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« Reply #660 on: January 25, 2010, 04:48:11 AM »
I'll be playing this on 360. My laptop could never handle it, and I'm not building a gaming rig while I'm still in Korea.

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« Reply #661 on: January 25, 2010, 05:08:50 AM »
:bow :bow :bow :bow demi :bow2 :bow2 :bow2 :bow2

Green Shinobi, use Play-Asia!  Who knows when the hell it will hit Korea...if you have a U.S. 360, you can get the American version from them for a decent price and the game will be there in no time flat, and if you bought an Asian system there you can get the Asian version for $49.00.
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« Reply #662 on: January 25, 2010, 05:14:52 AM »
awesome. wonder if i can still cancel my gamestop preorder for the CE and just hit up amazon for the regular.

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« Reply #663 on: January 25, 2010, 05:19:27 AM »
:lol even IGN is supporting this free content
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« Reply #664 on: January 25, 2010, 05:21:49 AM »
:lol even IGN is supporting this free content

I saw that too!   :lol

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« Reply #665 on: January 25, 2010, 07:12:27 AM »
They fixed it now. You snooze you lose, sorry!
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« Reply #666 on: January 25, 2010, 07:14:04 AM »
I only saw this this morning  :'(, but I was still able to get the Collector's items.  8)

It actually showed up on Slickdeals, which probably killed it.
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« Reply #667 on: January 25, 2010, 07:24:18 AM »
fuuuuuuuuuuuuu I got the first one and then all the rest of them say "Sorry this item is not available for purchase on the web"... like are you serious??? all i needed was 2 more mins
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« Reply #668 on: January 25, 2010, 07:29:42 AM »
damn i wanted that singularity gun
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« Reply #669 on: January 25, 2010, 07:33:33 AM »
You can still get the first link, but the rest are gone
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« Reply #670 on: January 25, 2010, 08:20:43 AM »
that took longer than i thought.
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« Reply #671 on: January 25, 2010, 08:46:36 AM »
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« Reply #672 on: January 25, 2010, 08:51:33 AM »
I saw GameStop employees on my friends list playing this. Eff them!
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« Reply #673 on: January 25, 2010, 08:52:33 AM »
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Update folks. Don't even bother. Unless you download them through the Cerebus Network interface it appears that your wasting harddrive space. They must have a lockout requirement.
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« Reply #674 on: January 25, 2010, 08:54:09 AM »
Pretty sure that's false... I'm not seeing any reports on that besides that
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« Reply #675 on: January 25, 2010, 09:17:27 AM »
http://www.xbox360achievements.org/forum/showthread.php?t=204019

UPDATE 2 - If you have already downloaded this, it will still work in game, and has nothing to do with the cerberus network
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« Reply #676 on: January 25, 2010, 10:16:38 AM »
Fuck. Can't believe I missed it.  :maf


At least my Gamefly account also says its shipping to me.

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« Reply #677 on: January 25, 2010, 11:54:40 AM »
BALLS!

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« Reply #678 on: January 25, 2010, 11:59:22 AM »
So, I just found out you can't explore planets like in ME1. That's so disappointing. I really loved that in ME.

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« Reply #679 on: January 25, 2010, 12:25:31 PM »
So, I just found out you can't explore planets like in ME1. That's so disappointing. I really loved that in ME.

Well you cant still do that slightly since some planets will have a scanning anamoly which allows you to do a mission on the planet, but yea its basically gone.

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« Reply #680 on: January 25, 2010, 02:23:48 PM »
For those that have beat it, how was the veteran difficulty? I'm thinking about doing that on my first play through.

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« Reply #681 on: January 25, 2010, 02:29:16 PM »
Exploration lovers should not be afraid,ME2 has like 10x ME1 exploration,only difference is that instead of barren wastelands you will be exploring beautiful alien locations,full of life.

Finished the game,Bioware bitchslaped rest of the dev pack,both artistically and technically.Technically the game is so good that it is hard to believe that Bioware made it.

Despite my hate towards EA,i have to say  :bow  EA :bow2,they did an amazing technical job,Bioware would never do that alone without EA help.

For those that have beat it, how was the veteran difficulty? I'm thinking about doing that on my first play through.

