Author Topic: Mass Effect 2 Thread (Read 142438 times)

Third · « **Reply #1740 on:** March 04, 2010, 04:05:42 PM »

oops, sorry dj

tiesto · « **Reply #1741 on:** March 04, 2010, 04:08:10 PM »

Quote from: demi on March 04, 2010, 04:02:49 PM

WRONG. The point of no return is when you do the IFF mission. Do everything BEFORE that

Will I be allowed to choose to take on that mission when I want to? I've noticed that at points in the quest, after doing a few loyalty missions or character recruitments or whatnot, you are forced by the Illusive Man into doing certain missions.. just now I have to do the one with the geth colony on the spaceship or something...

demi · « **Reply #1742 on:** March 04, 2010, 04:08:46 PM »

Yes you can choose to do IFF

(do all sidequests etc whatever) -> Do IFF Mission (point of no return) -> Do Legion's sidequest ONLY after -> trigger cutscene -> do suicide mission

The Sceneman · « **Reply #1743 on:** March 04, 2010, 04:12:08 PM »

have we got a date for the Hammerhead dlc yet? I need to get my copy of Mass Effect 2 back off a bro in time for it

edit: 8000th post wooooo. fml

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #1744 on:** March 04, 2010, 05:41:42 PM »

Quote from: The Sceneman on March 04, 2010, 04:12:08 PM

have we got a date for the Hammerhead dlc yet? I need to get my copy of Mass Effect 2 back off a bro in time for it

edit: 8000th post wooooo. fml

No date yet, just sometime in late March.

Beezy · « **Reply #1745 on:** March 05, 2010, 03:42:49 PM »

I just read about this Cerberus network shit. Is it worth it? I was just gonna borrow the game from a friend, not buy it.

demi · « **Reply #1746 on:** March 05, 2010, 04:09:18 PM »

Cerberus Network just gives you access to the DLC. It's no big deal, none of it is necessary.

Beezy · « **Reply #1747 on:** March 05, 2010, 04:12:35 PM »

Okay. My HD doesn't have enough space for fucking DLC so I'll just borrow it. Fuck you MS for overpricing the 360 harddrives.

cool breeze · « **Reply #1748 on:** March 05, 2010, 04:13:35 PM »

Cerberus Network gives you a new crew member, Zaeed, along with a loyalty mission and what comes with it (a flame thrower). A new shotgun and armor. The free vehicle/hammerhead DLC that isn't out yet. More thing in the future, iirc.

Beezy · « **Reply #1749 on:** March 05, 2010, 04:18:15 PM »

NO SPACE

Unless I choose to go back to playing games without installing them. I can't stand load times though and I haven't beaten The Last Remnant yet. Installing is required for that game.

cool breeze · « **Reply #1750 on:** March 05, 2010, 04:23:33 PM »

do you have a 20 gig hd or something?

Beezy · « **Reply #1751 on:** March 05, 2010, 04:25:32 PM »

More like 14 GB, but yeah.

The Fake Shemp · « **Reply #1752 on:** March 05, 2010, 05:47:05 PM »

Artist is unknown, just got this from the Mass Effect 2 twitter feed - but it's the coolest fan art I have ever seen:

Hopefully, this guy can get a job!

MCD · « **Reply #1753 on:** March 08, 2010, 07:20:30 AM »

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$40 for 360
$30 for PC

tiesto · « **Reply #1754 on:** March 08, 2010, 09:19:30 AM »

Did all the loyalty quests and just finishing up the last few N7 sidequests. I really like the environments on the sidequest missions. Fuckin pissed that I missed a few of the weapon damage upgrades, so now I won't be able to get the 'cheev for fully upgrading a weapon... it sucks that once you beat a mission, you can't go back to look for lost loot.

Don't want to restart and play through half the game again just to get that achievement. Blah.

cool breeze · « **Reply #1755 on:** March 08, 2010, 03:04:11 PM »

http://www.gametrailers.com/video/exclusive-hammerhead-mass-effect/62772

video of the new vehicle

looks like it's more a mini-game than transport

Disposable White Guy · « **Reply #1756 on:** March 08, 2010, 04:25:33 PM »

Quote from: The Fake Shemp on March 05, 2010, 05:47:05 PM

Artist is unknown, just got this from the Mass Effect 2 twitter feed - but it's the coolest fan art I have ever seen:

(Image removed from quote.)

