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Got a mini helmet in, but the scaling isn't quite right. I placed a new order with Shapeways for one, but I thought ya'll might want to see this version anyway.
"If you divide the whole world into just enemies and friends, you'll end up destroying everything" --Nausicaa of the Valley of Wind
Finally got my new machine together. Probably means another play through. And once I sober up and have some time, I'll do just that. (thank god for spell check)
I'd offer a counter-suggestion; the Conrad Verner run, where you do everything as badly as you can. If there's a wrong resolution to a quest, you take it. If the renegade C-Sec cop wants to come with you, turn him down. And you obviously can't trust the krogan bounty hunter.
No time to get anyone's loyalty, either.
You have to take either Garrus or Wrex; the game doesn't allow you to skip one. What you can do, is take Wrex and then shoot him on Virmire. Then make sure Garrus doesn't survive the Suicide Mission in ME2.
FailShep is the challenge that WinShep should have been.
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Gotta let Wrex survive ME1 because killing him in 3 is so so so much worse.
It was that somehow, from within the derelict-horror, they had learned a way to see inside an ugly, broken thing... And take away its pain.
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Gotta let Wrex survive ME1 because killing him in 3 is so so so much worse.
Naah, it's better to have Ashley kill Wrex on Virmire, then leave her with the bomb. Both are the worst of those decisions, because Kaidan is too dumb to activate Barrier when he's being attacked by space bugs.
The squaddies for ME2 are easy; Morinth and Legion. Morinth does the Banshee thing, and Legion dies when it sacrifices itself to stop the Quarians. Too bad about the red ending.
edit: I have done this run before, it's... not something I want to do ever again. Ran out of room on the Memorial Wall.
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There's more to failshep than pure bodycount. If Wrex makes it to ME3, the betrayal cuts that much deeper, plus you get Mordin in the deal.
It was that somehow, from within the derelict-horror, they had learned a way to see inside an ugly, broken thing... And take away its pain.
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There's more to failshep than pure bodycount. If Wrex makes it to ME3, the betrayal cuts that much deeper, plus you get Mordin in the deal.
I'm sorry, that would count as a success. Mordin has to die in ME2, so you can shoot his replacement in the back as he tries to save the genophage cure.
Though this raises the question of if it's better to save or doom the krogan under Wreav's leadership, as a new round of krogan rebellions could be seen as a negative outcome anyway.
The first time I played ME2 and unexpectedly ran into Conrad is one of my favourite Mass Effect moments.
I got a chuckle out of his sister being in Andromeda.
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ME3 plays better without a lot of the squadmates in my experience, though you probably want as many squaddies as possible for the Citadel dlc? I still haven't tried it (I can barely tolerate ME3 as a baseline)
Squad you should have in ME3:
Tali (none of the Quarian stuff matters unless you care about Tali, but you still have to do it if she's gone)
Jack (best reunion of the lot, mission is less fun without her)
Kasumi (that sideplot is just a downer without Kasumi to save your ass, also she took you to a fancy party once)
Thane (keeps Kai Leng from having it all his way the entire game)
Javik (should have been part of the base game)
Squad you should have let die in ME2:
Miranda (ME3 works better without her)
Garrus (same)
Samara (same)
Zaeed (same)
Optional Squad:
Mordin (if you want a big teary goodbye, keep him. Otherwise enjoy Padok Wiks)
Grunt (Either way he's dead. Really depends on what you need your Hold The Line score to be)
Legion (Not particularly necessary unless you want certain Quarian/Geth outcomes)
Morinth (Needed if you want a Massive Casualties ME2 ending and still survive)
Wrex/Wreav, Ashley/Kaidan (personal preference on who you want around to help or betray)
Jacob (Do you want to talk to old useless friends, or meet new useless friends?)
Save Ashley in ME1 and romance her, romance Miranda in ME2 and then let her die in the SM, as a result you get peak Angry Ash in ME3 and are forced to shoot her, all while she curses you to her last breath.
Before Origin you bought it directly from the Bioware site, I believe.
You should have an installation key there, but might have to download the installer from somewhere else. Not sure if Bioware offers it directly for download anymore.
Since I long-ago wore my Scientist Salarian shirt absolutely threadbare, my wife tracked down an unlicensed approximation for me for my upcoming birthday!
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The BioWare DLC store was such an annoying scam that there were times I actually didn't feel like installing and playing ME2 again for the 20th time.
At one point or another I just said "fuck it" and kept all the installers on a backup drive. Installing may still be a PITA, but at least I don't have to re-download them too.
The BioWare DLC store was such an annoying scam that there were times I actually didn't feel like installing and playing ME2 again for the 20th time.
Remember when Valve forbid EA/BioWare from circumventing Steam this way, and there was a bunch of gamer outrage at Valve because the outcome was that Dragon Age II disappeared from Steam?
