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Mass Effect 2: Ah yes, a new "thread"
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Why should you play this game?
Launch Trailer! Some spoilers/reveals
Epic Voice Acting!
Want to know about the classes? Here you go! awesome ost music? yes please
Important links:
Giant Bomb's Mega Guide (Everything you'd want to know, lots and lots of spoilers!)
Mass Effect Wiki
DVG's Minerals and Planet Spreadsheet
Cerberus Network How To
Mass Effect 1 Saves for PC
How to get all the Dr. Pepper DLC without Dr. Pepper
Achievements
PC Loading Screen Fix:
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.
Some questions people keep asking:
Q: Is there a point of no return?
A: Yes, spoilers!
The IFF is where the endgame starts. You should have your house in order before you do it. OR ELSE.
Q: Where are all the anomalies?
A:
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
Q: What are the various import bonuses?-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
A: Players with the "Rich" achievement start with more dollars in the bank. Characters at level 60 start at level 5, 50-59 start at level 3, and characters at least level 40 start at level 2. Apparently there are also hundreds and hundreds of tiny decisions that are brought over from a Mass Effect 1 save, so you really owe it to yourself to have at least one, good save (referred to as a "canon save")
Q: What is the canon for a new, non-imported ME2 character?
A:
mere_immortal wrote: »If you don't import a character the choices areMale shep - Ash alive, Fem shep - Kaiden alive
Rachnai queen dead
Wrex killed
Council killed
Udina on the council
No romance
News report done well
Conrad not sent home iirc
Think thats all of them
Q: What do I get to change when importing a character?
A: Class and appearance. Your name and everything else stay the same.
Q: Can I see the weapon stats?
A: Here.
oh, and spoilers? if they'll destroy your experience, try to bag them and tag them. thanks.
OP stolen from Nuzak! Modified by me!
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Quarians are Nazis,
Geth have quads.
Why don't we see them? Wouldn't it be easier for them than for organics? Pop some eezo into the circuits, run electricity through.
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Legion needs to save something for ME3
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Maybe they don't want to be! Maybe it's not that easy.
You can artificially make an organic a biotic, at least. Prior to his implants, Saren wasn't biotic.
That was classic.
That works, too.
"Not metaphor. Thought experiment. Hypothetical situation justifying Geth slaughter of child."
What if the AI is black?
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The AI sounds pretty smart at math. If I want to destroy it in a fantasy game, does that mean I hate asians, too?
If by violent you mean they fight back when someone tries to exterminate them.
Mordin would have been ecstatic.
Then you're really fucked.
I don't know. Technically we should. Though now i remember didn't humans need to be taught it be the Asari ect? I may be misremembering.
Though from a Geth point of view i suppose Tech is both easier to understand and simplier to utilise.
Tech won't let you throw people in the air
with your mind
Now its hard to picture the Normandy with her. Also Yeoman Chambers. I like someone telling me things without entering a menu.
Meanwhile, I still think the Widow is a piece of junk.
Probably because they have no need for them. Ezzo is rare isn't it? They might as well put it all into making ship drive cores and shit. I see no reason why they couldn't, so if at some point they got into full all out war with someone, we might see geth troops using biotics. But right now the mobile platforms are made pretty much as they are needed, so for now it's probably cheaper/easier to not make them biotic.
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I had Suicide Mission stuck in my head for three days after beating the game. Bioware really outdid themselves with the soundtrack.
also agreeing that Suicide Mission is an awesome track
Since Geth are just programs, they can't have biotics.
A Geth Platform could have abilities similar to biotics, but I wouldn't call them biotics anymore than the Normandy's mass effect shield is biotics.
While it's talking, ask it what the best tasting dog food is. I'm sick of this marketing BS, I want to know what the dogs think.
The jingle at the end of every mission is excellent as well.
My favorite theme has to be the one during the second part of Subject Zero's recruit mission.
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That makes sense. Geth Biotics would definitely be rare, but I think it would be fun to see special troops in ME3. Important mobile units like Legion could have eezo implants.
Speaking of the "suicide mission" song, I like playing it while looking at my now-wallpaper (which is a somewhat ME2 related wallpaper only more in the real world kind of way):
Couldn't someone install a "biotic program", together with Saren-like implants on a platform?
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It matters not..whatever the cost. We will rebuild him. Make him stronger.
Ok....you know that Shepard thing cost over 4 billion credits....and they at least had...some fleshy stuff..
It matters not!
Are you using it with the infiltrator or the soldier?
It makes sense why you think it sucks for your soldier since adrenaline rush doesn't really stop you from getting shot at while you're trying to make that perfect headshot.
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I was drawing a parallel, not accusing sniperguy of racism. You suck at reading.
And Mass Effect. :P
Also yes, the soundtrack is amazing.
Naw it's better for the soldier too in most cases. Those exceptions being that you suck at aiming and take forever to line your shots up, and specific enemies in the game with a ridiculously huge armor/shields/whatever bar that are relatively stationary that you aren't going to bring down with the 13 shots in your widowmaker, so the more efficient clip of the Viper wins out.
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In regards to return of Saren:
I can get down with that.
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Thanks a fucking lot, BioWare.
obviously
maybe femshep is just big-boned
Then they will be forced to show us TURIAN FEMALES! ASARI DON'T CUT IT, BIOWARE!
seriously: ME2- Anytime we show an alien male in a relationship
When you import an ME character into ME2, does the bonus to Renegade/Paragon come from your Renegade/Paragon scores in ME, or is it based on your Charm/Intimidate skills?
EDIT: Also just beat insanity and finished all the ME2 achievements. I'll be honest in saying that while I probably won't play Insanity again for ME2, the suicide mission felt way better beating it with the difficulty ramped up so much.
But uh, yeah I'll stick to normal for more relaxing playthroughs for future Shepards. :P
EDIT EDIT: Also I'm proud to say that my fish survived the entire game.
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