But I liked that T-shirt... I wear it at least once a fortnight.

Too bad this one doesn't have it though

TSB are the official distributors of the game and thus when they sell it through their one official store, they HAVE to use the RRP. 3rd party retailers can do whatever they want since when they purchase from TSB, they purchase it at dealer prices which means they can slash their prices however much they want (Which just means it eats into their profit margins)

I did... Shitty, boyscout malepard was no match for psycho killer Jennifer Hale Shepard

I'm not trying hard enough it seems.

I mean c'mon... Its Shepard even!

Nah, superior voice acting was the reason (And based on the trailers of ME2, I'd say that probably won't change)

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Added on January 22, 2010, 4:36 pmI mean, c'mon:


This post has been edited by H@H@: Jan 22 2010, 04:36 PM

More epic Shepard

I'm not going anywhere near that link, but I'd just like to state that the ppl who post at gamefaqs aren't exactly the best judges of games (Add to the fact that they're playing an "advance" copy further enforces that).

This post has been edited by H@H@: Jan 24 2010, 03:53 PM

Word of warning, nuke mode engaged.

Whoa, watch the kneejerk.

The greatest strength of ME wasn't its RPG aspects (Which were pitifully shallow), but the whole "space opera" feeling it manages to conjure. If they nail THAT, they could make the combat solely a mako driving simulator and I'd be happy.

Again, I've not read of these "reviews" by pirates, but I'm guessing the inventory system is no more but you still pickup loot nonetheless? No biggie really, since unlike other RPGs, there's no reason to horde various items or weapons/armour combos since you only ever need the best at any given moment and just omnigel the rest. The combat is simplified to the point where you won't have to worry about having the right armour to counter a specific attack or having the best weapon with the right kind of elemental attack. There is also neither a crafting system nor secondary items to use, so it doesn't look like that bad of a change.

Remember ME was supposed to be an action game FIRST, then RPG. But all this played second fiddle to the setting and story which were absolutely fantastic and one that I'm hopeful they'll be able to emulate.

That hardly constitutes a "complete removal of the RPG system". Its still got character levels, customizable builds, item pickups/drops, and most importantly dialogue options in a non-linear story. Hardly "complete".

My wrath? Are you STILL that paranoid?

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Added on January 25, 2010, 7:31 amActually, despite the quality of the those sidequests, they were generally perceived to be quite a huge organization.

This post has been edited by H@H@: Jan 25 2010, 07:31 AM

Nobody was pointing fingers at Tim, the offenders' posts have been removed.

Oh yeah, I finally got around to replaying ME1 again yesterday (Since my Internet was down for the whole week before) and... man I realize how much I like the character interactions more than DA... Ok, yeah I already didn't really fancy it beforehand, but its nice to know that my nostalgia was valid

PS. Also, every attempt at making my Shepard came out looking like crap for some reason.

This post has been edited by H@H@: Jan 25 2010, 10:24 AM

I would say otherwise. The soldier abilities bored me to tears since only a few were useful (Rocket launcher!). I did however enjoy playing Biotics the most.

Its arguable which abilities were more powerful than others since if you put points in certain abilities, they certainly become insanely powerful (Yes, even the supposedly weaker Tech abilities). But it came to a point where I became bored of being Biotic because it was pretty damned easy after awhile.

So, its pretty much an apples to oranges scenario here. I liked the soldier, but since the shooty bang aspect of ME was its weakest, I didn't revel too much with it. More fun to send enemies flying or let them burn to death from their equipment failing on them.

Just because they were no threat DURING the course of the game, doesn't mean they were no big threat at all. They killed off an admiral for crying out loud... That means they're kinda big. Also, they were very sneaky sneaky (Which was why the admiral was paranoid as hell), so it makes sense that nobody knew much about them then. They were like the Illuminati, except they were criminals purely.

Also did anyone ever beat the game in Insane? The frigging Krogan's were practically unkillable in that mode. I think I made it all the way to the final area and then just gave up.

Well I played the game as a Soldier first, so by the time I was done, I had some weapon skills for my next playthrough with the Engineer and Adept that I played later. The biotics do pretty well on their own (Especially at higher levels when their cooldowns are insanely fast) but Tech abilities tend to complement the shooting bits quite well.

I was an Adept and I had Tali and I STILL couldn't contain them. Too much frigging HP (Plus, if they ever got that charge ability to kick in, its a one hit KO on myself or anyone in my group) and there was one point where they sent TWO of them.

This saddens me because I actually enjoyed playing it in Insane except for this ridiculous difficulty spike.

Thanks guys, I truly feel old and useless now :cries:

Ditto, but because I'm dry this month and pay is late

Hence, banhammer will lay in wait for spoilers.



This post has been edited by H@H@: Jan 26 2010, 11:08 AM