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Shrinnan said:
Awesome, thanks. There may be some problems, but that's probably still far better than my low expectations.
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I just realized why they can't include which human you chose to join the Council: that decision happens after the last time you can save the game.
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I keep reading and hearing about how people 'jump right back in' to see the other side of the coin, but I have no desire to that at all.
I want to watch/play the Mass Effect Trilogy once, so that I have a consistent canon built up. Playing another character kind of dilutes that for me, as when I go into the sequel, it makes me question what has actually happened in the world.
It cheapens the whole experience for me, I guess. It's a wankery thing to say, but thems the troof.
I want to watch/play the Mass Effect Trilogy once, so that I have a consistent canon built up. Playing another character kind of dilutes that for me, as when I go into the sequel, it makes me question what has actually happened in the world.
It cheapens the whole experience for me, I guess. It's a wankery thing to say, but thems the troof.
EatChildren
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Loxley said:
Yay! Worked a treat, thanks dude!
Now all I need is the Incisor Rifle and I have it all. I dont like my odds :lol.
Rez said:
Different strokes for different folks. I like playing as Paragon FemShep and Renegade Male Shepard. The latter is my joke run, thanks to the voice acting and my habit of making him look like a douche (low brow, handlebar mustache, etc).
FemShep is my main and I can never play through with her unless I play it exactly how I want each time. I cant play Renegade Fem, and I cant change her class or anything, or it just feels wrong.
She's very special to me.
Shrennin
Didn't get the memo regarding the 14th Amendment
xbhaskarx said:
Well, it should be noted that...
A LOT of the stuff that we did in the first game is very lightly referenced in the second, hopefully the import feature will come to full light in the third. All the main stuff that you did in the first game is there in full force in the second, though. Although again, don't expect the story to revolve around what you did in the first game, but the main stuff that is referenced is sufficient enough for me.
Yea, BioWare mentioned that and said they had put a fix in. I guess that was their fix. It's good enough, at least it still puts that decision in the player's control.
maleShep does get an awful lot of hate. :lol I don't know, I always play a male for Paragon runs and the female Shepard for Renegade runs. Hale's voice just suits being an angry, aggressive, ruthless bitch, imo. Even when she's going Paragon she sounds like something's pissing her off.
Whereas MaleShep's voice is mellow and calm... although I guess it also sounds robotic.
Whereas MaleShep's voice is mellow and calm... although I guess it also sounds robotic.
Rez said:
Different strokes...
Also, P/R is not consistent between the two games, truth be told, perfectly following a 'Pure' character from the last game means mixing up your decisions quite often in this game.
And even then, the characters do not exactly match. They are both toned down and feel like different shades of the same person (like it should have originally been).
Erico said:
You have been a good boy.
Alright so I don't really understand how AA and perf. works in the PC version.
I've upgraded to catalyst 10.1 and I still can't get any AA to kick in unless I set it in CCC and rename the .exe to UT3.exe.
Which is a hack and so I understand why my fps goes to shit when I set my edge-detect to 8x.
Has anyone gotten this to work correctly with an ATI card?
I've upgraded to catalyst 10.1 and I still can't get any AA to kick in unless I set it in CCC and rename the .exe to UT3.exe.
Which is a hack and so I understand why my fps goes to shit when I set my edge-detect to 8x.
Has anyone gotten this to work correctly with an ATI card?
Erico said:
This game brings back the whole "alignment changes appearance" from the KOTOR series. If you're a paragon, your scars disappear. The e-mail from Chakwas that enables you to research the med bay explains that thinking "good" thoughts will heal the scars.
Really, the med bay only exists to allow Renegades who hate the scars to get rid of them.
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Cep said:
You mean you never stuck your face in Mess Sergeant Gardner's blender?
Son of Godzilla
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Man, Mordin's loyalty quest hits harder than I expected. He's such an awesome character.
I just started playing, but I had downloaded all the pre-order items back when they were available on the Xbox Marketplace, Chitin, Blood Dragon, Terminus, Inferno... holy shit they all look awesome! I can't even decide which one to wear first.
Are their stats different aside from the % things in the description?
Are their stats different aside from the % things in the description?
WHAT?!
End game troubles...
End game troubles...
