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Re: Effects of Mass
« Reply #560 on: January 01, 2011, 04:14:35 AM »

Sooo, I picked up ME2 in the Steam sale and just finished it. Damn but the Krogan-grade shotgun is awesome. I AoE Charged into everything, one-shotted anything that was still standing, and in the rare cases where something survived that, FISTO. Who cares if it fires once before reloading? One shot is all you need. Once I got [spoiler]Garrus[/spoiler]' AP ammo I only had to pull out the heavy pistol to deal with Scions.

I liked how the plot is structured like a caper movie: you put together a team, then you commit the elaborate heist. It's kind of a shame there wasn't really any story progression though, no uncovered mysteries to speak of, apart from finding the enemy's location. I did have that ohhhhh shiiiiit moment when I saw the [spoiler]final boss[/spoiler] though, that was a cool moment.

Overall, yeah, it's a much better game than the original. Less running errands, more actual action in unique environments, and a chunkier, more focused leveling system. If ME3 is as improved over ME2 as the latter was improved over ME1, we're in for a treat.
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Re: Effects of Mass
« Reply #561 on: January 01, 2011, 11:48:22 AM »

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Re: Effects of Mass
« Reply #562 on: January 04, 2011, 02:42:44 PM »

Yes, I believe I mentioned that a page ago. And Thad was the first person to reply.

And wasn't it just the 360 version anyway?
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Re: Effects of Mass
« Reply #563 on: January 04, 2011, 05:23:27 PM »

Haha, it totally was. I keep forgetting most people are playing it on PC, which I would be doing myself but I day one'd the original on my 360 and importing my savefile was non-optional so far as I'm concerned.
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Re: Effects of Mass
« Reply #564 on: January 06, 2011, 05:54:41 PM »

Shit yes, No One Left Behind first try. I also told the Illusive Man where he could stick it. I'm sure with his enhanced vision, he could see what I meant.
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Re: Effects of Mass
« Reply #565 on: February 21, 2011, 03:55:10 AM »

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Re: Effects of Mass
« Reply #566 on: March 09, 2011, 12:08:28 AM »

Just got Legion, with only Tali's loyalty mission to go before making a run at the Reapers. Figured it wouldn't feel right without bringing a Geth onto the flotilla. Weird that it took this long into the game for them to give you a sweet new helmet!

Morrin's mission was as excellent as I'd been led to believe. Talking with Wrex has been an unexpected highlight too! Korgan cultural politics are actually kind of fascinating.

Started hitting on Thane pretty relentlessly after getting him to start talking about his past. I really like the character... wish his loyalty mission had been a bit more exciting (it really is impossible to have fun on the Citadel), but I liked the father/son bit, and it's good hearing his thoughts on pretty much anything.
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Re: Effects of Mass
« Reply #567 on: March 09, 2011, 12:48:40 AM »

Morrin's mission was as excellent as I'd been led to believe. Talking with Recks has been an unexpected highlight too! Korgan cultural politics are actually kind of fascinating.

Fixed it for you.
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Re: Effects of Mass
« Reply #568 on: March 09, 2011, 03:58:23 AM »

because i forgot the d
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Re: Effects of Mass
« Reply #569 on: March 09, 2011, 04:16:45 AM »

Also Korgon, which I can only imagine are a race of adorable, puppy-like barbarian monsters.
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Re: Effects of Mass
« Reply #570 on: March 11, 2011, 12:13:02 AM »

Beat this last night! Every good character save for Legion and Garrus went down like Kayin's blimp in a horrible, fiery whirlwind. Mordin, Thane, Tali, oh those poor sons of bitches...

I did fuck Thane RAW before the final mission, however, and picked up Garrus on the rebound after we came back, so it worked out. Turns out keeping the Collector base intact to use against the impossibly large armada of invincible ancient demigods caught me flak from every member of the crew, who just stone cold laid into me about the decision rather than talk about how cool it was that we just saved the entire damn universe.

Weird how they never got around to explain who or what the Harbinger was, though. Or why he seemed to know me personally.

All in all this was a v. good game.
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Re: Effects of Mass
« Reply #571 on: March 11, 2011, 01:23:23 AM »

Harbinger is [spoiler]a reaper who was controlling the collectors[/spoiler]
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Re: Effects of Mass
« Reply #572 on: March 11, 2011, 02:30:42 AM »

Harbinger is [spoiler]a reaper who was controlling the collectors[/spoiler]

Yeah I thought that was made pretty explicit with the [spoiler]"Releasing Control"[/spoiler] scene.
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Re: Effects of Mass
« Reply #573 on: March 11, 2011, 04:20:27 AM »

Yeah, I suppose... that bit at the very end [spoiler]where he pulls up the image of the reaper[/spoiler]. Still not quite sure how he knows of you though.

I liked the Collectors as enemies - we need more bizarre and otherworldly enemies in the place of the Blue Sun troopers they throw at you quite a bit.

Any DLC particularly worth picking up?
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Re: Effects of Mass
« Reply #574 on: March 11, 2011, 04:51:36 AM »

Lair of the Shadow Broker is tops.  Kasumi is also very good.  Zaeed is godawful but free so whatevs.  Firewalker isn't that great but it's required for Overlord which is quite good, so.
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Re: Effects of Mass
« Reply #575 on: March 11, 2011, 05:13:13 AM »

I continue to be flabbergasted that people dislike Zaeed.

WHATEVER. Honestly, I think the best Pay DLC is Overlord. You get a huge, wide-open and very pretty hub world to play around in with the Hammerhead. And no, you don't need the Firewalker pack for Overlord, but that doesn't matter because it's free just like Zaeed.
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Re: Effects of Mass
« Reply #576 on: March 29, 2011, 08:56:30 PM »

Just finished The Arrival. If you thought it was "Get ready, here come the god damned Reapers in Mass Effect 3!", it is, but it's good at what it does. It's not as good as Shadow Broker as a stand alone pack, but it's pretty great anyway, and it makes the Reapers more present again. Also, Admiral Hackett confirmed for total bro.
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Re: Effects of Mass
« Reply #577 on: May 04, 2011, 11:13:59 AM »

Mass Effect 3 delayed until early 2012, no one surprised.

Does anyone else feel that ME3 is coming out pretty quickly after ME2? It just seems like there was more of a gap between the first and second games.
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Re: Effects of Mass
« Reply #578 on: May 04, 2011, 11:29:55 AM »

If we're looking at the earlier 360 launch date instead of the PC release, Mass Effect came out in November 2007.  Mass Effect 2 came out in January 2010.  26 months between them.

Q1 2012 means what, January-March 2012?  So 24-26 months between them.
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Re: Effects of Mass
« Reply #579 on: May 04, 2011, 11:36:12 AM »

Yeah, I guess by the time it's out it won't seem so close together.
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