Mass Effect Thread: LegionOverlordEDI3way.txt

sarukun

Blake T wrote: »

Hey, I said the combat was shit.

I know, I saw.


Good man.

Wrench N Rockets

Pharezon wrote: »

Uh, there isn't a new shotgun.

None of the current shotguns have double barrels. The shotgun on Shepard's back does. It's something new at least.

ZeroFill

The Geebs That Is A Mod wrote: »

fuck that, mass effect is a console series

also, my computer recently crashed and I would have lost all of my mass effect shit if I had followed this advice so I'M SAYING YOUR ADVICE IS BAD

The Geebs That Is A Chump

Owenashi

For anyone that wants new guns to play with, I just saw a new DLC called the Firepower Pack in XBL's ME2 add-on area for 160 points. The new guns sound fun. That is if you like...

Spoiler:

...a pistol with a laser-sight, an Assault Rifle that's half Sniper Rifle, and a three-barreled Geth shotgun with what sounds like a Carnage-like charge-n-fire ability.

smof

I do like all of those things.

Pony

oh goodness me!

That Dave Fella

So when I traded in my Xbox 360 for the Slim I gave in my HD as well so I don't have any new game plus or whatever.

If I just start from scratch what are my options for choosing what happened in the first Mass Effect?

Pony

That Dave Fella wrote: »

So when I traded in my Xbox 360 for the Slim I gave in my HD as well so I don't have any new game plus or whatever.

If I just start from scratch what are my options for choosing what happened in the first Mass Effect?

there are none

zero

you get the same game no matter what

you get to pick your origin story bits (spacer/colonist/earthborn and war hero/survivor/ruthless) but that is it

That Dave Fella

What, I remember confirming what happened? Like Wrex surviving or whatever.

Maybe I'm remembering wrong. I really don't want to play through the first one, again.

Blake T

Go ask for it back.

(like offer money and stuff)

Pony

That Dave Fella wrote: »

What, I remember confirming what happened? Like Wrex surviving or whatever.

Maybe I'm remembering wrong. I really don't want to play through the first one, again.

oh, you get to "confirm" what happened on a new game+ from the first one

but you don't get to change anything except whether Udina or Anderson is the councilor

when you start a brand new ME2 dude that isn't a ME1 import, everything is always:

Spoiler:

wrex dies, rachni die, you never did any sidequests, all the colonists on feros died, etc.

bioware considers it the "path of least resistance" but it's basically a dickheaded Renegade run

That Dave Fella

They'd have wiped it.

Oh well, looks like I'll be playing through Mass Effect 1 again at some stage.

Owenashi

That Dave Fella wrote: »

They'd have wiped it.

Oh well, looks like I'll be playing through Mass Effect 1 again at some stage.

Nothing wrong with that, especially if you want to be a proper General in ME3.

Dichotomy

playing through ME1 again after playing ME2 is downright punishing

Orca

Dichotomy wrote: »

playing through ME1 again after playing ME2 is downright punishing

Sad but true. I like the more epic and open feel of the universe, but the gameplay is miles worse than ME2. So hard to go back to ME1.

Pony

so, i bought the new guns

ain't tried the new assault rifle yet (playing a sentinel right now) but i've tried the new pistol and shotgun

the new pistol is basically like the Carnifex with a laser sight, so that's pretty rad

and the new shotgun is GODLIKE

triple-barreled geth plasma shotgun with crazy knockback and accuracy you can snipe with

the gun is almost OP it's ridiculous

fightinfilipino

Pony wrote: »

so, i bought the new guns

ain't tried the new assault rifle yet (playing a sentinel right now) but i've tried the new pistol and shotgun

the new pistol is basically like the Carnifex with a laser sight, so that's pretty rad

and the new shotgun is GODLIKE

triple-barreled geth plasma shotgun with crazy knockback and accuracy you can snipe with

the gun is almost OP it's ridiculous

this out for the PC version yet? i didn't see it on Bioware's site when i checked earlier.

Pony

fightinfilipino wrote: »

Pony wrote: »

so, i bought the new guns

ain't tried the new assault rifle yet (playing a sentinel right now) but i've tried the new pistol and shotgun

the new pistol is basically like the Carnifex with a laser sight, so that's pretty rad

and the new shotgun is GODLIKE

triple-barreled geth plasma shotgun with crazy knockback and accuracy you can snipe with

the gun is almost OP it's ridiculous

this out for the PC version yet? i didn't see it on Bioware's site when i checked earlier.

don't know

the website doesn't even mention it, and you can't even see it available in-game on the Xbox

but if you go to the Xbox Live website, you can buy it through there, which is what i did

someone at MS probably boned up and this was likely not supposed to be released yet

but, i have it now, it's mine 8-)

smof

Orca wrote: »

Dichotomy wrote: »

playing through ME1 again after playing ME2 is downright punishing

Sad but true. I like the more epic and open feel of the universe, but the gameplay is miles worse than ME2. So hard to go back to ME1.

I just play it on casual now when I replay ME1. Then it doesn't matter how many bullets my team mates choose to put into walls/floors/ceilings/Shepard. Though it does make the end fights against Saren ridiculous.