So I send Mordin as my specialist and as we meet up with the other team and are trying to close the door, he gets shot in the head and dies. I have everyone loyal and pretty much maxed out as is possible doing every side mission in the game, yet he still dies. Is there no way to stop it? How are you supposed to get the all survive achievement?
BrassMonkey1010
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v0yce said:
Do what makes sense.
I sent the geth into the tunnels, let Garrus lead both teams, had Jacob Escort the survivors, and Samara did the energy field thing.
Welp just finished the game, the endboss felt a little tacked on, but whatever.
Great game
Last Mission Details:
Great game
Last Mission Details:
Vent: Legion (Got shot in the head)
1st Team: Samara
2nd Team: Zaeed (Died)
Didn't have anyone escort survivors (I wanted as many of my guys to survive as i could)
Barrier: Jack
And then Tali just randomly died
1st Team: Samara
2nd Team: Zaeed (Died)
Didn't have anyone escort survivors (I wanted as many of my guys to survive as i could)
Barrier: Jack
And then Tali just randomly died
v0yce said:
Unless you send Legion or Tali, the specialist is pretty much going to die. Even if you send Legion or Tali, they may die if you don't pick either Miranda, Garrus or Jacob as your second team leader.
Yes, this stuff makes a major difference. Listen to what the people say you need in a job and pick a loyal person who fits that exactly. Not someone who kind of has the skill and you think is cool, or odds are that the person you pick WILL die.
Yes, this stuff makes a major difference. Listen to what the people say you need in a job and pick a loyal person who fits that exactly. Not someone who kind of has the skill and you think is cool, or odds are that the person you pick WILL die.
Oh, and as we've determined: Don't listen to Miranda. Miranda is always wrong at the end.
What does she say? Wasn't her suggestionPatryn said:
for her to lead the teams? I used her for the team leader both times, no one died.
Legion
Miranda x2
Samara
Over, I actually didn't send out someone to escort people for some reason, I guess I needed to pick a different option somewhere ... so the Dr died, but she's an NPC and I can redo this.
Legion
Miranda x2
Samara
Over, I actually didn't send out someone to escort people for some reason, I guess I needed to pick a different option somewhere ... so the Dr died, but she's an NPC and I can redo this.
just about to start, quick question:
in ME1, the sniper combat was god awful, you stand a mile away and slowly pick off guys for 15 minutes with no real threat to you. i'm thinking about picking infiltrator as my class, so 2 questions: is sniper rifle combat improved and are SMGs fun to use?
in ME1, the sniper combat was god awful, you stand a mile away and slowly pick off guys for 15 minutes with no real threat to you. i'm thinking about picking infiltrator as my class, so 2 questions: is sniper rifle combat improved and are SMGs fun to use?
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punkypine said:
In ME1, maxed out, the sniper rifle was one of the best weapons in the game.
Its much better here though. In ME2 they've completely removed the weapon stat system. Whatever guns your class can 'use' are now based on player skill, like a shooter.
So yes, the sniper is fun to use and functions like a sniper in any other game, and SMGs are good fun too.
chespace said:
It's not just the 'newest' drivers... it's the hotfix that you want to install.
http://support.amd.com/us/kbarticles/Pages/force-Anti-Aliasing-support-in-Crossfire.aspx
Turn on Catalyst A.I. as well. Apparently that helps too.
Aaronology
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punkypine said:
...which is exactly why I loved sniping in ME1. If you invested in the skill/the weapon, yeah, you could take down entire squads sitting atop a cliff half a mile away without worry of retaliation. Boring for some, but it made my Shepard feel more like the assassin I was playing her to be.
That said, sniping in ME2 is much more satisfying, though I can't quite put my finger on why. Possibly the bullet time effect.
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Its the Widow.
Slow down. Cloaked. BOOOOOOMMM. Dead. Party. Shepard. Wrex.
Slow down. Cloaked. BOOOOOOMMM. Dead. Party. Shepard. Wrex.
revolverjgw
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I really miss the Mako. Although I let my OCD lead me to hate it in ME1 (I was forced to play all the tedious side missions), now I realize it added a lot of atmosphere and a feeling of sprawling adventure. I would have appreciated it if it was in ME2. I feel cramped in this game, like I never really get to experience the feeling of being on an alien planet. Feels like the only tastes of that are the bitmap skyboxes and the usually very tiny landing areas in front of high-tech warehouse 56 or hallway-network 38.
