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EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
Tomasooie said:
Worked perfectly. You sir are awesome.
Darklord said:
Why don't they just have reuseable heatsinks? The point is that the first game had infinite ammo anyway, just have two to switch back and forth, people are used to running out of ammo, but running out of heatsinks and having to pick up heatsinks on the ground just felt weird.
Psychotext
Member
I seem to be missing something... can I not change my class (or gender) in NG+?
I was going to use a male shepard with a different class, but I couldn't seem to find a place to make the modification.
I was going to use a male shepard with a different class, but I couldn't seem to find a place to make the modification.
Psychotext
Member
Well that fucking sucks.
(and thanks for answering)
(and thanks for answering)
Digital Limit
Member
If I beat the game, will I get any benefits if I start a new play through with a different class?
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
Alucrid said:
I've already got 100,000+ of every resource but Element Zero, and I have nothing left to upgrade.
THANKS FOR THE BONUS NEW GAME
Psychotext
Member
Well, that's something anyway.Alucrid said:
Digital Limit
Member
Ah, boo. I was hoping I wouldn't have to mine ever again after having done it once this time around.
Macmanus
Member
Major Williams said:
Pull and Warp is a deadly combo once you get both of them up to their tier 4 ability. Group Pull with the super warp explosion can absolutely wreck shop. Husks and varren grouped up die instantly. Actually anything that doesn't have shields/armor is pretty fucked if grouped together.
I got it on normal with pull+charge.
Charge should work like more like Ridick. You can charge and get 1 shotgun blast off, but are then returned to your original spot.
I'm playing an Infiltrator on insanity.
Disruptor Ammo
Cryo Ammo
Tactical Cloak
Incinerate
AI Hacking
Operative
Reave
Tac cloak 2
Incinerate 4(Heavy Incinerate)
Reave 4 (Area Reave)
Operative 4 (I want Agent, but Assassin might be the way I go)
Is that the about right? Disruptor ammo is kind of neat, but I'm probably just going to make Samara get Group Warp ammo. I might even put another point into Tac Cloak considering how much it helps me in arena fights.
Charge should work like more like Ridick. You can charge and get 1 shotgun blast off, but are then returned to your original spot.
I'm playing an Infiltrator on insanity.
Disruptor Ammo
Cryo Ammo
Tactical Cloak
Incinerate
AI Hacking
Operative
Reave
Tac cloak 2
Incinerate 4(Heavy Incinerate)
Reave 4 (Area Reave)
Operative 4 (I want Agent, but Assassin might be the way I go)
Is that the about right? Disruptor ammo is kind of neat, but I'm probably just going to make Samara get Group Warp ammo. I might even put another point into Tac Cloak considering how much it helps me in arena fights.
Kittonwy said:
Because in reality the game has switched to a finite ammo system. All of this made up nonsense to stay within canon is just that, nonsense.
They wanted an ammo count for ME2. They wanted to build ammo upgrades for weapons. They especially wanted to limit the amount of special ammo you can use so you don't go through the game nuking everything.
Ammo. Yup.
KuwabaraTheMan
Banned
I wouldn't mind if they had finite ammo for the heavy weapons but kept the regular weapons on the overheating system from the first game. I think that would have been the best way to go about it.
So I'm half way through the game with my second character, I feel like I have experienced everything and have my final thoughts.
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Game looks awesome, probably the best looking 360-exclusive.
Deep, fully realized world. All the different races and such, makes everything feel believable.
Much improved combat from the first game.
Multi-tiered optional missions. Meaning you'll scan an anomaly on one planet, check it out, find some piece of data that will lead you to another planet and possibly another after that. These have their own mini-plots to them as well.
More interesting characters than ME1. Thane and Mordin in particular.
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Minigames. I actually like the minigames themselves, they're just too frequent.
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Too much shooting/lack of mission variety. I understand they improved the combat and want to use it as much as possible, but shooter fatigue sets in after a while. 90% of the missions are going from point A to point B, gunning down enemies in the process. There are a few standout missions that don't follow this pattern [Samara loyalty quest], but they are far too infrequent.
Lack of loot. This ties in to the problem above, just not enough diversity in the weapons and armor. There's essentially 5 weapons in the game since all weapons of a certain type feel the same. There's no way to customize Shepard's armor to make him/her look the way you want or play the way you want. Instead they have a linear upgrade system that feels stripped down from what I wanted.
Player movement and cover system still feel clunky. Improved from ME1 but still seriously lacking compared to other games.
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Overall I enjoyed the game but wanted more RPG, less shooter. 4/5
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Game looks awesome, probably the best looking 360-exclusive.
Deep, fully realized world. All the different races and such, makes everything feel believable.
Much improved combat from the first game.
