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This takes me back... [Mass Effect]
BlackDove
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Wiki wrote 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.
Shepard's diary leaked onto Facebook as well.
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
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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
(note: The PC Patch 1.01 should fix freezing issues)
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.
Why you should save the council in ME1
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ME3 better have a creepy pervert Shepard option.
And now I just met the professor, he seems interesting. I love the weird faces he makes.
You'll love his
you'll love archangels calibrations even more.
If anything doesn't work or you want something added, tell me.
This one will do for a little while the thread is fresh.
Looks like Miranda tried her hairstyling techniques on you while you were asleep.
That's what she said.
http://truemeaningoflife.com/images/shepslist.jpg
Ahahahaa that is fantastic!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZAq7wcweUQ
infinite. squad points. possibly usable for squaddies. might work on the pc as well!?
http://www.lamebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/hookup2.png
Depends on whether there's a key to "refund squad points" or if it can be bound. I think I get what this does - it uses the lag between evolving powers to refund the points back, but the "evolve power" screen still appears because it had already been initiated. Once you select it, the tree "solidifies", but all the points are refunded if you took them away in that lag window between selecting the 4 point rectangle, and the evolve prompt appearing.
Doesn't really matter tho, as on the PC if you want to do this, simply download an already setup coalesced.ini, and push a key to give yourself as many squadpoints as you want.
On the PC we can do much more than just this. Infinite resources, P/R bars, all weapons for all classes, etc.
and his...
Warning - following has enormous spoilers if you are on your first time through!!
Well, I hadn't bothered doing an insanity run. But I think i'll do one now...
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I've got a spare copy of Portal, if anyone wants it message me.
Also, I fear that we'll get a batarian teammate who I will have to be nice to. I don't want that.
Dragon Age had a similar exploit for attributes. Pretty hilarious they repeated it.
but she's your only love interest option!
Enlist in Star Citizen! Citizenship must be earned!
would make sense from a lore theory point of view, would make no sense from a cinematics shown point of view.
Fuck, so do I.
I've you've done "I remember me" in ME1 then you can't help but.
If they ever do either a full tv series or mini-series of Star Trek again the first thing they address should be to completely kill off the borg. I dunno, make it a big full on war or something where the borg finally bite it. let them go out with a bang. The borg has had its run especially after voyager reduced them to super easy to defeat enemy.
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I've got a spare copy of Portal, if anyone wants it message me.
If it turns out that reapers = geth with some kind of time travel mechanic I will choke a bitch
It's possible they don't have a collective name. We do know that Sovereign's minds had a name for its form, and what it was for its distinguishable "shell", but considering how much they think they're "above it all", they might just think that the apex of evolution is what they are, so they don't even need names for what they are.
Both
and Sovereign come off as really pretentious fuckers with ideas of grandeur while you prove them wrong every step of the way on a microscale.
The whole "we are beyond your understanding" and the way he tried to move around explaining what they are, is probably because he really couldn't, as they don't have conventional group names and he did mention each and every one of them is a solid state unit.
:^:
You're right, sorry, I guess that is the "big reveal" I guess.