Vampyr]

I'm going to the midnight release tonight.

[DarkMaster]

Some places in chinatown were selling this over the weekend. I can always count on my chinese brothas.

[Bond]

This game looks amazing, especially after reading IGN's review.

I can't wait to play this game in... 5 months. :/

[Vampyr]

I have it.

[Professor S]

I will have it after my 10:00AM client visit. Then I'll be "working from home" the rest of the day, which will consist of me playing ME2 and listening to my computer in the case a work e-mail comes in on Outlook.

[Angrist]

Haha that's pretty cool. :D I hope you make up for the lost work time though.

[Fox 6]

Ill have it today as well, but I have to wait through 6 hours of school.

[Combine 017]

I managed to squeeze today off from work, boy are my eyes going to be bloodshot later today. :p

[Professor S]

Haha that's pretty cool. :D I hope you make up for the lost work time though.

I worked 12 hours last weekend, and have been pushing 10-12 hour days for the last two weeks. I believe I am morally justified to have a little "me time" :D

Oh, and here we go. It's loading up! I JUST PEE'D A LITTLE!!

[manasecret]

Hey guys any word on the PS3 getting some effectual massage.. err.. 2 love any time soon?

[Combine 017]

Installing to Hard Drive for better performance... install faster!

[Professor S]

Installing to Hard Drive for better performance... install faster!

LOL! I'm doing the same thing right now. I wonder how it handles the two disc format?

[Combine 017]

LOL! I'm doing the same thing right now. I wonder how it handles the two disc format?

I dont know. :p
Im not installing disc 2 though, I think we only use it once anyways.

[Bond]

I strongly dislike all of you.

[Combine 017]

Sorry Bond. :(

But you should have brought your 360 with you.

[Fox 6]

OH MAH GOD CANT WAIT TO GET IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Professor S]

God dammit. I've spent 30 minutes picking a class after importing my old avatar. I don't know what to choose... What makes the most sense? What fits the story? DAMN YOU BIOWARE!!!

[BreakABone]

My copy is either on its way or shall be here sometime this week.

Decided to order off Amazon and pick up No More Heroes 2 today so hopefully finished before Mass Effect arrives.

[Combine 017]

Illusive Man = Future Gman.

And I think theres some sort of free download that free for today only.
But I got the collectors edition which gave me the code anyways.
The collectors edition also got me Collectors armor and weapons.

[Fox 6]

The Free DLC is with purchase of a brand new copy of ME2.

Heres a sneak peek at a tiny bit, but it will be delayed. ( http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/106/1063672p1.html )


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[Professor S]

I already downloaded the Terminus armor and Normandy DLC.

So far the game looks and plays amazing. My only complaints would be that the new interface is hard to read at times and I miss outfitting my team :(

[DarkMaster]

Biotic fucking charge. Vanguard is pretty badass.

[Vampyr]

I think I am going to do Vanguard as well.

[Fox 6]

I have it in my bag, it's mocking me.

"Play me ! Play me!" it says.


It's going to be a long day.

[Combine 017]

I havnt gotten very far but sooooooooo awesome!

The Normandy crash site made me sad. :(

[Fox 6]

I havnt gotten very far but sooooooooo awesome!

The Normandy crash site made me sad. :(

Dear god spoiler that shit! Or get a Mod or Bond to do it!

[Combine 017]

The DLC is called Normandy Crash Site, im only saying that DLC made me said.
And im pretty sure everyone knows that it gets crashed.
Its been show multiple times over in vids. :p

[Fox 6]

Some people may not want to watch or read any spoilers at all. Its just courtesy.

[Ginkasa]

Some people may not want to watch or read any spoilers at all. Its just courtesy.


If you're so unwilling to avoid spoilers of something that

1) Was a major part of the ad campaign since the very very beginning and
2) Take place in the first 5 minutes of the game


You should stay out threads about the game. I mean, yeah, its one thing if someone spoiled the ending or a real plot twist. This is basic info, though.

[Fox 6]

If you're so unwilling to avoid spoilers of something that

1) Was a major part of the ad campaign since the very very beginning and
2) Take place in the first 5 minutes of the game


You should stay out threads about the game. I mean, yeah, its one thing if someone spoiled the ending or a real plot twist. This is basic info, though.

I dont care about it, hell I've posted half the Videos in this thread, but just for anyone that wanted to be spoiler free. Dont see why you are bothered with with putting a spoiler tag to block out text, just a few characters extra to type.

For someone so willing to tell me what to do you should have:

1) read the whole thread to get your facts
2) dont make assumptions
3) realized that as people progressed spoilers could become a distinct possibility, trying to get people to label spoilers now is only logical


I was trying to courteous and thoughtful of others who may or may not of cared, but apparently that just didnt fly with you for some reason.

