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Mass Effect 2
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Mass Effect is one of my favorite games of the current generation. Though the first one had tons of flaws, the overall experience was still so awesome.
The 2nd one looks incredible.
I actually am not following most of the latest trailers very closely. I want to be surprised when it comes out.

Anyone else hyped for ME 2?
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Re: Mass Effect 2 [Re: Thisfire]
#11815866 - 01/12/10 03:29 PM (14 years, 18 days ago) |
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I will be playing, and I am avoiding all the trailers and shit as well... They give away too much for this kind of story heavy game.
Mass Effect was awesome, and misunderstood by a lot of people who just couldn't get used to the combat system.
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Yeah. I always thought Mass Effect was ultra popular. But I do not hear about it anywhere near as much as I thought I would.
The story was really intense though, I loved it.
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Re: Mass Effect 2 [Re: Thisfire]
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My ending was totally different than my friend's... he was watching me play one of the final scenes, and telling me how hard the guy was to kill and how it took him over an hour...
Not to give spoilers, but I didn't even have to fight the guy because of how I played the game to that point. I passed the scene with ease due to pure roleplaying and my friend almost shit.
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Re: Mass Effect 2 [Re: Thisfire]
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Yeah, I'm getting pretty excited about it. I need to go put it on reserve here pretty soon. I just played through Mass Effect for the second time about a month back in anticipation for the sequel. Definitely a great game. It'll be interesting to see how the rest of the story plays out.
Would have preferred to have the game over Christmas break though rather than the start of a new semester... -_-
But, I'm sure I'll find a way to juggle it all.
What class did you guys play? I played as a biotic specialist... it was difficult at first, but eventually I ended up absolutely destroying everything in my path. I'm not sure what I'll play as in the sequel, I haven't read much about the new classes. Guess I've kinda been avoiding reading up on the game too much as well.
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ME1 was amazing, I need to play through that again before ME2 comes out.
I played as a biotic/combat (vanguard maybe?) and destroyed people with shotguns. I hope there is a similar class in ME2. I haven't watched any trailers or read anything either
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Must not view trailers/read anything, but i did preorder ME2, god why is the 26th so far away?!?!
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Who wants to go ahead and explain this game to me?
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Wikipedia does: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_effect#Plot
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Re: Mass Effect 2 [Re: Thisfire]
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So it begins...
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All the review so far have been really good. I heard they replaced side missions on boring desolate planets with something else
Now I just hae to hurry and play through ME1, I don't remember a thing about the story
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That's my concern as well... I forget what happened and your decisions from ME1 will affect the story of ME2 and ME3.
I am just going to import my guy and hope for the best!
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"Unable to authorize DLC"
Mkay...
"Log into your EA Online account"
Mkay... *Enters account information*
"Please wait..."
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RoosterCogburn said: That's my concern as well... I forget what happened and your decisions from ME1 will affect the story of ME2 and ME3.
I am just going to import my guy and hope for the best!
According to the IGN review it apparently reminds you of all the major decisions you made in the first game.
I was going to replay the first game as well, but now I don't feel like that's necessary.
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Re: Mass Effect 2 [Re: Thisfire]
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i dont have the saved file from the first game no more : ( , i might just replay it, and anyone play it yet, how much does it matter?
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aghorrorag said: i dont have the saved file from the first game no more : ( , i might just replay it, and anyone play it yet, how much does it matter?
Doubt it matters too much since it obviously has to cater to people who have not played the first one also.
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Doubt it matters too much since it obviously has to cater to people who have not played the first one also.
One of the complaints is that Mass Effect 2 refers too much to ME 1 to the point where people who haven't played the first one have trouble following it
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Re: Mass Effect 2 [Re: Thisfire]
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aghorrorag said: i dont have the saved file from the first game no more : ( , i might just replay it, and anyone play it yet, how much does it matter?
Doubt it matters too much since it obviously has to cater to people who have not played the first one also.
One of the complaints is that Mass Effect 2 refers too much to ME 1 to the point where people who haven't played the first one have trouble following it
Well it Is a sequel. Glancing over the wiki for the first one is probably a good idea. I was referring more to the character data from the first one being carried over and how it cant be a fundamental requirement to play the second one.