Hopefully, this guy can get a job!

Wow. Were there any higher res uploads of this?

MCD · « **Reply #1757 on:** March 08, 2010, 06:28:27 PM »

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=20147250&postcount=6162

demi · « **Reply #1758 on:** March 08, 2010, 06:29:39 PM »

Quote

Thread could use some less creepy artwork:

> see Tali hugging Shepard

Yeah, that's creepy.

Ichirou · « **Reply #1759 on:** March 08, 2010, 06:48:09 PM »

Quote from: demi on March 04, 2010, 04:08:46 PM

Yes you can choose to do IFF

(do all sidequests etc whatever) -> Do IFF Mission (point of no return) -> Do Legion's sidequest ONLY after -> trigger cutscene -> do suicide mission

According to the final mission video I saw on Live, I heard if you do anything after the point of no return, your crew starts getting killed. Is it OK to do Legion's sidequest anyway?

demi · « **Reply #1760 on:** March 08, 2010, 06:55:52 PM »

It's actually after one or maybe two quests

Ichirou · « **Reply #1761 on:** March 08, 2010, 07:10:19 PM »

I just don't want Kelly Chambers getting horribly dissolved.

Disposable White Guy · « **Reply #1762 on:** March 08, 2010, 07:17:23 PM »

I didn't have anyone die on me on my most recent playthrough, and I'm pretty sure I went out and did a few side missions (not any loyalty missions, but the "lolz go stop the robuts from destroying crates" kind of side missions) while strip mining the galaxy for ship/crew upgrades.

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Kelly died, but I didn't really care. Bitch let my fish die this time.

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Ichirou · « **Reply #1763 on:** March 08, 2010, 07:49:59 PM »

Does Kelly die if you wait to do Legion's sidequest after the point of no return? Also, why did you recommend that people do the sidequest at that point instead of before?

Himu · « **Reply #1764 on:** March 08, 2010, 07:51:43 PM »

How do you like ME1/2, ichi?

Also, do Legion's quest and ONLY Legion's quest after the IFF.

demi · « **Reply #1765 on:** March 08, 2010, 07:51:52 PM »

Kelly dies if you do any dawdling, i.e. do sidequests

Why do I recommend it - you need loyalty status for Legion to survive (may or may not happen), you get his achievement... etc.

And the only time you can do Legion's quest is after IFF and you really have no choice in dawdling considering what happens immediately after.

The Sceneman · « **Reply #1766 on:** March 08, 2010, 07:57:25 PM »

Quote from: some tard on x360a

Kasumi? Is she Japanese? That would be so cool :]

weeaboo lollers. Kasumi is a new character in upcoming DLC. Im hoping for more celebrity likenesses, like VINCE DIESEL. He would be such a badass bald space marine in the ME universe.

Ichirou · « **Reply #1767 on:** March 08, 2010, 08:04:19 PM »

Quote from: demi on March 08, 2010, 07:51:52 PM

Kelly dies if you do any dawdling, i.e. do sidequests

Why do I recommend it - you need loyalty status for Legion to survive (may or may not happen), you get his achievement... etc.

And the only time you can do Legion's quest is after IFF and you really have no choice in dawdling considering what happens immediately after.

So it's either Legion's loyalty or Kelly Chambers surviving? :[

Ichirou · « **Reply #1768 on:** March 08, 2010, 08:06:27 PM »

Quote from: Himuro on March 08, 2010, 07:51:43 PM

How do you like ME1/2, ichi?

I'm just about finished with Ilos in ME1 and so far I think it is awsummmmmmmm.

demi · « **Reply #1769 on:** March 08, 2010, 08:08:35 PM »

No. You do Legion's mission then immediately do Suicide Mission and she will live.

