She travelled reasonably well into ME2. Lost the cheek scar though, not quite sure why. I wish the game let you tweak an imported face rather than having to try to recreate it just to tweak one little thing.
Not thrilled with the eye options in ME3. She's lost something. But to my eye has a harder edge? Maybe it fits.
Yo I forgot how upside-down broken OP Liara was in ME3.
Liara tossing out singularity + my sentinel self tossing out throw's every second wipes out waves of enemies.
Yeah; that's exactly what I've got going on, as well. Insanity in ME3 is considerably easier, in that respect, than ME2. In the second game, every enemy had some layer of defense that needed to be stripped away before Biotic shenanigans could ensue, but certain Tier 1 targets in Three are just Red Bars. The game can try to spring a surprise by having a Cerberus dropship fly in and unload half-a-dozen mixed troops, but if any of them are defenseless, all I have to do is Singularity / Rank 6 Double Throw Evolution, and it's over before it even starts.
Plus, you can just straight-up Warp / Throw combo even Shielded / Armored / etc enemies. Which just feels like cheating after ME2.
DragkoniasThat Guy Who Does StuffYou Know, There. Registered Userregular
edited May 2021
You know the original trilogy is interesting because in some ways they are all very different games.
ME1 is a love letter to scifi films and one of the last "classic" Bioware games. You can tell that it was very much a labor of love.
ME2 is the most and least Bioware game of the series. It keeps the conventions it feels are important to their games and pushes those up to 11 while cutting a lot of fat. It is also the model most modern Bioware games are based off.
ME3 as you would expect of the end of a trilogy is the culmination of all those things. Which as we all know is very hit or miss, personally I feel it was more hit than miss though. It was also Shepard at their most human I feel. I'm not talking about the dreams(they were lame) more how they interacted with not just other characters but the world.
MEA is also an interesting one as I feel it was an attempt to bring ME1 into the modern age but you can tell that wasn't a unified vision and the baggage of ME3 still hung over it.
I would argue ME A represents a near total lack of vision, a pattern carried over to the other team in Anthem. It's a game intended to be one thing (No Man's Sky) and then hurriedly forced into another form without enough dev time to get there. Various missing or badly changed features don't make it the straight gameplay upgrade to 3 one would expect.
ME1 feels like the last and purest Bioware game of old. Starting with Baldur's Gate and continuing through KOTOR, Jade Empire, and finally Mass Effect. You can see the building blocks and fundamental design across all games.
ME2 comes along... and there's that EA logo. It's still a Bioware game and feels good to play... but there's something about it that you can't quite put your finger on, like you can just feel the beginnings of EA's parasitic tendrils starting to grow.
ME3, and those tendrils are larger and more in control. Project $10 and mandatory multiplayer bullshit.
MEA, and the parasite is in complete control. The husk its wearing might look familiar, but what used to be there is long since dead.
"The sausage of Green Earth explodes with flavor like the cannon of culinary delight."
Bringing Legion to Tali's loyalty mission will never get old
I can't remember if it's in the game, in fact I'm almost positive it was fan edit or mod or something, but I swear I saw something where Legion looks directly at the camera after she says that.
So I think I’m up to the part in me 2 towards the end
where your crew gets kidnapped? That happens right? I was planning on doing more but I think if you take too long to then go through the relay to they die or something? Can’t remember how it works
I really do like the whole war readiness thing in ME3. It's so cool going to that terminal and reading up on how all the little things you're doing over the course of the game are adding to it (or subtracting from it). There's also just a bunch of really cool lore writing in there describing different groups and technologies and people.
I also really like how the Citadel has been progressing over the game. It feels like a place things are actually happening at, especially with a bunch of those conversations that progress on multiple visits. And seeing small things, like the refugee area becoming more crowded or the lines at the embassy getting longer or the hospital becoming more busy.
So I think I’m up to the part in me 2 towards the end
where your crew gets kidnapped? That happens right? I was planning on doing more but I think if you take too long to then go through the relay to they die or something? Can’t remember how it works
Yeah as I recall if you do any mission after that point bad things happen.
I would like some money because these are artisanal nuggets of wisdom philistine.
