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[Mass Effect]: 4 months in, feeling old yet?

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  • curly haired boycurly haired boy Your Friendly Neighborhood Torgue Dealer Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    so i just realized TIM is basically an inept lex luthor

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  • -Tal-Tal Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    shut up TIM is not inept he is a hero

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  • DidgeridooDidgeridoo Flighty Dame Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Believing that TIM has humanity's interests at heart and believing that he is an incompetent ninny are not mutually exclusive, Tal

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  • OrcaOrca Also known as Espressosaurus WrexRegistered User regular
    edited May 2010
    -Tal wrote: »
    shut up TIM is not inept he is a hero

    To the Keystone Kops. I bet the hold music for Cerberus is Yakety Sax.

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  • DidgeridooDidgeridoo Flighty Dame Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    He is like if Conrad Verner had access to billions of space dollars

    He may mean well, but damn if he doesn't manage to fuck everything up

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  • OrcaOrca Also known as Espressosaurus WrexRegistered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Wait...are you saying the Normandy's a replica?

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  • -Tal-Tal Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    oh come on what has TIM done that is so bad

    (in comparison to the Council and Alliance)

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  • TairuTairu Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    -Tal wrote: »
    oh come on what has TIM done that is so bad

    (in comparison to the Council and Alliance)

    Well, pretty much every evil thing under the name of Cerberus was probably executed by him, right?

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  • KazakaKazaka Asleep Counting SheepRegistered User regular
    edited May 2010
    -Tal wrote: »
    oh come on what has TIM done that is so bad

    (in comparison to the Council and Alliance)

    I'm not rooting for either side, I'm just saying:
    Can we please stop debating TIM's efficacy?

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  • TairuTairu Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Well then. How about them Raloi, eh? Crazy.

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  • TrippyJingTrippyJing Moses supposes his toeses are roses. But Moses supposes erroneously.Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Ad astra wrote: »
    yalborap wrote: »
    TrippyJing wrote: »
    That might actually happen if Tali dies off.

    edit: Or to more accurately reflect the movie, if a crazy fan reads a storyboard depicting Tali's death.

    Quite frankly, if I found an unavoidable death for Tali was in the works, I'd break the feet of everyone at Bioware. Even the fucking janitor. Then I'd make him clean up the resulting blood.

    I like Tali just as much as the next guy, but....:shock:

    What if yalborap was the next guy?

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  • -Tal-Tal Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    i still think the Raloi are secret reaper agents

    also this really big focus on Taetrus makes me think we'll see a little of that in dlc

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  • TracerBulletTracerBullet Spaceman Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    -Tal wrote: »
    i still think the Raloi are secret reaper agents

    I think everyone is a Reaper agent. The fuck is Tali doing near my engine? And I don't trust Garrus dickin' around with my weapons.

    And Miranda...always...reporting things...

    The walls are closing in, I think we've been compromised.

    Joker is the only person I can trust...because he can't run away.

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  • -Tal-Tal Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Does anybody know what happens if you never recruited Wrex?

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  • TracerBulletTracerBullet Spaceman Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    -Tal wrote: »
    Does anybody know what happens if you never recruited Wrex?

    Probably the same thing that happens if you kill him. SOme other Urdnot runs the clan, but also probably means in ME1 that Fist lives.

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  • RainfallRainfall Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    -Tal wrote: »
    Does anybody know what happens if you never recruited Wrex?

    Probably the same thing that happens if you kill him. SOme other Urdnot runs the clan, but also probably means in ME1 that Fist lives.

    If you didn't shoot Fist yourself, you were doing it wrong. That guy had to die.

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  • TracerBulletTracerBullet Spaceman Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Rainfall wrote: »
    -Tal wrote: »
    Does anybody know what happens if you never recruited Wrex?

    Probably the same thing that happens if you kill him. SOme other Urdnot runs the clan, but also probably means in ME1 that Fist lives.

    If you didn't shoot Fist yourself, you were doing it wrong. That guy had to die.

    Didn't wanna waste the bullet. I recruited Wrex, I mean, he TOLD me he was gonna kill Fist. Wasn't really surprised.

