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

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  • DragkoniasDragkonias That Guy Who Does Stuff You Know, There. Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    I guess Anderson just opted not to do that though.

    While Udina's renegade implants corrupted him.

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  • ElendilElendil Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    I'm still trying to figure out what that bit about Tali means though

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  • VicktorVicktor Infidel Castro Rancho ChupacabraRegistered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Remove the Mako.

    But give me a fighter.

    You know what? I'd be happy if Captain Anderson was given a carrier dreadnought and ME 3 was a space sim... It could be glorious.

    The more I read through the codex of ME, the more I think they were developing a space sim, and then realized nobody had joysticks anymore. Space RPGs sell well for one main reason: more dancing space ho's means more copies sold!

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  • AlegisAlegis Impeckable Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    What the fuck, searching for Mass Effect Retribution on google brings up twitter searches at the top.

    What are you doing google.

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  • Frosty the Snow PlowFrosty the Snow Plow Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    If it means Shep can give Tali a big old brohug, I'll be happy.

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  • Mr FoxMr Fox Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    You know that really intense fight scene between Shepard and Saren on Virmire
    It kind of loses it's intensity when you Saren through you straight through Wrex and into Garrus D:

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  • No Great NameNo Great Name FRAUD DETECTED Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Or when he's choking you and you can see Tali in the background just standing there staring off into space.

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  • -Tal-Tal Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Mr Fox wrote: »
    It kind of loses it's intensity when you Saren through you straight through Wrex and into Garrus D:

    what

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  • DragkoniasDragkonias That Guy Who Does Stuff You Know, There. Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    I'm guessing he meant see...otherwise, I'm just as confused as you are.

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  • l337CrappyJackl337CrappyJack Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    "It kind of loses its intensity when you see Saren throw you straight through Wrex and into Garrus" is how I believe he would've put it if he had any grasp of the English language.

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  • BurnageBurnage Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Saren throws you so hard that you break the laws of physics. That is some intense throwing.

    Also, I did not expect Tali to put a bullet in a certain someone's head near the ending. Apparently, the bitch is cold.

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  • DragkoniasDragkonias That Guy Who Does Stuff You Know, There. Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Was your other character Liara?

    I think whoever shoots him depends on the "renegade" level of the character.

    Probably goes

    Wrex/Ashley(not sure whose higher) -> Garrus -> Kaiden/Tail(again, not sure whose higher) -> Liara.

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  • PancakePancake Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Dragkonias wrote: »
    Was your other character Liara?

    I think whoever shoots him depends on the "renegade" level of the character.

    Probably goes

    Wrex/Ashley(not sure whose higher) -> Garrus -> Kaiden/Tail(again, not sure whose higher) -> Liara.

    I'm pretty sure it's actually whoever is your second squadmate. Just like how if you don't have someone with a vested interest in the big Noveria choice, the second squadmate always says to kill it.

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  • DragkoniasDragkonias That Guy Who Does Stuff You Know, There. Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Pancake wrote: »
    Dragkonias wrote: »
    Was your other character Liara?

    I think whoever shoots him depends on the "renegade" level of the character.

    Probably goes

    Wrex/Ashley(not sure whose higher) -> Garrus -> Kaiden/Tail(again, not sure whose higher) -> Liara.

    I'm pretty sure it's actually whoever is your second squadmate. Just like how if you don't have someone with a vested interest in the big Noveria choice, the second squadmate always says to kill it.

    Hmm...that's interesting.

    ...now I'm kind of disappointed it doesn't work the way I think it does.

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  • BurnageBurnage Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    My other character was Liara.

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  • Frosty the Snow PlowFrosty the Snow Plow Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    It's not your second squadmate for me. Then again, maybe Wrex is predisposed to "make sure he's dead".

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  • evilthecatevilthecat Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    nah i tried that, i.e. "switching" squad position. didn't change anything. it depends on who the other squaddie is.

    although tbh, that particular ending made no sense:
    I just convinced saren to off himself *BANG*, hole in his head... "go make sure he's dead". BANG. another hole in his head. as if the first one didn't sort it out.

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  • FiarynFiaryn Omnicidal Madman Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    evilthecat wrote: »
    nah i tried that, i.e. "switching" squad position. didn't change anything. it depends on who the other squaddie is.

    although tbh, that particular ending made no sense:
    I just convinced saren to off himself *BANG*, hole in his head... "go make sure he's dead". BANG. another hole in his head. as if the first one didn't sort it out.

    By his own admission, he's up to his eyeballs in Reaper tech. The Reapers are way more advanced than anything else existent. I don't think it's unreasonable to want to make sure.

