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Who can't wait for Mass Effect 2? I can't. Seriously. It's so bad I have no interest in Dragon Age: Origins except to see the thing on shelves already, which means we're that much closer to ME2.

Reapers. Cerberus. Wrex. Shepard. I need my fix!!!

Also, needed to have this thread just so these pictures could be posted. Found them on the Penny Arcade forums, from a Brazilian (hey JCM!) user there:

Shegokigo Shepard cannot wait to get back and brutally beat her way through mission objectives again. Hopefully the "Renegade" side is a bit more "indepth" with the "choice style" of options.

To be honest, I'm looking forward to DA:O a lot more.

Although ME2 does look pretty good - here's hoping my biotic/tech/sniper character gets some shiny new abilities to toy with and make the fights even more unfair.

Man Wrex was awesome.

I wonder what racists I get to kill THIS time! Can't wait!

I'll pick it up, and I'm sure I'll enjoy it, but my biggest gripe about the first is you never got to be evil enough. Sure, you could pick the "evil" option, but Ol' Dick Shepard always seemed to try too damn hard to justify the choice. I want conversation trees that allow you to be a flagrant intergalactic douchebag. Something like this.

Morally Questionable Quasi-Villain: "Do you really think that killing me will solve your problems?"

Good response: "Perhaps You're right. I'll let you go, but don't show your face around here again.
Neutral response: "One less criminal in the galaxy is always a good thing."
Evil Response: "No, I just have alot of extra ammunition and no place to store it."

Game one was severely lacking in option 3, I thought. I think the reason it suffered is you were limited to three options for your conversation progression trees, and they always picked a lawful evil response over a chaotic one (Which are always great)

If I knew they improved upon that, I'd be just as giddy with anticipation as you guys, but for now, I'm just gonna sit back and wait.

I think the problem is you guys were expecting more of a Sith than a Renegade. It seems to me they mean it in the sense of a bad-boy kind of guy moreso than anything else, i.e. do what you know is right, but in whatever way you want, morals and regulations be damned.

Actually, I thought much of the point of Renegade versus Paragon was so that you didn't have the black-and-white choice of shiny sparkly goodness or baby-eating. If nothing else, it made it more conceivable that others would put up with your shit.

I want to be able to punch more snooty reporters.

bhamv3 said:

I want to be able to punch more snooty reporters.

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That was probably one of my favorite moments in the game. Coincidentally, so was decking that blithering doomsayer at the start of the game. I wish you could finish more conversations that way!

I'm looking forward to it but I've got a question I've already beaten Mass Effect for the PC several times but deleted all my content.

Will I be seriously handicapped if I play Mass Effect 2 without my previous files from Mass Effect 1?

CynicismKills said:

I think the problem is you guys were expecting more of a Sith than a Renegade. It seems to me they mean it in the sense of a bad-boy kind of guy moreso than anything else, i.e. do what you know is right, but in whatever way you want, morals and regulations be damned.

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Eh, I wanted something where my options were more than just "Picard or Kirk" (I realize it's not quite THAT black and white.) The heritage of the game studio screams for it. I'm not just talking KOTOR, either, it goes back much further than that. It becomes less of an RPG when you have less play choices.

I miss the fallout days where you had the option to steer pretty much any conversation into combat.

GeneralOrder24 said:

Eh, I wanted something where my options were more than just "Picard or Kirk" (I realize it's not quite THAT black and white.)

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So you wanted a Janeway and Sisko option?

Janeway: Ignore the rules and have everyone praise you for it, despite the fact your directly responsible for the deaths of everyone on board your vessel. Violating the principles of you swore to uphold gets you into the mess, while not violating them again is what keeps you in it.

Sisko: Get away with murder because your treated like divinity by an endangered race, until you lose your mind and seek revenge on the asshole who's been prodding you for years. Oh, and your actually an alien but don't know it.

Well, there goes my interest in ever seeing Deep Space 9. Thanks Ash.

AshburnerX;268300][quote=GeneralOrder24 said:

Eh, I wanted something where my options were more than just "Picard or Kirk" (I realize it's not quite THAT black and white.)

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So you wanted a Janeway and Sisko option?

Janeway: Ignore the rules and have everyone praise you for it, despite the fact your directly responsible for the deaths of everyone on board your vessel. Violating the principles of you swore to uphold gets you into the mess, while not violating them again is what keeps you in it.

Sisko: Get away with murder because your treated like divinity by an endangered race, until you lose your mind and seek revenge on the asshole who's been prodding you for years. Oh, and your actually an alien but don't know it.[/quote]

Benjamin Lafayette Sisko is the baddest motherfucker to have ever existed in the Star Trek universe. There are two main rules in DS9: 1: Nobody fucks with Sisko when he's angry 2: Those who try, learn nobody fucks with Sisko when he's angry.

Shegokigo said:

Well, there goes my interest in ever seeing Deep Space 9. Thanks Ash.

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This.

Occasional Poster;268352][quote=Shegokigo said:

Well, there goes my interest in ever seeing Deep Space 9. Thanks Ash.

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This. [/QUOTE]

It's been off the air for 10 years. It is officially beyond the scoop of the spoiler law. Besides, it honestly felt tacked on in the last season... like they were trying to think of a way to get rid of Sisko as a character without killing him. It's especially bad because there wasn't jack in foreshadowing for it.

Still, go and watch DS9. Your not watching it for the story, your watching it for the characters.

AshburnerX said:

Still, go and watch DS9. Your not watching it for the story, your watching it for the characters.

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Shego, could you link the Scanners head explode .gif on this one for me?

Bowielee;268376][quote=AshburnerX said:

Still, go and watch DS9. Your not watching it for the story, your watching it for the characters.

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Shego, could you link the Scanners head explode .gif on this one for me?[/QUOTE]

It's kind of like watching stuff by Donald P. Bellisario after Quantum Leap: The over arching plot isn't always that good, but the actually character interactions usually are.

Except for Odo. He was kinda a one trick pony the entire series. MORN was more interesting than him and he never said a god damn word.

AshburnerX;268367][quote=Occasional Poster;268352][quote=Shegokigo said:

Well, there goes my interest in ever seeing Deep Space 9. Thanks Ash.

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This. [/QUOTE]

It's been off the air for 10 years. It is officially beyond the scoop of the spoiler law. [/QUOTE]

Yes, that is a valid point. It's been 10 years and I am still on the third season so I guess I can't expect to avoid spoilers easily. I was mostly just surprised by getting DS9 spoiled in a thread about ME2.

Speaking of ME2, I can't wait!

I am very curious about the improved combat mechanics. I think the new characters that have been revealed so far look very interesting.

Occasional Poster;268594][quote=AshburnerX;268367][quote=Occasional Poster;268352][quote=Shegokigo said:

Well, there goes my interest in ever seeing Deep Space 9. Thanks Ash.

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This. [/QUOTE]

It's been off the air for 10 years. It is officially beyond the scoop of the spoiler law. [/QUOTE]

Yes, that is a valid point. It's been 10 years and I am still on the third season so I guess I can't expect to avoid spoilers easily. I was mostly just surprised by getting DS9 spoiled in a thread about ME2.[/QUOTE]

Welcome to the wonders of Halforums. But still, continue with your DS9 watching. You're literally just getting to all the good stuff, where the small story hints and character quirks that will drive the meat of the series are being dropped and established. Just because some part of Sisko has gotten spoiled (and even then, Ash oversimplified the "revenge" part. It isn't even revenge at all as....well, you'll see ) doesn't mean you should stop. That spoiler doesn't tell you what is going on in and around the station, and with all the other characters. And, as it's been stated, DS9 was very much character driven.

Love that show.

As for ME2, it looks like the new combat mechanics are going to provide for some smooth commando-style controls. The new reloading bit is going to add much to the game, I think, even if there's a wacky storyline reason for it (just like with the unlimited ammo). Cover's nothing new but seems upgraded, which'll be a plus.

The new characters are kinda interesting, but seem like a continuation of characters from the first game. Tits McGee being the Ashley-type, the assassin dude being a Wrex-type, etc. That's not to say the assassin doesn't look and seem cool, which he does. But he's basically filling the same role Wrex did so it doesn't seem like anything new is being brought to the table. If the rumors are true, however, about the then THAT character will quite possibly rock hardcore.

Mass effect was such a let down for me. I picked it up again and played it through a second time (not all the way) and was just so meh'd by the whole thing. Granted, my opinions are mine alone, but I don't care too much about the sequel. DA:O is definitely on my watchlist though. want want want.

I really, really, really hope they bring Wrex back.

The rest of them, I don't really care about.

Fucking A! A salarian? God damn that's pleasing.

I killed Wrex off

Bowielee said:

I killed Wrex off

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You WOULD.

As for me? It was all about Liara and Tali. We were sexy bitches, kicking alien ass and blowing shit up. Threeways after every successful mission too.

Shegokigo;271649][quote=Bowielee said:

I killed Wrex off

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You WOULD.

As for me? It was all about Liara and Tali. We were sexy bitches, kicking alien ass and blowing shit up. Threeway's after every successful mission too. [/QUOTE]

Plus Liara and Tali actually made for a pretty well-rounded team. One's for biotics, the other's for tech. I usually give them both shotguns equipped with explosive rounds. They don't shoot often, but when they do, they make it count.

Their skills + My sniping, shit was dead WAY before it knew we were even on the planet.

I was the combat/tech mix (class name eludes me) with Ashley and Liara as backup. Worked out pretty well.

The tattoo'd character they just announced seems kinda stupid to me, at least in the context she was presented (herp derp I'm a bad girl who swears and wants to bone, I'm a unique snowflake!).

CynicismKills said:

I was the combat/tech mix (class name eludes me) with Ashley and Liara as backup. Worked out pretty well.

The tattoo'd character they just announced seems kinda stupid to me, at least in the context she was presented (herp derp I'm a bad girl who swears and wants to bone, I'm a unique snowflake!).

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If Tali isn't back in ME2, I think I know who's partnering with Liara and me.

CynicismKills said:

The tattoo'd character they just announced seems kinda stupid to me, at least in the context she was presented (herp derp I'm a bad girl who swears and wants to bone, I'm a unique snowflake!).

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This. That was a stale sterotype in the 90's and it's almost 2010. They could have done a little better.

Bowielee said:

I killed Wrex off

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MONSTER!

My party was always Tali and Wrex... We left no survivors.

Frankie said:

Fucking A! A salarian? God damn that's pleasing.

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No kidding. I mean, we've had reps from both the other Council races. Wonder what'll be the deal with this guy? In the last game, a lot of the aliens were playing against their species stereotype to some extent - for instance, the disciplined turians produced Garrus the maverick, whilst the cheerfully brutal krogan produced Wrex the disillusioned warrior-poet.

Iaculus;272104][quote=Frankie said:

Fucking A! A salarian? God damn that's pleasing.

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No kidding. I mean, we've had reps from both the other Council races. Wonder what'll be the deal with this guy? In the last game, a lot of the aliens were playing against their species stereotype to some extent - for instance, the disciplined turians produced Garrus the maverick, whilst the cheerfully brutal krogan produced Wrex the disillusioned warrior-poet.[/QUOTE]

Salarians have fast metabolisms and tend to have quick, hyperactive mannerisms, so this guy will probably be slow and deliberate.

