Mass Effect

[pikapikapika]

Remember you can use your old playthrough charas when you start the game again shi! epic davina nose girl can start with higher stats next time 8D

[shirenuファクトリー]

^ I can see the point in taking my old char to ME2, but I don't think I would see the point in playing the same story all over again with the same character lol
(Tho who am I kidding, I like Lucy the most so I'll probably end up re-playing with her)
(And lol about the Davina comparison )

Oh btw, this time I was able to scan all the keepers During my first play I missed like 3 or 4.

[Tuffty]

Awwwwwwww yeh. Me and Tali gonna get it on. Take as long as you need baby girl I'll be ready 

[THUNDERDUCK]

Remember you can use your old playthrough charas when you start the game again shi! epic davina nose girl can start with higher stats next time 8D

I didn't know that.  I started a new career, so I could play as a renegade.

[pikapikapika]

I didn't make it to paragon last time so i'm doing that over, lol

The only thing you can't change when you do that is difficulty level (I think) I might make a female shepard for a higher difficulty level and do a space romance with kaiden 

[Tuffty]

BioWare boss Ray Muzyka has confirmed Mass Effect 2 for PS3.

The game will be available in January 2011.

That's it.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2010-08-17-mass-effect-2-confirmed-for-ps3

Congrats PS3 owners who are gonna get an awesome game

[shadowstar]

My boyfriends loves Miranda ass so much it's starting to piss me off

[Tuffty]

Wait til he sees Samara's clevage

[shirenuファクトリー]

Oh yeah thanks for bumping the thread, I have another question ^^

What if I play the game again with my first Shepard, but don't do the romance storyline during the 2nd playthrough? I mean, if I want this character for ME2, will it remember that I romanced Kaidan during my 1st game? (During my 2nd play I wouldn't romance anyone, I just want to level up more and see my fierce Lucy again)

As much as I love* Kaidan, I dunno if I can go through the exact same convos all over again 3 times (since I'm doing them now for a 2nd time with a different character).


*by "love" I mean he's the hunkiest option in the game, but I still don't really care what he's saying most of the time. HAHAHHA

[Tuffty]

haha Oh Shi, you man-eater

To answer your question, yes it will remember you romanced Kaiden, so I don't think going through all those conversation options is worth it.

[Sev]

I just finished ME2. About 32 hour play time, with my old ME1 char. Did not explore everything, especially since I had a shit load of rare resources anyways. I think I will do another playthrough on harder difficulty. Unlike ME1 this game only gets easier and easier and it seems they simplified a bunch of stuff.

Anyone agree?

[Tuffty]

Oh they definately simplified it, streamlined it all down to such a degree that you're not even really playing an RPG. No weapon upgrades, unified ammo, no heavy menu scrolling to select abilities, not even an inventory system. But it is a better playing game than the first one no doubt about it. I am exploring and doing all the loyalty missions for the crew and I die now and again due to me making some stupid decisions like using the charge ability and getting in an open area. I think it's balanced enough on Normal, puts up enough of a challenge without being overly difficult, I can say that if you die then it's as a result of you making some bad decisions, not because the game is unfair. Having said that, my Inferno ammo tears up the enemies in about 2 hits now, so it could maybe get easier the more research abilities I unlock. On Insanity level however it's meant to be very challenging, so that could be where some real challenge lies.

[Sev]

I can say that if you die then it's as a result of you making some bad decisions, not because the game is unfair.

Yep! My thoughts exactly. Once you made the first mistake a couple of times, you wont do it again. I dont know if it's me, but did the boss battles get really really simple after a while? I played as an engineer with maxed charge and that fire thing + drone and I rarely even fired my gun. I used the Cain at the big ass Kraken thing and the final boss. Then like you said, it will probably be way more difficult on the higher difficulties, lol.

