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Mass Effect - Release date set for January 26, 2010. 29 January in Europa.

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  • langfor6langfor6 Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    takyris wrote: »
    I didn't think they were that bad until I got ambushed by Ash and Liara for decision-time after talking to Ash exactly once. I mean, I get it, I'm an irresistible hunk of Grade-N7 Man Meat, but that did seem a bit premature.

    I believe that this is something we're learning from in ME2 -- provided, of course, that we offer you more than one romance possibility for your gender.

    I might have to play as Male Shepard once just to see this. It just feels so wrong when I see videos of Male Shep though.

    I hope Liara and Kaiden get in a fight over me. Two biotics throwing each other around the Normandy, all over lil ol' me?

    :winky:

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  • Zetetic ElenchZetetic Elench Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    OptimusZed wrote: »
    takyris wrote: »
    I believe that this is something we're learning from in ME2 -- provided, of course, that we offer you more than one romance possibility for your gender.
    Robosexual romance confirmed for ME2.

    But AI is banned in the Mass Effect univ-

    ohhhh, I see

    forbidden love

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  • KhavallKhavall British ColumbiaRegistered User regular
    edited October 2009
    I specifically started romancing Liara and shooting down everything Kaiden says just so I won't sleep with him.


    Do you see what you have done to me Bioware? You have made me romance the 10-year-old lesbian-phase geek fantasy so that Kaiden won't sex me up again.

    All because Tali and Wrex weren't romanceable. I bet Obsidian would've let me romance them!

    except not really since neither of them died in horribly disturbing ways. Except maybe Wrex

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  • RobmanRobman Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Obsidian would have had Joker as the final boss, and it would have been compelling as fuck.

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  • QuirkyLittleTyrantQuirkyLittleTyrant A Mug Featuring Pichu On A Cloud Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    I am disturbed by how truly interesting that sounds.

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  • The Dude With HerpesThe Dude With Herpes Lehi, UTRegistered User regular
    edited October 2009
    So that's the secret and the purpose of the reapers.

    "Some men just want to watch the world burn."

    Joker created the Reapers.

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  • RobmanRobman Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Confirmed: secret batman armour in ME3 if you 100% ME1 and ME2 and continue the same playthrough

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  • OptimusZedOptimusZed Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    So that's the secret and the purpose of the reapers.

    "Some men just want to watch the world burn."

    Joker created the Reapers.
    Joker is actually an immortal time traveler from the future who ran from the first/last/only original cleansing by the Reapers and wound up in the ancient past. Unfortunately, he was followed through the wormhole by a small cadre of Reapers who in turn set up the cycles we see played out in Mass Effect as a means to prepare themselves to fight their future/past incarnations for control of the hellscape Joker fled in the first place.

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  • RobmanRobman Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    OptimusZed wrote: »
    So that's the secret and the purpose of the reapers.

    "Some men just want to watch the world burn."

    Joker created the Reapers.
    Joker is actually an immortal time traveler from the future who ran from the first/last/only original cleansing by the Reapers and wound up in the ancient past. Unfortunately, he was followed through the wormhole by a small cadre of Reapers who in turn set up the cycles we see played out in Mass Effect as a means to prepare themselves to fight their future/past incarnations for control of the hellscape Joker fled in the first place.

    Leaked storyboard from ME3
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  • QuirkyLittleTyrantQuirkyLittleTyrant A Mug Featuring Pichu On A Cloud Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    But his legs. What dark secrets do his brittle shins hide?

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  • takyristakyris Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Khavall wrote: »
    All because Tali and Wrex weren't romanceable. I bet Obsidian would've let me romance them!

    I'm sure that the Obsidian version of Mass Effect would have a lovely Tali and Wrex romance that is thoughtfully constructed and wonderfully nuanced and sure to be actually put into the game by Team Gizka any day now.

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  • OptimusZedOptimusZed Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    But his legs. What dark secrets do his brittle shins hide?
    Millenia of untreated osteoporosis.

    Humanity had evolved past the need for bones. Joker was a throwback.

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    We're reading Rifts. You should too. You know you want to. Now With Ninjas!

    They tried to bury us. They didn't know that we were seeds. 2018 Midterms. Get your shit together.
  • l337CrappyJackl337CrappyJack Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Taky didn't deny it. And he certainly didn't deny it with a wink.

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  • QuirkyLittleTyrantQuirkyLittleTyrant A Mug Featuring Pichu On A Cloud Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    :lol:

    Low blow, taky. Low blow.

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  • BasilBasil Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    takyris wrote: »
    Khavall wrote: »
    All because Tali and Wrex weren't romanceable. I bet Obsidian would've let me romance them!

    I'm sure that the Obsidian version of Mass Effect would have a lovely Tali and Wrex romance that is thoughtfully constructed and wonderfully nuanced and sure to be actually put into the game by Team Gizka any day now.

    I'm not certain if that's an ice burn or an oh snap but damn.

