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Mass Effect 1&2 - BECAUSE I CAAAAAAAN'T MAKE IT ON MY OOOOOOWN!! Soundtrack 19th Jan.

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  • Forever ZefiroForever Zefiro cloaked in the midnight glory of an event horizonRegistered User regular
    edited January 2010
    I think I hit 50 in Virmire, which I still had BDtS and Ilos to the end to go. I mean, maybe it's not a lot, but it'd still be nice to get.

    Whatevs

    I just beat my canon playthrough, fuck yessss

    When Shepard is emerging from the rubble, he's got that shit eating grin, so awesome

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  • SpoitSpoit *twitch twitch* Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Elendil wrote: »
    In one playthrough period you won't go much past 50, though, which is the point of the post to begin with, what with the level cap thing.

    I mean, sure you need a whole playthrough to just get from 59 to 60, but when I said I got to 58 in one playthrough, I meant that it was with a brand new character. I don't know about you, but I might not classify 2 levels away from the cap as 'not much past 50'. But this is a stupid argument, so whatever

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  • ElendilElendil Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Yes, when you have the benefit of exp. boosters from earlier playthroughs that is my point

    but yes I don't really want to argue it anymore

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  • Frosty the Snow PlowFrosty the Snow Plow Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Man, that phrase. Who thought "shit eating grin" was a phrase worth coining? :x

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  • DudBoltDudBolt Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Boy, that cinematic trailer sure is something else.

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  • FatsFats Corvallis, ORRegistered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Man, playing through again to get to 60 is a slog. Maybe importing a level 50 Shepherd won't be so bad.

    Edit: Anyone know if the DLC will be counted at import? I really don't want to do the arena stuff again.

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  • BlackDoveBlackDove Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Man, you guys are forgetting the best thing.

    SOUNDTRACK IS TOMORROW!

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  • BlackDoveBlackDove Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
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  • PaperLuigi44PaperLuigi44 My amazement is at maximum capacity. Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    FFFFF, that music is fantastic, I can't wait much longer!

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  • NuzakNuzak Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    oh god the new normandy tune
    it sounds like a remix of the "coming into the citadel" music, the opening credits music, and the spectre music

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  • BlackDoveBlackDove Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    I KNOW!

    Totally great.

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  • GrimReaperGrimReaper Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Well, pre-ordered the 360 version. I figured I may as well order it since I have ME1 for the 360 too.

    Now that i've got all achievements except for the hardcore and insanity i'm starting my to be used in ME2 Shepard. Going vanguard femshep because male shepard is captain monotone.

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  • CatalaseCatalase Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Doctor Pepper DLC.

    Wonderful.

    Not sold in my country.

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  • DeaderinredDeaderinred Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    BlackDove wrote: »
    Man, you guys are forgetting the best thing.

    SOUNDTRACK IS TOMORROW!

    It's actually today on amazon.co.uk, I fully intend to buy it when I get home.

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  • Zetetic ElenchZetetic Elench Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    But it's not all synthy. :(

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  • JacobkoshJacobkosh Gamble a stamp. I can show you how to be a real man!Moderator mod
    edited January 2010
    Catalase wrote: »
    Doctor Pepper DLC.

    Wonderful.

    Not sold in my country.

    There's an address you can write to Dr. Pepper to send away for a free code. Maybe arrange with a US/Canada forumer to do it for you?

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  • The Fourth EstateThe Fourth Estate Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    BlackDove wrote: »

    Superbulous.

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  • LuxLux Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Definitely sounds like a step up from ME1. Not that the ME1 music was bad, it just didn't grab you, except on a couple of specific story points.

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  • Mostlyjoe13Mostlyjoe13 Evil, Evil, Jump for joy! Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    jacobkosh wrote: »
    There's an address you can write to Dr. Pepper to send away for a free code. Maybe arrange with a US/Canada forumer to do it for you?

    Where is it being sold here in the US? Went to my local 7-11, no dice. Where can I get this thing?

