Anyone have any idea why I get an error saying that the connection to the servers are timing out? I've tried everything to get Cerberus working again. I bought a new PC a couple of months back but forgot to take the saves from my old PC to this one. I've reset my router, flushed dns, re-logged into my social account on Bioware's website, and even registered the game which I apparently hadn't done so when it was released. It worked fine that day in case anyone asks.
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It's $20 on Steam for the normal game andzazrx said:
$40 for the deluxe edition. If it's more in your territory try finding someone with a US account to gift it to you. Buying the retail version won't get you the Steam version. Here's a complete list of unlockable games: https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=7480-wusf-3601#which
antiquegamer
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Insanity seems to get easier as you progress and get better weapons / upgrades. Though it take me several trials to get through the derelic ship ....
EnjoyIncubus
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Just bought the PS3 version. 30 min, 5GB mandatory install, plus you have to download like 700MB worth of "Cerberus Network" DLC.
I put the disk in over an hour ago and I'm still not playing. Sigh...
I put the disk in over an hour ago and I'm still not playing. Sigh...
Alright ME2 noob here, trying to construct a decent party on the difficulty level below insanity (my first playthrough) before I jump into the omega red warp.
I've been running through everything and really really like using Grunt and Legion, since they both have tanking skills from their loyalty missions and I love throwing a drone out for distractions. My main dude is a Soldier and I have Adrenaline Rush fully maxed and I stay back and sniper everything I see while the other two tank everything for me, and its going really well.
So the point is, does anybody else use this setup and have any tweaks they recommend, or am I just awful at the game and these two kinda suck?
I've been running through everything and really really like using Grunt and Legion, since they both have tanking skills from their loyalty missions and I love throwing a drone out for distractions. My main dude is a Soldier and I have Adrenaline Rush fully maxed and I stay back and sniper everything I see while the other two tank everything for me, and its going really well.
So the point is, does anybody else use this setup and have any tweaks they recommend, or am I just awful at the game and these two kinda suck?
Right so I just started another playthrough and after the first mission noticed something.
When you're reading through the end of mission reports, the first one (I can't remember the others) appears to be written by the Illusive Man. Who is he reporting to? I thought he was the leader of Cerberus?
When you're reading through the end of mission reports, the first one (I can't remember the others) appears to be written by the Illusive Man. Who is he reporting to? I thought he was the leader of Cerberus?
MrTroubleMaker
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It's to bad all the upgrades you got the first time around don't carry over to a NG+ (just heavy weapons). Yeah it is better to do an Insanity run on a new game.anddo0 said:
Just beat the 360 version and thoroughly enjoyed it. However the love story with Miranda is incredibly unsatisfying to me. The pacing of your relationship is so off and your attitude is extremely odd. There is never any real build up to love, its more like Shepard just wants to tap some ass.
So after beating the game if I chose option 1 to continue the game - will i be rewarded with a more thorough relationship development with Miranda? If not then I guess I'll start a new game for the hell of it.
God I sound like such a psycho talking about craving a video game character relationship hahah.
After the love scene I expected there to be a strong bond between the two of you for the final mission. What I got was Miranda stumbling in a room after an intense fire fight and you running to her where she says "Im ready for a fight Commander" and you promptly give her a pat on the shoulder. To top that off I am eagerly awaiting a last hoorah between the two of you as you grief over your fallen comrades, but nothing happened. She wasn't even in the final scene of the game. Extremely disappointed and unsatisfied by this.
So after beating the game if I chose option 1 to continue the game - will i be rewarded with a more thorough relationship development with Miranda? If not then I guess I'll start a new game for the hell of it.
God I sound like such a psycho talking about craving a video game character relationship hahah.
IoCaster
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sam27368 said:
Tha happened to me recently and I'm not sure of the cause. I did change vid cards from 4870 CF to GTX 580 so it may be an Nvidia driver problem. Using DRDOverrider seems to help so you can try that.
