Mass Effect 2 gameplay thread

[tibilicus]

Forgot to add in my earlier post, the end game sequence was awesome.

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The Reapers are coming!

Now we know why they need to harvest organic life, I can't wait to find out who created them and why.

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[Mailman653]

So.....who here bought their issue of Fornax? ha ha ha..!

[rajpoot]

So while playing the endgame sequence using old saves for like the 10th time, two things struck me;

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Does anyone else feel sorry for the Collecters? I mean in that last shot, when the whole station is blowing up and Harbinger abandons the Collecters, the Collecter General looks rather forlorn and pitiable, staring at advancing wall of fire....

Secondly Harbinger says something along the lines of,'We are your salvation through destruction'...I hope this does not mean that the Reapers would turn out to be AI guardians who decided that the best way to preserve biological life for ever is to kill them all and make Reapers out of them.....I mean where else have we heard about machines going mad and killing people because they thought that was the best way to save them?....Wait, almost everywhere!
I hope ME3 does not follow the crowd....

[tibilicus]

So while playing the endgame sequence using old saves for like the 10th time, two things struck me;

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

Does anyone else feel sorry for the Collecters? I mean in that last shot, when the whole station is blowing up and Harbinger abandons the Collecters, the Collecter General looks rather forlorn and pitiable, staring at advancing wall of fire....

Secondly Harbinger says something along the lines of,'We are your salvation through destruction'...I hope this does not mean that the Reapers would turn out to be AI guardians who decided that the best way to preserve biological life for ever is to kill them all and make Reapers out of them.....I mean where else have we heard about machines going mad and killing people because they thought that was the best way to save them?....Wait, almost everywhere!
I hope ME3 does not follow the crowd....

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Sorry for the collectors? The same collectors who are servants of the reapers and have been abducting organics for years trying to harvest them. The same collectors who tried to melt my crew into reaper goo, no way. I felt slightly bad for the general as he helplessly tried to save his base but then I smiled with joy as me and my crew flew of into the sun set in the Normandy.

I also have my own little theory going on about the reapers. I think that they're not as "machine" as we think. I wouldn't be surprised if the reapers were initially an organic civilisation who simply made themselves into machines to preserve themselves and what they considered life in the galaxy. After all, organic life comes and goes but the reapers do not, they can preserve themselves by combining organic and Artificial life.

Also they need to harvest organic life to survive or so it would seem, It appears they don't just desire the destruction of organic life because they're opposed to it ideologically or whatever, but it's essentially a survival tactic. I really have no idea beyond that though, that's just my own little theory.

Guess we'll have to wait till ME3..

[a completely inoffensive name]

Rap about ME2 mineral scanning:
http://tindeck.com/listen/lqip

[rajpoot]

Priceless!

[Krusader]

Finished my second playthrough of Mass Effect 2

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This time I played through as an Adept and I loved the difference. Curving Throws around obstacles is actually very gratifying, especially when it sends the enemy flying. And Warp is fun too, perfect to take down enemy shields/armor particularly with Mordin & Garrus in group (Incinerate, Overload, Concussive Shot). I will admit though that it became much easier when I got the Geth Pulse Rifle (along with Assault Rifle training on Collector Ship) to take down foes.
Also, among the bonus powers you can obtain, the only real useful ones I've come across are the shield-boosters (Barrier, Fortification, Geth Shield Boost = Identical in stats) and Armor-Piercing Ammo. Picked Barrier on my Adept and it saved my life many a time when I had to run from cover to cover.
My Adept's customized Cerberus-themey N7 armor

I also tinkered around with my Engineer and I like the looks (stats are nice too) on the new Cerberus Assault armor. The shotgun is also supposed to be good and more effective at long-range, but havent tested it on any character yet.

Yahtzee/Zero Punctuation's take on Mass Effect 2
I agree with him on one point. Bring back the planet exploration, but with jetpacks!

Also, here's a nice article: RPS article on RPGness of Mass Effect 2

[Beskar]

So.....who here bought their issue of Fornax? ha ha ha..!

I got it, but I didnt know if you needed it for something. What does it do?

[Scienter]

I got it, but I didnt know if you needed it for something. What does it do?

I didn't come across any quest that required it. I think it was just there to be funny. I bought it in the hopes that it would show up in my cabin somewhere.