Topic: Mass Effect 2 (Read 450324 times)

ackblom12 · « **Reply #300 on:** 21 Nov 2009, 12:51 »

Yeah, that armor looks fantastic.

BrilliantEraser · « **Reply #301 on:** 22 Nov 2009, 09:42 »

I personally love the collector's edition box art. I think it says *plenty* about the game.

Johnny C · « **Reply #302 on:** 25 Nov 2009, 11:16 »

it's an obvious play into gamers' ~fetishization of the object~ but they aren't going to stop making them if i stop buying them so nice looking box it is

JD · « **Reply #303 on:** 26 Nov 2009, 01:59 »

oh hey

oh gee

LTK · « **Reply #304 on:** 26 Nov 2009, 07:18 »

Tali gets banned? Oh man, that has got to hurt. As for the other one, the Adept looks massively overpowered, but maybe that was the impression they wanted you to have.

Thomas Edison · « **Reply #305 on:** 26 Nov 2009, 12:34 »

Just started a new run threw with a new character in Mass Effect yesterday. Playing as a male Vanguard, kinda' Paragon-ish. So far I've been playing with Ashley and Wrex because I like shooting things? And I'm totally going to bone Ashley this time round, but I do not really want Kaidan to die because he has that cool best friend vibe and I think bros before hoes should translate to videogames?

Also, has everyone else found that its really hard to not make an ugly Sheppard in this game?

JD · « **Reply #306 on:** 26 Nov 2009, 16:01 »

Minus the big nasty scar on my guy, he looks ok. Hard to make a good girl, I think.

Thomas Edison · « **Reply #307 on:** 26 Nov 2009, 16:41 »

My first guy looks like a frog decided to mate with a human then slash his cheek up.

Melodic · « **Reply #308 on:** 26 Nov 2009, 17:59 »

Not gonna lie, I just used the default model.

Bastardous Bassist · « **Reply #309 on:** 26 Nov 2009, 20:18 »

I made a chick who was okay, and I made a male who was terrible, but totally on-purpose.

JD · « **Reply #310 on:** 26 Nov 2009, 20:34 »

Quote from: Melodic on 26 Nov 2009, 17:59

Not gonna lie, I just used the default model.

Default model is ugly

KvP · « **Reply #311 on:** 26 Nov 2009, 23:58 »

After a few attempts it becomes more likely that a custom model will be decent looking.

I've made some okay dudes, but a lot of times when Shepard is supposed to exhibit facial expressions they go from okay to absolutely hideous. Especially at the finale when Shepard's supposed to break into a wry smile.

JD · « **Reply #312 on:** 27 Nov 2009, 00:20 »

Or on Noveria when you bust that salarian boss

Scandanavian War Machine · « **Reply #313 on:** 27 Nov 2009, 16:52 »

Quote from: Bastardous Bassist on 26 Nov 2009, 20:18

I made a chick who was okay, and I made a male who was terrible, but totally on-purpose.

Yeah, I made the famously ugly "Manbearpig" Shephard who was all ashy and wrinkly, had GIANT ears, no hair, and lips that would make Angelina Jolie cry.

He was fucking hideous. Like, so hideous that just thinking about it makes me want to go home and delete him from my harddrive right goddamn now.

JD · « **Reply #314 on:** 27 Nov 2009, 19:29 »

Well, on the other hand

LTK · « **Reply #315 on:** 28 Nov 2009, 06:14 »

He is truly the saviour of the galaxy.

David_Dovey · « **Reply #316 on:** 29 Nov 2009, 01:31 »

Storm Rider · « **Reply #317 on:** 30 Nov 2009, 13:39 »

New character reveal!

This one seems to pull off the 'ruthless biotic' vibe much better for me than Subject Zero, who just smacks of trying way too hard to be 'edgy'. More importantly: if we count Jacob, Miranda, and Mordin as confirmed playable characters that haven't gotten teaser videos, that means if Legion is really a recruitable squad member there's only one left to be revealed, or possibly none if Garrus is the tenth. I don't think Garrus is a party member though, I didn't get the impression that he stays after you roll with him for that one mission on Omega.

LeeC · « **Reply #318 on:** 30 Nov 2009, 14:48 »

wait, that name sounds familiar from the first game. was she the one that was possessed by the giant plant?

LTK · « **Reply #319 on:** 30 Nov 2009, 14:57 »

"Your choices are my choices. Your morals are my morals. Your wishes are my code."

Shepard is so going to bang her.

