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Mass Effect |OT| Alien love in an elevator
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Lostconfused
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BenjaminBirdie said:
Eh its not like they ever tried to help you. The whole time they are doubtful of your actions, always question what you do. It is criminal and i think them making you a specter was just throwing a bone to humanity.
Also, am i the only one that thinks the human Ambassador is somewhat insane?
Lostconfused
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Tieno said:
You are not missing out on much, Anderson tells you the outcome in the game anyways.
And any background details are covered in the codex.
Cornballer
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The Wikipedia summary isn't too bad.Tieno said:
Woo-Fu
Banned
andrewfee said:
It doesn't work like that. You don't start finding the better brands just because you went up in level. As far as I can tell it is random, other than the level of the items themselves going up as you go up in level.
The license system is kind of pointless, as are most of the different versions of the weapons. The licenses don't work because he never has a significant amount of stock. The different versions don't work because there aren't enough weapon attributes to make the decision any harder than picking whatever does max DPS over whatever period of time you care to pick.
...and one bit of advice about buying and selling upgrades: some upgrades get higher level versions later on, some upgrades DO NOT. For instance, there are no level 9 or level 10 shredder or tungsten ammunition upgrades. Do not sell your lvl7/8 versions of these items.
Yeah. I wish that it was more along the lines of just being a badass or a hardass. But usually you just turn into a little pricky dicky bitch, which isn't that much fun either. Just make me Kratos and give me a permanent "I WILL DESTROY YOU!" choice in every given scenario.Linkzg said:
Lostconfused
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Woo-Fu said:
A lot more stable then anyone going dark side in KOTOR.
â Narayan
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Or Jade Empire. In both of those games, you can do some really evil things.Lostconfused said:
rollingstart
Banned
Odrion said:
yeah, the game was missing the option to say "I normally don't do interviews with women unless I fornicate with them", that is a must for ME2.
Lostconfused
Member
Ghost said:
The line after that makes it all worth while.
The alliance doesn't need junkies and drug addicts representing it. Go get cleaned up.
edit: You see instead of being a goody goody and showing him the error of his ways, you make him do what you want, you dont give him a chance to screw things up. The outcome is exactly the one a specter should have achieved its just that you went about it differently.
fistwell_old
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Yeah, i actually like it too. Has a boards-of-canada-ish quality to it.MMaRsu said:Didn't see it when I checked earlier. I had to get it through different channels right now. But I want to buy it when I can find it. It's really really awesome !!
Quick question/comment/observation on the buy-back option in shops. I'm on a second playthrough. I started replaying with my recycled infiltrator, then dumped his ass for a steamy, brand new renegade lesbian (funny how it seems a popular option round here).
Recycled infiltrator had access to whatever i had sold in my first playthrough in the buy-back screen. But so does steamy hot lesbian.
Made sense for recycled dude, as he's all high level and shit, but hot lesbian somehow gets access to near-end-game level equipment right off the bat. It is kinda pricey for her, but still.
Made sense for recycled dude, as he's all high level and shit, but hot lesbian somehow gets access to near-end-game level equipment right off the bat. It is kinda pricey for her, but still.
2) anyone else run into this, or did my saves get fudged up some way or other?
Lostconfused
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Fistwell said:
Sounds like a bug, but a useful one since you buyback at the lower value which you sold it as.
â Narayan
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The way the colossi and armature units collapse upon being collided with is really cool. This game has some pretty nice ragdolls and stuff.God's Beard said:
DjangoReinhardt
Thinks he should have been the one to kill Batman's parents.
I'm officially giving up on ME. I wasn't enjoying the game much prior to the first ride in the Meko on Feros, and that was the last straw. Aside from the plot and soundtrack, everything feels unfinished to me. I'd love to see what they could do with another year to optimize it from a technical standpoint, implement the promised combat system, flesh out the locations and sidequests, and do something interesting with the dialog. It doesn't seem like they've made substantive progress with paragon/renegade light/dark idea since KOTOR, either. Maybe that changes later, but I doubt it.
