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Just waiting for Mass Effect 2 to be made available for purchase on Steam now. Noticed that play.com actually has the Terminus armour and have to admit I'm sorely tempted to order it from there, but it would take 2-3 weeks before I get the game from the UK. Its 27 £ btw for Standard Edition PC and 35 € if you order from abroad.
Also finished Mass Effect for the third time, but it seems like the nvidia drivers of 2009 cause random crashes and I've had my fair share of them...annoying.
I believe they are now on sale on Steam, as they just sky-rocketed passed Star Trek Online on the "Top Seller" list. Try checking again. :yes:Quote:
Originally Posted by Krusader
Thanks.Quote:
Originally Posted by Monk
Purchased...60 € for Digital Deluxe Edition, although contents are okayish. Still any other game and I'd most likely not buy for that price. I'm hoping some PC features Dragon Age had will make it into ME2.
Man, I really cannot wait for this.
I'll probably delay getting it until the Summer, so it's after exams, and so that I have time to finish it again.
http://masseffect.bioware.com/media/videos/
Soldier video up along with 3 others.
Little over a week left, can't wait!
Has anyone seen any mention of game achievements? I don't meen the pointless Steam ones, rather those as in ME that allowed you to add a skill (earned in a previous playthrough) of your choosing to a new character?
Given that the skills of the classes are already quite different from ME and that the "combined" classes (Vanguard, Infiltrator, Sentinel) are apparently more defined/unique than in ME, is there any further cross-over. E.g. can you give a Soldier Warp, an Adept Assualt rifle or a Vanguard Singularity if you unlock them as before?
From watching videos it seems Assault Rifles are Soldier-only and Singularity is Adept only. I remember getting assault rifles for my Vanguard in ME1, but did not use the skill as the talents gave more +damage to shotguns. I think Bioware might keep the classes more separate, but never know.Quote:
Originally Posted by alh_p
I seen an add for it on telly last night on some obscure music channel it looks good. I have it preordered cos I wanted to ensure I got a collectors edition hope it was worth it
I just preordered mine for the 360 today, I can't wait! I'm looking forward to the music, I've read that the guy who composed the score for the first game returned to do the music for this game also.
It looks like a large proportion of the arena's membership will be playing ME2. I'm intending to open a separate gameplay thread once the game's out, as I did with Dragon Age. Thought I'd do a little survey to help settle the spoiler policy for that thread.
There's a few ways I can set it up:
-Zero tolerance then standard policy after 1 month has passed a la the dragon age thread. Anything which might be considered a spoiler should be tagged.
-Standard policy. Readers run the risk of encountering minor spoilers and seeing plain discussion of later areas, bosses etc.
-Split thread. This thread remains the no spoilers thread for general gameplay, a new one handles spoiler free-for-all discussion.
The first allows everyone to read in safety and relaxes once most of the audience here has had chance to complete the game. The second's mostly ok but can present problems with games which have a lot of surprises, twists, etc. The last isn't an option I favour much; a free-for-all is only of use for those who no longer care. Or I suppose we could have a zero tolerance thread and a free-for-all thread.
The game looks like it will contain quite a few surprises and twists. Please bear that in mind while answering.
I hope it doesn't get Assassin's Creeded. That was annoying, some one randomly goes in and gave away the ending.
Option 1 for me Mademoiselle Froggy!
I think the way the Dragon age thread worked out was good. I did read some of the spoilers before completing the game myself, but I was glad to have control of what i did learn and what i didn't.
I vote for the first option, I don't want to be spoiled!
I dont mind it so much really I knew how the game ended but on the first one but I still enjoyed it massively even with the foreknowledge
VOTE MUCH?Quote:
Originally Posted by gaelic cowboy
I'm going to visit the org or talk to others when the 26th comes. I think I am covered for spoilers.
Gamespy has the following news
While i'm not entirely surprised by this, as it's exactly what they did with DAO, I can't help but be a bit disapointed. Why is it so damn hard to to get a complete game in a box now! okay, the whole DLC thing has been dealt with in many other threads and continues to rumble on...Quote:
Electronic Arts announced today that folks who pick up Mass Effect 2 brand-new will also net free DLC (via Shacknews). Each new copy of Mass Effect 2 will come with a code to unlock The Cerberus Network, which will act as a vessel for the game's DLC, and will also give players their first bit of extra content.
Those who access The Cerberus Network for the first time will get new missions, in-game items and a new "rugged and deadly gun-for-hire" party member named Zaees. According to BioWare, the company plans continued DLC after the game's launch, promising an "agile hover tank" in addition to more missions and items.
Zaees is evidently the Shale of ME2, in so far as being an encouragement to buy 1st hand.
That agile hover tank sounds rather like a Mako equivalent to me, i thought that sort of ground mission had been removed from the game?
But I liked the Mako missions, a lot!