[Bond]

I edited the thread title to indicate there are possible spoilers starting on page 6.

[Combine 017]

I dont care about it, hell I've posted half the Videos in this thread, but just for anyone that wanted to be spoiler free. Dont see why you are bothered with with putting a spoiler tag to block out text, just a few characters extra to type.

Then spoiler tags your vids, and ill spoiler tag saying that the DLC was saddening.
I mean, you posted the launch trailer, and that actually shows The Normandy being blown up. One can assume that its wreck ended up somewhere, and its cool that they actually let you go to it.
Theres not much of a point warning people its a spoiler when the developer tells you what happens before the game is even out.

[Professor S]

ANYWAY...

So far the game is amazing. I've played it for about 8 hours and I only have gotten Garris, Grunt and Mordun Solace on my team. There is just so much game here.

The game look and plays beautifully. The animations are 1,000 times better than the first, and there are times when the textures and detail blow me away, Garrus in particular. The streamlined combat is much more "fast twitch" and intense than the first but there is still ample opportunity to plan and strategize.

A few very minor complaints: The RPG elements were both turned down and cranked up. Here is what I mean. In traditional RPGs you are essentially a team manager. You decide pretty much everything about your crew. In ME2, this is toned down a bit to streamline the gameplay, but they've cranked up the charaters and your personal investment in the game. I can't imagine playing this game without having imported my ME1 Shepherd. It would be a completely different experience.

The last may be miscontrued as a spoiler, even though it isn't, so I'll tag it. But for me this is a major complaint.

Scanning planets for minerals is FUCKING TEDIOUS. I know they wanted to eliminate the exploration of barren worlds, but I'd much rather explore a barren world and get a sense of the desolation of space than spend 10-15 minutes scanning a damn planet for Element Zero so I can upgrade my stupid guns. I can't fathom why BioWare would make the decision to go with this method of resource gathering. They've streamlined every other aspect of the game and why they would choose to make something so unrelated to the story so awfully boring I have no idea. It completely takes me out of the game. I HATE IT, but I have to do it even if I want to upgrade my god damn scanner. ARRRRGGGGHHHHH!!!

[Combine 017]

You hate it? Personally I think its pretty cool. Its easy to do and only takes me about 5 mins, but i kind of cheat when doing it. I dont hold down LT the entire time slowly going about, I just tap it for a sec, see if I get a reading then move up along the axis and do it across the entire planet. I also only scan the readings if they are really high, unless they are Eezo, that shit is hard to come by. :p

Also, that free DLC is up now today.
And, I switched to the second disc last night, now im wondering if ill ever switch back to the first one again or if I just keep playing on the second, cause I dont want to really install both of them to my HD.

[Fox 6]

Then spoiler tags your vids, and ill spoiler tag saying that the DLC was saddening.
I mean, you posted the launch trailer, and that actually shows The Normandy being blown up. One can assume that its wreck ended up somewhere, and its cool that they actually let you go to it.
Theres not much of a point warning people its a spoiler when the developer tells you what happens before the game is even out.

If you're pressing the button you should be prepared for spoilers. It's been that way for a long long time.


Also whats the second disc for anyways?

[DarkMaster]

The scanning is terrible, I'll admit. I'd much rather explore a near desolate planet than do this. Exploration in general seems to be toned down, and that's the main reason I play RPGs. And there's no real reward for exploring main areas either, pretty much everything you find just gives you a few credits, big deal. I also hate waiting til the end of a mission to get experience...

I know this is a great game for what it is, and a major improvement over the first game in many ways, but I'm really disappointed in the way they dumbed down things. The inventory/loot mechanics of the first game are pretty broken if you look at them now, but rather than improve upon those aspects they just decided to remove them entirely. Rather than make exploration more interesting and rewarding, they removed it.

We have enough third-person shooters out there already, the combat needed major improvements but not at the expense of reduced RPG elements, those are what should've been focused on. Having just played Uncharted 2, the third-person shooting controls aren't even anywhere near as streamlined or intuitive as that, so in turn we have a game that's trying to be as good as other games from a combat perspective, but in many ways is completely missing out on what made it different and much more special than those other games in the first place.

Still awesomely cinematic and highly enjoyable overall, though. Just breaks my role-playing gamers heart.

[Combine 017]

I dont know what the second disk is for really, i havnt been playing for that long, and even then, ive been doing a lot of exploring. I thought the second disk would have come in later on but I dont think ill be switching back to the first one again anytime soon.

[DarkMaster]

I just switched to the second disc. Apparently you'll switch back and forth at least once.