Multi-tiered optional missions. Meaning you'll scan an anomaly on one planet, check it out, find some piece of data that will lead you to another planet and possibly another after that. These have their own mini-plots to them as well.
More interesting characters than ME1. Thane and Mordin in particular.
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Minigames. I actually like the minigames themselves, they're just too frequent.
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Too much shooting/lack of mission variety. I understand they improved the combat and want to use it as much as possible, but shooter fatigue sets in after a while. 90% of the missions are going from point A to point B, gunning down enemies in the process. There are a few standout missions that don't follow this pattern [Samara loyalty quest], but they are far too infrequent.
Lack of loot. This ties in to the problem above, just not enough diversity in the weapons and armor. There's essentially 5 weapons in the game since all weapons of a certain type feel the same. There's no way to customize Shepard's armor to make him/her look the way you want or play the way you want. Instead they have a linear upgrade system that feels stripped down from what I wanted.
Player movement and cover system still feel clunky. Improved from ME1 but still seriously lacking compared to other games.
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Overall I enjoyed the game but wanted more RPG, less shooter. 4/5
Macmanus
Member
Dyno said:
Nailed it.
They changed the mechanics of combat and the weaponry itself enough where unlimited ammo could cause serious imbalance issues. Ammo was the clear preventative method to balance this out.
I'm clearly in the extreme minority here, but I love the new ammo system. If I had unlimited ammo with the claymore shotgun, I wouldn't even be having fun anymore. At least now I kinda have to pick my shots.
Buttonbasher
Member
I think it's weird how the powers always change spots when I load. The Squad members swap left and right all the time, and now my powers are reversed on the bar (PC version).
That's weird.
That's weird.
ChoklitReign
Member
I wonder if there's any chance that Bioware will patch the game and make Charge more useful. If they listened to fans to fix the first game's problems maybe they'll do the same for this one (before ME3).
Macmanus
Member
ChoklitReign said:
Is this a difficulty issue? I'm on veteran and charge is fantastic when used properly and augmented by the claymore shotgun and melee. I'd imagine it would be a bit more difficult higher up the ladder.
Combining a Charge with a party member's Warp or Overload is incredibly deadly to pretty much any enemy in the game.
Spaceman Spiff
Member
Macmanus said:
Same here.
Level 4 Heavy Charge plus a few quick shots from the assault shotgun can usually take care of most enemies on Veteran. I honestly don't get much enjoyment from playing games like this on the highest difficulties, so the apparent uselessness of Vanguards on Insanity doesn't bother me. I might switch classes for that achievement, but we'll see.
Also, what's the consensus on the best bonus talent for Vanguards? I'm torn between Reave, which might be good for softening up enemies with barriers, and Fortification, for close-quarters combat.
Syracuse022
Member
Exactly. I always wonder when I hear people glorifying the first game whether they even bothered to play the side missions. I painstakingly went through each one and it felt like pulling teeth. I honestly look at Mass Effect 1 as 10-15 hours of AAA quality work (the story missions) paired with 10-15 hours of a C-grade title for Xbox 1. The disparity is so bad that it almost feels like two different teams worked on the game.GuardianE said:
The main story team focused on:
- interesting environments that focused on the differing architecture of each of the galactic civilizations
- cinematic storytelling through very good cutscenes and dialogue trees
The side mission team focused on quantity over quality:
- cookie cutter planet landscapes
- laughably bad interior structures (the same rooms, with the same red rockwalls, no matter what the outside environment was or what civilization was supposed to inhabit the given planet)
- text box storytelling to conclude each mission (i.e. "Wrex gives the armor a disgusted glance and sighs" - that couldn't have been done in-engine? Get the hell out...)
KuwabaraTheMan
Banned
SlickVic said:
Yeah, that's what makes it such a huge oversight. They specifically brought up how that would carry over and then it didn't carry over properly.:lol
I wrote a review. Actually, I wrote 2, GB screwed up when I tried submitting and lost the whole thing the first time(I think it lost everyone else' reviews too:lol ). Any feedback would be helpful. 
http://www.giantbomb.com/mass-effect-2/61-21590/user_reviews/?review=12684
http://www.giantbomb.com/mass-effect-2/61-21590/user_reviews/?review=12684
Randy Lanzarote
Member
Started playing Sunday night, so far I've recruited Archangel and Mordin. Just doing the mission now to recruit Zero.
This game is awesome. That is all.
This game is awesome. That is all.
Felix Lighter
Member
I know this is way off topic but has the forum search function been disabled or have I lost my searching privileges? I haven't been active in a while and I just noticed that I can't search the forum.
notworksafe
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Felix Lighter said:
Disabled. Just go to google and use the prefix site:neogaf.com before your search term and it works.
Felix Lighter
Member
Ok, thanks guys and thanks for the tip.
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