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[Mass Effect] Lair of the Shadow Broker rules and you should buy it
-TalTruth is elusiveIt's nowhere to be foundRegistered Userregular
The largest, most story-intensive, raddest DLC to date, and the first to bridge the story between ME2 and ME3. Team up with Liara T'soni to end the Shadow Broker once and for all, for the low price of $10.
Operative curly haired boy has been kind enough to provide us a brief history of Mass Effect.
Spoiler:
sovereign watches the asari discover citadel
THEY ARE PRETTY, YES. BUT THEY HAVE ALREADY BEGUN A CULTURAL STAGNATION. UNFLAVORFUL AND BLAND I DEEM THEM
salarians come in, ambitious, but under the influence of asari cease progressing as well
OH GOD THEY'RE LIKE POP ROCKS. TOO BAD THEY DON'T LAST LONGER....ANYONE ELSE GOING TO JOIN THE PARTY?
no? oh well guess i'll drop the voice effects it's not like these rachni can appreciate them anyway. ok you bug queens guess i'll trigger this purge early. not much this time around but that's just the way the cookie crumbles. wish you buggers were worth more to me than as a puppet race...ah nevermind
OH FUCK KROGANS
dammit, they didn't even register on my spacefaring, relay-using species list! D: looks like this plan ain't gonna work retreeeat
also very odd i sent the signal to open the citadel relay but it didn't work. UPSETTING.
also dammit that was the loss of a good puppet race D: indoctrinate the queens and everyone follows ugh ugh where am i gonna find another one oh well
ooo turians OOOO they didn't even get to the citadel until they were already worth harvesting? OMFG you guys ALONE are worth this purge i gotta let the guys know~ <3 mebbe they'll give me a puppet race or something too!
um ok they're excited too but they say nobody gets access to the collectors unless it's an EMERGENCY
FUCK
uh, uh *casts around*
OH HO HO SENTIENT TOASTERS YOU SAY? I CAN WORK WITH THAT! NO I DON'T CARE THAT THEY HAVE FLASHLIGHT HEADS
hmm humans? well they're no krogan i don't think i have to worry about them much hahaha
besides i've got enough busy-work traipsing all over the galaxy trying to find this prothean "back door" thingy
did the guys bother to tell me about that? nooooo they just get to point and laugh, specially that bitch harbinger. DENY ME ACCESS TO THE COLLECTORS WILL YOU? YOU JUST WAIT
HOW BOUT I LEAVE YOU ALL IN BLACK SPACE HMMM?
i was just kidding guys- ah you don't have to bring that up-LOOK I SAID I WAS SORRY.
who the fuck is this shepard person?
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ok, WHO the FUCK is this SHEPARD person?
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OMFG WHO THE FUCK IS THIS SHEPARD PERSON. I AM GOING TO HAVE A CHAT WITH THIS HUMAN.
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blah that didn't go as well as i'd liked. doesn't matter anyway, me and my flashlight heads are in the backdoor. the guys will like the taste of the turians and it's just gravy if i get to personally stomp out this humanity species too. GOD they can be ANNOYING.
WHAT? DON'T LOOK AT ME THAT WAY GUYS, WE ALL AGREED THAT SOVVY WAS TOO INCOMPETENT TO USE THE COLLECTORS.
OK FINE THIS IS A PROBLEM ALRIGHT I'LL USE THE COLLECTORS TO DEAL WITH IT
BAM
SHEPARD'S DEAD ARE YOU HAPPY? GOOD.
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WHAT NOW. YOU WANT TO USE THE HUMANS? WHAT ARE YOU, OUT OF YOUR BIOMECHANICAL MINDS?
FINE. BUT I DON'T HAVE TO LIKE IT.
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OH FUCK OH FUCK SHEPARD'S BACK OH FUCK
I THOUGHT I KILLED HIM TOO DON'T FUCKING BLAME ME IT'S NOT MY FAULT SOVVY LEFT THE HUSK TECH LYING AROUND WHERE THEY COULD RESEARCH IT
oh god.
shepard is in the collector base. ah shit. ah SHIT SHIT SHIIITTTTT
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look, i'm sorry guys i didn't mean for that to happen. YES i know that was our backup plan. YES i know we don't have any "spare" puppet species. YES i know just how much energy we spent on the collectors and on that base.
just....leave me alone. i gotta think.
Operative TychoCelchuuu has been kind enough to provide peeks at Commander Shepard's facebook page: onetwothree | FOUR!FIVE!!