So I think I’m up to the part in me 2 towards the end
where your crew gets kidnapped? That happens right? I was planning on doing more but I think if you take too long to then go through the relay to they die or something? Can’t remember how it works
You have room to do a Loyalty quest after the Reaper IFF, which is good, because there's one that won't even unlock until after that mission. But after that, going to the map again will trigger a cutscene where everyone hops on a shuttle for a bit. Once you've scene that bit, and the part you're talking about occurs, you must go through the Omega 4 Relay immediately, or there will be consequences. Doing even 1 more mission after that results in things you probably don't want to happen.
Golden Rule is to finish everything you need / want to do before completing the Reaper IFF mission. Then do the final Loyalty quest following that. Then through the Relay.
So I think I’m up to the part in me 2 towards the end
where your crew gets kidnapped? That happens right? I was planning on doing more but I think if you take too long to then go through the relay to they die or something? Can’t remember how it works
You have room to do a Loyalty quest after the Reaper IFF, which is good, because there's one that won't even unlock until after that mission. But after that, going to the map again will trigger a cutscene where everyone hops on a shuttle for a bit. Once you've scene that bit, and the part you're talking about occurs, you must go through the Omega 4 Relay immediately, or there will be consequences. Doing even 1 more mission after that results in things you probably don't want to happen.
Golden Rule is to finish everything you need / want to do before completing the Reaper IFF mission. Then do the final Loyalty quest following that. Then through the Relay.
Hmm, the only thing I’m concerned about is I didn’t do liaras scan stuff mission cos I mistakenly thought it was part of the shadow broker dlc. That’s the only thing I’m worried about not having done
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One thing I loved about ME2 is the mission complete debriefing is always done from TIM's perspective so you see he isn't always being straight about his intentions.
One thing I loved about ME2 is the mission complete debriefing is always done from TIM's perspective so you see he isn't always being straight about his intentions.
I fucking love this conceit, I never appreciated it the first time through but I eagerly read each summary now
I always thought it funny that they actually give you a choice between
Samera and Morinth
Like I have only chosen the latter when I was making my run as terrible as possible.
I kinda wish that, in response to the ending complaints, they offered a glorious wish-fulfillment power-fantasy ending, but you could only get it if you made most or all of the terrible nightmare decisions like this one
kill the Rachni queen, kill Mordin, replace Samera with Morinth, etc etc
Hmmm...
By siding with Morinth, her body is recovered as a Banshee, and researching her provides tremendous insight into the connections possible between organics and synthetics.
By killing the Rachni, the main source of labour to build the Crucible ends up having to be less skilled labourers who don't build it quite to plan - and as a result they inadvertently don't build in a specific overlooked design flaw.
By siding with the Geth and letting Tali die, it lets them know that Shepard is willing to go all the way for what Shepard sees as right regardless of consequences, and they feel that owe Shepard a sort of equivalent debt.
It turns out that Mordin was recording what happened; by killing Mordin, it lets the Salarians know what Shepard did, and the lengths that Shepard was willing to go to keep the genephage in place impresses them. They take a greater interest in the Crucible project, and come up with some helpful tech.
As a result of all of this, the final mission changes. Instead of wandering through a corpse-filled version of the Citadel and talking to the Starchild, Shepard gets to use the tech created by the Salarians to link themselves into the entire Geth collective, leveraging the power of the Crucible to allow Mechdigital Shepard fight Harbinger on a virtual battlefield on basically even terms. Which is to say, Harbinger gets the standard Shepard smackdown. The Geth collective assumes control of the Reapers, and with Shepard guiding the collective you can either basically do the Blue ending (Shepard and the Geth control the Reapers) or Shepard has the Geth fly all of the Reapers into the nearest stars, and then returns to earth a big goddamn hero.
Civics is not a consumer product that you can ignore because you don’t like the options presented.
So I think I’m up to the part in me 2 towards the end
where your crew gets kidnapped? That happens right? I was planning on doing more but I think if you take too long to then go through the relay to they die or something? Can’t remember how it works
You have room to do a Loyalty quest after the Reaper IFF, which is good, because there's one that won't even unlock until after that mission. But after that, going to the map again will trigger a cutscene where everyone hops on a shuttle for a bit. Once you've scene that bit, and the part you're talking about occurs, you must go through the Omega 4 Relay immediately, or there will be consequences. Doing even 1 more mission after that results in things you probably don't want to happen.
