Mass Effect 2 gameplay thread

[Monk]

The Overlord DLC was a lot of fun from start to finish, lots of nice combat with a bit of plot thrown in to give it structure. Shadow Broker has a LOT more in regards to development and I have to say it's very enjoyable. As far as DLC goes it might be bioware's best for ME2, but sadly it's lacking in difficulty. I played through with my completed shepard and blew through almost the entire thing on Hardcore. I did enjoy the boss fights however, they were very original (if easy). But I was shocked by how I missed the renegade intimidate option, I have a full bar. Maybe if you take the surgery option to remove your scars it hurts your intimidate ability?

The ending makes sense for a Renegade minded Shepard but I don't know if there's another way to end it. I didn't try forcing paragon, though the option came up quite a few times. I'll say this: Bioware needs to relax on the interrupt speed. It was WAY too fast in this DLC.

Make sure you look around the last room once you've finished the DLC for some surprises.

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Who knew Legion was a gamer? Honestly

[Hooahguy]

I too played through the new DLC, and I must say, I am extremely happy with it. Great missions (love the car chase), great dialogue, something Overlord was lacking, and great boss fights- fighting a vanguard was tough!
A must-get for any ME2 player.

[Greyblades]

Well this should make an interesting intimidate option next game "I took down a God, a 300 ft tall terminator and I beat a 500 pounds of pure muscle space ogre to death with my bare hands."

[Hooahguy]

On my 5th playthrough of ME2 (Im a renegade Shep soldider romancing Miranda, cant stay away from her ), many more to come, but I also wanted an RTS fix so I took up Sins of a Solar Empire again.
This time, I role play the TEC as the Alliance, the Advent as the Geth, and the Vasari as the Council Races.
Fun all around!

[Hooahguy]

Mass Effect 3 was pretty much announced

[gaelic cowboy]

Mass Effect 3 was pretty much announced

I want it now but then I don't want it too end either

[rajpoot]

Anyone have a link to the teaser video that was released sometime back? I just found about it right now....It's at the bottom of the article on this page....this one does not seem to be available in my region, so a youtube link or something would be nice...

[Hooahguy]

ME2 won IGNs game of the year for xbox, as well as best sci-fi for both xbox and PC, and Thane (for xbox) and TIM (for PC) won best character. It also won best PC soundtrack.
YAY!

EDIT: also won best blockbuster game and best story for xbox, as well as for PC it won best story, most innovative gameplay, best visuals.

[rajpoot]

and Thane (for xbox) and TIM (for PC) won best character.

Thane won best character award?!

He was more or less a green Carth...little less whiny.

[Hooahguy]

Thane won best character award?!

He was more or less a green Carth...little less whiny.

Are you kidding me? He is incredibly fleshed out if you romance him. He is even fleshed out if you dont romance him. Plus the guy is awesome.

[rajpoot]

Are you kidding me? He is incredibly fleshed out if you romance him. He is even fleshed out if you dont romance him. Plus the guy is awesome.

Well I actually didn't try out the romance subplot so I don't know about that.
Still, I'd have voted for Mordin Solus or maybe Legion....

[Hooahguy]

New ME2 DLC on the way?

This will be good....

[Hooahguy]

New DLC called "Arrival" is coming on March 29th.

[gaelic cowboy]

New DLC called "Arrival" is coming on March 29th.

Yay

[Kekvit Irae]

I started playing ME2 again a day or two before Arrival was hinted at.

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I finally created a character uglier than Jack. Mission Accomplished.
The romance options are going to get... awkward.

[Monk]

My god that's terrifying...

[Kekvit Irae]

It's hilarious and horrifying at the same time.

[rajpoot]

It's hilarious and horrifying at the same time.

Was trying to make a Mass Effect cartoon with the face, but couldn't. I'm sure I posted this picture somewhere else in the Guild itself, but, anyway -

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The player has the power......

[rajpoot]

IGN preview of the first mission of the DLC Arrival (first page is spoiler free).

Sounds like there'll be a ton of twists.

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I hope that the Reapers don't succeed in planting a chip or something inside Shepard's head.

[gaelic cowboy]

Mass Effect Arrival trailer

[Hooahguy]

Looks amazing. Pity they put in a massive spoiler at the end.

