Topic: Effects of Mass (Read 67109 times)

DestyNova · « **Reply #440 on:** April 11, 2010, 06:00:17 PM »

Bought and played Kasumi. She has a lot more personality than Zaeed and the first part of the mission is rather good. Bonuses are a new SMG, new research, new casual outfit and potentially new loyalty power for yourself.

MadMAxJr · « **Reply #441 on:** April 15, 2010, 06:42:28 AM »

Does she actually have a chat tree unlike Zaeed's "Man, back in the war..." stories?

DestyNova · « **Reply #442 on:** April 15, 2010, 07:10:02 PM »

No, she does the whole 'click and I'll tell you a story,'thing. She does have abunch of lines about various party members and even talks about your current love interest. Plus....bar where you can get drunk.

Disposable Ninja · « **Reply #443 on:** April 16, 2010, 01:34:17 PM »

She seems to have quite a lot more to say than Zaeed, actually. Her lines of dialog seem longer on average, and she seems to have more of them. Most of what she talks about is little more than gossip about the Normandy's whole crew, not just the other party members, which goes a long way in giving the impression that she has a life outside the little room you hole her up into.

Dooly · « **Reply #444 on:** April 16, 2010, 04:00:30 PM »

What room does she stay in, anyway? Is it the one door that doesn't even register as locked?

Disposable Ninja · « **Reply #445 on:** April 16, 2010, 06:35:14 PM »

The room opposite Samara's.

So the Hammerhead is actually pretty great. It's much better suited for combat than the MAKO ever was (for one thing it can strafe), and it's even a straight-up better cruising vehicle. You can pretty much make it hover in whatever direction you want, but then when you press the left trigger it automatically drives forward at a high speed.

I should note, I think driving video game vehicles with the Shoulder Buttons is the best way to drive video game vehicles. Brutal Legend did it, and it was awesome, and Mass Effect 2 does it, and it's pretty great as well. I hope Bioware gets around to releasing more Hammerhead missions soon.

Disposable Ninja · « **Reply #446 on:** April 19, 2010, 07:12:03 PM »

Okay, so I just completed the game with all of its new DLC thingies. Was Kasumi worth the price of a KFC Double Down and a medium Pepsi? I think it was. Her Loyalty Mission was entertaining enough, and it's easily the prettiest location in the whole game. She's not my favorite character in the bunch, but I liked her well enough. And, hey, you can [spoiler]send her though the vents just fine[/spoiler].

And the Locust is my new favorite weapon, better than the Assault Rifles even (making me wish I gave my Sentinel Shotgun Training instead) -- it has no recoil, it's fully automatic and it can shoot a fly out from between its wings. There is no reason not to use it.

Of course, since Kasumi is seven dollars and you can only purchase MS points in increments of five dollars, I had a few points left over, so I went ahead and bought the alternate outfits. Good use of money or not, I like the new looks, and I made all three of those characters wear their outfits.

Burrito Al Pastor · « **Reply #447 on:** July 07, 2010, 08:50:06 AM »

Yeah, the outfits pack sounded stupid at first, but then I realized it's the only way to get Garrus to wear armor that isn't totally fucked up. He looks much more professional now.

I've been loving the hell out of this game, but I've run into something that's bugging me. I did Jacob's loyalty mission last night, and it was pretty good, but... if that ship disappeared eight years ago... and it's been, what, two, three since the end of Mass Effect 1? So that ship and all its equipment predate ME1 by like five years, right?

So why is it that, when you shoot the crazy security guys, they drop thermal clips?

Kayma · « **Reply #448 on:** July 07, 2010, 09:40:57 AM »

Down that path lies madness, Burrito.

Thad · « **Reply #449 on:** July 07, 2010, 05:42:31 PM »

They don't even explain what thermal clips are to Shepard; she just knows what they are.

TA · « **Reply #450 on:** July 07, 2010, 06:20:22 PM »

One assumes the thermal clip technology was introduced in the months between ME1 ending and Shepard dying.