Also, he'll have a very short name.

bhamv3;272483][quote=Iaculus;272104][quote=Frankie said:

Fucking A! A salarian? God damn that's pleasing.

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No kidding. I mean, we've had reps from both the other Council races. Wonder what'll be the deal with this guy? In the last game, a lot of the aliens were playing against their species stereotype to some extent - for instance, the disciplined turians produced Garrus the maverick, whilst the cheerfully brutal krogan produced Wrex the disillusioned warrior-poet.[/quote]

Salarians have fast metabolisms and tend to have quick, hyperactive mannerisms, so this guy will probably be slow and deliberate.

Also, he'll have a very short name.[/QUOTE]

Hell, they only live for what, 40 years? Life's too short for more than one syllable.

I've read that he's a scientist, but I'm hoping that he takes a page from the salarian military style of ethics, which is basically a bunch of black ops who will sneak in and pwn your ass before the war even starts.

Ravenpoe;272525][quote=bhamv3;272483][quote=Iaculus;272104][quote=Frankie said:

Fucking A! A salarian? God damn that's pleasing.

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No kidding. I mean, we've had reps from both the other Council races. Wonder what'll be the deal with this guy? In the last game, a lot of the aliens were playing against their species stereotype to some extent - for instance, the disciplined turians produced Garrus the maverick, whilst the cheerfully brutal krogan produced Wrex the disillusioned warrior-poet.[/quote]

Salarians have fast metabolisms and tend to have quick, hyperactive mannerisms, so this guy will probably be slow and deliberate.

Also, he'll have a very short name.[/QUOTE]

Hell, they only live for what, 40 years? Life's too short for more than one syllable.

I've read that he's a scientist, but I'm hoping that he takes a page from the salarian military style of ethics, which is basically a bunch of black ops who will sneak in and pwn your ass before the war even starts.[/QUOTE]

Ah yes, just like the Silent Step, who defeated a nation with a single shot. Or the Ever Alert, who kept armies at bay with hidden facts.

(I love Kirrahe!)

I too used Liara and Tali, as a female soldier Shephard.

...Screw this, I'm replaying the game.

My team was Ashley and Wrex. I was playing as an Infiltrator, you see. End result: lots of firepower and enough tech and biotic support to round it all out.

Spectre pistol with explosive rounds = awesome. I mean, if you can have a Mass Effect bolt pistol, why would you not want to?

Also, seconded on the Kirrahe badassery. Observe:

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXLVFnl3WcE[/ame]

I went through the game with two characters: a male Paragon vanguard and a female Renegade solider (with Singularity). Both games I killed off Carth/Kaiden because I simply can't stand that guy's voice, with the exception of Star Wars: Republic Commando.

My party with the vanguard was Ashley and Wrex. My party with the soldier was Tali and Liara. The end result in both parties was just pure, unadulterated destruction and badassery. I have to say I prefer playing as the solider, as I can sit there and just soak up insane amounts of damage with Immunity which allows me free time to micro Tali and Liara's abilities. Plus just sitting there with Immunity on and laughing off nearly every attack is just awesome.

I'm thoroughly convinced Bioware made a playable Salarian character solely from the response to Captain Kirrahe.

Today, Bioware released a new wallpaper for ME2. I don't know if it's only for halloween, or if it actually alludes to something that happens in game, but all I could think of was "oh shit oh shit oh shit!"

Spoilered, due to possible spoilers

Oh shit, oh shit, oh shit!

Shit shit shit! No!

Wait... what is that exactly?

It could be a vision. It could just be an image released for halloween. But I like to hope it's a possible outcome for shepherd.

One of the themes of the game is "How far are you willing to go to save the universe?" Maybe this could play into the renegade path, with Shepherd being tempted to use his enemy's technology against them. Becoming what he's fighting in order to defeat them, etc etc.

Or maybe Shepherd dies, and this is evil reanimated shepherd that becomes the villain for number three.

GODDAMNIT RELEASE DATE PLZ.

Gusto said:

GODDAMNIT RELEASE DATE PLZ.

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1/26/2010

Thanks.

I started playing Mass Effect 1 two days ago.

Oh my mother-effing-gawd... HOW COULD I NOT PLAY Mass Effect 1 UP UNTIL NOW!

Please, someone punish me for that.
Now I'm completely hooked withy my blonde, hawt and tough Janis Shephard... Can't wait to get my fix when I get home tonight...

And yes. I am completely looking forward to ME2... But first, let me finish part 1...

What class, Andi?

Paragon or Renegade?

That spoiler image is definitely gonna be from a vision.

Gusto said:

What class, Andi?

Paragon or Renegade?

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I don't know the english name for the class, but I have biotics and combat abilities.

And at the moment I'm about 50-50 paragon/renegade.

I just do what feels right at the moment. Sometimes it's slapping an idiot in the face, sometimes it's offering some words of comfort.

Don't forget, I'm playing a woman after all... ^^

You're a Vanguard, cool, I was too on my first playthrough.

Infiltrator all the way, baby.

Played too many RPGs beforehand to want to come up against one of those pesky locked crates with nothing to sort it.

Can't really recall what I was. I sniped shit and I sniped it good. Left all the "mental" powers to Liara and all the "tech" to Tali.

Iaculus said:

Infiltrator all the way, baby.

Played too many RPGs beforehand to want to come up against one of those pesky locked crates with nothing to sort it.

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Me too, so I kept Kaiden on my team until I got Tali, then immediately made her max out her Electronics.

Kaiden, meh.

The beginning of the supposed "flood" of ME2 info is starting to come out. There's a new trailer and interview video posted, with spoilers, and there's going to be an entire episode on SpikeTV devoted solely to Mass Effect 2. The countdown's begun, woohoo!

Iaculus said:

My team was Ashley and Wrex. I was playing as an Infiltrator, you see. End result: lots of firepower and enough tech and biotic support to round it all out.

Spectre pistol with explosive rounds = awesome. I mean, if you can have a Mass Effect bolt pistol, why would you not want to?

Also, seconded on the Kirrahe badassery. Observe:

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Oh, god DAMNIT. I forgot how awesome that speech is.

Starting tomorrow, I'm going for a third play-through before it comes out in January. And have now pre-ordered the Collector's Edition.

I started replaying ME again. OMG, I forgot how awsome the game is. I'm going infiltrator/renegade all the way.

One complaint I have, and it's not exclusive to ME.

Why do games like this give you the option of being a sniper type of character and then force you into situations where you HAVE to fight in close quarters? I finally gave up with my assasin in Oblivion and went for a mage oriented character because it was rare where I could actually hide in the shadows and plink off the enemies with my bow, which is what the whole purpose of an assassin build is.

At least with ME, you can max out your pistol skill for close combat.

pistol is the best weapon in the game anyway. Sniper rifle is just for shit and kicks

I can only think of one, that's right one, situation in the whole game where the sniper rifle is the best weapon for the situation. It's that side quest where you're locked in the mine shaft with a live nuclear device, and when you emerge from the mine you're on a tall hillside overlooking the enemy camp.

Don't get me wrong, I'm using the sniper rifle a ton. I got a great amount of use in it in the Bring Down the Sky content. Which, BTW got me what looks to be the best omni-tool in the game.

Also, when I played through it before I pretty much stuck to the main storyline quests. I never realized that I missed out on a great big chunk of not only gameplay, but also in storylines.

Bowielee said:

I finally gave up with my assasin in Oblivion and went for a mage oriented character because it was rare where I could actually hide in the shadows and plink off the enemies with my bow, which is what the whole purpose of an assassin build is.

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Wait.. what? I beg to differ... my main character in Oblivion was all about the sneaking and assasinating. The only issue is that bows is that it took more time to get to higher multipliers when sneak killing. Once the skill would hit about 70, it started to get OP.

And nothing beats a stiff whack in the back of the head with a knockdown enhanced mace. Take them down and beat them into a pump.

:whoo:

SeriousJay;295317][quote=Bowielee said:

I finally gave up with my assasin in Oblivion and went for a mage oriented character because it was rare where I could actually hide in the shadows and plink off the enemies with my bow, which is what the whole purpose of an assassin build is.

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Wait.. what? I beg to differ... my main character in Oblivion was all about the sneaking and assasinating. The only issue is that bows is that it took more time to get to higher multipliers when sneak killing. Once the skill would hit about 70, it started to get OP.

And nothing beats a stiff whack in the back of the head with a knockdown enhanced mace. Take them down and beat them into a pump.

:whoo:[/QUOTE]

Which is fine in the various overworld dungeons and such, but most of the main questlines force you into close quarters.

Bowielee said:

I started replaying ME again. OMG, I forgot how awsome the game is. I'm going infiltrator/renegade all the way.

One complaint I have, and it's not exclusive to ME.

Why do games like this give you the option of being a sniper type of character and then force you into situations where you HAVE to fight in close quarters? I finally gave up with my assasin in Oblivion and went for a mage oriented character because it was rare where I could actually hide in the shadows and plink off the enemies with my bow, which is what the whole purpose of an assassin build is.

At least with ME, you can max out your pistol skill for close combat.

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You're doing it wrong.

I used my sniper rifle in about 95% of the content in game.

Shegokigo;295382][quote=Bowielee said:

I started replaying ME again. OMG, I forgot how awsome the game is. I'm going infiltrator/renegade all the way.

One complaint I have, and it's not exclusive to ME.

Why do games like this give you the option of being a sniper type of character and then force you into situations where you HAVE to fight in close quarters? I finally gave up with my assasin in Oblivion and went for a mage oriented character because it was rare where I could actually hide in the shadows and plink off the enemies with my bow, which is what the whole purpose of an assassin build is.

At least with ME, you can max out your pistol skill for close combat.

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You're doing it wrong.

I used my sniper rifle in about 95% of the content in game.[/QUOTE]

I'm in the infested station, there is zero distance to use a sniper rifle. Like I said, I use the rifle all the time, but I hate the fact that it pidgeon holes you into using close quarters.

Mass effect is easy enough (except beginning on hardcore) that you could finish the game using only the melee attack so it doesn't really matter anyway.

hmmm I think i might try that

I just fired up Mass Effect again.

You know how in games like Half-Life, or Team Fortress 2, or Fallout 3, or Left 4 Dead, you get in the habit of reloading constantly? Fire a short burst from your assault rifle and then you instinctively hit the R key? Yeah, that key's mapped to grenades in Mass Effect.

"Reload! Wait, no, my grenades!"

bhamv3 said:

I just fired up Mass Effect again.

You know how in games like Half-Life, or Team Fortress 2, or Fallout 3, or Left 4 Dead, you get in the habit of reloading constantly? Fire a short burst from your assault rifle and then you instinctively hit the R key? Yeah, that key's mapped to grenades in Mass Effect.

"Reload! Wait, no, my grenades!"

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Yeah that is AWFUL.

And then I remember that I never HAVE TO RELOAD.

Don't worry you two, apparently we now have ammo counts and reloading so all shall be well.

Also:

Qonas said:

Don't worry you two, apparently we now have ammo counts and reloading so all shall be well.

Also:

Spoiler

Salarian scientist!

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You guys will have ammo counts and reloading. My rig will almost certainly be too crappy to play ME2, so I'll be stuck killing Saren and Sovereign again and again. (And bedding Liara and Ashley again and again!)

