Mass Effect 2 Thread

[The Fake Shemp]

Dude, Mordin is awesome.

[fistfulofmetal]

I may grab the first again to play through for story. Definitely moments where I was lost playing this game.

[The Fake Shemp]

Plus, you can import your character and watch the story continue.

[cool breeze]

I would actually say if you play the first game to do the side missions because even if they're impact in ME2 is just an email you get, it's still funny to do a side mission against Cerberus in ME1 only to have the guy from that mission send you an email calling you a hypocrite.  It depends on how much amusement you get from situations like that.

Plus, if you finish ME2 right now, then play ME1 and continue with ME2, you get some nice bonuses from both the ME1 import (if you were lvl 50 or 60, but 60 requires a second playthrough) and from finishing ME2 the first time.  The best is 25% experience boost.

Dude, Mordin is awesome.

yeah, but not in battle

I kinda wish there were more missions where you gain crew members rather than squad members.  Technically, both Mordin and the Krogan were sought after for their knowledge.

[Stoney Mason]

How would you guys rate the difficulty of this game for someone who's not used to (not good at) shooters?  All this talk is making me interested, I might get the first one's platinum hits version, but I dunno if I should get it or not...don't wanna buy something I'm going to quit after a couple of hours.

The game is mostly shooter combat based. Both of them. So if you don't like shooters I'm not sure you will like the series.

As far as difficulty it's not very hard and there is a casual difficulty setting in both games anyway. Normal isn't especially hard imo. I'm playing ME 2 on Veteran and knowing what I know now I would have played it on hardcore. Early combat can be challenging in certain spots at Veteran but once you are leveled up and upgraded, its a cakewalk. Same goes with other difficulty levels of course.

[The Fake Shemp]

Mordin is pretty sweet in battle. If you don't how to use tech squadmates, that kind of sucks. They come in handy.

[cool breeze]

Wow the story is kind of weird in the sense that it seems like ME1 never happened. You know you saved the universe, but people in the citadel sure don't treat you like a fucking hero. Makes no sense.

Consider that everyone thought Shepard was dead for 2 years and he finally shows up working for, what people consider, a terrorist organization.  They do treat you like a hero if you talk to people.  The paragon discount at stores is entirely about giving your endorsement, and if you walk around on Omega, you hear about how there is a Shepard memorial that's a popular tourist location.

[Stoney Mason]

Wow the story is kind of weird in the sense that it seems like ME1 never happened. You know you saved the universe, but people in the citadel sure don't treat you like a fucking hero. Makes no sense.

Consider that everyone thought Shepard was dead for 2 years and he finally shows up working for, what people consider, a terrorist organization.  They do treat you like a hero if you talk to people.  The paragon discount at stores is entirely about giving your endorsement, and if you walk around on Omega, you hear about how there is a Shepard memorial that's a popular tourist location.

Not to mention the Citadel is about politics. It is a political body. Shepard is esssentially just a war hero. He is mostly loved or at least respected both on the Citadel and in the universe at large. That doesn't mean he has political clout or influence.

[The Fake Shemp]

They say throughout the game that Shepard's death was downplayed, and that they changed his likeness for recruiting and propaganda (because his actual face didn't test well). When you tell people that you are the Shepard that saved the Citadel, people are genuinely excited and offer to name their first born after you! And the only people that know that Shepard is working with a terrorist organization are within the intelligence and military community, neither of which approve.

I'm not sure what game Kosma is playing.

[Stoney Mason]

Still you'd think people would act more fucking suprised seeing you walking around alive etc.

hmmm.... They do in my experience.

There are lots of conversation where people are shocked you are alive or talk about what happened while you were gone for 2 years and how things have changed or what transpired during those two years. Both of the ambient version where people just talk and you can listen and active where you have to talk to them. He is a war hero and symbol and they go a long way towards impressing that theme upon you imo. That is part of the explicit reason the Illusive man says he recruited you for.

[The Fake Shemp]

Yeah, I don't get Kosma's complaint. Maybe his pirated version sucks

[maxy]

yeah, but not in battle

Wrong again

Upgraded Mordin is kickass on insanity,he is melting armor like crazy.I always take him around.

[The Fake Shemp]

Yeah, Mordin is a pretty boss squadmate.

[cool breeze]

yeah, but not in battle

Wrong again

Upgraded Mordin is kickass on insanity,he is melting armor like crazy.I always take him around.

fine

I'll give him a shot when I play it a third time, probably as Adept.

wait, does incinerate serve the same purpose as Warp? if that's the case, I'll try him out instead of Miranda for a bit.

[maxy]

Yes,but most effective against armor...take shields down and blast away

[demi]

Mordin is pretty sweet in battle. If you don't how to use tech squadmates, that kind of sucks. They come in handy.

On Insane, they are better off slumped on the ground. Cannon fodder.