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  • HavelockHavelock Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Khavall wrote: »
    I specifically started romancing Liara and shooting down everything Kaiden says just so I won't sleep with him.


    Do you see what you have done to me Bioware? You have made me romance the 10-year-old lesbian-phase geek fantasy so that Kaiden won't sex me up again.

    All because Tali and Wrex weren't romanceable. I bet Obsidian would've let me romance them!

    except not really since neither of them died in horribly disturbing ways. Except maybe Wrex

    Obsidian would let you romance them, but then half the content would get cut just before release because it wasn't wholly finished. So your Shepard is doomed to eternal blue balls.

    *edit: ah dammit Taky

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  • OptimusZedOptimusZed Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    takyris wrote: »
    Khavall wrote: »
    All because Tali and Wrex weren't romanceable. I bet Obsidian would've let me romance them!

    I'm sure that the Obsidian version of Mass Effect would have a lovely Tali and Wrex romance that is thoughtfully constructed and wonderfully nuanced and sure to be actually put into the game by Team Gizka any day now.
    oh-snap-chart.jpg

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    We're reading Rifts. You should too. You know you want to. Now With Ninjas!

    They tried to bury us. They didn't know that we were seeds. 2018 Midterms. Get your shit together.
  • RobmanRobman Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    But his legs. What dark secrets do his brittle shins hide?

    A poor understanding of the rigors of growth in the womb. If Joker had chronic osteoporosis, he would have died a long time before his birth. What I'm saying is a wizard did it

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  • RobmanRobman Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    You talk shit taky, but you'd beg Chris Avellone to autograph your collection of his games just like the rest of us.

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  • HavelockHavelock Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    :^:

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  • takyristakyris Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Robman wrote: »
    You talk shit taky, but you'd beg Chris Avellone to autograph your collection of his games just like the rest of us.

    Maybe just my Annah / Morte / Ravel fanfic collection.

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  • l337CrappyJackl337CrappyJack Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    takyris wrote: »
    Robman wrote: »
    You talk shit taky, but you'd beg Chris Avellone to autograph your collection of his games just like the rest of us.

    Maybe just my Annah / Morte / Ravel fanfic collection.

    "What can change the nature of a slash?"

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  • durandal4532durandal4532 Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Robman wrote: »
    But his legs. What dark secrets do his brittle shins hide?

    A poor understanding of the rigors of growth in the womb. If Joker had chronic osteoporosis, he would have died a long time before his birth. What I'm saying is a wizard did it

    What?

    I don't think many diseases are termed "chronic" if you die before you're born. Those are generally termed "woah, wicked fucking fatal".

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  • OptimusZedOptimusZed Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    takyris wrote: »
    Robman wrote: »
    You talk shit taky, but you'd beg Chris Avellone to autograph your collection of his games just like the rest of us.

    Maybe just my Annah / Morte / Ravel fanfic collection.

    What is the nature of a /

    ?
    That thing. You know the one. The one you didn't get to do to Tali.

    It's in there.

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    We're reading Rifts. You should too. You know you want to. Now With Ninjas!

    They tried to bury us. They didn't know that we were seeds. 2018 Midterms. Get your shit together.
  • UltimanecatUltimanecat Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    I did enjoy playing Liara and Ashley off of each other in my last playthrough. They'd always be like "I wasn't sure if you liked me since I saw you talking to her" and I'd be all like "Nah, baby, she ain't nothing, I'm a one woman kind of guy..."

    And then I'd head back over to the other girl and make sexy talk and ask about pillowfights with the sisters and how "thinktank" has entirely different connotations in asari culture and it was awesome.

    Then they both confronted me, and no amount of creepiness would convince them that there was enough Shepard to go around.

    Oh, if only I were a writer for ME...

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IURfntimnlA

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  • takyristakyris Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    And maybe Nordom, except that I only talked to the maze-master the first time, and then I died, and on the reload I didn't talk to him, and as a result I couldn't get Nordom to upgrade himself, which, seriously, what the fuck?

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  • HavelockHavelock Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Stop talking about Planescape: Torment, damn your eyes.

    I have an awesome machine, and yet, for all its awesomeness, it cannot run P:T. The second someone casts magic missile, my system eats shit because it can't render the ancient sprites.

    I...I weep like a child when it happens.

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  • RobmanRobman Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    An old shitty computer can be bought for 50 bucks that you can install Windows 2000 on

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  • HavelockHavelock Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    This is on my list of things to do. It will be a laptop that runs Thief I-II and all the old good stuff I can't run anymore.

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  • DashuiDashui Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    I did enjoy playing Liara and Ashley off of each other in my last playthrough. They'd always be like "I wasn't sure if you liked me since I saw you talking to her" and I'd be all like "Nah, baby, she ain't nothing, I'm a one woman kind of guy..."

    And then I'd head back over to the other girl and make sexy talk and ask about pillowfights with the sisters and how "thinktank" has entirely different connotations in asari culture and it was awesome.

    Then they both confronted me, and no amount of creepiness would convince them that there was enough Shepard to go around.

