rollingstart
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Subarushian said:
well damn.
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Mass Effect |OT| Alien love in an elevator
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well damn.
AndersTheSwede
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Linkzg said:
Forward on the dpad (for movement), right on the d-pad for general attack specific enemy and the wheel for skills made it somewhat redundant. Would have been nice for the turn-based purists though.
Subarushian said:
Actually I just wish you could do the up/down/left/right commands while in the pause RB/LB mode. There are times when I want to tell my guys to go to somewhere out of my view because I'm under cover but I'm not going to just run out and stand under fire to give them orders. Same with telling them to fire on a specific enemy.
AndersTheSwede
Member
Bebpo said:
True. This was annoying, particularly since the only times you really needed to use it were when you where getting pounded.
You just have to be quick (which I guess doesn't jive with most rpg's) but it wouldn't be a Bioware game without annoying quirks.
Tieno
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AndersTheSwede
Member
TheWolf said:
The buildings do vary in structure usually quite substantially (I went to 2-3 side planets and never ran into a repeat in buildings). But the environments are rather meh. The gravy is in the side-quests though.
Subarushian said:
after 15 hours i've seen basiaclly two different structures. one with two levels, and one single level symmetrical building.
btw, i fucking love how when you complete sidequests you hear about them while in the elevators. can't wait to see some of the variations of the reports on my next playthroughs, cause they're going to be bloodbaths.
I'm level 42 and have only visited two locations of the main plot so far.
I still have secondary missions I'm doing.
I think that all of you guys that rush to the main plot missions without having played the side missions are missing on the fun part.
both looting and leveling are part of this game. why skip it?
and of course you never have to lower difficulty from veteran.
interesting. did you make the player after yourself?GuessWho said:
AndersTheSwede
Member
Killthee said:
I believe its 50.
60 on subsequent runs with game+.
Could be wrong though.
Subarushian said:
Thanks, my head was nagging 30 or 40 (just reached 30 BTW ^_^) because the game+ is 60 and I was starting to worry that I was going to run out of points soon.
Two more questions, do Shepards talent points gained/lv up decrease to 1/per level when he reaches 30 (40?) or do they remain 2/lv. for the rest of the game? What about the other characters, 1/lv. or 1/2 lv.?
Rand al Thor 19
Junior Member
How come the accuracy rating on the Assualt Rifle is 1 for all my characters??? I have Garrius's Assualt Rifle completely leveled up but the accuracy remains 1. Am I doing something wrong???
AndersTheSwede
Member
Killthee said:
Characters never go below 1 skill point per level.
I don't know if Shepard decreases to 1, I'm at level 45 and it's still 2.
I love the comment in the elevator about Hamlet featuring Elcor, and the director wanting to let the audience judge Hamlet based on his actions and not his emotions :lol :lol :lol
Anyway, I left the citadel and spent about 5 hours just doing side quests and planetary exploration. I love cruising around the galaxy and looking at the planets and their details. It reminds me a lot of Escape Velocity Nova in that way, which is awesome as EVN stole my life for a little while a couple years ago.
Anyway, I left the citadel and spent about 5 hours just doing side quests and planetary exploration. I love cruising around the galaxy and looking at the planets and their details. It reminds me a lot of Escape Velocity Nova in that way, which is awesome as EVN stole my life for a little while a couple years ago.
AndersTheSwede
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p3tran said:I just checked, I'm 42 (not 37
strange, there must be something that differentiates the level-up points.
Hmm, I know for a fact I was getting 2 up to 40. I may have lost track after that.
Off topic:
Was anyone else shocked when
Ashley killed Wrex in cold blood? I mean seriously, that was disturbing, the gurgling noises as he lay on the ground where the worst. I really liked Wrex. Stupid bitch, if I didn't want to get in her pants I would have sacrificed her later on.
AndersTheSwede
Member
p3tran said:
*Sniff, good to know he's still kicking alien ass somewhere. The bitch didn't give me enough time.
FunkyMunkey
Banned
Subarushian said:
Yeah, I was like WTF NO. Then I reloaded a save 5 minutes prior and gave my two talent points to charm. BARELY enough to
save
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maladroit
Member
Just completed my first time through, credits rolling as I type this. Almost 15 hours exactly, I only did one or two side quests. Already starting my second game. Absolutely fucking amazing game, it has a lot of poor design choices and bugs, but I'm willing to overlook them with the experience it just delivered.
Thinking about how much shit I probably missed is kinda crazy, I was still finding new things on my 5th and 6th KOTOR games. God knows how long I'll be discovering new things replaying this. :lol
Thinking about how much shit I probably missed is kinda crazy, I was still finding new things on my 5th and 6th KOTOR games. God knows how long I'll be discovering new things replaying this. :lol
AndersTheSwede
Member
Justin said:Wrex lived in my game
I hate you Charming motherfuckers.