They gave me a feeling of seamless transition, my character didn't travel between locations by loading screen but by using an actual vehicle(well, there were loading screens but I liked exploring the planets etc), why the heck would anyone remove that? :inquisitive:
Yeah but one planet was much the same as another there was very little reward for exploring a huge rural wasteland on 99% of the extra planets.Quote:
Originally Posted by Husar
Maybe if they had had less planets but filled them with more to do and interact with then it might have been more fun.
My dream is a universe I can go back to after I finish the main quest which I suspect will be furnished through DLC between now and the last game.
More ME than you can shake a stick at
The news is good or bad, IMO. Good cause there's lots of posiblities as to what could be done with a new game. Bad cause is ME going to be the new Halo or COD? A new game every year....it's like they are becoming a sports game, new versions every year. I don't know.
I have been avoiding previews and videos of the game for months now because I want to come to the game with no expectations other than the hope it will be a worthy sequel to one of my favourite games. I just broke that to watch the launch trailer.
Well gosh. Amazon had better not deliver my pre-order late!
That trailer is awesome, I hope this weekend flys by quick.
It's too much, I am compeled to say: "Do want". :help:Quote:
Originally Posted by Mailman653
CD WOW (some UK retailer?) is selling ME2 for seemingly $36 (at least to Americans):
http://www.cdwow.us/search?q=mass+effect+2&t=games
I had some giftcard money left over from Christmas so I pulled the trigger on it, figure I can maybe register it to Steam and then get the free DLC for $14 less than actually buying it through steam. Seems a little shady, but what the heck, right?
Well, thats one way to compete with all those retailers that have pre-order bonuses :laugh4:
Not even used would you find it at that price, hope your purchase goes well! Too bad the savings doesn't transfer to the 360 version. If it did I might just cancel my pre-order with Gamestop and buy it there!
Some people on the xbox forums already got a copy of the game but I'm avoiding any threads that might have spoilers of any kind. I'm comfortable with what I know from the trailers and what I've read, I don't wanna know more than that!
That trailer is just good because of the music. :juggle2:
26.99€ for the US version :inquisitive: :2thumbsup: !!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Alexander the Pretty Good
It's 49.99 on Steam, screw the preorder bonus, why pay twice as much for a silly suit? :laugh4:
Somehow the non-US version is 31.99€, if the yerman language inclusion is the only difference then I guess I would not need it.
And here I thought I could skip on it and then along comes this tempting offer... :wall:
Looking at a couple review sites, CDWoW has got abysmal reviews. Im gonna shy away from it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Alexander the Pretty Good
On the other hand, Walmart has it for $46, with a $10 online gift card on top of Bing cash back. EDIT: IF you go to walmart via searching for HDTVs, Bing cashback is 15%.
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A quick search shows mixed reviews, with some of the negativity from slow delivery. Which is fine, I probably shouldn't even open the box until after this semester is over. But I'll keep you guys posted on how this gamble works out. :D
IGN already has a review of the game. Spoiler free.
Rated 9.6, 'Incredible'.
:furious3: I'm going to be out of town on release day!!
http://www.metacritic.com/games/plat...60/masseffect2
98 score on metacritic so far.
BRB, adding this game to shopping cart.
I tend to ignore IGN, Gamespot, Gamespy and well, most major gaming magazines as it seems the most hyped and advertised games get good scores. Age of Conan & Empire: Total War springs to mind.Quote:
Originally Posted by india
But still took a quick read-through and really hope this time the review holds true for the entire game.
Reall it would be surprising if anyone gave them less than a 9.5 unless there were some crippling technical issues. Even if it was a bad game (and there was little reason to think it would be after ME1) the amount of hype spent on this game would guarantee great reviews from the big sites.
Seems like that track has been used for other trailers too :) One of the Youtube links was to a Lineage 2 trailer (never heard of it, looks like a manga RPG).Quote:
Originally Posted by Husar
No major plot spoilers, just some romance spoilers, but using tags as some people might want to see this for themselves ingame.
Spoiler Alert, click show to read:
Arghh.....just found out the Gamestop where I pre-ordered my game won't be open at midnight. Guess I'll get mine sometime during the day on Tuesday like every one else.
Gametrailers have posted their video review. Nice chance to see the game in motion away from the promo movies.
I got my copy today, been hooked for hours.
Pre-loading on Steam...:smash:
Hey guys, I'm currently playing ME1, and I don't want to pollute ME2 thread, so I'm asking here.
When it comes to the "Score 250 kills with a given weapon" or "Use a given ability 75 times", do I need to do it with Shepard only? Or do my companions' kill work too?
Has to be you I'm afraid!Quote:
Originally Posted by Meneldil
As alh_p said, it has to be Shepard. The count is global so if you have Shepard A kill a guy with a shotgun and then play a different game with Shepard B and kill another guy with a shotgun, that counts as 2 towards the achievement. The count also survives deaths and any sort of reload. If you really want you can use the power/weapon against a set of foes, reload and do it again, and keep on doing this until you reach the required number.Quote:
Originally Posted by Meneldil