Mass Effect 2 teaser

[Mailman653]

Vanguard
Awesome, SMG! in addition to the pistol and shotgun. I'm glad my character will finally be able to have a little fun with those MG's. I couldn't hit anything with the assault rifle in ME1 unless it was a foot away from me.

New Character: Miranda
Tough cookie

[al Roumi]

Vanguard
Awesome, SMG! in addition to the pistol and shotgun. I'm glad my character will finally be able to have a little fun with those MG's. I couldn't hit anything with the assault rifle in ME1 unless it was a foot away from me.

Hmm, are you familiar with the concept of the 3-round burst?

Once you get a Specter assualt rifle you don't even have to worry about overheating, just spray and pray (even though you shouldn't really need to pray )

What frustrated me the most about the Vanguard build in ME was havuing to spend xp on Pistol before getting access to the Shotgun. It's meant to be a close-quarter's specialist, not taking pot shots from a distance like a namby-pamby sentinel, adept or engineer.

Edit: Addendum
On the broader skill/abilities and progression, I'm quite interested to note the chanegs between ME and ME2, but also that ammo types now count as an upgradeable skill -as well as available to only distinct classes. That the skills have optional routes too (e.g. target an individual or group) also adds to the flexibility and one would hope replayability.

Nice to see it won't just be the same as ME but with a different story.

ooh I've come over all fan-boy-ish.

[rajpoot]

Vanguard it's going to be then, again.....I never felt the shotgun lacking though....infact I preferred it to the assault rifle......more damage, and all you need to do is move forward quickly, from cover to cover....
Edit:
Force charge

[al Roumi]

Force charge

It does look cool!

[Mailman653]

Vanguard it's going to be then, again.....I never felt the shotgun lacking though....infact I preferred it to the assault rifle......more damage, and all you need to do is move forward quickly, from cover to cover....
Edit:
Force charge

Totally! I loved the shotgun, I used to put the scram rail on it and some other stuff, all I would get are one or two shots before it overheated, but it packed not a punch, but a kick!

[Scienter]

Vanguard
Awesome, SMG! in addition to the pistol and shotgun. I'm glad my character will finally be able to have a little fun with those MG's. I couldn't hit anything with the assault rifle in ME1 unless it was a foot away from me.

New Character: Miranda
Tough cookie

I played a Vanguard in ME, and while I really enjoyed the biotic bit, I wished I should use better guns. I was considering going straight soldier in ME2, but this is making me reconsider.

[frogbeastegg]

Btw happy birthday Frogbeastegg

Thanks.



For those in the UK, amazon.co.uk are currently doing a pre-order of ME2 for £29.99! That's nearly £10 cheaper than the other online stores. You also get a code for some special armour.

[Krusader]

You could get Assault Rifles for Vanguard in ME1 if you completed the game first.

But the skills still gave bonuses to pistols & shotguns only. In ME1 I just preferred the assault rifle & sniper rifles, which is what kept me from playing some of the other classes.

In ME2 though I'm playing a Vanguard first, as Force Charge is definitely plus I can use SMGs too.

I'm just waiting for Steam to add ME2 for pre-order. I want the game as fast as I can so I'm willing to spend some extra money for that and a (hopefully) Digital Deluxe Edition. Of all game companies, only Bioware can bring the fanboi out in me.

[Krusader]

ME2 on Steam now. No prices yet.

Mass Effect 2 Standard Edition

Digital Deluxe Edition

[al Roumi]

For those in the UK, amazon.co.uk are currently doing a pre-order of ME2 for £29.99! That's nearly £10 cheaper than the other online stores. You also get a code for some special armour.

I ordered mine on Tuesday

Couldn't find it cheaper elsewhere either.

[Mailman653]

Character video: Zero

[Krusader]

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.

[Monk]

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.

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.

[Krusader]

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.

Thanks.
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.

[a completely inoffensive name]

Man, I really cannot wait for this.

[Subotan]

I'll probably delay getting it until the Summer, so it's after exams, and so that I have time to finish it again.

[Krusader]

http://masseffect.bioware.com/media/videos/

Soldier video up along with 3 others.

[Mailman653]

Little over a week left, can't wait!

[al Roumi]

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?

[Krusader]

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.

[gaelic cowboy]

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

[Mailman653]

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.

[frogbeastegg]

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.

[Beskar]

I hope it doesn't get Assassin's Creeded. That was annoying, some one randomly goes in and gave away the ending.

[al Roumi]

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.

[Scienter]

I vote for the first option, I don't want to be spoiled!

[gaelic cowboy]

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

[al Roumi]

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?

[a completely inoffensive name]

I'm going to visit the org or talk to others when the 26th comes. I think I am covered for spoilers.

[al Roumi]

Gamespy has the following news

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.

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...

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?