Author Topic: Mass Effect 2 Thread (Read 142640 times)

AdmiralViscen · « **Reply #2340 on:** February 07, 2011, 11:37:06 AM »

I read that you can do the action portion of the missions earlier to get the extra upgrades and shit, then hold off on having the final dialogue until after you beat the game so you still get the special dialogue. True?

Positive Touch · « **Reply #2341 on:** February 07, 2011, 04:24:17 PM »

buh? i don't remember there being that many noticeable lines about the game's ending events. like maybe one or two throwaway lines. it's not that important.

MyNameIsMethodis · « **Reply #2342 on:** February 07, 2011, 05:19:56 PM »

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You don't get a dossier on Legion if he's not in your party

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AdmiralViscen · « **Reply #2343 on:** February 07, 2011, 05:30:59 PM »

Supposedly there are ME3 hints in Liara's dialogue on the Normandy?

I went for it, I beat the mission but I did not talk to her yet. Just did IFF, I will bring her on board after I beat the game and see what she has to say.

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #2344 on:** February 07, 2011, 07:03:42 PM »

Beat the game last night. I lost one person during the suicide mission since I totally fucked up Samara's loyalty mission, and was never able to regain Jack's trust after she and Miranda got into a cat fight...

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RIP Legion :'(

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Positive Touch · « **Reply #2345 on:** February 07, 2011, 08:44:59 PM »

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WELL NOW HUMANITY AND THE GETH HAVE NO HOPE OF RECONCILLING GOOD JOB MISTER GUNDAM

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Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #2346 on:** February 07, 2011, 08:57:09 PM »

Quote from: Positive Touch on February 07, 2011, 08:44:59 PM

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WELL NOW HUMANITY AND THE GETH HAVE NO HOPE OF RECONCILLING GOOD JOB MISTER GUNDAM
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Yeah, I was thinking that as he died.

I didn't use a guide or anything, so I had no idea he'd be the one to kick the bucket, especially since he was loyal to Gundam-Shepard.

Positive Touch · « **Reply #2347 on:** February 07, 2011, 09:14:27 PM »

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it's ok; i convinced tali's race to go to war with the geth. i kept thinking, "why does this give me negative karma? the geth are brainless dicks." then after meeting legion i was like "oops

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Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #2348 on:** February 07, 2011, 09:33:07 PM »

I really need to watch that "Shepard is a dick" video on YouTube...

AdmiralViscen · « **Reply #2349 on:** February 07, 2011, 09:57:08 PM »

What role did you give to the character who died? Put him in the pipes while loyal and I don't think it's possible for him to die.

I just beat it on Insanity, got the last of the cheevs, saved all the crewmembers. 38:50

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #2350 on:** February 07, 2011, 11:22:23 PM »

Quote from: AdmiralViscen on February 07, 2011, 09:57:08 PM

What role did you give to the character who died? Put him in the pipes while loyal and I don't think it's possible for him to die.

I just beat it on Insanity, got the last of the cheevs, saved all the crewmembers. 38:50

He was in the group with the Biotic and the force bubble. I failed Samara's loyalty mission and couldn't salvage things with Jack after defending Miranda, so I was stuck knowing that someone would die. I was really hoping that maybe things would work out, but that didn't happen.

Rman · « **Reply #2351 on:** February 07, 2011, 11:29:01 PM »

Quote from: Mr. Gundam on February 04, 2011, 11:10:28 AM

I played through the Project Overlord DLC last night, that was awesome! Finished up all the loyalty missions and ready to do that IFF mission. Looks like I'm gearing up for the endgame.

I've left Lair of the Shadowbroker for after I complete the main campaign. Good idea?

Yep. Highly recommended. I will be the perfect bowtie for the ME2 experience--until the final DLC is released, which is still pending.

Edit: Looks like you've beat it already!

AdmiralViscen · « **Reply #2352 on:** February 07, 2011, 11:44:09 PM »

Sounds like you are painted into a corner. That is a bummer.

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #2353 on:** February 08, 2011, 12:09:55 AM »

Quote from: Rman on February 07, 2011, 11:29:01 PM

Quote from: Mr. Gundam on February 04, 2011, 11:10:28 AM
I played through the Project Overlord DLC last night, that was awesome! Finished up all the loyalty missions and ready to do that IFF mission. Looks like I'm gearing up for the endgame.

I've left Lair of the Shadowbroker for after I complete the main campaign. Good idea?
Yep. Highly recommended. I will be the perfect bowtie for the ME2 experience--until the final DLC is released, which is still pending.

Edit: Looks like you've beat it already!