Another thing. What's up with no nudity? Took me like 75% of the game to get laid. I do however love the new Renegade and Paragon action things, only, I think it would be better if you were either renegade or paragon, not like I usually play semi paragon and full out renegade. Sometimes it's just very hard to know what matters in the game and not, like how important the loyalty missions are, I did them all, like what effect it would have at the end if I would've skipped it. Maybe I'll try to avoid it completely on my next play through and see what happens.

It's just fun to see that Bioware did it again. People talk about Read Dead Redemption, but this is game of the year in my opinion.

[U.S.S. John E. Badass]

My impression was that they dealt with the shortcomings of ME1's combat by cutting out the clunky parts completely (and no inventory at all is an improvement over 1), but I like what they did with it. Of course, I don't think an RPG needs stat-based combat because I'm softcore like that. The levels are still linear series of tunnels, but at least they made some effort to make them look like sensible locations this time. And gone are the square room and the slightly different square room that all ME1 sidequests took place in.

Subjectively, it did feel like your team gains abilities and upgrades while the enemies don't get any tougher, but at least you still die fast if you get out of cover, so the difference is small.

I played a couple of missions on hardcore difficulty and I think all it did was give the enemies more hitpoints. Which adds some challenge in the rare cases where they actually advance on you and try to get behind your cover from a reasonably short distance, and a lot of tedium everywhere else. Yay, I get to spend three times as long headshotting this guy.

And why did they even add limited ammo and then just leave more than you can use lying around everywhere?

I also need to take this opportunity to bitch about the starmap/mining system. It's like they felt they couldn't just rip off Star Control II so they decided to add some suck. But bonus points for including the Sol system just so you can probe Uranus.

I do think it was a great game, and better than ME1 in every way (oh, except the lack of a city-like area). Best thing Bioware has done since BGII. Not that anyone asked me.

[Amplifier]

Some more ME2 DLC coming, this time featuring Liara and the Shadow Broker. Looks awesome

Liara T'Soni is tracking down the mysterious Shadow Broker, and no one is safe. She'll do anything to recover the man the Broker kidnapped... and the Shadow Broker's agents will do anything to stop her. Team up with Liara and chase clues from the luxurious heights of Illium to the Shadow Broker's own secret lair. Adds the Shadow Broker intel center, new research, and five new achievements – and the chance to continue a relationship with Liara.

*Coming September 7th, 2010.

Price:
Xbox 360: 800 MS Points
PC: 800 BioWare Points

http://masseffect.bioware.com/info/dlc/

[Tuffty]

Bunch of crazy Mass Effect 2 stats collected by Bioware here

[zoolander]

Man more people need to play as female Shepard. Male Shepard delivers lines like a robot.

Other than that the statistics seems about what you would expect although whoever did 28 playthroughs is crazy! O_o

This is also crazy. Makes me feel bad I struggled so much with Vanguard on insanity.

[shirenuファクトリー]

I'm still talking ME1

Well since I ditched my renegade male Shepard, I've been having lots of fun with my 2nd female one, Sansa Shepard ^___^ This time I've visited Citadel more and have got more assignments that I did during my first playthrough - tho I ended up visiting every place I could during the 1st playthrough as well, it was all disconnected because I visited many places on my own instead of being told to go and that wasn't so cool.

I also realized at this one planet that there might be interesting spots in the maps that haven't been marked -.- Because this one planet, I noticed enemies on the map even if nothing was supposed to be there  and when I went to get rid of them, I discovered this small bunker with a locker and items in it.. And it wasn't marked on the map. So now I think that before I go on my last mission, if I have the energy I'll just drive around planets in spots I haven't visited yet Maybe I'll bump into some nasty thresher maws, but just gotta save before I drive on any even terrains LOL

Random pics!

The reason why I don't have a driving licence


The reason why I'll never be able to look at Kaidan the same way again


The only good thing about this planet is the view
I hate driving those motherfucking mountains

[Yuna]

My god, what happened to the texture of the game ? 
Seeing the game like this almost put a tear in my eyes. 

[shirenuファクトリー]

..... Wut???
I put all the graphics options down so it would run smoother :|
I'm happy to accept a better computer from you if you wish to buy me one, thanks!