Operative Kasanagi has been kind enough to provide us with sick-nasty gun mods:
Features:
No startup movies
Infinite "Storm" AKA Sprint
Modified Krogun - 6 shot magazine, 24 spare ammo (40 after research upgrade), semi-automatic, high speed ROF.
Modified Widow - 6 shot magazine, 24 spare ammo, semi-automatic, high speed ROF (same as krogun's).
Just drop this in your Mass Effect 2 install folder under \BioGame\Config\PC\Cooked\ , make sure to backup your current coalesced.ini first, just in case
I may be in the minority here, but I'm not sure I want them to continue making games after ME3. I really love the world of Mass Effect, and the story of Commander Shepard has been something I've really enjoyed, but a big part of why I enjoy it is because I know they've got a story they want to tell -- there's three parts to this game, and I think that's great. After that though? Seems like if they kept making games it would just be to milk the cash cow. Their story is finished, now it's time to rake in the cash with sub-par realization and mass marketing appeal.
I think if they keep going after ME3, it'll cheapen the series.
-TalTruth is elusiveIt's nowhere to be foundRegistered Userregular
Actually it would be kind of neat to have a god game from the perspective of the reapers, it would be like Spore where other players generate civilizations, and you set up agents and traps to open the relay then fight against them during extermination.
One of my favourite things about Mass Effect is that Commander Shepard is a completely different person depending on who you ask. To me, Shepard's a woman; a gritty, hard-nosed engineer that does whatever it takes to get the job done. She has a connection with Garrus, because they both believe you have to be able to bend the rules to do what's right sometimes -- but she doesn't go off the beaten path just because she can. She's practical, logical. A technological prodigy. She gets frustrated with Alliance politics and red tape, but she understands how important her role is. She know's she's Humanity's face, and she'll compromise her ideals temporarily if it means upholding Human-Alliance relations.
I really like Commander Shepard, because she's the kind of person I can really respect. But I know my Shepard isn't the same as other peoples'. Hell, most people play Shepard as a dude. So while I'm excited to hear they're looking at making a movie and whatnot, it's also kind of disappointing because I know the Shepard they'll show isn't the one I know. It won't be the person I've come to know and understand.
That said, I'm still really looking forward to seeing what else they put out.
I hadn't checked the OP in a while. I had no idea that TychoCelchuuu had done another two facebook pages after the first three. They are wonderful, again. :^: TychoCelchuuu.
SteamID - Fig-D :: Xbox Live - Fig D :: PSN - Fig-D
Your Sheperd is wrong because she isn't a Vangod(des).
Lots of people love Vanguards. I've never really seen the appeal. I played one on a Hardcore run of Mass Effect 1, and I felt pretty good with it, but the Mass Effect 2 version doesn't do much for me. Sure, Biotic Charge looks awesome, but I've only played ME2 on Insanity, and I can think of a LOT of places I'd rather be than right up in someone's grill. Engineer is more my style, because I like being able to tailor my attacks against enemy defenses, and the Combat Drone really opens up strategic options.
I think Vanguard would be great on lower difficulties, because rushing in and shreeding silly geese with a shotgun is all kinds of awesome, but -- and maybe I just don't know how to play it properly -- I can't see it being super-effective on Insanity.
Charge recharges your shields. Think about that for a moment. Now pop points to lower that Charge cooldown. Thank about it again. CHAIN CHARGE MASSACRE.
SteamID - Fig-D :: Xbox Live - Fig D :: PSN - Fig-D
Vanguard seems like it sucks ass...until you figure out how to use it and get charge and class skill maxed out. Then it's just ping pong all the way through enemies, greeting them with the mighty left-elbow and a shotgun to the face.
Your Sheperd is wrong because she isn't a Vangod(des).
Lots of people love Vanguards. I've never really seen the appeal. I played one on a Hardcore run of Mass Effect 1, and I felt pretty good with it, but the Mass Effect 2 version doesn't do much for me. Sure, Biotic Charge looks awesome, but I've only played ME2 on Insanity, and I can think of a LOT of places I'd rather be than right up in someone's grill. Engineer is more my style, because I like being able to tailor my attacks against enemy defenses, and the Combat Drone really opens up strategic options.
I think Vanguard would be great on lower difficulties, because rushing in and shreeding silly geese with a shotgun is all kinds of awesome, but -- and maybe I just don't know how to play it properly -- I can't see it being super-effective on Insanity.
It's a shame you weren't there for the last page of the last thread, I was going berserk over how effective Vanguard is on Insanity.
