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    EgosEgos Registered User regular
    Grey Ghost wrote: »
    More Cronos Station spoilers
    Why is it such a big thing to see that video log confirm that Shep was brain-dead?
    I thought it was established that he was completely, totally, and in all other ways dead

    It was two fucking years on an uninhabited planet after going through re-entry, was Shepard really hoping "well maybe I was just in a coma for all that time"
    to get you thinking about transhumanism. if you haven't already with all those little chats going on in the ship

    not sure if that should be spoilered or not... not really ...but just being safe

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    DarkPrimusDarkPrimus Registered User regular
    DarkPrimus wrote: »
    Veretas wrote: »
    alright

    got the tumblr up to date with everything we've done so far

    wonder which mission she's gonna want to do first

    Oh god

    did she leave Wrex behind

    don't tell me she left Wrex behind

    we still haven't actually left the citadel, we stopped as soon as the cutscene where you're made a spectre ends

    Well remember you have most of the rest of the game to decide to come back and pick him up.

    I did a run through where I never ever took him off the Citadel, just to find out what happens.

    ME2:
    On Tuchanka, the game thinks he's dead - you talk to Wreav and such. On the ship, Joker acts like you talked to Wrex. Strangeness!

    ME3:
    Wrex is alive, but he acts all chummy to you anyway.

    that's weird, I did a playthrough where I didn't take Garrus in 1, and it actually changed a fair bit of his dialogue in 2

    Yes, and it will be accurately reflected in the third game. For example, he won't reference doing anything done in the first game as part of his accomplishments when trading brags with Vega.

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    EgosEgos Registered User regular
    Terrendos wrote: »
    Shepard was presumably rescued from the planet relatively quickly, he spent two years being rebuilt.

    I think the big reveal was supposed to be
    he fact that they used Reaper tech to rebuild him.

    wait, did I miss something?
    I thought reaper tech was used to help build Edi not Shep?

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    chiasaur11chiasaur11 Never doubt a raccoon. Do you think it's trademarked?Registered User regular
    DarkPrimus wrote: »
    DarkPrimus wrote: »
    Veretas wrote: »
    alright

    got the tumblr up to date with everything we've done so far

    wonder which mission she's gonna want to do first

    Oh god

    did she leave Wrex behind

    don't tell me she left Wrex behind

    we still haven't actually left the citadel, we stopped as soon as the cutscene where you're made a spectre ends

    Well remember you have most of the rest of the game to decide to come back and pick him up.

    I did a run through where I never ever took him off the Citadel, just to find out what happens.

    ME2:
    On Tuchanka, the game thinks he's dead - you talk to Wreav and such. On the ship, Joker acts like you talked to Wrex. Strangeness!

    ME3:
    Wrex is alive, but he acts all chummy to you anyway.

    that's weird, I did a playthrough where I didn't take Garrus in 1, and it actually changed a fair bit of his dialogue in 2

    Yes, and it will be accurately reflected in the third game. For example, he won't reference doing anything done in the first game as part of his accomplishments when trading brags with Vega.

    Which also explains why so much of his critpath dialog references stuff in 2.

    It's a really nice touch.

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    SeriouslySeriously Registered User regular
    Egos wrote: »
    Terrendos wrote: »
    Shepard was presumably rescued from the planet relatively quickly, he spent two years being rebuilt.

    I think the big reveal was supposed to be
    he fact that they used Reaper tech to rebuild him.

    wait, did I miss something?
    I thought reaper tech was used to help build Edi not Shep?

    Both


    you know that glowy spookiness that you have when you are pretty renegade

    that is what that is

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    Blake TBlake T Do you have enemies then? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.Registered User regular
    So when is the DLC going live?

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    Kuribo's ShoeKuribo's Shoe Kuribo's Stocking North PoleRegistered User regular
    Tuesday

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    Blake TBlake T Do you have enemies then? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.Registered User regular
    Thank you shoe, that is helpful.

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    ASimPersonASimPerson Cold... and hard.Registered User regular
    edited April 2012
    Just to make it clear from a couple pages ago, I have already played and beat Mass Effect 3.

    I just thought naming specific locations in the late game of ME3 may be a spoiler - I'm not sure that mission, i.e.,:
    Cerberus HQ
    is a given if you haven't played 3 yet.

    What I'm doing right now is my "renegade" run, with a play through I started in ME1 and imported in ME2. I intend to carry it into 3 right after this. (The original ME1 play through started last fall and then I picked back up again a couple weeks ago, beat ME1, and am now working on ME2.)

