Mass Effect 2 Thread

[bork]

Just bought some more MSbux, need to get Shadow Broker and Overlord... how much time does it take to beat both combined, with all 'cheevos? And is Shadow Broker gonna be the last DLC?

I didn't keep track of the time, but probably around four-five hours total.  Maybe a little longer.

[tiesto]

I completed the game on "Normal"... if I change my difficulty to "Hardcore" before talking to Liara and taking on the Lair of the Shadow Broker mission, do I get that one achievement still?

[Stoney Mason]

This week’s Xbox Live Deal of the Week is a go, with Mass Effect 2 this week’s main focus.

The deals being offered this week sees premium DLC Overlord and Kasumi’s Stolen Memory go to 400 MS points, with the Blood Dragon Armor and a suit for 160 MS points.
You can get a helmet as well for 80 MS points.
Deal’s only for Gold members only.

[Positive Touch]

awesome right when my gold membership expires

[Beezy]

awesome right when my gold membership expires

I can give you the code to my 2 day gold pass that came with Halo Reach if you want.

[Positive Touch]

awesome right when my gold membership expires

I can give you the code to my 2 day gold pass that came with Halo Reach if you want.

ok thanks!

[Beezy]

check your pms

[Positive Touch]

<3 <3 <3

[Human Snorenado]

RISE FROM YOUR GRAVE

Oh my gawd.  This game is fuck awesome, and it's beautiful on my rig. 

Only complaint- my stoopit ass can't figure out how to get it to let me use my 360 controller.  Anyone got any insight?

[Stoney Mason]

RISE FROM YOUR GRAVE

Oh my gawd.  This game is fuck awesome, and it's beautiful on my rig. 

Only complaint- my stoopit ass can't figure out how to get it to let me use my 360 controller.  Anyone got any insight?

No native 360 controller support in that one. You would have to use xpadder or Pinnacle Game Profiler to remap your keys to buttons and since that's a hassle you might as well just play with mouse and kb for this one.

[cool breeze]

yeah, they chose to forgo controller support in favor of making a better PC interface.  You have your powers mapped to the number bar like other PC games instead of a radial menu.

[Bildi]

In preparation for Mass Effect 2, I decided to buy Mass Effect 1.

The full awesomeness of this game was revealed when I chose the option to "shut up" the distinguished mentally-challenged scientist on the first planet.  I thought it would mean some lip service, but then my character decked him.

Cemented my decision to play as a renegade.  This game is awesome.

[fistfulofmetal]

I've been replaying the game mostly so I can do all the DLC that I've missed.

I finished the Firewalker, Katsumi, and Overlord DLC so far.

Katsumi was ok. She's a decent character and the her loyalty mission wasn't bad. A little simple and straightforward.

Firewalker was good. I enjoy the Hammerhead and it's silly platformery aspects. Nothing really special about the line of quests. Seemed mostly a setup for...

Overload was great. I really really enjoyed the line of quests and the locations it took me. Destroying the radar was awesome and Shepard's reaction to the falling debris was hilarious. What I liked the most was uncovering the truth behind the VI revolt. It's pretty obvious everything is not as it seems when you start. Especially when you have the VI screaming unintelligible words at you. The whole thing's got really good variety. One part you're jumping over lava on rocks then you're creeping through an empty Geth ship. Then finally shit goes wacky at the end. Loved the NEO-esque finale. Really really good stuff.

I'll probably play the main game a little further before I tackle Lair of the Shadow Broker. Aiming to play it next weekend. Wanna save it as I hear it's the best of the DLC.

[fistfulofmetal]

Just finished Lair of the Shadow Broker

Pretty good stuff. The set piece walking along the hull of the Shadow Broker's hull was crazy. IMO much more "epic" than when you run down the Citadel's tower in ME1

Now I assume all the stuff from the terminal are additional side missions? I didn't bother going back into the Normandy's CIC so I didn't check. Would be cool if there's a handful of extra missions to do thanks to the DLC

[Great Rumbler]

Who else agrees that Mass Effect 2 has the best DLC's of any console game.

I only have the Lair of the Shadowbroker DLC, but I'll go ahead and agree anyway.

[Raban]

I definitely find the DLC better than the game itself.

[Great Rumbler]

Get the others GR, they are worth it.

I'll probably pick them up later this year and then finish my second playthrough.

I definitely find the DLC better than the game itself.

Lair of the Shadowbroker not being in the original release of the game was pretty dumb, as it was one of the single best questlines in all of Mass Effect AND it wrapped up a loose plotline that had been left hanging.