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Here's a video special from IGN entitled "Mass Effect in 5 Minutes".
Might help to watch this if you haven't played Mass Effect or if it's been a long time...
If you plan on playing Mass Effect 1 first, then don't watch the video! Lots of spoilers.
http://xbox360.ign.com/dor/objects/14235013/mass-effect-2/videos/masseffect_in5min_spc_121509.html
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I hear nothing but good things about Mass Effect 2 every day.
Metacritic of 9.6/10 with 44 reviews last time I checked. Its a masterpiece, and I cant afford it. FUUUCK
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Re: Mass Effect 2 [Re: Thisfire]
#11914846 - 01/27/10 09:19 PM (14 years, 3 days ago) |
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Before mass effect 2: 8==> While playing mass effect 2: 8========================> Cause its just that amazing
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Every time I sign in to xbox live at least 2 or 3 of my friends are playing this. It makes me jealous and I want to play it so bad but I gots no money. My birthday is right around the corner though...
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I wasn't able to play all the way through ME1... I was stuck on some remote planet with a fatal glitch. every time I tried playing the game, it would crash my box... i started 3 different games... the first one I got stuck because I wasn't a soldier class and needed WAY more firepower than we had, second one... I don't remember what happened, and third always crashed.
Looking at my buddy playing ME2 for a couple minutes, though, REALLY makes me want to buy it!
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Re: Mass Effect 2 [Re: optyks]
#11924268 - 01/29/10 01:21 PM (14 years, 1 day ago) |
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I started playing it a few days ago. Im not sure I like it. I never played ME1.
So far, ME2 seems to revolve more around a story and cut scenes than gameplay. I hate games like that, if I wanted to watch a show I would watch a show - I want to play a game, not watch cut scenes.
Ill play it a bit more this weekend and see how it goes.
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Well it is an RPG so story is a main part of the game. Could it be that you aren't enjoying the game because you are totally lost about what is going on? I still haven't played ME2, I am playing through the first one again this weekend before starting the sequel.
I seem to remember the combat being enjoyable in the first one, and they have improved upon it a lot this time around from what I hear
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New combat system is win, the plot kinda revolves around your past actions in ME1, but i must say, it is a pretty fun game so far, i logged 14 hours of ME2 on wednesday XD
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fear.loathingSF said: Well it is an RPG so story is a main part of the game. Could it be that you aren't enjoying the game because you are totally lost about what is going on? I still haven't played ME2, I am playing through the first one again this weekend before starting the sequel.
I seem to remember the combat being enjoyable in the first one, and they have improved upon it a lot this time around from what I hear
Well I like RPGs in general very much. From NES Dragon Warrior, to Chrono Trigger, to Fallout. None of those really have extended cut scenes where you just sit and watch. I remember Final Fantasy X was like that and I just couldnt take it, skipping past cut scene after cut scene waiting for gameplay.
I did watch that a video about ME 1. Im gonna go home and play some now, hopefully there is a little more gameplay sprinkled among the cut scenes.
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Just got it, love it! I LIKED ME1, didnt love. It had a bunch of flaws, but the story was great, I felt like I was "German Shepard" (thought I was being whitty with that one). Its fun so far. I love being a renegade, makes me feel like a total bad ass!
2 complaints
1. I am playing on a 19 inch tube TV, and the text is really hard to read. Im sure its fine on an HDTV though.
2. Ammo.... really? One of the things I liked about ME1 was unlimited ammo, only overheating. What if I run out of ammo with all guns? game over?
I would definitely rate it a 9/10 (based on about 5 hours of gameplay.)
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Re: Mass Effect 2 [Re: Thisfire]
#11933111 - 01/30/10 11:11 PM (14 years, 1 hour ago) |
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Thisfire said: Mass Effect is one of my favorite games of the current generation. Though the first one had tons of flaws, the overall experience was still so awesome.
The 2nd one looks incredible.
I actually am not following most of the latest trailers very closely. I want to be surprised when it comes out.

Anyone else hyped for ME 2?
i've been immersed in this game lately... spending little time after work doing anything at all.. its basically how ive spent my last few free afternoons
i'm now excited to not have plans with friends lol..
i restarted 15 hrs into the game thou, to a do a different path.. kinda realize you HAVE to play it more than 2 times. right now i'm responding to situations as i would.. next i'll be completely renegade and then completely paragon
real fun, this game.