Oh, well.
Oh, well.
fistwell_old
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Yeah, haven't had much difficulty getting thru the mako sections either, but it's been rather unenjoyable.dark10x said:
Twitchy direction, steering aligned with the turret rather than the vehicle, general bounciness and floatiness gave me headaches. Having to climb a rocky hillside to go catch some deposit usually makes me puke in my mouth a little bit. The fighting is pretty bland... either driving around something in circles and shooting rockets, or sitting tight and jumping over incoming shots (some of those guys have the slowest rockets... marvel how they can stay in flight at such low speed). I really wish they'd have approached the exploration differently.
fistwell_old
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From what i gather, the next character u create will have access to the singularity skill, even if his/her class usually does not provide it.LukeSmith said:
I can't really tell firsthand, my new character is a soldier, doesnt make any difference that my infiltrator had whored pistol and sniper rifle.
I think it is largely due to your class. As a soldier myself I haven't even mapped a single skill to RB. I rarely access the ability wheel and when I do it's usually to order my allies to do something rather than myself.Rorschach said:
The main reason I like the combat system is because of how easy and quick it is to switch between weapons for any given situation. Never in an RPG have I been able to switch from ranged to close-quarter weapons in a few buttons. I'm used to the typical roles like "you're a fighter so you stay close, while that archer hangs back" but with ME I'm an omnipotent killing machine adapting to whatever the game throws at me. I'll take cover, activate Assassination, peek over and snipe out an enemy. The surrounding enemies realise there's an intruder and all come rushing towards me. My allies will Push them against a wall while I switch over to my Shotgun and blast them into oblivion all in a matter of seconds. Very satisfying.
â Narayan
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Funny thing is -- I felt that many portions of the game were left unfinished, too. That didn't stop it from being a decent game, though.DjangoReinhardt said:
DjangoReinhardt said:
Playing the game I can understand why some people wouldn't like it. When there were frame hiccups, a list of friends popped up in my mind and I thought. "They wouldn't be able to get past this." The game has technical issues galore, and if thats a deal breaker for anyone.. it's going to mare their experience.
For me, this is my game of the year.
Masta_Killah
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yukoner said:
I saw this option during the beginning and set my guys to the default setting. Is there a way to switch it later in the game? I want to switch it to defense as well.
Masta_Killah said:
Yup, just go into options > gameplay
It's the only way to play IMO, otherwise it's not really possible to setup the devestating combo's. When you're controlling every member, you can all attack simultaneously and really whip some ass, like: Lift + Carnage + OVerload all the same time on the same enemies.
No complaints with the combat here. That's one aspect where they really advanced the formula from KotOR.
The technical issues bothered me, to be sure, but I was more disturbed by some of the creative issues and decisions with the game.
I really liked the story, but I thought the characters were rather flat (other than perhaps Shepard)--particularly in comparison to KotOR. They're decent, but there isn't one that approaches the level of Bastila or HK-47 to me.
And speaking of HK-47, I thought Mass Effect could have really benefited from a dose of humor. I felt like the game took itself way too seriously and it kind of sucked some of the joy out of it for me.
I loved the last hour of the game--it was full of great moments. But that final battle was a bit of a disappointing video game cliché.
It's a good game and, if nothing else, it establishes a nice foundation for the sequels. I hope they don't take forever to get here like the first game did.
The technical issues bothered me, to be sure, but I was more disturbed by some of the creative issues and decisions with the game.
I really liked the story, but I thought the characters were rather flat (other than perhaps Shepard)--particularly in comparison to KotOR. They're decent, but there isn't one that approaches the level of Bastila or HK-47 to me.
And speaking of HK-47, I thought Mass Effect could have really benefited from a dose of humor. I felt like the game took itself way too seriously and it kind of sucked some of the joy out of it for me.
I loved the last hour of the game--it was full of great moments. But that final battle was a bit of a disappointing video game cliché.
It's a good game and, if nothing else, it establishes a nice foundation for the sequels. I hope they don't take forever to get here like the first game did.