    Oh, if only I were a writer for ME...

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IURfntimnlA

    In my second playthrough, which I deemed would be the one I'd carry over into ME2, I tried to play off both of them because I didn't know who I'd pick in the end. And then I had a conversation with Kaiden, who confronted me about some rumors going around the ship involving Liara and me. I then told him I called dibs on her. Man, I should not have done that. I thought it was actually quite clever that what I said got back to Ashley and that kind of ended things with her.

    God dammit, Kaiden. I'm not telling you anything anymore! You can't keep your fucking mouth shut! I-I THOUGHT YOU WERE MY FRIEND!

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  • EgosEgos Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    takyris wrote: »
    Khavall wrote: »
    All because Tali and Wrex weren't romanceable. I bet Obsidian would've let me romance them!

    I'm sure that the Obsidian version of Mass Effect would have a lovely Tali and Wrex romance that is thoughtfully constructed and wonderfully nuanced and sure to be actually put into the game by Team Gizka any day now.

    Obsidian would have Wrex romance Tali :winky:
    Suddenly all the threads about missing Wrex and Grunt sucking would disappear :)

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  • The Dude With HerpesThe Dude With Herpes Lehi, UTRegistered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Boy did I read that spoiler wrong.

    I'll let your imagination figure out how.

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  • DozingDragonDozingDragon Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Egos wrote: »
    takyris wrote: »
    Khavall wrote: »
    All because Tali and Wrex weren't romanceable. I bet Obsidian would've let me romance them!

    I'm sure that the Obsidian version of Mass Effect would have a lovely Tali and Wrex romance that is thoughtfully constructed and wonderfully nuanced and sure to be actually put into the game by Team Gizka any day now.

    Obsidian would have Wrex romance Tali :winky:
    Suddenly all the threads about missing Wrex and Grunt sucking would disappear :)

    I am sure in the native Krogan tongue, there isn't precisely a word for romance, but one of the 432 variations on the word "war" is probably used in the same way.

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  • EgosEgos Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Boy did I read that spoiler wrong.

    I'll let your imagination figure out how.

    I'm tempted to edit it now...but I can't bring myself to 8-)

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  • RobmanRobman Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Egos wrote: »
    takyris wrote: »
    Khavall wrote: »
    All because Tali and Wrex weren't romanceable. I bet Obsidian would've let me romance them!

    I'm sure that the Obsidian version of Mass Effect would have a lovely Tali and Wrex romance that is thoughtfully constructed and wonderfully nuanced and sure to be actually put into the game by Team Gizka any day now.

    Obsidian would have Wrex romance Tali :winky:
    Suddenly all the threads about missing Wrex and Grunt sucking would disappear :)

    I am sure in the native Krogan tongue, there isn't precisely a word for romance, but one of the 432 variations on the word "war" is probably used in the same way.

    The quad damage payload is probably lethal to the internal organs of non-krogan

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  • l337CrappyJackl337CrappyJack Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Robman wrote: »
    Egos wrote: »
    takyris wrote: »
    Khavall wrote: »
    All because Tali and Wrex weren't romanceable. I bet Obsidian would've let me romance them!

    I'm sure that the Obsidian version of Mass Effect would have a lovely Tali and Wrex romance that is thoughtfully constructed and wonderfully nuanced and sure to be actually put into the game by Team Gizka any day now.

    Obsidian would have Wrex romance Tali :winky:
    Suddenly all the threads about missing Wrex and Grunt sucking would disappear :)

    I am sure in the native Krogan tongue, there isn't precisely a word for romance, but one of the 432 variations on the word "war" is probably used in the same way.

    The quad damage payload is probably lethal to the internal organs of non-krogan

    "Someone out there is making a killing"

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  • ANTVGM64ANTVGM64 Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    I'm looking forward to playing this again after I finish playing KOTOR (My first time, amazing!) - Does anyone have any tips on how to have an interesting play through this time around?

    I went paragon before. Are there any secrets I should keep an eye out for?


    Also, did they confirm that save data from ME1 will transfer to ME2?

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  • ParadisoParadiso Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Dashui wrote: »
    God dammit, Kaiden. I'm not telling you anything anymore! You can't keep your fucking mouth shut! I-I THOUGHT YOU WERE MY FRIEND!

    Sounds like somebody just got latrine duty on Virmire*.
    *Latrine duty may or may not come with nuke-sitting.

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  • EgosEgos Registered User regular
    edited October 2009
    ANTVGM64 wrote: »


    Also, did they confirm that save data from ME1 will transfer to ME2?

    The choices you made will.

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  • Santa ClaustrophobiaSanta Claustrophobia Ho Ho Ho Disconnecting from Xbox LIVERegistered User regular
    edited October 2009
    Egos wrote: »
    ANTVGM64 wrote: »


    Also, did they confirm that save data from ME1 will transfer to ME2?

    The choices you made will.

    I wonder... Do you think that should be added to the OP?

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