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PunkBoy posted:Playing Fem Shep for the first time since Citadel inspired me to start a new run in 3, and I gotta say I'm remembering how much I love this game. Although, I got pretty pretty bummed out again when I get the e-mail saying that Kal Reegar died off screen. This right here is a correct opinion  I would also argue to extend that criticism to Shiala but nobody seems to care about her  E: Even though she (probably?) didn't die, but having her handled off-screen in a throw-away email was a tad cheap for that character Burning Mustache fucked around with this message at 01:47 on Mar 10, 2013 |
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My only saves are at the very end of the game, I downloaded the DLC and I'm not seeing an email on the ship to start it. Am I missing something? Am i hosed because my only saves are at the very end of the game right before assaulting the cerebus base?
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Burning Mustache posted:This right here is a correct opinion I thought it was cool how the Zhu's Hope colonists turned into some badass guerrillas. I like to think they're doing fine, haha. Another character I wish had some conclusion was the undercover cop you help out on Noveria and Illium. I don't think there's a mention of her anywhere in 3. 
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On class-talk, I've finally made some progress with one. Turned out the class I wanted all this time was a Sentinel who said gently caress it to anything but a light assault rifle, and spams Throw and Cryo all day.  Still don't like Lift Grenades though. Funny as hell if I can hit a cluster of Cerberus then double-throw, like that first encounter on Mars, but not actually useful seemingly (also I wish I had incinerate )
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AcidCat posted:My only saves are at the very end of the game, I downloaded the DLC and I'm not seeing an email on the ship to start it. Am I missing something? Am i hosed because my only saves are at the very end of the game right before assaulting the cerebus base? If you've already gone past the point of no return just finish the game and you'll be dumped back to where you can complete the dlc
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PunkBoy posted:I thought it was cool how the Zhu's Hope colonists turned into some badass guerrillas. I like to think they're doing fine, haha. Another character I wish had some conclusion was the undercover cop you help out on Noveria and Illium. I don't think there's a mention of her anywhere in 3. Re: Shiala: She probably is doing fine, it's just that I really expected to meet her again in a cutscene one way or another in ME3. Double so if you played a male Shepard without any romance up to ME2. If you do that, she'll give Shepard a kiss in ME2 and I expected that to go somewhere in ME3, or at the very least that this would mean she'd actually get some screen time in ME3, but alas. As for Gianna Parasini -- I absolutely agree. I really enjoyed meeting her again in ME2 and it would have been really cool to meet her again in ME3, even for just a brief dialogue. She was definitely one of the more memorable characters from ME1.
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Banjodark posted:On Xbox? Did you download both parts? Yep I've downloaded both parts. All my saves are right before the assault on the base, I'm parked there but have not actually gone into the mission yet. From everything I've read I should be able to start the dlc as long as I haven't started this mission. Frustrating.
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I'm like 99% certain I met Shiala in the Casino in Citadel, unless there's another character with a very similar name? She had a little "Hey, Shepard" "Hey, what're you doing here?" convo. fake edit: Never mind, I'm thinking of the Consort from ME1. D'oh.
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Ciaphas posted:(also I wish I had incinerate Take Inferno Grenade as a bonus power.
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Ciaphas posted:On class-talk, I've finally made some progress with one. Turned out the class I wanted all this time was a Sentinel who said gently caress it to anything but a light assault rifle, and spams Throw and Cryo all day. I find Lift Grenades to work really well with Liara's Singularity. It rains Cerberus right after. I even once had a trooper bounce right pass Shepard towards the screen.
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AcidCat posted:Yep I've downloaded both parts. All my saves are right before the assault on the base, I'm parked there but have not actually gone into the mission yet. From everything I've read I should be able to start the dlc as long as I haven't started this mission. Frustrating. Have you checked your Ingame mail and read the message to start the dlc? Can you dock normally at the citadel?