Ozymandias · « **Reply #320 on:** 30 Nov 2009, 15:23 »

Yeah I am going to take the "bang the creepy blue biotic chick" option every time.

pilsner · « **Reply #321 on:** 30 Nov 2009, 15:46 »

I am reading a shocking amount of posts regarding people frustrated that there was no Tali romance option. And I'm guessing not all of these people have weird orthodox Jewish girl fetishes. (Cuz she's covered up and has a Jewish name... you know forget I said anything)

Ozymandias · « **Reply #322 on:** 30 Nov 2009, 15:49 »

Tali was hot.

Sort of.

From what you could tell.

JD · « **Reply #323 on:** 30 Nov 2009, 15:50 »

Quote from: pilsner on 30 Nov 2009, 15:46

I am reading a shocking amount of posts regarding people frustrated that there was no Tali romance option. And I'm guessing not all of these people have weird orthodox Jewish girl fetishes. (Cuz she's covered up and has a Jewish name... you know forget I said anything)

Yeah, I thought that was odd too.

Quote from: LeeC on 30 Nov 2009, 14:48

wait, that name sounds familiar from the first game. was she the one that was possessed by the giant plant?

That was Shiala

Storm Rider · « **Reply #324 on:** 30 Nov 2009, 15:53 »

I liked Tali but I never got a 'hot' vibe from her at all. Maybe it's the whole forbidden fruit thing, since you really have no idea what she actually looks like. Samara and Miranda seem like improvements over Liara and Ashley, though. Subject Zero... not so much.

pilsner · « **Reply #325 on:** 30 Nov 2009, 16:13 »

Dude the voice acting for Subject Zero in this teaser is some of the most inappropriate voice acting I have ever heard. Sounds like the voice you would expect in a tampon commercial. I really hope that isn't the voice in the game.

Oh do we have confirmation on whether the choice you made at the end of the first game (let the council die or save them) is going to affect the beginning of Mass Effect 2?

Bastardous Bassist · « **Reply #326 on:** 30 Nov 2009, 16:21 »

Hey guys, I kind of like the Subject Zero character. She's just straight-up over the top, and I'm kind of okay with that. After all, wasn't that basically Wrex's character? She might be a little less one-dimensional than Wrex, too. I'm not a huge fan, but I definitely feel that her inclusion, especially in the slightly darker chapter of the game, is not a poor decision.

JD · « **Reply #327 on:** 30 Nov 2009, 16:22 »

Quote from: pilsner on 30 Nov 2009, 16:13

Oh do we have confirmation on whether the choice you made at the end of the first game (let the council die or save them) is going to affect the beginning of Mass Effect 2?

Yeah, it will.

Alex C · « **Reply #328 on:** 30 Nov 2009, 16:24 »

The simple answer is that a lot of people respond to exaggerated sexual characteristics and Tali's silhouette is all hips and tiny waist due to the Quarrian reverse joint leg thing she has going on-- and the reverse leg thing probably won't dissuade people much because in most conversations with her you don't see anything lower than her belt.

Also, BB: Subject Zero is terrible and you should feel bad. Wrex wasn't really that over the top. He had his moments where he was, mostly when he was telling someone off as a blatant attempt to intimidate them, but in one on one conversations he hit me as rather low key, whereas the intro clip for Subject Zero sounds like a Mountain Dew commercial with angst.

pilsner · « **Reply #329 on:** 30 Nov 2009, 16:26 »

Plus they have apparently renamed Wrex "Grunt." That's kind of like naming the science guy "Brains" or the assassin guy "Shanks."

Alex C · « **Reply #330 on:** 30 Nov 2009, 16:27 »

Yeah, I thought that was sort of lame too, and I'm the guy who named his WoW rogue Intruder.

pilsner · « **Reply #331 on:** 30 Nov 2009, 16:30 »

I'm still sad that I couldn't think of a better name for my Dragon Age dog than Barkspawn. Damn you Penny Arcade. I ended up with Cujo on the first playthrough and Barksimus on the second. Both are better than Grunt.

Of course if it were Yahtzee he would just go with Tits or Tittees or Boobs or Fagballs or you get the idea....

Bastardous Bassist · « **Reply #332 on:** 30 Nov 2009, 16:39 »

Quote from: Alex C on 30 Nov 2009, 16:24

Wrex wasn't really that over the top. He had his moments where he was, mostly when he was telling someone off as a blatant attempt to intimidate them, but in one on one conversations he hit me as rather low key, whereas the intro clip for Subject Zero sounds like a Mountain Dew commercial with angst.

Yeah, but they also made Samara seem like a 100% submissive slave, and that's about the most boring thing I can imagine. I'm figuring that in the 30 seconds they had, they highlighted the main aspect of the character, because Bioware is way above that sort of character. I think the actual character they hinted at was very interesting. Also, I'll probably end up using her a lot for the exact same reason I used Wrex; that class is very useful in most situations.