Quick question:
When starting a new game+ and deciding to carry over your weapons and stats are all the enemies a lot stronger? I want to get to level 60.
Also, is there some kind of battling/colosseum thing in Mass Effect. I place to start fights and battle your way to the top ranks like in Oblivion? Or failing that a place I can level up?
When starting a new game+ and deciding to carry over your weapons and stats are all the enemies a lot stronger? I want to get to level 60.
Also, is there some kind of battling/colosseum thing in Mass Effect. I place to start fights and battle your way to the top ranks like in Oblivion? Or failing that a place I can level up?
Lostconfused
Member
mandiller said:
Well everything in the game scales so yes you carry over all your stats except Paragon/Renegade and you get a proportionate amount of XP/money for everything you do. Except of course credits are useless by then and you have way more then you need.
Oh funny note, i tried playing on the hardcore difficulty and my lvl 47 soldier got killed in one hit by a rocket drone even with full health.
Buggy Loop
Member
Played 2 hours last night, totally addicted to it so far, im a sucker for sci-fi and this game is a needle filled with heroin in that department. I played with the custom face tools for like an hour, was never satisfied with the results, i went back to John shepard's standard face.
Quite possible one of my favorite moments in a video game ever is
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I said wow!
As for the other unchartered planets, yes most of them are different types of wastelands but they even go into this in the codex a bit, saying how earth-like planets are exceedingly rare and most of the planets out there are barren with different types of hostile atmospheres. It also pays to drive around and explore more than just the initial points on your map. Many things don't show up on your map until you drive by them and then they show up on your mini-map.
I am now 20 hours in, level 31, and the only plot planet I've completed is Noveria.
landing on earth's moon and seeing earth on the horizon
I said wow!
As for the other unchartered planets, yes most of them are different types of wastelands but they even go into this in the codex a bit, saying how earth-like planets are exceedingly rare and most of the planets out there are barren with different types of hostile atmospheres. It also pays to drive around and explore more than just the initial points on your map. Many things don't show up on your map until you drive by them and then they show up on your mini-map.
I am now 20 hours in, level 31, and the only plot planet I've completed is Noveria.
RubberJohnny
Banned
I just picked up Mass Effect with a copy of Edge: Holy shit, they hated it. They moan about the plot, combat, gameplay, dialogue, characters and universe for two whole pages and then pull it back at the end by saying that the reason it sounds so negative is through dissapointment rather than disdain and the fact it isn't a new Star Wars.
I've got a question. After you've finished the game and want to play it again with the stats from the previous game, is it possible to change the looks on the character but keep the stats?
I just started playing and I'm about 6 hours in. I'm still at the Citadel and I'm trying to finish this
Loving the game so far.
I just started playing and I'm about 6 hours in. I'm still at the Citadel and I'm trying to finish this
Keeper scanning sidequest. I've got 20/21 and no idea where to find the last one. Could someone tell me how many there are in each district?
Loving the game so far.
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
So, I haven't started my new Vanguard Amazon game yet, but I watched my better half kick all kinds of ass yesterday and this game is just fucking awesome to look at, and also to play actually as I had to swoop in and beat that insane boss fight from one of the videos where the Geth is like under that bridge when you arrive and it drops down and HUGE fucking juggernaut lands? You know the one I mean? On the planet where you pick up Blue-Faced-Sheepish-Introvert-With-A-Heart-Of-Sex-Longing-Gold.
Anyway, it was almost cheaply one-shot killing her character and so we drove the Mako all the way back to the start of the map, only to find that you can't return to the Normandy. Also bullshit because that really fucking traps you in a situation that may be over your head. Total weak.
Anyway. I took over (usually though, she's totally fucking ace at WRPGs. All my Oblivionchievements are from her). Bolted behind some cover and, even though my ghetto-ass partners, Garrus and, uh, Breather-Hood-Chick, died nigh-instantaneously, several hits of Unity and some patience and tactical thinking won the day. I was nailing those geth soldiers with some Overload and Sabatoge (surprisingly much more satisfying than unleveled gunplay). And then I wore down the Juggernaut's (?) shields and then took his ass down with a pistol.
You'd think it would have been a frustrating mess, but somehow it was completely exhilarating. And at the close we were both convinced that we are NEVER giving old One-Shield-Bar Garrus a spot on the starting line-up again.
YOU SUCK, GARRUS.
Anyway, it was almost cheaply one-shot killing her character and so we drove the Mako all the way back to the start of the map, only to find that you can't return to the Normandy. Also bullshit because that really fucking traps you in a situation that may be over your head. Total weak.
