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[Basileus777]

I'm assuming this is just like a patch? Hopefully there isn't a problem with the Steam version.

I get this error message with the Steam version:

Mass Effect CD Key not found.
You must run the Steam version of Mass Effect at least once to have the CD Key properly installed by Steam. Once this has happened, try running this installer again.

It seems that it supports Steam, but something isn't working because I've played the Steam version plenty. Nothing I've tried has gotten the installer to work.

 

[Kitschkraft]

I would love to get the red and white Ashley armor but I refuse to buy any of the avatar marketplace stuff as it is set up now. I feel as though separating the armors from the helmets like that is really really really nickle and diming people, don't want to derail so I'll leave it at that.

I will definitely get the DLC, I don't give a fuck if it's only 2 hours, the first DLC was short too.

 

[purg3]

Nice, will download after I get off work.

 

[Peff]

So what I'm gathering there isn't much in terms of a story in this DLC it's mainly combat challenges? If so I'm not sure how eager I am in buying it.

There is pretty much zero story. There is an attempt at giving the whole thing a sidequesty feeling but it's like 40-50 seconds long max. Think of it as an offline online mode with two or three conversations slapped on.

 

[SlickVic]

There is pretty much zero story. There is an attempt at giving the whole thing a sidequesty feeling but it's like 40-50 seconds long max. Think of it as an offline online mode with two or three conversations slapped on.

Thanks for clearing it up. Sounds neat but if there's no real story to it I think I'll save the money.

 

[Pancakes]

Here is my dude with the armor (I'm a consumer whore), I hate how it clings to the avatar so much. If I make him a little fatter it looks just a tad better.

 

[Count of Monte Sawed-Off]

The DLC sucks. The different missions go from being embarrassingly easy to frustrating (playing on insanity), and actually for one of the missions one map it was incredibly easy and the other map it was frustrating. Not sure if it's worth the $5.

 

[firehawk12]

I guess there's no story at all then?

 

[Chinner]

The DLC sucks. The different missions go from being embarrassingly easy to frustrating (playing on insanity), and actually for one of the missions one map it was incredibly easy and the other map it was frustrating. Not sure if it's worth the $5.

what kind of character you got? gold standard?

 

[Count of Monte Sawed-Off]

I guess there's no story at all then?

Not really. I can see why they didn't bother to hype it up at all.

what kind of character you got? gold standard?

Soldier, lvl 59. I pretty much sit in a corner during survival doing nothing and get 1st place. On hunt in the subterranean course I got 126 kills and had racked up about 6:00 minutes, on the Volcanic course I can't get passed 28 kills, it seems like it stops giving me extra time when I kill something. I havn't done the time trials yet.

 

[erpg]

So, a PC patch that doesn't fix what's in its changelog. And DLC that is essentialy a 1-hour long combat run.

Sounds like they've really hit this one out of the ballpark.

 

[firehawk12]

Seriously. I know they're amping up for ME2 but this is pretty disappointing.

 

[Chinner]

If you're expecting story based missions then don't play this. If you just want to play some gameplay scenarios and genuinely enjoy ME gameplay then play this.

 

[Count of Monte Sawed-Off]

Oh and why the fuck does that voice keep saying "Dammit Shepard, that medigel ain't free!" When I'm not even using any medigel and since the whole thing is a simulation wouldn't the medigel be not real and therefore free, or did I miss something.

 

[Peff]

I guess there's no story at all then?

This is all the story (not really spoilers but anyway):

Spoiler

Human Incharge: Hello Shepard! You gotta check this awesome simulator out!
(when you are first for the first time)
Turian: YOU CHEATED! You and that other human, nobody could possibly beat me! Beat me seven more times and I will think you're legit and give you a not-so-good weapon.
(You do so)
Turian: Ah, well.
(After you beat the newly unlocked challenges)
Human Incharge: Hey, you youngsters are actually weak. Win this simulation of one of my missions when I was super awesome and I'll give you my apartment.
(You do so)
Human Incharge: Ah, well.
END

EDIT: Who knows, bullets are supposed to be real. Then again

Spoiler

the guy has an unlimited supply of Medigel in his house so he's not one to talk :lol

 

[dankir]

New DLC and queued up. XBLA has been on fire lately I fucking love it and more Mass Effect is ALWAYS welcome.

Time to start my 3rd run on insane now.

 

[corpserot]

Haven't been this frustrated with a game in a long time, these hunt missions are just ridiculous, on the last one, I get to the last 2-3 kills and they just stop spawning. Worst DLC I have payed for, glad it was only 400.

 

[gregor7777]

I get this error message with the Steam version:

Mass Effect CD Key not found.
You must run the Steam version of Mass Effect at least once to have the CD Key properly installed by Steam. Once this has happened, try running this installer again.

It seems that it supports Steam, but something isn't working because I've played the Steam version plenty. Nothing I've tried has gotten the installer to work.

Well, they need to get that shit sorted.

