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Mass Effect 1&2 - KILL ONE AND ONE HUNDRED WILL REPLACE IT
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Wiki wrote:Mass Effect is an award-winning, bestselling series of science fiction RPG third person shooters developed by the Canadian company BioWare and released on the Xbox 360 and Microsoft Windows. The first game takes place in the year 2183, with the player assuming the role of an elite human soldier named Commander Shepard, set out to explore the Galaxy on a starship, the SSV Normandy. The Xbox 360 edition was released worldwide in November 2007 published by Microsoft Game Studios. The Windows edition was released on May 28, 2008, published by Electronic Arts. The first downloadable content package, Bring Down the Sky, was released on March 10, 2008 (with a PC version released on July 29, 2008) The second downloadable content package, Pinnacle Station, was released on August 25, 2009 for the PC and Xbox 360.
Essentially everything you need to know about the first Mass Effect game is located here.
Alternately, you can trawl through the old OP.
If you've got Steam issues with the first game, a good place to look for information is by clicking on this sentence.
Release Date:
It's already been released for the Xbox 360 and the TurboGrafx 16. Why haven't you bought it already?
What is wrong with you?
Screenshots:
Videos/Media:
Most can be found here.
Interviews and other videos can be found here.
Additional Info:
If you really NEED to contact Commander Shepard, we have his facebook.
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ANSWERS TO ALL YOUR QUESTIONS REGARDING MASS EFFECT 2 ARE LOCATED HERE, COURTESY OF GIANTBOMB.
THE PAGE DETAILS THE ENTIRE GAME, SO SPOILERS ARE ABOUND. BE WARNED.
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The damage statistics of all the weapons in the game.
Location of the planets to scan for starting the N7 missions:
Neith - Amun - Eagle Nebula = Wreched Merchant Freighter
-leads to Abandoned Research Station
--leads to Hahne-Kedar Facility
Joab - Enoch - Rosetta Nebula = Archeological Dig Site
-leads to MSV Strontium Mule
--leads to Blue Suns Base
Tarith - Lusarn - Crescent Nebula = Blood Pack Communications Relay
-leads to Blood Pack Base
Zanethu - Ploitari - Hourglass Nebula = Wrecked Ship
Helyme - Zelene - Crescent Nebula = Captured Mining Facility
Franklin - Skepsis - Sigurd's Cradle - Javelin Missiles Launched
Sinmara - Solvieg - Caleston Rift - Endangered Research Station
Canalus - Dirada - Pylos Nebula = Anomalous Weather Detected
Gei Hinnom - Sheol - Hades Nexus = Quarian Crash Site
Aequitas - Fortis - Minos Wasteland = Abandoned Mine
-leads to Abandoned Research Station
--leads to Hahne-Kedar Facility
Joab - Enoch - Rosetta Nebula = Archeological Dig Site
-leads to MSV Strontium Mule
--leads to Blue Suns Base
Tarith - Lusarn - Crescent Nebula = Blood Pack Communications Relay
-leads to Blood Pack Base
Zanethu - Ploitari - Hourglass Nebula = Wrecked Ship
Helyme - Zelene - Crescent Nebula = Captured Mining Facility
Franklin - Skepsis - Sigurd's Cradle - Javelin Missiles Launched
Sinmara - Solvieg - Caleston Rift - Endangered Research Station
Canalus - Dirada - Pylos Nebula = Anomalous Weather Detected
Gei Hinnom - Sheol - Hades Nexus = Quarian Crash Site
Aequitas - Fortis - Minos Wasteland = Abandoned Mine
Location of Resources and Upgrades for weapons, made by DVG.
You can use EditGrid to view it online or install OpenOffice to view and edit the data. Excel in Microsoft Office does the job as well.
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Mass Effect Soundtrack music can be pretty much found on YouTube, but you should buy it to get the full effect of the lossless bitrate.
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Mass Effect 1 save compendium for those of you that want to import characters in but have lost your own/haven't played the game due to being a heretic.
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FIX FOR FREEZING ON THE LOADING SCREEN
Courtesy of pcultimate from the Bioware forums for creating the dummy load.blk files and mtvnot from Piratebay for figuring out the fucked up .blk files that don't play correctly for whatever reason:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=1KHDBLIL
Get those files.
Replace the following files ONLY, NOT ALL OF THEM, or you won't be able to move forward with the game past the IFF sequence of events. Only the files below are broken, the rest you should be able to watch.
load_f01
load_f02c
load_f02d
load_f03
load_f03b
load_f05
load_f06
load_f08
load_f08b
load_f08c
load_f08d
load_f09
load_f09b
load_f09c
load_f09d
load_f15
load_f80_ESN
load_f80_INT
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If you're getting in-game freezing every few seconds, do the following:
Go to the folder where you installed the game.
Go to Binaries and make a shortcut of MassEffect2.exe.
Now open properties on this shortcut and add the line -nomoviestartup.
