The more I think about it, the more I disagree with their shared cooldowns on powers. I understand the theory behind it, but I just can't see what is practically gained by preventing me from Shockwaving for 3 seconds after I charge other than negative fun. I end up hardly using my powers anymore now that I have significant research pumped into weapons.
So play as Soldier on my first run. Got it.
Of course, the alternative is Soldier, and having my only abilities be Max "2001" Payne bullet time and ammunition I guess, so, uh, pass.
...
...Well, I'm still doing it. I generally play good guy/pure-fighter on my first BioWare playthrough.
THE GAME IS A MORE-OR-LESS STRAIGHTFORWARD FPS NOW, WHAT DO YOU EXPECT
..."F" is for "first".
I do not miss waiting 45 seconds to shoot again when someone Overloads me.
If you're lucky.
It may have been the no-disc crack I was playing, but I occasionally had my guns overheat and not cool back down. (Another reason Soldier was useful: I could switch to a different gun and still be able to hit things.)
Even though I'm playing on Easy, I'm finding my Vanguard's Biotics pretty useful. Pull cools down fast enough that it's basically a second gun with bullets that curve toward targets. End result: I got that achievement for making enemies scream as they fall to their deaths before I even knew it was there. Charge is useful for taking out enemies that get too close, and Shockwave slaughters groups. Plus I Trained in Miranda's Slam for extra fun.
Yeah, I was planning on Vanguard for playthrough #2.
The shotgun is even more useless than the Sniper Rifle now. And when the phrase "Useless Shotgun" appears somewhere in your Shooter, you have fucked up beyond all reason.
Pity. I didn't use the shotgun much in the first game, but it was good for zombies (as a shotgun always should be).
I still get uses out of it, mostly against Veran, Krogans and Husks,
Well, that's good at least.
Anyhow. Going to have to order it next few days I think, while that Amazon $10 giftcard whatever thing is still good. Expect I'll finish Dragon Age before I get to it. (I'm sure I'm not the first to comment that, while ME2 shakes up the formula significantly, DA is pure classic BioWare in both gameplay and story -- it's basically medieval KotOR.)