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The Mako segments really aren't that great from a gameplay standpoint. However I think they really do a lot for the World building and vibe of the game. Having gone through most of Mass Effect 1 even though it's way smaller of a game than the sequels in terms of content it feels a lot larger and that's part of the reason. One of those things that if you take it on its own terms you can appreciate but you can also skip it if you don't enjoy it.
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Does the remastered version fix the horrible "Samara won't love me back" bug? 
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May 22, 2021 05:26
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Virmire down. RIP Ash, you were just too racist for my ship
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May 22, 2021 05:38
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Simone Magus posted:Virmire down. RIP Ash, you were just too racist for my ship I honestly don't understand why Alenko gets hate. He is chill and good.
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May 22, 2021 05:40
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Most of the recruitments make sense for the Illusive Man to push on Shepard, considering he didn't know Archangel was Garrus, but I do wonder why they thought Jack was a good idea, if only because she hates Cerberus with no clear aversion to murder.
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May 22, 2021 05:41
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The Little Kielbasa posted:Does the remastered version fix the horrible "Samara won't love me back" bug? old news but the citadel dlc fixes that
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May 22, 2021 05:44
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bobjr posted:Most of the recruitments make sense for the Illusive Man to push on Shepard, considering he didn't know Archangel was Garrus, but I do wonder why they thought Jack was a good idea, if only because she hates Cerberus with no clear aversion to murder. It makes more sense if you understand that the goal of Cerberus projects is to go bad and kill lots of Cerberus people. Not a great place to work tbh
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May 22, 2021 05:45
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Was going to try finish the side missions in ME that involve Cerberus because they come up again in 2 but I'm sick of the bland side missions so I'm just gonna do Ilos now. The main content of ME1 is pretty good, too much filler though.
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May 22, 2021 05:53
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Theotus posted:I honestly don't understand why Alenko gets hate. He is chill and good. Oh I agree! I think male shep romancing him in 3 is actually the best written of all the romances, and it's cool that it addresses bisexual fears about coming out!  Kaidan is my friend
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May 22, 2021 05:57
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Your Brain on Hugs posted:Was going to try finish the side missions in ME that involve Cerberus because they come up again in 2 but I'm sick of the bland side missions so I'm just gonna do Ilos now. The main content of ME1 is pretty good, too much filler though. Cerberus is only, what? Three missions? Maybe four? I'd just tough it out and complete the side quest so you have more ammo to call Miranda, Jacob and The Illusive Man out with in ME2 about how much they all loving suck.
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May 22, 2021 05:59
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All you get got doing the Cerberus missions is Shepard going "what about all those experiments?" and Miranda going "totally benign I swear, also it was a different cell and they just do their own thing."
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May 22, 2021 05:59
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Garrus also goes ”yo do you, like, remember how hosed up Cerberus is” when you talk with him It’s a nice and essential bit of story context for why everyone hates Cerberus (and why my Shepard vehemently denies working for Cerberus to anyone who’ll listen) but like most things in ME it doesn’t really affect anything in-game.
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May 22, 2021 06:04
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Simone Magus posted:Going Renegade on Feros is hilarious because of how unnecessarily cruel it is Even my Space Ultrafash didn't go for it. It makes no sense even from the Renegade point of view - you're Making The Tough Choices that Save Goddamn (human) Lives, it makes no sense to murder people when you *know* they can be saved with minimum effort and precious little risk. Well, unless you're me and you always forget you can kill creepers fine because they don't count and you should save your grenades for the actual colonists who are not, in fact, creepers yet. loving bait and switch hangar, man. Ah well, there's always the trusty rifle butt... bobjr posted:Most of the recruitments make sense for the Illusive Man to push on Shepard, considering he didn't know Archangel was Garrus, but I do wonder why they thought Jack was a good idea, if only because she hates Cerberus with no clear aversion to murder. She's a biotic wunderkind and they figure Shepard can keep their hand tight on her leash long enough for the rest not to matter (also TIM is probably betting she will die along with the whole squad on the other side of the Omega Relay, so no worries there)
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May 22, 2021 06:07
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5Q3z8dwZlo Someone finally did it! I'm surprised this mod didn't come out years ago (or get fixed in the legendary edition) with how much I've seen people talk about it.
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May 22, 2021 06:29
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So apparently I started ME 2 with over a million credits after importing Can I just buy literally everything in the game no worries? I kinda like the idea of not having a favorite store on the Citadel this run.
