EatChildren
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GAF Plays: Mass Effect series (unmarked spoilers)
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ScreenSplitter
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Don't forget the deadpan of hilarity of;
"Um... the system says you're dead."
"I'm getting that everywhere, it's pissing me off!"
Foliorum Viridum
Banned
I love the opening sequence with your ship being torn apart. Awesome few moments.
Dying and being brought back to life by Cerberus? Hate it. Absolutely awful thing to do to the story. I hate the way they handled it, but I also hate the very concept. They must've been a better way to do it. Urgh!
I mean, there are so many better options to get him working with Cerberus. Killing him is just ridiculous.
Dying and being brought back to life by Cerberus? Hate it. Absolutely awful thing to do to the story. I hate the way they handled it, but I also hate the very concept. They must've been a better way to do it. Urgh!
I mean, there are so many better options to get him working with Cerberus. Killing him is just ridiculous.
BabeSlayer
Member
I think there is more to the Lazarus project than we know or suspect without playing ME3..... That is just me speculating though. I think there will be some major plot points surrounding it.
The rest of the narrative suffers because Shepard barely acknowledges that s/he died throughout the game, and other characters don't even question Shepard on it. Liara comes the closest to undergoing a character change or receiving depth because of Shepard's death, and it took a rather lengthy expansion to do so. Death is a rather significant event, and Shepard seems to be the first to have ever been brought back. Nobody seems to care--it's like Shepard had never died in the first place.
Also, it wasn't a clever way to reset your stats/character, because Cerberus wanted to build you "exactly as you were before you died." So, character creation is not a valid excuse. They have FTL travel and biotic amps, cosmetic surgery should be nothing.
ScreenSplitter
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I think the way Shepard reacted to his death depended on the way you played it. Every character pretty much made a big deal of it, especially Ashley/Kaiden. How Shepard responded to that emotionally was how you responded to it emotionally.
And for all we know, and as I suspect, Shepard's rebuilding with Reaper technology has potentially interesting development.
And for all we know, and as I suspect, Shepard's rebuilding with Reaper technology has potentially interesting development.
Rei no Otaku
Member
So I'm on my alternate Shepard, which is a male paragon, and I have a hell of a hard time doing this run. My canon is renegade, female. I hate male Shep's voice and I hate having to be nice to people. Especially jerks like the council. That turian councilor is one of the biggest pricks I've seen in a game. There better be a scene in ME3 where the Reapers are attacking and they either kill him or Shepard just gets a giant "I told you so" moment.
Ciastek3214
Junior Member
"Yeah, don't people understand that I'm The Space Jesus(tm). I like to die sometimes and ressurect myself. Only now it took 2 years to respawn because my ISP went down and I had to use my old Dial-up. DEM LAGS. I EXPERIENCED THEM."
ScreenSplitter
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I can't understand why people do 100% either way. I know certain parts of the game encouraged it (unlockable Paragon/Renegade options), but it would feel weird having my Shepard be an asshole about absolutely everything.
Rei no Otaku
Member
Just the way I play RPGs. My Shepard is a an asshole who's all business. So she's not going to be nice most of the time. There are a couple paragon things I do, but for the most part she's not someone who you want to cross.
I dunno. Suffocating in the middle of space with leaking air is a pretty shitty way to die.
I let Miranda talk to her sister. What is the dick option's conclusion? Her still being an ice-queen?
ScreenSplitter
Member
You basically tell her to leave her sister alone, which isn't really what she wants.
time for some deus ex human revolution boss battle, amirite?
I somehow managed to skip entire set of Rachni sidequests in ME1.
EatChildren
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Nah. That only starts when you actually go to do that mission.
You mean the one after the Collector's ship? I spoiled myself and double-checked the wiki guide. He wants me to go to the Collector's ship before finding the IFF. The IFF is apparently the one you have to worry about. I'm still cool to get the others loyalties before getting Legion and his?
I'd love to do a canon Shepard run of ME1, but I'm burned out by it after countless play throughs. The thought of doing the mountains of side quests scares me silly (Pinnacle Station sucks balls). Maybe a casual run would help me breeze through the game. I can't imagine Soldier Shepard being much fun to play as in ME2 any way; Infiltrator and Sentinel were pretty damn good. Vanguard though takes the cake as being the most fun class to play as.