    Edit: also I just started Mordin's loyalty mission.

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    Blake TBlake T Do you have enemies then? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.Registered User regular
    I'm going to do some bronze stuff if anyone is keen.

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    ASimPersonASimPerson Cold... and hard.Registered User regular
    "What is fun to fight through?"
    "Gardens, electronics shops. Antique stores, but only if they're classy."

    Why, yes, I did bring Garrus you with me on this mission just for that bit of ambient dialog.
    He references it again in ME3. It was on Earth, I think?

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    Day of the BearDay of the Bear The Qun demandsRegistered User regular
    It is a really good bit of ambient dialog

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    ShortyShorty touching the meat Intergalactic Cool CourtRegistered User regular
    ASimPerson wrote: »
    "What is fun to fight through?"
    "Gardens, electronics shops. Antique stores, but only if they're classy."

    Why, yes, I did bring Garrus you with me on this mission just for that bit of ambient dialog.
    He references it again in ME3. It was on Earth, I think?

    that was one of my favorites

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    chiasaur11chiasaur11 Never doubt a raccoon. Do you think it's trademarked?Registered User regular
    ASimPerson wrote: »
    "What is fun to fight through?"
    "Gardens, electronics shops. Antique stores, but only if they're classy."

    Why, yes, I did bring Garrus you with me on this mission just for that bit of ambient dialog.
    He references it again in ME3. It was on Earth, I think?
    Cerberus base on Horizon, I think.

    Either that or the main base.

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    ASimPersonASimPerson Cold... and hard.Registered User regular
    Shorty wrote: »
    ASimPerson wrote: »
    "What is fun to fight through?"
    "Gardens, electronics shops. Antique stores, but only if they're classy."

    Why, yes, I did bring Garrus you with me on this mission just for that bit of ambient dialog.
    He references it again in ME3. It was on Earth, I think?

    that was one of my favorites

    I remember it so well because the first time I played ME2 two years ago I was laughing so hard that I had to pause the game.

    Not quite the same impact now, but still great.

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    Blake TBlake T Do you have enemies then? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.Registered User regular
    ASimPerson wrote: »
    Shorty wrote: »
    ASimPerson wrote: »
    "What is fun to fight through?"
    "Gardens, electronics shops. Antique stores, but only if they're classy."

    Why, yes, I did bring Garrus you with me on this mission just for that bit of ambient dialog.
    He references it again in ME3. It was on Earth, I think?

    that was one of my favorites

    I remember it so well because the first time I played ME2 two years ago I was laughing so hard that I had to pause the game.

    Not quite the same impact now, but still great.

    YouTube please.

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    CambiataCambiata Commander Shepard The likes of which even GAWD has never seenRegistered User regular
    ASimPerson wrote: »
    "What is fun to fight through?"
    "Gardens, electronics shops. Antique stores, but only if they're classy."

    Why, yes, I did bring Garrus you with me on this mission just for that bit of ambient dialog.
    He references it again in ME3. It was on Earth, I think?

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    "If you divide the whole world into just enemies and friends, you'll end up destroying everything" --Nausicaa of the Valley of Wind
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    Kuribo's ShoeKuribo's Shoe Kuribo's Stocking North PoleRegistered User regular
    Blake T wrote: »
    Thank you shoe, that is helpful.

    I can't tell if this is sarcastic! That's all anyone knows!

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    ASimPersonASimPerson Cold... and hard.Registered User regular
    I'm starting to wonder if they made the outset of this mission so funny because the end is so heavy.

    Mordin on live test subjects: "No tests on species capable of calculus. Simple rule, never broke it."

    The best renegade interrupt in the game:
    "You talk too much!"
    "See, the human cannot hit a simple target!"
    ......
    *BOOM*

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    ASimPersonASimPerson Cold... and hard.Registered User regular
    "Have killed many, Shepard. Many methods. Gunfire, knives, drugs, tech attacks, once with farming equipment. But not with medicine!"

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    Blake TBlake T Do you have enemies then? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.Registered User regular
    Blake T wrote: »
    Thank you shoe, that is helpful.

    I can't tell if this is sarcastic! That's all anyone knows!

    I wasn't being sarcastic, I thought it was going out Monday, but then I wasn't sure if it was up yet.

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    Day of the BearDay of the Bear The Qun demandsRegistered User regular
    Mordin's loyalty mission is really really good

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    ASimPersonASimPerson Cold... and hard.Registered User regular
    Mordin's loyalty mission is really really good

    Yeah, it is. Just had the conversation in the room with the dead Krogan female.