Since I don't have an Xbox at all, I have missed out on ME1 and will miss out on ME2. *sad fat hobbit*

Lying Bastard said:

Since I don't have an Xbox at all, I have missed out on ME1 and will miss out on ME2. *sad fat hobbit*

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You have a computer, don't you, genius?

Shegokigo;299220][quote=Lying Bastard said:

Since I don't have an Xbox at all, I have missed out on ME1 and will miss out on ME2. *sad fat hobbit*

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You have a computer, don't you, genius?[/QUOTE]

Not one that can run ME. I'm using a Dell Dimension 4500 from 2002, and it wasn't a gaming-level rig when I bought it. I can just about run Civ 2 on it.

Well then, you know what you need to do. :humph:

I suppose I do.

*looks around for revolver*

No need for a gun:

You don't rob a Kwik-E-Mart by ritualistically disemboweling oneself.

Lying Bastard said:

You don't rob a Kwik-E-Mart by ritualistically disemboweling oneself.

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You and are I, are not even reading the same book, much less on the same page. rly:

Shegokigo;299259][quote=Lying Bastard said:

You don't rob a Kwik-E-Mart by ritualistically disemboweling oneself.

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You and are I, are not even reading the same book, much less on the same page. rly:[/QUOTE]

That's precisely why all book but the Koran need to be burned...

Shegokigo;299259][quote=Lying Bastard said:

You don't rob a Kwik-E-Mart by ritualistically disemboweling oneself.

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You and are I, are not even reading the same book, much less on the same page. rly:[/QUOTE]

I'm okay with that.

Well, I'm about halfway through the main storyline of my in depth playthrough of ME 1. My GOD I missed out on so much by rushing through the main storyline the first time I played it. I never even got to the point the first time where you got the specialization talent for your class.

It's like playing a whole nother game.

Woohoo IT'S HERE

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TPfJ1qY4Z4[/ame]

The full length Mass Effect 2 cimematic 'Blur' trailer. We don't have a smiley that's giddy enough to properly reflect my excitement!

EDIT: We now also have this:

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxQci156ey0[/ame]

If these go down, just check YouTube for it. Or DL it to your 360, which you should have anyways.

Fuck yes! Nice.

I've been playing ME1 religiously since Sunday morning. I want to finish the game one last time.

And GOD DAMN at 0:18.... they can make beautiful graphics all right. Who the hell is that and does Shepard get to grind her?

bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah. can't wait

The hot girl at 0:18 is named Miranda Lawson. She's one of the main female characters, so we'll probably have a shot at her, yes.

And while I'm a huge Martin Sheen fan, I think his voice may be a little too distinctive. Breaks immersion for me.

Having said that itsy bitsy nitpick though, I'm now going to watch those videos non-stop for the rest of the night. Want this game soooooooo much...

Also, I think we might have found a krogan even more badass than Wrex now. THAT GUY FUCKING SOLO'D A THRESHER MAW!!!!

I was definitely in the "He ain't Wrex so he must not be cool" camp, but yeah. Damn.
As for Miranda Lawson,
My only issue with Martin Sheen's voice? The pseudo-goons on the PA forums turning into weak-at-the-knees buffoons because he's in the game.

All I'm hoping is that you'll be able to have more possible love interests.

MEI was okay but its like why can't you have both??

I wonder if you can decide or not if you can kill this Krogen as well.

I shot Wrex in the first one. Just pulled out my pistol and said "Get the fuck out the way"

In the recent GameInformer magazine I got they had an interesting article on ME2. Apparently they were comparing the new Nomrandy to the Enterprise and the old Normandy to the Millenium Falcon.

You can also buy fish for your aquarium as well from what I read.

Should probably re install and replay MEI just so when I get MEII I'lll have all my saved shit to start with.

The part where I had to choose to kill Wrex was tough. In the end... I gave him life... just so that he can feel the doomed feeling of his race some more. :decision:

Yea, I hated how they shut down one love angle the MOMENT you said something nice to Liara. I was like, OH SHIT, I thought I was just flirting! How the FUCK does Ashley know? Telepathic? GODDAMN, how are playahs supposed to roll in the 2400s?

Actually installing MEI right now. Pretty excited about ME2.

Yeah hope Bioware fixed the love triangle a bit. Tough when you only got one angle to go on lol.

This, AVP, ModNation Racers, and GOWIII are the most anticipated titles I'm looking forward too.

I'm wondering how you'll be able to kill Shepard off though if you want too, who will you play as then in the 3rd one?

If its like the self sacrificing crap like ending at FO3 then I'm not sacrificing him that way.

I want a heroic noble, go down in flames of glory way.

Qonas said:

As for Miranda Lawson,

Spoiler

she was apparently engineered by Cerberus to be the perfect woman in form and personality. Which throws her right into my "not trusting you, bitch" pile. Even if she's voiced and modeled after Yvonne Strahovski.

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I think I just....

I KNOW I just came.

While I was thinking about ME2 yesterday, I realized I no longer have my old save game on the PC version. That means I will be unable to really "continue" my old Shepard, which made me kind of sad.

I was thinking of playing through again with a new Shepard. Last time I was a Paragon, but maybe this time I will play a Renegade, but I admit, it is hard for me to choose the "bad" options in dialogue and such. I might just play a Paragon again but switch up my partners, last time I used pretty much Garrus and Ashley, with some Liara mixed in, maybe I should take Tali and Wrex for more of a spin this time around, or even Kaiden, who in my last play pretty much stood around my ship till I killed him off to make sweet love to Ashley. eace:

In the end, I am just glad Garrus is back as a recruitable in ME2. He was my favorite companion. Wrex seems to win most of the popularity with fans, but I always liked Garrus because he seemed like a guy trying to do the right thing any way he could, a bit cold sometimes, a bit honest others. Him and Tali were actually my favorite characters overall, even though I never took Tali fighting with me, depending on how I like the new characters I might make them my fighting duo in ME2.

Absolutely agreed on Garrus and Tali, but Wrex was definitely my favorite. I have a soft spot for the noble warrior type. I don't think Canderous/Mandalore ever left my party in the KotOR games, even if my character was a Light Sider.

ScytheRexx said:

Last time I was a Paragon, but maybe this time I will play a Renegade, but I admit, it is hard for me to choose the "bad" options in dialogue and such.

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Really I thought Mass Effect would've helped out people like you, as the Renegade choices are also absolutely hilarious. "It's a big, stupid jellyfish!" And of course, face punching.

I went with making two saved games that I'm going to play through ME 2 with. My paragon Shepard is a male soldier, and my renegade Shepard is a female vanguard. Both are Spacer/War Heroes, I think (I haven't played in a while, 360's sent to Microsoft), and both killed Kaiden.

ScytheRexx said:

While I was thinking about ME2 yesterday, I realized I no longer have my old save game on the PC version. That means I will be unable to really "continue" my old Shepard, which made me kind of sad.

I was thinking of playing through again with a new Shepard. Last time I was a Paragon, but maybe this time I will play a Renegade, but I admit, it is hard for me to choose the "bad" options in dialogue and such. I might just play a Paragon again but switch up my partners, last time I used pretty much Garrus and Ashley, with some Liara mixed in, maybe I should take Tali and Wrex for more of a spin this time around, or even Kaiden, who in my last play pretty much stood around my ship till I killed him off to make sweet love to Ashley. eace:

In the end, I am just glad Garrus is back as a recruitable in ME2. He was my favorite companion. Wrex seems to win most of the popularity with fans, but I always liked Garrus because he seemed like a guy trying to do the right thing any way he could, a bit cold sometimes, a bit honest others. Him and Tali were actually my favorite characters overall, even though I never took Tali fighting with me, depending on how I like the new characters I might make them my fighting duo in ME2.

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Of the few times I've run through the game, Garrus was the only one that I always had on my team.

Oh man, I'm so fucking psyched.

Holy shit, people... The Infiltrator class:

Now gets CLOAKING!

Am doing a deep run on Mass Effect as an Infiltrator.Love the game,but the small loading sequences when moving around stations (Citadel,Ferrous,etc)still piss me off.

GOD DAMN I WANNA PLAY THIS FUGGING GAME. Happy birthday to me!

Wow, that stealth seems awful OP. It won't stop me from using it, though.

Bowielee said:

Wow, that stealth seems awful OP. It won't stop me from using it, though.

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It is actually the sole reason I have decided when I replay the game, I am going to be an infiltrator, so that when I go into ME2 I can take that role and have that kickass ability. Last time I was a soldier.

I think you'll have an option to change your class even if you import a file from ME1, so it shouldn't matter.

Baerdog7 said:

I think you'll have an option to change your class even if you import a file from ME1, so it shouldn't matter.

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It is more for consistency. Since I lost my old save I am going to make a new one of a new Shepard, so I can lead it into ME2.

Actually, that makes me wonder, how are they going to handle the small, little choices in ME2 for those that never played the first one or lost the save? For instance...




Also, and this is just an observation.

I think they'll ask you questions at the beginning, kinda like in KOTOR2

bhamv3 said:

Wait... what is that exactly?

Spoiler

Zombie Shepard? Reaper implanted Shepard? Evil twin/clone Shepard? Shepard when you choose the Renegade path? Shepard with really bad acne?

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None of the above. In case you REALLY want to know (spoilering it despite hearing it happens in the first few minutes of the game):

Shegokigo said:

If Tali isn't back in ME2, I think I know who's partnering with Liara and me.

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I actually started my new playthrough of ME1, but I am having issues getting going again on it. I guess I just am having problems deciding how I want to play, since I already played a Paragon, but I have a huge amount of issues forcing myself to play a Renegade. It's just not in my bones. Makes the play unsatisfying. Plus, it's somewhat more laggy then I remember.

I think in the end I will just recreate my old guy in ME2, I was already a Soldier (Commando) so I can easily make him become either a Soldier again or an Infiltrator. I just hope it has something like KOTOR2 that allows me to set many of the little things, like Ashley being alive and how the two had a "relationship". I don't want those little plot points glazed over.

Well, I'm glad

That really belonged with a [ spoiler ] tag Zumbo.....

Shegokigo said:

That really belonged with a [ spoiler ] tag Zumbo.....

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Psyclone said:

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I guess the "pure biotic" party member role will be fulfilled by Subject Zero (the pissed off tattoo chick)

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ScytheRexx;332546][QUOTE=Psyclone said:

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I guess the "pure biotic" party member role will be fulfilled by Subject Zero (the pissed off tattoo chick)

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Psyclone said:

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Maybe...I just thought it would make more sense from a story perspective for the opposite to be true: Subject Zero is apparently the result of a biotics experiment while Samara is part of some sort of Asari law enforcement.

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Gusto said:

Man Wrex was awesome.

I wonder what racists I get to kill THIS time! Can't wait!

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Kill a racist...oorrr BE a racist...

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AshburnerX;271764][quote=CynicismKills said:

The tattoo'd character they just announced seems kinda stupid to me, at least in the context she was presented (herp derp I'm a bad girl who swears and wants to bone, I'm a unique snowflake!).

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This. That was a stale sterotype in the 90's and it's almost 2010. They could have done a little better.[/QUOTE]

Personally if the option comes up I plan on reupholstering the ship with her brains.