Ichirou · « **Reply #1770 on:** March 08, 2010, 08:09:31 PM »

All I needed to know. I want those 75 gamerscore for the "everyone gets out alive!" cheev.

demi · « **Reply #1771 on:** March 08, 2010, 08:18:13 PM »

Kelly doesnt affect that

Ichirou · « **Reply #1772 on:** March 08, 2010, 08:19:30 PM »

I also want her to dance for me.

Himu · « **Reply #1773 on:** March 08, 2010, 08:34:37 PM »

She dances at the end of the game on the normandy.

Himu · « **Reply #1774 on:** March 08, 2010, 08:34:54 PM »

Quote from: Ichirou on March 08, 2010, 08:06:27 PM

Quote from: Himuro on March 08, 2010, 07:51:43 PM
How do you like ME1/2, ichi?

I'm just about finished with Ilos in ME1 and so far I think it is awsummmmmmmm.

Ichirou · « **Reply #1775 on:** March 08, 2010, 08:39:28 PM »

JRPGs have been annihilated more than Green Shinobi this gen.

Beezy · « **Reply #1776 on:** March 08, 2010, 08:42:36 PM »

I'm gonna borrow ME2 from my friend tomorrow.

Himu · « **Reply #1777 on:** March 08, 2010, 08:47:01 PM »

Quote from: Beezy on March 08, 2010, 08:42:36 PM

I'm gonna borrow ME2 from my friend tomorrow.

Ichirou · « **Reply #1778 on:** March 08, 2010, 08:48:14 PM »

I might start ME2 tonight, depending on if I can finish the first ME. Done almost everything. I wanted to bed Ashley but I guess I showed too much interest in the blue slut so I ended up with her instead. OH WELL.

Himu · « **Reply #1779 on:** March 08, 2010, 08:50:08 PM »

What'd you think of ME1 sidequests? I find the ones that aren't on story planets to be horrible and they stained my initial thoughts of the game when I first played it despite loving it. When I replayed it earlier this year for ME2, I skipped most of the fodder quests and my opinion of ME1 improved.

Ichirou · « **Reply #1780 on:** March 08, 2010, 08:53:35 PM »

They're pretty boring and repetitive, though some of them do help expand the universe the story takes place in (biotic hostage missions, trying to stop Cerberus). The problem is that all the locations are basically the same (different color palette and environmental hazards aside) except for Bring Down the Sky (I have the greatest hits version of the game which comes with that DLC as an extra). I wish they'd gone to the trouble of making the locations be a little more unique.

Beezy · « **Reply #1781 on:** March 08, 2010, 08:54:20 PM »

The sidequests in ME1 suck, but I still did most of them.

The Fake Shemp · « **Reply #1782 on:** March 08, 2010, 08:55:00 PM »

Subtract the sidequests, Mass Effect is good fun.

Ichirou · « **Reply #1783 on:** March 08, 2010, 08:55:34 PM »

Quote from: Beezy on March 08, 2010, 08:54:20 PM

The sidequests in ME1 suck, but I still did most of them.

Yeah, I kept doing them and got the "completionist" achievement.

demi · « **Reply #1784 on:** March 08, 2010, 10:23:18 PM »

world's best gamer

tiesto · « **Reply #1785 on:** March 08, 2010, 10:39:57 PM »

Can you have lesbo sex with Kelly?

Found out I could still get the weapon upgrade achievement, just need to save 50k more credits and buy one of the strength upgrades @ Ilium.

Are you able to make it to level 30 on your first playthrough? Like, after doing all relevant sidequests?

demi · « **Reply #1786 on:** March 08, 2010, 11:03:05 PM »

I'd say no, unless you imported a Level 60 character

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #1787 on:** March 09, 2010, 03:08:11 AM »

Yeah, demi's right. I pretty much did EVERYTHING and I'm like a Level 27 or something.

Ichirou · « **Reply #1788 on:** March 10, 2010, 09:34:59 AM »

I finished Mass Effect and started 2 tonight. So far, I'm of mixed opinion. It does some things better, but - ammo clips? I was so used to not having to worry about reloading clips in the first game. $:-\$

So far I've used squad powers and stuff more than I did in the first game, seems the game really emphasizes you use your squad instead of just letting them move about independently like the first one.