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So I just completed Citadel, having spread out the whole thing across a few evenings. Well, not quite the whole thing, but I'll get back to that. My initial impressions were mixed, to be honest. It looked good, but I felt that it lacked Omega's polish - though to be fair, Omega was exceptionally polished (one glitchy cutscene notwithstanding). And although Citadel was more challenging than Omega, this hurt the pacing, and I found myself having to resort to hiding in cover much more. I saw the plot twist/reveal coming from miles away, and wasn't very impressed by the overall plot. The mission ended rather sooner than I had initially expected it to, as well. Most of all, though, I wasn't too sure what to think of all the smart-alecky comments from your crew, and at times Shepard's behaviour struck me as out of character. Keep in mind that I've been somewhat of a BioWare/ME3 apologist, and was very pleased with both Leviathan and Omega. Then I got to the post-mission content, and BioWare brutally shattered my resistance. Even if the mapping and cutscene quality wasn't quite up to Omega's standards, even if everyone was suddenly a 24/7 comedian, there was just so unbelievably much of it all that I found it impossible not to be both thoroughly impressed and hugely entertained. I think it's absolutely staggering how extensive the actual mission's "epilogue" is in every possible respect. During said mission I had already noticed that they'd written and recorded a ton of dialogue for both major characters and largely inconsequential NPCs, but there's even more of it afterwards. As indulgent as the whole thing arguably is, what with the near endless stream of (frequently self-referential) gags and the whole party angle, you'd have to be a particularly sour, boring stick-in-the-mud type of person not to enjoy it. It's hours of pure fun with characters you've come to love, some of whom shine like never before (Zaeed, I thought, was particularly amazing). And if that's not enough to persuade you, perhaps knowing that it adds a terrific combat sim will. It's so elaborate, you'd normally expect it to be a standalone piece of DLC. I've yet to go through all the challenges and get all the unlocks, but I imagine it'll take me several hours at least. Frankly, I think the combat sim is almost enough to justify Citadel's price on its own. In the end, though, what matters most to me is how much time Citadel devotes to further humanising (as it were) Shepard and crew, and to celebrating their characters. If there is any DLC in existence that does a better job than Citadel of concluding a game, and giving all its heroes a great big send-off, I want to see it. Citadel is the feelgood ending that you probably wanted all along (but which you might not have admitted). I think it's delightful, and an essential purchase for anyone who's ever enjoyed a Mass Effect game.
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This guy knows what's up. 100% agree with everything, especially the combat sim being worth the price of admission alone (I CAN HAVE KASUMI AND JACK BACK?! BIOWARE REDEMPTION ZONE). If Citadel is an indication of things to come, I'm optimistic about Bioware in a way that I haven't been since... I guess Dragon Age Origins (and even that had major problems, such as nearly everyone having bog standard wooden "elves and poo poo" fantasy personalities and High English accents. I'm looking at you, Morrigan. You're not Posh Spice, stop it.
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While it seems the talk about the endings will never fully go away, I'm glad the negativity around it has died down somewhat. While I can understand why people wouldn't like it, I never understood why people were so upset with Bioware. Especially considering how much work they've put into this game just for the fans. Free multiplayer content, a lot of new content for an expanded ending, and 3 post game DLCs that have been good quality in my opinion. As for Citadel: Love it. It really is like visiting an old friend, and I find myself feeling bittersweet about the whole thing. I'd love to be able to play all three games as if for the first time. That would be wonderful. Also, the Jack romance was so well done, I've restarted playing ME2 just to give the whole thing another go. Thanks Bioware.
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precision posted:This guy knows what's up. 100% agree with everything, especially the combat sim being worth the price of admission alone (I CAN HAVE KASUMI AND JACK BACK?! BIOWARE REDEMPTION ZONE). Oh! I also giggled like an idiot about the Towers of Hanoi game, and Shepard's reaction to it. I do like it when BioWare poke fun at themselves. quote:If Citadel is an indication of things to come, I'm optimistic about Bioware in a way that I haven't been since... I guess Dragon Age Origins (and even that had major problems, such as nearly everyone having bog standard wooden "elves and poo poo" fantasy personalities and High English accents. I'm looking at you, Morrigan. You're not Posh Spice, stop it.
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The combat sim is awesome. There's even a small side mission involved with the simulations that ends in it glitching out with a Platinum multiplayer difficulty style clusterfuck with boss enemies everywhere. Tali ended up being a poor choice there as she died a hilarious amount of times, Kasumi held her own though. "Armax VI: Tali'Zorah is down!" over and over. It's so cool that they brought (most) of the old squad back in. Too bad they didn't have holographic versions of Mordin, Thane, and Legion you could use though.
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Sombrerotron posted:I should probably add that gaining access to what amounts to the funpark area of the Citadel is great, too. Also, thinking of that reminds me of one of my favourite (if entirely trivial) things from the entire DLC: there's a varren named Nice Beans and you can place bets on it. I loving love that name. Nice beans, incidentally is a reference to Bioware According to Mom, a pretty awesome tumblr about someone recording her mother's experiences playing through the trilogy (complete with adorable nicknames for everyone). http://biowareaccordingtomom.tumblr.com
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I finished Citadel through the party, and wow, that was really well done. Even Mordin has a little cameo that I almost missed--there's a datapad in one of the bedrooms with some recordings of him saying stuff (that's on par with Scientist Salarian in terms of quality). My favorite by far was the noir story. "Looks like I broke the only rule of Omega...in more ways than one."