Am I the only one who's grown to love driving the Mako? Once you realize it has considerably less mass than it should, it's easy to drive. I read someone say that it felt like it weighed two pounds, which is about right. The mention that the Mako has it's own Mass Effect field and the mechanics support that. Let's you do neat things like shoot off the top of the mountain and glide to the ground with occasional jet bursts.
I landed in the middle of a pack of Geth the other day, which was a big surprise to us both.
I landed in the middle of a pack of Geth the other day, which was a big surprise to us both.
GalaxyBird
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hey, just picked up this game and it's awesome. So I'm on the planet Metgos and there was the distress call from the medical team. this is also where you find a Thorium mineral deposit and a Turian emblem. Also on the planet is this wreckage bit, and when I try to "A" it, it says my Electronics skill is too low. I had my two party members that were part or full Engineer, and I had spent several points in Electronics. When I try to do something that requires Electronics, does my main character need to have it? If not, how do I go about doing this. Thanks a lot
firehawk12
Subete no aware
No, only one of the characters with you needs to have the required Electronics skill.
Other skills are stackable though, like First Aid.
Other skills are stackable though, like First Aid.
Confidence Man
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GalaxyBird said:
As long as someone on the team has a high enough skill it sort of transfers to your character when you go to open something.
I mean every scenario.Woo-Fu said:
Like right here, they needed the option to shoot the woman in the head execution style.Linkzg said:
But seriously, "The alliance doesn't need junkies and drug addicts representing it. Go get cleaned up"?, most of the mean dialog in the game is this prudish crap. All they need is a anytime choice of "shoot someone in the head" and the ability to give the middle finger in any dialog option. I don't need to justify my actions motherfucker. Pow, now you're dead too Mr. Whiny Human Ambassador.
Actually, I thought they were going to have the choice in any dialog to not say anything. I wanted that! I wanted to be a quiet Captain with cold emotions and a dark history. But I guess being Mr. "My whole family and crew were slaughtered but I'm one happy go lucky guy!" with a scarred up face is good enough.
GalaxyBird
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firehawk12 said:
Confidence Man said:
thanks a lot
DevelopmentArrested
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Is there a point of no return in this game?
The Lamonster
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I'd bang ALL the keepersEric WK said:
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Then get executed for treason?
The Lamonster
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what? Does the sex scene really show nippes? I thought it just showed 'uttcrack...Gattsu25 said:
There's a lot of talking in this game, even for a Bioware game. I've finished KOTOR and KOTOR2 (I know it's made by Obsidian) but damn, I have to track down some dude just to talk to him, and then he'll tell me to talk to some other guy, and then I have to go back to guy #1 to tell him what guy #2 said, and depending on whether I pick "let me try that again" or not, I might have to go BACK to guy #2 to set guy#2 straight, sometimes I wonder if it would be better for them to just settle the problem themselves or just fucking kill each other. What's worse is when the two characters are fucking standing RIGHT BESIDE EACH OTHER.
I'm supposed to be a FUCKING SPECTRE AGENT, MR. FUCKING BADASS, and here I am running like a god damn errand boy. For all the "OMFGZ I CAN'T BELIEVE I R TAWKIN TO TEH COMMANDER SHEPPARD MR. BADASS WHO SAVED EDEN PRIME RAWR", there's an errand boy quest. Let me settle things via either stealth or guns blazing instead of having all this talking ALL THE TIME, I understand Bioware invested alot into this conversation system dial thing but let's not overdo it please.
I'm supposed to be a FUCKING SPECTRE AGENT, MR. FUCKING BADASS, and here I am running like a god damn errand boy. For all the "OMFGZ I CAN'T BELIEVE I R TAWKIN TO TEH COMMANDER SHEPPARD MR. BADASS WHO SAVED EDEN PRIME RAWR", there's an errand boy quest. Let me settle things via either stealth or guns blazing instead of having all this talking ALL THE TIME, I understand Bioware invested alot into this conversation system dial thing but let's not overdo it please.
TheArchitect
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Game is awesome!