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May 22, 2021 06:34
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Hieronymous Alloy posted:So apparently I started ME 2 with over a million credits after importing Yeah they changed the save import into ME2 so you now get 10% of your credits in ME1 to carry over. Since hitting the money cap is trivial in ME1, you can easily walk into ME2 with a cool million.
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May 22, 2021 06:38
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BisbyWorl posted:Yeah they changed the save import into ME2 so you now get 10% of your credits in ME1 to carry over. Though you may spend that replacing fish if you aren't careful (though seriously, I feel so much better splurging at the Citadel gift shop early now).
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May 22, 2021 07:08
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Theotus posted:I honestly don't understand why Alenko gets hate. He is chill and good. He's also racist. And Canadian.
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May 22, 2021 07:14
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I got to ME3 and again, holy poo poo the quality of the gameplay above ME2 is loving massive. You move so much faster, have the ability to roll, and the guns feel so much better. Also I forgot about the heavy melee which is cool as hell.
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May 22, 2021 07:27
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Aphrodite posted:He's also racist. And Canadian. Racist how?
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May 22, 2021 07:28
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Theotus posted:Racist how? Renegade Ashley can be made not racist, Paragon Kaidan can be made racist.
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May 22, 2021 07:29
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Does Overlord still only count as one mission for the end game count down in ME2? My usual approach was to do Legions loyalty quest then Overlord before the final mission.
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May 22, 2021 07:45
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a pipe smoking dog posted:Does Overlord still only count as one mission for the end game count down in ME2? My usual approach was to do Legions loyalty quest then Overlord before the final mission. Since overlord doesn't kick you back to the bridge of the normandy, yes. The timer only starts once miranda goes all "Hey let's load everyone into the shuttle for this mission that you haven't selected yet."
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May 22, 2021 07:53
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Simone Magus posted:Wait... was there always a geth assault rifle in ME1??? I swear I never found one before It's always been there but it suuuucks because you can't mod it and in the remaster the windup rate of fire is significantly worse than the firing modes on other ARs. I just end up sticking it on the back of squad mates who don't actually use rifles purely because it looks pretty cool. I was trying to be a completionist for my first playthrough on ME1 and oooof are these random planets rough after awhile. I think the most egregious so far is the system that's four random geth outpost planets in a row and your reward is...a fifth geth outpost! Thanks, devs!
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bobjr posted:Most of the recruitments make sense for the Illusive Man to push on Shepard, considering he didn't know Archangel was Garrus, but I do wonder why they thought Jack was a good idea, if only because she hates Cerberus with no clear aversion to murder. I think it's in 3 where you find either a recording or email that outs that the entire time TIM was buttering up Shepard by surrounding them with people they'd trust and make useful rather than typical Cerberus types. It's why the Normandy is loaded with previous allies and "I have nothing against aliens, I just care about humanity" types while Cerberus' mad scientists and racists are off elsewhere doing crimes
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Seemlar posted:I think it's in 3 where you find either a recording or email that outs that the entire time TIM was buttering up Shepard by surrounding them with people they'd trust and make useful rather than typical Cerberus types. It's why the Normandy is loaded with previous allies and "I have nothing against aliens, I just care about humanity" types while Cerberus' mad scientists and racists are off elsewhere doing crimes The only person who remotely gives away the game is Rupert Gardner. He comes across harmless when you talk to him because he’s so friendly and genial, but if you really listen to what he’s saying he’s actually pretty drat racist and holds a lingering grudge against aliens for what happened to his family, so it’s no surprise that he’s basically the only member of the SR-2 crew who goes back to Cerberus, no questions asked, between ME2 and ME3.
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Aphrodite posted:Renegade Ashley can be made not racist, Paragon Kaidan can be made racist. Guess I haven't seen it since I haven't played ME3 yet.
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drat the dudes who demanded planet scanning be a part of ME2! It’s better than trying to drive the mako straight up mountains and wishing you just had one more second of boost I guess. Vanguard ME2 with full charge is really fun. I can just zip around knocking people over and shooting them with a shotgun. I was a bit worried I hosed my “build” up because I didn’t feel that powerful until level 7 or so. The background views for Kasumis loyalty mission are really really good.