Golden Rule is to finish everything you need / want to do before completing the Reaper IFF mission. Then do the final Loyalty quest following that. Then through the Relay.
Hmm, the only thing I’m concerned about is I didn’t do liaras scan stuff mission cos I mistakenly thought it was part of the shadow broker dlc. That’s the only thing I’m worried about not having done
You can do that one after you finish the game
I would like some money because these are artisanal nuggets of wisdom philistine.
I'm starting to think Adept was a bad choice for my ME1 Insanity run.
Keep with it. Adepts are fucking crazy in ME1.
If you're struggling early on, that's normal; every class struggles in the beginning of Insanity. Once you've got some levels and gear underneath of yourself, you're a Biotic God.
Me: ... but you know what? I deserve cheekbones that can cut glass.
anyway
WHY CANT I HUG PEOPLE
CHAKWAS! JOKER! TALI!!!! MY NEW CHEF WHO IS AMAZING chef do you want saffron harvested from a hanar butt, *I will do this for you*, I understand food
Like let them be like "Shep buddy that's weird" THATS FINE! I understand consent (UNLIKE SOME PEOPLE). But let me make the offer ;-; i want to hug my crew
Hey game designers maybe put the auto save at the end of the long slow walk before the firefight starts, so that when players die they don’t have to escort the biotic slowly across the room every damn time
Also the three romance achievements are confusing. I’ve unlocked the first from romancing liara. Romanced Miranda now but nothings popped so I assume the last two romance achievements pop in 3 when you rekindle with liara for example? I’m so confused by it. Did anyone else do the second one when does it pop?
Hey game designers maybe put the auto save at the end of the long slow walk before the firefight starts, so that when players die they don’t have to escort the biotic slowly across the room every damn time
Also the three romance achievements are confusing. I’ve unlocked the first from romancing liara. Romanced Miranda now but nothings popped so I assume the last two romance achievements pop in 3 when you rekindle with liara for example? I’m so confused by it. Did anyone else do the second one when does it pop?
Second should pop on the way to collector base. Did for me anyway.
Hey game designers maybe put the auto save at the end of the long slow walk before the firefight starts, so that when players die they don’t have to escort the biotic slowly across the room every damn time
Also the three romance achievements are confusing. I’ve unlocked the first from romancing liara. Romanced Miranda now but nothings popped so I assume the last two romance achievements pop in 3 when you rekindle with liara for example? I’m so confused by it. Did anyone else do the second one when does it pop?
Second should pop on the way to collector base. Did for me anyway.
Damn mine didn’t. Romanced liara in 1 and Miranda in 2, no pop. Frustrating, I’ve been reading that the second one was bugged and was just hoping it didn’t happen to me. People have mentioned some trick about reloading ME1 and then loading a save before the romance scene in 2 and it might work I’ll try that
Edit: ok bizarrely this worked. Loaded ME1 and saved to get rid of the resume on 2, then loaded a save just before the relay and played the romance scene again and it popped (pun intended)
Finished my ME2 insanity run. Going to do overlord and shadow broker now. I only finished 1 on normal, has it got NG+? For an insanity run on 1 should I start from scratch or do a NG+?
I romanced Liara in ME1, but since you can't rekindle the relationship in ME2, I made a separate save after completing Miranda's Loyalty mission, then continued to play as normal. Once I'd finished up the second game, I loaded that other save, set the difficulty to Casual, and did Miranda's romance. It took me about 30 minutes to blow through it. Popped the achievement, deleted the alternate save, and continued on to ME3.
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I've probably played 100ish hours of each of these games and reading through this thread I am still learning things I never knew!
Still on ME1. Despite my intentions not to, I went fucking about the galaxy doing random side shit before even touching the first story mission. So my infiltrator/commando is stupid powerful on hardcore (I don't care for insanity). Just got to the facility in Noveria. I decided to
Hey game designers maybe put the auto save at the end of the long slow walk before the firefight starts, so that when players die they don’t have to escort the biotic slowly across the room every damn time
Also the three romance achievements are confusing. I’ve unlocked the first from romancing liara. Romanced Miranda now but nothings popped so I assume the last two romance achievements pop in 3 when you rekindle with liara for example? I’m so confused by it. Did anyone else do the second one when does it pop?
