Mass Effect 2 gameplay thread

**Evil_Maniac From Mars** · 01-27-2010, 03:22

Users reporting that the Cerberus Network is fixed. All DLC now available.

**LeftEyeNine** · 01-27-2010, 11:03

Is it true that the game itself feels like a form of cinematic art indeed ?

**Crazed Rabbit** · 01-27-2010, 11:13

This may fit in the other thread as well, but here's a link to a large repository of saved games from ME1 that allow you to change what decisions you want your Shepard in ME2 to have made in ME1 by choosing different saved game files;
http://www.masseffectsaves.com/

CR

**Mailman653** · 01-27-2010, 17:36

Well, I have the 360 version and I saw some threads on the xbox forum about the network not working properly. I suppose I am lucky when I saw that everything worked fine for me. Although I just started up the game and not only was there an update but a new piece of DLC which should of been there yesterday I think; guess they fixed whatever was wrong.

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**frogbeastegg** · 01-27-2010, 19:01

Can someone with the xbox version tell me if achievements still give gameplay bonuses?

I don't expect to be playing this until the middle or end of next week.

Nowhere beat amazon.co.uk's low price and their free postage tends to be slow. With a house to furnish I couldn't justify paying anything more than the lowest possible. Can't wait; I loved the original.

**Monk** · 01-28-2010, 04:40

I already am regretting this but I completely marathoned ME2. Very close to the ending and expect to finish it when I get some time in the next couple days. Stepping away from this game can be tough at times, especially when there's tons to do! Done all the companion quests, love how they feel as integrated into the narrative as the story-missions. The Exploration quests feel a lot better but they could still use work.

It's interesting to see how your relationship with your crew can evolve over the course of the game, even though the loyalty system is a little shallow. If you talk to your crew each will eventually reveal a companion quest, some sooner than others. If you do this quest they become loyal, however, you also have the opportunity to lose loyalty with them by siding against them in a crisis. Various crew members are polar opposites of each other, and after you gain the loyalty of those opposites they will enter a situation where it's up to you to resolve it. You can side with one of them, or with enough charm/intimidate you can convince them to kill each other after the mission. The later of which is the only way to keep them both happy, as siding against someone means you lose their loyalty.

It reminds me of the way they treated Wrex in the first game, a great way to manage your party but I can't help but feel its simple in comparison to the approval system of Dragon Age.

I like the interrupt system in conversations and I think going forward this could be a lot of fun. It really lets the darker (or empathic, if you're paragon) side of your character shine through.

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Originally Posted by Mailman653

Well, save your ME2 save this time, I'm more than certain you'll be able to port it onto ME3.

The loading screen tooltips lead me to believe you're right.

The only thing I have not liked, aside from mini-games and other minor annoyances...

Romance plot spoilers

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Now I should probably get back to working on those various projects due

**Mailman653** · 01-28-2010, 08:04

So who heard about the specter who...

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@Monk

It is hard to put down indeed, its easy to spend two hours on it and not even realize it. I'm already on the 2nd disk, 360 version. I thinking I should of played on the difficulty that comes after normal, oh well, there's next time....and plenty more, I know I'll be playing it over a few times between now and ME3.