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KolosLazar16
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AppleMIX said:
Eh whatever, I'll still probably do that for my 2nd playthru
Inferno313
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AppleMIX said:
According to the Mass Effect Wiki, you can even romance her! But afterwards she kills you and it ends the game. :lol
I NEED SCISSORS
Banned
So i've put about 3 hours into it today. Loving the game so far, it's a perfect follow-up story to the original ME. The characters are growing on me and i'm absorbing myself in the universe once again.
That said, i'm not liking the combat as much. I miss the more tactical combat of ME1. I don't care what anyone says, ME2 really does feel like a Gears 2 clone at times - a positive for most people, but a negative for me. I feel like the series has lost some of its identity now. You could say "it's identity was bad inventories and weak micromanagement?", but your words wouldn't faze me. All I know is I liked it better the old way. Fumbling through the mountain of loot and the poor excuse of a tactical interface had its charm. I fell in love with ME, flaws and all. I completely agree with whoever said "instead of refining the elements that needed fixing, they just ripped them out instead". It's a real shame, so much potential lost (although I don't go as far as seeing potential in elevator loading screens..
).
Perhaps it's created a more streamlined experience - I don't quite know yet. I'll need to play it some more. But right now it feels like two steps forward and one step back, a better game overall but with its disappointments along the way.
That said, i'm not liking the combat as much. I miss the more tactical combat of ME1. I don't care what anyone says, ME2 really does feel like a Gears 2 clone at times - a positive for most people, but a negative for me. I feel like the series has lost some of its identity now. You could say "it's identity was bad inventories and weak micromanagement?", but your words wouldn't faze me. All I know is I liked it better the old way. Fumbling through the mountain of loot and the poor excuse of a tactical interface had its charm. I fell in love with ME, flaws and all. I completely agree with whoever said "instead of refining the elements that needed fixing, they just ripped them out instead". It's a real shame, so much potential lost (although I don't go as far as seeing potential in elevator loading screens..
).Perhaps it's created a more streamlined experience - I don't quite know yet. I'll need to play it some more. But right now it feels like two steps forward and one step back, a better game overall but with its disappointments along the way.
BenjaminBirdie
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Ricker said:
I did it right after Mordin but I might have gone back up to the ship and cashed in a few upgrades.
MegaKungFuRadio
Member
Aedile said:
Something around there. I think I was most of the way through the fourth bar of Paragon and passed the negotiation check. Actually the only time I couldn't pass a negotiation check was when I was
interrogating Elias for Thane's loyalty quest and thought that telling him to be the bad cop would make me the good cop. Instead, all the dialogue options were renegade only, so I had to beat the information out of him. I guess I overthought myself into that one.
MegaKungFuRadio
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Inferno313 said:
But she told me that I may be able to survive! Whatever, I'm waiting for my female Shepard to actually keep her. I reloaded a save and stuck with Samara after I checked her out a bit. My romantic life is too complicated as it is.
i thought this initially as well, but don't worry it gets better.I NEED SCISSORS said:So i've put about 3 hours into it today. Loving the game so far, it's a perfect follow-up story to the original ME. The characters are growing on me and i'm absorbing myself in the universe once again.
That said, i'm not liking the combat as much. I miss the more tactical combat of ME1. I don't care what anyone says, ME2 really does feel like a Gears 2 clone at times - a positive for most people, but a negative for me. I feel like the series has lost some of its identity now. You could say "it's identity was bad inventories and weak micromanagement?", but your words wouldn't faze me. All I know is I liked it better the old way. Fumbling through the mountain of loot and the poor excuse of a tactical interface had its charm. I fell in love with ME, flaws and all. I completely agree with whoever said "instead of refining the elements that needed fixing, they just ripped them out instead". It's a real shame, so much potential lost (although I don't go as far as seeing potential in elevator loading screens..
Perhaps it's created a more streamlined experience - I don't quite know yet. I'll need to play it some more. But right now it feels like two steps forward and one step back, a better game overall but with its disappointments along the way.
Net_Wrecker
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Ricker said:
I just did that part, and I'm pretty sure I was level 5 or 6 Soldier on Normal. Wasn't bad at all. Make sure you are using your partners wisely in both abilities, and positioning.
Also, make sure you are upgrading your weapons, armor, and skills.
Himuro said:
Are you sure your profile properly links to the Mass Effect 2 .exe (and the launcher)?
Try to use a supersampling AA value as a test, instead of multisampling. If you jump in the game and it's basically slowed to a crawl, then you know it's working. If not, then something's up.
MegaKungFuRadio
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Ricker said:
Not the first time I've read someone struggling with it. I don't remember having any trouble with it on Veteran. The most difficult parts of the game seem to be two of the missions around the middle. All the recruiting/loyalty/side missions are pretty easy.
MegaKungFuRadio said:
After I got Thane and Zaeer I had to boost the game from Veteran to Hardcore because they were owning the living fuck out of everything with their sniper rifles.
Two snipers on a team is very deadly, partly because they seem to always go for headshots, and they're pretty damn accurate as well. One time I watched a Krogan get hit by two sniper bullets to the head, within a split-second of each other, and the way his head and body reacted to those was one of the coolest things I've seen in a game.