Second should pop on the way to collector base. Did for me anyway.
Damn mine didn’t. Romanced liara in 1 and Miranda in 2, no pop. Frustrating, I’ve been reading that the second one was bugged and was just hoping it didn’t happen to me. People have mentioned some trick about reloading ME1 and then loading a save before the romance scene in 2 and it might work I’ll try that
Finished my ME2 insanity run. Going to do overlord and shadow broker now. I only finished 1 on normal, has it got NG+? For an insanity run on 1 should I start from scratch or do a NG+?
Either is fine for ME1 insanity. It'll be a little easier at the start if you NG+.
If you go NG+ it will start with the same difficulty, but as long as you change the difficulty to insanity straight away on the Normandy before going to Eden Prime then it counts as a full game insanity run.
Hey game designers maybe put the auto save at the end of the long slow walk before the firefight starts, so that when players die they don’t have to escort the biotic slowly across the room every damn time
Also the three romance achievements are confusing. I’ve unlocked the first from romancing liara. Romanced Miranda now but nothings popped so I assume the last two romance achievements pop in 3 when you rekindle with liara for example? I’m so confused by it. Did anyone else do the second one when does it pop?
Second should pop on the way to collector base. Did for me anyway.
Damn mine didn’t. Romanced liara in 1 and Miranda in 2, no pop. Frustrating, I’ve been reading that the second one was bugged and was just hoping it didn’t happen to me. People have mentioned some trick about reloading ME1 and then loading a save before the romance scene in 2 and it might work I’ll try that
Finished my ME2 insanity run. Going to do overlord and shadow broker now. I only finished 1 on normal, has it got NG+? For an insanity run on 1 should I start from scratch or do a NG+?
Either is fine for ME1 insanity. It'll be a little easier at the start if you NG+.
If you go NG+ it will start with the same difficulty, but as long as you change the difficulty to insanity straight away on the Normandy before going to Eden Prime then it counts as a full game insanity run.
Ok cool I’ll keep that in mind when I decide to do the run. I might just start fresh cos it’ll be my evil shep run
Also man tela vasirs armour in the shadow broker is so cool, like an asari Ultramarine
Hey game designers maybe put the auto save at the end of the long slow walk before the firefight starts, so that when players die they don’t have to escort the biotic slowly across the room every damn time
Also the three romance achievements are confusing. I’ve unlocked the first from romancing liara. Romanced Miranda now but nothings popped so I assume the last two romance achievements pop in 3 when you rekindle with liara for example? I’m so confused by it. Did anyone else do the second one when does it pop?
Second should pop on the way to collector base. Did for me anyway.
Damn mine didn’t. Romanced liara in 1 and Miranda in 2, no pop. Frustrating, I’ve been reading that the second one was bugged and was just hoping it didn’t happen to me. People have mentioned some trick about reloading ME1 and then loading a save before the romance scene in 2 and it might work I’ll try that
Finished my ME2 insanity run. Going to do overlord and shadow broker now. I only finished 1 on normal, has it got NG+? For an insanity run on 1 should I start from scratch or do a NG+?
Either is fine for ME1 insanity. It'll be a little easier at the start if you NG+.
If you go NG+ it will start with the same difficulty, but as long as you change the difficulty to insanity straight away on the Normandy before going to Eden Prime then it counts as a full game insanity run.
Ok cool I’ll keep that in mind when I decide to do the run. I might just start fresh cos it’ll be my evil shep run
Also man tela vasirs armour in the shadow broker is so cool, like an asari Ultramarine
Spoilers for ME2 and ME3:
I wish there was a way for her to survive, she was so cool. One my favorite bits of ME3 was Shepard mentoring Ashley/Kaidan and Vega about becoming a Specter or N7. It would've been nice to see an experienced Specter do the same for Shepard.