From my Mass Effect playthrough:

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- I saved the Citadel, not that it seems to have mattered much, since they're not willing to help me much other than to restore my 'Spectre' title. I also made Anderson the Councilor instead of that asshole Udina, and when Udina showed his ass in the office I told him he was the person I least wanted to see. I hated that asshole. Why would anyone actually make him Councilor?

- Saved Wrex but I guess he doesn't join your party in this game. I loved Wrex.

- Saved that Ashley Williams' sexy human supremacist ass. She doesn't join you either. I actually never used Kaidan and he seemed so fucking bland that I decided to let him die.

- Banged Liara. Now her photo's in my cabin. lol

- Played through as a Paragon. My Shepard's in favor of good relationships with the alien races and seems to have an asari fetish (he fucked both Liara and the consort).

- Did most of the missions (got the completionist achievement) but it seems to have had only a minor effect in the ME2 world. Just newscasts and whatnot.

- Saved the rachni queen. Wonder if the rachni will play any role in the 3rd game if you saved her?

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But tbh, while it's nice to see the changes have some effect in the way the game plays out, it seems like most choices you made only have superficial stories and don't really change anything in terms of the plot.

tiesto · « **Reply #1789 on:** March 10, 2010, 10:20:52 AM »

Was kinda weird when you went back to meet with the Council (provided you saved them) and

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I basically told them to shove it up their asses, but got no Renegade points from it. Didn't seem to have much effect on the game at all

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Ichirou · « **Reply #1790 on:** March 10, 2010, 10:25:29 AM »

Yeah, it kind of bothers me that the whole "save the Council" choice has no effect on the storyline, since you'd imagine it would be a MAJOR factor in how the galaxy functions in the ME universe.

Disposable White Guy · « **Reply #1791 on:** March 10, 2010, 01:41:41 PM »

Maybe it's Bioware's way of saying that we should nuke Congress and let Keith David run the show instead.

The Sceneman · « **Reply #1792 on:** March 10, 2010, 11:16:14 PM »

Okay Im gonna do my Insanity run through when the new DLC missions land.

Is it better to start from scratch or should I boot up my level 27 ME2 clear data? I love my Shephard and want hiom to go renegade on Insanity, but I hear New game+ on Insanity is even more difficult. Anyone know if its still manageable?

The Sceneman · « **Reply #1793 on:** March 10, 2010, 11:17:24 PM »

Keith David owns, I saw Armageddon recently and I was like "I know that voice...", ditto with Saints Row!

rodi · « **Reply #1794 on:** March 11, 2010, 12:04:46 AM »

For some reason, I'm finding it really hard to play ME2, though I couldn't put ME1 down. I played that game like some people play WoW.

pilonv1 · « **Reply #1795 on:** March 11, 2010, 12:22:40 AM »

I feel the same. I don't like the aiming or the characters. Maybe it will get better but I'm not drawn into it yet.

rodi · « **Reply #1796 on:** March 11, 2010, 12:35:19 AM »

The storyline doesn't draw me in at all. I played it for a while, until I found out, mid-game, that I was so uninterested in the story that I had no idea what was going on. It's also unfortunate that they brought back all the old characters that I was least interested in (Garrus, Tali).

Other than that though, the combat is a great improvement. And so is the redesign of the Normandy. Hands down.

pilonv1 · « **Reply #1797 on:** March 11, 2010, 12:55:55 AM »

I like the new Normandy, still undecided on combat. It feels too shootery right now, I miss the old shaky rifles. Maybe I'm doing it wrong.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #1798 on:** March 11, 2010, 01:12:55 AM »

Quote from: pilonv1 on March 11, 2010, 12:55:55 AM

It feels too shootery right now

The first one had broken combat imo.

rodi · « **Reply #1799 on:** March 11, 2010, 01:21:57 AM »

And Miranda Lawson is a good replacement for Ashley and Kaiden combined, imo.

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