I haven't played Shadowbroker yet. Taking a break with some Dead Space Extraction and then I'll go back to it.

AdmiralViscen · « **Reply #2354 on:** February 08, 2011, 12:25:21 AM »

The postgame remarks from Liara were nothing special btw. I don't know why anyone would call that a hint to ME3

The Sceneman · « **Reply #2355 on:** March 19, 2011, 05:56:29 AM »

http://www.xbox360achievements.org/news/news-7844-Mass-Effect-2-Arrival-DLC-Officially-Confirmed-and-Dated.html

final DLC dated, March 29th, 560 points

cant wait!

Positive Touch · « **Reply #2356 on:** March 19, 2011, 07:58:20 AM »

boner incoming

fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #2357 on:** March 19, 2011, 08:56:14 AM »

here's hoping this DLC is pretty lengthy. especially if it's supposed to be a bridge between ME2 and ME3

Rman · « **Reply #2358 on:** March 19, 2011, 10:30:22 AM »

Lance Hendriksen

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #2359 on:** March 24, 2011, 05:19:51 PM »

http://www.giantbomb.com/ask-me-anything-mass-effect-2-arrival/17-3929/

AdmiralViscen · « **Reply #2360 on:** March 24, 2011, 07:15:30 PM »

Are there spoilers?

fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #2361 on:** March 25, 2011, 10:17:18 AM »

Quote from: AdmiralViscen on March 24, 2011, 07:15:30 PM

Are there spoilers?

yes. spoils the first main twist in the dlc.

The Sceneman · « **Reply #2362 on:** March 28, 2011, 01:04:40 AM »

two more days till I get to rip this DLC up

cant wait

Raban · « **Reply #2363 on:** March 28, 2011, 01:06:29 AM »

Oh man, thanks for reminding me. Need to hop on dat ME2 and finish 'er up on 360 before this new DLC hits.

fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #2364 on:** March 28, 2011, 05:34:12 AM »

FUCK! i still need to finish AssCreedBro and Crysis 2 and now i have the ME2 dlc.

The Sceneman · « **Reply #2365 on:** March 28, 2011, 05:37:03 AM »

lol this DLC wont be more than a couple of hours long, I'm gonna download and it beat it as soon as it comes out.

The final achievement total is 1355 which is a bit stupid but I don't really give a shit because I'll have THEM ALL.

Maybe there will be some more DLC leading up to ME3 but I think they said this is the last lot.

The Sceneman · « **Reply #2366 on:** March 28, 2011, 05:44:11 AM »

[youtube=560,345]OzYPmQcIWrE[/youtube]

awesome music from the Overlord DLC

Raban · « **Reply #2367 on:** March 28, 2011, 11:02:02 AM »

Quote from: The Sceneman on March 28, 2011, 05:37:03 AM

lol this DLC wont be more than a couple of hours long, I'm gonna download and it beat it as soon as it comes out.

The final achievement total is 1355 which is a bit stupid but I don't really give a shit because I'll have THEM ALL.

Maybe there will be some more DLC leading up to ME3 but I think they said this is the last lot.

Arrival is the last DLC and unless I read it wrong, it's supposed to lead right into ME3.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #2368 on:** March 28, 2011, 11:10:06 AM »

I still haven't gotten Kasumi and Overlord, are either really worth getting?

Or should I just got all in and get Kasumi, Overlord, and Arrival, then blast through the rest of the game?

fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #2369 on:** March 28, 2011, 11:24:03 AM »

kasumi is alright. may be worth it since she's great in combat.

overlord is my favorite dlc so far (over shadow broker). pretty lengthy and has some variety.

Raban · « **Reply #2370 on:** March 28, 2011, 11:38:30 AM »

Quote from: Great Rumbler on March 28, 2011, 11:10:06 AM

I still haven't gotten Kasumi and Overlord, are either really worth getting?

Or should I just got all in and get Kasumi, Overlord, and Arrival, then blast through the rest of the game?

Both Kasumi and Overlord are awesome, so yes, they're worth getting. You get a little more usable content out of Kasumi's, but Overlord's plot is, in many ways, better than the main game's.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #2371 on:** March 28, 2011, 12:32:00 PM »

I went ahead and bought both of them, now I'll try to beat them and what's left of my second run of ME2 to get ready for the final DLC.

MyNameIsMethodis · « **Reply #2372 on:** March 28, 2011, 12:45:22 PM »

plus kusami is hot as fuck

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #2373 on:** March 28, 2011, 02:41:27 PM »

Quote from: fistfulofmetal on March 28, 2011, 11:24:03 AM

kasumi is alright. may be worth it since she's great in combat.

overlord is my favorite dlc so far (over shadow broker). pretty lengthy and has some variety.

