Woot, I finished ME1 last weekend only (bought it with the Steam offer) and I have to say it's one of the most immersive game I played for quite a while.
Just with it was longer as the end felt a bit "rushed" to me



I am keeping my saves for that for sure, now starting a female Shepard Renegade to try to unlock most of the stuff (I played Parangon Vanguard at first).

Actually I wanted to ask if there is a way to unlock all the abilities for one career?

For the weapons I know that if you do the achievements of "kill 150 ennemies with X weapon" then you can get the talents for this weapon in any career.

But like, right now I have my Vanguard with which I finished the game, with completing achievements for pistols and shotguns.
If I start a new career like as a Soldier and unlock the achievements for Rifle and Sniper, does that mean that when I go back to my Vanguard save and that a new game with it, I can now spent talent points for Rifle/Sniper?

Or does that work only for new career created after unlocking the achievement?

The sex scene were really really limited to be honest (I only saw one so far, with the blue female alien (Liana?)), some tv or newspaper advertisement for shampoo show more than that and they are way more easily seen by kids...

After finishing ME1 so recently I can say I am looking forward to the 2nd, especially if the choice you made in the 1st have some influence in it and all. I really enjoyed the universe they created, nothing REALLY new or awesome, but it was well put together and coherent.

Wrexx was indeed awesome, I liked his black humour and brutal approach, I got the save with him alive at the end

I can't wait to see the next episode of the story, I have to admit I did not know it was supposed to be a trilogy at first and was a bit "what? finish?" at the end of the 1.

Good stuff they follow the story according to the decisions you took (like I killed the Bug Queen, didnt kill Wrexx etc.)

This post has been edited by Gormaz: Dec 4 2009, 11:31 AM

"Krogan sexual deviants enjoy Salarian flexibility"

Mental image for the win!

Usually you will be able to start downloading it a few days before but it will be "encrypted" and you won't be able to play.

On release day you may have a small update to download that will unlock it.

I said "usually" because in some case Steam did not really give much time beforehand to download it, I do hope they don't mess up this one

Yar, I loved the first one but I got too many games from the Xmas sales, I think I am gonna wait a bit to buy this one. Either try to "forget" it until Steam does some sales later on, or will just buy it later on.

Tempting though

The replayability of it comes from doing the adventure again using different moral choices (kill Y instead of X, kill Z instead of leaving live etc.), different class and co.

Multiplayer could be awesome but I don't think it's on the plan for it.

Interesting read secondrate.

I am not unhappy they kinda "fixed" the inventory though, having to go through buttload of useless stuff to find that one piece of stuff I wanted wasnt exactly fun or realistic (how did they carry so much crap around btw? Space pockets? ^^). Most of the normal loot you found in ME1 was worthless anyway (especially once you got Specter Gear).

I am more worried about the "choices did in ME1 are not that important", that's a big thing when you consider how much Bioware hyped that part.

Will definitely still get the game though, but right now I got lots of games to play anyway (Xmas sales were full of win!)

Personally I don't really see the inventory change as a "dumbing down the game" at all. ME1 loot and inventory system was not really good anyway. Not saying it was "bad" but it was definitely not one of the strength of the game for me.

Specter gear was just so good compare to almost anything else that it made all the rest just omnigel wannabe, it made almost all the loot you could get later on worthless. Having to clear up all the crap I collected each time I went back to Normandy was nothing fun either.
And it was NOT "Rpg" to have 3 characters able to carry around 20 pistols/shotguns/sniper guns AND assault rifles at the same time and few dozens of modifications/ammo type.

Taking Charm and Intimidate is a bit of a bigger thing yes, I agree. But I will wait for more than few random forum users reviews to make my idea. At least in a way it will make the Parangon/Renegade level actually DO something except maybe 1-2 quests.

Let's not be hasty folks, ME2 is not "ME1 reloaded", it's a sequel which means they did change some of the stuff. Let's wait to have your copy or to have the game fully released before jumping on the QQ-wagon.

Wrex was the most awesome character in ME1, there was simply no way I would have decided not to keep him.

I think I prefered Wrex to Sheperd to be honest, Wrex was a pure badass with a brain. At first when I saw him I thought the would be another dumb big sidekick like so many in video games.

2-3 witty remarks in the stupid lift scenes and I was in love

This post has been edited by Gormaz: Jan 25 2010, 04:20 PM

I am not a lawyer but my understanding of software laws is:

Downloading them: no (since they are most probably encrypted)

Unlocking them, selling them, modifying them, playing with them or using them in any way when you have not paid for it: yes

Anyone going to come knock at your door to put you to jail if you do it: most probably not ^^

This post has been edited by Gormaz: Feb 6 2010, 03:03 PM

I am also trying to read it too much too Cheese, havent buy it yet

Just passing by once in a while to see how are the feelings of people about it, so far seems pretty good!

To buy or to wait for some sales in the future..... this is the question.... but I got already so many games.... hummmmm >_<

I think question is: is the movie going to be a trilogy like the games?
Or just on the 1st game?

To be honest I am not so jumpy about this movie, most games adaptation to movies have been pretty crap.

Hitman was "decent" but did not really handle itself like the game for example. And that was just about a guy in our current world.

ME is basically a Space Opera game... to make into a movie will be tough...

Well, I just bought ME2 on GG when on offer and now trying to fight to get all the DLCs I want installed before actually starting the game.

I got the Cerberus one and co, no issue.

But for some reason I can't buy any Bioware points, when I go to my Bioware account and click on the "Add Bioware Points" link it just bring me back the main page of my profile.
By googling a bit it seems it's an issue that happens to some people for some reason (I tried both with IE and FF etc.)

Anyone had this issue before?
Is there another place I can buy these points?

