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Mass Effect |OT| Alien love in an elevator
- Thread starter Mr. Spinnington
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I always take Tali for her electronic/decryption skills. With those skills maxed out, no safe is, uh, safe. She's pretty damn good with a shotgun too. To accompany her, I usually go with Ashley's sniper coupled with high impact explosive rounds (ownage total) or Liara for indoor combat. Watching the enemy charge and then go floating off, arms and legs wobbling to and fro while I pick them apart with my pistol is pretty amusing.
Plus, with either variant I've got something to look at besides Shephard's ass while I'm riding in elevators.
Kaidan is such a jerk. I don't even know if I'm even spelling his name correctly. He's been on my crew since the start, but all he does is tinker around by the ship's lone bedroom. It's kinda creepy. When I go over to see what he's up too, he seems all worn out and he's sweating like a bastard. No dude, you can't be on my away team.
Wrex and I have worn down to first name greetings. "Shephard." "Wrex." He's just such a buzzkill, what with all that talk about the Genophage and murder and his father. Ugh.
Garrus? I don't have time for this, dude. You can thank me by running a little security on Kaidan. Creepy bastard's been hanging out by the bedroom. All sweaty and shit. Check it out. And by the way, the eye patch is out. You look like an asshole with that thing on. Fo realz.
Plus, with either variant I've got something to look at besides Shephard's ass while I'm riding in elevators.
Kaidan is such a jerk. I don't even know if I'm even spelling his name correctly. He's been on my crew since the start, but all he does is tinker around by the ship's lone bedroom. It's kinda creepy. When I go over to see what he's up too, he seems all worn out and he's sweating like a bastard. No dude, you can't be on my away team.
Wrex and I have worn down to first name greetings. "Shephard." "Wrex." He's just such a buzzkill, what with all that talk about the Genophage and murder and his father. Ugh.
Garrus? I don't have time for this, dude. You can thank me by running a little security on Kaidan. Creepy bastard's been hanging out by the bedroom. All sweaty and shit. Check it out. And by the way, the eye patch is out. You look like an asshole with that thing on. Fo realz.
Man, I fail so hard at being a renegade it's just sad. It's my first run, and I'm trying to make it a renegade one, but I keep getting random paragon points every once in a while. I try and make sure I give the dickiest, douchebaggiest answer, but still I get the paragon points.
Tieno
Member
Urk not like Wrex? Wrex is cool, he's a badass, love his voice and when he gets angry. I'm not sure on Ashley, she gave me a bit of an attitude when I got the other aliens on board. I don't tollerate inter-galactic racism on my ship. Kaiden keeps coming on to me (well who wouldn't? She's shexy) Still have to encounter a human female in the game that's as hot as my Shephard. Some of the Asaria's are suprisingly hot. Can't wait to pick up Liara 
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I always have Wrex with me, and then either Garrus or Talia. But I should try the others too.
As far as Paragon/Renegade, I'm just responding towards the situation and how I feel like. High ranking officials I'm usually polite, victims/scared people too. People giving me an attitude or being weird about my aliens (Wrex, Garrus, Talia) I fuck up. High ranking human officials too if they're being a dick to me (can't touch me since I'm a specter). But I'm usually more on the good side. 4/5 Paragon, 1/5 Renegade.
.I always have Wrex with me, and then either Garrus or Talia. But I should try the others too.
As far as Paragon/Renegade, I'm just responding towards the situation and how I feel like. High ranking officials I'm usually polite, victims/scared people too. People giving me an attitude or being weird about my aliens (Wrex, Garrus, Talia) I fuck up. High ranking human officials too if they're being a dick to me (can't touch me since I'm a specter). But I'm usually more on the good side. 4/5 Paragon, 1/5 Renegade.
Tieno said:
Oh, I talked Ash out of that. She was a little reserved, but I soothed her worries. She also told me that she's a hellcat off the battlefield, if you knowwhatImean. Nudge, nudge.
I used Wrex when I first picked him up, but I'm playing as a Vanguard and he kept getting in the way of my biotic-pistoling. Guy's got one hell of a hunchback. Ash hangs back with the sniper and when she does move up, she's slim and trim, even in her heavy armor.
Confidence Man
Member
Gattsu25 said:
I like the
cloned one that gets squirted out of the Thorian
I don't know where all the Tali hate comes from, she's a frickin tank... if we're just talking about shield capacity and tech abilities. I know I'm going to keep her around for this play-through but as a renegade, i have to make sure that I have enough assholes and badasses in my party.
Yeah, I was hoping that I wasn't the only one who found the whole situation to be kinky as hell
Confidence Man said:
Yeah, I was hoping that I wasn't the only one who found the whole situation to be kinky as hell
plaidtopia
Member
Just wanna say that, early on in the game before even Feros/Noveria/Liara, but after seeing the text after
, I believed I was accidentally romancing ... Wrex. I now realize that romances are tied to the plot moving forward. But that was an unsettling moment.
the quest to find his family armor
arhra said:
I kind of don't like this because it makes each character's personality and opinion too malleable.
It makes it appear as if you have a squad of extemporaneous debaters without personal morals of their own. :lol
Wrex seems to be the most brutal, whereas Liara will always, always take the high road.