 

[brandonh83]

It was pretty meh overall. I'm in the

Spoiler

new apartment and boy he was right, the locale is really barren, must suck having a nice pad

OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF FUCKING NOWHERE

 

[Blast Processing]

I get this error message with the Steam version:

Mass Effect CD Key not found.
You must run the Steam version of Mass Effect at least once to have the CD Key properly installed by Steam. Once this has happened, try running this installer again.

It seems that it supports Steam, but something isn't working because I've played the Steam version plenty. Nothing I've tried has gotten the installer to work.

Not sure if this will help, but just a week ago I got BDtS for the Steam version of the game. You have to go to Bioware's site and register to get a Bioware ID, from there you have to go and register your ME cd key. This will generate a BDtS (or, presumably, one for the new DLC) "cd key" that you then have to use when you download the DLC and install it. From there, just play the game as normal from your Steam list.

It was a huge pain in the ass and required some googling to find cached pages due to broken links on the Bioware site, but in the end I got BDtS, and I'm guessing this will be the way to get the new shit, too.

edit: just ignore that, I just realized the DLC is coming from the EA Store, not the Bioware site

 

[bigdaddygamebot]

Seriously. I know they're amping up for ME2 but this is pretty disappointing.

This.

I actually put some hours into Mass Effect recently, just to get up to speed with the combat again and refresh my memory of the story but...man...this is underwhelming at best.

 

[Basileus777]

Not sure if this will help, but just a week ago I got BDtS for the Steam version of the game. You have to go to Bioware's site and register to get a Bioware ID, from there you have to go and register your ME cd key. This will generate a BDtS (or, presumably, one for the new DLC) "cd key" that you then have to use when you download the DLC and install it. From there, just play the game as normal from your Steam list.

It was a huge pain in the ass and required some googling to find cached pages due to broken links on the Bioware site, but in the end I got BDtS, and I'm guessing this will be the way to get the new shit, too.

Yeah, I had to do that to install BDtS. But it seems like this installer is intended to work with Steam, it just isn't doing it correctly. It doesn't even ask for me to manually enter my cd Key, it searches for it automatically and can't find it. There are some other people having this problem on the Bioware forums, so it's not just me.

The 1.02 patch is out on Steam, but the DLC still won't install.

 

[firehawk12]

This is all the story (not really spoilers but anyway):

Spoiler

Human Incharge: Hello Shepard! You gotta check this awesome simulator out!
(when you are first for the first time)
Turian: YOU CHEATED! You and that other human, nobody could possibly beat me! Beat me seven more times and I will think you're legit and give you a not-so-good weapon.
(You do so)
Turian: Ah, well.
(After you beat the newly unlocked challenges)
Human Incharge: Hey, you youngsters are actually weak. Win this simulation of one of my missions when I was super awesome and I'll give you my apartment.
(You do so)
Human Incharge: Ah, well.
END

EDIT: Who knows, bullets are supposed to be real. Then again

Spoiler

the guy has an unlimited supply of Medigel in his house so he's not one to talk :lol

Christ. Well, at least no one has a right to complain about BDtS now.
I assume they voiced Shepard... but are your party members just silent robots that follow you around during the cutscenes like they were in BDtS?

 

[Joel Was Right]

Sounds like something they patched together in a week to be honest :lol

 

[Count of Monte Sawed-Off]

Christ. Well, at least no one has a right to complain about BDtS now.
I assume they voiced Shepard... but are your party members just silent robots that follow you around during the cutscenes like they were in BDtS?

You only have your party members with you're in the simulation. They don't even walk around the station with you.

Time trial really brings out the flaws in Mass Effect's fighting system.

 

[Beowulf28]

Looks like the DLC is up for PC here.

Unlike BtDS, looks like PC gamers will have to pay for this one ($5 which is equivalent to what it costs on 360).

Fuck that. $5 isn't worth an hour of a lame survival mode.

 

[Count of Monte Sawed-Off]

I fucking swear hunt on volcanic is broken. On the other map you got seconds or so per kill, on this map I get that til about the 20th kill and then it gives 1 second per kill, and then it spreads the geth all over the map so you have to run to them and there's not enough time... blah, blah, blah.

 

[Lime]

How's the new face texture on Garrus and/or any other Turians? Can anyone post pics? (PC version)

 

[erpg]

How's the new face texture on Garrus and/or any other Turians? Can anyone post pics? (PC version)

Hasn't been fixed, contrary to what the changelog says.

 

[xbhaskarx]

So a $5 mission, a premium theme, two sets of avatar armor, and an avatar helmet? Sweet.

 

[Mindlog]

It was pretty meh overall. I'm in the

Spoiler

new apartment and boy he was right, the locale is really barren, must suck having a nice pad

OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF FUCKING NOWHERE

Check the PC.

You can now gamble for premium gear.

