Mass Effect 2 gameplay thread

[Crazed Rabbit]

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I had Garrus and Jack die. I was so annoyed. The two I didn't want to die.

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That's one reason I chose Legion for the shaft - he's just a walking platform for Geth programs, right? So it's not the same as a person dying.
And Garrus was just so awesome - he set himself up as a Batman like figure in the heart of the terminus systems!
And since my character had a romance with Tali

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I've never seen anything like Quarian faces!

I kept her in my group, figuring it's easier to keep NPCs alive through the end that way.

Without going into detail. I don't know if it just me, but I found the end a bit too easy.

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Plus. Playing on the XBOX,the ending felt like a lazy Gears of War rip-off. The biotic shield thing to avoid swarms, lol, Gears of War rip-off right there. The ending enemies are like locusts, lol. The 3rd person angle is the same as Gears of War, as is the combat system. I haven't looked, but they used the same engine didn't they? They must have.

That's my only gripe. Otherwise, it's a decent game. And I am glad that it came out when it did, as I dodged the Dragon Age bullet.

I've only played about 10 minutes of the first GoW, so none of that for me.

One minor gripe; why can't you change your helmet during the mission? Going helmet-less in non-earth environments just seems wrong. It perturbs the engineer in me.

CR

[Kekvit Irae]

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That's one reason I chose Legion for the shaft - he's just a walking platform for Geth programs, right?

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Keeping Tali/Legion alive is easy. All you need to do is make sure they are loyal, and that your first fireteam leader is either Miranda, Jacob, or Garrus (again, they need to be loyal).

[johnhughthom]

Completed with my level 50 imported character, reached level 28, 43 hours played.

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Tali and Samara killed last level, I'm going to have to play again before ME3. Got to have Tali back for that.

[frogbeastegg]

Decent article with a rundown of the highs and lows of ME2. All spoilers are concealed until you request the page displays them, and are labelled so you know what to expect. NB: language warning.

I'm putting ME2 to one side for a bit. I've done everything I want to with it except my insanity/renegade run. That can wait until the experience is less fresh in my mind.

The achievements are far easier to come by this time, kind of disappointing. I replayed ME1 many times before I reached 100%. I've got 50/51 with a single playthrough and 45 minutes of play on a new game+. Insanity is the only one I am missing.

[Crazed Rabbit]

Decent article with a rundown of the highs and lows of ME2. All spoilers are concealed until you request the page displays them, and are labelled so you know what to expect. NB: language warning.

That's a very good article.

CR

[Mailman653]

The Shepard dance

[Krusader]

Decent article with a rundown of the highs and lows of ME2. All spoilers are concealed until you request the page displays them, and are labelled so you know what to expect. NB: language warning.

I'm putting ME2 to one side for a bit. I've done everything I want to with it except my insanity/renegade run. That can wait until the experience is less fresh in my mind.

The achievements are far easier to come by this time, kind of disappointing. I replayed ME1 many times before I reached 100%. I've got 50/51 with a single playthrough and 45 minutes of play on a new game+. Insanity is the only one I am missing.

To be on safe side:

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The writer sums up my thoughts on Cerberus perfectly. I expected there to be more conflict for Shephard to play out regarding Cerberus, as they were portrayed as a pretty twisted organization in ME1.
I just have the feeling that someone on Bioware's writing team had a hardon for Cerberus and/or secret organizations and wanted Cerberus in, maybe as a rather unsuccesful attempt at doing a story twist.

And a little image I found which I find amusing:

[snip]The comic contains swearing and shouldn't be posted directly here. Post a link with a language warning instead. Froggy.

[rajpoot]

I reloaded some old saves today to try finish building 'relations' with Legion; He says some interesting things in the final two chats.

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First thing worth noticing was that he says the Geth maintain the Quarian home-world as a sort of monument for all the Quarians who died there. Next time he says the Geth are planning to build something akin to a Dyson Sphere into which they'll all finally upload.
Both seem quite harmless, and I'll wager that if the proper Paragon choices are made, in ME3, we might most likely see the Quarians and Geth make peace and co-exist peacefully. Now if the player's choices can affect something of this magnitude, in ME3, then that will be awesome.

[Kekvit Irae]

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First thing worth noticing was that he says the Geth maintain the Quarian home-world as a sort of monument for all the Quarians who died there. Next time he says the Geth are planning to build something akin to a Dyson Sphere into which they'll all finally upload.
Both seem quite harmless, and I'll wager that if the proper Paragon choices are made, in ME3, we might most likely see the Quarians and Geth make peace and co-exist peacefully. Now if the player's choices can affect something of this magnitude, in ME3, then that will be awesome.

I'm also interested in seeing how a certain dialogue choice during Tali's trial will effect ME3.