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  • EtherealEthereal Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Scooter wrote: »
    If ME3 actually manages to have galaxy-wide planetary invasions somehow (they do need some sort of humanoid enemy for us to spend most of the game shooting), it could actually be interesting to play a MP FPS acting out those battles. Who wouldn't want to put together a team of Salarians and hold. The. Line. ?

    i dunno. you change too much and you'll end up with brutal legend syndrome: YOU GOT X IN MY WRRYYYYYYYY

    plus, multi definitely just changes so much about the tone of a franchise. it's not like the trashtalking is going to be in-character, either. i'll call that guy who just shot me a cloaca, yes

    but he'll reply with some slur-laden smear that will just totally turn me off from geth in general

    and i like legion

    TL;DR once you have multi you have the introduction of griefing and teabaggery, two things which ruin the flavor of a serious singleplayer game

    Uggh, god. If they do release a multi-player Mass Effect game it will force me to buy it for the PC (and actually get a gaming PC). Xbox live is pretty much the worst gaming community ever to have existed. I am really, really hoping ME3 stays single player only. I'm just having visions of a Quarian/Geth death match where everyone is teabagging each other.

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  • BlueDestinyBlueDestiny Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Awesome Lego citadel:

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    And a Normandy deuce to dock with it:

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    I wish games would get Lego endorsements these days.

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  • OrcaOrca Also known as Espressosaurus WrexRegistered User regular
    edited May 2010
    I'd seen the Normandy, but that Citadel is impressive.

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  • SoundsPlushSoundsPlush yup, back. Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Until I heard people mentioning him showing up in ME2, I hadn't even known it was possible for Fist to survive.

    Also, I would literally kill a man for an awesome Normandy model. Maybe not quite as large as that one (scale shot in spoiler), but...man. Pretty sweet Citadel, too. Every time I see the channel of its arms leading to that ring, I wonder if we're going to jump through it at some point.
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    -Tal wrote: »
    i still think the Raloi are secret reaper agents

    also this really big focus on Taetrus makes me think we'll see a little of that in dlc

    I haven't been reading Cerberus news in awhile, so I looked that up. I like the one about the Galaxy of Fantasy players rallying to support them. Didn't realize Turians were so strict though: it's a crime to photograph their dead?

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  • DragkoniasDragkonias That Guy Who Does Stuff You Know, There. Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Wait...Fist can appear in ME2? Ha...maybe I should let him live on time then.

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  • curly haired boycurly haired boy Your Friendly Neighborhood Torgue Dealer Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    wrex is a man of his word

    i wasn't about to stop him

    also that citadel is very awesome

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  • -Tal-Tal Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    wrex is a pussy

    yeah, shoot him after he's down and has three guns on him

    must be well rested after that nap you took fighting the turrets

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  • OrcaOrca Also known as Espressosaurus WrexRegistered User regular
    edited May 2010
    -Tal wrote: »
    wrex is a pussy

    yeah, shoot him after he's down and has three guns on him

    must be well rested after that nap you took fighting the turrets

    YOU SHUT YOUR FACE.

    Wrex is awesome.

    He Renegade Interrupts Shepard to kill Fist, ergo awesome.

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  • -Tal-Tal Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    no

    awesome is Miranda shooting the armed man in front of you while you drop an exploding tank on his buddies who are also shooting at you causing a salarian to piss his pants

    awesome is lighting a krogan on fire when he threatens to eat salarian eggs and burn the citadel

    awesome is forcing Zaeed to listen to you by punching his face in a burning factory

    awesome is casually taking down an asari merc when she has the audacity to pull out her gun

    shooting an unarmed man laying on the floor is not awesome

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  • SoundsPlushSoundsPlush yup, back. Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Speaking of awesome, next time you release Grunt from his box, don't charm/intimidate him.

    And then witness Shepard's glory.

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  • -Tal-Tal Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    oh yes how could i forget that

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  • deowolfdeowolf is allowed to do that. Traffic.Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Orca wrote: »
    Wait...are you saying the Normandy's a replica?

    It's only a model.

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  • DocshiftyDocshifty Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    -Tal wrote: »
    no

    awesome is Miranda shooting the armed man in front of you while you drop an exploding tank on his buddies who are also shooting at you causing a salarian to piss his pants

    awesome is lighting a krogan on fire when he threatens to eat salarian eggs and burn the citadel

    awesome is forcing Zaeed to listen to you by punching his face in a burning factory

    awesome is casually taking down an asari merc when she has the audacity to pull out her gun

    shooting an unarmed man laying on the floor is not awesome

    It was his job. Didn't matter if it was awesome, honorable, or smart. He was paid to do it and, as he says, he doesn't leave things half done.