But that's part of my feeling that ME3 should've had more squadmates—every surviving 2 companion plus Shiala, Anderson, Kal'Reegar, and Gianna Parasini
Hey game designers maybe put the auto save at the end of the long slow walk before the firefight starts, so that when players die they don’t have to escort the biotic slowly across the room every damn time
Also the three romance achievements are confusing. I’ve unlocked the first from romancing liara. Romanced Miranda now but nothings popped so I assume the last two romance achievements pop in 3 when you rekindle with liara for example? I’m so confused by it. Did anyone else do the second one when does it pop?
Second should pop on the way to collector base. Did for me anyway.
Damn mine didn’t. Romanced liara in 1 and Miranda in 2, no pop. Frustrating, I’ve been reading that the second one was bugged and was just hoping it didn’t happen to me. People have mentioned some trick about reloading ME1 and then loading a save before the romance scene in 2 and it might work I’ll try that
Finished my ME2 insanity run. Going to do overlord and shadow broker now. I only finished 1 on normal, has it got NG+? For an insanity run on 1 should I start from scratch or do a NG+?
Either is fine for ME1 insanity. It'll be a little easier at the start if you NG+.
If you go NG+ it will start with the same difficulty, but as long as you change the difficulty to insanity straight away on the Normandy before going to Eden Prime then it counts as a full game insanity run.
Ok cool I’ll keep that in mind when I decide to do the run. I might just start fresh cos it’ll be my evil shep run
Also man tela vasirs armour in the shadow broker is so cool, like an asari Ultramarine
Spoilers for ME2 and ME3:
I wish there was a way for her to survive, she was so cool. One my favorite bits of ME3 was Shepard mentoring Ashley/Kaidan and Vega about becoming a Specter or N7. It would've been nice to see an experienced Specter do the same for Shepard.
But that's part of my feeling that ME3 should've had more squadmates—every surviving 2 companion plus Shiala, Anderson, Kal'Reegar, and Gianna Parasini
Also my favourite kind of boss fight, one with auto saves!
Also man Shepard is a real sour puss when he first has that convo after the boss with liara, normally they play cool and collected no matter what, but they definitely get flustered when liara calls you out for sleeping around
I made Garrus too strong. I've missed like 7 opportunities to get the kill a brute while it's charging you achievement because he murders it before the charge starts.
Man the shadow broker ship area and cloud vista looks incredible in 4K on a big tv
Like these are the kind of settings they need for 4 and are what andromeda largely lacked (outside of a few standout moments and areas). You need more than like “desert planet” or “snow planet”. You need unique and strange places that tell a story within the environment itself. Also doesn’t hurt when they do my favourite thing in levels which is have some aspect of the level you can use to hurt enemies
Man the shadow broker ship area and cloud vista looks incredible in 4K on a big tv
Like these are the kind of settings they need for 4 and are what andromeda largely lacked (outside of a few standout moments and areas). You need more than like “desert planet” or “snow planet”. You need unique and strange places that tell a story within the environment itself. Also doesn’t hurt when they do my favourite thing in levels which is have some aspect of the level you can use to hurt enemies
The first scifi game, series, or setting to solve the issue of "every planet except earth is one biome" will gain my undying love
Hm, I guess you have to start a NG+ of ME3 no matter what to get the platinum trophy because you can't level a weapon to level 10 in the first playthrough?
Man the shadow broker ship area and cloud vista looks incredible in 4K on a big tv
Like these are the kind of settings they need for 4 and are what andromeda largely lacked (outside of a few standout moments and areas). You need more than like “desert planet” or “snow planet”. You need unique and strange places that tell a story within the environment itself. Also doesn’t hurt when they do my favourite thing in levels which is have some aspect of the level you can use to hurt enemies
The first scifi game, series, or setting to solve the issue of "every planet except earth is one biome" will gain my undying love
I’m also hoping for like changing weather, like intense sandstorms, hail, superstorms, etc, or like major events that can happen in game to change the landscape or the level after something happens. Like a major ship crashing down, etc. Just to shake up the feeling of levels being so static
Also with the shadow broker ending
I love how the whole time you’re expecting some sneaky evil suit and tie weapons dealer, maybe a drell or human. But then it turns out the shadow broker is this terrifying giant stronger than a Krogan and more vicious, from a race that massacred the council contact team and had to be essentially quarantined and denied advanced tech because they’re all so murderous. And that he likely killed the previous shadow broker who underestimated it and thought of it as nothing more than a pet. And they’re hyper intelligent and can learn rapidly, or at least this one can. Like a behemoth sociopath that can also read faces and body language so well if can tell you’re lying. I don’t know about everyone else but I definitely didn’t see it coming
I would love if the yahg are in 4 in some way. Even as a small mission or reference or something
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Not thrilled with the eye options in ME3. She's lost something. But to my eye has a harder edge? Maybe it fits.