Well, I mean, I don't think Wrex will ever take the side of not just offing things. Garrus too, unless the only other person around is Wrex. Ashley's pretty violent as well. Kaiden tends to be fairly neutral in his responses anyway. Tali seems to be fairly moral.
If I had to hazard a guess based on my playthroughs, Liara > Tali > Kaiden > Ashley > Garrus > Wrex, in terms of Paragon <=> Renegade and the hierarchy of what they'll say in moral dilemmas.
However, I am also concerned that their dialogue choices might just be "Am I in character slot 1 or character slot 2?" which would be quite disappointing.
There is a pretty good chance that they wereChrange said:
slaves of Sovereign's will and that is a chance you could not possibly take. Not only would you be endangering the lives of your squad, but any and all living beings they come in contact with afterward. Galactic Security was maintained by your decision and that is something anyone would be able to understand
Son of Godzilla
Banned
Not to mention there's a damn Paragon choice that does the same thing too.
hooijdonk17
Member
I'm playing a Vanguard, with Liara and Garus. Paragon.
Next time I'll play a soldier with Talia and Wrex. Renegade.
Finally a Biotic with Ashley and Kaidan. Paragon again.
Next time I'll play a soldier with Talia and Wrex. Renegade.
Finally a Biotic with Ashley and Kaidan. Paragon again.
Psychotext
Member
I almost never bother replaying games but I started my second run through immediately after finishing my first and as I go through it this second time I'm working out what I could do differently on the third run.bengraven said:
ToyMachine228
Member
Just finished the Vermile mission. Favorite mission so far.
Ephemeris
Member
Gattsu25 said:
I wasn't trying to get him killed but that was what I told him to do. He doesn't die. *whew*
plaidtopia said:
:lol :lol I don't even want to imagine how that works.
Solo said:
Yeah. Ilos was a letdown of sorts. But I think my fave would have to be
Return to the Citadel. Disintegration+Low Gravity = Win.
Captain Glanton
Banned
JayDubya said:
Yeah, I wasn't sure if that was supposed to be irony [unlike the scene with Counselor Troi's pet roach], because there's no *wink* when the Turian said that. I was saying it at my tv, though.
arhra
Member
~60 hours for me, over two playthroughs (just hit 60 today... from breaking open a locker in the first gatehouse on Virmire, which was rather... anticlimactic). Hit 54 in my first run (was my second playthrough overall, so i had the Completionist and Power Gamer XP boosts, and of course had the raised level cap unlocked).Mojovonio said:
Oh, and i finally managed to get Asari Ally, on the Citadel after Virmire (after intimidating Conrad into
giving up on his idea of becoming a spectre
I quit WoW right before Mass Effect came out because I was so hyped for it and haven't had any desire to return to playing WoW.bengraven said:
The story was the main thing that drew me in to Mass Effect, something end-game WoW (or really any of the game) fails to deliver on. I mean, the Draenai lore is some of the stupidest shit I've ever heard. Maybe I'll play again for WotLK but I don't expect the story to be engaging, as it never was.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
arhra said:
It'd be interesting to see all the combos and see if one of the characters flip-flop positions based on who they're with.
arhra said:
It took me 55 hours/2.5 full playthroughs to get to 60.
Maybe this is weird, but completing that same quest got me my Krogan ally achievement.
I finished my first playthru yesterday and pretty much started my second one right away. Absolutely loved this game, my personal GOTY (and yes I played Galaxy, Halo 3, Uncharted, etc). It's rare that a game will make me want to play thru for a second or third go, but I'm planning on at least three full rounds of ME.
I capped out at 50 on the first playthru at around 30 hours, and hit my Quarian and Krogan achievements. I'll probably go Human (Kaidan) and Turian for the second playthru with my current Shepard to get the 60 cap, and then make my Charlies Angels squad for the third (Female Shep, Ashley, Liara).
I'm pretty sure I managed to hit all the sidequests, but I'll find out for sure this time.
Oh, playing as a Paragon for the second go, but being a Renegade was a blast.
I capped out at 50 on the first playthru at around 30 hours, and hit my Quarian and Krogan achievements. I'll probably go Human (Kaidan) and Turian for the second playthru with my current Shepard to get the 60 cap, and then make my Charlies Angels squad for the third (Female Shep, Ashley, Liara).
I'm pretty sure I managed to hit all the sidequests, but I'll find out for sure this time.
Oh, playing as a Paragon for the second go, but being a Renegade was a blast.
Valkyr Junkie
Member
So can I start a new game based off of one of my careers at any point? I finished the game this weekend but before heading off to the final objective I made another save. I didn't get the Completionist achievement until a little while into the last objective, so apparently there are some side missions left (plus after beating the game I didn't get the Krogan or Turian achievements). I think I'm gonna go back and finish some more sidequests to get those 2 achievements; but after that will I then need to finish the game to start a new game plus or can I do it right away?
Schopenhauer
Member
^You can't start a new game plus with a character until after you beat the game with that character.
bengraven
Member
Psychotext said:
But can things really be more different the third time through? I'm aware I can make a hero or an asshole, either male or female, and I can see myself wanting to play it three times (I beat KOTOR three times), but I just want even more choice than good and evil these days. I want a completely different story for the most part.