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HiddenIdentity said: Just got it, love it! I LIKED ME1, didnt love. It had a bunch of flaws, but the story was great, I felt like I was "German Shepard" (thought I was being whitty with that one). Its fun so far. I love being a renegade, makes me feel like a total bad ass!
2 complaints
1. I am playing on a 19 inch tube TV, and the text is really hard to read. Im sure its fine on an HDTV though.
2. Ammo.... really? One of the things I liked about ME1 was unlimited ammo, only overheating. What if I run out of ammo with all guns? game over?
I would definitely rate it a 9/10 (based on about 5 hours of gameplay.)
1. yeah on my 40' high def its pretty damn clear  2. for ammo, i did a soldier character this time around so i focus on the machine gun... had a complaint on ammo for awihle (had to use the sniper and pistol a lot more and a shotgun rarely) '
but now i like trying out each gun in proper strategic situations and i find i completely dominate in combat. killed a geth collosus in record time (and the thresher maw? piece of cake).
though i just got a machine gun that has a good 600 bullets and 80 round clips so... no complaint anymore.
theres so many ways to play it, i cant wait to try out other classes, sexes and fiddle with the good/bad system.
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Re: Mass Effect 2 [Re: igwna]
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I just beat it a little bit ago.
I wasn't racing through the game or anything either. I took my time gaining every characters loyalty, gathering resources, completing side quests, etc. I couldn't pry myself away from this game.
...I have a lot of homework to catch up on.
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i love the game so much. only thing i have to say is its not as customizable as the first one, as in theres no inventory and your not constantly picking up things and changing all of your equipment. i kinda like that.
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The first mass effect was incredible. Anything made by bioware is going to be an incredible game and well worth the money.
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What is the ammo situation like in this game? Are you always feeling a little low, or is there so much you don't even have to worry about it. And how does limited ammo work with all the different types of ammo? Will you get like 10 radioactive round here and 10 hammerhead rounds there, or do you just pick up standard unlabeled bullets?
I just played ME for like 7 straight hours yesterday to refresh myself on the story and to create a new character, I can't wait to play the new one.
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Technically, it's not ammo. You pick up "thermal clips" to pop into your gun to prevent overheating. It's Geth technology that apparently the rest of the universe adopted between the events of Mass Effect 1 and Mass Effect 2. It does however function exactly like ammo.
If you are using a sniper rifle, then you will find sniper rifle clips when you kill an enemy, if you are using a heavy pistol, then you'll find heavy pistol clips, etc. The only "ammo" that's somewhat difficult to find is for the heavy weapons. Which is a good thing otherwise the game wouldn't be much of a challenge.
The type of bullets you shoot actually depends on where you allocate your points as you level up. I didn't play a soldier class, so I didn't have access to different types of rounds. But the more weapon oriented classes can choose from a few different types of ammo to specialize in as you level.
This system seemed a little weird at first, but I understand why it was implemented. I just switched back and forth between the sniper rifle and the submachine gun and I never had to worry about ammo.
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Thanks for explaining all of that. I think I am going to play as an adept so I doubt they get specialized ammo. I guess I will have to get my fill of melting people with toxic rounds in ME1
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Being an adept was awesome. That's the same class I played. I focused on singularity, warp, throw, and slam. It's fun finding different combinations to use against your enemies. For example, hitting them with a singularity field so 2 or 3 of them become locked in place hovering in the air, then using "throw" and watching them all go flying and bouncing off the walls to their doom.
It's cool too how if an enemy is behind cover you can keep him targeted, but aim above him, or to the side of him, and the biotic power will curve into him. It's kind of hard to explain, but if you get good at it, it makes cover practically useless for the enemy.
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Hmmm, I was planning on playing as a vanguard for that charge ability but the adept sounds pretty schweet too. If you import a character is he locked into the class you used in ME1?
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Re: Mass Effect 2 [Re: skunkape]
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Nope, you can choose whatever class you want.
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Ya I saw a video with the curving biotics and it looks so fun to play. At first I was scared to be an adept because of lack of firepower in ME1, but now that they can use SMG's that should not be an issue.
