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Hey guys I see there's 1k new posts since I last checked the thread so I ASSUME everyone knows this but Count Choculitis even was unaware of this specifically so I figure I'll post it anyway just in case someone else out there doesn't know. Semi spoilers about Liara early game ish You can reunite Liara with Aethyta, her father. Aethyta appears in the Presidium Commons at the bar/cafe near where Liara sits. Aethyta doesn't appear until you finish a mission for an asari in the hospital in the back, though, so if you've been putting off the missions where you have to scavenge for resources, you might not even realize you can do this.
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So I just met Miranda and... is that it? That's her only appearance?
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Mar 7, 2012 06:37
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Bloody Pancreas posted:So I just met Miranda and... is that it? That's her only appearance? No, you'll speak with her again. Aristobulus posted:Hey guys I see there's 1k new posts since I last checked the thread so I ASSUME everyone knows this but Count Choculitis even was unaware of this specifically so I figure I'll post it anyway just in case someone else out there doesn't know. Yeah, pretty sure I missed this. Kelly Chambers never appeared for me either and I'm well past the point where she should have shown up, I figure I missed doing something to trigger her.
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Mar 7, 2012 06:40
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Nephilm posted:It was lackluster. You cannot change the outcome no matter what you do, regardless of how good you might be doing (the game is so easy), because obviously it's Bioware's story and gently caress giving options to the player.
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Mar 7, 2012 06:41
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Silly question maybe, but I know that multiplayer has an effect on singleplayer to some extent. Is there an ideal point to do multiplayer, or can you just do it whenever you like, and it'll always carry over?
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Mar 7, 2012 06:43
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I just shot Udina Game of The Decade
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Mar 7, 2012 06:45
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Man, talking to Thane is giving me flashbacks to the Persona 3 social link for The Sun. 
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Mar 7, 2012 06:47
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Just beat the game and thoroughly enjoyed it as an adept. Pretty sure I got the poo poo ending but thats what multiple playthroughs are for! New game+ let me choose some bonus powers like the previous games, not sure how I unlocked them Inferno Grenade and Fortification Also coming from someone who has only played the console versions prior to 3, the loading times felt extremely fast. Sometimes less than a second for some areas. EDIT: Oh yeah (Tali spoilers) Totally made her kill herself. gently caress yeah, Geth supremacy.
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electricsugar posted:So when you create a new character for ME3 does it let you choose the major choices from the previous games, like it did in ME2? Or does it just decide this stuff for you? I don't remember anything like that in ME2. Do you have the PS3 version with that pick-your-backstory Genesis comic thing? They only did that because ME1 isn't availible on the Playstation. A new char in ME3 will get a pretty lovely backstory with most of the characters dead, because new players wouldn't know who the heck Wrex, Legion etc are and explaining everything is  OmegaZultan posted:Day 1 DLC is SO worth it. I'm still shocked it was dlc at all. It's just EA pushing a 69,99$ pricetag for AAA games. sauer kraut fucked around with this message at 06:56 on Mar 7, 2012 |
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Mar 7, 2012 06:48
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kelly chambers spoilers we talked a few times, first time i told her to change her name etc, second time was happy. third time, she admitted to spying for cerberus during the mission, and i picked the renegade response (You did what?!) figuring it wouldnt be a big deal, and lo and behold next time i come back she has killed herself. was not expecting that.
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Hi guys. After being very disappointed by the quality of DA: 2 (and preordering it no less) I'm on the fence about ME3. I enjoyed ME2 and never played ME1. So, some questions: -Is the writing on par with ME2? -Do your choices matter? Can you have very different playthoughs like Dragon Age and ME2, or are you railroaded like DA:2? Are there distinct different endings like Dragon Age/Fallout? Nothing annoyed me more in DA:2 than approaching the plot differently, choosing different conversation options and having none of it matter. -Are the maps noticeably copy and paste? -Is the Day 1 dlc worth it? -Any major ps3 issues? Thanks goons.
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Mar 7, 2012 06:50
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Day 1 DLC is SO worth it. I'm still shocked it was dlc at all.