Okay, if you don't want any spoilers, don't hit the link below. They are leaked video of the male shepard sex scenes.

http://empirestategamer.com/news/console/mass-effect-2-major-sex-scenes-unlocked

Well I won't be around for a while:






Excuse me while I go let my brain explode in awesomeness.

Terrik said:

Well I won't be around for a while:

Excuse me while I go let my brain explode in awesomeness.

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I will murder you and assume your identity. Your game shall be my game.

I'm taking that damn pikachu too.

I'm barely into the game and my mind is already blown.

ScytheRexx said:

Okay, if you don't want any spoilers, don't hit the link below. They are leaked video of the male shepard sex scenes.

http://empirestategamer.com/news/console/mass-effect-2-major-sex-scenes-unlocked

Spoiler

Tali!? They made Tali into one of the sex scene options!? I don't know how I feel right now. One on hand she was always my favorite of the female characters, and I totally would have chosen her over Ash and Liara in the first game. But on the other hand, I think she deserves more then... that...

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Wait a minute, how did you get your hands on it already, Terrik? Did it get released early in China or did a retailer jump the gun?

Terrik? Can you hear me?

Dammit, he's too deep in the game...

hehe...my local Chinese gameshop owner ot his copies this morning. How sweet it is. I'll go back to playing now. It kicks a lot of ass. A lot of things changed from the first game to the second, but it works for me.

Without spoilers, I just want some confirmation if FemShep is going to be able to pursue any relationships other than males and/or Liara.

Shegokigo said:

Without spoilers, I just want some confirmation if FemShep is going to be able to pursue any relationships other than males and/or Liara.

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Yes, even without knowing, I'm fairly certain.

TOMORRRROOOOOOOOOOOOW

Amazon sent me the e-mail earlier today.

Mass Effect 2 is on the way to my house right noooow!

Edit: It's at a distribution center in Tulsa right now!

So any confirmations?

Pre-installing on Steam now.

Can't seem to get a single real answer on this anywhere. You figured they were would a confirmed word on it or not. (Debating how to set-up my ME1 character for ME2 because of this.)

Shegokigo said:

Without spoilers, I just want some confirmation if FemShep is going to be able to pursue any relationships other than males and/or Liara.

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I don't have a 100% answer, but I am going to say "Yes" because Bioware often balances that type of thing out. It would be a step back from ME1 and Dragon Age if they didn't have at least one alternative lifestyle option.

This seems to have the answers: http://masseffect.wikia.com/wiki/Romance But bear in mind it IS a wiki. Seems fairly legit.

ETA:

Wait,
Seriously, that's a major downer and why the hell is
Ugh. I'm guessing if you had a relationship with

Shegokigo said:

Ugh. I'm guessing if you had a relationship with

Spoiler

Ashley or Liara, since they're not main characters anymore, you won't get to woo them some more?

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Fair enough, and I agree, of all the options on that page,

Feh, why do they allow lesbian love interests, but not gay male love interests. Douchebags.

Do we ever get to see Tali's face?

Only if we get to see the Flotilla.

There were so many things in ME that were mentioned but never really elaborated on, and I hope that they get a little more time in ME2. I am avoiding spoilers beyond relationship prospects, much as I did for ME.

Tali's finally legal.


Awww yeah.

Seriously, Tali had the best body out of all the ME1 characters.

bhamv3 said:

Seriously, Tali had the best body out of all the ME1 characters.

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Disagree by a long shot. Though she was much more interesting a character. I would have put them Ashley > Liara > Tali (body-wise) Tali > Liara > Ashley (Personality/Likeability)

Funnily enough, I would rank the bodies exactly opposite of how you have them. Tali usually wears a skin-tight environmental suit, which shows off her body nicely. Ashley, on the other hand, is dressed in those baggy military outfits that hide any curves she might have. Sure, she takes them off for the nookie scene, but that's just one glimpse.

As for likability, I thought all three were all right. None of them particularly annoyed me, none of them particularly made me pant. Good characters overall though.

You must not have played through with Ashely as a main character then (personality wise) and bodywise I say because Tali was a "give the bish a sammich" body-type.

Fair enough. We shall agree to disagree.

Exotic Tali... or that hot Cerebus chick or that... WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT!

*that* is total badass-ness

No, *that* looks like an annoying 90's anti hero archetype.

Seriously, just look at her trailer:

http://www.gametrailers.com/video/subject-zero-mass-effect/60687

"[Shepard's] Deliberate...and patient...it PISSES ME OFF!" Ugh.

Sorry, I don't see what you see Psyclone, I enjoyed the hell out of it. (No surprise I'm sure)

It seems to me that having intercourse with someone named Patient Zero would have dire consequences.

Gusto said:

It seems to me that having intercourse with someone named Patient Zero would be the best sex of your life.

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Couldn't agree more. Too bad she's not a FemShep choice.

~10 minutes til game time!

*goes to make a pot of coffee*

Just got back from picking up my CE with predorder bonus (which I'm wholly against) and am installing now. GLEE.

I must say, that bit in the leaked video where the makeup went runny was kind of clever. Don't think I've ever seen that in a game before.

Even before the first cutscene was over, I was in love with this game.

Hey Gusto, did it take forever to log into your EA account? I've been staring at the "PLEASE WAIT" for like 5 minutes now.

It's probably being hammered.

It went pretty quick for me, I already had an EA account after digitally downloading some Sims expansions, but yeah they're likely pretty swamped over there.

Yeah, it seems I'm right in line with countless other people stuck at "PLEASE WAIT".

Once again, DRM fucks over the customers willing to ACTUALLY PAY FOR YOUR FUCKING GAME.

Frankie said:

Once again, DRM fucks over the customers willing to ACTUALLY PAY FOR YOUR FUCKING GAME.

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Or rather, those who couldn't play 20 minutes after release.

Have you ever seen the experiment where they put a nut in a bottle and then the monkey reaches in and grabs the nut? His hand grasping the nut is now too large to pull out of the bottle and he struggles to pull it out.

Right now some scientist is watching me as I try to get my closed hand out of the bottle.

Someone keep the razor blades away from Frankie. Colisse.

But it feels better when it bleeds.

Psyclone said:

No, *that* looks like an annoying 90's anti hero archetype.

Seriously, just look at her trailer:

http://www.gametrailers.com/video/subject-zero-mass-effect/60687

\"[Shepard's] Deliberate...and patient...it PISSES ME OFF!\" Ugh.

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You know, I thought the same thing...those trailers are annoying. Terrible, overdramatic voice acting. Reminds me of Claire Bennet in Heroes.

I didn't have any problems with my account stuff at all, just went to social.bioware.com and did all the stuff there. Of course, I've been out of the house most of the day and my disc drive is not working on my brand new computer for fuck knows what reason so I can't play anyways.

Yeah, the Bioware forums says, "SOME PEOPLE are having issues".

Why am I always in that some people group. Eff you Jay.

For those of you who can't play the game FEAR NOT because you can watch someone playing the FIRST HOUR of the game LIVE on Gametrailers AND leave comments!

http://www.gametrailers.com/hour-one/mass-effect-2/

...yeah, I think this is retarded as well.

Frankie said:

Yeah, the Bioware forums says, "SOME PEOPLE are having issues".

Why am I always in that some people group. Eff you Jay.

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I LOLed

Psyclone said:

For those of you who can't play the game FEAR NOT because you can watch someone playing the FIRST HOUR of the game LIVE on Gametrailers AND leave comments!

http://www.gametrailers.com/hour-one/mass-effect-2/

...yeah, I think this is retarded as well.

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I don't know. Ability to leave comments? That's a deal-sealer.

Well, everything's up and running now. And I'm off to work. Will I slip away from work when I should be looking for speeders on the highway to come home and play Mass Effect 2? Likely.

They don't track your patrol cars with GPS?

Very much so. However, no one watches us up here. Ever. So little in fact we caught another member lying about his location using the GPS. He was at some mistress of his' house. He'd been visiting her instead of doing what he'd been radioing in for months and no one had noticed. Even then it was only a couple of us constables that did notice.

And it's not like I'd actually do that. I just want to.

Officer Tears is on duty to collect... tears.

Can you have more variations in hair style? Thats the only thing that slightly bugged me in MEI.

The NPCs seem to have different hairstyles but I opted to not edit my femShep.

I DID notice tat her haircut looks a little more natural and better now.

I gave my Shepard better eyebrows, but I didn't notice any real changes on the character creation. Again, I imported, so maybe it's that.


I came in here (and stopped playing, even!) just to bitch about:

Alright, I played for 10 straight hours and decided to take a break for the sake of my eyes. And my sanity.

I freaking LOVE this game, although I'm a bit mad at Bioware for making the font hard-as-fuck to read in an older SD TV, which is a place where Mass Effect excelled. Oh well. I also miss the "infinite ammo, but watch the heat" system over the "infinite ammo but you need thermal clips...to..uh.. fire. So collect those cause you run out pretty fast. But infinite ammo!" one.

Mass Effect 2 first impressions:

1. The Vorcha are ANNOYING AS FUCK

2. Zaeed is hilarious, as is Mordin. If Grunt wasn't such an awesome meat shield, both would have a permanent place on my squad.

3. Jack/Subject 0 is...interesting. Have to see if she develops more beyond 'rawr dark angry chick'

4. Every scene with The Illusive Man is pure gold.

Just played the first hour or so of it. I was right about Martin Sheen's voice being too distinctive and immersion-breaking. (I kept expecting people to call him President Bartlett) Also, I miss the ability to call up the journal with one key, instead of having to go through the ESC menu. And what's with the mini-map being only available when you hold down a key?

Other than these tiny nitpicks though, I'm loving it so far. It's like ME1, but better.

Also...

Quick question I couldn't find anywhere else: you can replay the first Mass Effect multiple times with the same character, but make different decisions each time. If I have a character that I played through with twice, making different decisions in each playthrough (and not doing any of the sidequests the second time around), which playthrough will the game end up loading?

i think you can choose both

WolfOfOdin said:

3. Jack/Subject 0 is...interesting. Have to see if she develops more beyond 'rawr dark angry chick'

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There is a bit to her actually. I'd advise doing her sidequest if you want to see her develop more.

bhamv3 said:

Also...

Spoiler

NOOOOOOOOOOOOO, MY NORMANDY!!!!

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I was reading up on it and learned that, mostly, my choices in the game will be written out if I start a new character. Looks like I will have to play the first one again like I planned, that or find out some way to edit a game save. I really was hoping they would just let you choose what choices in the first game you took

Edit: Actually, I might have been saved here, thanks to Penny-Arcade posting it.

http://www.annakie.com/me/mpsa.htm

http://www.annakie.com/me/home.htm this is a site where people are posting their ME1 saves for others to download and use.

ScytheRexx said:

I was reading up on it and learned that, mostly, my choices in the game will be written out if I start a new character. Looks like I will have to play the first one again like I planned, that or find out some way to edit a game save. I really was hoping they would just let you choose what choices in the first game you took

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I was a little disappointed that the canon ending for ME1 seems to be
However, the game is definitely awesome.

Mr. Lawface said:

http://www.annakie.com/me/home.htm this is a site where people are posting their ME1 saves for others to download and use.

