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Come to me, oh Blue Rose of [Mass Effect Thread].

PancakePancake Registered User regular
edited March 2010 in Games and Technology
Coming in Late March. The Firewater DLC featuring five new missions and the M57 Hammerhead. Free to all Cerberus Network members:

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Wiki wrote wrote:
Mass Effect is an award-winning, bestselling series of science fiction RPG third person shooters developed by the Canadian company BioWare and released on the Xbox 360 and Microsoft Windows. The first game takes place in the year 2183, with the player assuming the role of an elite human soldier named Commander Shepard, set out to explore the Galaxy on a starship, the SSV Normandy. The Xbox 360 edition was released worldwide in November 2007 published by Microsoft Game Studios. The Windows edition was released on May 28, 2008, published by Electronic Arts. The first downloadable content package, Bring Down the Sky, was released on March 10, 2008 (with a PC version released on July 29, 2008) The second downloadable content package, Pinnacle Station, was released on August 25, 2009 for the PC and Xbox 360.


Essentially everything you need to know about the first Mass Effect game is located here.

Alternately, you can trawl through the old OP.

If you've got Steam issues with the first game, a good place to look for information is by clicking on this sentence.

Screenshots:

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Videos/Media:

Most can be found here.

Interviews and other videos can be found here.


Additional Info:

If you really NEED to contact Commander Shepard, we have his facebook.

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Shepard's diary leaked onto Facebook as well.
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ANSWERS TO ALL YOUR QUESTIONS REGARDING MASS EFFECT 2 ARE LOCATED HERE, COURTESY OF GIANTBOMB.
THE PAGE DETAILS THE ENTIRE GAME, SO SPOILERS ARE ABOUND. BE WARNED.


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The damage statistics of all the weapons in the game.


Location of the planets to scan for starting the N7 missions:
Neith - Amun - Eagle Nebula = Wreched Merchant Freighter
-leads to Abandoned Research Station
--leads to Hahne-Kedar Facility

Joab - Enoch - Rosetta Nebula = Archeological Dig Site
-leads to MSV Strontium Mule
--leads to Blue Suns Base

Tarith - Lusarn - Crescent Nebula = Blood Pack Communications Relay
-leads to Blood Pack Base

Zanethu - Ploitari - Hourglass Nebula = Wrecked Ship
Helyme - Zelene - Crescent Nebula = Captured Mining Facility
Franklin - Skepsis - Sigurd's Cradle - Javelin Missiles Launched
Sinmara - Solvieg - Caleston Rift - Endangered Research Station
Canalus - Dirada - Pylos Nebula = Anomalous Weather Detected
Gei Hinnom - Sheol - Hades Nexus = Quarian Crash Site
Aequitas - Fortis - Minos Wasteland = Abandoned Mine

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Location of Resources and Upgrades for weapons, made by DVG.

You can use EditGrid to view it online or install OpenOffice to view and edit the data. Excel in Microsoft Office does the job as well.


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Mass Effect Soundtrack music can be pretty much found on YouTube, but you should buy it to get the full effect of the lossless bitrate.


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Mass Effect 1 save compendium for those of you that want to import characters in but have lost your own/haven't played the game due to being a heretic.

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FIX FOR FREEZING ON THE LOADING SCREEN
(note: The PC Patch 1.01 should fix freezing issues)
Courtesy of pcultimate from the Bioware forums for creating the dummy load.blk files and mtvnot from Piratebay for figuring out the fucked up .blk files that don't play correctly for whatever reason:

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=1KHDBLIL

Get those files.

Replace the following files ONLY, NOT ALL OF THEM, or you won't be able to move forward with the game past the IFF sequence of events. Only the files below are broken, the rest you should be able to watch.

load_f01
load_f02c
load_f02d
load_f03
load_f03b
load_f05
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load_f08
load_f08b
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load_f09
load_f09b
load_f09c
load_f09d
load_f15
load_f80_ESN
load_f80_INT

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If you're getting in-game freezing every few seconds, do the following:

Go to the folder where you installed the game.