I know I've done Kasumis DLC, because I remember going to the party, but it's not showing up in my Origin account. So weird.
Maybe it's built in to the game now?
No, but there's a "all the DLC" pack you can buy on Origin now, maybe that shows up differently?
I just checked, and it's listed on the game's page under Extra Content->Expansions. If you own it, it'll say 'Download', if not, that's a purchase button. At least, if you're using the Origin Launcher/Store on PC.
This thread got me to reinstall Mass Effect and maybe run through the trilogy and Andromeda again. This time, I'm actually going to use the ridiculous amount of mods that are available for these games, since I've never done that. To add a bit of spice to the playthrough, all my big decisions will either be determined by coin flip or random number picker, starting with the character generation.
So I am playing as Zari Shepard, a ruthless colonist under the Sentinel class with bonus sniper rifle 'power'. Nothing major has happened yet, but I only just got to the Citadel for the first time.
And if there's any specific side-quests anyone wants to hear about, lemme know. I haven't decided how 'completionist' I'm going to be, other than probably skipping all the Gotta Catch Em All stuff like the medallions and Keepers and whatnot.
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I'm getting closer on the helmet, but this is a bit too tight. I actually ended up cracking it in trying to get it on/off the doll. One more, slightly larger print is being created now.
"If you divide the whole world into just enemies and friends, you'll end up destroying everything" --Nausicaa of the Valley of Wind
Scanning all the fail / shitlord outcomes on the past page or two has been a trip. I didn't know most of these even existed. I don't think I could handle a gaming experience where I made any of them happen.
Kind of makes me wish games branched more in grey areas instead of the Superhero-That's-Also-An-Angel vs. Even-Satan-Cringes axis. I can only think of two or three instances in the entire original trilogy that felt like choices to me, because doing anything else is whyyyyyy
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I would have said vector graphics Star Wars though.
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No time to get anyone's loyalty, either.
FailShep is the challenge that WinShep should have been.
Steam | XBL
Steam | XBL
Warframe/Steam: NFyt
The squaddies for ME2 are easy; Morinth and Legion. Morinth does the Banshee thing, and Legion dies when it sacrifices itself to stop the Quarians. Too bad about the red ending.
edit: I have done this run before, it's... not something I want to do ever again. Ran out of room on the Memorial Wall.
Warframe/Steam: NFyt
Though this raises the question of if it's better to save or doom the krogan under Wreav's leadership, as a new round of krogan rebellions could be seen as a negative outcome anyway.
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I got a chuckle out of his sister being in Andromeda.
Squad you should have in ME3:
Tali (none of the Quarian stuff matters unless you care about Tali, but you still have to do it if she's gone)
Jack (best reunion of the lot, mission is less fun without her)
Kasumi (that sideplot is just a downer without Kasumi to save your ass, also she took you to a fancy party once)
Thane (keeps Kai Leng from having it all his way the entire game)
Javik (should have been part of the base game)
Squad you should have let die in ME2:
Miranda (ME3 works better without her)
Garrus (same)
Samara (same)
Zaeed (same)
Optional Squad:
Mordin (if you want a big teary goodbye, keep him. Otherwise enjoy Padok Wiks)
Grunt (Either way he's dead. Really depends on what you need your Hold The Line score to be)
Legion (Not particularly necessary unless you want certain Quarian/Geth outcomes)
Morinth (Needed if you want a Massive Casualties ME2 ending and still survive)
Wrex/Wreav, Ashley/Kaidan (personal preference on who you want around to help or betray)
Jacob (Do you want to talk to old useless friends, or meet new useless friends?)
I mean, if you really want to be a dick about it.
No, but there's a "all the DLC" pack you can buy on Origin now, maybe that shows up differently?
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You should have an installation key there, but might have to download the installer from somewhere else. Not sure if Bioware offers it directly for download anymore.
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Remember when Valve forbid EA/BioWare from circumventing Steam this way, and there was a bunch of gamer outrage at Valve because the outcome was that Dragon Age II disappeared from Steam?
Good times. Don't miss them at all.
It was a relief to buy the DLC again (waited for one of the very rare discounts, mind you) in the bundle on Origin. Makes life so much simpler.
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So I am playing as Zari Shepard, a ruthless colonist under the Sentinel class with bonus sniper rifle 'power'. Nothing major has happened yet, but I only just got to the Citadel for the first time.
Kind of makes me wish games branched more in grey areas instead of the Superhero-That's-Also-An-Angel vs. Even-Satan-Cringes axis. I can only think of two or three instances in the entire original trilogy that felt like choices to me, because doing anything else is whyyyyyy
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"You're working too hard" is very good.
I do enjoy the Krogan headbutt, though.