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  • hyperpowerhyperpower Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    I havent kept up with this game and have deliberately been avoiding information.
    Do your save games from Mass Effect 1 carry over?
    Debating wether to get this for xbox or on Steam

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  • ArdeArde Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Holy shit! Tali's theme is just super delicious godly!!

    Audio in spoiler:

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  • GrimReaperGrimReaper Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    hyperpower wrote: »
    I havent kept up with this game and have deliberately been avoiding information.
    Do your save games from Mass Effect 1 carry over?
    Debating wether to get this for xbox or on Steam


    Mass Effect 2 allows the player to import their characters from any completed Mass Effect playthrough. This means that all decisions made by the player in Mass Effect will carry over into Mass Effect 2 and have the potential to impact the story. Decisions confirmed to have an impact on the game include:
    * The decision to save either Kaidan or Ashley.[5]
    * Whether or not the player kills Wrex on Virmire.[6]
    * Whether or not the player decides to save the Citadel Council at the end of Mass Effect.[7]
    * The player's choice of love interest.[8]
    * Whether the player spares or destroys the Rachni Queen at Peak 15.[9]
    * The player's treatment of Conrad Verner.[10]
    * Whether or not the player completed the UNC: Asari Diplomacy sidequest.
    * Whether the player chose to allow the Alliance to conduct experiments on Nirali Bhatia's body.[11]

    Due to massive gameplay redesign, your level will not transfer over to Mass Effect 2 and you will start out with basic abilities.[12][13][14] However, the game will acknowledge if you were a level 60 character and if you were a Renegade or Paragon and adapt it in ways that map across to the new system.[15] Also, the physical appearance and class of imported characters can be changed at the start of the game, if desired.[16][17]

    If a player has no Mass Effect save files, Mass Effect 2 will start with an introduction sequence which, in combination with interactive decisions made by the player, introduces new players to the storyline and establishes a “canon” backstory.[18]

    There are certain restrictions to transferring save files. Concerning the Xbox 360 version, the main restriction is that the gamer profile, career and related saves must be located on the original device it was first created on. Also, one must use the same profile in which save data from Mass Effect was saved. Specifically for the PC version, players will use the Mass Effect Configuration Tool to select the .MassEffectSave files they wish to import.[19]

    Chris Priestly - community coordinator at the Mass Effect Forums - initially said there was a limit of 11 end-of-game saves that could be imported into Mass Effect 2 (i.e. if a player completes the first game 12 times, only completions #1-11 can be imported). However, in a later post he corrected himself and stated that it was no longer the case. [20]

    Transfer of a Mass Effect Save file will allow the player to start with more experience, credits, mineral resources and Paragon or Renegade points depending on the previous Shepard's behavior and level. [21]


    So, doesn't matter about my vanguard playthrough. Think i'll just see if I can get the hardcore and insanity achievements with my soldier Shephard then.

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  • SilkyNumNutsSilkyNumNuts Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Yeccccchhh

    Wish they'd stuck with synthy music

    Me hatey bad sampled instruments.

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  • SyphonBlueSyphonBlue The studying beaver That beaver sure loves studying!Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Man this music is so much better than anything that was in the first one.

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  • SilkyNumNutsSilkyNumNuts Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    The music may be better written, but the sound just grates because there's so obviously no instruments in it.

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  • SyphonBlueSyphonBlue The studying beaver That beaver sure loves studying!Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Nah, when I said better I meant better.

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  • Mostlyjoe13Mostlyjoe13 Evil, Evil, Jump for joy! Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    The music may be better written, but the sound just grates because there's so obviously no instruments in it.

    I think we're just too use to chiptunes.

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  • SilkyNumNutsSilkyNumNuts Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    The music may be better written, but the sound just grates because there's so obviously no instruments in it.

    I think we're just too use to chiptunes.

    I'm good with chiptunes. things that just don't sound close are fine, but this is like the uncanny valley for my ears.