That said, I've got about 2-3 more runs of ME2 to do. My third run is already in progress as a Vanguard, Ruthless Shepard; I might just get the entire crew slaughtered
In my initial blind run as an Infiltrator, I was a mixed bag making decisions that I would make, while sticking mostly to renegade interrupts, save for during Tali's loyalty mission. I saved the base, didn't send anyone with the crew, had Garrus die (RIP), chose to have Legion convert the Heretics to his side, kept the Cerberus data for myself, I think I destroyed the Genophage data, had Jacob's pops kill himself, had Kasumi erase the Gray box data, went after Vido, stayed faithful to Ashley; so many other decisions.
The ship is depressing without the crew members there; I miss talking to Kelly and having tell me I have a message.
Second run on Insanity with my female Sentinel Shepard, I went all Paragon with the decisions, saved everyone; it was good. No sex for her either; all the options sucked. At least Kelly's a good consolation prize.
I really hope the Bring Down the Sky plot gets resolved in ME3, as well as Shiala's arc.
That said, I've got about 2-3 more runs of ME2 to do. My third run is already in progress as a Vanguard, Ruthless Shepard; I might just get the entire crew slaughtered
In my initial blind run as an Infiltrator, I was a mixed bag making decisions that I would make, while sticking mostly to renegade interrupts, save for during Tali's loyalty mission. I saved the base, didn't send anyone with the crew, had Garrus die (RIP), chose to have Legion convert the Heretics to his side, kept the Cerberus data for myself, I think I destroyed the Genophage data, had Jacob's pops kill himself, had Kasumi erase the Gray box data, went after Vido, stayed faithful to Ashley; so many other decisions.
The ship is depressing without the crew members there; I miss talking to Kelly and having tell me I have a message.
Second run on Insanity with my female Sentinel Shepard, I went all Paragon with the decisions, saved everyone; it was good. No sex for her either; all the options sucked. At least Kelly's a good consolation prize.
I really hope the Bring Down the Sky plot gets resolved in ME3, as well as Shiala's arc.
Fimbulvetr
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There were two reasons.Trey said:
Firstly they needed an excuse for him to work with Cerberus, and then theres this:
Though, honestly, I think a coma would have done the same job, but also have been much less jarring.Moaradin said:
Sorta, but in any case he stops caring pretty quickly and will only mention it afterwards for one-off jokes or exposition.ScreenSplitter said:
Tali is only surprised for, like, half a minute. Garrus attempts a horrible quip, praising Shepard in the process. Ash/Kais reaction is more due to Shep not contacting him/her and working with a terrorist organization than the whole Space Jesus thing. Liara reacts reasonably, I think(considering shes the one who gave Shep to TIM in the first place). Wrexs reaction fits his personality. Anderson is all whatevs(father figure my ass).ScreenSplitter said:
Nobody else knows Shep that well, so its acceptable that they would just assume his death was faked or something.
Yes.TheSeks said:
LightofRohan
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So I finished ME1 like I said and now I'm starting up ME2. Grr, forgot how soulless ME2 feels and it's amazing how "casual/streamlined" it is. Really loss all feeling of grandeur as well.
I'm just glad ME3 is getting rid of the Mission Complete screens (horrendous) and the veins (just as horrendous). If only they could get rid of ammo... and the armor customization is so poor, choose from different PowerRanger colors. Color doesn't feel right... and this time around the performances are really bad, who on gaf made me realize how cheesy it is?! Goddamit.
And I'll have to side with femshep being the better one. Maleshep seemed to have tried more in ME1...
I'm just glad ME3 is getting rid of the Mission Complete screens (horrendous) and the veins (just as horrendous). If only they could get rid of ammo... and the armor customization is so poor, choose from different PowerRanger colors. Color doesn't feel right... and this time around the performances are really bad, who on gaf made me realize how cheesy it is?! Goddamit.
And I'll have to side with femshep being the better one. Maleshep seemed to have tried more in ME1...