I think the biotics are amazing, I don't know how someone could play a soldier class; I think I would fall asleep
ME has to be one of my favorite series ever
Shooting/rpg + Space =
I forgot how amazing the npc interactions are in this game, its like I am watching a movie
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Yeah, SMGs and heavy pistols. Eventually, the adept class has the opportunity to unlock another weapon type for use (shotgun, assault rifle, or sniper rifle). I opted for the sniper rifle. Shotgun could have worked well too though, especially in situations where enemies would get too close while I was waiting for the cool down timer to expire on my biotic abilities.
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I WANT IT SO BAD!
I really cant express my excitement for this game. The first was fucking epic, and this one looks SO much better!
Please no spoilers, I am already pissed IGN showed us what happened to Tali....
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Re: Mass Effect 2 [Re: Thisfire]
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Remember, what they showed you might not happen at all when you play. Ive already played it through twice and saw stuff in that trailer ive never seen.
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Ya the game is fucking great!! ive spent alot more time playing than id like to admit. Wish id have played no. 1 cause sometimes i have no idea what they're talking about.
Do you guys know if i can put disk one back in and explore more planets with all of my upgrades ive gotten from disk two?
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Do you guys know if i can put disk one back in and explore more planets with all of my upgrades ive gotten from disk two?
i've been studying the way the disks work kinda. i think they both have some of the same stuff (planets, side missions, etc) i think its just the main story line that you need to switch disks for.
give a try and tell us how it goes if you want.
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Re: Mass Effect 2 [Re: igwna]
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I just beat the game with a total of 25 hours of play time. It was excellent. One of the better games I've played in a while and I already feel like playing through with a different class.
I do have a few complaints though. Someone else mentioned it; the text is sooo tiny. I'm playing on a 36" non hi-def TV and I constantly struggled to read that text. A lot of times the white text was overlayed on a light colored background and that made it even harder to read. Not a big deal though and it didn't take away from the game.
The other thing was the "final boss". It was a little corny and VERY easy to beat. Spoiler: A reaper shaped like a human just seems kind of dumb. How would it look flying through space? It doesnt really make sense that the collectors were harvesting humans and converting them into fuel/building material(?) to make a big human shaped reaper. I think a lot of good games fall short when it comes to a the final boss. Batman Arkham Asylum and Bioshock are two other examples.
I also wish I could Import my ME2 character and change his class. My reason being that I worked hard at getting as many paragon points as possible and now I can't take advantage of that unless I want to play through as the same class.
All pretty minor details. I loved the game and can't wait for the next one.
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I do have a few complaints though. Someone else mentioned it; the text is sooo tiny. I'm playing on a 36" non hi-def TV and I constantly struggled to read that text. A lot of times the white text was overlayed on a light colored background and that made it even harder to read. Not a big deal though and it didn't take away from the game.
The other thing was the "final boss". It was a little corny and VERY easy to beat. Spoiler: A reaper shaped like a human just seems kind of dumb. How would it look flying through space? It doesnt really make sense that the collectors were harvesting humans and converting them into fuel/building material(?) to make a big human shaped reaper. I think a lot of good games fall short when it comes to a the final boss. Batman Arkham Asylum and Bioshock are two other examples.
I also wish I could Import my ME2 character and change his class. My reason being that I worked hard at getting as many paragon points as possible and now I can't take advantage of that unless I want to play through as the same class.
All pretty minor details. I loved the game and can't wait for the next one.
regardless, whenever you start a new game you lose all paragon/renegade points so...
unless you import the character from Mass Effect 1.
the only things you keep are guns and armour and your skill upgrades. you also get a 50,000 start in the resources.
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I'm 32 hours in already and just finally got all of my team loyal. Well besides the last slot. I dont know who that's supposed to be yet though. I fuck around alot though. Im nervous about taking on the collectors. haha
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Yeah, I don't understand why they don't let you change your class. It'd be a nice little incentive to keep playing after you've beaten the game already.
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Just played through Mass Effect for the fourth time a few weeks ago. I am pumped and excited to get the new one soon.
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If only I didn't see the spoiler.
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Thats too bad, smoke a ton before you play in hopes you will forget that it is coming.
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i dont think it was a very important spoiler.
a lot of the game isn't even in the main story
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If only I didn't see the spoiler.
what spoiler did you see?
