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Slow Motion
United States6960 Posts
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Elric
United Kingdom1327 Posts
I enjoyed ME2 a lot more than ME1 because I'm starting to find the inventory/skills/armory fiddling in RPG games tedious and this one was more action packed. I played as a soldier and treated the game more like a more traditional FPS with huge depth. In particular, the downsizing of the main hub areas such as Citadel was a huge improvement. Less walking around countless flights of stairs and through billions of doors to do quests. So the game was a lot more fun. Except planet scanning. That got old really fast. It was worse than the buggy in ME1..  Overall though Bioware did great. I can't wait for ME3. Also, ME2 ran better than ME1... ?!?. (ME1 kept overheating my graphics card and shutting down my comp) | ||
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Zurles
United Kingdom1659 Posts
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Sandrosuperstar
Sweden525 Posts
On February 08 2010 05:50 TheYango wrote: Er, that would just be the KotOR plot twist recycled. I don't see how that would be awesome. Of course, seeing as Bioware seems to have no qualms recycling story elements, it's not altogether impossible. lol :D i played kotor a million years ago. dont remember a thing about the story. But they really shouldnt just go the obvious way with the story. Like it would be awesome if you find undisputeble evidence the first part of the game to convince the council and then the council actually do something for a change, something big. I mean there are tons to do with the game so they shouldn't do shepard+2 buddies against the world. It never felt like the council and the alliance backed me up during the story | ||
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On_Slaught
United States12190 Posts
On February 09 2010 01:35 Zurles wrote: so what the hell happens if you import your me2 save where shepherd died into me3. You play the entire 3rd game limping around as Joker saying "shit, shit." | ||
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Jonoman92
United States9109 Posts
Also, I did Jack's help mission but she's still not loyal, what a bitch. And are we supposed to be able to recruit Liara... think I messed that up lol. She isn't attractive in this game anyway... she's gotten cold and her appearance changed a lot in 2 years. | ||
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sixghost
United States2096 Posts
On February 09 2010 04:49 Jonoman92 wrote: I think I'm about 3/4 done with the game. My main complaint is sometimes you can get stuck in weird places where you are somehow allowed to walk in thin air and can't get out so you just have to load your most recent save. Has happened like 3 times over the course of the game so far to me. Also, I did Jack's help mission but she's still not loyal, what a bitch. And are we supposed to be able to recruit Liara... think I messed that up lol. She isn't attractive in this game anyway... she's gotten cold and her appearance changed a lot in 2 years. No you can't get Liara, and you can't complete jacks sidequest without her being loyal. You might have lost it a bit after when Miranda and Jack were fighting back on the ship, unless you have a ton of paragon/renegade points, you lose the loyalty of whoever you don't side with. | ||
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Zurles
United Kingdom1659 Posts
On February 09 2010 04:21 On_Slaught wrote: You play the entire 3rd game limping around as Joker saying "shit, shit." what the shit. | ||
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Shauni
4077 Posts
Also, my character has been floating up and getting stuck at various places, it seems a bit buggy overall. | ||
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Shiladie
Canada1631 Posts
HOLY CRAP I like the analogy posted on another forum: "It feels like you're throwing plastic forks at power armour" Definitely a tonne of fun, but I'm stuck on the defend the sensor tower in horizon right now. A lot of fun running around with stealth trying to survive and pick off enemies with the sniper. For anyone who is going to do an insanity run, I highly suggest maxing out a heavy incinerate/warp/overload to spam so you don't waste all your ammo on one or 2 guys. Favorite characters are Thane and Garrus. | ||
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HaXXspetten
Sweden15718 Posts
You can't. If Shephard died, then you failed and can't import to ME3 according to Bioware. | ||
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Shiladie
Canada1631 Posts
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NonFactor
Sweden698 Posts
On February 09 2010 08:25 Shiladie wrote: I'm wondering how many people you can get killed and still survive yourself, essentially setting up ME3 to be kinda fucked up depending on how much stuff carries over... I read a theory that to survive you need 1 Loyal member to survive, who will pull you up in the end. Basing on that, everybody but one I suppose. =o | ||
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Elric
United Kingdom1327 Posts
On February 09 2010 05:51 Shauni wrote: is nobody else having problems with this game? first there was no way to play the game, it kept freezing at the loading screen, I looked for solutions online and saw you had to put -nomoviestartup in the shortcut config. Now I ran into another problem, the screen goes black whenever i try to enter the citadel, anyone knows how to proceed? This really sucks. Also, my character has been floating up and getting stuck at various places, it seems a bit buggy overall. How strange. I never encountered your first problem of freezes at the loading screen. BUT, I had the second problem where screen went black at the Citadel (and also Omega). This was solved by REMOVING -nomoviestartup in the shortcut. (I had previously put that in to remove the Bioware and EA ads at the beginning but it turns out it fucks around with ALL the cinematics including all the landing sequences.) Removing -nomoviestartup solved the problem instantly for me. I worry you're in a Catch22 situation..i.e you get the first bug back when you fix the second... Good luck tho. | ||
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789
United States959 Posts
