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Mass Effect 2: Spoilers and footage, exit stage right

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  • FiarynFiaryn Omnicidal Madman Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Elendil wrote: »
    Charn was pretty decent

    for a batarian, I mean

    Yeah I mean he was "only" there to take some slaves, not kill billions of people. What kind of monster do you take him for?
    And the "I Remember Me" quest paints such a lovely picture of the consequences of Batarian slavery. Rods in your brain. Good times.

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  • Iron WeaselIron Weasel Dillon! You son of a bitch!Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Fiaryn wrote: »
    Dragkonias wrote: »
    You know. ME really needs a sympathetic Batarian character. I mean, at this point, I just can't not shoot them.

    Don't lie, at this point you'd probably shoot a sympathetic Batarian character too.

    Because he's just trying to get you to let your guard down. You know it to be true
    I think that Mass Effect needs heavies as much as any other fiction. Like stormtroopers, terminators, orcs or Aliens, it's important to have a few creatures/characters that you never have to feel bad about killing.

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  • Fatty McBeardoFatty McBeardo Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    I liked killing Batarians because they were the most worthy foes I'd seen in the game. The Geth become absolute pushovers once you cross around level 25, and the Krogan are only dangerous early in the game or in large numbers. The Batarians actually challenged me. Also I love their sinister voices. PERIMETER BREACHED!

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  • ElendilElendil Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    I may have low standards for batarians

    I wish I could change around my decisions for BDtS, in case they carry over

    My Renegade Shep killed Charn and let Balak walk

    I should have had my paragon (but Colonist) murder Charn and Balak, rather than just Balak

    I figure Renegade Shep's cynicism might keep her from viewing the whole thing as particularly personal, even after Torfan

    whereas paragon Shep's idealism and tragic past make a deadly cocktail

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  • No Great NameNo Great Name FRAUD DETECTED Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    All Batarians must die.

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  • DrakeDrake Edgelord Trash Below the ecliptic plane.Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    All Batarians must die.

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  • Mostlyjoe13Mostlyjoe13 Evil, Evil, Jump for joy! Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Drake wrote: »
    All Batarians must die.


    No really, I can live with a friendly Batarian, but for the most part they are seriously evil mothers. :(

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  • FiarynFiaryn Omnicidal Madman Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Drake wrote: »
    All Batarians must die.

    Words cannot be truer.

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  • TiamatZTiamatZ Ghost puns The Banette of my existenceRegistered User regular
    edited January 2010
    The only good Batarian... is a dead Batarian!

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  • DeaderinredDeaderinred Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    so this scifi part 3.. does it have a fuckton of spoilers like part 2? i need to know which parts to close my eyes and which parts to mute again please.

    This. Any news?

    yes, yes there fucking is, grunt spoilers right at the end.

    well shit.
    he takes a bath, holy fuck

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  • ArzockArzock Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Wtf? That "Joke" In trailer wasn't even vaguely funny.

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  • Fatty McBeardoFatty McBeardo Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Elendil wrote: »
    I may have low standards for batarians

    I wish I could change around my decisions for BDtS, in case they carry over

    My Renegade Shep killed Charn and let Balak walk

    I should have had my paragon (but Colonist) murder Charn and Balak, rather than just Balak

    I figure Renegade Shep's cynicism might keep her from viewing the whole thing as particularly personal, even after Torfan

    whereas paragon Shep's idealism and tragic past make a deadly cocktail

    I played mostly paragon, I let Charn walk so he could go back to his pals and let them know how badass I am and that I was putting them all on notice about messing with humanity.

    Balak? Paragon or not, there is no way that fool was going to walk free. The Alliance does not negotiate with terrorists.

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  • Mostlyjoe13Mostlyjoe13 Evil, Evil, Jump for joy! Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    My Colonist War Hero Adept will kinda go nutters around the Batarians.

    I'm curious how the Illuminated will keep my Spacer Sole Survivor Infiltrator from assassinating his ass for what happened on Akuze.

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  • FiarynFiaryn Omnicidal Madman Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    I'm so glad I decided to go on media blackout. The last thing I watched was Sci vs. Fi Part 1.

    My luck wins again!
    My Colonist War Hero Adept will kinda go nutters around the Batarians.

    I'm curious how the Illuminated will keep my Spacer Sole Survivor Infiltrator from assassinating his ass for what happened on Akuze.