Go to Binaries and make a shortcut of MassEffect2.exe.

Now open properties on this shortcut and add the line -nomoviestartup.

It should look like this "...Binaries\MassEffect2.exe" -nomoviestartup.

Start the game. It should work lag free now.

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The third kind of loading problem is addressed here. It deals with their length.

Why you should save the council in ME1

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Now in theaters:

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    RobmanRobman Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Quads.

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    HeatwaveHeatwave Come, now, and walk the path of explosions with me!Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    "That's pretty extreme, Commander."

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    RobmanRobman Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    "EDI, how long would it take to vent the Starboard cargo bay?"

    "EDI, how many crew are on board the Normandy?"

    *Pedo Grin*

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    finnithfinnith ... TorontoRegistered User regular
    edited March 2010
    I demand goggles/evil Shepard.

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    Hi I'm Vee!Hi I'm Vee! Formerly VH; She/Her; Is an E X P E R I E N C E Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Duuuude the Quarian looks so hot in that Blast Effect poster.

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    Delta AssaultDelta Assault Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Firewater

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    EgosEgos Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Duuuude the Quarian looks so hot in that Blast Effect poster.

    I feel embarrassed that I didn't noticed that it was a big Volus head in the background until now.

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    electricitylikesmeelectricitylikesme Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    On the subject of Quarians did anybody not give a 1000 credits to that guy on Omega?

    I mean, staring down a cigar-smoking Elcor is still something you have to do because it's a cigar-smoking Elcor.

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    EgosEgos Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    On the subject of Quarians did anybody not give a 1000 credits to that guy on Omega?

    I mean, staring down a cigar-smoking Elcor is still something you have to do because it's a cigar-smoking Elcor.

    I got the elcor to lay off and gave him 1k. Because 1k is basically nothing to Shepard.

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    DragkoniasDragkonias That Guy Who Does Stuff You Know, There. Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    On the subject of Quarians did anybody not give a 1000 credits to that guy on Omega?

    I mean, staring down a cigar-smoking Elcor is still something you have to do because it's a cigar-smoking Elcor.

    I didn't. Threatening to break that Elcor's legs was payment enough.

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    RoyceSraphimRoyceSraphim Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    "You guys are running from a hanar, I mean its a floating balloon, just shoot it at a distance like a gas bag on Eden Pr-"

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    "This one offers mercy and the observation that what occured with the one in the hall way can occur again with the the ones in behind this door"

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    OrcaOrca Also known as Espressosaurus WrexRegistered User regular
    edited March 2010
    "You guys are running from a hanar, I mean its a floating balloon, just shoot it at a distance like a gas bag on Eden Pr-"

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    "This one offers mercy and the observation that what occured with the one in the hall way can occur again with the the ones in behind this door"

    I'm sold. When can I preorder Blast Effect?

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    NuzakNuzak Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    i finally got the brawler achievement (on insanity as a soldier of all things), so that makes this the first game i ever got all the achievements for

    seeing as you get most of them from story/loyalty missions i can't say i am surprised, but i did like the achievements related to Doing Cool Things like burning armour or using incinerate to stun people or using biotics to knock people off cliffs or using biotics in tandem

    more of this, please

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    NuzakNuzak Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    addendum: if you cryo people who have been biotically lifted into the air, does this result in fun mid-air hi-jinks or do they drop like a lead balloon and shatter

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    KasanagiKasanagi Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Funny thing, I caught a bit of Zaeed dialog where he talks about a standoff he got into with a krogan, an asari, and a hanar. Said the hanar almost strangled him to death, and he's never underestimated a hanar since.

    Given how hardcore Zaeed is, we can only conclude that a hanar capable of almost killing him could be none other than Blasto.