"You cannot fight this Shepard, Sovereign is unstoppab-"

*pew pew* "Sorry, you were saying?"

Pony

smof wrote: »

Orca wrote: »

Dichotomy wrote: »

playing through ME1 again after playing ME2 is downright punishing

Sad but true. I like the more epic and open feel of the universe, but the gameplay is miles worse than ME2. So hard to go back to ME1.

I just play it on casual now when I replay ME1. Then it doesn't matter how many bullets my team mates choose to put into walls/floors/ceilings/Shepard. Though it does make the end fights against Saren ridiculous.

"You cannot fight this Shepard, Sovereign is unstoppab-"

*pew pew* "Sorry, you were saying?"

same

Nerdgasmic

playing on casual should save Jenkins

That Dave Fella

Yeh, I'll probably just rush through it on casual.

fightinfilipino

using console cheats in ME1 makes the experience slightly less painful, too.

i'm probably going to do a FemShep run in ME1 next. i'm slightly curious how romancing Garrus even works. i'm Turian-Curious.

Nerdgasmic

fightinfilipino wrote: »

using console cheats in ME1 makes the experience slightly less painful, too.

i'm probably going to do a FemShep run in ME1 next. i'm slightly curious how romancing Garrus even works. i'm Turian-Curious.

according to mordin, chafing is a concern

Pony

Nerdgasmic wrote: »

fightinfilipino wrote: »

using console cheats in ME1 makes the experience slightly less painful, too.

i'm probably going to do a FemShep run in ME1 next. i'm slightly curious how romancing Garrus even works. i'm Turian-Curious.

according to mordin, chafing is a concern

also, Turians have a different amino acid make-up than humans, which means a Turian's bodily fluids are toxic to humans and can cause anaphylaxis

to quote Mordin directly

"Do not... ingest."

Nuzak

what's with bioware releasing all the OP weapons on DLC

Nerdgasmic

bioware's done a pretty good job of making their paid DLC cheap, at least

Usagi

fightinfilipino wrote: »

using console cheats in ME1 makes the experience slightly less painful, too.

i'm probably going to do a FemShep run in ME1 next. i'm slightly curious how romancing Garrus even works. i'm Turian-Curious.

So if I'm just playing ME1 for the first time is it worth it to play sans-cheats for the full experience, or should I just give in and use cheats so I don't scratch my eyeballs out?

Dubh

do a legit playthrough

it's only hard to deal with after glorifying in ME2's glow

fightinfilipino

Dubh wrote: »

do a legit playthrough

it's only hard to deal with after glorifying in ME2's glow

pretty much this. cheats are only for when you've already finished ME1, need a new base character to import into ME2, and can't deal with going back to ME1's game mechanics.

when i first played ME1 i had a lot of fun, but ME2 has spoiled the hell out of me.

Nuzak

Usagi wrote: »

fightinfilipino wrote: »

using console cheats in ME1 makes the experience slightly less painful, too.

i'm probably going to do a FemShep run in ME1 next. i'm slightly curious how romancing Garrus even works. i'm Turian-Curious.

So if I'm just playing ME1 for the first time is it worth it to play sans-cheats for the full experience, or should I just give in and use cheats so I don't scratch my eyeballs out?

well it's not the sort of game where it's cheats that you need to make it better, like no-clipping past a really obnoxious puzzle or something. i mean halfway through the game money becomes meaningless and you get the best kind of weapons and armour and mods, so it's very hard to find combat challenging.

it's just an awkward and unpolished game with some real gems of setting and characters and writing.

Dichotomy

speaking of obnoxious puzzles

I just realized there was no towers of hanoi in dragon age/ME2

I feel kinda cheated

Nuzak

there was a tower of hanoi in dragon age 8-)

Nerdgasmic

man, that scene where you finally catch up with thane at the penthouse is amazing no matter how many times I see it.

Langly

wait tower of hanoi what

Melding

why do i keep playing on insanity? i am at the ship part and i keep getting ruined.

Birudojin

Dubh wrote: »

do a legit playthrough

it's only hard to deal with after glorifying in ME2's glow

I keep trying to do playthroughs of ME1 at work, both to build up my library of savegames for testing with and to keep it fresh in my mind. It's so hard to do now Sadly, saves from retail kits won't work on our xboxes, so I can't just pillage websites for savegames either.

It doesn't help that I keep accidentally pressing the wrong button and holstering my weapon instead of punching enemies right in front of me, or forgetting how to use bound powers and things..

Hopefully I'll be saying the same thing about ME2 later on "This game is so bad! The new one I'm working on is so much better!"

Also, <3 the Mattock - it's fantastic for playing with if you can get headshots reliably.

Didgeridoo

Langly wrote: »

wait tower of hanoi what

You know, that stupid stacking game that every adventure/RPG tries to cram in as a puzzle

Tower of Hanoi

Orca

fightinfilipino wrote: »

using console cheats in ME1 makes the experience slightly less painful, too.

i'm probably going to do a FemShep run in ME1 next. i'm slightly curious how romancing Garrus even works. i'm Turian-Curious.

Don't swallow.