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Mass Effect 2: Great Game, Or GREATEST Game?

Agreed. This is Bioware's magnum opus. I never thought any game could compete with Deus Ex on my "Favorite game of all time". But it actually beat it out.

Just the fact Tali and Garrus return, and you can pursue... the forbidden act with them was epic. A big subject every fanfiction author for the original game dreamed of.

(I swear I must have seen like 10 GarrusxShepard or TalixShepard fics, many poorly written but always interesting to read.)

Just the fact you can fuck 70% of your crew makes this game more replayable.
Oh wow you can screw Tali too?
but wait what she never gets out of that suit lol
Now I want to see GarrusxTali |:c

and Wrex nooooo :<
 

Kanin

B is for Bull****
That's three games plus the ton of (major) patches I would say it's ten+

Just recently we had 3.3 which was like a gig alone.

They still haven't worked all the bugs out of that patch.

Mass Effect 2 looks cool, I might get it.
 
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Ishnuvalok

Guest
Just completed the game.

First thing I said "Wow.....holy shit that was awesome".

Then I d'awwwed when I got to lay in bug and snuggle with *spoiler, somewhat,* Tali
 

CaptainCool

Lady of the lake
just got a mail, my copy has been shipped today.
god damnit, why are games so expensive here in germany? i could have gotten it from amazon on the launch day but it would cost 70 instead of 40 bucks that way and it would have had the crappy german voices...
oh well, i can (NOT) wait^^
 

Altamont

The Bard of the Beasts
I got it on Tues. and have been playing it quite a lot since. I just got to disc two where you find Tali and I must say...holy shit. This game absolutely beats out all of my expectations! The story and characters are superb, the game is so BIG, and, oh yes, Garrus love. Garrus is my man-crush, and the fact that you can woo him literally made my day (my GF thinks I'm weird though XD).

First point: It may be blasphemy, but Grunt could ACTUALLY be cooler than Wrex. Maybe.

Second Point: I HEART MASS EFFECT 2!

So, a subsection/new topic of conversation: Who are everybodies favorite ME1/ME2 characters, and why?

Mine:

Garrus- He's just so...human, for an alien. In the first one he was a cocky C-Sec officer who was frustrated with all of the rules and rd tape holding him back. IN ME 2 SPOILER He's discovered the dark side of getting what he wished for in being a scarred and hunted vigilante SPOILER. I just love the depth of Mass Effect's character work, and Garrus epitomozes it for me. Plus, for anyone who has actually seen the romance convos between him and Shepard, you'll realize that for every single iota of BADASS contained within him, there's an equal amount of the goofy, slightly akward person he may have once been. Which is hilarious beyond all comprehension.

2nd Favorite: Liara. She embodies the naive, lovable geek that I (hope) I am, and she's also secretly a badass. kinda like my girlfriend :D Love Ya Christine!
 

CryoScales

Devourer of Worlds
Oh wow you can screw Tali too?
but wait what she never gets out of that suit lol
Now I want to see GarrusxTali |:c

Yeah you can screw both Tali and Garrus. Something I really hoped for in the first game given how many times Shepard enters a suave tone with Tali.

2nd Favorite: Liara. She embodies the naive, lovable geek that I (hope) I am, and she's also secretly a badass. kinda like my girlfriend :D Love Ya Christine!

Liara acts like an obsessive bitch in ME2. In the first game she's just a socially awkward girl. Shepard always just wants to get into her pants.

it exists :c

Benezia was fine, just brainwashed.

Two years isn't much to asari, and socially inept archeology geek is better than DARK AND EDGY MEAN BITCH

Benezia turns on the council, and later turns on Saren to tell Shepard about the Mu relay, before succumbing to the Indoctrination and turning on him again before Shepard taking her down. Shepard comically remarks to it in the first game by saying "Your not loyal to anybody are you?"
 
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Kyoujin

SOCK GOES WHAR?
Garrus is definitely a lot different in this one.. I like it, but part of him is like.. "wtf, you acted like you were going to follow my example in ME1, now it's like none of that really mattered." xD He's always been my favorite character, but they need DLC so you can romance him with a male Shepard. >( Haha.

I really like the game but.. part of me thinks it's just kind of a disappointment in some aspects. There's surprisingly a lot I could list that's bad with the game. Though, it's still good for the most part.. and with our new 47" 1080p HDTV it looks amazing. xD Had to play it on an older TV for the first day, and I couldn't read half of the things in game.
 