[demi]

- Infiltrator (Rank 4'd Assassin)
- Headshot Upgrade for Sniper Rifle
- Assassin Cloak
- Warp Ammo Level 4
- Widow
- Incinerate Level 4

= God Tier

Prove me wrong

[fistfulofmetal]

bah. i had a save for the final mission but when i clicked to continue game and loaded the normandy save it cleared all my saves. lame sauce. guess i'm starting over

in other news


 

[maxy]

-Adept(level 21)
-Heavy Warp
-Throw(level 3)
-Wide Singularity
-Nemesis
-Barrier(level 3)
-Shotgun(3/5)
-SMG(3/5)
-Always have Collector Particle Beam

There is barely anything that can come close to me when i start spamming singularity and warp.

[demi]

Nope, Infy will rape your gay Adept

[demi]

Also how do you get Brawler achievement? I keep punching then shooting but it doesnt count. Does this only work if you use a Shotgun?

It's the only fight achievement I need to get.

[maxy]

Nope, Infy will rape your gay Adept

I am playing on Infy right now.Have all the party members,few loyalty missions are left

[The Fake Shemp]

Team Miranda!

[cool breeze]

ok, I'll use Mordin for a bit and see how he is compared to Miranda.

I think I'll do infiltrator next round since these two times I've been playing biotic heavy.

also, playing evil makes Jack a better character.  If you sweet talk her as a paragon she gets all flustered and mushy, but if you get all bitchy with her, she just shrugs it off like it's nothing. 

Also how do you get Brawler achievement? I keep punching then shooting but it doesnt count. Does this only work if you use a Shotgun?

It's the only fight achievement I need to get.

I think it's only with the shotgun.  I got it quickly by doing a lot of vanguard charge, and spamming punch and shotgun.

[demi]

Yeah it wont pop up for me when I punch then give them one to the gut with the Widow

[demi]

Nope, Infy will rape your gay Adept

I am playing on Infy right now.Have all the party members,few loyalty missions are left

I meant my Infiltrator setup would make your Adept suck his own dick cause he's a bitch

[The Fake Shemp]

SHEPARD ON SHEPARD

[The Fake Shemp]

demi, if you could make Shepard a fatty, would you call ME2 the greatest game of all-time?

[demi]

To say I havent emailed Bioware for a Volus partner would be lying

Did you see dat stomach on the guy on drugs during Justicar mission?

[The Fake Shemp]

That part made me die laughing, as he lumbered away saying he'd destroy the galaxy some other time.

Actually, overall, this game is a lot funnier than the original. There is more humor, for sure.

[demi]

Wow the story is kind of weird in the sense that it seems like ME1 never happened. You know you saved the universe, but people in the citadel sure don't treat you like a fucking hero. Makes no sense.

Makes lots of sense, sorry you arent paying attention

[The Fake Shemp]

Oddly enough, it wasn't until ten hours in that Kosma realized he was playing Mass Effect 1.

[maxy]

Nope, Infy will rape your gay Adept

I am playing on Infy right now.Have all the party members,few loyalty missions are left

I meant my Infiltrator setup would make your Adept suck his own dick cause he's a bitch

Ahh,i see,but i would still tear you to pieces,cloak wouldn't help you,i can see you

[Raban]

Also how do you get Brawler achievement? I keep punching then shooting but it doesnt count. Does this only work if you use a Shotgun?

It's the only fight achievement I need to get.

I got that achievement on the last mission fighting husks with my pistol. The shot after the punch has to kill them. It's one punch, then one shot.

[Great Rumbler]

Man, Kelly is a big-time slut. I asked her if she was into aliens and she basically said "Intimacy breeds understanding" and "I'll take passion wherever I can find it". Bisexual AND she's into inter-species sex! 

[Stoney Mason]

Finshed it.

I'll post a longer wrap up post in the evening on the good and the bad and my likes and dislikes when I have some time but needless to say I thought it was pretty great. And it did hold up. My favorite single player game I've played in years. Probably since RE 4. 

Gonna do a second playthrough at the insanity level.

[Stoney Mason]

Interesting. You have to stick with your class if you do a new game +

I thought you might be able to switch classes but just bring your total number of ability points over to re-assign.

I'm almost tempted to just start a regular new game with a new class so I can try it out but I guess I'll stick with my adept and in Mass Effect 3, I'll try a new class again like I did in this one.

[demi]

Enjoy your frustration. Infiltrator 

Taking down Geth Hunters in 3 shots 

[fistfulofmetal]

[Third]

Why does new game+ delete the saves of my first playthrough?
This is so fucking gay. 

-edit

Oh wait, I just had to switch to different career. False alarm. 

[demi]

Damn Kosma, I cant wait to see your reactions when they bring up ME2 discussions in ME3

[GilloD]

Not really. Mordin was pretty boring. I never used him in a fight.
But Legion was awesome and could be a great addition to the story since he's e geth and all.

If I'd have to choose, I'd let Jacob and Moridin die. I want Legion back.