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If only I didn't see the spoiler.
what spoiler did you see?
the blackened text from the previous page

ehh you can kinda see it coming. no worries the game will still be blast! enjoy!
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Ahh sorry I ruined that for ya man. You shouldn't have read it though! I even put "Spoiler" in front of it so you'd have a warning. Hope it doesn't affect your enjoyment of the game.
The story in the 1st one is a lot better anyway
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The story in the 1st one is a lot better anyway
Yeh the 2nd ones story so far is just... build a team.. =/
But I am enjoying it WAY more then the first.
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I wish i could get the game to work right, right now the only way to play is to have the movies turned off, still fun i guess
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i take it you dont own a console and are trying on your comp?
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I just beat the game and (Spoiler) I lost Miranda, and Tali, cerberus hates me, and so does the alliance. How the fuck will I beat the reapers? WITH THE GETH MOFUCKAHS!! If Mass effect 3 doesnt allow for legion to ally me with the geth I going to be dissapointed, its such a perfect situation for my guys storyline. I destroyed the collector ship, but I also empowered the geth! Damn I cant wait for the next game. The next game BETTER allow me to make Jack at least a somewhat decent person since I lost all the fucking girls on my team.
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did you guys bone any of the females on the ship? I boned Miranda, but I hear you can sling it to Tali or Jack as well. You get an achievement for it 
Also, not sure if you knew but the actress who played Miranda is Yvonne Strahovski, who plays on the NBC show "Chuck". They made it look just like her...

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I was going to with miranda, but then I told her to leave Jack alone cause she was being a bitch but that made me lose her loyalty Tali loved me but shes weird.
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that's exactly how i lost Miranda's loyalty! Luckily i kept tali's and the geth's by telling the geth to stop transmitting that signal. the geth still isnt loyal to me though. i wanted to bone miranda to damnit!
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me and jack did the nasty this morning. the bitch jumped mah bones. LOL
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I had sex with Jack, then Miranda. I tried to go for Tali too, mostly because I was curious to see what a Quarian looks like without a mask, but I got shut down.
Tali: So, Do you really love me then? Just me and nobody else?
Shepard: Yes, Tali... I'm not interested in anybody but you.
Tali: Oh.. Ok, well why don't you go tell that to Miranda then.
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spoiler**i tried the ending twice and lost tali both times. i blew up the geth ship and saved the reaper technology. i know the illusive man is on the bad side now.. with that shit eating grin he gave right before the ending... that motherfucker.
i could only romance miranda last playthrough, now i started over on insanity. damn hard combat on insanity thats forsure.
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i played the entire game thru for the second time then bought bioshock1+2 right before i did the final mission to try to save everyone. i've got it down to only losing mordin... if i take that motherfucker with me, he won't die. i just havent gotten around to doing it
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I lost Jack in the final level. I hear you get an achievement if you can save everyone, right? I don't know how I screwed up with Jack, I went and did her loyalty mission and tried to be nice to her... She was my least favorite character anyway, what a B.
On a different note, I tried playing through again (this time being a renegade) but it all seems way too fresh in my memory for me to enjoy it. I find myself skipping through 80% of the conversations because I just listened to it all a week ago. I'm going to have to wait a month or so before I can really enjoy this game again.
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i liked pretty much all the characters. except mordin was a little annoying. but he had a fun loyalty mission.
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I thought Thane was going to be a lot cooler than he was. I liked his quiet and calm demeanor, and the fact that he's an assassin, but I wish there was a little more too him and his loyalty mission.
My favorite teammate combination, based on fighting skills not personality, was Grunt and Legion. Thats when I was playing as a Vanguard. Yours?
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based on fighting skills, the justicar and legion. but i started as a soldier so yea.
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My favorite teammate combination, based on fighting skills not personality, was Grunt and Legion. Thats when I was playing as a Vanguard. Yours?
i really enjoyed using almost all of them. i would take them based on their skills and however much knowledge i had on the situation i was getting into.
but i think its most fun to use Grunt (having him krogan charge into battle while we covered him )
samara and jack were fun to use because of their biotics legion was fun because he looked cool. i liked using legion and tali together hehe. (only got to use them both on the geth loyalty mission)
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i did the same thing when i first played it. i forgot i even had the cloak until the very end. i restarted playing it on insane as a soldier. it's much more badass.
insane is the only difficulty level worth playing on if you ask me.