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  • OrcaOrca Also known as Espressosaurus WrexRegistered User regular
    edited May 2010
    -Tal wrote: »
    no

    awesome is Miranda shooting the armed man in front of you while you drop an exploding tank on his buddies who are also shooting at you causing a salarian to piss his pants

    awesome is lighting a krogan on fire when he threatens to eat salarian eggs and burn the citadel

    awesome is forcing Zaeed to listen to you by punching his face in a burning factory

    awesome is casually taking down an asari merc when she has the audacity to pull out her gun

    shooting an unarmed man laying on the floor is not awesome

    It's awesome that Shepard gets interrupted.

    No one else does that. No one.

    Not The Illusive Man, not the Reapers, not the Collectors, not even those dirty stinking batarians.

    Wrex wins.

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  • ZerokkuZerokku Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Docshifty wrote: »
    -Tal wrote: »
    no

    awesome is Miranda shooting the armed man in front of you while you drop an exploding tank on his buddies who are also shooting at you causing a salarian to piss his pants

    awesome is lighting a krogan on fire when he threatens to eat salarian eggs and burn the citadel

    awesome is forcing Zaeed to listen to you by punching his face in a burning factory

    awesome is casually taking down an asari merc when she has the audacity to pull out her gun

    shooting an unarmed man laying on the floor is not awesome

    It was his job. Didn't matter if it was awesome, honorable, or smart. He was paid to do it and, as he says, he doesn't leave things half done.

    Not to mention it was a job set by the Shadow Broker which from all indications, is someone you should try and stay on the good side of.

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  • -Tal-Tal Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Orca wrote: »
    -Tal wrote: »
    no

    awesome is Miranda shooting the armed man in front of you while you drop an exploding tank on his buddies who are also shooting at you causing a salarian to piss his pants

    awesome is lighting a krogan on fire when he threatens to eat salarian eggs and burn the citadel

    awesome is forcing Zaeed to listen to you by punching his face in a burning factory

    awesome is casually taking down an asari merc when she has the audacity to pull out her gun

    shooting an unarmed man laying on the floor is not awesome

    It's awesome that Shepard gets interrupted.

    No one else does that. No one.

    Not The Illusive Man, not the Reapers, not the Collectors, not even those dirty stinking batarians.

    Wrex wins.

    You forgot Ashley, one of the greatest characters in the franchise. And she doesn't shoot an unarmed man, she takes down a big ol' krogan that's threatening her commander.

    If Wrex wanted to get the job done, he should have helped me with Fist's turrets. But he was too busy being dead. He only kills when it's easy.

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  • SoundsPlushSoundsPlush yup, back. Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Zerokku wrote: »
    Not to mention it was a job set by the Shadow Broker which from all indications, is someone you should try and stay on the good side of.

    I don't think that's going to be true in a few months.

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  • OrcaOrca Also known as Espressosaurus WrexRegistered User regular
    edited May 2010
    -Tal wrote: »
    You forgot Ashley, one of the greatest characters in the franchise. And she doesn't shoot an unarmed man, she takes down a big ol' krogan that's threatening her commander.

    If Wrex wanted to get the job done, he should have helped me with Fist's turrets. But he was too busy being dead. He only kills when it's easy.

    Ashley only renegade interrupts a krogan, not Shepard! Totally not the same thing.

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  • -Tal-Tal Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    she interrupted my negotiation

    well, I actually called her over but she can interrupt as another scenario

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  • LeinnaLeinna Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    I love the sniper 'boom' in ME1 ... playing through on a new paragon Infiltrator Shep.

    Target in sights? Check.
    Heat level low? Check.

    <BOOM>

    Doesn't even matter if it hits their leg, they're *dead*.

    EDIT: And they're on the other side of the room.

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  • SoundsPlushSoundsPlush yup, back. Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Leinna wrote: »
    Doesn't even matter if it hits their leg, they're *dead*.

    That's probably because there were no targeted hitboxes in ME1. :P

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  • OrcaOrca Also known as Espressosaurus WrexRegistered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Also, that means you're playing on low difficulty. Try that shit on Insanity. :?

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  • ElendilElendil Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Orca wrote: »
    Also, that means you're playing on low difficulty. Try that shit on Insanity. :?
    yeah, I loved using the best sniper with high explosive rounds on a low grav planet

    shooting a dude and watching him fly offscreen for a number of seconds

    and then getting up barely harmed

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