    I had forgotten that this bit in ME3 was a reference:
    In ME2 he says:
    Sometimes wish were less intelligent. Someone else's problem.

    Fool's wish. Had to be me. Others might have gotten it wrong.

    Had to take a break.

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    Day of the BearDay of the Bear The Qun demandsRegistered User regular
    Sometimes I forget why i love ME2 so much.

    Then stuff like that reminds me.

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    CambiataCambiata Commander Shepard The likes of which even GAWD has never seenRegistered User regular
    edited April 2012
    ASimPerson wrote: »
    Mordin's loyalty mission is really really good

    Yeah, it is. Just had the conversation in the room with the dead Krogan female.

    I had forgotten that this bit in ME3 was a reference:
    In ME2 he says:
    Sometimes wish were less intelligent. Someone else's problem.

    Fool's wish. Had to be me. Others might have gotten it wrong.

    Had to take a break.

    I have to say, that the frequency with which they quoted that line in ME3 (I recognized it immediately) was sorta off-putting for me. Took me out of the moment.

    Cambiata on
    "If you divide the whole world into just enemies and friends, you'll end up destroying everything" --Nausicaa of the Valley of Wind
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    HorseshoeHorseshoe Registered User regular
    this just made me think about a difference in how i play ME2 and ME3
    in ME3 i was pretty much constantly on task

    there is one situation and whatever i was doing is working toward a solution to that problem and i am constantly reminded of this

    in ME2 i feel more that i am basically bumming around on the cerberus dime and seeing the galaxy

    every time the illusive man calls and i literally cannot move on until i deal with his shit

    okay FINE SHEESH i'll deal with the stupid main storyline

    am i done with this collector shit for now because i got some stuff to do on illium


    sure, everything in ME2 is supposed to be in service of the larger story thing

    stop the collectors and stop the reapers

    but it really doesn't feel like that

    it feels much more self-directed and less desperate and as if it is more about the cast of characters than the main plot

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    ASimPersonASimPerson Cold... and hard.Registered User regular
    Cambiata wrote: »
    ASimPerson wrote: »
    Mordin's loyalty mission is really really good

    Yeah, it is. Just had the conversation in the room with the dead Krogan female.

    I had forgotten that this bit in ME3 was a reference:
    In ME2 he says:
    Sometimes wish were less intelligent. Someone else's problem.

    Fool's wish. Had to be me. Others might have gotten it wrong.

    Had to take a break.

    I have to say, that the frequency with which they quoted that line in ME3 (I recognized it immediately) was sorta off-putting for me. Took me out of the moment.

    If it was referenced multiple times in ME3 I either disregarded it or forgot. Only made the connection later.

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    ASimPersonASimPerson Cold... and hard.Registered User regular
    Sometimes I wish I could achieve the detachment necessary to just select the bottom options all the time.

    Trying to figure out what to do with the data (and, yes, I know all the consequences (and Wrex is alive)).

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    Blake TBlake T Do you have enemies then? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.Registered User regular
    There are a lot of level twenty vanguards playing bronze.

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    GoatmonGoatmon Companion of Kess Registered User regular
    edited April 2012
    Horseshoe wrote: »
    this just made me think about a difference in how i play ME2 and ME3
    in ME3 i was pretty much constantly on task

    there is one situation and whatever i was doing is working toward a solution to that problem and i am constantly reminded of this

    in ME2 i feel more that i am basically bumming around on the cerberus dime and seeing the galaxy

    every time the illusive man calls and i literally cannot move on until i deal with his shit

    okay FINE SHEESH i'll deal with the stupid main storyline

    am i done with this collector shit for now because i got some stuff to do on illium


    sure, everything in ME2 is supposed to be in service of the larger story thing

    stop the collectors and stop the reapers

    but it really doesn't feel like that

    it feels much more self-directed and less desperate and as if it is more about the cast of characters than the main plot
    It IS more about the cast.

    There are only really four plot-focussed missions once you have control of the Normandy. Horizon, the Collector Ship, Dead Reaper, and the Collector Base.

    As opposed to the 22 missions devoted to the recruitment and loyalty of the rest of your crew, each with it's own entire story to tell.

    ME2 is all about the characters. And it's also the one where you just happen to responsible for keeping them alive in the final mission. Not a coincidence, I think.

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    ASimPersonASimPerson Cold... and hard.Registered User regular
    Chose to destroy the data.

    That should spice up my ME3 play through a bit.