    Illusive Man, not Illuminated. Also you never meet him face to face that we've seen.

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  • DragkoniasDragkonias That Guy Who Does Stuff You Know, There. Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    I let Balak live on my Paragon run to save the engineers. Still killed Charn

    On my Renegade run, Charn and him both died. Balak's "We aren't so different" speech only made it the better.

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  • Fatty McBeardoFatty McBeardo Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Fiaryn wrote: »
    I'm so glad I decided to go on media blackout. The last thing I watched was Sci vs. Fi Part 1.

    My luck wins again!

    Same here. I am not making the mistake I did last time (I saw the Wrex/Virmire confrontation video a week or two before ME1 came out... really took the shine off of that climactic moment.)

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  • mojojoeomojojoeo A block off the park, living the dream.Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    So the question is not a spoiler but the answer undoubtedly will be -

    Whats with all the scars and the different degrees of them in screen shots?

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  • l337CrappyJackl337CrappyJack Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Mass Effect 3 has Shepard fighting to save the galaxy while handcuffed to a wisecracking Batarian money launderer.

    If you're a paragon, you learn to put aside your differences and kick ass together.

    If you're a renegade, Shepard saves the galaxy while lugging around a dead batarian chained to his wrist.
    mojojoeo wrote: »
    So the question is not a spoiler but the answer undoubtedly will be -

    Whats with all the scars and the different degrees of them in screen shots?

    Shepard undergoes an operation, the details of which I won't get into, but he doesn't have time to fully heal. If you do a lot of renegade stuff, the scars get a bit worse, but you also have the option of spending some money to fix them anyway.

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  • Mostlyjoe13Mostlyjoe13 Evil, Evil, Jump for joy! Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    mojojoeo wrote: »
    So the question is not a spoiler but the answer undoubtedly will be -

    Whats with all the scars and the different degrees of them in screen shots?
    Shep's a clone with Reaper tech in him. He's an experiment of the Lazerus Project. The character from the prequal book goes through the same process. He has to keep control (Paragon) or more the Reaper stuff comes out. Very Saren after a fashion.

    Also you can fix them as Jack points out.

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  • DeaderinredDeaderinred Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Mass Effect 3 has Shepard fighting to save the galaxy while handcuffed to a wisecracking Batarian money launderer.

    If you're a paragon, you learn to put aside your differences and kick ass together.

    If you're a renegade, Shepard saves the galaxy while lugging around a dead batarian chained to his wrist.

    i actually want this to be true.

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  • XyyzXyyz Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Elendil wrote: »
    I may have low standards for batarians

    I wish I could change around my decisions for BDtS, in case they carry over

    My Renegade Shep killed Charn and let Balak walk

    I should have had my paragon (but Colonist) murder Charn and Balak, rather than just Balak

    I figure Renegade Shep's cynicism might keep her from viewing the whole thing as particularly personal, even after Torfan

    whereas paragon Shep's idealism and tragic past make a deadly cocktail

    My 'sort of neutral but leaning heavily towards paragon' canon colonist Shep was not about to let any Batarians off that rock.

    That said, I left Balak alive for the alliance, on the assumption that the rest of his life in their custody would be both short and unpleasant.
    ...Well, that's assuming he survived a number of extreme close range pistol wounds...

    I'd have liked to have had a conversation with Garrus after that one, since I'd pretty much just done his mission -
    and persuaded him not to execute Dr. 'Heart' on the spot

    Garrus - "So all that stuff you told me about not making sacrifices, justice and so on...?
    Shepard - "Doesn't apply to Batarians."

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  • FiarynFiaryn Omnicidal Madman Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    mojojoeo wrote: »
    So the question is not a spoiler but the answer undoubtedly will be -

    Whats with all the scars and the different degrees of them in screen shots?
    Shep's a clone with Reaper tech in him. He's an experiment of the Lazerus Project. The character from the prequal book goes through the same process. He has to keep control (Paragon) or more the Reaper stuff comes out. Very Saren after a fashion.

    Also you can fix them as Jack points out.

    For the last time
    Shepard is not a clone

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  • -Tal-Tal Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    what is the ME1 equivalent of this grunt spoiler

    and when does it come up so i can avoid it

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  • Fatty McBeardoFatty McBeardo Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Mass Effect 3 has Shepard fighting to save the galaxy while handcuffed to a wisecracking Batarian money launderer.