The Chef said:
Nah, it's pretty much all you get other than she'll ask if you want to continue or break off the so-called relationship. If you choose to continue you'll get the second terminal in your cabin to activate and use it to invite her up for a cuddle.
Darth Tigris
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The Chef said:
No.
Like it or not, the most fulfilling romance in the series is with Jack. It's worth it.
EatChildren
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Darth Tigris said:
Jack's romance was terrible in my opinion, as it went down the most cliche, boring path possible;
tough chick with attitude and a broken past breaks down and becomes an emotional girly girl, begging for love and acceptance.
On another note, can a mod please lock this or something like they originally intended to?
The Chef said:
It's not just the love it's the pacing of the entire game. I love ME2 don't get me wrong it's one of my favourite games but to keep up with the audience and hollywood you can see what they've had to do.
Point in question - Samara, the Justicar. Her oaths that go back pretty much since the Asari's inception, they are her life and she would kill everyone and herself if it meant she'd have to break them.
Shepard "Hey Samara you've never met me, I could be some pirate or just like to get funky with some old aliens but do you fancy joining me on this epic mission to save the universe. I'm not going to show you any proof of who I am or where we're going or what we're fighting for"
Samara - "sure why not"
Shepard - "oh and you can forget the oath and all that rubbish"
Samara - ".... okay"
EatChildren
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sam27368 said:
I didn't like Samara, but I thought she joined Shepard because he helped her out of having to kill her way out of prison. She probably knew about the Collectors, at least the kind of creatures they are, and agreed that Shepard's mission was important. She doesn't disregard her oath, mind you. Im pretty sure she says that her oath is to protect the innocent, and thus in joining Shepard is staying true to that oath, but once the mission is over will no longer be bound to Shepard's objective.
Regardless, its probably a cheap way for BioWare to write her off for ME3. "Samara is done with Shepard, so she left, like she said she would".
EatChildren said:
Intially she says it's because she can see he's honest or some rubbish, the detective gets her into custody for questioning and then releases her
She says it's the third pillar of the oath or something that allows her to follow another oath instead of her own. After the build up of the Justicar oath I thought that was pretty cheap
Just finished up my first playthrough on PS3. Loved the game but never played ME1 and I dont have an 360 and prefer to skip the PC version. I figured to live with the default choices and read up to fill in the gaps.
So in the end Jack died most likely as my paragon wasn't that high and I sided with Miranda in the argument. I also didn't realize that after I started the IFF mission if I wanted to save the crew I had to get going quickly and instead went out mining/exploring...lol
In short I dont like how it turned out so i plan to replay in a month or two and do all exploring and character loyalty missions carefully to make sure my paragon gets where it needs to be.
Sidenote - Shadow Broker DLC - Aces!
So in the end Jack died most likely as my paragon wasn't that high and I sided with Miranda in the argument. I also didn't realize that after I started the IFF mission if I wanted to save the crew I had to get going quickly and instead went out mining/exploring...lol
In short I dont like how it turned out so i plan to replay in a month or two and do all exploring and character loyalty missions carefully to make sure my paragon gets where it needs to be.
Sidenote - Shadow Broker DLC - Aces!
Darth Tigris
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EatChildren said:
Love stories ARE cliches. Even in the real world. But its all in the execution and her's is the most well executed one the entire series whether you like the character or not (for the record, I sure hated her at first).
Thunder Monkey
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I enjoyed the Tali romance the most because of her final relationship related sentence. Also the ensuing talk with Mordin was great.
Guys, this is the old thread.
There's a new one:http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=25843655#post25843655
There's a new one:http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=25843655#post25843655
BladeoftheImmortal
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I've been replaying ME2 on my PS3 and I went through the comic book and picked the decisions I made in 1 on 360 so I could carry them over to the PS3 version. I picked Liara as my love interest like I did in the first one(as female Shep) but when i go to my quarters, Kaiden's picture shows up.
What's the deal? Did the comic not load properly? I feel like it did because all the other choices seem to have been carried over, like an all human alliance, plus Udin as chancellor, and Wrex is still amongst the living and I don't think those are default choices.