Liara tossing out singularity + my sentinel self tossing out throw's every second wipes out waves of enemies.
Yeah; that's exactly what I've got going on, as well. Insanity in ME3 is considerably easier, in that respect, than ME2. In the second game, every enemy had some layer of defense that needed to be stripped away before Biotic shenanigans could ensue, but certain Tier 1 targets in Three are just Red Bars. The game can try to spring a surprise by having a Cerberus dropship fly in and unload half-a-dozen mixed troops, but if any of them are defenseless, all I have to do is Singularity / Rank 6 Double Throw Evolution, and it's over before it even starts.
Plus, you can just straight-up Warp / Throw combo even Shielded / Armored / etc enemies. Which just feels like cheating after ME2.
ME1 is a love letter to scifi films and one of the last "classic" Bioware games. You can tell that it was very much a labor of love.
ME2 is the most and least Bioware game of the series. It keeps the conventions it feels are important to their games and pushes those up to 11 while cutting a lot of fat. It is also the model most modern Bioware games are based off.
ME3 as you would expect of the end of a trilogy is the culmination of all those things. Which as we all know is very hit or miss, personally I feel it was more hit than miss though. It was also Shepard at their most human I feel. I'm not talking about the dreams(they were lame) more how they interacted with not just other characters but the world.
MEA is also an interesting one as I feel it was an attempt to bring ME1 into the modern age but you can tell that wasn't a unified vision and the baggage of ME3 still hung over it.
ME1 feels like the last and purest Bioware game of old. Starting with Baldur's Gate and continuing through KOTOR, Jade Empire, and finally Mass Effect. You can see the building blocks and fundamental design across all games.
ME2 comes along... and there's that EA logo. It's still a Bioware game and feels good to play... but there's something about it that you can't quite put your finger on, like you can just feel the beginnings of EA's parasitic tendrils starting to grow.
ME3, and those tendrils are larger and more in control. Project $10 and mandatory multiplayer bullshit.
MEA, and the parasite is in complete control. The husk its wearing might look familiar, but what used to be there is long since dead.
I can't remember if it's in the game, in fact I'm almost positive it was fan edit or mod or something, but I swear I saw something where Legion looks directly at the camera after she says that.
I also really like how the Citadel has been progressing over the game. It feels like a place things are actually happening at, especially with a bunch of those conversations that progress on multiple visits. And seeing small things, like the refugee area becoming more crowded or the lines at the embassy getting longer or the hospital becoming more busy.
Yeah as I recall if you do any mission after that point bad things happen.
pleasepaypreacher.net
You have room to do a Loyalty quest after the Reaper IFF, which is good, because there's one that won't even unlock until after that mission. But after that, going to the map again will trigger a cutscene where everyone hops on a shuttle for a bit. Once you've scene that bit, and the part you're talking about occurs, you must go through the Omega 4 Relay immediately, or there will be consequences. Doing even 1 more mission after that results in things you probably don't want to happen.
Golden Rule is to finish everything you need / want to do before completing the Reaper IFF mission. Then do the final Loyalty quest following that. Then through the Relay.
No one:
The Illusive Man: yooooomanity
https://podcast.tidalwavegames.com/
Hmm, the only thing I’m concerned about is I didn’t do liaras scan stuff mission cos I mistakenly thought it was part of the shadow broker dlc. That’s the only thing I’m worried about not having done
I fucking love this conceit, I never appreciated it the first time through but I eagerly read each summary now
As a result of all of this, the final mission changes. Instead of wandering through a corpse-filled version of the Citadel and talking to the Starchild, Shepard gets to use the tech created by the Salarians to link themselves into the entire Geth collective, leveraging the power of the Crucible to allow Mechdigital Shepard fight Harbinger on a virtual battlefield on basically even terms. Which is to say, Harbinger gets the standard Shepard smackdown. The Geth collective assumes control of the Reapers, and with Shepard guiding the collective you can either basically do the Blue ending (Shepard and the Geth control the Reapers) or Shepard has the Geth fly all of the Reapers into the nearest stars, and then returns to earth a big goddamn hero.