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Legion is badass, I hope they continue with his story in 3. There MUST be a reason hes wearing your old N7 armor. But when you ask him he doesn't reply.
Im annoyed at how little Garrus says in the game. He so cool and yet, hes so boring.
I was loyal with everyone buy Miranda at the end of the game.
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Wow, I did not pick up on that. Interesting...
I also thought Garrus was mad boring. Same with Thane pretty much. I think I wanted each of them to be a little more ruthless.
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Awesome game. Beat that shit nice and good. Fuckin Samara fucked her asshole raw.
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No way... Really?
I didn't think it was possible to have "relations" with Samara.
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Haha, towards the end of the game, you can beg for sex from Samara and get turned down repeatedly.
After you beat the game you can get Kelly in your room for a good show.
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Kelly? Really?? She died in my game!
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she was the one who always told you how the crew was doing
she dies in my game too.
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Ahh the red haired chick. I'm pretty sure she survived in my game. Maybe because I went almost exclusively paragon?
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thats not why she would survive. it all depends on how you play out the mission. if you're fast enough, you can save your entire crew. if you choose the right people for the right specialist jobs, diversion parties, etc you can save all your squad members too.
i did it the other day. if you wanna know how i'll tell you how.
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thats not why she would survive. it all depends on how you play out the mission. if you're fast enough, you can save your entire crew. if you choose the right people for the right specialist jobs, diversion parties, etc you can save all your squad members too.
i did it the other day. if you wanna know how i'll tell you how.
I didn't even know it was possible for her to die. Does she die inside the pod or if you give the crew a bad escort?
I replayed the ending twice- first time two members died. Then beat it again to make sure NO ONE IS LEFT BEHIND.
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thats not why she would survive. it all depends on how you play out the mission. if you're fast enough, you can save your entire crew. if you choose the right people for the right specialist jobs, diversion parties, etc you can save all your squad members too.
i did it the other day. if you wanna know how i'll tell you how.
I didn't even know it was possible for her to die. Does she die inside the pod or if you give the crew a bad escort?
I replayed the ending twice- first time two members died. Then beat it again to make sure NO ONE IS LEFT BEHIND.
she can die in both. you can also get to the pod just in time to save only the doctor i've heard.
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Re: Mass Effect 2 [Re: igwna]
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That sucks because Kelly is the most entertaining to pursue. You can make the bitch dance for you!
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Re: Mass Effect 2 [Re: Society]
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Society said: That sucks because Kelly is the most entertaining to pursue. You can make the bitch dance for you!
hahaha, she CAN die. doesn't mean she will. 
i myself pursued miranda first, cause lets face it she's hot. (for CGI ) and then Tali (who i REALLY wanted all along) because she's obviously the perfect female. innocent and intelligent.. and useful as fuck.. throw in a bit of mystery
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Re: Mass Effect 2 [Re: igwna]
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That dance is awkward as hell. They really need to get Bioware games past the uncanny-valley before they keep adding in sex scenes. The way they move and stuff is just creepy...
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Deity208 said: I just beat it.. with like 4 crew members left alive. Fail lol
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I just installed it today, and put 5 hours into it. Enjoying all the improvements over the first one It looks really good.
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The_Ghost said: I just installed it today, and put 5 hours into it. Enjoying all the improvements over the first one It looks really good.
i wish the games were longer.
2 disks for 40 hours isnt really so bad though.
but its reallly easy to know when you've almost completed the game (all squad members loyal... then going on a suicide mission)
its cool and all, but the universe your in is SO vast.. there should be WAY more side missions imo
i may just like the game too much and be disappointed that all good things must come to an end/
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Re: Mass Effect 2 [Re: igwna]
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I've put in a few hours only just recruited mordin. Game is bad freaking ass. Also kelly totally wants my ( emporer shepards) nuts already.
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You gotta beat the game to actually deliver your testicles to her.
On the hand, before the halfway point in the game, you can get her have "dinner" with you overnight in your room.
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Ignorant question....what system are they on? ME1 and ME2?
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360 and pc.