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nuketulsa posted:drat the dudes who demanded planet scanning be a part of ME2! It’s better than trying to drive the mako straight up mountains and wishing you just had one more second of boost I guess. Vanguard is the only way to play ME2 imho. Tends to be a glass cannon (all of my deaths so far are entirely due to making a bad call on where to Charge) but just a ton of fun, especially when you bring along a biotic team member. Strip away shields/armor/barrier if necessary with Overload/Incinerate/Warp/bullets, then cast Singularity or Pull Field and Charge into the mass of writhing enemies, exploding the fuckers into the stratosphere. Excellent times. Becomes quite a bit harder on Insanity, though... Kasumi’s mission is really great, unique bit of gameplay for the series too. Compare to something like Zaeed’s mission (which I just did) which is more or less just standard ME2 fare. Kasumi’s mission also has some fantastic music https://youtu.be/Q9lLd0rBwyQ a cyborg mug fucked around with this message at 09:01 on May 22, 2021 |
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SubponticatePoster posted:
I will scream if I have to remember how long it took me to get the loving N7 Valiant. do you know how many N7 guns I never used I got??? SO MANY
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Honestly ME3 MP had the least annoying lootbox system ever. Whatever difficulty you played on, completing a game guaranteed enough credits to buy a box of that level. If you were an impatient doofus you could pay money but I never did that. Also EA is probably going to avoid doing any new lootbox poo poo because of how bad they hosed up SWB and almost got sued by governments for gambling. Doubt a 10 year old system that has been running the entire time will raise any eyebrows.
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Hieronymous Alloy posted:So apparently I started ME 2 with over a million credits after importing No favorite stores, they all discriminate against the poor
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So I can only take screenshots in Steam (or with Nvidia) if I disable HDR, which is kinda annoying. Photomode is cool but I was hoping to replace some of my older screenshots of favorite moments with prettier graphics, and having to drop the quality in order to be able to take the snaps feels like it is sorta defeating the purpose.
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Man, the Firewalker missions really are made entirely out of rear end, aren't they ? And not good, firm Asari rear end either. Like, Krogan Husk rear end.
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Jerusalem posted:So I can only take screenshots in Steam (or with Nvidia) if I disable HDR, which is kinda annoying. Photomode is cool but I was hoping to replace some of my older screenshots of favorite moments with prettier graphics, and having to drop the quality in order to be able to take the snaps feels like it is sorta defeating the purpose. Does Win+PrtScr work (screenshots will be in your Screenshots folder in Pictures)? If it does, there are ways of setting up a macro so it only requires a single button press.
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Rinkles posted:Does Win+PrtScr work (screenshots will be in your Screenshots folder in Pictures)? If it does, there are ways of setting up a macro so it only requires a single button press. Oh I seriously didn't know that was a thing, I'll try it out. If it works, it basically solves all my problems. Thanks!
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Kobal2 posted:Man, the Firewalker missions really are made entirely out of rear end, aren't they ? And not good, firm Asari rear end either. Like, Krogan Husk rear end. They bad At least the thingy is nicer to control than the Mako
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Jerusalem posted:So I can only take screenshots in Steam (or with Nvidia) if I disable HDR, which is kinda annoying. Photomode is cool but I was hoping to replace some of my older screenshots of favorite moments with prettier graphics, and having to drop the quality in order to be able to take the snaps feels like it is sorta defeating the purpose. How do you take shots with Nvidia? It says the game doesn't support it when I try, even with no HDR.
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You know, when I first played ME2 way back when I instantly hated Miranda because "Ugh, bimbo" and "Ugh, loving devs treating me like I'm a horny 12 year old" ; but I'm really warming up to her in my old age. She's self-assured without being cocky, bit superior but not obnoxioulsy so, has a nicely dry sense of humour, and her ability to deal equally well with barriers, shields or armour is very welcome on Insanity. I kinda wish we could be ~*gal pals*~ now.
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Your Brain on Hugs posted:How do you take shots with Nvidia? It says the game doesn't support it when I try, even with no HDR. I hadn't gotten so far to try that, when Steam didn't work I looked it up and saw people saying they had the same problem with both Steam and Nvidia not doing it but turning off HDR fixing it. I tried it with Steam that way and it worked but with the caveat the graphics didn't look quite as nice, and I assumed it would be the same with Nvidia too. I do know Origin and Nvidia both by default use the same shortcut command to bring up their overlays so that might be interfering with it if you can't get their overlay up? The Win Print-Screen option, provided it works, seems like the best solution at the moment short of turning off HDR. I do wish I could just hit the screenshot button and have it just automatically work but any solution is better than none.
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