Play it on Veteran,don't bother with normal.There are two difficulty levels above it,hardcore and insanity.
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« Reply #682 on: January 25, 2010, 02:37:24 PM »
They fixed it now. You snooze you lose, sorry!

oh well the game isnt my bag anyway

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« Reply #683 on: January 25, 2010, 02:45:09 PM »
Also anyone that has ME1 saves should import them,i didn't(deleted them and was to lazy to replay it) so now 
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Udina is head of the council,i am a murderer,poor Wrex
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  :yuck :'( :'( :'( ME1 spoilers


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« Reply #684 on: January 25, 2010, 03:21:05 PM »
Amazon just shipped my CE  8)

Fired up ME1 over the weekend and bought Pinnacle Station. My plan was to load up a save near the very end, beat Pinnacle and Bring Down the Sky in case they carry anything over to ME2, and then blaze through the ending. BUT, I guess I did a new game + and deleted all my saves that were near the end of the first playthrough  :'(

Even though my Femshep is level 50+ I never beat the game with that level.

All those credits  :'(

All that... other stuff  :'(

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« Reply #685 on: January 25, 2010, 04:10:05 PM »
Is there any advantage to importing a level 60 character instead of a level 50?

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« Reply #686 on: January 25, 2010, 04:18:23 PM »
I think that you get more money,resources...but don't worry about that,you will get plenty of that by playing the game

Just make sure that the save has the choices that you want.
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« Reply #687 on: January 25, 2010, 04:41:36 PM »
do we still need an infiltrator to open doors and chest? i really don't want to take garrius bitch ass along with me, not with all the new party members.
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« Reply #688 on: January 25, 2010, 05:03:48 PM »
No,you can open everything by yourself.

Your combat tactic,class and expected enemies determine who to bring along.

i.e.if you expect lot of synthetics,machines then bring someone who is good with tech,hacking,etc
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« Reply #689 on: January 25, 2010, 06:10:06 PM »
Traded in my copy of Dragon Age and paid off my copy in full today. After I'm done with driving school, I'll swing by and pick up my copy.
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« Reply #690 on: January 25, 2010, 06:16:21 PM »
Is there any advantage to importing a level 60 character instead of a level 50?

stolen from GAF thread, the four after credits are the different minerals you get in the game
 
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Importing a Level 60 character will have your character start off at Level 5 in Mass Effect 2, plus:

•   Renegade or Paragon starting at 10% (If you have 100% Renegade or Paragon in ME1)
•   Credits: 150,000
•   Palladium: 10,000
•   Iridium: 10,000

•   Platinum: 10,000
•   Element Zero: 10,000

Importing a Level 50 character will have your character start off at Level 3, plus:

•   Credits: 100,000
•   Palladium: 9,000
•   Iridium: 9,000
•   Platinum: 9,000
•   Element Zero: 9,000

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« Reply #691 on: January 25, 2010, 06:38:53 PM »
Well, I really liked the barren and eerie planet environments in ME1. Most planets are like that anyway. 

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« Reply #692 on: January 25, 2010, 08:09:07 PM »
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« Reply #693 on: January 25, 2010, 08:24:51 PM »
i should have thought of that before i started the game. boo
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« Reply #694 on: January 25, 2010, 11:54:36 PM »
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« Reply #695 on: January 26, 2010, 12:29:37 AM »
so, i'm trying to avoid spoilers - won't get this 'til the weekend at least. Scared to start digging around the thread too much. So just tel me: Is everyone loving it, or are they loving it?
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« Reply #696 on: January 26, 2010, 12:33:19 AM »
Game sucks, wait for Heavy Rain.
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« Reply #697 on: January 26, 2010, 02:48:55 AM »
I really don't like this game. I'm not exactly sure what most of you folks are so floored by, but BioWare took a very original and novel idea birthed in the first game and turned it into something very derivative and mainstream. The plot is littered with yawn-inducing sci-fi/action cliches. Maybe it picks up later on, but the locales are boring as all fuck, the characters are uninteresting, the plot doesn't so much turn as it softly curves at each event. Even worse, the gameplay and shootouts are no longer tense or exciting, but just wait-it-out cover games, with bits of pace-breaking story littered in-between the gunfire.

I'm gonna keep soldiering through, but so far; :-\

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« Reply #698 on: January 26, 2010, 04:56:53 AM »
and shootouts are no longer tense or exciting
:lol

Dude c'mon. The combat was god awful in the first game and deathly easy. Not saying you aren't entitled to your opinion on the rest of the game. But even if you don't like the combat in this game, in no way is it suddenly a decline from some "great action" in the first title.

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« Reply #699 on: January 26, 2010, 05:43:42 AM »
the shooting in the first game was awful. truly awful. it's not great here but it's a shit-ton better.
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« Reply #700 on: January 26, 2010, 06:15:34 AM »
Reviews are out and as predicted 10/10 is pouring like a rain.

