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Apparently decisions you make in Mass Effect 2 can cause any character to perish, including Commander Shepard! That is pretty intense!

This tidbit of information can be found in the February 2010 issue of PC Gamer.

[jdawg]

I was reading the bioware forums and the thinking was that if you just go throuth the main story, you're while team is probably going to die. I'm guessing that if you go theough the main story and do a healthy amount of side missions, then you'd be fine.


The pc gamer makes it out to be that if you make one wrong decision, you could be screwed. If that's the case, I think most of the people will die. That oughta sell a few guides to go with the game.

[rockabilly]

You would think that a GTA style game in the old west is a no brainer.

Gun was ok but way to linnear same w/ Red Dead Revolver. I hope the game does well since good Western games are rare.

[jdawg]

:Spoiler Alert:














So there's this video that shows Legion being carried by Shepard and Legion also running towards the Normandy in another scene. Who is Legion? Legion is a geth that has evolved and is smart. Apparently he follows you around and there's been a ton of speculation that he might be a squad member. If he is running towards the Normandy, I think we can guess that he will be a squad member.


I have the new oxm and have read the review. Here's the highlights.



There is no Mako. Instead of that crappy vehicle you get this shuttle that drops you off at an important point of the planet.


The characters are amazing. They liked your squad members and each character has a long history. The missions involving the characters are very good and some don't end well.



Scanning planets is boring. So you can now scan planets, but its boring. It does look futuristic though which is cool.


No more looting. Now you can build your gear using the lab. You don't get to hack into crates and stuff. I don't mind it, but many might.
Overall it sounds amazing.

[rockabilly]

Awww you didn't like the Mako?

I loved using it to ram enemies and jump on top of them and jumping oncoming enemy lasers. lol

[jdawg]

The controls were difficult and made it a pain to drive. I loved ramming enemies though and climbing to the top of mountains and jumping to the bottom.


Apparently they have a new vehicle that comes with the free dlc. I need to find a friend with a computer so I can download this stuff.

[rockabilly]

I found it easier to handle than Halo's Warthog.

[jdawg]

Its for the PC as well.


Speaking of PC games, you guys are so lucky to get The Old Republic. I wish I had a PC damnit!

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Originally Posted by jdawg

Its for the PC as well.


Speaking of PC games, you guys are so lucky to get The Old Republic. I wish I had a PC damnit!

I'll have to check it out.

As for The Old Republic, I don't play any of the MMO games so I won't be giving it a shot. It looks pretty good, though.

[jdawg]

Today I finally figured out that you should never trust online information until a game comes out. As you guys know I have no hard drive which makes importing a character in ME2 impossible. I pre ordered my game because I thought you get to make the ME1 decisions at the beginning. Wrong. They give you stupid default decisions that literally were the opposite of every decision I made. Let's take a look at these decisions.


Ashley was your romance and Kaiden is dead. I had Kaiden saved and Liara as a romance.

UDINA! Is a council member. I had Captain Anderson as the council member. Who the fuck would ever pick Udina?

Wrex is dead. I had him saved on Virmire.



I can handle Wrex dying, but everything else sucks. This is so disappointing.

[rockabilly]

Udina is a giant douche!

Was it possible to get two love interests?

I got both girls in Jade Empire , cause i got skillz ... mad dialogue playaz. lol

[jdawg]

You can try and get both, but only Liara will fall in love with you. I tried to get both in my first playthrough and they both come up to you and say "choose one of us". Ashley was not too pleased that I told her to go away haha.

[rockabilly]

I had that happen lol , how about the Quarrian girl ... can you get her as an interest?

That would be .... different.

[shadows]

Originally Posted by jdawg

Today I finally figured out that you should never trust online information until a game comes out. As you guys know I have no hard drive which makes importing a character in ME2 impossible. I pre ordered my game because I thought you get to make the ME1 decisions at the beginning. Wrong. They give you stupid default decisions that literally were the opposite of every decision I made. Let's take a look at these decisions.


Ashley was your romance and Kaiden is dead. I had Kaiden saved and Liara as a romance.

UDINA! Is a council member. I had Captain Anderson as the council member. Who the fuck would ever pick Udina?

Wrex is dead. I had him saved on Virmire.



I can handle Wrex dying, but everything else sucks. This is so disappointing.

Too bad there wasn't a way(without the hard drive option) to just choose which characters you want to "continue" with into ME 2. By this, I mean options in the setup screens. Would that even be feasible or would it be too hard for the developers to do?

It's a shame that they chose this route with regards to characters, as Bioware is usually pretty good towards their fans.

[rockabilly]

Sorry but you need a hard drive especially since Mass Effect will be a trilogy and you can bring all your data from 1 and 2 into 3.

I deleted my first ME save and will have to replay pt 1 before i get 2 , but i'm cool w/ it since it's a great game.

[Tread]

Originally Posted by rockabilly

Was it possible to get two love interests?

Not at the same time.

Originally Posted by rockabilly

I got both girls in Jade Empire , cause i got skillz ... mad dialogue playaz. lol

I never liked Dawn Star and refused her sooner or later.
Only in my first game I let it open until the temple, but didn?t get both because I thought I have to choose.

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Originally Posted by rockabilly

Sorry but you need a hard drive especially since Mass Effect will be a trilogy and you can bring all your data from 1 and 2 into 3.

I deleted my first ME save and will have to replay pt 1 before i get 2 , but i'm cool w/ it since it's a great game.

I have it on PC so I am good in that regard.

[rockabilly]

Oh and i finished Assassins Creed 2 , i hope they do an Assassins Creed game in feudal Japan or during the Spanish Inquisition (nobody would expect that) but the concluding game should be in modern day w/ Desmond as the playable character , no Animus moments unless used to unlock new abilities or to solve puzzles.

[shadows]

Originally Posted by jdawg

I was reading the bioware forums and the thinking was that if you just go throuth the main story, you're while team is probably going to die. I'm guessing that if you go theough the main story and do a healthy amount of side missions, then you'd be fine.


The pc gamer makes it out to be that if you make one wrong decision, you could be screwed. If that's the case, I think most of the people will die. That oughta sell a few guides to go with the game.

You could be right. It wouldn't be the first time that an event was hyped and then it turned out to be something totally different.