CryoScales

Devourer of Worlds
I really like the game but.. part of me thinks it's just kind of a disappointment in some aspects. There's surprisingly a lot I could list that's bad with the game. Though, it's still good for the most part.. and with our new 47" 1080p HDTV it looks amazing. xD Had to play it on an older TV for the first day, and I couldn't read half of the things in game.

What exactly is wrong besides dialogue looking horrible on a crappy tv?
 

Holsety

Member
Benezia turns on the council, and later turns on Saren to tell Shepard about the Mu relay, before succumbing to the Indoctrination and turning on him again before Shepard taking her down. Shepard comically remarks to it in the first game by saying "Your not loyal to anybody are you?"
She joined Saren in an attempt to turn him back to the light and was then indoctrinated. It's more appropriate to say she was mind controlled than a TRAITOROUS WENCH
 

Kommodore

well what is it?
Legion is every bit as awesome as I hoped he would be. Grunt is pretty sick too. Actually just about every character is good in my book except for Jack. I hate Jack. She's a bitch.

Aside from that I loved pretty much everything about this game, even the resource gathering stopped bugging me after a while.
 
it exists :c
What really where.
And why the :c
I got it on Tues. and have been playing it quite a lot since. I just got to disc two where you find Tali and I must say...holy shit. This game absolutely beats out all of my expectations! The story and characters are superb, the game is so BIG, and, oh yes, Garrus love. Garrus is my man-crush, and the fact that you can woo him literally made my day (my GF thinks I'm weird though XD).

First point: It may be blasphemy, but Grunt could ACTUALLY be cooler than Wrex. Maybe.
Fuck yeah Garrus. But Grunt is really different. Eh's a pretty cool guy, but doesn't better than Wrex |:C

Also the part where you recruit Garrus is simply the best fucking game segment ever.

Legion is every bit as awesome as I hoped he would be. Grunt is pretty sick too. Actually just about every character is good in my book except for Jack. I hate Jack. She's a bitch.

Aside from that I loved pretty much everything about this game, even the resource gathering stopped bugging me after a while.
Jack what. She's a pretty cool mean bitch. For a mean bitch I mean. And she'd be like, the best fucking space pirate ever.

Just completed the game.

First thing I said "Wow.....holy shit that was awesome".

Then I d'awwwed when I got to lay in bug and snuggle with *spoiler, somewhat,* Tali
Ffffff I want to unf her now if there is snuggles >:c
And also er to see her face because I'm getting really curious.
 
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Dabfox

Dab is Bad backwards,Sexy huh?
Legion is every bit as awesome as I hoped he would be. Grunt is pretty sick too. Actually just about every character is good in my book except for Jack. I hate Jack. She's a bitch.

Aside from that I loved pretty much everything about this game, even the resource gathering stopped bugging me after a while.

A) Jack is the most deppressing character in the game! Even the Dying Asassian had more warmth and personality then Jack! She keeps whining, she practically does nothing, and I HATE HER SOOOO MUCH.

B) Anything, and I mean ANYTHING, was better then the last game's way of collecting minerals.


Oh, and the new DLC should be about flashbacking to Garrus and what he was doing after all those 2 years. THAT would be badass...
SECRET VIGILANTIE BY DAY....warm, lovable and embarrased alien by night ^^.
Seriously...look at the video when you finally get in bed with him...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m12GnTkEku4&feature=PlayList&p=3297CDB97606BA08&index=14

HOW CAN YOU NOT JUST WANT TO GIVE HIM A BIG OLD HUG!?
 
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Altamont

The Bard of the Beasts
So I'm roughly twenty hours in, and I must say I hate what's become of Liara. I originally planned on my Paragon Shepard remaining faithful to Liara throughout the trilogy, but this new and not-at-all improved Liara is making me eye Tali more and more. Sigh, the painful throes of virtual love...

And on the mineral collection, a review I watched summed it up perfectly when they called it monotonous yet strangely habit forming. I just like the new system of collection in this game overall. In ME1, you had so much money that selling stuff or finding minerals was amazingly unnecessary. Now, with a more balanced shopping system and the emphasis on mineral harvesting for upgrade research, at least the monotony is going somewhere.

