No and the saved game will work also. I used to have the pirated version, now using the Steam version and it works fine.

Remember to install the free Bring Down the Sky and 1.02 patch (don't get Pinnacle Station, waste of time and money) after it's done. BDtS will probably have an impact in ME2 and 1.02 fixes things.

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Added on January 12, 2010, 10:13 pmKaidan is extremely whiny.



But if you play it right, he can tell Udina to go to hell after that.

This post has been edited by secondrate: Jan 12 2010, 10:13 PM

ah ok..im cursing at everything right now,the pirated cd is not working,mthe steam version stil got 95% to go..argh..

is there anyone that can share a file called mapsNOR.rar?

This post has been edited by helldagger: Jan 13 2010, 12:55 AM

Lol, just wait a bit more . How much did you pay for the Steam version?

Why?

hurm 67 bucks..haiz..

RM67? That's cheap compared to retail copy, I think retail is RM119.

yea..but compared to the time i wasted,i dont mind spending more..time is gold..i just need that freaking stupid file to play now..argh..

time wasted? download it while u asleep la or while u go study or while u go to work, which ever...
u talking like u was infront of pc all the time waiting it to finish download.
u can still play other games while waiting for it lol

well my college is starting on 18th.so nothing to study. plus im kinda in a rush here to finish it before ME2 comes out and yeah,im pretty much staring at my pc all the time since im done with all the games already.well im left with 71%.i think i cn play by tonight..so what should i do with this broken pirated cd then?

burn it!

Since you have installed the pirated ME, onto your hdd - once steam has created your local cache on your pc in the steamapps folder, you should be able to copy the pirated folder into your steamapps folder (please don't copy the crack file). Steam will then check your files (you may have to verify the integrity of the files) and just download your missing files and any other files that need to be updated. I've used that method before when i didn't want to wait 3 days to dl a legit copy on steam or for changing a retail copy to steam.

Remember that ME2 is revamping the weapons and armor restrictions, so you can pretty much go with any class combination and not worry about the tank/dps/support dynamic.

What 18th January are you MMU student by any chance?

You can't rush ME unless you skip the side quests, which introduces you to

Approximately how long to finish ME without side quests and with side quests? Are the side quests longer than the main mission itself?

The side quests take quite some time, since some of them:
-requires you to explore a planet to get the entrance to the "dungeon"
-requires you to explore a planet to get stuff (for example, ores)
-requires you to go to some other planet, and then return back, while at the same time, you still have other stuff to do on the planet you're at.
-requires a trigger, for example, squadmember quests (you have to talk to them, encourage/bash, increase approval)

I think if I accumulate the time taken for completing side quests and then compare the time to complete main quest, side quests takes longer time.

ah ok..thanks for the hint.done with copying stuffs already.now just need to wait for them to update the missing map.but i stil dont get it how do they check the integrity

nope..im a taylorian

hehe, that sounds like an alien race. Should have that in Mass Effect world

theres more than 1 ending in ME 1 right? cuz they say shepard died..but mine didnt...lol