Disposable Ninja · « **Reply #451 on:** July 07, 2010, 06:45:11 PM »

Also: no one in ME2 uses a gun that's more than 2-years-old.

One could assume that Thermal Clips have always been around, it's just that your highly experimental and cutting-edge Cerberus weaponry by necessity makes them more disposable. Or something. It's been a while since I've read the corresponding codex entry.

And honestly I have never cared.

TA · « **Reply #452 on:** July 07, 2010, 07:04:38 PM »

Nope. It's explicitly said that they were reverse-engineered from Geth technology after the Sovereign attack. Thus that planet being absurd.

Doom · « **Reply #453 on:** July 07, 2010, 07:05:29 PM »

Sometimes it's just a video game, guys.

* Doom spends the Omega Archangel Defense Mission doing laps around a room to pick up respawning heat-clips for his Sniper Rifle.

Burrito Al Pastor · « **Reply #454 on:** July 09, 2010, 10:43:37 AM »

Two days ago I got a CPAP machine for my sleep apnea; since then I've started remembering my dreams.

Last night I dreamed that Garrus was my BFF.

This would be slightly less alarming if I had played Mass Effect before bed. Or at all yesterday, in fact.

Detonator · « **Reply #455 on:** July 09, 2010, 02:19:56 PM »

Quote from: Burrito Al Pastor on July 09, 2010, 10:43:37 AM

Last night I dreamed that Garrus was my BFF.

Was it something like this?

2006 Bud Light

Doom · « **Reply #456 on:** August 17, 2010, 03:07:36 PM »

DLC ready, decided to replay as Infiltrator - Insanity to prep a ME1-ME2-ME3 Legacy Character. Just started the second wave of character recruitment missions.

God Damn. Insanity really separates the sacks of shit who can ONLY shoot gun from the useful party members with Defense Stripping Powers. I made the mistake of trying both Jack and Grunt for a mission at the same time and I nearly shit ten bricks trying to practically solo it.

Doom · « **Reply #457 on:** August 24, 2010, 06:32:40 AM »

So after substantially more Insanity experience, let me drop some thoughts.

-Got this from a friend: make your snipers avoid the full-auto sniping rifle. They always take single shots with it, making them 1/3 strength of the default. Then I guess Legion gets a Widow so Legion wins if you want snipers.

-Kasumi is the best combatant. Period. Here's why. I'd put Miranda in second place for Team Bonuses and Warp/Overload on one person. The really great loyalty mission(though obnoxiously hard, I wouldn't rush it on Insanity for the gun) seals the deal. She's also one of the best chatty party members, maybe the most chatty person overall.

-The Heat Clip system was a vast improvement to gameplay. I guess it's hard to appreciate on lower difficulties, but your gun choice matters immensely when everything has defenses and you can rely on clips... once you clear this room. As opposed to ME1, where I had "the guns I'm allowed to use" "I'm a Soldier" or "Pistol". It ties in well to the addicting qualities of Insanity difficulty: need for strategy and tactics and prioritized targets.

-Tali's loyalty mission is the hardest fucking thing I've ever seen. If you're not a class with AI Hacking, god-fucking-speed for that second to last room. I did it after 12 tries by perfectly stripping the shields from the Hunters and keeping them perfectly Hacked.

-I took the Cain to Grunt's loyalty. There aren't enough power cell drops to use it. I killed the Thresher Maw with the Viper and my fucking Carnifex Hand Cannon. Because I have two sets of quads.

I'm about to grab the Reaper IFF and do ten tons of side missions. And maybe start a Paragon Male Sentinel Insanity Run. Thanks for the MESaves.com link earlier in the thread. I can't believe I was actually going to replay Mass Effect 1.

Also, Lair of the Shadow Broker on Sept 7th with strong implications that you can continue Liara romance from ME1 and that she might squad member it up. Cool. Hastily canceling seduction of Garrus.

DestyNova · « **Reply #458 on:** August 24, 2010, 07:14:03 PM »

Side-missions first, then IFF.

Doom · « **Reply #459 on:** August 24, 2010, 07:16:42 PM »

Renegade.

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