***I will be a little surprised if this doesn't make it into ME2.

 

[Blast Processing]

So a $5 mission, a premium theme, two sets of avatar armor, and an avatar helmet? Sweet.

I wonder whose idea the theme and the avatar shit was. If MS asked them to come up with this stuff, they're just making Bioware look bad (not that they don't do that enough on their own).

 

[brandonh83]

Check the PC.

You can now gamble for premium gear.

yeah, there's no way I'm blowing my money until I get some more details on this... it's like that damn crow in Lost Odyssey all over again :lol

 

[Lime]

Hasn't been fixed, contrary to what the changelog says.

 

[TheSeks]

Holy shit. WHY DIDN'T BIOWARE ADVERTISE THIS!?

ARGH! Now I have to get an MS point card for September. DAMN IT.

 

[ezekial45]

Damn, i finished it in little more than an hour. It was pretty fun, but i wished it was longer.

Spoiler

The apartment you get at the end of it is pretty nice though.

 

[EarsOfASnake]

I fucking swear hunt on volcanic is broken. On the other map you got seconds or so per kill, on this map I get that til about the 20th kill and then it gives 1 second per kill, and then it spreads the geth all over the map so you have to run to them and there's not enough time... blah, blah, blah.

Same as, I cannot do this level for love nor money

 

[Ponti]

The difficulty varies hugely depending on map, I honestly think some of the maps are impossible to do on Insanity (with an Infiltrator at least). Had to turn the difficulty down to actually get somewhere.

"Dammit Shepard that medigel ain't free!" has become the new "ENEMIES EVERYWHERE!". Very annoying.

Spoiler

On the plus side Shepards new apartment is quite nice

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I also don't see how this is bridging the story between ME and ME2.

 

[Count of Monte Sawed-Off]

Same as, I cannot do this level for love nor money

I've given up for the time being, gotten pretty close though. Pretty much you just have to get lucky with where and if the geth spawn. The closest I got, towards the end there was 1 geth on the map and he was too far away to be worth the time, and more didn't spawn for at least 5 seconds. Killed my chance.

It's just luck.

Finally did it with 48 kills...

 

[K.Jack]

Is Steam going to auto patch up to 1.02, or do I need to do install it manually?

 

[Asmodai]

The difficulty varies hugely depending on map, I honestly think some of the maps are impossible to do on Insanity (with an Infiltrator at least). Had to turn the difficulty down to actually get somewhere.

"Dammit Shepard that medigel ain't free!" has become the new "ENEMIES EVERYWHERE!". Very annoying.

Spoiler

On the plus side Shepards new apartment is quite nice

.

I also don't see how this is bridging the story between ME and ME2.

My Infiltrator has that ability where "Immunity" recharges faster than he uses it, basically allowing for permanent semi-invincibility even on Insanity difficulty. Just remember to keep engaging it.

Unless your infiltrator is really low level or something, he should have this ability too.

 

[Basileus777]

Is Steam going to auto patch up to 1.02, or do I need to do install it manually?

The patch is already up on Steam. It auto-patched me earlier today.

 

[CabbageRed]

Pity about the patch and DLC. They seemed like a nice excuse to play ME one last time, but the DLC sounds like one of the early and frustrating user-made Spore adventures, and how they could not fix Garrus' face after all this time is beyond me.

 

[user_nat]

More importantly, are the new achievements easily gotten?

 

[ezekial45]

More importantly, are the new achievements easily gotten?

Kinda. The last mission needed for the achievement was a little annoying

 

[brandonh83]

Kinda. The last mission needed for the achievement was a little annoying

The one I had trouble with was

Spoiler

time trial - volcano

. God... that shit... god.

 

[SpacePirate Ridley]

Does someone know about the fix of Garrus, has Bioware said something about not fixing it properly again?

 

[K.Jack]

The patch is already up on Steam. It auto-patched me earlier today.

Hmm, I just turned my notebook on for the first time in two weeks, and I haven't seen an update yet.

I wish Bioware put the version number on the menu screen. I guess I'll just check if the dynamic shadows look better. I'll have to reverse the ini shadows fix first.

 

[MrTroubleMaker]

Looks like the DLC is up for PC here.

Unlike BtDS, looks like PC gamers will have to pay for this one ($5 which is equivalent to what it costs on 360).

EA store .. I hope it gets put up on Steam


I like the new

Spoiler

apartment you get

, I wonder if we will get to use it in ME2

Hmm, I just turned my notebook on for the first time in two weeks, and I haven't seen an update yet.

I wish Bioware put the version number on the menu screen. I guess I'll just check if the dynamic shadows look better. I'll have to reverse the ini shadows fix first.

just run MassEffectConfig in \mass effect\Binaries to get version numbers/key's/ect

 

[K.Jack]

just run MassEffectConfig in \mass effect\Binaries to get version numbers/key's/ect

Thanks for the tip.

The Dynamic Shadows look great now. I'm disappointed about Garrus' face though. He still looks like Mason Verger from the movie Hannibal.