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Edited my post with that while you were posting the reply, haha.

So, after work I played for about 6 hours now.

Lurves it. Them making it a much, much better shooter was a good idea. I also like that there is different hacking minigames. I even currently like how planet scanning is done. I'm pleased as punch as well that Simon Templeman once again returns as the voice of Zaeed (and likely more as I progress through the game).

Baerdog7;334165][QUOTE=ScytheRexx said:

I was reading up on it and learned that, mostly, my choices in the game will be written out if I start a new character. Looks like I will have to play the first one again like I planned, that or find out some way to edit a game save. I really was hoping they would just let you choose what choices in the first game you took

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I was a little disappointed that the canon ending for ME1 seems to be
However, the game is definitely awesome.[/QUOTE]

You forgot to add...

I'm removing this from my subscribed threads. I just know someone's going to come blundering through without spoiler tags and I'll regret it.

AshburnerX;334193][QUOTE=Baerdog7;334165][QUOTE=ScytheRexx said:

I was reading up on it and learned that, mostly, my choices in the game will be written out if I start a new character. Looks like I will have to play the first one again like I planned, that or find out some way to edit a game save. I really was hoping they would just let you choose what choices in the first game you took

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I was a little disappointed that the canon ending for ME1 seems to be
However, the game is definitely awesome.[/QUOTE]

You forgot to add...

[/QUOTE]
Oh damn, you're right. That seals it, I'm gonna have to grab one of those save game thingies and restart. Luckily I'm not very far in.

I think I found a winner.

All my choices in the first game set for set, only difference is I chose to be a Spacer/Sole Survivor, so I will have to just deal with that little change.

ScytheRexx said:

I think I found a winner.

Saved Ashley, Kaiden died.

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Wrong!

This is the one I'm looking at.

Name: John Shepard (John #3) Background: Spacer, War Hero
Level: 50
Class: Soldier
Alignment: Full Paragon (maxed out paragon bar, very little in renegade. Chose all paragon dialog choices.)
Completionist run. All Missions and Assignments completed, Completionist achievement earned. Most achievements unlocked, except for Ally achievements, and most Talent achievements. Also no achievements relating to 2nd playthrough or any related to difficulty above Hard.

Bring Down the Sky: Yes
Pinnacle Station: No

Saved Kaidan
Romanced Ashley and Liara, completed Virmire 3rd before completing Feros so I never got the "confrontation" scene after the 3rd mission. Continued to romance Liara all the way through to the end.
Did Wrex's Armor mission, he is alive.
Saved the Council
Saved the Rachni Queen.
Treated Conrad with Paragon response and sent him on his way home .
Completed the UNC: Asari Diplomacy sidequest and chose the Paragon response at the end.
Returned Nirali's body to her husband (Had Ashley in the group to talk with him if it makes any difference.)
Completed all of the Feros sidequests. All 16 colonists alive.

Paragon-like Garrus. Chose paragon response at Dr. Saelon
Chose Anderson for Council
Acquired all party members.

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holyshitholyshitholyshitholyshitholyshitholyshitholyshitholyshitholyshitholyshitholyshitholyshitholyshitholyshitholyshitholyshitholyshit

I've been playing this. A lot.

AshburnerX said:

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It gets better.

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Yeah, I got to that point. I actually regret having that moment spoiled early for me via Wikipedia etc, I can tell it would've been a really "YAY!" moment otherwise.

No more spoilers for me!

Bought it last night after work, started playing it and holy crap, it is beautiful. I can't wait to play some more tonight.

Does anyone who pre-ordered off of Amazon know where to get the code for the inferno armor? I was going through the codes that came with the game and realized that was the only one that wasn't included.

Baerdog7 said:

Does anyone who pre-ordered off of Amazon know where to get the code for the inferno armor? I was going through the codes that came with the game and realized that was the only one that wasn't included.

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Check your email, should be in the address used to pre-order

Does anyone know if we'll get new Casual Appearance outfits for shephard or are those offered at the beginning it? I like the idea of having a "rouge-ish" costume, but making him look like Kahn ruins any serious cutscenes, heh.

Calleja said:

Does anyone know if we'll get new Casual Appearance outfits for shephard or are those offered at the beginning it? I like the idea of having a "rouge-ish" costume, but making him look like Kahn ruins any serious cutscenes, heh.

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I'm totally making a guy named Khan Shepard now

I'd love to see some screen caps of forumites new ME2 Shepards.

WolfOfOdin;334437][QUOTE=Baerdog7 said:

Does anyone who pre-ordered off of Amazon know where to get the code for the inferno armor? I was going through the codes that came with the game and realized that was the only one that wasn't included.

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Check your email, should be in the address used to pre-order[/QUOTE]
Nope, I haven't received it there yet.

Phew...Just Finished the game.Dont read spoiler box if you havent finished it yet!!!

Finished the game? Jesus christ. Savor it.

All I've done in the game is

I've been watching a run through on Game Anyone. Seeing this REALLY makes me want to get some decent parts for my PC so I can run the original game.

Gusto said:

All I've done in the game is

Spoiler

add the Salarian to my group and visit Anderson on the Citadel, with a handful of minor quests in between.

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Bowielee said:

Feh, why do they allow lesbian love interests, but not gay male love interests. Douchebags.

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Because they're lazy.

Calleja;334573][QUOTE=Gusto said:

All I've done in the game is

Spoiler

add the Salarian to my group and visit Anderson on the Citadel, with a handful of minor quests in between.

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Well, I broke down and bought this. Of course it helps that I'm going to be getting a fat tax rebate check. Currently at 25% downloaded on steam. My only regret is that I didn't finish my last playthrough with my female biotic Shepard before this came out. I'll just make due with my male infiltrator Shepard.

Nah, just go here and pick out a save file you like. It's been linked in the thread before, but it deserves linking again.

http://www.annakie.com/me/

SeriousJay said:

Finished the game? Jesus christ. Savor it.

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Savor? I dominate them! I chew en up and swallow em like a cold cheeseburger after a long night of Partying.
Am on my second run-through now. I absolutely love this game.On the third try I am probably gonna do a Female Shepard.

LordRendar;334653][QUOTE=SeriousJay said:

Finished the game? Jesus christ. Savor it.

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Savor? I dominate them! I chew en up and swallow em like a cold cheeseburger after a long night of Partying.
Am on my second run-through now. I absolutely love this game.On the third try I am probably gonna do a Female Shepard.[/QUOTE]


I'd do a female shephard

he he he

coolbeans;334663][QUOTE=LordRendar;334653][QUOTE=SeriousJay said:

Finished the game? Jesus christ. Savor it.

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Savor? I dominate them! I chew en up and swallow em like a cold cheeseburger after a long night of Partying.
Am on my second run-through now. I absolutely love this game.On the third try I am probably gonna do a Female Shepard.[/QUOTE]


I'd do a female shephard

he he he[/QUOTE]

Damn,walked right into that one. You are sly...

I actually don't like Female Shephard's voice actor.

Any 360 ME2 people having issues with the DLC and/or snagging your prev. saved info?

PC question, is there an option to go to the Xbox 360 control scheme? If not, I'll probably be remapping my keys.

Gusto said:

I actually don't like Female Shephard's voice actor.

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Really?

Jennifer Hale?

She's like, one of the most prolific voice actors ever and a Bioware mainstay (Bastilla erc.)

Really not surprised someone has beaten it already, the game feels really short to me. If I had been able to play it on Tuesday I would probably have beaten it by now too.

Also Female Sheperd's voice >>> male Sheperd.

Man, I wish you could carry more than 30 probes. 30 probes is MAYBE 2 planets worth of materials. Back and forth, back and forth.

Really? I can go through 20-25 probes easy on a planet getting it all the way to "Depleted" status. Weird thing is that it seems to take more probes to deplete a "moderate" planet than it does a "rich" one.

I had one planet that started out Rich, went to Good after a few probes and then went from Good to Depleted in one probe.

Baerdog7 said:

Really? I can go through 20-25 probes easy on a planet getting it all the way to "Depleted" status. Weird thing is that it seems to take more probes to deplete a "moderate" planet than it does a "rich" one.

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I also generally only grab mineral deposits of 4 or more on the scale.

Ah, okay. I tend to pillage a planet for all it's worth.

You can upgrade the number of probes you can carry. I forget who unlocks the upgrade now. Go around asking your team members about upgrades on the Normandy.

By the way, I just experienced a moment, the golden shining moment that defined just how great this game is:

bhamv3 said:

You can upgrade the number of probes you can carry. I forget who unlocks the upgrade now. Go around asking your team members about upgrades on the Normandy.

By the way, I just experienced a moment, the golden shining moment that defined just how great this game is:

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I got to punch the reporter again! Yay!

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Yup, I did that too. Except it seems I didn't do it the first time, so it was more satisfying now.

Two things:

Mordin is now my absolute most favorite character, even beating out Wrex.



And

Zaeed's loyalty mission:

Well, I have a gigantic surplus of most of my minerals so I tend to only use probes if I see Element Zero now.

You might as well stock up. A lot of upgrades can cost 15,000-25,000 per upgrade, so you're gonna need a hefty amount.

I'm already 2/3s through the game, 15k - 25k is seriously nothing compared to my surplus right now.

This thread is seriously devoid of Shepard-shots.

Shegokigo said:

This thread is seriously devoid of Shepard-shots.

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I'll take some next time I play.

Someone direct me to the screenshot folder.

F11 was the screenshot key in ME1.

I never took SSs. *shrug*

Well I've been playing through ME1 a couple of different ways and my GF decided she wanted to take the reins of the character creator and make a virtual version of RL me. She made me sit still as she recreated every contour of my face. She got an eerily similar doppleganger of me out of it (different hair)





I told her it felt really strange to be staring practically AT myself as I was playing so I returned the favor and had her sit for me:




Finally some shots of the character I'll be playing in ME2. Shegokigo Shepard:




ME1 Spoiler (sortof)

So much disdain, nice.

Krogan like fish, huh? *dies of laughter*

I just did Tali's side quest. It was like being back in Ferelden.

I just finished the game as Renegade/Infiltrator.

Kick. Ass.

Im going to start my Paragon run asasp.

Please tell me that the people who already played through played it non-stop. I'll be pissed if I finish it this weekend already.

I've been playing a couple of hours a day and I don't think I'm anywhere close. I think a lot of people in this thread are poop-socking it.

Hmm, F11 isn't doing it for me. I'll have to check my keybindings.

And thirdly, I've seen a lot of complaints about this game on the official forum. Lots of people are actually telling Bioware they preferred the combat in the first. That is madness. It's not even a matter of taste, they made a competent shooter this time.

The only thing I preferred about the combat in the first was the lack of ammunition. Especially being a sniper.

OK, just one small question about this game, in need of nothing more than a simple yes/no answer (spoilered, if necessary):

Do we learn more about the Reapers and/or their motivations?

Iaculus said:

OK, just one small question about this game, in need of nothing more than a simple yes/no answer (spoilered, if necessary):

Do we learn more about the Reapers and/or their motivations?

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No really, but you do learn a lot more about the Geth, Krogan, and Qurians.

(This section has to deal with the ending. Don't read it if you don't want it spoiled.)

