Mass Effect 2 gameplay thread

[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.

[rajpoot]

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

I believe that the last bit of dialogue will decide how that bit of story reopens in ME3.

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Tali says something about being nominated for Admiralty after the quest is over. So my guess is that in ME3 there'll be a quest where you can support Tali in a bid to become an Admiral....what I can't guess is whether she'll be favouring peace or war.....during the quest she seems to speak in favour of both options at two different occasions.