Haven't tried the others yet, but I heard that Overlord is really good too.

[Raban]

Overlord's awesome. The DLC characters are kind of light on content, but if you go in with low expectations, you'll be satisfied.

[fistfulofmetal]

I think Point Lookout is the best piece of DLC content I've played so far this gen. Shadow Broker would be second. I was kind of let down by the Shadow Broker reveal tho.


I just did the after mission date with Liara. I was worried it would force the romance angle at me but to my surprise it totally acknowledged my relationship with Tali which was awesome.

[Stoney Mason]

Maybe I'll get around to the DLC next week.

[rodi]

I banged her.

[Robo]

How is the DLC incorporated into the game?  Like, I just bought ME2 and haven't started it yet -- should I get the DLC episodes now or just wait and play them after the campaign is concluded?

[Stoney Mason]

How is the DLC incorporated into the game?  Like, I just bought ME2 and haven't started it yet -- should I get the DLC episodes now or just wait and play them after the campaign is concluded?

You should just go ahead and get them if you are interested. The DLC essentially functions as extra missions for the game so if you're playing for the first time, you might as well just have the experience integrated.

[Robo]

That's what I figured.  Thanks!

[Great Rumbler]

How is the DLC incorporated into the game?  Like, I just bought ME2 and haven't started it yet -- should I get the DLC episodes now or just wait and play them after the campaign is concluded?

Lair of the Shadowbroker DLC actually finishes up a plotline that was left dangling in the vanillla game and it's one of the best, if not THE best, questlines in the whole game.

[maxy]

My fellow sbot enemy's,the day of reckoning has finally arrived,you will now get to play the best game that has ever hit PS3(to put it diplomatically)...your will be observed
Launch trailer

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P.S.

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I hope you like it.

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360 trailer is much better

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So hot,have to replay it again(6 or 7 times so far)

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[maxy]

They could do more,Shepard should mate with some Hanar or Elcor or Volus...

I would love to play as Hanar hero...wobbling through the space

 

[maxy]

hmm,some interesting stuff...from playstation blog

Mass Effect 2 for the PlayStation 3 goes on sale in stores on January 18th in North America, and will also be available in downloadable form through the PlayStation Network in North America on January 18th.

[Mr. Gundam]

I'm going to try and tackle some of my backlog first, but I'll definitely be picking up Mass Effect 2 for the PS3 in the near future.

[Stoney Mason]

Replaying ME 2 on the PC now. Did the Kasumi DLC. It was okay. I like her special ability to go invisible and do a sneak attack but the actual mission was just average to me.

The Overlord DLC was great though. Lengthy. Good story. That one is a bargain. I was surprised at how well that turned out. Just have the Shadow Broker one to do now.

[AdmiralViscen]

Yea, Overlord is much better. That last part sucks on Insanity though.

I also got shunted into the Collector Ship as soon as I did Overlord. So I don't have many medpacks or heavy weapon ammo and I wasn't able to do the shopping I wanted to do. So I hope my insanity attempt is not scuttled here.

[AdmiralViscen]

Looks like it will be. This fucking sucks.

I can get through the first 3-4 platforms more times than not, but eventually Shepard decides to fucking stand up for no reason and then I get insta-killed. Meanwhile my teammates are doing that nonstop throughout so I can't even use my powers because I am busy using heal on their stupid asses.

This is horrific. I've spent close to 20 hours getting along just fine on Insanity and I have to give it up here?


ok did it

[Positive Touch]

good job sir


and wtf i did EVERY SINGLE MISSION on hardcore and im still only lvl 29!  is there someplace to grind exp?

[Raban]

good job sir


and wtf i did EVERY SINGLE MISSION on hardcore and im still only lvl 29!  is there someplace to grind exp?

You can't hit the cap in your first playthrough.

[Rman]

Looks like it will be. This fucking sucks.

I can get through the first 3-4 platforms more times than not, but eventually Shepard decides to fucking stand up for no reason and then I get insta-killed. Meanwhile my teammates are doing that nonstop throughout so I can't even use my powers because I am busy using heal on their stupid asses.

This is horrific. I've spent close to 20 hours getting along just fine on Insanity and I have to give it up here?


ok did it

Happened to me.  Did you import your character from your first ME2 playthrough?  When you do that the enemies are the matched to your level, making it very difficult.  You need to play Insanity with a fresh new character or import from ME1.  I learned the hard way as well.