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  • envoy1envoy1 the old continentRegistered User regular
    edited January 2010
    If it means Shep can give Tali a big old brohug, I'll be happy.

    Seriously, I would love it for there to be an option at the end of ME3 to tell Tali "you were always the one" and walk into the sunset without her.

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  • SyngyneSyngyne Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Elendil wrote: »
    I'm still trying to figure out what that bit about Tali means though
    It doesn't work about between you two, because you give her a kiss, and because of her compromised immune system she gets space flu and dies in a week.

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  • Zetetic ElenchZetetic Elench Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Fiaryn wrote: »
    evilthecat wrote: »
    nah i tried that, i.e. "switching" squad position. didn't change anything. it depends on who the other squaddie is.

    although tbh, that particular ending made no sense:
    I just convinced saren to off himself *BANG*, hole in his head... "go make sure he's dead". BANG. another hole in his head. as if the first one didn't sort it out.

    By his own admission, he's up to his eyeballs in Reaper tech. The Reapers are way more advanced than anything else existent. I don't think it's unreasonable to want to make sure.

    Well, it was shown to be more than a little justified.

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  • ConnoQuicksilverConnoQuicksilver Current blackout status: Mass Effect 3, Batman: AC Athens. GreeceRegistered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Juc wrote: »
    The hammerhead is the dropship that drops you onto certain points of unexplored worlds

    There was no mention of piloting it anywhere in the oxm review.

    edit: Or I am bad at reading who knows!!!

    The hammerhead is not the dropship.

    Honestly I'm not sure how much I'm allowed to say which is why I'm not saying anything.

    But here's a quote from casey back in June.

    "We're not talking too much about it yet, in part because it's one of the things that's just gone in and we want to make sure that it's going to stay the way it is in the final game before we talk too much about it. But it's definitely a different design.

    It's a similar idea, in that it's a vehicle about the size of the Mako that you can use to explore these really rough alien worlds. The difference is, it moves fundamentally differently from the first Mako, where now…it basically moves similar to the way your character moves. You can strafe from left to right, you can shoot wherever you want, it's easier to target enemies that are standing right in front of you or directly overhead, and it just navigates the terrain a lot better. "

    I didn't look that hard so I'm not too sure what else we've said about it.

    There's more to say, for instance why OXM would imply that there is not a vehicle, but without knowing what I'm allowed to say, I need to opt to say nothing.

    Being part of a public company makes life difficult sometimes, so many rules and laws about when you can say things about various stuff.

    Oh, come on.

    Hasn't anyone guessed it yet? Large multi-passenger vehicle, moves like a person, can cover rougher terrain than a wheeled vehicle, independent 3-axis aiming...

    I'm calling it right here, right now.
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    But seriously, I'm 100% the Hammerhead is some type of mech. Probably 4-legged or 6-legged, like something you'd find in Chromehounds.
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    Oooh yeah, baby... point them cannons like a good girl... :winky:

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  • DragkoniasDragkonias That Guy Who Does Stuff You Know, There. Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    You know I think playing ME1 is really going to skewer how I play ME2.

    Case in point...
    The situation with Tali and her Quarian friend.

    I know Cerberus had a legitimate claim to take him and all.

    But Tali's a bro...so I have to let her keep him.

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  • FiarynFiaryn Omnicidal Madman Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Dragkonias wrote: »
    You know I think playing ME1 is really going to skewer how I play ME2.

    Case in point...
    The situation with Tali and her Quarian friend.

    I know Cerberus had a legitimate claim to take him and all.

    But Tali's a bro...so I have to let her keep him.
    Nothing says you can't get the answers you want out of him without a formal interrogation. That'd be my reasoning for siding with Tali.

    That and Tali has a markedly less prolific history of being a jackass than Cerberus. Cerberus has like

    So many jackass points. They shoot three pointers all day. Every day.

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  • Frosty the Snow PlowFrosty the Snow Plow Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Dragkonias wrote: »
    You know I think playing ME1 is really going to skewer how I play ME2.

    Case in point...
    The situation with Tali and her Quarian friend.

    I know Cerberus had a legitimate claim to take him and all.

    But Tali's a bro...so I have to let her keep him.
    Well, apparently there's a portable computer that somehow managed to record everything. The Paragon response is just to take it and the Renegade response to take the Quarian too doesn't yield anything the computer doesn't already.

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  • -Tal-Tal Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    That choice, being early in the game, seems like a pretty basic example of affecting loyalty between teammates that the player is supposed to pick up.