[gaelic cowboy]

Looks amazing. Pity they put in a massive spoiler at the end.

is it though, we know largely what has to happen, my guess is you will have to choose between preventing Arrival early or late

[Monk]

is it though, we know largely what has to happen, my guess is you will have to choose between preventing Arrival early or late

Indeed, the launch trailer for ME3 was rather a big spoiler for Arrival in hindsight. It would appear The Reaper invasion is coming and there's no much you can do to stop them from entertaining the galaxy... but perhaps there's other options to explore? Will be interesting to get my hands on it. After Shadow Broker, Arrival has some big shoes to fill. No matter if it's good or bad i'm ready for this, it'll be good to put a capstone on ME2 and put it to bed once and for all.

[Monk]

Arrival's in the bag. As far as DLC goes it's okay but after the great Overlord and Shadow Broker, Arrival's a pretty poor experience. Game time clocked in at about an hour and 15 minutes of content, with likely 30 of that being combat with a Shepard running solo. No companions are allowed, though you get a temporary one for around 10 minutes.

The plot took a hard swerve about halfway through and it took me a while to figure out just what the hell was going on - mainly because it comes right out of nowhere. Missed opportunity comes in the fact there's no boss fight of any kind toward the end. As a result it gradually loses steam until it concludes a short while later.

Arrival adds a welcome change of tone the ME2 experience in that you're back on the Reaper trail but it ends way too soon and doesn't add much to the overall plot of the game (other than what we already knew from the game's incredible setup ending). Bioware must have heard the feedback from a few fans because the interrupt options are much slower this time. In Shadow they were so fast it was crazy... good to see them toned back.

All in all a decent, fun experience greatly overshadowed by the previous DLC.

[Hooahguy]

Just bought it, downloading now. I have heard many people complaining about its length, but after all, it was only 560 BW points, so that is to be expected.

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At least Harby is back in force ala Sovereign style.

[gaelic cowboy]

Dowloaded and played a quick two minutes but I am afraid it's time for the leaba now for some sleep.

Still cant wait till tomorrow evening when I fire it up again.

[Hooahguy]

Downloaded it and installed it but cant play because I cant connect to Cerberus Network.

[gaelic cowboy]

Downloaded it and installed it but cant play because I cant connect to Cerberus Network.

I got that too at first but it asked me for my password and all that lark, cerberus network was jumpy all day people prob getting ready for arrival I suppose.

Now that ME2 is for the off I hope they made sure they put an actual singular baddie in the third one to boo and hiss at like Saren from ME1, the idea of the collector general was a cool character and all but a bit impersonal, I could not get worked up about him as a character unlike for Saren. having said that I still felt ME2 had a better flow and cinematic feel and it is the better game so I have a fair expectation ME3 will at least emulate that feeling.

I didnt actually feel anything about the Collector General until the very end when he is trying furiously to stop the explosion up to that point he was just another bot to be wasted, Unfortunately I suspect because ME3 is about the Reapers we will get a game with an even larger but still impersonal enemy. If it was me making ME3 I would put in another indoctrinated enemy who is dogging my tail trying to prevent me gather the races to save earth

[Kekvit Irae]

My thoughts on Arrival:

Like Overlord, it builds up to awesome, only to fall flat on its face at the ending.

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Considering the final countdown to the Reaper arrival in the system was AT MOST 28 minutes, it would have been cool to see the Reapers. NOPE! You're just treated to a hologram of Harbringer telling you that your efforts are futile, you will be assimilated, blah blah blah.

Was it worth seven dollars? In my opinion, not really.

[Monk]

My thoughts on Arrival:

Like Overlord, it builds up to awesome, only to fall flat on its face at the ending.

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Considering the final countdown to the Reaper arrival in the system was AT MOST 28 minutes, it would have been cool to see the Reapers. NOPE! You're just treated to a hologram of Harbringer telling you that your efforts are futile, you will be assimilated, blah blah blah.

Was it worth seven dollars? In my opinion, not really.

I can agree there - it feels like a huge tease. If ME3 was right around the corner? I probably wouldn't mind, but we've still got all year before we even see hide or hair of the finale. Had fun but Arrival is nowhere close to how much I enjoyed Shadow Broker and Overlord, which i still rate as the two best DLCs for ME2.