Overlord is also my favorite. Shadow Broker was really cool, but I liked the mood of Overlord more.

MyNameIsMethodis · « **Reply #2374 on:** March 28, 2011, 02:45:34 PM »

overlord would be te best if you didnt have the hammerstein missions in the beggining.

The Sceneman · « **Reply #2375 on:** March 28, 2011, 07:11:16 PM »

Quote from: Raban on March 28, 2011, 11:38:30 AM

Quote from: Great Rumbler on March 28, 2011, 11:10:06 AM
I still haven't gotten Kasumi and Overlord, are either really worth getting?

Or should I just got all in and get Kasumi, Overlord, and Arrival, then blast through the rest of the game?

Both Kasumi and Overlord are awesome, so yes, they're worth getting. You get a little more usable content out of Kasumi's, but Overlord's plot is, in many ways, better than the main game's.

It is quite similar to the film "The Lawnmower Man" though. Its a good thing because I love that movie, but I think the plot of the main game is more enjoyable and original.

edit: whoa fast reply

. I added something to my post

Raban · « **Reply #2376 on:** March 28, 2011, 07:13:18 PM »

Quote from: The Sceneman on March 28, 2011, 07:11:16 PM

Quote from: Raban on March 28, 2011, 11:38:30 AM
Quote from: Great Rumbler on March 28, 2011, 11:10:06 AM
I still haven't gotten Kasumi and Overlord, are either really worth getting?

Or should I just got all in and get Kasumi, Overlord, and Arrival, then blast through the rest of the game?

Both Kasumi and Overlord are awesome, so yes, they're worth getting. You get a little more usable content out of Kasumi's, but Overlord's plot is, in many ways, better than the main game's.

It is quite similar to the film "The Lawnmower Man" though

The Lawnmower Man > Mass Effect 2's writing, so this is okay.

pilonv1 · « **Reply #2377 on:** March 28, 2011, 07:48:44 PM »

Apparently it's 1hr long

Positive Touch · « **Reply #2378 on:** March 28, 2011, 08:01:31 PM »

you cant do shit in me2 in an hr. unless this is an opening, two rooms to fight through, and an ending, im calling bullshit

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #2379 on:** March 28, 2011, 09:23:12 PM »

I'm about halfway through Overlord and I like it so far. The world looks incredible and it's got some neat locations, story's there and does it's job well enough. ME2 really needed more cool planets to explore with the Hammerhead. Even though it was poorly implemented in ME1, I liked going down a planet's surface and tooling around for a while [there just wasn't anything to find and all of them looked basically the same].

The Sceneman · « **Reply #2380 on:** March 28, 2011, 10:34:53 PM »

Mako > Hammerhead

Positive Touch · « **Reply #2381 on:** March 28, 2011, 11:10:51 PM »

wrong mako sucks a fat one

the one hammerhead level is better than any shit you had to do in that janky ass tank

The Sceneman · « **Reply #2382 on:** March 28, 2011, 11:12:23 PM »

one hammerhead level? Theres like 6

tiesto · « **Reply #2383 on:** March 28, 2011, 11:14:16 PM »

The free Hammerhead DLC was kinda bland, Overlord was pretty cool (reminded me of a much better version of an ME1 subquest), but Kasumi and Shadow Broker were my favorites. Shadow Broker due to plot reveals, and I loved the scenery of the mansion in Kasumi's, and the whole "infiltrating the party" bit.

I have every ME2 achievement so far except the "Beat the game on Insane". Will be getting the Arrival DLC on release, shame it's a short one but hopefully it will be priced accordingly.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #2384 on:** March 28, 2011, 11:16:04 PM »

I liked the Mako, but only the story planets were actually designed around its use. The sidequest planets were way to mountainous to be enjoyable.

Positive Touch · « **Reply #2385 on:** March 28, 2011, 11:19:00 PM »

Quote from: The Sceneman on March 28, 2011, 11:12:23 PM

one hammerhead level? Theres like 6

oh yeah i was thinking of the vehicle from the overlord dlc. didnt play the hammerhead missions.

The Sceneman · « **Reply #2386 on:** March 28, 2011, 11:28:33 PM »

Quote from: tiesto on March 28, 2011, 11:14:16 PM

The free Hammerhead DLC was kinda bland, Overlord was pretty cool (reminded me of a much better version of an ME1 subquest), but Kasumi and Shadow Broker were my favorites. Shadow Broker due to plot reveals, and I loved the scenery of the mansion in Kasumi's, and the whole "infiltrating the party" bit.