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    NuzakNuzak Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
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    Delta AssaultDelta Assault Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    That reminds me... have you guys ever noticed that one animation for enemies where they get shot and it kinda springs a leak in their suit? I always thought that looked really cool but it never made any sense to me why the suit would be squirting this gas out. Cause it's usually mercs that have that animation and they're, what... batarians and humans, right? Maybe some turians? There's no real reason for them to have pressurized suits that would have gas leaks from suit punctures. The only ones that I could see having that sort of suit would obviously be the hanar and quarians, but of course you never encounter them in combat in ME2.

    It's a neat visual effect, just not quite sure why they do it.

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    ButtcleftButtcleft Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Have we found out for certain that Hanar are capable of biotics?

    I bet Blasto is a biotic

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    EtherealEthereal Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    So Bioware said Mass Effect fans would be hearing about "something cool" at the GDC. I'm assuming it'll be some kind of DLC (not Hammerhead since they've already released footage of that). Maybe Kasumi DLC? Or maybe DLC that's still further down the line...

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    BlackDoveBlackDove Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
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    electricitylikesmeelectricitylikesme Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Orca wrote: »
    "You guys are running from a hanar, I mean its a floating balloon, just shoot it at a distance like a gas bag on Eden Pr-"

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    "This one offers mercy and the observation that what occured with the one in the hall way can occur again with the the ones in behind this door"

    I'm sold. When can I preorder Blast Effect?

    I'm quoting this again because it is that awesome.

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    ButtcleftButtcleft Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    BlackDove wrote: »

    why would someone do that

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    NuzakNuzak Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    shepard's so insistent

    one of them has to break

    a battle of the wills

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    AdusAdus Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    I put my headphones on for this...?

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    RoyceSraphimRoyceSraphim Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Dammit, I won't be able to look at him not think Kanye. Nothing personal but he get sent on the suicide mission.

    edit: and who makes their Shepard look like a bald Joey Lawrence? Joey Lawrence?

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    NuzakNuzak Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    "i don't think you understand me, jacob. i'm more interested in just talk for a bit."

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    RobmanRobman Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
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    PancakePancake Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    For hating homosexuals so much, male Shepard's little lean and talks with Jacob sure are pretty gay.

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    AdusAdus Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Dammit, I won't be able to look at him not think Kanye. Nothing personal but he get sent on the suicide mission.

    This is terrible. Shepard isn't a Captain.

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    ButtcleftButtcleft Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Nuzak wrote: »
    "i don't think you understand me, jacob. i'm more interested in just talk for a bit."

    There should have been a renegade action where you could shove him back against the wall, put a gun to his chin and said " I. Just. Want. To. Talk."

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    KasanagiKasanagi Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    I'm waiting for a youtube video to pop up chopping together bits from Al-jinani's interview with shepard in ME1 and ME2, obviously including both of the punches. Preferribly tempo-matched to a catchy song.

    Make it happen, gents.

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    RobmanRobman Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
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    PancakePancake Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Robman wrote: »

    I know, that Shepard is terrible.

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    ButtcleftButtcleft Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    They did love to have the camera so close to Miranda's ass that you could smell what she ate for dinner.

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    electricitylikesmeelectricitylikesme Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Why are people still surprised about gratuitous use of Miranda's ass? I feel they lampshaded her outfit enough that they earned it. And we earned it. Shut up.

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    RoyceSraphimRoyceSraphim Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Adus wrote: »
    Dammit, I won't be able to look at him not think Kanye. Nothing personal but he get sent on the suicide mission.

    This is terrible. Shepard isn't a Captain.

    True, but that doesn't mean I will be able to forget it. Every time I see him, I expect the autotune to pop up...speaking of which, someone autotune that man.

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    EgosEgos Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Pancake wrote: »
    For hating homosexuals so much, male Shepard's little lean and talks with Jacob sure are pretty gay.

    They are extremely gay and Jacob seems to always want to get away from having these little chats.

    Shepard: "But I want to know more about you" *eye sparkle*

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    ButtcleftButtcleft Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Who wouldnt be enthralled by Jacobs abs

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    ZephyrZephyr Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
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    RobmanRobman Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    The best NOT GAY bromance is still with Alastair in Dragon Age

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