And so far, Jack is probably my least favorite squad-member (aside from Zaeed. That DLC squad member is so two-dimensional it isn't funny, but I don't really count him.)
 

Altamont

The Bard of the Beasts
So I just finished Garrus' loyalty mission...no spoilers, but I always though, "could anything make me love Garrus more"? Oh yes. Yes, somehing can, and that something is pure, unadulterated badassery.

And maybe some juicy character development, seeing as I am predominantly paragon. I try and spice things up renegade style every now and then, just to make my Shepard more realistic, but overall he's Mr. Nice guy. With a Gun. That Can Shoot You in The Face.
 

Dabfox

Dab is Bad backwards,Sexy huh?
I think I know a way to get through the entire suicide mission without losing anybody.
First, make sure you upgrade your ship to the maximum(The Medical thing is not needed however)
Secondly, Everyone on the team should be loyal(Finish all the side missions, don't piss them off...Miranda is just a bitch!)
Thirdly, and this is just purely speculative, when you get there, choose Tali for the vents. I advise saving the game before starting the mission, just in case.
 
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Ishnuvalok

Guest
I think I know a way to get through the entire suicide mission without losing anybody.
First, make sure you upgrade your ship to the maximum(The Medical thing is not needed however)
Secondly, Everyone on the team should be loyal(Finish all the side missions, don't piss them off...Miranda is just a bitch!)
Thirdly, and this is just purely speculative, when you get there, choose Tali for the vents. I advise saving the game before starting the mission, just in case.

If you really, really want someone to survive. Bring them on your team. Also Legion is better suited for the vents.
 

CryoScales

Devourer of Worlds
I just beat the campaign

One word "Amazing".

Just amazing. It's really a game you must get.

If you really, really want someone to survive. Bring them on your team. Also Legion is better suited for the vents.

I brought Garrus on my team and he got carried away by a swarm.
 
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Mikael Grizzly

Creepy Stalker
I only lost the model scientist salarian. Wish I knew how to keep everyone alive.

Having finished Mass Effect 2, I have to withdraw most of my criticism, it's a decidedly darker, more mature approach to the universe that puts all you've done in Mass Effect 1 in perspective and underlines the consequences of your choices.

Playing male, I chose Tali, since she's, well, the most natural of the bunch and doesn't have that much emotional baggage to cope with. Jack's a scared, broken girl inside, while Miranda is haunted by her being a designer daughter. Tali, well, she just has the usual baggage a woman of her age and standing would have.

What I found really annoying is the ending. Please, a Man-Reaper? There's no exposition provided on it or how it fits into all of this. It just is.
 
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Ishnuvalok

Guest
I brought Garrus on my team and he got carried away by a swarm.

He should be leading your second fire team instead. And have full loyalty. And which Biotic did you choose? I chose Jack (loyal) and she worked out just fine. Samara and Jack are the best choices for the biotic field. Mordin and Grunt are good choices for the escort (loyal, of course). And Legion through the tubes. I brought Tali and Thane with me and we kicked ass.

...maybe the game suddenly decides to randomly kill someone sometimes.....because some people have done exactly what I've done yet one of them died....
 
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Cylo

Member
What I found really annoying is the ending. Please, a Man-Reaper? There's no exposition provided on it or how it fits into all of this. It just is.
*SPOILER SPOILER*
I thought it was pretty badass, committing mass genocide in order to reproduce... <.<

But yes, I thought it was kind of goofy-lookin', to say the least.
 

CryoScales

Devourer of Worlds
What I found really annoying is the ending. Please, a Man-Reaper? There's no exposition provided on it or how it fits into all of this. It just is.

Try the original game's ending. You don't exactly know who created the Reapers, what the reapers want, how Sovereign exactly persuaded Saren, what logic he used to do so either. Saren blissfully thinks that pressing the big red button that says "KILL ALL ORGANICS" will save them, when obviously Reaper ships have no power in Dark Space.

You can tell the writers wrote themselves into a corner there.
 

Holsety

Member
*SPOILER SPOILER*
I thought it was pretty badass, committing mass genocide in order to reproduce... <.<

But yes, I thought it was kind of goofy-lookin', to say the least.
It makes sense, they grow organics in order to harvest them to create new reapers, etc. but it just looked so ridiculous and goofy that it was hard to take seriously.
 
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