Tali is the only chick I've banged btw. I wonder how her face looks like.

Suh suh suh spoilerzzzz plzzzz. Jeebuz.

[GilloD]

That part made me die laughing, as he lumbered away saying he'd destroy the galaxy some other time.

Actually, overall, this game is a lot funnier than the original. There is more humor, for sure.

In Miranda's loyalty mission there's a great scene where you enter an elevator and the two of you are having a serious consversation and there's some stock muzak going on in the background. It's one of the only really played-for-laughs moments I can remember, but there are lots of subtle lulz.

[demi]

Damn Kosma, I cant wait to see your reactions when they bring up ME2 discussions in ME3

I dont get it

Thats because ME3 isnt out yet. Be patient.

[Ichirou]

How would you guys rate the difficulty of this game for someone who's not used to (not good at) shooters?  All this talk is making me interested, I might get the first one's platinum hits version, but I dunno if I should get it or not...don't wanna buy something I'm going to quit after a couple of hours.

The game is mostly shooter combat based. Both of them. So if you don't like shooters I'm not sure you will like the series.

As far as difficulty it's not very hard and there is a casual difficulty setting in both games anyway. Normal isn't especially hard imo. I'm playing ME 2 on Veteran and knowing what I know now I would have played it on hardcore. Early combat can be challenging in certain spots at Veteran but once you are leveled up and upgraded, its a cakewalk. Same goes with other difficulty levels of course.

I dislike first-person shooters because the camera makes me nauseous, but I'm okay with third-person shooters...just not any good at them.

Anyway, I ordered the first game from Play-Asia, along with Dragon Age: Origins.  Time to get into some superior WRPG-ing after I finish Assassin's Creed 2.

[The Fake Shemp]

In before Patel berates you for buying Dragon Age.

[demi]

DRAGON AGE SUCKS

Also anything you hate in Mass Effect 1, know that everything is FIXED in 2

[The Fake Shemp]

p.s. it has a lot of flaws

[demi]

In comparison to their other shit games, ME2 is a masterpiece of the top echelon

[Ichirou]

A bunch of sites rated Dragon Age Origins RPG of the year, figured I might as well give it a shot.  Besides, it seems a lot of people here enjoyed it.

[The Fake Shemp]

I enjoyed my time with it, but it feels archaic compared to Mass Effect (in terms of presentation) and I doubt I'll ever replay it again. I know Patel, specifically, had problems with end game stuff.

I will also say that unlike Mass Effect 2, that it does feel like a bunch of quests versus a complete game and that I get the feeling that all the DLC should have been on the disc at launch. The fact that in order to do a quest that you had to literally give your credit card in-game was pretty lame for a lot of players.

I know BioWare will fuel Mass Effect 2 with DLC, but the game feels like a complete experience. Meaning, I don't get the feeling that a lot of stuff was omitted.

[Third]

So I've replayed the last part of the game and

spoiler (click to show/hide)

saved everyone this time around.

[close]

Everyone has Loyalty status except for Jack and Zaeed. I had Jack on loyalty but

spoiler (click to show/hide)

Miranda had a fight with her and I had to choose for one of them because my paragorn was too low to choose for both. So I chose for Miranda.
And during the Zaeed loyalty mission I choose to save the people first instead of going after the badguy, leaving Zaeed with his grudge

[close]

I also explored 100% of the galaxy and did all the (side)missions. There's nothing left to do anymore with my current save. I'm using this save for future DLC stuff.

btw. Dragon Age is poop.
  

[The Fake Shemp]

There is a way to get Zaeed's loyalty even...

spoiler (click to show/hide)

... if you help the workers instead of killing Vido. I guess you have to be high Paragon, though.

[close]

[Third]

Yes, I guess I was too low on paragorn. Blue text is always my first choice. :'(

I never used Zaeed or Jack anyway. Both are great characters, though.

[BamYouHaveAids]

A bunch of sites rated Dragon Age Origins RPG of the year, figured I might as well give it a shot.  Besides, it seems a lot of people here enjoyed it.

you can ignore willco and patel, dragon age is the best rpg bioware has released in a long time and it will continue to be until they release the sequel

[Himu]

Note the hilarity: all the people bashing Dragon Age played it on console.

L-O-L.

[Third]

Note the hilarity: all the people bashing Dragon Age played it on console.

L-O-L.

Does the PC version include fun and good face models? If so, I might try that one out.

[The Fake Shemp]

Note the hilarity: all the people bashing Dragon Age played it on console.

L-O-L.

Huh? I'm pretty sure Patel played the PC version.

[The Fake Shemp]

Not to mention my gripes with Dragon Age are its presentation and the throttling of content in favor of DLC, all of which is exactly the same on the PC.

[Third]

Why do all the aliens talk English by the way? Humans species were discovered pretty late, and yet everything is in English.

Most aliens also look too humanoid in form. I don't think real aliens look like that.