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    HorseshoeHorseshoe Registered User regular
    Goatmon wrote: »
    Horseshoe wrote: »
    this just made me think about a difference in how i play ME2 and ME3
    in ME3 i was pretty much constantly on task

    there is one situation and whatever i was doing is working toward a solution to that problem and i am constantly reminded of this

    in ME2 i feel more that i am basically bumming around on the cerberus dime and seeing the galaxy

    every time the illusive man calls and i literally cannot move on until i deal with his shit

    okay FINE SHEESH i'll deal with the stupid main storyline

    am i done with this collector shit for now because i got some stuff to do on illium


    sure, everything in ME2 is supposed to be in service of the larger story thing

    stop the collectors and stop the reapers

    but it really doesn't feel like that

    it feels much more self-directed and less desperate and as if it is more about the cast of characters than the main plot
    It IS more about the cast.

    There are only really four plot-focussed missions once you have control of the Normandy. Horizon, Collector Ship, Dead Reaper, and the Collector Base.

    As opposed to the 22 missions devoted to the recruitment and loyalty of the rest of your crew, each with it's own entire story to tell.

    ME2 is all about the characters.
    yeah exactly

    i mean technically recruiting team members and doing loyalty stuff is all in service to the main mission

    but the fact that the main mission is being supported is not why i enjoy them

    hell if it was all about the main mission i would skip as much of that stuff as possible just so that i could put a swift end to the collectors and their bullshit

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    TIFunkaliciousTIFunkalicious Kicking back in NebraskaRegistered User regular
    ASimPerson wrote: »
    Cambiata wrote: »
    ASimPerson wrote: »
    Mordin's loyalty mission is really really good

    Yeah, it is. Just had the conversation in the room with the dead Krogan female.

    I had forgotten that this bit in ME3 was a reference:
    In ME2 he says:
    Sometimes wish were less intelligent. Someone else's problem.

    Fool's wish. Had to be me. Others might have gotten it wrong.

    Had to take a break.

    I have to say, that the frequency with which they quoted that line in ME3 (I recognized it immediately) was sorta off-putting for me. Took me out of the moment.

    If it was referenced multiple times in ME3 I either disregarded it or forgot. Only made the connection later.

    He said it one other time when you
    discover he was the mole

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    VivixenneVivixenne Remember your training, and we'll get through this just fine. Registered User regular
    Quick question. Blake and I share the one copy of ME3 on the 360. Blake already has a live acct and I am thinking of getting one so that I can play multiplayer.

    Do we need a second access code for me to be able to play the multiplayer stuff?

    XBOX: NOVADELPHINI | DISCORD: NOVADELPHINI #7387 | TWITTER
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    ASimPersonASimPerson Cold... and hard.Registered User regular
    Okay, time for something a little more lighthearted.

    I think it's time to go Yahg hunting.

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    DarkPrimusDarkPrimus Registered User regular
    Vivixenne wrote: »
    Quick question. Blake and I share the one copy of ME3 on the 360. Blake already has a live acct and I am thinking of getting one so that I can play multiplayer.

    Do we need a second access code for me to be able to play the multiplayer stuff?

    If you're both on the same 360 then you shouldn't need another code.

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    VivixenneVivixenne Remember your training, and we'll get through this just fine. Registered User regular
    DarkPrimus wrote: »
    Vivixenne wrote: »
    Quick question. Blake and I share the one copy of ME3 on the 360. Blake already has a live acct and I am thinking of getting one so that I can play multiplayer.

    Do we need a second access code for me to be able to play the multiplayer stuff?

    If you're both on the same 360 then you shouldn't need another code.

    Cheers bro

    XBOX: NOVADELPHINI | DISCORD: NOVADELPHINI #7387 | TWITTER
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    -Tal-Tal Registered User regular
    YES

    Mom Racer hates Garrus

    this is like the perfect ME1 playthrough

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    -Tal-Tal Registered User regular
    On the way to the Wards, we come across a hanar arguing with a C-Sec officer. The cop is angry that the hanar is preaching in public, and Mom tells him that he should leave it alone. The officer explains that everything would be fine if the hanar just had a permit. Mom calls him pathetic for not being able to handle the problem and turns to the hanar. It gives its side of the story and mom tells it to piss off. It refuses. Mom starts to talk to the C-Sec officer again before she remembers that she doesn’t care. She calls him pathetic again and leaves for the bar.

    oh my god :^: :^:

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    SeriouslySeriously Registered User regular
    the last premium spectre pack I'm probably going to get had a Krogan Sentinel in it

    finally!

    since I also got my first respec card I have decided to try out a rage-oriented build


    given that as well as the fact that his cousin is named Chex the only possible name for him was Captain Crunch

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