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Title: Playing through mass effect again
Post by: TakingBackSunday on July 14, 2011, 09:14:53 PM: Whoever was the lead designer of the secondary planet quests needs to be shot. Worst secondary quests ever. Game is still pretty cool though I guess. Never played the second one
Title: Re: Playing through mass effect again
Post by: Joe Molotov on July 14, 2011, 09:16:57 PM: Yeah, all the secondary missions are horse crap, just skip all of them. The only one I did on my last playthrough was Bringing Down the Sky, and that was only because I felt compelled to play it since I took the time to download it. Mass Effect 2 is a lot better in this regard; the secondary missions are a bit more varied than "drive to some pre-fab building, shoot some guys, the end".
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Post by: MCD on July 14, 2011, 09:17:23 PM: Make sure to punch that reporter.
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Post by: Himu on July 14, 2011, 09:18:48 PM: game is fantastic if you ignore most of the secondary planets
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Post by: Great Rumbler on July 14, 2011, 09:24:50 PM: Mass Effect 1 is still pretty great, but, yeah, the secondary planets are worthless.
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Post by: Trent Dole on July 14, 2011, 09:41:18 PM: Dunno if I could go back to the first one after playing ME2 easily but I remember it being a fuckin' cool game. The second one can be had for $20 or less at this point, pick it up once yr done with the replay.
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Post by: Positive Touch on July 14, 2011, 09:48:33 PM: why would you replay this when you still havent touch the VASTLY superior me2
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Post by: tiesto on July 14, 2011, 10:50:41 PM: Mass Effect 1 with a much better combat system (something like Valkyria Chronicles or VATS even) and 2's sidequests would be amazing... the music is so good though, best thing about the game.

150 years in the future and people are still listening to mnml though :-\
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That's more like it!

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Post by: Bildi on July 14, 2011, 10:54:50 PM: I found the missions themselves OK, but systematically driving over the whole surface of those worlds to find everything got pretty old by the end.

Play ME2 instead, so much better in this regard (as well as several others).
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Post by: Great Rumbler on July 14, 2011, 10:56:23 PM: [youtube=560,345]wWW-hJbzhSU[/youtube]

Noveria was great, the whole climb to the reactor was a section of the game that, for whatever reason, just really stuck with me.

I can't wait to hear what Clint Mansell does with Mass Effect 3.
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Post by: Himu on July 14, 2011, 11:01:52 PM: I plan on replaying ME1 and 2 before 3. Can't wait.
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Post by: Himu on July 15, 2011, 12:16:25 AM: agreed.
Title: Re: Playing through mass effect again
Post by: Beezy on July 15, 2011, 12:18:34 AM: Quote from: Wrath2X on July 14, 2011, 09:18:11 PM
I prefer the second one but this is still a phenomenal game, it also introduced me to Faunts :rock
YES!

I'll replay ME2 again before ME3. I don't think I wanna go back to the original.
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Post by: cool breeze on July 15, 2011, 12:27:18 AM: Quote from: tiesto on July 14, 2011, 10:50:41 PM
Mass Effect 1 with a much better combat system (something like Valkyria Chronicles or VATS even) and 2's sidequests would be amazing... the music is so good though, best thing about the game.

Mass Effect with Valkyria Chronicles combat would have been great
Title: Re: Playing through mass effect again
Post by: Great Rumbler on July 15, 2011, 12:32:27 AM: Quote from: Wrath2X on July 15, 2011, 12:20:42 AM
Quote from: Great Rumbler on July 14, 2011, 10:56:23 PM

I can't wait to hear what Clint Mansell does with Mass Effect 3.

I'd rather they stuck with Jack Wall and Sam Hulick.

They did amazing work on the first two games, no question, but I'm also consistently blown away by what Clint Mansell puts out.
Title: Re: Playing through mass effect again
Post by: TakingBackSunday on July 15, 2011, 03:50:51 AM: Yeah I'm gonna borrow 2 after I'm done and continue my game from 1 on it :hump

I literally know absolutely nothing about ME2 other than its a sequel and you can continue your save game from the first. Does it have more legit planets to explore, like the Citadel or ANY of KotOR's planets? Better side quests? And does the combat change up at all?
Title: Re: Playing through mass effect again
Post by: TakingBackSunday on July 15, 2011, 04:06:11 AM: The only RPG elements I care about is the "leveling up" of you and your crew with the skill points. I couldn't care less about the XP that you gain or the terrible shitty items you can link to your weapons and armor.
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Post by: Bildi on July 15, 2011, 04:30:01 AM: Yeah, all the bazillion weapons, armour, weapon attachments and armour attachments are gone in ME2. I found the ME1 micro-managing for each team member pretty tedious.

In ME2 I actually mix up my team members as a result. In ME1 I didn't because I'd have to stuff around with equipment on someone I haven't even used for the last 20 hours.

I find the scanning minigame in ME2 pretty good (once I found out scanning every planet is a waste of time and you just do it when you need some resources).
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Post by: Cerveza mas fina on July 15, 2011, 12:45:27 PM: ME2 is fascinating game, because it's so much better then the sum of its parts. It just works.
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Post by: tiesto on July 15, 2011, 01:20:41 PM: Quote from: Premium Lager on July 15, 2011, 12:45:27 PM
ME2 is fascinating game, because it's so much better then the sum of its parts. It just works.

If you ask me, it's the other way around... ME1 is much more than the sum of its parts. But while 2 is much more polished, it lacks the 'heart' of the first game and plays it much more safe.
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Post by: Bildi on July 15, 2011, 10:07:47 PM: I found ME2 had a lot more humour in it, especially if you play a Renegade. Hamlet featuring an all-Elcor cast. :lol
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Post by: Joe Molotov on July 15, 2011, 10:27:20 PM: Quote from: Bildi on July 15, 2011, 10:07:47 PM
I found ME2 had a lot more humour in it, especially if you play a Renegade. Hamlet featuring an all-Elcor cast. :lol

I like the part where you can coax Mordin into doing a little Gilbert and Sullivan.
Title: Re: Playing through mass effect again
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on July 16, 2011, 07:02:41 AM: Quote from: tiesto on July 15, 2011, 01:20:41 PM
Quote from: Premium Lager on July 15, 2011, 12:45:27 PM
ME2 is fascinating game, because it's so much better then the sum of its parts. It just works.

If you ask me, it's the other way around... ME1 is much more than the sum of its parts. But while 2 is much more polished, it lacks the 'heart' of the first game and plays it much more safe.

Well yeah, if you compare 1 to 2 thats the case. 1 also had much better music.