I really liked the feeling of traversing the cold vastness of Noveria in ME1, getting to that lab. Really emphasized the remoteness and danger of that mission, and of exploring an alien planet in general. And that Halo-esque garden planet with all the water, the volcano-esque planet, that highway in the dilapidated city, etc. ME1 had some wonky exterior design, gameplay-wise, and could have used more points of interest, but I appreciated the added feeling of adventure they lent to the game.
Even the side-missions in ME1 added some mood, at least before I burnt myself out on all the filler. They were nice in small doses... crossing some weird lonely dusty planetscape, reaching the top of a dune and suddenly seeing an alien excavation outpost to snipe.... that other planet with the bizarre wildlife and spherical alien artifact... etc. I liked just landing on a planet and looking around at the vast skyboxes with moons and stars and such.
On the plus side, the interiors are now a hell of a lot more interesting than the 3 or 4 templates from ME1, they're very detailed and more varied. Overall, they probably funneled their effort in the right direction, as I did enjoy ME2 more. It's probably too much to ask for a game with this scope to have the kind of exterior and interior exploration my ideal space-opera RPG would have. It would have to be in development for 7 years.
I really liked the feeling of traversing the cold vastness of Noveria in ME1, getting to that lab. Really emphasized the remoteness and danger of that mission, and of exploring an alien planet in general. And that Halo-esque garden planet with all the water, the volcano-esque planet, that highway in the dilapidated city, etc. ME1 had some wonky exterior design, gameplay-wise, and could have used more points of interest, but I appreciated the added feeling of adventure they lent to the game.
Even the side-missions in ME1 added some mood, at least before I burnt myself out on all the filler. They were nice in small doses... crossing some weird lonely dusty planetscape, reaching the top of a dune and suddenly seeing an alien excavation outpost to snipe.... that other planet with the bizarre wildlife and spherical alien artifact... etc. I liked just landing on a planet and looking around at the vast skyboxes with moons and stars and such.
On the plus side, the interiors are now a hell of a lot more interesting than the 3 or 4 templates from ME1, they're very detailed and more varied. Overall, they probably funneled their effort in the right direction, as I did enjoy ME2 more. It's probably too much to ask for a game with this scope to have the kind of exterior and interior exploration my ideal space-opera RPG would have. It would have to be in development for 7 years.
I liked how the hub worlds in ME2 were greatly fleshed out. In ME1, the Citadel looked pretty, but seemed a bit sterile. The news reports, scenery, advertisements, and random chatter in ME2's hubs were great and added a lot of atmosphere. Loved the 'movie trailer' ad :lol
Though I miss the random squad interaction dialogue.
Though I miss the random squad interaction dialogue.
Even though things are much more "pretty" in ME2 they can be as sterile I think. I wish the Citadel was larger, and that certain things about the hubs were more exploratory. Being able to go around ME1's Citadel makes it more interesting than a small indoor mall, for example.Erico said:
There is interaction with the characters, but you have to go to random locations and press space bar (or w/e button that is on the 360). I wish that Shepard would actually say something though, that's what I want ... not just random blurbs like they were in this game.
hateradio said:
Yeah, I was definitely bummed when I realized I couldn't actually walk around the presidium. Also, the character interaction I missed was when squad mates would actually talk to each other. Like the "who would win in a fight, you or Shepard?" Wrex ones in ME1. They would also talk outside of elevators, too. I was expecting some tense dialogue between Tali and
Legion
Yeah, but those interactions were all scripted so you could say that it isn't a problem of the "interaction" as much as it is of the writing in this game. I mean, imo, the plot is really thin in this one, it clearly writing wasn't the focus :?
of this.
ME3 better be the second, third, fourth, and fifth acts!
nelsonroyale
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woohoo...actually managed to track an original copy down in Palika Bazaar...After I finish ME 1 again and DA...I will be on to this
TheVisualizer
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punkypine said:
and you have to reactivate when you switch to a new weapon that you havent activated the ammo on yet that mission, after that you can switch back and forth with it equipped
i think the exception to this is the squad ammo powers they equip to all of your weapons
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