It should look like this "...Binaries\MassEffect2.exe" -nomoviestartup.
Start the game. It should work lag free now.
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The third kind of loading problem is addressed here. It deals with their length.
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=1KHDBLIL
Get those files.
Replace the following files ONLY, NOT ALL OF THEM, or you won't be able to move forward with the game past the IFF sequence of events. Only the files below are broken, the rest you should be able to watch.
load_f01
load_f02c
load_f02d
load_f03
load_f03b
load_f05
load_f06
load_f08
load_f08b
load_f08c
load_f08d
load_f09
load_f09b
load_f09c
load_f09d
load_f15
load_f80_ESN
load_f80_INT
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If you're getting in-game freezing every few seconds, do the following:
Go to the folder where you installed the game.
Go to Binaries and make a shortcut of MassEffect2.exe.
Now open properties on this shortcut and add the line -nomoviestartup.
It should look like this "...Binaries\MassEffect2.exe" -nomoviestartup.
Start the game. It should work lag free now.
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The third kind of loading problem is addressed here. It deals with their length.
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Why you should save the council in Mass Effect 1.
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I disagree.
If I want to shoot something multiple times, that's what the AR is for.
If I want something with a head to be DEAD, that's when the I reach for the Widow.
Nope, and in fact, you don't even get the choice again.
You're stuck with your first choice, forever.
you better be joking, or I've been doing this insanity replay to have sniper rifles after my assault rifles for nothing
I refuse to acknowledge the existance of a universe without Wrex.
Pretty much. If you encounter something armored like a tank, you don't reach for the military sniper rifle, you reach for the anti-tank canon.
But really...I only needed a long range weapon for that platform section.
sooner? Renegade, Paragon, wishy-washy neutral guy... I can't see me not having him in my party through every playthrough. He is that awesome.
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Bnet: Pudgestomp#11153
Plus, I feel that the viper doesn't do anything the carnifex didn't already do, except zoom. Also the only thing more satisfying than that THOOM and then some dude being a corpse that the widowmaker does so well is charge+krogun to the face then punch the guy standing right next to him to death while he watches his dead buddy somersault through the air.
LoL: failboattootoot
Seriously.
Except for the status of the council, the default choices are basically everything I didn't do. Different character surviving Virmire, status of the Rachni, everything.
And I'm starting to regret not saving the council. I miss the Turian councilmember.
Do I have to unlock Legion's loyalty mission before doing Tali's loyalty mission? Or should I do his first? Or should I do Tali's loyalty mission first, and then talk to Legion before going to the galaxy map to unlock his mission?
Anyone sure on the triggers that cause the kidnapping? I've heard as long as you have loyalty missions in your journal then it won't fire, or something like that. Or maybe just Legion and Tali?
I guess if I lose a little crew it won't be the end of the world. But I want to take Legion on Tali's mission and I'm still hoping to save everyone.
the widow is a waste on AR as you won't get that second shot off. you're overkilling whatever you're shooting at. for bigger things like praetorians .. I have khaine!
In theory it's possible.
once you
Still, you get a 100% damage boost in Adrenaline Rush, so the Widow is even more disgusting.
Doesn't it have a 3 second cooldown? Can't you use it for every shot?
you can just use the saves from that website without playing ME1
unless you aren't a pc user, which is just plain silly.
Paraphrased poorly
"Just going over dental records, all crew outfitted with cyanide capsules, too inefficient, flashbang behind eye balls much harder to disarm."
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Unless your PC won't run ME2. It didn't run ME1 all that well, for that matter.
So, yeah, 360. My TV is nicer than my monitor anyway.
"Members of crew infected with scale itch. Sexually transmitted disease originating from Varren. Implications unpleasant."
YES!
"Testing biological weapons, not on you, don't know why I have to specify, joker was worried."
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edit: Beat hard
To be relevant I will ask someone to link a video of something Mordin does. You know what it is. It needs to be in every thread. Taky should have a pile of gold bars for writing it.
Yeah normally I chat with crew just to get a sense of them, talking to mordin is a joy.
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:whistle::whistle::whistle: EPIC MUSIC :whistle::whistle::whistle:
That's what I've been hearing, but on my first run:
Well, guess I'll have a sure answer in a few minutes...
his intro conversation was one of the only times I didn't use an interrupt option because hearing him go on was beautiful
I really wish I could be more encouraging of Grunt. That little tike.
huh? I thought when taky mentioned he was a Clint Eastwood salarian, everyone was on board.
It was Grunt and Jack that I heard the most reservations about. Pretty much the only ones..
Yeah, I mentioned this earlier. Which is why there is absolutely no reason to use the Viper over the Widow.
4 seconds of time dilation + 100% damage bonus + 50% damage protection + one shot from the Widow. Every 3 seconds. Yes please.
Plus then you can ask him if he ever takes a breath, and he replies "Sorry, Iiii'll tryyyy toooo sloooow dooooown.... no no no, can't do it!"