I love the immediate interrupt buttons, I even sometimes push the Defiant one, just to see what happens, although my Shepherd is as righteous as they come.
Yeah, I did this too from time to time. The nice thing about the game is that you have both paragon AND renegade meters. Gaining points in one won't lower your points in the other. For dialog you typically want to choose the choice for your character alignment, but for the extra scenes, it's rare that you can choose either/or, which means you're not losing any points in your chosen alignment by viewing an opposite alignment scene. So long as you're morally ok with what your Shep is doing, all the scenes are fair game.
One thing I am wondering about is the weapon locker. The guns do not have statistics, so I usually stick with the one I got the latest and hope that it's the best. Or maybe there is no best, but just best suitable for certain situations? In which case they probably should have put a few statistics behind each.
It is annoying, but you'll get a feel pretty quickly for what works best. There are some definite, clear winners. Nothing (in my opinion) is very situational.
The probing for minerals is fine, I just sometimes don't feel like doing it much when I only have 2 hours to spare and want to spend them fighting instead of scanning. But the idea of upgrades depending on those is pretty decent.
Understandable. I slogged through it my first playthrough, but for the second, I cheated.
As for the story, I am ready to go into the Collector's space, I have all team members that were on the list. However, I still have a few personal missions for my crew to follow and I greatly enjoy these so far. The game already feels a lot longer and complex than the first.
Not a spoiler:
Keep in mind that the loyalty of your team affects results in the final area of the game (you'll know when you're going there).
Small spoiler that I suggest you read (but you don't have to) in white text:
At one point, the illusive man will tell you about an important find that his team has made. He wants you to go to the find, and retrieve something. It's one of the only non-party-member-related missions, so you'll know what I'm talking about when you get this. Anyway, I strongly suggest you do all of the missions you're interested in before going to that area. It's not the last area, and you can still do whatever you want after coming back from there, but you'll prefer the story consequences of my suggestion. ;-)
Looking forward to continuing next week. I'll probably stick to Miranda as love interest, although flirting with Kelly is fun. Tali is somewhat hot, but I can't get over the fact that she only has three fingers. I dunno how I missed that during part 1
The nice thing about kelly is that, as far as I know, she doesn't interfere with the other interests. That said, I wasn't able to get her final scene without breaking up with Miranda first (post-game). I may have just done something wrong though.
Why not? Let's have a Mass Effect thread.
02/02/2010 05:02:32 PM
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Character discussion: Mordin Solus
02/02/2010 06:28:41 PM
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Mordin Solus is great
02/02/2010 08:21:26 PM
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Actually, that's what happened to me too.
02/02/2010 08:33:22 PM
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The Illusive man
02/02/2010 08:34:09 PM
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I didn't even realize that's who he was.
02/02/2010 08:44:07 PM
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"I'm having trouble hearing you. I'm getting a lot of bullshit on this line." *NM*
02/02/2010 09:34:53 PM
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Who is sharing your bed?
02/02/2010 09:42:09 PM
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Tali for my male Shepherd
04/02/2010 03:52:03 PM
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Does she take the helmet off? *NM*
04/02/2010 07:57:18 PM
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I went simple - Miranda.
07/02/2010 06:32:25 AM
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Which reminds me that I always wondered...
07/02/2010 11:54:14 AM
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You probably wouldn't be able to woo anyone by being a total dick. *NM*
07/02/2010 03:32:41 PM
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I was lucky enough to meet the game's producer... (No spoilers)
02/02/2010 10:58:59 PM
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No spoilers here either, as per my rules. Regarding the ammo:
03/02/2010 04:51:54 AM
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I just want to be part of this....that said, Best Buy is no longer selling ME:1
02/02/2010 11:16:51 PM
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Could well be.
03/02/2010 04:52:49 AM
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Glad the PC version was $50, at the risk of sounding like a snob.
03/02/2010 04:01:52 PM
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Mass Effect 1 vs 2: RPG-shooter vs Shooter-rpg (This is for you, Cymbaline!) (No spoilers)
02/02/2010 11:28:24 PM
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The "Holy crap that was awesome" moments. SPOILERS
03/02/2010 11:27:55 PM
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Re: The "Holy crap that was awesome" moments. SPOILERS
04/02/2010 04:59:54 AM
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Re: The "Holy crap that was awesome" moments. SPOILERS
04/02/2010 06:16:29 AM
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Well. . .somewhat, I guess.
04/02/2010 06:43:02 AM
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Re: Well. . .somewhat, I guess.
04/02/2010 03:32:26 PM
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You know what? I'll actually buy that. I appreciate the explanation.
04/02/2010 06:30:37 PM
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A couple of more things......
16/02/2010 12:41:19 AM
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Game was too easy, primary plotline too short
04/02/2010 09:03:52 PM
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Nice. I'm playing through on Insanity now, and I think it's a good challenge.
05/02/2010 02:17:02 AM
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Whats your character build?
05/02/2010 02:45:31 PM
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Ok, so male or female Shepherd?