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Re: Mass Effect 2 [Re: igwna]
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ME2 was easily one of my favorite games ever. I thought it was an immersive and detailed universe--with awesome voice-acting (with a lot of celebrity cameo's <cough>*Worf*<cough>) Yeah, I wish there were more to it-- but that was only during the second playthrough. I am the guy that looks in every corner and talks to everyone-- so I feel like I got the full experience of the game.
As for maintaining loyalty, with the Jack/Miranda thing, you have to have Paragon or Renegade level at an extremely high level to unlock the conversation options that will end their fight amicable for both. Same with Legion/Tali. Be diplomatic and use common sense-- the options given in the context of the story will show you how to make everyone happy.
My first playthrough, I lost miranda's loyalty because of the Jack fight, but the second time I made sure to have a very high paragon level before hitting that mission, and it was fine.
I banged Tali and Jack the two times I played, and both times I finished with every member of my fight team alive and well.
I LOVED the game, and eagerly anticipate another installment.
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Re: Mass Effect 2 [Re: coAsTal]
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Thw whole game is based on choices. You can have sex with Jack, but that will not get you achivement. Only when you show her that you care for her then she will visit your room before the final mision. I got trough the game two times. First time I did Tali and the second time Jack. Miranda is not so interesting. Also you could get to replace Justicar's samara evil doughter with her, and you could get to have sex with her, but you will die in the proceess, lol. As for the Kelly it is possible to do her also, but only if you do not engage in any of the ME2 relationships(this can be done with both male and female character), this will also not unlock the achivement. It is also a choice, you do not need to have sex with any of ME2 charachters which will I hope have some effect within ME3. In the end I managed to save everyone and beat the game as totall paragon with all good in the process. It is interesting also that you could end game sucessufully with your whole team dead and you dying in the last scenes, that is really cool but not worth suffering trying to do it. Also Zaed is cool addition to game, but I did not try installing last one with that Kasumi girl. And boy oh boy, i read now that they will make ME movie, i just hope they dont spoil it. In the anticipation of ME3.
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Re: Mass Effect 2 [Re: skunkape]
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skunkape said: The other thing was the "final boss". It was a little corny and VERY easy to beat. Spoiler: A reaper shaped like a human just seems kind of dumb. How would it look flying through space? It doesnt really make sense that the collectors were harvesting humans and converting them into fuel/building material(?) to make a big human shaped reaper.
How would it look flying through space? I'd imagine it'd be like Iron man in space. And you have to ask EDI more specifically about it and she explains, She is smarter than the prothean AI he found on Illos in the first game. Also the collectors are mind controlled by the reapers, so that's why they are doing it.
Basically the form of the reaper takes on the shape of the species used to create it when they "upgrade" themselves. They probably choose human because Shepard killed one. Reapers are not just AI machines, they are sapient constructs, a hybrid of inorganic and organic material, they absorb the essence of a species and utilize it in their reproduction process. That's why their ships look like bugs. It's hard to understand I know. It took me a while to put all the pieces together, but I'm pretty sure I've figured them out.
They continue their cycle of mass genocide every 50,000 years so that they can stay the dominate life form in the galaxy and either upgrade themselves or turn some organics into mind controlled slaves.
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But anyway yeah this was my favorite single player game, was especially awesome on 3 tabs of LSD as well. Check out this epic video. This would be such a good movie if it had a big budget with a legendary sci-fi director (James Cameron, George Lucas, Wachowski brothers, Peter Jackson).
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Re: Mass Effect 2 [Re: skunkape]
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skunkape said: I lost Jack in the final level. I hear you get an achievement if you can save everyone, right?
No don't think so. I saved the entire crew and all my squad mates and I didn't see anything special. Unless it's in my medals somewhere.
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Thisfire said: I just beat the game and (Spoiler) I lost Miranda, and Tali, cerberus hates me, and so does the alliance. How the fuck will I beat the reapers? WITH THE GETH MOFUCKAHS!! If Mass effect 3 doesnt allow for legion to ally me with the geth I going to be dissapointed
if you play the first one then you can gain the support of the Rachni fleet and they are very powerful, also I think the krogans will have your support if you save wrex in the first game. And of course if you save the council in the first game then you should be able to convince all the best alien fleets to fight with you against the reapers.