ME2 :bow2
Bioware :bow2
EA :bow2
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« Reply #701 on: January 26, 2010, 06:53:42 AM »
I'm gonna attempt a Mass Effect 1 speed run so I can have save file...not sure if a speed run is possible tho
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« Reply #702 on: January 26, 2010, 07:04:05 AM »
I'm gonna attempt a Mass Effect 1 speed run so I can have save file...not sure if a speed run is possible tho

Just download a save that suits your needs.

Hey distinguished mentally-challenged fellow nobody plays PC games how many times do I have to say it
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« Reply #703 on: January 26, 2010, 07:21:59 AM »
I'm gonna attempt a Mass Effect 1 speed run so I can have save file...not sure if a speed run is possible tho

Just download a save that suits your needs.

not only what demi said but also the character won't look the way i want and will have a diff name
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« Reply #704 on: January 26, 2010, 07:28:02 AM »
I'm gonna attempt a Mass Effect 1 speed run so I can have save file...not sure if a speed run is possible tho

Just download a save that suits your needs.

not only what demi said but also the character won't look the way i want and will have a diff name

If you import a character you can change pretty much everything about him,looks,class,etc
The only thing you can't change are your decisions in ME1.
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« Reply #705 on: January 26, 2010, 07:33:48 AM »
I'm gonna attempt a Mass Effect 1 speed run so I can have save file...not sure if a speed run is possible tho

Just download a save that suits your needs.

not only what demi said but also the character won't look the way i want and will have a diff name

If you import a character you can change pretty much everything about him,looks,class,etc
The only thing you can't change are your decisions in ME1.

what about name? my shepard first name is Clementine
but yea i didnt know that...oh well, too late now cause i paid $19.99 for it off games on demand (another great XBL feature btw)
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« Reply #706 on: January 26, 2010, 07:41:09 AM »
I think you can,but i am not sure.But you did good actually,if you dont import your ME1 decisions are
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Udina is the council head and you killed Wrex
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« Reply #707 on: January 26, 2010, 07:45:40 AM »
^ well i feel better for rebuying it then...now to do this speed run

hey, one more question... let's say i put the difficulty on casual so i could run through it faster, does that carry over or anything?  you can change the diff right
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« Reply #708 on: January 26, 2010, 07:51:09 AM »
that mission to recruit Jack was pretty cool.
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« Reply #709 on: January 26, 2010, 07:52:59 AM »
You can change difficultly anytime.
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« Reply #710 on: January 26, 2010, 07:56:40 AM »
god i cant wait to dive into this masterpiece...
ME2 will be the absolute pinnacle of this medium for some time to come
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« Reply #711 on: January 26, 2010, 08:04:28 AM »
I just picked up Dragon Age a few weeks ago and didn't get much further than the opening sequence, and I'm still not done with Bayonetta yet. But Mass Effect 2 will supersede everything. That and Halo Reach are probably the only two games I really give a fuck about this year. And I guess Bioshock 2 as well, but not nearly to the same degree.

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« Reply #712 on: January 26, 2010, 08:12:06 AM »
Can you play INSANE from the start? I read that you can and you cant... my save was finished on Insane
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« Reply #713 on: January 26, 2010, 08:20:17 AM »
Just checked it now,you can start playing on any difficulty you want,everything is unlocked.I tested it on a new profile.
Also my bro is playing it for the first time,he imported ME1 character and he can change difficulty on the fly.
« Last Edit: January 26, 2010, 08:25:34 AM by maxy »
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« Reply #714 on: January 26, 2010, 08:25:07 AM »
Yessss, Insane here I cum
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« Reply #715 on: January 26, 2010, 08:45:10 AM »
I'm gonna attempt a Mass Effect 1 speed run so I can have save file...not sure if a speed run is possible tho

You can play through ME1 in less than 8 hours.
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« Reply #717 on: January 26, 2010, 10:27:18 AM »
Grabbed those just in case I ever get the PC version.
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« Reply #718 on: January 26, 2010, 10:31:43 AM »
Demi, I love you.

GOTY contender for sure. I don't know which version to buy, though. I think I'm going to buy the PC version.

I'm currently 11 hours in and this is one of the better games of this generation imo.

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« Reply #719 on: January 26, 2010, 10:42:25 AM »
BTW, do I have to start a new game to make use of the DLC? I'm kinda new to this...