You can do that one after you finish the game
pleasepaypreacher.net
Keep with it. Adepts are fucking crazy in ME1.
If you're struggling early on, that's normal; every class struggles in the beginning of Insanity. Once you've got some levels and gear underneath of yourself, you're a Biotic God.
Me: ... but you know what? I deserve cheekbones that can cut glass.
anyway
WHY CANT I HUG PEOPLE
CHAKWAS! JOKER! TALI!!!! MY NEW CHEF WHO IS AMAZING chef do you want saffron harvested from a hanar butt, *I will do this for you*, I understand food
Like let them be like "Shep buddy that's weird" THATS FINE! I understand consent (UNLIKE SOME PEOPLE). But let me make the offer ;-; i want to hug my crew
https://podcast.tidalwavegames.com/
Also the three romance achievements are confusing. I’ve unlocked the first from romancing liara. Romanced Miranda now but nothings popped so I assume the last two romance achievements pop in 3 when you rekindle with liara for example? I’m so confused by it. Did anyone else do the second one when does it pop?
Second should pop on the way to collector base. Did for me anyway.
Damn mine didn’t. Romanced liara in 1 and Miranda in 2, no pop. Frustrating, I’ve been reading that the second one was bugged and was just hoping it didn’t happen to me. People have mentioned some trick about reloading ME1 and then loading a save before the romance scene in 2 and it might work I’ll try that
Edit: ok bizarrely this worked. Loaded ME1 and saved to get rid of the resume on 2, then loaded a save just before the relay and played the romance scene again and it popped (pun intended)
Finished my ME2 insanity run. Going to do overlord and shadow broker now. I only finished 1 on normal, has it got NG+? For an insanity run on 1 should I start from scratch or do a NG+?
Still on ME1. Despite my intentions not to, I went fucking about the galaxy doing random side shit before even touching the first story mission. So my infiltrator/commando is stupid powerful on hardcore (I don't care for insanity). Just got to the facility in Noveria. I decided to
PSN: Threeve703
Either is fine for ME1 insanity. It'll be a little easier at the start if you NG+.
If you go NG+ it will start with the same difficulty, but as long as you change the difficulty to insanity straight away on the Normandy before going to Eden Prime then it counts as a full game insanity run.
Ok cool I’ll keep that in mind when I decide to do the run. I might just start fresh cos it’ll be my evil shep run
Also man tela vasirs armour in the shadow broker is so cool, like an asari Ultramarine
Spoilers for ME2 and ME3:
But that's part of my feeling that ME3 should've had more squadmates—every surviving 2 companion plus Shiala, Anderson, Kal'Reegar, and Gianna Parasini
Also my favourite kind of boss fight, one with auto saves!
Also man Shepard is a real sour puss when he first has that convo after the boss with liara, normally they play cool and collected no matter what, but they definitely get flustered when liara calls you out for sleeping around
Like these are the kind of settings they need for 4 and are what andromeda largely lacked (outside of a few standout moments and areas). You need more than like “desert planet” or “snow planet”. You need unique and strange places that tell a story within the environment itself. Also doesn’t hurt when they do my favourite thing in levels which is have some aspect of the level you can use to hurt enemies
This is my FemShep run and for some reason FemShep reminds me of Motoko Kusangi from GitS.
And I feel like if Motoko Kusanagi existed in the Mass Effect universe, she'd be an Infiltrator.
The first scifi game, series, or setting to solve the issue of "every planet except earth is one biome" will gain my undying love
I’m also hoping for like changing weather, like intense sandstorms, hail, superstorms, etc, or like major events that can happen in game to change the landscape or the level after something happens. Like a major ship crashing down, etc. Just to shake up the feeling of levels being so static
Also with the shadow broker ending
I would love if the yahg are in 4 in some way. Even as a small mission or reference or something
I AM A BIOTIC GOD!
Tutorial mission for ME2:
Get chewed up by a couple of mechs.
WoW
Dear Satan.....