[maxy]

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[brawndolicious]

Looks like it will be. This fucking sucks.
I can get through the first 3-4 platforms more times than not, but eventually Shepard decides to fucking stand up for no reason and then I get insta-killed. Meanwhile my teammates are doing that nonstop throughout so I can't even use my powers because I am busy using heal on their stupid asses.
This is horrific. I've spent close to 20 hours getting along just fine on Insanity and I have to give it up here?
ok did it

The collectors are the hardest enemies in the game but their difficulty depends a lot on what class you are and you should never start insanity with a new playthrough.  I would say that infiltrator with warp ammo is the best class for taking on the game on Insanity as you can easily take down the collector's barriers and armor.  For your partners, have Miranda in your party for the entire game and also have a biotic when fighting collectors.

Happened to me.  Did you import your character from your first ME2 playthrough?  When you do that the enemies are the matched to your level, making it very difficult.  You need to play Insanity with a fresh new character or import from ME1.  I learned the hard way as well.

If you import a character, you can max out certain skills like incinerate or ammo powers from the beginning which would make it easier to take down the 2-3 levels of barriers, armor, and shields that enemies have on Insanity.

[AdmiralViscen]

I did a new character. I am an infilitrator with squad warp ammo but I guess Grunt was not a good choice for the collector ship.

[demi]

Why not? Grunt is a beast. I used him as a tank.

[demi]

good job sir


and wtf i did EVERY SINGLE MISSION on hardcore and im still only lvl 29!  is there someplace to grind exp?

You can't hit the cap in your first playthrough.

I hit 30 just fine. I did import from ME1, which starts you at Level 5, afaik.

[Raban]

good job sir


and wtf i did EVERY SINGLE MISSION on hardcore and im still only lvl 29!  is there someplace to grind exp?

You can't hit the cap in your first playthrough.

I hit 30 just fine. I did import from ME1, which starts you at Level 5, afaik.

I think when you import you can, but starting a fresh character in ME2 is just like ME1, IIRC.

[Positive Touch]

good job sir


and wtf i did EVERY SINGLE MISSION on hardcore and im still only lvl 29!  is there someplace to grind exp?

You can't hit the cap in your first playthrough.

I hit 30 just fine. I did import from ME1, which starts you at Level 5, afaik.

i imported too.  i don't have all the cerberus network missions, and those'd easily push me past 30

[demi]

I did all the Cerberus Missions at the time too. Zaeed, the Normandy Crash Site... I think that was it. They released free Firewalker DLC later on when I hit my 1015

[MyNameIsMethodis]

PS3 >>>>>>>>>> 360

PS3

[Brehvolution]

Cause the PS3 has shadows?

[MyNameIsMethodis]

PS3> >>>> 360

PS3

[MyNameIsMethodis]

PS3 versions has better lighting and how Bioware wanted it insted of the dark broody bad shadows of 360 ME you get the better PS3 ones. And blood. 360 can't do blood splatter textures. 

[MyNameIsMethodis]

360

[MyNameIsMethodis]

  360 

[MyNameIsMethodis]

woops meant this

[maxy]

Will just post this

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-masseffect2-face-off

[MyNameIsMethodis]

better on ps3 who cares. better lighting, better performance in gameplay scenarios.

ps3 future

[ManaByte]

So you're blind AND distinguished mentally-challenged. That must be worth one nice government disability check.

[MyNameIsMethodis]

I'm sorry I can't hear you ovre playing the superior looking game.

[FatalT]

U TROLLIN

[MyNameIsMethodis]

I rather take a better looking game with better performance in GAMEPLAY sections then a shittily lit game running on a inferior engine that urns 2 FPS better in cutscenes

[MyNameIsMethodis]

Team Xbox: 2 FPS IS MOREI MPORTANT THAN GAMEPLAY
Real Video Game Fans: I perfer better lookign graphics and solid performance during gameplay over 2 fps

[Great Rumbler]

Having played well into the game, the overall feeling is that both versions have their ups and downs during the run of play, especially in the interactive cut-scenes, where the sudden jarring differences in frame-rate are perhaps most noticeable. However, it is difficult to avoid the conclusion that the original Xbox 360 version of Mass Effect 2 has a performance advantage overall, especially during the exploration and combat sections.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-masseffect2-face-off

[MyNameIsMethodis]

Team xbox making up shit again. Look at the pictures you can clearly see it looks better and plays better. Do you not have eyes?

[MyNameIsMethodis]

Team Xbox: MORE CONTENT IS BAD I LIKE MY GAMES 2 FPS HIGHER INSTEAD OF MORE CONTENT ANDB ETTER GRAPHICS
Real Gaming Fans: I enjoy more content in already great games along with better graphics the way the original developer wanted it to be that wasn't hindered by a poor mans console.