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Thisfire said: Legion is badass, I hope they continue with his story in 3. There MUST be a reason hes wearing your old N7 armor. But when you ask him he doesn't reply.
Yeah, but if you talk to him before that and more indepth he says they were looking for you because you have superior gene code and that u were able to kill one of the "old machines" and they wanted u as an ally. So basically he's wearing it because he looks up to shepard.
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I never played ME1, so I had to learn the history from this storyline. When I played, I believe think the geth cooperation (in some form) in ME3 was guaranteed when 1) I saved their collective by re-writing their programs to de-ally them with the Reapers/collectors. Remember, the choice allowed for you to kill them or save them. 2) walked the situational tightrope when Tali's trial was underway-- I made a strong effort to push for peaceful actions between the geth and Tali's people.
I, too, noticed the pointed reference to some kind of admiration--"personal" sentience, as opposed to collective, from Legion when the discussions in the AI room turned personal, and specifically when asked about Shepard's armor. I think that showed us a seed of individuality that has grown into Legion by possessing his own "platform", unique and separate from the collective. I expect it to grow and have a far-reaching impact-- perhaps an a way reminiscent of Star Trek TNG's Borg being fundamentally changed with the introduction of individual consciousness.
But I gotta say, the biggest, most overwhelming question I have, that tugged at my attention the entire game, was why the fuck does the illusive man have what appears to be geth eyes, and other overt and implied connections to the reapers directly. I am of the strong belief that we may come to find that The illusive man will turn out to have made a deal-with-the-devil arrangement to ensure human dominance at the expense of everyone else. There are soo many wierd things that seem to purposefully imply his complicity in events... I just can't help but believe that he's working directly with the reapers.
There are several possibilities-- I could be way off. But I'm curious to hear what you think...
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Re: Mass Effect 2 [Re: coAsTal]
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coAsTal said: But I gotta say, the biggest, most overwhelming question I have, that tugged at my attention the entire game, was why the fuck does the illusive man have what appears to be geth eyes, and other overt and implied connections to the reapers directly. I am of the strong belief that we may come to find that The illusive man will turn out to have made a deal-with-the-devil arrangement to ensure human dominance at the expense of everyone else. There are soo many wierd things that seem to purposefully imply his complicity in events... I just can't help but believe that he's working directly with the reapers.
I never trusted that peice of shit, and I told him to fuck off every chance I got (the council, captain anderson, and Ashley williams also don't trust cerberus and I agree with their loyalty). Tali, jack, miranda, jacob, and I hate cerberus. If I have a choice in the 3rd game I'm going to kill the illusive man and destroy cerberus wether or not he is working with the reapers, I don't care. Cerberus has a shady past and the stuff they did to jack was horrible. (btw his eyes look like that because he is a cyborg just like shepard is now) Cerberus only cares about *HUMANITY*'s dominance. The illusive man doesn't give a shit about aliens and I don't think that is right. We will need every organic species in the galaxy to defeat the reapers.
Now on the subject of the geth and quarians, I only told them not to go to war because I need the Quarian fleet agianst the reapers. But I did destroy that geth ship to weaken their army. I believe the quarians deserve their homeworld back after the reapers are taken care of.
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Society said: You are truly an evil man.
Just cause the way my character looks? I thought I was doing the right thing. Don't judge a book by it's cover.
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Society said: Well, as long as you punched the interview lady.
Yeah I punched her because she tried to sandbag me in the first game but she failed, I made her look like an idiot. And I got my revenge by knocking her out. She really has the nerve to judge me for saving the council? *BAM* Doesn't that bitch realize who's she's talkin to, shepard is a spectre, meaning he's above the law.
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Society said: Well, as long as you punched the interview lady.
Hell yes. Best be able to do it in no3.
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mongo lloyd said: Best be able to do it in no3.
Fuck yeah!!! I also told that guy that wanted my autograph to piss off in both games lol
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Society said: Well, as long as you punched the interview lady.
Hell yes. Best be able to do it in no3.
I'm not even going to let her talk, I'm just going to walk up and punch her in the face
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Society said: Well, as long as you punched the interview lady.
Hell yes. Best be able to do it in no3.
I'm not even going to let her talk, I'm just going to walk up and punch her in the face 
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