I have every ME2 achievement so far except the "Beat the game on Insane". Will be getting the Arrival DLC on release, shame it's a short one but hopefully it will be priced accordingly.

It has been priced at 560 points. I'm happy to pay that, considering I got Kasumi, Overlord and Shadow Broker for 200 points each during the new years blowout sale.

Just realised this will be out at 11pm tonight my time (its 4.30pm now). So I'll get it and beat it tonight

I'll time it, just for you guys. Get an exact figure on exactly how long it took me to complete it, so you can evaulate how much of a "ripoff" this DLC is.

The Sceneman · « **Reply #2387 on:** March 28, 2011, 11:31:17 PM »

Quote from: Positive Touch on March 28, 2011, 11:19:00 PM

Quote from: The Sceneman on March 28, 2011, 11:12:23 PM
one hammerhead level? Theres like 6

oh yeah i was thinking of the vehicle from the overlord dlc. didnt play the hammerhead missions.

lol the Hammerhead is the Overlord vehicle

but yeah I was just razzin

The Sceneman · « **Reply #2388 on:** March 29, 2011, 05:51:28 AM »

should be any second now. I'm waiting for it! Gonna try signing back into XBL in about 10 minutes

The Sceneman · « **Reply #2389 on:** March 29, 2011, 06:08:23 AM »

Arrival is out, downloading now

Positive Touch · « **Reply #2390 on:** March 29, 2011, 07:38:43 AM »

dick is in hand, give me the signal to blow

The Sceneman · « **Reply #2391 on:** March 29, 2011, 08:50:44 AM »

Finished it and got all the cheevs. 2 of the achievements are missable so make sure you make a backup save before you start the DLC (that is if you give a shit of course).

Started playing at 11.40pm, finished the mission at 1am, so took me about 1 hour 20 minutes. Another 30 minutes to go back and get the achievements.

It was a pretty awesome mission. I cant really say much without spoiling it but it's definitely a good epilogue to the main story and has gotten me even more pumped for ME3.

AdmiralViscen · « **Reply #2392 on:** March 29, 2011, 09:21:13 AM »

Any non spoiler tips to get all the cheevs on my first run?

The Sceneman · « **Reply #2393 on:** March 29, 2011, 09:29:06 AM »

the descriptions kinda speak for themselves. For the "Covert Action" cheev you just have to pass the first section without getting spotted by any guards. There are many routes to take so just check your corners carefully and avoid the guys, it's pretty simple.

For the "Last Stand" cheev you need to defeat all the enemies in a certain room. The room contains the object mention in the cheevo description. Make a save once you get to the human base in case you need to reload for this cheev (if you fuck it up you'll get an autosave checkpoint before you can reload). it took me a couple of tries

AdmiralViscen · « **Reply #2394 on:** March 29, 2011, 10:21:44 AM »

The last stand seems pretty rough with my load out.

Also this subplot seems pretty hokey so far, I hope it gets better before this is over

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #2395 on:** March 29, 2011, 03:09:00 PM »

Finished up Overlord today. It was pretty good, the last part of the mission was by far the best. Not really worth 1/7th of the price of the full game, but oh well.

The Sceneman · « **Reply #2396 on:** March 29, 2011, 04:17:28 PM »

Quote from: AdmiralViscen on March 29, 2011, 10:21:44 AM

The last stand seems pretty rough with my load out.

Also this subplot seems pretty hokey so far, I hope it gets better before this is over

switch to Casual difficulty

thats what I did

It was 1.30 in the morning and I just wanted to bust that cheev

fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #2397 on:** March 29, 2011, 07:54:37 PM »

just finished it up. overall wasn't that amazing. solid at best. not as good as overlord or shadow broker. equal to kasumi maybe?

The Sceneman · « **Reply #2398 on:** March 29, 2011, 09:36:36 PM »

Kasumi mission was probably better lol. Arrival is definitely the 'worst' DLC mission for ME2, but still decent imo.

I thought it was pretty awesome how:

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You got to fling a fucking giant asteroid into a Mass Effect Relay and blow up an entire star system! Not everyday you get to do something that cool in a game.

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AdmiralViscen · « **Reply #2399 on:** March 30, 2011, 01:20:17 AM »

Quote from: The Sceneman on March 29, 2011, 04:17:28 PM

Quote from: AdmiralViscen on March 29, 2011, 10:21:44 AM
The last stand seems pretty rough with my load out.

Also this subplot seems pretty hokey so far, I hope it gets better before this is over

switch to Casual difficulty thats what I did It was 1.30 in the morning and I just wanted to bust that cheev

How much is left after the big mech?

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