Long story short, I didn't own my own xbox when I played and beat ME1. I do now, so I had no save file to import into ME2. I think I'm going to buy ME1 after I finish ME2 (shortly) and play through ME1 to get my own decisions into the storyline instead of the stock decisions. I'm wondering what all gets imported when you do so. I know the storyline choices you made does, but what else? I've heard you can change your class in the beginning. What about credits? Level? Paragon/Renegade? Is there anything else major that gets imported or not imported? | ||
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Fzero
United States1503 Posts
Basically you gain a lot of credits (which you need), lots of minerals (you don't need), 5 levels, and some paragon or renegade. You also get a lot of callbacks to ME1 throughout the galaxy if you import a character. | ||
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789
United States959 Posts
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Zurles
United Kingdom1659 Posts
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HaXXspetten
Sweden15718 Posts
We'll start up with the most obvious one: Poll: Mass Effect 1 or 2? (Vote): Mass Effect 1 (Vote): Mass Effect 2 My opinion: I loved both of them, both for different as well as similar reasons. I don't really need to explain why, right? I mean, the reasons are in-game so... anyway, if I'm gonna choose one of them, I think I'm gonna say Mass Effect 2. For me, I'd say ME1 was about 9,3/10 and ME2 was about 9,6/10. Moving on, I posted this one in my OP as well, but back then (December 23rd) I only knew of like 7 squad members. Now that the game is out, we all know the 12 possible squadmates. And since TL has a maximum poll-option number of 12 as well, I might as well throw up a new poll about it: Poll: Favorite squadmate in Mass Effect 2? (Vote): Jacob Taylor - Human (Vote): Miranda Lawson - Human (Vote): Zaeed Massani - Human (Vote): Dr. Mordin Solus - Salarian (Vote): Garrus Vakarian - Turian (Vote): Jack a.k.a. Subject Zero - Human (Vote): Grunt - Krogan (Vote): Thane Krios - Drell (Vote): Samara - Asari (Vote): Morinth - Asari (Vote): Tali'Zorah vas Normandy - Quarian (Vote): Legion - Geth My opinion: Might as well rate the lot. Jacob was meh. 3/10 Miranda was pretty decent. If anything her abilities were kickass.8/10 Zaeed was pretty badass, but since he's DLC, he just doesn't have enough work put into him. 6/10 Mordin is hilarious. Don't even question it. I <3 him. 10/10 Garrus is cool as always. Nothing special, but you can't dislike him. 8/10 Subject Zero was cool, but waaaaayyy to much of a bitch for my tastes. 4/10 Grunt is decent, but I prefered Wrex. 5/10 Thane... I've played as a girl having a relationship with him and I highly recommend you try it. Thane is by far the most emotional and spiritual character of them all. Not only do I find him really cool in combat, he also has a really cool voice, and the cutscenes in which he is having flashbacks are just Hollywood written all over it. In short, I love everything about Thane, and he is definately my favorite in the game. 10/10 Samara, well, you can just feel how powerful and serious she is. Not sure what to think about her overall though, I haven't really made up my mind yet. This one's up for debate. 6/10 Morinth, I haven't played with her yet, I'm gonna wait until my next playthrough as a total badass 100% Renegade, but from what I've seen and read of her, she seems cool, but not better than Samara. 5/10 Tali... who doesn't love Tali? Not much to say about her tbh. She lacks that wow-feeling to make her perfect, but she's flawless. 9,5/10 Legion is just cool. I spent as much as possible just listening to his... it's words. Bioware really did a great job this character given how unexpected it was. 9,5/10 What else can we make polls on... how about this one: Poll: Favourite Planet-analysis? (Vote): M35 Mako (Vote): Scan + Touchdown via Kodiak Drop Shuttle My opinion: Well, neither are perfect. I'm gonna say that option 2 barely wins. The scanning was retarded without the Advanced Mineral Scanner and the double probe supply limit, but once you had that it was ok. At least it was way easier to abort when you felt that you had enough than going around with the Mako. Not to say that the Mako itself wasn't fun to drive, but rather that the planets in ME1 was so bad. This one is more a poll of who fails more than who wins more tbh. What about guns then? And please, don't choose which class you think is best. Choose the one you think is the most well-done and the most fun to use. Note: I kept the Heavy Weapons out of this one since it's a bit offtopic imo. Poll: Favorite Weapon Class? (Vote): Assualt Rifles (Vote): Sniper Rifles (Vote): Sub-Machine Guns (Vote): Shotguns (Vote): Heavy Pistols My opinion: Not sure really. They are about even to me. If I'm forced to pick one, I'd pick SMG, simply because I like the Tempest. Other than that, I don't really have a clear opinion. Poll: Favourite Heavy Weapon? (Vote): M-100 Grenade Launcher (Vote): ML-77 Missile Launcher (Vote): M-622 Avalanche (Vote): M-451 Firestorm (Vote): M-920 Cain (Vote): Collector Particle Beam My opinion: Anyone who has used the M-920 Cain would be retarded if they didn't vote for it... Poll: Best Heavy Weapon? (Vote): M-100 Grenade Launcher (Vote): ML-77 Missile Launcher (Vote): M-622 Avalanche (Vote): M-451 Firestorm (Vote): M-920 Cain (Vote): Collector Particle Beam My opinion: Firestorm and Avalanche are useless imo. Grenade/Missile are pretty good. Nothing special, but they're good. But really, the two clear winners are the M-920 and the Particle Beam. If you are playing on Veteran or lower, I'd recommend the Particle Beam. Using the Cain is just overkill. On Hardcore and not to mention Insanity, the Cain is your best friend. Regardless of difficulty, the M-920 one-shots everything within like 10 meters. Let's face it, it's a nuke. The only exceptions are The Thresher Maw and The Final Boss who only loses half their life-bars. (Which still is a fuckload of damage) The obvious problem with the M-920 is that it takes 5 seconds to fire, and requires 100 Heavy Weapon Ammo per shot. Still, it's worth the effort, given that the Particle Beam is simply to weak on Insanity. GLHF. | ||
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Mindcrime
United States6899 Posts
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