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Dr. Abysmal posted:The combat sim is awesome. There's even a small side mission involved with the simulations that ends in it glitching out with a Platinum multiplayer difficulty style clusterfuck with boss enemies everywhere. Tali ended up being a poor choice there as she died a hilarious amount of times, Kasumi held her own though. "Armax VI: Tali'Zorah is down!" over and over. It's so cool that they brought (most) of the old squad back in. Too bad they didn't have holographic versions of Mordin, Thane, and Legion you could use though. I used Tali and she was a lifesaver against the platoon of Geth Primes so maybe you're just a scrub  Seriously though that was a crazy mission, was not prepared for that at all but I found Miranda and Tali were good choices in the end. Explosions EVERYWHERE
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"My name is Garrus Vakarian, and this is my favorite place on the Citadel!" I love little moments in the series like that 
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Jerusalem posted:"My name is Garrus Vakarian, and this is my favorite place on the Citadel!" "Just like old times."
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Ainsley McTree posted:I finished Citadel through the party, and wow, that was really well done. Even Mordin has a little cameo that I almost missed--there's a datapad in one of the bedrooms with some recordings of him saying stuff (that's on par with Scientist Salarian in terms of quality). My favorite by far was the noir story. "Looks like I broke the only rule of Omega...in more ways than one." That was really good. The only thing I disliked about Citadel was the little messages and gifts only lasted for that 'instance' of the apartment. They really should've been permanent additions that accumulated, especially considering none of them conflict with one-another (for example, say, there aren't two separate visits that involve the piano).
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Aw come on guys. There's a whole spoiler thread for Citadel talk. It just came out on Tuesday and some of us want to go in completely blind. Time to jump thread.
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Unclouded posted:Have you downloaded all the multiplayer DLCs? They're free and if you don't have them your pool of people is very small. I downloaded the earth and retaliation ones, are there others? I'm on 360 and most of the lobbies I get into are scarce and alot of times I rejoin ones I left. I'm starting to have alot of fun with the new classes too.
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commy gun posted:I downloaded the earth and retaliation ones, are there others? I'm on 360 and most of the lobbies I get into are scarce and alot of times I rejoin ones I left. I'm starting to have alot of fun with the new classes too.
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Is there any way to check if Kelly is watching my fish for me? I just bought a fish and realized that I haven't played in months and can't remember if she's taking care of it for me.
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Sombrerotron posted:There's five pieces of multiplayer DLC. If you've only got Earth and Retaliation, you still need Resurgence, Rebellion, and Reckoning. Are those free too?
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commy gun posted:Are those free too? Yes.
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I used Gibbed's save editor to change my Shepard's class for the Omega DLC to see the different options available if you are a class with tech use or not. But ever since I did that whenever I reload a save or load into a new combat area all of my skill points are reset. Is there a solution to this anyone know of?
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Elysiume posted:Is there any way to check if Kelly is watching my fish for me? I just bought a fish and realized that I haven't played in months and can't remember if she's taking care of it for me. I'm assuming this is ME2? Once you're friendly enough with Kelly, she'll offer to have dinner with you in your cabin. Afterwards, you can ask her to feed your fish.
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VirtualStranger posted:I'm assuming this is ME2? Once you're friendly enough with Kelly, she'll offer to have dinner with you in your cabin. Afterwards, you can ask her to feed your fish. 
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A friend of mine made this Krogan video back when Mass Effect 2 was hot. It seems he has made an updated 2013 version on the same theme.
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Decided to go through the Leviathan DLC for the first time in one sitting, just finished it. That was a fun little romp for the most part, I've got to say, though the last combat section with the power cells was unbelievably infuriating oh my god. Probably my fault for going in on Insanity with a level 30 ME2 import, but still. Three brutes bumrushing you at once? Really? 
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I love the loading screen of the mech descending into the water, and I find the whole ending to that DLC to be so satisfying. The Reaper shows up to gently caress some poo poo up and realizes too late oh poo poo Mom and Dad are finally home! 
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Yeah the payoff for that last horrifying bit of combat was baller as hell. As was the scenery itself, nice water effects. Can't wait to do Omega and Citadel for the first time too, should be fun now that I've discovered how bonkers Javik with a Throw/Warp-spamming Sentinel is. 
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Petition to change thread title to "Always bring a toothbrush".
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Ciaphas posted:Yeah the payoff for that last horrifying bit of combat was baller as hell. As was the scenery itself, nice water effects. FYI Omega is just you, no crewmates.
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Can anyone give some tips when the best time to play each dlc is? I'm about to start my second playthrough, this time with all the dlc. The DLCs I have are From Ashes, Leviathan, Citadel and Omega. Also, any tips for building/playing Adept would be appreciated, I've only played soldier so far and wanna switch things up a lil this time.
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Biggest human being Ever posted:Also, any tips for building/playing Adept would be appreciated, I've only played soldier so far and wanna switch things up a lil this time. Always be Warping.
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