Did some running around on the Citadel, investigated the Asari signal, and checked out the scientists that went AWOL.
Oh, hey, it's Jacob. Oh no, he got shot. Not my favorite character. Oh, no. Please, say it isn't so.
Nah, he's fine now. Just a flesh wound apparently. Man, it's been about a week since I last played, but all the things that annoy me with having random sidequest bits and weapon upgrades laying around in the corners of the fighting area still bug the ever-loving heck out of me. The quest itself was okay. Not good, not bad. It was funny when the Atlus dropped near the end, because it needed one hit to die, I did my vanguard charge into him, but he, apparently, grabbed me as I was charging and 1-hit killed me. Awesome. I didn't realize they could do that, but it's good to know.
Did some running around on the citadel after clearing out another 1 or 2 spots on the galaxy map. Ran into Zaeed, and he said he'd help. Yup. Mrrndrr said she was looking for her sister still and didn't want my help. Great, thanks for keeping me up to date on that. Javik had a little cutscene with three people on the ship, and they seemed more worried about having their nerves put to ease than, oh, I don't know, the fact that THERE'S A FREAKING PROTHEAN STANDING IN FRONT OF THEM. At least the stinking Hanar reacted appropriately. Geez...
Said hi to Liara. Shot bottles with Garrus (I was really hoping to hit golf balls from up there or ride some go-karts). Pretended to be sad with my soulless gaze for Ashley and Cortez. Uh... Oh yeah, Vega got a tattoo. Yup. And... I think that was pretty much it. Made me laugh how so many people are still standing around looking at the blast marks. It's like they've never seen charred stuff before.
Kind of getting annoyed at the slowdown going on now. I understand adding more character models to show that it's getting worse, but the Citadel really has some problems now. It's like playing ME1 again or something!
Checked out the Asari signal before I go hit up the Perseus Veil later. I hope Tali's there <3
I hate having to tip-toe around the priority missions out of fear of losing my sidequests. I don't know if it was just the part I already passed, but I'm taking no chances.
Anyways! Asari mission was nice, in that they actually introduced a new freaking enemy. It was actually kind of frightening too. The constant teleporting was a pain, but we eventually got the hang of it. Oh yeah, and Samara was there. I never liked loved her character, but I never hated her either. She was pretty much the same ol' same ol'. I was getting some serious Terminator 2 vibes from the end of the mission, but whatever. I had a ridiculous death in the last wave against the 2 new enemies. Not entirely sure what happened, but it was charge-related again. I tried charging forward to hit one of them, ended up charging backwards and to the left, had to repeatedly tap B to escape from an invisible enemy which (I think) I curb stomped. However, I died immediately after coming out of the animation, so I don't know what the heck happened.
The game feels a little better now. Maybe I just needed the week away from it. Still getting some serious ME1 vibes from the rinse-repeat setup of nearly every mission. It plays out the same exact way every single time, and I'm beginning to wonder if they don't have ex-capcom people (specifically Resident Evil teams) working on the game. Everything gets blown up! EVERYTHING!
Going to the Perseus Veil after I grab some dinner and browse GAF. I have a feeling I've got some Quarian/Geth relations to patch up.
definitely miss the film like look it gave the game. spruced up the atmosphere and sort of helped to hide some of the graphical defects too. oh wells. i shall live. haha