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Helical Nightmares posted:Hi guys. After being very disappointed by the quality of DA: 2 (and preordering it no less) I'm on the fence about ME3. I enjoyed ME2 and never played ME1. So, some questions: - Probably better. There's a much better sense of urgency in my game so far and the dialogue, while still pretty standard sci-fi thriller boilerplate, has had no noticeably embarrassing moments and a few impressive ones. - "Choices mattering" has always extended to little more than cosmetic stuff, but if you killed off a lot of your old party members expect to miss some significant scenes. Dunno about the endings, but my understanding is they all have the same ultimate outcome with vastly different degrees of collateral damage. - Mass Effect is where the souls of restless skybox designers go for their unfinished business. By that I mean the environments are vastly different and nowhere near DA2's nonsense. You'll still see a suspicious number of warehouse-like environments with convenient cover, though. - Yyyyyep. - Don't know. Oxxidation fucked around with this message at 07:06 on Mar 7, 2012 |
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Helical Nightmares posted:-Is the writing on par with ME2? Yes. There are some terrible bits, particularly right at the start of the game, and the standard "You must assemble a McGuffin to defeat the enemy" thing should have just been dropped, but overall, its solid space-opera. quote:-Do your choices matter? As far as I can tell, yes. Choices from the previous games appear to have a significant influence. Keep in mind that choices within the game itself may not be amazing. If you don't have prior saves to import, the choices may not seem as involving or important. quote:Are there distinct different endings like Dragon Age/Fallout? There are three major endings, chosen at the end of the game. Supposedly, there are factors that influence the ending slides and final battle content. The endings themselves are...contentious, in terms of quality. There is one major event in particular shared between two endings. There are rumors of a fourth ending for beating New Game+, but no confirmation yet. quote:-Are the maps noticeably copy and paste? No. Each map is unique. At most, there are textures and other minor assets shared, but there's still a decent variety in environments and combat situations. quote:-Is the Day 1 dlc worth it? Very, very much so. It adds a new mission and a new squadmate who has a ton of interesting dialogue and is a fairly major piece of the ME lore. However, it is NOT required to get the best ending, like some people have claimed.
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Mar 7, 2012 06:59
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Tali related mission Spoilers I am told to upload the code or let the geth die, I helped tali every time I could in ME2, will uploading the code cause her to off herself?
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Mar 7, 2012 07:03
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Helical Nightmares posted:
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Mar 7, 2012 07:04
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I bought a physical copy after work to avoid having to download it through origin, but, after installing, I have to download the entire game? What is the point of even having an install DVD? What the hell did it install?
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Fat_Cow posted:Tali related mission Spoilers e2: Minor endgame talk, I am kind of surprised given all the Makos they got laying around that at least half of them aren't scaling skyscrapers or some poo poo. Dukka fucked around with this message at 07:08 on Mar 7, 2012 |
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Mar 7, 2012 07:05
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Fat_Cow posted:Tali related mission Spoilers You will have another options there - paragon and renegade one. Paragon one owns cause you will bring peace to quarians and geth. Dont be a jerk, help them out EFB
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Mar 7, 2012 07:06
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Dukka posted:Yup! Though after the first choice you get a second one to switch to the alternative (at least when siding with the Geth first). Or you can pass a reputation check to end the war if you did the right stuff in ME2.
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Mar 7, 2012 07:07
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Yeah, Conrad, you helped. Game of the loving Century
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Mar 7, 2012 07:09
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Can someone tell me what the gently caress is going on with the fuel reactor mission? I get there's cranes and poo poo but what am I supposed to be doing exactly with them?
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Nucular Carmul posted:So without spoiling too much, holy poo poo bring EDI to Sur'Kesh and talk to Wrex. Just wondering, what the hell is this? It's so random... Is it supposed to be a joke about ME1?
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Peven Stan posted:Can someone tell me what the gently caress is going on with the fuel reactor mission? I get there's cranes and poo poo but what am I supposed to be doing exactly with them? Move the crane all the way to the left, then pick up the crate and move it all the way to the right
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Mar 7, 2012 07:12
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god damned loving reaper kills me every loving time mid-ish game spoilers: how many times do I have to hit it with the orbital strike to kill it, and why does it get to kill me if the beam is within ten feet?
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Welp, finished my first playthrough. I actually didn't really hate the ending. Came into it with 5,000 GAW points, so the Synergy ending was open. I figure given my playthrough as Super Space Peacemaker would suffer if I took the endings that either killed all synthetic life, or didn't solve the underlying problem. It really is a lot less lovely in context, and the two "Obvious" options Are foreshadowed in pretty much every loving conversation you have with TIM. And the only way you're liable to unlock the Synergy ending without abusing multiplayer is to be Super Galactic Peacemaker anyway. Anyway, I liked it, stupid liberties taken aside (Why the gently caress is the Normandy in a Relay when the bomb goes off? To justify them crashing on another planet?), I wasn't expecting a masterpiece, though an epilogue would have been nice, and I never came in expecting Shepard to survive the end of the story anyway, so him dying in a Noble Sacrifice to turn all beings in the galaxy into potential badasses on his level was appropriate. Also, Upper-Left Blue'd TIM to kill himself, Perfect Ending 
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Fat_Cow posted:Tali related mission Spoilers Sometimes you have to make a lethal takedown. Stick with the geth. Genocide the Quarians. Then, later on, genocide the geth. And the Krogan. And the Rachni. Twice. Basically if Commander Mikaela "Always Selects Bottom-Right or Bottom-Left Response Regardless of Context" Shepard can genocide something it is going to be genocided. She shall reign over a galaxy of the dead and the dying, and when she sees a deus ex machina with an 'everything dies' button she's going to push it before the expository dialogue's even begun. They will tell stories of the Shepard, but they will mostly be the kind you tell to frighten small children, not entertain them.