Anyway, will Liara not show up until i meet with her again?
What's the deal? Did the comic not load properly? I feel like it did because all the other choices seem to have been carried over, like an all human alliance, plus Udin as chancellor, and Wrex is still amongst the living and I don't think those are default choices.
Anyway, will Liara not show up until i meet with her again?
WrenchNinja
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Did you download the patch? Kaidan showing up in the picture frame is a glitch, the patch rectifies it.BladeoftheImmortal said:
BladeoftheImmortal
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No, I guess I haven't... I thought I did, though. I DLed the DLC and that was about 2 weeks after the game dropped, so I would assume i got it. is there a way to check?
Typographenia
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The DLC may seem pricey, but the story driven ones are completely worth it. Easily worth the money, in my opinion. I'm pretty biased for Mass Effect, though, but you should download Lair of the Shadow Broker or Overlord if you're wondering if they're worth it. Fantastic experiences, and I wish other games had dlc of this caliber to offer.Dice said:
Oh, Alan Wake, why did you do this to me? I thought what we had was special!
Dunno if this has been posted but it's a pretty awesome song about Shepard. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHseWNr7iKk
Ah. Thanks. Must have missed it.Arjen said:
Dice
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I got Shadow Broker because I'm keeping Liara as my girlfriend. You'd think a 108 year old would have more baggage than the others, but when you're set to live to 1000 I guess you know when to just let shit go. Plus, I'd think that once you have ultimate nerve-sharing space sex that anything else would be a letdown. Maybe I'll find some Prothean way to extend my lifespan in ME3.
Anyway, Dragon Age Ultimate didn't go on sale, so if it doesn't this week I may go ahead and get more DLC for this.
Anyway, Dragon Age Ultimate didn't go on sale, so if it doesn't this week I may go ahead and get more DLC for this.
Kinspiracy
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So I finished it and all the DLC last night (bought the game two weeks ago). Loved it. Every minute of it. I made sweet sweet blue love to Liara in ME1 and somehow she found out about my love affair with a certain tattooed freak in ME2, but she ultimately forgave me. I'm confused about one part of the story though. It involves the choice regarding Samara. I won't say anymore so as to not spoil, but somewhere along the dialogue path to that decision, I missed why it was even a choice. And unfortunately I didn't have a game save just prior to doing it so that I could re-do it.
Typographenia
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I ended up buying it the other day because I couldn't get the song out of my head, haha!Darklord said:
Time to go listen to it again on repeat...
Kinspiracy said:
I assume you mean her loyalty mission...
You're given the option to kill samara or her daughter. The daughter is extremely powerful and tells you that she'll join your team if you don't kill her. I kept Samara because I didn't like the idea of giving her up before learning anything about her, but there are other people who enjoy playing with her daughter on the team instead.
xKilltheMx
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I want the Paramour Trophy but also want the keep Liara as my Love Interest so that when I transfer the game over to ME3. Any Suggestions?
xKilltheMx
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xKilltheMx said:
anybody?
Dice
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From what I have read, you just have to get with somebody then reload and turn them down. Achievements must save separately from the storyline saves. Apparently, so long as you don't give your sweet lovin to anyone, things with Liara will be unaffected. If her picture in your cabin is still up, things are still good with her. All the romance scenes happen
so save just before then.
With Shadow Broker
Whether that really affects things in ME3 is still pure speculation and guesswork, but I'm still going to take the safe route and reload. I think the fact they even made the Shadow Broker DLC shows that they have Liara-lovers in mind and won't ruin their experience. Especially with her prominent role in the story canon and
, she almost seems like the "intended" love interest.
just before you take the Omega 4 Relay,
With Shadow Broker
it seems assumed that it is after the main story, and apparently if you were with someone, you get the chance to go back on that when Liara asks you if they are what you're fighting for or something like that.
talking about marriage and babies and whatnot
xKilltheMx
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Dice said:
Appreciate it.
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