Bowielee said:

Please tell me that the people who already played through played it non-stop. I'll be pissed if I finish it this weekend already.

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I've been playing way too much, I'm probably about 2/3s or more through the main plot but I'm still flying around exploring stuff so while I probably could be done tonight if I so chose, I'm not going to be.

The play I watched was about 16 hours in length. However, the guy playing didn't do any planetary exploration aside from planets tied directly to the story, didn't buy any star charts, nor did he go out and do any probing. He didn't have any of the DLC ether. That's probably at least another 5-10 hours of content alone... so the whole game should clock in at around 20-25 hours in length, if you do everything in one play through. Double that if you want to go through as the alignment you didn't pursue.

F11 is not taking screenshots for me and I don't know how to map it. Maybe in the ini. I'll check.

Also, maybe this has been posted already in spoilers, which I haven't been reading, but man, new favorite moment in the game by far:


What the? Youtube videos no longer show up in spoiler tags? WHAT HAVE THEY DONE!?

Bowielee said:

The only thing I preferred about the combat in the first was the lack of ammunition. Especially being a sniper.

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This. The whole "charges to mitigate overheating" thing is a bit lame when we had unlimited ammo in the previous game and just had to wait for the gun to cool down like it would in real life.

I love the Automatic sniper rifle I got. It's great to be able to pump a lot of rounds into a target that has barriers up from long range. Though the stopping power trade off kinda sucks. So, if I want stuff killed from a distance quickly, I bring Thane along with me.

Just finished the game. Spoilers first, including a reply to AshburnerX. If you haven't completed the game, I strongly recommend you avoid spoilers, the game is definitely better without being spoiled.

Oh, and before we get to the spoilers, I would say the answer to Iaculus's question would be "yes, a bit."


All in all, I would say this was an excellent game, 10/10 for me. But as a sequel to Mass Effect, it only gets a 7/10. (Which averages out to 8.5, that's not bad at all!) Let me explain. The gameplay, storyline, graphics etc are all top notch. However, as a sequel, it is inevitably compared to the first game, and it feels like they tried to fix a lot of stuff that wasn't broken. The weapon heat mechanic from the first game was good and different, there was no need to change it, and I would say by changing it to an ammo system they turned the game into every other shooter. Also, there are aspects of the heat sink system that don't make sense: the heat sinks are meant to be universal, so when I run out of heat sinks for my assault rifle, why can't I use some from my shotgun reserves? Are they irretrievably loaded into the shotgun the moment I pick them up? Do I instantly change them into a form that can only be used by shotguns and not assault rifles at the moment of pickup?

Squad members now have much fewer powers available to them, and they're no longer neatly divided into biotics, tech and combat. That leads to lesser attachment to some characters, because they become largely interchangeable - basically just bots with guns, along with a power or two. Compare this to the first game, where I would use Liara because she's obviously the best at biotics, or Tali because she's the best at tech etc. Having clearer specialties made the characters more memorable in the first game, both as gameplay assets and as characters.

The additional weapons and removal of armors also didn't do much for me. Gone is scouring every nook and cranny for gear to use and sell, now we just shoot things while occasionally running into a box of platinum. Apparently in the space of two years, every armor manufacturer in the galaxy went out of business. The new weapons felt somewhat unnecessary - is there really that much of a difference between submachine guns and assault rifles, from a gameplay perspective? Do I really need so many heavy weapons, when half of them have such dramatic drawbacks they're virtually unusable?

These aren't gameplay flaws, of course. If these features existed in another game, I would have no reason to nitpick. But these are gameplay changes, differences from the first game, that are unnecessary and sometimes harmful.

To me, it feels a bit like Mass Effect 2 is a completely different game, with only superficial resemblances to the first game. There's nothing wrong with this, naturally. Half-Life 2 was very different from Half-Life 1. Doom 3 was a huge shift from Doom 2. This didn't stop these games from being good. Similarly, Mass Effect 2 is different in many ways, but it's still a kick-ass game from beginning to end. I just can't help but wish it was closer to the first one.

General Specific;335309][QUOTE=Bowielee said:

The only thing I preferred about the combat in the first was the lack of ammunition. Especially being a sniper.

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This. The whole "charges to mitigate overheating" thing is a bit lame when we had unlimited ammo in the previous game and just had to wait for the gun to cool down like it would in real life.

I love the Automatic sniper rifle I got. It's great to be able to pump a lot of rounds into a target that has barriers up from long range. Though the stopping power trade off kinda sucks. So, if I want stuff killed from a distance quickly, I bring Thane along with me. [/QUOTE]

I'm also not all that jazzed about the dumbing down of the character development. Hell, of the dumbing down of the game in general.

What is the point of no return in this game? In the first one, once you go to Virmire you are pretty much on a roller coaster ride to the climax and are SOL if you wanted to go back to do side quests. I just want to make sure I don't accidentally miss out on a bunch of stuff because I did too many plot missions too soon.

I would say it's when you go pick up the IFF. Things start to happen after that.

Ok, so I'll keep an eye out for the IFF then. Thanks.

Baerdog7 said:

Ok, so I'll keep an eye out for the IFF then. Thanks.

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Actually, you seem to have a chance to go back and do stuff after you activate the IFF for the first time. The Point of No Return is before you enter the Omega 4 Relay, though the game seems to make you think you need to hurry. Then again, the amount of time it takes you to get into the Omega 4 Relay might effect some parts of the ending.

bhamv3 said:

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My order of dying at the end was this: Legion was sent into the pipe, but he survived that part without any problems. I managed to open all the valves with plenty of time left, I don't know if that had anything to do with it. However, Legion was headshotted trying to close the doors, and was the first to die.

Jacob was my biotic during the shield section, he survived. However, Grunt (one of my squad mates) got killed at the end. You know how pissed that made me? The one single purest krogan in the galaxy, gone.

Everyone else survived, only two people died. I assigned Zaeed to lead the first fire team, Garrus to lead the second one. My own squad was Miranda and Grunt, except after Grunt got killed, I replaced him with Tali. I did everyone's loyalty quests, though if I had to estimate I would say Legion is probably the one I talked to least. Not sure where Grunt falls on the scale.

The revelation of the human-Reaper was definitely a nice WTF moment. Appropriate, too. The Reapers we've seen so far are all insectoid, and the Collectors (and by extension, the Protheans) were insect-like. I'm guessing that after the Reapers' cleansing of the galaxy, they base their next iteration on the most dominant and/or worthy species they find during that pass. Also, I thought the tube-shooting fight was the final battle at first. I was all disappointed until a giant Reaper skull reared up and scared the crap out of me.

There were other nice WTF moments in the game. The revelation that the Collectors were once the Protheans caught me by surprise. The Collector attack on the Normandy was tense, I was so used to having a huge stockpile of guns on my back, getting used to running around without them took a bit of time. Mordin singing was also a WTF moment, but in a good way.

There were still some strange unexplained moments in the game though. Ashley survived my imported game, and she was at that colony that was attacked by the Collectors. We watched her get paralyzed, and everyone else was taken, so how did she survive? Also, I don't think the Reapers' fascination with Shepard is fully explained. Do they target him because they see him is a particularly dangerous threat?

Finally, I romanced Miranda during my normal play through. After completing the game, I had the option to continue playing, so I immediately broke up with Miranda and seduced Tali - mainly because I wanted to finally see what she looked like under that mask. Intimate scene comes up, Shepard removes her mask... and the camera immediately cuts away. FUCK THAT!!

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You guys are scaring me.

Here are some pics!



Sara Shephard, my Paragon Soldier holdover from ME1.



A different angle to show my customized armor colours. I chose black white and light blue.



You feel lucky? Do ya, punk?

Gusto, I think I am in love with your Shepard.

Yeah her milkshake brings all the boys (girls?) to the yard.

Incidentally, that third SS of my Shephard is now my desktop wallpaper.

Bowielee;335317][QUOTE=General Specific;335309][QUOTE=Bowielee said:

The only thing I preferred about the combat in the first was the lack of ammunition. Especially being a sniper.

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This. The whole "charges to mitigate overheating" thing is a bit lame when we had unlimited ammo in the previous game and just had to wait for the gun to cool down like it would in real life.

I love the Automatic sniper rifle I got. It's great to be able to pump a lot of rounds into a target that has barriers up from long range. Though the stopping power trade off kinda sucks. So, if I want stuff killed from a distance quickly, I bring Thane along with me. [/QUOTE]

I'm also not all that jazzed about the dumbing down of the character development. Hell, of the dumbing down of the game in general.[/QUOTE]

Alot of the options have been removed, but one thing I noted and liked was that you no longer have to level up skill in each weapon. If you can equip it, you can use it. Also, the same is true of armor. I do like the way they've revamped the ammo and such.

General Specific;335426][QUOTE=Bowielee;335317][QUOTE=General Specific;335309][QUOTE=Bowielee said:

The only thing I preferred about the combat in the first was the lack of ammunition. Especially being a sniper.

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This. The whole "charges to mitigate overheating" thing is a bit lame when we had unlimited ammo in the previous game and just had to wait for the gun to cool down like it would in real life.

I love the Automatic sniper rifle I got. It's great to be able to pump a lot of rounds into a target that has barriers up from long range. Though the stopping power trade off kinda sucks. So, if I want stuff killed from a distance quickly, I bring Thane along with me. [/QUOTE]

I'm also not all that jazzed about the dumbing down of the character development. Hell, of the dumbing down of the game in general.[/QUOTE]

Alot of the options have been removed, but one thing I noted and liked was that you no longer have to level up skill in each weapon. If you can equip it, you can use it. Also, the same is true of armor. I do like the way they've revamped the ammo and such.[/QUOTE]

Yeah, like I said, they made it into a competent shooter instead of a half-assed rpg shooter. There's still the rpg bits but it doesn't factor into whether or not you can aim with your mouse.

I think it was one of the Bioware guys who said that in Mass Effect 1, RPG players who were terrible at shooters and relied on the stats and other things to help their characters were still bad at shooters and those people who were good at shooters didn't like that the game was taking control of the combat somewhat away from them.

Fortunately since getting my new computer and playing ME1 in summer '08, I've actually become some sort of hybrid RPG nerd and shooter fan.

This game is excellent and pretty much what I've always wanted from a sequel. It's so gratifying to run into people that I've helped in the previous game, and see what they're up to now. And I've only run into a couple members of my original team.

Frankie said:

F11 is not taking screenshots for me and I don't know how to map it. Maybe in the ini. I'll check.

Also, maybe this has been posted already in spoilers, which I haven't been reading, but man, new favorite moment in the game by far:

Spoiler

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXiU6kiq_Ms

What the? Youtube videos no longer show up in spoiler tags? WHAT HAVE THEY DONE!?

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DUDE!! I know!! I stopped my game, which is hard as fuck to get me to do, just so I could see if anyone else had mentioned it.... I laughed my ASS off, forget Krogan wanting Citadel fishies, that's the epitome of funnyness right there. Oh man, I love Mordin.

Allow me to preface what I'm about to write with this: I fucking love this game, and will continue to play the shit out of it.

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The PC version of this game has some of the most horrendous DRM that I've ever seen. If you have -any- DLC, you have to be connected to the internet to play at all. With DLC installed, it connects to the EA store at every startup, to verify your DLC. If you're disconnected, it will fail, and you won't be able to load ANY save with DLC in it.