[Fox 6]

Game is nothing short of amazing. Loved the whole mission where you get Archangel.........


I also bought a "Space Hamster"!

[Vampyr]

The scanning is terrible, I'll admit. I'd much rather explore a near desolate planet than do this. Exploration in general seems to be toned down, and that's the main reason I play RPGs. And there's no real reward for exploring main areas either, pretty much everything you find just gives you a few credits, big deal. I also hate waiting til the end of a mission to get experience...

I know this is a great game for what it is, and a major improvement over the first game in many ways, but I'm really disappointed in the way they dumbed down things. The inventory/loot mechanics of the first game are pretty broken if you look at them now, but rather than improve upon those aspects they just decided to remove them entirely. Rather than make exploration more interesting and rewarding, they removed it.

We have enough third-person shooters out there already, the combat needed major improvements but not at the expense of reduced RPG elements, those are what should've been focused on. Having just played Uncharted 2, the third-person shooting controls aren't even anywhere near as streamlined or intuitive as that, so in turn we have a game that's trying to be as good as other games from a combat perspective, but in many ways is completely missing out on what made it different and much more special than those other games in the first place.

Still awesomely cinematic and highly enjoyable overall, though. Just breaks my role-playing gamers heart.

While I agree with you to some extent, isn't the entire point of a role playing game to "play a role"? To that end, Mass Effect 2 does this better than possibly any other game in existence, with all of the dialog trees and choices.

We've lost some of the typical RPG elements, but I don't feel like those elements are what define an RPG.

[Combine 017]

Epic.

[Fox 6]

"You're working too hard."

Also all you scanner whiners should just suck it up because I just got my hand on a nuclear weapon

[BreakABone]

"You're working too hard."

Also all you scanner whiners should just suck it up because I just got my hand on a nuclear weapon

I got that weapon as well, but it still doesn't justify scanning. I just learned to listen to music/watch youtube while scanning. Its tedious and boring. And I've ran into like 6-7 side missions so far, which isn't even that great of a %.

Anyhow, beat the game, clocked in a little around 30 hours. The game was good, but some parts such as the scanning and The Terminator end-boss and the really loose plot left a sour taste in my mouth.

And not much of a negative/positive, but this is probably the loosest use of an RPG I've ever played. Listening to a podcast, they summed it up nicely, "Gears of War with dialogue trees."

Good game though. Really enjoyable.

[Fox 6]

just beat it......... speechless. What a game. Simply amazing.


Big ending spoilers

I loved the game, so awesome. The only thing i didnt like was losing 2 members. I lost Mordin whom i sent through the tube. Then I lost Zaeed leading the distraction group the second time you had to choose who you wanted. There is a way to let everyone live, there is an achievement for it. Anyone else have any better luck?

[BreakABone]

just beat it......... speechless. What a game. Simply amazing.


Big ending spoilers

I loved the game, so awesome. The only thing i didnt like was losing 2 members. I lost Mordin whom i sent through the tube. Then I lost Zaeed leading the distraction group the second time you had to choose who you wanted. There is a way to let everyone live, there is an achievement for it. Anyone else have any better luck?

I only lost one member, Thane who I sent through the pipes,
I had Samara lead the second team.

Then had her use the biotics and Jacob to escort the crew back to the ship

[Fox 6]

By the way, if anyone wants to buy a Dr.Pepper with the EA Mass Effect promotional in game armor and give me a code I would be thankful.

[Ginkasa]

I'm dumb and can't figure out how to highlight with black, so scroll down for SPOILERS.




























I beat it without killing anyone. You just have to be smart with your choices at the end. I had Tali go through the pipes, Garrus lead both teams, Jack do the biotic bubble, and Grunt escort the surviving crew members.

[DarkMaster]

Alright so some of this is kind of spoilery I guess, not really though, but maybe don't read unless you're a decent ways into the game. Can't believe I've beat it in a week, I never play through games this long in such a short time, but because I rented it I played it a hell of a lot. Also because it was awesome.


Just wanted to lend some overall thoughts on the game. I tried to think of the game before playing it as an RPG in a more traditional sense, like Dragon Age, because that's what I thought they'd be doing with the game. Turns out it wasn't, so while it's not what I initially expected, it was still an excellent experience. A damn good length for this type of game and lots of things to do.

I don't think much needs to be said on why the game is good, I'll just offer a few complaints I had.

The scanning. I've no doubt in my mind that they're going to axe this for the third game. Not in any way enjoyable. I like the idea of searching for minerals, but this is not a fun way to do it. I'm also less motivated to play through the game again because there's no way I'd spend any time scanning and thus lose out on upgrades.