Anyway. I took over (usually though, she's totally fucking ace at WRPGs. All my Oblivionchievements are from her). Bolted behind some cover and, even though my ghetto-ass partners, Garrus and, uh, Breather-Hood-Chick, died nigh-instantaneously, several hits of Unity and some patience and tactical thinking won the day. I was nailing those geth soldiers with some Overload and Sabatoge (surprisingly much more satisfying than unleveled gunplay). And then I wore down the Juggernaut's (?) shields and then took his ass down with a pistol.
You'd think it would have been a frustrating mess, but somehow it was completely exhilarating. And at the close we were both convinced that we are NEVER giving old One-Shield-Bar Garrus a spot on the starting line-up again.
YOU SUCK, GARRUS.
I just started my Adept character and I'm looking for advice on how to build him. Do I need points in pistol or armour? Is Warp or Throw more useful in the long run?
Also, the current skill tree looks pretty limited. Will there be more powers opening up as I progress? Or am I really stuck with just four offensive biotic powers (Throw, Warp plus the two that unlocks as you progress Warp and Throw)?
Also, the current skill tree looks pretty limited. Will there be more powers opening up as I progress? Or am I really stuck with just four offensive biotic powers (Throw, Warp plus the two that unlocks as you progress Warp and Throw)?
rebel^pudding
Banned
WTF was bioware doing! I mean come on its not like this game wasnt delayed several times. This game really frustrates me, on one hand I l love this game. And on the other it has so many flaws it makes me want to cry.
Tearing, framerate drops, friendly AI's cant move anywhere you tell them to, equipment menu interface is crap. WTF bioware, why allow all this little things in that keep me from my advancing my relationship with liara.
I made my own female shepard and in the beginning I really couldnt connect to her, but now she has really grown on me(I hope they allow you to bring your character over to the second game), same goes for my crew. I never talk or bring kaiden anywhere with me because I dont want to be hit on by him and I want to continue the story missions so my relationship with liara continues but I dont want to beat the main game fast.
I also love that this game has really challenged me to make a choice more than any other game so far (including whether to save or harvest the first little sister in Bioshock).
Even though im in love with this game, in terms or score I cant give it over a 8.5 so far. The technical problems are just really sad.
*OOPS SPOILERS!!*
Tearing, framerate drops, friendly AI's cant move anywhere you tell them to, equipment menu interface is crap. WTF bioware, why allow all this little things in that keep me from my advancing my relationship with liara.
I made my own female shepard and in the beginning I really couldnt connect to her, but now she has really grown on me(I hope they allow you to bring your character over to the second game), same goes for my crew. I never talk or bring kaiden anywhere with me because I dont want to be hit on by him and I want to continue the story missions so my relationship with liara continues but I dont want to beat the main game fast.
I also love that this game has really challenged me to make a choice more than any other game so far (including whether to save or harvest the first little sister in Bioshock).
Even though im in love with this game, in terms or score I cant give it over a 8.5 so far. The technical problems are just really sad.
*OOPS SPOILERS!!*
CriscoDisco
Member
rebel.....spoiler tag that shit for Christ's sake.
rebel^pudding
Banned
CriscoDisco said:
sorryz
Holy hell, I just beat my third Geth complex in the
. It was the snow planet and holy hell was that hard. I liked how sniping in the snow was really a bitch to do because you can't see shit. I was dropping the Geth with ease but damn those big things are bitches to take down.
EDIT: Do any of you guys notice how your rifle will do no damage to big enemies at a long distance but will drop any of the smaller guys around them?
Armstrong Nebula
EDIT: Do any of you guys notice how your rifle will do no damage to big enemies at a long distance but will drop any of the smaller guys around them?
Lostconfused
Member
I have great disdain for all of your Garrus hate. It is not the soldier who fails but his commanding officer. Reflect on that.
Fifth fleet out.
Fifth fleet out.
GauntletFan
Banned
Ok, little tip everyone.. save and save frequently.
Oh, and I just finished Noveria, and the side quests and I'm 11 hours in. For those who aren't playing, that means basically I've done one planet. This game is huge.
Even with it's faults, this game is still impressing me more than any other title this year.
I just beat the Matriach, which was really difficult for me, then I went through and used the neutron blast on the remaining creatures.. I got killed on the way out, and my checkpoint was back in the middle of the Matriach fight!! I was so mad.. I managed to do it again, and this time I saved just before you activate the neutron purge. Much better.
Oh, and I just finished Noveria, and the side quests and I'm 11 hours in. For those who aren't playing, that means basically I've done one planet. This game is huge.
Even with it's faults, this game is still impressing me more than any other title this year.
Lostconfused
Member
Y2Kev said:
Its funny how playing going the renegade path effected me. Because the only thing i could think of was "You cant stop me, if anyone stands in my way i will kill them."
Oh also, am i the only person that finds the human Ambasador to be insane/unstable/creepy.