I can stomach DRM to an extent. Mass Effect 1 connected to verify when you installed the game, and any time you patched the game. And I was ok with that. But EVERY GODDAMN TIME I WANT TO PLAY?

There had best be a fix for this.

Fucking EA

Ravenpoe said:

Allow me to preface what I'm about to write with this: I fucking love this game, and will continue to play the shit out of it.

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This.

That said, every single character is fucking hilarious. There are many times where I cannot stop laughing. I still can't believe how much it's improved from the first game. It's amazing. <3 Bioware.

Yes, all the minor complaints I may have about the game are WAAAAAAAY overshadowed by it's overall awsomeness.

Bowielee said:

Yes, all the minor complaints I may have about the game are WAAAAAAAY overshadowed by it's overall awsomeness.

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Indeed. All my own gripes are more along the lines of "what could have been" rather than "the game does this badly."

So I killed a thresher maw tonight...

It was awesome.

Edit: Why is that last sentence in the quote box? It should not be there.

Baerdog7 said:

So I killed a thresher maw tonight...

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On foot...

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In almost one hit...

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With the M-920 Cain.

It was awesome.

Edit: Why is that last sentence in the quote box? It should not be there.

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Funny, that's what I was planning on using also once I reach it.

I just experienced another wonderful moment.

That is awesome.

Ravenpoe said:

There had best be a fix for this.

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They seem quite eager to force legit buyers to the console just to escape this hassle. And they've succeeded: I bought this for the 360.

Okay folks, for those of you wondering about survivors of the end mission:

Gkbur said:

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Protect the survivors: Not really sure of the best traits here, I picked Legion and they all made it back ok, others have picked Garrus or Mordin and also had them make it back.

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Ravenpoe said:

Allow me to preface what I'm about to write with this: I fucking love this game, and will continue to play the shit out of it.

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The PC version of this game has some of the most horrendous DRM that I've ever seen. If you have -any- DLC, you have to be connected to the internet to play at all. With DLC installed, it connects to the EA store at every startup, to verify your DLC. If you're disconnected, it will fail, and you won't be able to load ANY save with DLC in it.

I can stomach DRM to an extent. Mass Effect 1 connected to verify when you installed the game, and any time you patched the game. And I was ok with that. But EVERY GODDAMN TIME I WANT TO PLAY?

There had best be a fix for this.

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I can officially confirm this as 100% not true for the Steam version.

I unplugged my LAN line and was still able to load up my game with the DLC content installed. I had no problems at all. You do have to be online the first time you use it, but seeing as it's DOWNLOADABLE content, you would be connected when you get it anyway.

All it says is that it can't connect to the Cerberus network. Clicked on OK, then resumed my game. Everything was just peachy. I had full access to Zaheed and even went to the normandy crash site to verify that worked as well.

I have the Steam version, so I can't speak to the EA direct download version.

I have the retail version and my experience matches Poe's.

Well, then, I'm certainly glad I got the game on Steam.

Could somebody explain to me who Hugo Stiglitz is and how somebody found this thread in a search engine by searching "Hugo Stiglitz fanfiction"?

Seraphyn;335775][QUOTE=Ravenpoe said:

There had best be a fix for this.

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They seem quite eager to force legit buyers to the console just to escape this hassle. And they've succeeded: I bought this for the 360.[/QUOTE]

Which sucks, since the PC version looks amazing compared to the 360 one.

Frankie;335844][QUOTE=Seraphyn;335775][QUOTE=Ravenpoe said:

There had best be a fix for this.

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They seem quite eager to force legit buyers to the console just to escape this hassle. And they've succeeded: I bought this for the 360.[/QUOTE]

Which sucks, since the PC version looks amazing compared to the 360 one.[/QUOTE]

Yeah, but only if you have a high end rig. I just upgraded last year and I can't even run the FIRST Mass Effect game. It's a surprisingly beefy game.

Allen said:

Could somebody explain to me who Hugo Stiglitz is and how somebody found this thread in a search engine by searching "Hugo Stiglitz fanfiction"?

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I'm wondering who's the poor soul who came in here looking for Miranda Lawson rule 34.

Great, by typing it out again, Google's gonna index us higher for Miranda Lawson rule 34 now, isn't it.

Crap, I did it again.

AshburnerX;335849][QUOTE=Frankie;335844][QUOTE=Seraphyn;335775][QUOTE=Ravenpoe said:

There had best be a fix for this.

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They seem quite eager to force legit buyers to the console just to escape this hassle. And they've succeeded: I bought this for the 360.[/QUOTE]

Which sucks, since the PC version looks amazing compared to the 360 one.[/QUOTE]

Yeah, but only if you have a high end rig. I just upgraded last year and I can't even run the FIRST Mass Effect game. It's a surprisingly beefy game.[/QUOTE]

I think it's pretty funny that on my PC ME2 runs better than both ME1 and Dragon Age. Game doesn't stutter under any circumstances even with every setting cranked.

bhamv3;335854][QUOTE=Allen said:

Could somebody explain to me who Hugo Stiglitz is and how somebody found this thread in a search engine by searching "Hugo Stiglitz fanfiction"?

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I'm wondering who's the poor soul who came in here looking for Miranda Lawson rule 34.

Great, by typing it out again, Google's gonna index us higher for Miranda Lawson rule 34 now, isn't it.

Crap, I did it again.[/QUOTE]

I'm still cracking up over the "what will happen if you release the Koran in Mass effect 2"

Religious warfare me thinks...

I'm just finishing up my loyalty quests and getting the last member of my team before mining to get all my upgrades taken care of before doing the IFF (thanks for pointing that out as the point of no return). I'm LOVING the game so far. Thane is badass.

SHEPARD IS PLEASED BY THIS GAME

Finished last night at 42 hrs as an infiltrator with all the side quests finished except the pyjack one on Turchanka, for some reason it wouldn't allow me to turn it in. I had also got 100% completion for all the clusters and full paragon as well.

I had finished the first one similarily but since then the save has been deleted, cursed siblings, and was hoping that there would be a way to tailor the second game with the choices you would have made without an actual save, through a sort of questionaire of some sort. I actually thought that that's what the little mini quiz was about on your way to meet the Illusive man for the first time.

My biggest and to be honest only complaint with the first game was the Mako sidequests and how similar they all felt. Now, I can definitely concede that I most likely made myself despise those simply because I did them all at once instead of spacing them out over the course of my playthrough. I found in ME2 I actually enjoyed doing the N7 sidequests.

The game itself has changed quite a bit while at the same time retaining much of the original. As others have said it is much more of a story driven shooter with some RPG elements kept in from the first. They have definitely simplfied many things, such as armor, both the more streamlined version that your Shepard uses and by removing it from your teamates altogether.

I'll be playing through again as renegade though won't be going for the full completion again.

Llast night, I completed the game and no one died.

Really, the choices are just common sense towards the end.

Thought this was relevant, cross-posting from WCAJ:

I youtubed the bad ending, the REALLY REALLY bad one. It's actually pretty good.

General Specific said:

Llast night, I completed the game and no one died.

Really, the choices are just common sense towards the end.

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Sent Tali into the tube as the best tech person on board.
Garrus led the first team.
Miranda led the second team.
Sent Mordin with the survivors and everyone made it back.
Jack held the barrier up for us.
Had Thane and Zaeed with me through most of the missions. Only Zaeed was not loyal to me due to saving the civilians and missing the leader on his mission.
Took Tali and Thane into the final fight.
Romanced Tali as well and was also angry when the her mask came off and they didn't show her face. Soooo pissed.

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I did the same thing with Zaeed, but I used my Paragon option at the end and still got loyalty.

So I'm at the point in the game where I fly around the galaxy mopping up sidequests and upgrades before going to get the IFF and I want to make sure I get everything. Is there anywhere else besides Ilium that sells star charts?

Damn, I

Baerdog7 said:

So I'm at the point in the game where I fly around the galaxy mopping up sidequests and upgrades before going to get the IFF and I want to make sure I get everything. Is there anywhere else besides Ilium that sells star charts?

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No, Illium is the only planet with Star charts. Every other location is unlocked via sidequests or the main story.

Okay, sweet. Thanks.

Frankie said:

Damn, I

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lost some of my Cerberus personnel because I dicked around too much after they were captured. OH well.

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I've had my ear to the ground about that and it seems like you've got time for one mission before you lose people, so that mission should be Legion's loyalty mission. As far as upgrades, I'll be stocking up on everything before doing the IFF.

It's probably much easier to jump through all the hoops once you beat the game once and start over with the free 50K of every resource.

I started out with a 5k bonus cause my imported ME save had the "Rich" achievement. Fat lot of good THAT did me.

50k isn't much either. Couple of later upgrades only, really.

Baerdog7 said:

I've had my ear to the ground about that and it seems like you've got time for one mission before you lose people, so that mission should be Legion's loyalty mission. As far as upgrades, I'll be stocking up on everything before doing the IFF.

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I don't know. I didn't even do a mission, I just went to a couple of planets and mined some Platinum, then straight on through the Omega 4 relay.

Calleja said:

I started out with a 5k bonus cause my imported ME save had the "Rich" achievement. Fat lot of good THAT did me.

50k isn't much either. Couple of later upgrades only, really.

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It'll keep you from having to probe quite as much (or let you get upgrades much earlier than before.)

Man, on the last fight..


Also, Jesus, the FemShep hairstyles are awful. At least the guy is just short military dos. The hair textures are just glaringly awful compared to everything else.

I need to get my Paragon points up so I can get my Loyalty from Miranda back. I started the game Renegade, but tried to play it in a "atone for my sins" angle. Leaves me short of the Paragon points needed to get Miranda back to being loyal again. I hope there are enough sidequests before I head out to get her back on my side.

http://www.annakie.com/me/mods.htm

Someone created a mod that tweaks the ammo system, it's now sort of a hybrid between the first game's heat system and the second game's ammo system. Basically, loaded ammo will regen over time while the gun's not being fired. This represents heat being dissipated from the gun. If the counter still reaches zero, the heat sink is popped and a new one loaded - basically the same as reloading the gun. The downside is that guns now can't be reloaded manually, so the only way to fill up your heat clip is to either wait for it to regen, or spend the rest of your clip and then pop a new one.

I gave it a whirl, and it's not bad. It doesn't feel quite like the heat system from the first game, so it's not great to me, but I think it's an acceptable compromise.

I finished, took my time on purpose cause I had played 32 hours in like 3 days and decided I wanted to savor it more after that. Spoilers next:

So how many endings are there anyway? Not counting the number of people who live, like, actual endings.

Then there are four, I believe. Two variations of two variations.

Ok, my one true and amazingly final complaint about ME2:

That broken neck jog Shepard does when you're running up to talk to Joker in the cockpit. He looks over at the two crewmen who are always conversing about banging whores and dying and shit and he continues his bouncy jog and his head looks like it's flopping around like a broken necked turkey. It's mesmerizing and horrifying at the same time.

lmao! YES! It also happens when you're running back, it's weird as shit!

I too noticed that. It's weird as hell.

There are also a few conversations, where the camera passes through someone's head. That's a little immersion breaking when you're staring at the back of some eyeballs and teeth during a conversation.