I really do not feel like starting the game before having the DLC I want (Kasumi and Overlord respectively) since I think once the campaign started you cannot add new DLCs to an ongoing game right?

But can I buy them and integrate them with a ongoing campaign without issue?

Like I don't have to restart the whole thing if I add a DLC in the middle?

So far it's a good "more of the same" (which after ME1 is a praise from me since I loved the first)... but I shouldnt have started the game after midnight, I am tempted to keep playing now

Ah and yes infinite bullets were nice indeed

This post has been edited by Gormaz: Aug 8 2010, 02:26 AM

Ok, well I will give it another try later then, today I am still unable to get BW points (and lots of people are the same according to the forums).
That stuff has been going on for like 5 days now... very shoddy service really and their IT guys must be crap...

I also just finished the game today (let's just say the during the last 3 days I didnt have much sleep or did productive work...)

Overall I enjoyed it really a lot, imported my old randomly-faced male Shepard from ME1, went my usual full Paragon way, no death on final mission (Gormaz Shepard leaves no men/woman/aliens/others behind!), showed the finger to TIM (now that was a last minute twist and buildup for ME3 that I enjoyed greatly) and blew up the space station (no compromise)

Lots of good:

- Seeing Wrexx headbutt the shitty krogan warchief in the first 30 seconds I see him again made me go "that's my boy!", he was definitely my favorite character in ME1

- New interesting characters:
Thane was very well written and interesting for someone who could just have been another "quiet ninja", showed lots of depth there and surprised me
Tali was awesomely cute and I am planning to replay ME1 just to not romance anyone to "save it" for Tali in ME2 (and save Rachi queen this time too...) Wish we could see her face though.
Miranda has an awesome ass and a body suit that shows it, I suspect Cerberus indoctrination tentative....
Hearing Mordin sing was actually pretty funny and I loved his general voice acting, totally fit the Solarian character of an "hamster on coffee" like the Yeoman says.

- Excellent universe continuation from ME1
Bioware did managed to keep me immersed in the same universe from ME1.
When I noticed that when I started the launcher of the game the first time, the noise the button did when I clicked it triggered automatically the "Mass Effect!!!" memories in my mind, I knew they didnt screw up

- Story was a bit stretched sometimes but overall good dialogs and lots and lots of random small bits to immerse you in the universe

- You mean I don't have to spend 5 minutes after each mission to omnigel all the crap I looted because it's so inferior to Spectre gear anyway?
I would have enjoyed a bit more variety maybe (like maybe 1-2 more models of each weapons maybe) but after using it the new inventory system was better than ME1.

Some bad
- Some new not so interesting characters or badly used previous ones
Zaeed was an ass actually
I felt Garrus was too little used for one of the main NPCs from ME1, he felt less involved or developer than some new NPC. They did evolve his character quite a lot though.
Jackson was like the Kaidan from ME1, random-human-dude#6785
Jack story was interesting but character quite a bit offputting, hard to like her really.

- Same ol' Bioware
Yep I prepare for that "suicide mission" for about 30-35 hours, then I end it up in 1 hour without really sweating or anything.
Building a climax is good, but you need to create something at the end of it that is worth the wait, even for these who prepared like mad
Last mission actually action felt a little bit underwhelming for me, and the last boss was bad in my opinion (lolterminator?)

- Influence from ME1 were actually very limited
Guess it was to not screw up people who didnt play ME1 but impact of what u did in ME1 was actually quite low
You speak to the council (which I saved) a whole 30 seconds, Anderson (which I choose) about 2 minutes, they never appear again
You are again a Spectre but almost nobody mention it or care
Liara (which was my romance choice in ME1) give me a kiss then ask me to be her delivery boy..... okayyyyy
See some buildup for ME3 though so wait and see


Now to replay ME1+ME2 to make my "perfect" walkthrough and wait for ME3.... which is a long way to go I think

Edit: I got carried away... long post...

This post has been edited by Gormaz: Aug 11 2010, 12:44 AM

Yar, or when you first arrive into the Citadel and you talk to Baley (the C-Sec Captain), they mention you are an ex-Spectre at this stage.
Kinda limited but in the same time in the background the Terminus systems arent exactly Citadel space so there is not that "awe" to Spectre I guess

I suspect there will be more influence to some of the choices you did in ME1 in ME3 than in ME2.
The whole thing is a buildup for the final big bang in ME3 (like playing nice with Legion in ME2)

And yar you see a lots of previous characters but they are pretty much all only little used.
Like Lia'ra is almost as much used as Emily Wong or Conrad whatever (the "fan" from ME1)

I am "complaining" but it's more nitpicking than anything really, I loved the game
Easier to find some flaws than exactly pinpoint all the stuff that were done right.

@Cheese: I agree Garrus changed quite a lot from ME1 to ME2 (He is Renegade Garrus now really), what I meant is that when you talk to him in the Normandy or in cutscenes, he does not "really" feel like someone you have known for longer than most of the rest.
He does not feel like he has a closer bond with Shepard than Thane or Miranda for example, that's what I meant.

You says Garrus died and you were pissed off, but for the game presentation, they do not really make you feel like Garrus was someone closer to Shepard than the rest of the squad members.

Only thing he made me smile with was one time when I brought Tali and him with me, he started talking about some of the "elevator talk" they had in ME1 and started teasing Tali.
She then goes the "Stop this", he continues, she goes "I got a shotgun", "hummm maybe we should stop this conversation" =P

And yar, if your Shepard dies, you won't be able to import your save to ME3, no more Lazarus stuff to bring you back from the dead.

I do agree difficulty on Normal wasnt very huge, but cover system that stops all weapons + health regeneration means that if you are at least a bit careful, there are low chances to die anyway