    If you're a paragon, you learn to put aside your differences and kick ass together.

    If you're a renegade, Shepard saves the galaxy while lugging around a dead batarian chained to his wrist.

    i actually want this to be true.

    If I had Photoshop at work I would be putting Shepard and Wrex onto a Lethal Weapon 3 poster, with Joe Pesci as the Batarian.

    Renee Russo love interest for ME3 confirmed.

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  • SilpheedSilpheed Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Mass Effect 3 has Shepard fighting to save the galaxy while handcuffed to a wisecracking Batarian money launderer.

    If you're a paragon, Shepard saves the galaxy while lugging around a dead batarian chained to his wrist.
    If you're a renegade, Shepard saves the galaxy while lugging around a dead batarian chained to his wrist.
    Fixed that one for you :D

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  • Mostlyjoe13Mostlyjoe13 Evil, Evil, Jump for joy! Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Fiaryn wrote: »
    For the last time
    Shepard is not a clone

    Oh.
    They just brought him back from near/actual death eh? Guess that makes Lazerus name make more sense.
    Okay. Sorry. Still had a bit of bad info in the buffer so to speak.

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  • DeaderinredDeaderinred Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    -Tal wrote: »
    what is the ME1 equivalent of this grunt spoiler

    and when does it come up so i can avoid it

    hm, i think its the same level as the thane spoiler from the last video, but i muted him so im not sure,

    also its right at the end but it pops up pretty quick and if you know what grunt looks like, well..

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  • ElendilElendil Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Fiaryn wrote: »
    For the last time
    Shepard is not a clone

    Oh.
    They just brought him back from near/actual death eh?
    Okay. Sorry. Still had a bit of bad info in the buffer so to speak.
    yeah, he dies

    he just gets better

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  • PancakePancake Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Fiaryn wrote: »
    For the last time
    Shepard is not a clone

    Oh.
    They just brought him back from near death eh?
    Okay. Sorry. Still had a bit of bad info in the buffer so to speak.
    No, Shepard's dead. Dead as dead can be. Killed in the vacuum of space during a suit malfunction.

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  • FiarynFiaryn Omnicidal Madman Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Fiaryn wrote: »
    For the last time
    Shepard is not a clone

    Oh.
    They just brought him back from near/actual death eh? Guess that makes Lazerus name make more sense.
    Okay. Sorry. Still had a bit of bad info in the buffer so to speak.
    It's just a repair job, not generating an entirely new Shepard. He did die, they just replaced the bits that were fubar

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  • Mostlyjoe13Mostlyjoe13 Evil, Evil, Jump for joy! Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Fiaryn wrote: »
    It's just a repair job, not generating an entirely new Shepard. He did die, they just replaced the bits that were fubar
    So they DID do a full Saren on him. Very nice. Shepard is Robocop.

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  • JoolanderJoolander Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    must

    not

    click







    SPOILERS!

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  • Mostlyjoe13Mostlyjoe13 Evil, Evil, Jump for joy! Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Just to make sure:
    I'm still right about the Reaper tech being in him right. That was the last thing I heard.

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  • NeliNeli Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    fuck you guys and your fucking spoilers

    D:D:D:

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  • DeaderinredDeaderinred Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Just to make sure:
    I'm still right about the Reaper tech being in him right. That was the last thing I heard.

    unclear,
    only assuming at this point based on what's been revealed so far about the next book.

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  • BurnageBurnage Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    So I installed Bring Down the Sky and now my copy of Mass Effect does not work.

    Awesome.

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  • JoolanderJoolander Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Neli wrote: »
    fuck you guys and your fucking spoilers

    D:D:D:

    so Neli


    quads are neat, huh?

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  • ProsperoProspero Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Spoilers.

    Spoilersspoilersspoilers.

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  • DrakeDrake Edgelord Trash Below the ecliptic plane.Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Burnage wrote: »
    So I installed Bring Down the Sky and now my copy of Mass Effect does not work.

    Awesome.

    Is the game itself not working? Or is it broken savegame compatibility?

    If so, this may stop me from getting Pinnacle Station. I don't want to screw up my FemShep Infiltrator.

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  • Mostlyjoe13Mostlyjoe13 Evil, Evil, Jump for joy! Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Prospero wrote: »
    Spoilers.

    Spoilersspoilersspoilers.
    I love her in Batman. But she's Batgirl now.

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