Sweet Jesus, this platform section and then getting the hell out of the Collector's ship. Pretty bullshit on Insanity. Even with me taking the Sniper Rifle training for Adept Shepard I'm having issues getting past the bullshit boss that was the bane of my existence on Horizon. UGH.
Complistic
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Those things aren't that hard you just have to keep moving. Use cover but don't jump behind it.
ThoseDeafMutes
Member
Collector ship on Insanity is what made me abandon my Vanguard and restart as an Infiltrator. I didn't have any trouble after that. Those damage buff stacks...
I don't have the Havoc that they suggest you use for this mission. I only have SMG 5/6 upgrade, Sniper Rifle 3-4/6 upgrade, heavy pistol 2-3/6 upgrade Warp 4. With Garrus and Grunt so I dunno WTF to do against the stupid Praetorian because the Husks will continue to spawn unless I get over there to shut the door. Which if I do I promptly get killed by the collectors of Praetorian. :/
They can have Shepard 'return his credentials' like in ME1 but has to do it manually. It would be a neat nod back,
AdmiralSnackbar
Member
Get him stuck on one of the pillars so he has to chase you in a circle, then just wait for your allies to slowly chip away at him. All two or three times that thing shows up is easily the worst part of the game.
When Shepard saved the galaxy in the original game he/she was awarded a 50% discount coupon for a popular plastic surgeon franchise on Earth. When he/she arrives on Earth for the trial, Shepard discovers that the coupon will expire soon so he/she may as well use it while he/she is there.
Which pillar? I'm more concerned with the respawning husks than I am the Praetor right now.
OH MY GOD! I DID IT!
Thanks to this dude for uploading and notating his video for me to be able to understand it[/url] did what he pretty much did but didn't have his "second playthrough on Insanity" Shepard or squad. Rushed over to shut the door when I could get over there. Commanded Grunt and Garrus to get over there. Ran around where we started while they took pot shots at it and I got the heavy ammo. Spammed my Grenade Launcher (the one you get for upgrading first, finally got it to register for 4/5 "Master at Arms" achievement. Leaves the Arc Reactor of getting the last upgrade Heavy Weapon to get that) and took it out.
FUCK YOU BIOWARE. *fist pump* Now I just gotta get an auto-save checkpoint and survive the rest of the ship to escape and then do the loyalty missions. >_>
Is there a subtitled video of Legion on Tali's loyalty mission? Apparently it's "very funny," but "not recommended to do if you want to save everyone on your ship." :/
Thanks to this dude for uploading and notating his video for me to be able to understand it[/url] did what he pretty much did but didn't have his "second playthrough on Insanity" Shepard or squad. Rushed over to shut the door when I could get over there. Commanded Grunt and Garrus to get over there. Ran around where we started while they took pot shots at it and I got the heavy ammo. Spammed my Grenade Launcher (the one you get for upgrading first, finally got it to register for 4/5 "Master at Arms" achievement. Leaves the Arc Reactor of getting the last upgrade Heavy Weapon to get that) and took it out.
FUCK YOU BIOWARE. *fist pump* Now I just gotta get an auto-save checkpoint and survive the rest of the ship to escape and then do the loyalty missions. >_>
Is there a subtitled video of Legion on Tali's loyalty mission? Apparently it's "very funny," but "not recommended to do if you want to save everyone on your ship." :/
Complistic
Member
The husks don't keep spawning. There's just 2 waves of them then they stop. So stop, shoot the husks, then focus on the praetorean.
He made that harder than it needed to be. At 1:55 he runs to a pillar. All he has to do is keep circling and using warp. An adept is probably the best class for killing it because it never has to expose itself to damage.
1. Kill mooks.
2. Run to that pillar.
3. Circle to completion.
Problem is on Insanity you have to worry about staying alive. If your shields pop you're pretty much done even if you abuse warp against it. I tried that, failed. I circled around the pillar while letting Grunt/Garrus wittle it down and took pot shots/warp when I could. But I was more concerned with staying alive.