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RentACop posted:I was about to say, people are losing their poo poo over that It's not so much public domain work, since they had to buy it from Getty. It's pretty common to use stock images and dress them up a bit. Of course, if they ripped it off from Getty without paying for it, there will be hell to pay. It's more laziness and caring about their product. If it was some random character on a monitor or in a file, no one would give a poo poo. But, since it's a major character that's been around since the first game and there's an emotional connection stemming from that, especially with a subset of fans, you'd think they would've put more effort into it.
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CaptainCarrot posted:god damned loving reaper kills me every loving time Needs about four shots, and he gets closer each time, the last one is basically a "Gird Your Loins" moment, as it's charging at point blank range, you just need to stay still and paint the fucker, and you'll trigger a bombardment just before he fires. The trick is to dodge diagonally towards the Reaper, once the laser's past you, it won't turn back to chase you
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I think carrying the Black Widow around is basically what its like to be God.
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Haledjian posted:How do I use a Mass Effect 2 save? I don't have ME2 on this computer but I created the directory structure and put one of the ME2 saves from masseffectsaves.com in it, but ME3 isn't detecting it. This page on the EA website says the game should recognize it automatically. Try making sure the directory is correct. Restart your game client. If that doesn't work then idk 
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There really isn't a holster weapon option or am I blind? Like I'm seriously forced to wave my gun around in a noncombat setting with this terrible 50 field of view? What the heck. 
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Is anyone else slightly bothered by how little detail the side mission dossiers contain, especially in terms of where one is supposed to go? I'm fairly early in the game, just got the turian primarch and rescued the kids at Grissom and I'm not sure if I can do all of these little side quests, since many don't say where they're located in the galaxy. It's small, but something about it bugs me. e: also, some fellow said he wanted to talk to me, and would meet me in the Embassies. The map says he's there, but I can't seem to find him. Wonder if I'm just really unobservant or if there's a bug. opposable thumbs.db fucked around with this message at 07:31 on Mar 7, 2012 |
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opposable thumbs.db posted:Is anyone else slightly bothered by how little detail the side mission dossiers contain, especially in terms of where one is supposed to go? I'm fairly early in the game, just got the turian primarch and rescued the kids at Grissom and I'm not sure if I can do all of these little side quests, since many don't say where they're located in the galaxy. It's small, but something about it bugs me. The Ones marked "Citadel" will always be found in the Spectre office after completing certain missions. The others will have the star cluster they're found in as the "Location" title
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Holy crap I just bought the soldiers at the bar a round. That's an OLD SCHOOL easter egg there! Marvelous! EDIT: For anyone who missed it, Vega: So here's to us! Soldier: Who's like us? Shepard: drat few. Soldier: And they're all dead. From Return to Zork
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Can i unlock bonus endings by playing fuckloads of multiplayer and getting war readiness to 100%? I have picked some renegade options and i had just only two standart ones.
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Alectai posted:The Ones marked "Citadel" will always be found in the Spectre office after completing certain missions. The others will have the star cluster they're found in as the "Location" title Alternatively, the ones marked Citadel can be found on certain missions for free. The place you can buy them is a safety net in case you miss them. Also, you can blow rockets out of the air Game of the loving Year.
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Yes, you can. Get your Readiness to 100%, and you can loving torch every field you come across, and you'll still probably come out on top. Also, anyone who says you can get the best endings without touching Multiplayer is a God drat Liar. I had a nearly 100% completion run on single-player, and I had about 7,000 GAW points. I had to bump my Readiness up to 75% in order to crest the 5,000 point magic number.
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Bruceski posted:Holy crap I just bought the soldiers at the bar a round. That's an OLD SCHOOL easter egg there! Marvelous! ...that's not a Zork reference.
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Welp I just talked Balak from Bring Down the Sky into commanding the Batarian fleet to help us. Also the Leviathan of Dis was mentioned, for you wierdos that never shut up about that.
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