Maxwell House
Member
This game is amazing. 2010 Game of the Year? It has a very good chance.
Captain Blood
Member
I am sure it has been asked but are any of the loyalty quests specifically paragon/renegade or can they all be played either way?
corrosivefrost
Member
MegaKungFuRadio said:
They're cumulative. You can die and respawn at the last autosave and anything you got toward the particular achievement will still count.
I didn't do the warp/barrier one until I was on horizon in new game +... then i just kept nailing collectors with it.
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As far as the Samara choice on this page, I believe it's just a matter of what dialogue options you follow in the tree -- I received the offer, but didn't take it.
ExtraKr1spy
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For insanity playthroughs(hell maybe all) I'd recommend getting Mordin first. The lab is a huge help early on.
corrosivefrost
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Captain Blood said:
Either way. With the way they run two separate bars this game, it seems that the bars mostly matter is "do I have the option for red or blue statements in a particular conversation" more than anything else.
corrosivefrost
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ExtraKr1spy said:
I didn't even think of trying to get someone NOT on omega first, since it kind of dumps you there when you get control of the normandy.
Second time through, I went for the prof first, because I knew his abilities would be more useful than Jacob when going to recruit Archangel.
Inferno313
Banned
I love how Bioware is letting us see more of the alien culture's in this game. It's kind of fascinating, this series has possibly the best world building of any game I've seen.
Getting to see the
culture in
, the
culture in
, and the
culture in the
is so much cooler to me than the locations we went to in ME1.
Getting to see the
Asari
Illium
Krogan
Tuchanka
Quarian
migrant fleet
Red Blaster
Member
Game doesn't really start to pick up until you hit Disc 2. Prior to that there was seemingly very little to do outside of recruiting.
Oh Himuro, when you added the exe, did you browse to where the actual exe is, or did you manually type in "mass effect 2.exe"? Because the latter is incorrect. You have to tell it where the file is. It shouldn't ultimately have spaces. Should just be MassEffect2.exe.
That's probably your issue.
That's probably your issue.
SPACECADET
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yea the mass effect world is by far one of the best scifi experiences i've had. i think i might even love it more than star wars.Inferno313 said:
AgentOtaku
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K.Jack said:
thank you!!!
The Librarian
Banned
About the Normandy:
What upgrades should I get for the Normandy? I already have the advanced armor and the Turian cannon. I'm still on the loyalty missions, but I'm assuming those upgrades are important.
SPACECADET
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im pretty sure i saw it in the weapons shop on the citadel. i bought it recently.Y2Kev said:
just got grunt. great backstory, badass looking... still a terrible name.
MegaKungFuRadio
Member
Zeliard said:After I got Thane and Zaeer I had to boost the game from Veteran to Hardcore because they were owning the living fuck out of everything with their sniper rifles.
I may do the same. The game gets way too easy once you learn how to use your powers, get new weapons, and buy upgrades. Krogans are turning into ash and I dont' even need to take cover or aim for the head. It's a joke.
ExtraKr1spy said:
I think he's also the best early option against armored enemies. I struggled against a lot of mid-game armored enemies because the only weapon I could damage them with was the 24 shot capacity Hand Cannon. I barely survived
Horizon. I was out of medigel, both squad mates down, and JUST enough missiles to kill the last two Scions.
Also, biotic charge is a good way to get the brawler achievement. I just got like 8 during Grunt's loyalty quest doing charge/punch the ground/shoot on as many enemies as I could. Not everything gets knocked over that easily by punches, but the achievement only cares that they were on the ground and punched before getting shot to death.
goldenpp72
Member
who is the last char you can recruit? Is it possible to miss without spoiling?
Also,good places to get element zero?
Also,good places to get element zero?
SPACECADET
Member
i got a new outfit for zaeed?
how would i even change it?
how would i even change it?
MegaKungFuRadio
Member
SPACECADET said:
Cycle appearance with Y at the squad selection screen
KolosLazar16
Member
SPACECADET said:
When selecting your party, hit y over the person.
ToyMachine228
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Got to the second disc this evening. Today was my day off from work so I played a ton. Liking it so far. Actually doing a lot of side missions this time which I didn't really do in the original.
SPACECADET
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MegaKungFuRadio said:
chaoticprout said:
thanks
Jooolieeezy
Banned
neojubei said:
LOL, yesssssssssssss
I've been kinda obsessed with this game. Mostly because the side-content is more fun/interesting than ME1's, so it keeps me going. I find the new crew more interesting as well.
Almost done, but when I finish I think I'm going to replay ME1 so I can have my "perfect" file to work with before replaying ME2.
Almost done, but when I finish I think I'm going to replay ME1 so I can have my "perfect" file to work with before replaying ME2.
Andronicus
Banned
is there anyway to get loyalty back after losing it?
KolosLazar16
Member
Final Mission questions:
How many variables actually matter for what happens? Loyalties/Decisions in the mission/Normandy Upgrades/Upgrades. Seems like there's so many ways and so many things that can be different.
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