Alex C · « **Reply #333 on:** 30 Nov 2009, 16:42 »

You can apply that argument to both characters though; if both depend on being more than what they have shown us, then we're definitely damning what we've seen with faint praise. I don't really have much interest in Samara or Subject Zero from what I've seen, to be honest. I give the edge to Samara because I find creepy/mysterious slightly more interesting than tattooed/doesn't shut up.

JD · « **Reply #334 on:** 30 Nov 2009, 16:51 »

I bet you can romance Thane.

Bastardous Bassist · « **Reply #335 on:** 30 Nov 2009, 16:57 »

I'd say that there were subtle clues to make me believe that both of them are going to be far deeper than they appear. I think Subject Zero will be 1) very entertaining while interacting with other characters and 2) actually quite reserved most of the time. She's definitely an adrenaline junkie, which should mean when there's no fight she's going to be low until her next fix. I'd say that I'm quite hopeful that Bioware will deliver characters that aren't boring when they're not kind of supposed to be boring. Really, I'd say that I'm cautiously optimistic.

JD · « **Reply #336 on:** 30 Nov 2009, 22:44 »

I'm rather curious how many romanceables(inventing a word, wooo) there will be in this one.

Johnny C · « **Reply #337 on:** 30 Nov 2009, 23:08 »

Quote from: pilsner on 30 Nov 2009, 16:30

I'm still sad that I couldn't think of a better name for my Dragon Age dog than Barkspawn.

I've got several.

Johnny C · « **Reply #338 on:** 30 Nov 2009, 23:13 »

Arl Scruffy
Fetch
A Dog
Wishbone
"Iron" Mike Tyson
Death To Falses
President Bark Obama

pilsner · « **Reply #339 on:** 30 Nov 2009, 23:19 »

I like that you saved the best for last. That shows style.

KvP · « **Reply #340 on:** 30 Nov 2009, 23:25 »

'cept they don't allow spaces in the names. My warrior's hound is named Joebiden.

Reed · « **Reply #341 on:** 30 Nov 2009, 23:38 »

You realized you missed a perfect opportunity to name your hound JoeBitem, right:?

Storm Rider · « **Reply #342 on:** 01 Dec 2009, 00:24 »

I named the dog Princess on my first character. My rogue, however, named his dog Roger. This is the fantasy Republican, to recall one of my previous posts in the Dragon Age thread, so anybody who can guess which person that name refers to wins an unspecified number of politics nerd points.

pilsner · « **Reply #343 on:** 01 Dec 2009, 00:53 »

Political consultant Roger Stone? Google says there are a lot of Republican Roger types.

maxusy3k · « **Reply #344 on:** 01 Dec 2009, 11:51 »

Quote from: KvP on 30 Nov 2009, 23:25

'cept they don't allow spaces in the names. My warrior's hound is named Joebiden.

They do... I named my first dog Mr. Growley, what with still being on a kick from the Brutal Legend soundtrack.

Storm Rider · « **Reply #345 on:** 01 Dec 2009, 11:54 »

Quote from: pilsner on 01 Dec 2009, 00:53

Political consultant Roger Stone? Google says there are a lot of Republican Roger types.

Not quite. Think bigger.

pilsner · « **Reply #346 on:** 01 Dec 2009, 12:13 »

Fox news chief and all around douchebag Roger Ailes?

Storm Rider · « **Reply #347 on:** 01 Dec 2009, 14:54 »

Yes! The joke, of course, is that Fox News is a dutiful lapdog to the Republican party.

Take that, you multimillionaire. Feel the digital scorn of a politically aware college student!

Thomas Edison · « **Reply #348 on:** 01 Dec 2009, 16:08 »

Finished my playthrough of the first Mass Effect today. Played as a goody Vanguard and realized pistols are way easier to use than shotguns. So now I'm basically an Adept with shit loads of health and armour but no Singularity. Anyway, I don't really want to play through with this character again because I'd probably miss something and I'm worried that'd affect the crossover from ME1 to ME2. I like how I played through this time, so I might roll a renegade Adept next.

pilsner · « **Reply #349 on:** 01 Dec 2009, 16:14 »

Quote from: Storm Rider on 01 Dec 2009, 14:54

Yes! The joke, of course, is that Fox News is a dutiful lapdog to the Republican party.

Take that, you multimillionaire. Feel the digital scorn of a politically aware college student!

Rarely has satire been so subtle. I would have gone for something more along the lines of RogerAilesIsADouchebagBark.

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