Kind of too many squad members to be honest. I'm not sure who to axe, definitely not Mordin, but the Krogan for instance was basically a much less interesting Wrex and seemed to be there purely to fill an arbitrary role of a Krogan squad member. The game was more about recruiting people then going through a central plotline, not necessarily a bad thing, just wanted more core story I guess.

And on the subject of squad members, my main complaint with ME1's story was that the crew members didn't really talk to each other, outside of Shepard talking to them. They're all loners isolated in their own parts of the ship. The same can be said for ME2, and that's a little disappointing.

My one last kinda upset with the game was that the choices I made in the first game weren't really that important to shaping much in this one. Aside from whether or not to save the council, not much was really impacting on the story. For instance, the decision whether or not to save the Rachni race seemed completely irrelevant, except for some random NPC who shows up in a city and says thank you for saving them. In fact there were a lot of NPCs who showed up in random places and were like "oh hi remember me, you chose not to kill me on that research lab" and it's like, oh okay, good to see you? Who cares.

Overall awesome, though. Yeah.

[dropCGCF]

WHAT A GAME.
I'm not normally one for RPGs, and I didn't want to have the same technical problems that I had in the first one (saved in an elevator, corrupted my game saves), but I loved this game.

[Combine 017]

Why would you save in an elevator?

[Fox 6]

For instance, the decision whether or not to save the Rachni race seemed completely irrelevant, except for some random NPC who shows up in a city and says thank you for saving them.


I just got to this part on my second play through



She carrys the queens message that she is thankful for your aid and that when you need help she'll come to your aid, so maybe the Rachni will show up in the third game?

Sounded like that anyways. If they dont ill be pretty pissed

[dropCGCF]

Why would you save in an elevator?

unfortunately, it was an auto-save- and it wasn't just me.

http://meforums.bioware.com/viewtopic.html?topic=603782&forum=124

[Fox 6]

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[Fox 6]

There is new free DLC available now. Its a new shot gun and Cerberus assault armor.

[Vampyr]

The new armor is pretty awesome looking, IMO.

[DarkMaster]

So you just download armor and that's it, you have it? No quest to complete to obtain it? Can't say I agree with such a method.

[Fox 6]

So you just download armor and that's it, you have it? No quest to complete to obtain it? Can't say I agree with such a method.

The illusive man said that the cerberus armor techs wanted to give it to you. I dont have a problem with that. After all it is CERBERUS armor, why should you have to go on a quest for something that they have in inventory? anyways it's not really that special stat wise, dont see what the big deal is.

[Professor S]

So you just download armor and that's it, you have it? No quest to complete to obtain it? Can't say I agree with such a method.

I think the timing of the release was to increase the repayability of the game. Once you beat the game once, you get all kinds of bonuses for the second time around. Good strategy.

[Fox 6]

Just beat it through on the second play through!

I got everyone to live also! If you are curious how I got it, just ask me

Obvious to say that I'm all Mass Effected out right now. I'll probably pick it back up in a few months.

I still want to see the ending where

everyone dies, including Shepard

All in all, what an experience!

[DarkMaster]

You can see that ending on youtube. Although apparently it's not canon, as in you won't be able to continue with your save file in ME3 if you get that ending.

[Fox 6]

Well i figure its one thing to watch it, another to experience it.

[BreakABone]

Mass Effect 2 Rap

Click here to download Those Minerals.mp3 (http://tindeck.com/listen/lqip)

[Typhoid]

So like I said in another thread, beat this game a few days ago, and hoooly shit my mind was blown.


I love everything about this game. The fact that the Geth aren't evil - just the ones from the first game who believe in serving the Reapers - the other Geth; like Legion, believe they should achieve the height of existence on their own. I love the things Harbinger says, and I love the explanation of the Reapers. The fact that they don't call themselves Reapers, and instead they "simply are." I immersed myself so much into the game that at the end of it my brain was melting by sheer 'holy shit' factor at the technology, and the sheer scale of what was actually going on.


Needless to say, I can't wait for Mass Effect 3 now.

[Combine 017]

There is a new weapon out on the Cerberus Network now called the Arc Projector.
Its a heavy weapon and it arcs out bolts of lightning.

[Fox 6]

Heres the scoop on the new premium DLC coming out this month

http://pc.ign.com/articles/107/1079014p1.html

There is also free DLC, which includes a tank coming out tomorrow!

[Ginkasa]

The Firewalker pack (with the "tank") is already out. That article is dated March 22nd, so it came out the 23rd.

[Swan]

Picked this up on Thursday. Have to say I am quite addicted to it. Finished all the team mate sub missions that I can. Still need to get 3 more team mates. Or 2, I can't remember.




Decided not to use the fancy downloadable armor on this playthrough as it covers Shepards face.