A bit forward thinking, what kind of game are you expecting for the ME-verse once Shepard's story is over?
MMO inevitable or do you expect a new set of stories?
I would like them to do a game like Dragon Age: Origins where you could pick your race and class at the beginning and experience a slight variation on the main theme.
The Mass Effect universe is so thick with potential and depth, it would be a shame to continue to explore it from a purely human perspective.
A bit forward thinking, what kind of game are you expecting for the ME-verse once Shepard's story is over?
MMO inevitable or do you expect a new set of stories?
I would like them to do a game like Dragon Age: Origins where you could pick your race and class at the beginning and experience a slight variation on the main theme.
The Mass Effect universe is so thick with potential and depth, it would be a shame to continue to explore it from a purely human perspective.
Freakin' sweet. You pull any more out of there? Like, say, the background for Beckenstein? I've already got my background as the core one, and it's awesome, but Beckenstein's preeeettty.
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MMO inevitable or do you expect a new set of stories?
I think if they keep going after ME3, it'll cheapen the series.
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I want Civilization set in the Mass Effect universe. I expect a new story with different characters that plays like an evolved Mass Effect.
I really like Commander Shepard, because she's the kind of person I can really respect. But I know my Shepard isn't the same as other peoples'. Hell, most people play Shepard as a dude. So while I'm excited to hear they're looking at making a movie and whatnot, it's also kind of disappointing because I know the Shepard they'll show isn't the one I know. It won't be the person I've come to know and understand.
That said, I'm still really looking forward to seeing what else they put out.
SteamID - Fig-D :: Xbox Live - Fig D :: PSN - Fig-D
Lots of people love Vanguards. I've never really seen the appeal. I played one on a Hardcore run of Mass Effect 1, and I felt pretty good with it, but the Mass Effect 2 version doesn't do much for me. Sure, Biotic Charge looks awesome, but I've only played ME2 on Insanity, and I can think of a LOT of places I'd rather be than right up in someone's grill. Engineer is more my style, because I like being able to tailor my attacks against enemy defenses, and the Combat Drone really opens up strategic options.
I think Vanguard would be great on lower difficulties, because rushing in and shreeding silly geese with a shotgun is all kinds of awesome, but -- and maybe I just don't know how to play it properly -- I can't see it being super-effective on Insanity.
SteamID - Fig-D :: Xbox Live - Fig D :: PSN - Fig-D
The 2012 issue of Fornax. | Steam and Origin: Espressosaurus
i recently splurged on the appearance pack (i figured 2 bucks was worth getting garrus a new combat suit)
now i'm attempting to remove the shades from jack's and thane's outfits
they're especially annoying since those two have some of the most eye-centric expressions
why the hell would bioware cover them up
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this is actually carved into the codpiece of the shepard memorial at vanguard college
The 2012 issue of Fornax. | Steam and Origin: Espressosaurus
It's a shame you weren't there for the last page of the last thread, I was going berserk over how effective Vanguard is on Insanity.
I almost want to link to my post
I just love Vanguard on Insanity so much
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i justified it for garrus; now i want more
it that so much to ask D:
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miranda doesn't have DLC armour
I would like them to do a game like Dragon Age: Origins where you could pick your race and class at the beginning and experience a slight variation on the main theme.
The Mass Effect universe is so thick with potential and depth, it would be a shame to continue to explore it from a purely human perspective.
What? No one said anything about humans first, Appetizers or otherwise, yet.
You humans are all racist!
Xbox Live: GZOTP | Origin: Khuutra
The first bingo board, with DEM TEETH.
I like this idea.
a Batarian pirate who makes it his life work to make life as miserable for human colonies as possible.
basically sid meier's pirates! in space
my texmodding attempt came to naught for removing the sunglasses
that said, while i was messing around i did find some badass textures that would make great wallpapers
enjoy
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The 2012 issue of Fornax. | Steam and Origin: Espressosaurus
i'll look ;p
Registered just for the Mass Effect threads | Steam: click ^^^ | Origin: curlyhairedboy | blog
i don't have any bekenstein saves unfortunately
next time around i'll try to remember to grab it though
Registered just for the Mass Effect threads | Steam: click ^^^ | Origin: curlyhairedboy | blog
Xbox Live: GZOTP | Origin: Khuutra
Battle of the Primary Color Mercs! O_o
Unless they changed their mind. It seems like a done deal.
Bioware came a long way to get cool names like Dragon Age and Mass Effect