Yeah... it's worth it for the awesome cinematic camera movements you usually get flawlessly during conversations, though. The bug only happened three or four times out of, what, hundreds of conversations?

Again, and I can't stress this enough, even though I have minor nitpicks, the game is almost flawless.

*loving sigh* I know, right? It feels so good when something you really look forward to lives up to your expectations and more. Something Hollywood hasn't given me in a while. I freaking love this game so much

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WEll, I should say my only major real complaint is the lack of armor pieces you get. I mean, I got the Terminus armor for pre-ordering and that's cool and all, but I ended up using it for only one mission because the funny-factor of all the conversations being with that big hermetic helmet on wore off pretty fast and became.... distracting. Besides that one, I ended up finding only like 3 variations of each chest, shoulders, legs and head. Why develop such an awesome personalization feature if you're just gonna offer a few combinations of set up?

Heh, I was wearing the recon hood first time I ran into Liara. Making out through a face mask is pretty goofy.

bhamv3 said:

Then there are four, I believe. Two variations of two variations.

Spoiler

You can either have Shepard live, in which case he has a final meeting with the Illusive Man, or you can have him die, in which case Joker meets with TIM. And the meeting will either be about Shepard keeping the Collector base, or destroying it.

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Oh yeah, quick tip, the Cain heavy weapon is your best friend against the larger opponents.

Finally was able to get the game this week. Started yesterday and am totally addicted. One of my favorite things was that I pretty much made my Shepard look exactly like he did in the first game just messing with the editor, only I gave him hair so that he has a slight change over his military buzz cut I gave him in the first game. First thing I did was went and got Garrus, I can't play Mass Effect without Garrus fighting beside me. I just did his loyalty mission, the followup conversation made me laugh so much. "I had reach, but she had flexibility."

Also I am totally messed up about the romance stuff. Part of me wants to romance Tali, the other part wants to just keep the character loyal to Ash. Call it the loyalist in me, but I don't feel right making my Paragon Shepard dump her after she sent him a letter saying she never wants to lose him again, even though I like Tali. Bah....

ScytheRexx said:

Finally was able to get the game this week. Started yesterday and am totally addicted. One of my favorite things was that I pretty much made my Shepard look exactly like he did in the first game just messing with the editor, only I gave him hair so that he has a slight change over his military buzz cut I gave him in the first game. First thing I did was went and got Garrus, I can't play Mass Effect without Garrus fighting beside me. I just did his loyalty mission, the followup conversation made me laugh so much. "I had reach, but she had flexibility."

Also I am totally messed up about the romance stuff. Part of me wants to romance Tali, the other part wants to just keep the character loyal to Ash. Call it the loyalist in me, but I don't feel right making my Paragon Shepard dump her after she sent him a letter saying she never wants to lose him again, even though I like Tali. Bah....

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If it's done through a Quarian suit, it isn't really cheating.

have you SEEN miranda?! She's HAWT. Almost as hot as the girl who plays her and who they modeled her after:

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Ashley who? >_>

Calleja said:

Ashley who? >_>

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From the first Mass Effect, the soldier. You meet her very early in the game.

I actually find Miranda rather unattractive. Not sure what it is but when the light hits her face she seems almost sickly. Then again, I didn't find Ashley all that attractive either and look at me trying to stick with her.

Really the only characters I find really attractive in ME2 as Kelly and Aria, Tali I like because she has always had a cool personality.

Oh, the one in the pink ranger suit.

Yeah, I'll stay with miranda :drool:

ScytheRexx said:

I actually find Miranda rather unattractive. Not sure what it is but when the light hits her face she seems almost sickly. Then again, I didn't find Ashley all that attractive either and look at me trying to stick with her.

Really the only characters I find really attractive in ME2 as Kelly and Aria, Tali I like because she has always had a cool personality.

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Wha... what the hell?

Aria? From Omega? ... you realize you'd be her bitch, right?

Unless you're into that sorta thing.

.....

I'd do it.


ANYWAY, just beat the game. And wow, I already can't wait for the third.

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Wha... what the hell?

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Different strokes for different folks, my good sir. I think she would look better if she was not so ghostly white and her eyes didn't look weird

Ravenpoe said:

Aria? From Omega? ... you realize you'd be her bitch, right?

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That is why I like her.

P.S. Ok now that I got her in the black suit Miranda is not so bad, maybe the outfit was just washing her out to me.

AND she's voiced by Carrie-Anne Moss, fucking Trinity.


I went for Tali though. she's adorable

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P.S. Ok now that I got her in the black suit Miranda is not so bad, maybe the outfit was just washing her out to me.

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yeah, that shiny black catsuit of hers... damn

I want an outfit like that for the fem shep I made, but get stuck with that overalls thing that does not look good on anyone or the military styled stuff.

Man I just wanted to say again how happy I am to have Garrus back. He is the only character once again that I have to bring to nearly ever mission, the rest I switch out based on how well I think they fit for whats happening, like Grunt on the Korgan world, Jack when I know I will fight a biotic, Zeead when I am storming a skyscraper, etc. I admit though most of my teams when it involves the story missions involve Garrus and Grunt, you just can't go wrong with a wrecking ball out front and two snipers/riflemen sitting in the back. If I didn't bring Grunt, I think Jack or Mordin will be my next choices. All the others are good but don't synergize well with myself and Garrus.

Did anyone else gain a healthy amount of respect/sympathy for Mordin during his loyalty mission?

Mordin won me over when he sang, really.

You know, after watching the video showing off the Renegade options in Mass Effect 2, I think I almost wish I had the strength to make those choices. They are hilarious. I totally would have punched that news chick too. Oh and...

SPOILERS.

WolfOfOdin said:

Did anyone else gain a healthy amount of respect/sympathy for Mordin during his loyalty mission?

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Calleja said:

Mordin won me over when he sang, really.

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FFS spoilers

Oh relax. It's practically a throw away gag in one of your shipboard conversations with him.

...people were openly talking about his loyalty mission and you're mad about the singing thing?

I'll post this as politely as possible as this is important to me.

Just because some people failed at being proper posters and cannot manage the effort to use spoiler tags when they post, it doesn't mean it gives everyone else a green card to do it. Moderation on these forums is poor and it is important that we moderate this kind of stuff between ourselves so that spoilers, whether large or small are not going to ruin someone else's gameplay. Unlike some who finished the game as quickly as possible and have a lot to share with others, there are others, such as myself, which are taking their sweet time to play this fantastic game, savoring every gaming moment at their own pace. This may mean that it may take several weeks may pass before the game is finished for some. This doesn't mean these posters shouldn't be able to partake in the enthusiasm of the game neither when it can simply be avoided by posters properly clicking on the spoiler tag. Or even better, some moderation. If we don't have enough mods to go around doing this job, I'd gladly do it for this gaming sub-forum.

Please respect the gaming immersion of your fellow posters and please stop posting spoilers.

Romancing Grunt was weird. How would a human and Krogan even do it without serious trauma to the human?

Also, I thought Grunt was male...

Fair enough.. but why are you hanging around the thread if you want to avoid even the most irrelevant and trivial of spoilers? There are spoilers of the kind in the tags now, FFS. I understand where you're coming from, but just as you expect people to respect the pace you're playing at, you should also realize that not everyone thinks irrelevant details count as "spoilers". One thing is talking about the specifics of a character's reactions in their loyalty mission (which you seemingly had no problem with) and another is a gag that could just as easily been featured in a TV spot or something, since it has no impact on storyline, character development, immersion...nothing. It's like talking about the armor pattern colors, which, again, you seemingly had no problem with.

What surprised me is you singled out my post and called me out on spoilers when it's perhaps the least spoiler-y thing in the thread's page. What I can't help but assume from that is that you're ok with reading spoilers you've already seen yourself even if they're un-tagged, but will jump at the most minute thing if you haven't. Which is a bit unreasonable, really. You're ok with people talking about a major plot point like Garrus being around cause you're probably already past that spot, but not a minute detail people have even posted youtube videos of? So it's spoilers at YOUR pace that you're ok with?

I want to know what person will go into a thread about a certain game/movie/book and not expect to see untagged spoilers. The game's been out for several weeks at this point. Spoilers in a thread about it really should not come as a surprise.

The rule is that unless the title of the thread has the warning for spoilers all spoilers should be tagged, which is fair enough, and something I've always appreciated and tried to follow.

What I find stunning is that he considers a throwaway gag like mordin's singing, something lots of players probably even MISS in their playthrough, more deserving of a calling out than open un-tagged talk about mordin's reactions/storyline or Garrus being around or etc.

Mass Effect 2 Addiction Station

So, when does the thread title get changed to reflect that the game has been released?

We could change it to Mass Effect 3 Anticipation Station. That way we'll be able to keep this thread here for years!

Calleja said:

The rule is that unless the title of the thread has the warning for spoilers all spoilers should be tagged, which is fair enough, and something I've always appreciated and tried to follow.

What I find stunning is that he considers a throwaway gag like mordin's singing, something lots of players probably even MISS in their playthrough, more deserving of a calling out than open un-tagged talk about mordin's reactions/storyline or Garrus being around or etc.

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I think we should respect his wishes.

So, now when we talk about when he and then , we should use spoilers. We definitely need to spoiler anything major like where he . That would just be mean to reveal ahead of time. We should not even reveal that the are as that may not be readily known.

Even like the or should not be revealed ahead of time because it would

That being said... who the HELL made all the "Krogen" fish taglines!? It's KrogAn.. KROGAN! With an A! Whoever did all of them had to be the same moron making multiple stupid tags... T_T

I think those are search engine strings that brought people to this thread, not tags.

I find it interesting that the most common query is for Miranda Lawson rule 34. I wonder how many people have arrived at this thread, only to leave horribly disappointed.

bhamv3 said:

I find it interesting that the most common query is for Miranda Lawson rule 34.

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I think you mean "pathetic"

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I find it interesting that the most common query is for Miranda Lawson rule 34.

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I think you mean "pathetic"[/QUOTE]

Nah, I'm not going to judge what other people choose to find sexy and/or whack off to. They're free to enjoy for Miranda Lawson rule 34 if they want.

What I find interesting is that this thread comes up in the search results for Miranda Lawson rule 34 at all, much less the number 1 search result bringing people here.

bhamv3 said:

Nah, I'm not going to judge what other people choose to find sexy and/or whack off to.

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Bah! You're no fun . . . though actually I agree with all you said.

Would you prefer if I wharrgarbl'd a bit?

Could you? Maybe just a little?

No problem!

*ahem*

WTF do you mean pathetic you asshole, sitting there judging people, what gives you the right to tell people what they can or cannot search for you pricktard. I'll have you know I have a huge poster on my wall of Miranda Lawson having hot monkey sex with a hanar, I photoshopped it myself. Every night I go to sleep staring at it and then I dream of Miranda and sometimes of the hanar too and it's always a nice dream. Except that one time I accidentally dreamt of Zaeed too, that sucked cause he's totally not hot, but I woke up pretty fast after that so it was ok, but you wouldn't know anything about that because you don't really care about this game or any of the characters enough, right, cause you don't really have fantasies about them like I do, that proves I'm a bigger fan of this game than you are, so there.

How was that?

Excellent, thank you.