Question: Is there anyway to savescum a relationship for the achievement and then beat the women off Shepard with "NO MEANS NO" so I have no relationships going into ME3? Miranda flitered with Shepard and try as I might I can bed her other than tease her about her daddy issues and then kiss her when I say she's jealous. :/
EatChildren
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Oooh you're not as far into the game as I originally thought. Okay cool, you're still good. Just keep playing. Eventually TIM will contact you about a new mission, but unlike the last couple of Collector ones it wont trigger automatically, so you can go there on your own terms. Keep doing loyalty missions and leave it until last.
ME1 was extremely boring. Outside of the grand opening and the climax/ending bits the rest of it was a chore to get through. I didn't mind the shooting mechanics, but they were tacked onto a poor cover system. And it's still apparent in ME2 but less so because they've attempted to tweak the system to where cover is a bit more important.
EatChildren said:
Yeah, I told TIM to fuck off, I'm not going for the IFF just yet. I'm going to do the loyalty missions which is good because Thane is the only one that hasn't asked just yet. Tali and Samara wanted me to go as soon as I got back from the Collector's ship. So I'll go do Kasumi's mission, then Zaeeds, then Grunt/Mordin's and Jack/Jacob after.
Leaves Tali and Legion but I'm not sure if doing Legions then Tali's with Legion on board is completely safe. :/
EatChildren
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It's not as far as I'm aware. Safest method is to do the IFF, do Legion's loyalty, then run through to the end game.
EatChildren
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I liked 'em. Mass Effect's combat is so basic that it really only boils down to maximising damage output and minimising damage taken, which sounds trivial, but that's really the cornerstone of how all the encounters work, and I assume leftover mechanism from BioWare's history of RPG design.
So because Praetorians have tons and tons of health I enjoy the challenge of trying to whittle them down as fast as possible with the most reliable weapons, skills and mods.
But maybe it's because I play as an Infiltrator that I don't find them challenging enough to be tedious. Or anything in the game for that matter.
So because Praetorians have tons and tons of health I enjoy the challenge of trying to whittle them down as fast as possible with the most reliable weapons, skills and mods.
But maybe it's because I play as an Infiltrator that I don't find them challenging enough to be tedious. Or anything in the game for that matter.
On my Insanity run, I found the Arc Projector to be the most useful Heavy Weapon; I took it with me on every mission after the first one. Once you upgrade the heavy weapons a few times, it becomes a beast of a weapon. So I would highly recommend everyone use it on their Insanity run.
Hell, it's my favorite weapon in the game; the chain electricity plus the momentary stun helped me out in a pinch. Mainly in the Reaper IFF, Horizon, the Collector ship, the suicide mission; areas where there's a huge amount of enemies.
Hell, it's my favorite weapon in the game; the chain electricity plus the momentary stun helped me out in a pinch. Mainly in the Reaper IFF, Horizon, the Collector ship, the suicide mission; areas where there's a huge amount of enemies.
Cain.
EatChildren
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I agree. The Arc Projector isn't just really damn useful, especially against Geth and droids, but feels really good to use. The slight charge followed by the crack of lightening sounds nice and deadly. It also looks quite nice on your back, unlike the Cain.
Or that :lol.
Or that :lol.
I only play on Insanity.
The game is way too easy on difficulty levels where your tech/biotics don't have to work through barriers, shields and armor. Luckily there's a game coming out soon that addresses this issue.
I need to get a capture card. I could do some tutorials that aren't up yet. I also want to capture the insanity that is playing Syndicate on Hard. I really hope Mass Effect 3 multi-players are as aware and helpful.
I only play on Casual. The game is stupid boring when you have to shoot everything, all the time. Charge + shotgun is viable Insanity, but the entire Vanguard toolbox is viable on Casual. It's true you're unstoppable, but it's fun to do more than sit behind boxes until they stop shooting.
HP_Wuvcraft
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"O hai, Reaper Core"
EatChildren
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I'm the complete opposite. ME2's basic shooting is competent enough to be enjoyable for someone who likes shooters. Casual is waaay too easy and boring, precisely because you spend so much of the game shooting stuff.
Same for ME1 really. I like the challenge of finding ways to exploit the game
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