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  • Mostlyjoe13Mostlyjoe13 Evil, Evil, Jump for joy! Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    I'm good with chiptunes. things that just don't sound close are fine, but this is like the uncanny valley for my ears.

    I grew up listening to chip tunes and was a total mod tracker fan back in highschool. Listing to faux orcestras doesn't bother me in the slightest. I <3 the demoscene!

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  • electricitylikesmeelectricitylikesme Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    So is all this new stuff being yielded to us via Steam? Coz I wants my comic with the follow up to Liara being a badass in my canon Shep's ending with Liara continuing to be a badass.

    Also teh musics.

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  • SilkyNumNutsSilkyNumNuts Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    I'm good with chiptunes. things that just don't sound close are fine, but this is like the uncanny valley for my ears.

    I grew up listening to chip tunes and was a total mod tracker fan back in highschool. Listing to faux orcestras doesn't bother me in the slightest. I <3 the demoscene!

    Eh, it's a pet peeve, stuff that sounds close bu obviously isn't just makes me want to stab my ears out. Sad, because I really like the soundtrack of the first game.

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  • MovitzMovitz Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Arhgblar! I was blissfully unaware that the release was so close. Damn this thread for getting me interested!!!

    So, since I really don't have the time to play through ME1 again just to remember stuff, is there a transcription of the story line or something? I think I remember all the key decisions I made, who I offed from my party and who I made sweet blueish mind-love to. I will definitely need to brush up on things though.

    How long would you say a half-arsed speed run of the game would take?

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  • DragkoniasDragkonias That Guy Who Does Stuff You Know, There. Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Movitz wrote: »
    Arhgblar! I was blissfully unaware that the release was so close. Damn this thread for getting me interested!!!

    So, since I really don't have the time to play through ME1 again just to remember stuff, is there a transcription of the story line or something? I think I remember all the key decisions I made, who I offed from my party and who I made sweet blueish mind-love to. I will definitely need to brush up on things though.

    How long would you say a half-arsed speed run of the game would take?

    Just running through then main story? 8-10 hours(which is probably what you meant by half-arsed).

    Doing all the sidequest? It take me about 20. But I've played the game 6 times already so I know exactly where to go and I just plow through all the chatter because I know the responses.

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  • MovitzMovitz Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Ok, thanks. I'm not sure I have 10 h to put into another run when a read-through of a game guide will have the same effect and take ~30 min.

    But at least I know what time frames I'm dealing with here. I'll decide later on.

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  • DragkoniasDragkonias That Guy Who Does Stuff You Know, There. Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Yeah. I mean...if you just want to get up to speed, Wikipedia is your friend. You can also go here: http://masseffect.wikia.com/wiki/Mass_Effect_Wiki

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  • BoredGamerBoredGamer Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    I want to listen to the new soundtrack, but i'm stuck in stupid work, and i doubt my boss would be cool with me blasting the soundtrack to a space epic in here. even though it would totally increase productivity.

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  • DrunkMcDrunkMc Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    8 days.........8 long days before I get more Mass Effect. I don't remember the last save I have, I should figure that out.

    I hope I still have the save where I did EVERYTHING with that superfan. I really felt like he was setting me up for something. A frame job. He had a pic of me with my gun out (photoshop it) and he had my signature. I always felt like it would have been awesome if that seemingly harmless jackass turned out to be a blackmailing super genius.

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  • Mostlyjoe13Mostlyjoe13 Evil, Evil, Jump for joy! Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    It would be nice if you could import from MA1 or just tell MA2 what you wanted to choose from the first game. Too easy I know, but if I have to play through MA1 many, many more times to see all the varients I'm going to go bonkers. Thank good for Youtube.

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  • DunxcoDunxco Should get a suit Never skips breakfastRegistered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Aaaand for no real reason, the UK gamestores are selling it in... 11 days.

    Oh boy I feel the rage building a little.

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  • DragkoniasDragkonias That Guy Who Does Stuff You Know, There. Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Wasn't it always coming out on the 29th in the UK?

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