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  • H*RH*R Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Well, just finished Ascension. Not as good as Revelation since it felt like it was going somewhere, where Ascension didn't. Perhaps Retribution is a sequal to Ascension and a prequel to MA2?

    I did like all the Quarian stuff, though i was hoping for a cameo from Tali.
    I could definitely see Hendel being Adam Baldwin's character in ME2 as someone hypothesized two threads ago

    How long does it usually take for the audiobook version to come out?

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  • NuzakNuzak Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
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    And, no, our Shepard armor is not for sale - we only have one copy that we use for tradeshows - and for me to wear to important meetings.

    look at him

    so smug in his shepard armour

    lording it over me

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  • BamaBama Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    I'm pretty sure the order of squad selection does play a role in some of that dialog. For example, on the Citadel when you're tracking the signal from the gambling machine Liara was the one doing the tracking even though Tali was standing right there.

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  • NevaNeva Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Juc wrote: »
    The hammerhead is the dropship that drops you onto certain points of unexplored worlds

    There was no mention of piloting it anywhere in the oxm review.

    edit: Or I am bad at reading who knows!!!

    The hammerhead is not the dropship.

    Honestly I'm not sure how much I'm allowed to say which is why I'm not saying anything.

    But here's a quote from casey back in June.

    "We're not talking too much about it yet, in part because it's one of the things that's just gone in and we want to make sure that it's going to stay the way it is in the final game before we talk too much about it. But it's definitely a different design.

    It's a similar idea, in that it's a vehicle about the size of the Mako that you can use to explore these really rough alien worlds. The difference is, it moves fundamentally differently from the first Mako, where now…it basically moves similar to the way your character moves. You can strafe from left to right, you can shoot wherever you want, it's easier to target enemies that are standing right in front of you or directly overhead, and it just navigates the terrain a lot better. "

    I didn't look that hard so I'm not too sure what else we've said about it.

    There's more to say, for instance why OXM would imply that there is not a vehicle, but without knowing what I'm allowed to say, I need to opt to say nothing.

    Being part of a public company makes life difficult sometimes, so many rules and laws about when you can say things about various stuff.

    Oh, come on.

    Hasn't anyone guessed it yet? Large multi-passenger vehicle, moves like a person, can cover rougher terrain than a wheeled vehicle, independent 3-axis aiming...

    I'm calling it right here, right now.
    megazord.jpg
    But seriously, I'm 100% the Hammerhead is some type of mech. Probably 4-legged or 6-legged, like something you'd find in Chromehounds.
    shot_367.jpg

    Oooh yeah, baby... point them cannons like a good girl... :winky:

    Unless I'm thinking about something different, I thought the new mako thing was a hovercraft. I remember seeing it in a picture or in the background of some video.

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  • Zetetic ElenchZetetic Elench Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Well, it seems more and more like the thing we've seen in several videos is the Kodiak dropship.

    It does look like they're being careful to keep the Hammerhead under wraps.

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  • KanamitKanamit Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    If they have Thane but not Mordin as a love interest I am canceling my preorder. Space newts forever, Thane never!

    Also, sounds like it might be wise to do an abstinent Shepard run.

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  • Kyoka SuigetsuKyoka Suigetsu Odin gave his left eye for knowledge. I would give far more Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Nuzak wrote: »
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    And, no, our Shepard armor is not for sale - we only have one copy that we use for tradeshows - and for me to wear to important meetings.

    look at him

    so smug in his shepard armour

    lording it over me

    He's tired of your snide insinuations

    Kyoka Suigetsu on
  • DrakeDrake Edgelord Trash Below the ecliptic plane.Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Nuzak wrote: »
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    And, no, our Shepard armor is not for sale - we only have one copy that we use for tradeshows - and for me to wear to important meetings.

    look at him

    so smug in his shepard armour

    lording it over me

    He's tired of your snide insinuations

    Heh, gotta love the Internet Toughguy picture.

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  • DragkoniasDragkonias That Guy Who Does Stuff You Know, There. Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    I think he was going for something more GQ-ish and not really succeeding.

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  • SomestickguySomestickguy Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    what the crap

    why has mass effect disappeared from steam

    is this just in the UK or what

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  • DragkoniasDragkonias That Guy Who Does Stuff You Know, There. Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    what the crap

    why has mass effect disappeared from steam

    is this just in the UK or what

    Still up in the US.

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  • BurnageBurnage Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    It's still up in the UK.

    Erm.

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  • SomestickguySomestickguy Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    my bad, it's just not on the coming soon page.

    a quick search did the trick.

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  • BurnageBurnage Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    On a related note, any word on when 2's going to be available to pre-order on Steam?

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