05/02/2010 01:50:23 AM
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Hm. This brings up a thought.
05/02/2010 01:52:37 AM
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Male for my first playthrough, female for my second.
05/02/2010 02:28:24 AM
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Male so far. I plan on playing the female Shepard next playthrough. *NM*
05/02/2010 03:25:00 AM
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Your Teams, and Your Deaths.
07/02/2010 06:30:25 AM
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Re: Your Teams, and Your Deaths.
07/02/2010 09:07:17 AM
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Do you know...
07/02/2010 03:46:59 PM
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Re: Do you know...
07/02/2010 04:31:29 PM
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Awesome. Thanks! *NM*
07/02/2010 04:40:59 PM
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Yeah, that's what I did.
07/02/2010 06:37:50 PM
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Hmmm...
09/02/2010 03:48:48 PM
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Strange.
09/02/2010 04:19:04 PM
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me too
13/02/2010 03:01:05 PM
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Did you do Legion's loyalty mission?
15/02/2010 05:52:36 AM
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I did, for what it's worth.
15/02/2010 07:26:38 AM
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Gah. Then I wonder if loyalty of the rest of the crew has something to do with it.
15/02/2010 04:20:13 PM
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I have come across a big problem.
07/02/2010 06:53:36 PM
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Want FREE Mass Effect 2 DLC? ME 2! (har, har) Bioware bonus goodies detailed inside.
09/02/2010 07:03:23 PM
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Now if only the DLC armors didn't have helmets.
09/02/2010 07:26:47 PM
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Of course, the Shotgun is released AFTER I beat my Vanguard *sigh*
09/02/2010 11:31:13 PM
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It's nice, but you don't miss much if you already had the Claymore shotty w/ an ammo upgrade. *NM*
10/02/2010 05:16:00 AM
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Anyone find anything interesting about Zaeed Massani?
11/02/2010 09:08:16 PM
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I enjoy Zaeed.
11/02/2010 09:22:39 PM
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I'm near your spot in the story and completely agree. One-sided conversations, but worthwhile. *NM*
11/02/2010 10:20:47 PM
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Yeah, I've listened to him alot but it's the same stuff every time.
12/02/2010 03:14:11 PM
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Who, what, where? *NM*
22/02/2010 08:18:31 PM
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If you bought a new copy of the game, it came with a code for the "Cerberus Network"
22/02/2010 08:22:18 PM
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Is there a way to install the game on the Xbox, so you don't have to switch discs?
12/02/2010 01:39:07 AM
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Good ones have two discs, of course. DVDs can only hold so much. *NM*
12/02/2010 02:46:39 AM
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This is the first I've ever seen. *NM*
12/02/2010 02:51:34 AM
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I've never understood why people are unhappy with the multiple discs.
12/02/2010 04:18:42 AM
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So far, so great!
12/02/2010 08:35:00 AM
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Re: So far, so great!
12/02/2010 02:31:43 PM
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Re: So far, so great!
16/02/2010 10:17:12 PM
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Nope, I was referring to honest-to-goodness cheating. lol
16/02/2010 11:03:53 PM
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Ahh, I just figured you were on console as I am, so.....the grind will continue I guess *NM*
17/02/2010 06:41:59 PM
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I love the detail put into this game.
12/02/2010 02:58:35 PM
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"Our amino acids aren't even compatable so there's no risk if we go natural."
12/02/2010 03:15:50 PM
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Re: "Our amino acids aren't even compatable so there's no risk if we go natural."
12/02/2010 07:16:21 PM
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"Technically we don't even have sex drives... oh, she is rather flexible...." *NM*
12/02/2010 07:20:53 PM
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Female Turians....
12/02/2010 09:05:39 PM
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Nope. Don't exist in-game.
14/02/2010 01:47:23 AM
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I believe a krogan female is shown once.
14/02/2010 02:03:27 AM
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No I don't think that's right.
14/02/2010 08:54:32 AM
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Asari
15/02/2010 06:51:10 AM
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Not really.
15/02/2010 10:41:54 PM
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Though it is fun seeing the asari coupled with basically every race under the sun.
15/02/2010 10:54:41 PM
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The final verdict
22/02/2010 08:06:12 PM
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By the way, my game was surprisingly buggy
23/02/2010 08:49:28 AM
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A complaint about the Morality system. (Or, how Mass Effect semi-killed roleplaying).
27/02/2010 06:40:35 AM
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Re: A complaint about the Morality system. (Or, how Mass Effect semi-killed roleplaying).
27/02/2010 12:28:29 PM
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Re: A complaint about the Morality system. (Or, how Mass Effect semi-killed roleplaying).
27/02/2010 04:57:43 PM
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Re: A complaint about the Morality system. (Or, how Mass Effect semi-killed roleplaying).
28/02/2010 12:34:31 AM
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A vital part of role-playing is forcing the player to deal with the consequences of their actions
27/02/2010 11:53:56 PM
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Admittedly, my post was somewhat stream-of-consciousness.
28/02/2010 03:28:02 AM
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