Mass Effect 2 Thread

Since 5806 Days

2 questions..
1. What happend if you dont save the council?
2. Have anyone charm Saren, so you dont kill him?
I tried to put all my points on charm, but in the end
it always ending up with sarens death.

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dcdelgado

Since 7024 Days

Man i hope that turns out to be true.

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Kaz Hirai - Sony

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dcdelgado

Since 7024 Days

Posted by JohniiQ

2 questions..
1. What happend if you dont save the council?
2. Have anyone charm Saren, so you dont kill him?
I tried to put all my points on charm, but in the end
it always ending up with sarens death.

Check online the are guides that will help you save Saren (For a litle while atleast ;) )

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Kaz Hirai - Sony

"We don't provide the 'easy to program for' console that [developers] want, because 'easy to program for' means that anybody will be able to take advantage of pretty much what the hardware can do" LOLOLOLOL!!

Optimusv2

Since 7056 Days

Most exciting. All the footage shown thus far has been from the 360 version? :)

They also mention that the game is no longer pure UE3? Very interested to hear them expand on that. It's probably the kind of thing that probably could've been assumed, but some details wouldn't hurt.

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GriftGFX

Since 7164 Days

Posted by Optimusv2

They also mention that the game is no longer pure UE3? Very interested to hear them expand on that. It's probably the kind of thing that probably could've been assumed, but some details wouldn't hurt.

Every developer modifies the engine base. What do you mean it's not "pure?"

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Optimusv2

Since 7056 Days

I'm not entirely certain, it's what Bioware themselves said in the OXM special recently on Mass Effect 2.

I believe he said it in response to some of the criticisms with the first game that were tied to the engine and the answer was that it was no longer pure UE3 which is what allowed them to fix or improve a lot of the things people were most concerned about.

I'll go look it up right now so I can provide you with the actual quote on what was said.

OXM: Are you fixing the texture pop-in
problems that plagued the first game?

HUDSON:[After Mass Effect shipped], the
first thing we did was read every forum post,
every bit of feedback, and every review, and
then we looked at the frequency of comments
about certain areas. Texture-popping was one
of the most frequent [complaints], and I think
that's in part because it's such an immersive
experience. You start to feel like the characters
are real and you're actually there, and that's one
of those things that can remind you that you're
playing a videogame.

Now that we know exactly how our engine runs
- and with all the changes we've made, it's not
pure Unreal Engine 3 any more - texture-popping
is one of the things that we're able to fix pretty
easily. We'll substantially improve the experience.

There it is. I wasted time like an idiot switching back and forth between programs to type this thing out only to find that the pdf software i'm using has a text select feature for things inside pictures or scans.

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I'm not entirely certain, it's what Bioware themselves said in the OXM special recently on Mass Effect 2.

I believe he said it in response to some of the criticisms with the first game that were tied to the engine and the answer was that it was no longer pure UE3 which is what allowed them to fix or improve a lot of the things people were most concerned about.

I'll go look it up right now so I can provide you with the actual quote on what was said.

[quote] [b]OXM:[/b] Are you fixing the texture pop-in
problems that plagued the first game?

[b]HUDSON:[/b][After Mass Effect shipped], the
first thing we did was read every forum post,
every bit of feedback, and every review, and
then we looked at the frequency of comments
about certain areas. Texture-popping was one
of the most frequent [complaints], and I think
that's in part because it's such an immersive
experience. You start to feel like the characters
are real and you're actually there, and that's one
of those things that can remind you that you're
playing a videogame.

Now that we know exactly how our engine runs
- and with all the changes we've made, it's not
pure Unreal Engine 3 any more - texture-popping
is one of the things that we're able to fix pretty
easily. We'll substantially improve the experience. [/quote]

There it is. I wasted time like an idiot switching back and forth between programs to type this thing out only to find that the pdf software i'm using has a text select feature for things inside pictures or scans.

Hironobu Sakaguchi is coming back to reclaim the throne :)

Seeing it in motion on your HDTV, will blow your mind!!

Don't ask any questions just shut up and buy Halo : Ghosts of the Onyx one of the greatest books ever.

pssh! more like electronic g

GriftGFX

Since 7164 Days

Well.. thanks for the effort. I doubt we'll get much more information on specific engine optimization.

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Optimusv2

Since 7056 Days

Yea, I doubt we'll get any more info, but perhaps with how excited they seem to be about their new lighting engine, and I'm sure the graphics, they may do a bit more talking about what they did in regards to such areas.

Here is another part on the inventory management. I'm happy to read the select all delete comment haha. That inventory system really needed to go.

OXM: How about inventory management?

HUDSON:The inventory system that was in Mass
Effect 1 is completely gone - [that] was the only
part of the game that we did "Select All·Delete."
The way you customize your armor and weapons is
completely different; you don't have to do so much
fiddling with parts and pieces to upgrade your
armor and your weapons. Selecting which weapon
you're going to use has a new interface where you
can pick from 11 different weapons without having
to go rummage in an inventory.

We also have a new system for customizing
your armor that gives you much, much richer
control of what you're wearing [without] rifling
through an infinite bag of armors and their
associated parts. It's just a better system, and
it gives you all the choice that you had before -
actually, a lot more.

The elevator improvements please me a great deal

OXM: And what about etenters? It's become an
industry joke, but in a loving way.

HUDSON:It has! [smiles] First of all, the actual
problem with the slow elevators - and it's mainly
in one place, the Citadel- is what we weren't
showing you. In the Citadel, you're in a space
station that's five times the size of Manhattan
island, and you're going from one end to the other.
We didn't show you that that's what's happening;
the pod closed, and you assumed you were going
up three floors or something. It's also a problem
with getting to understand and appreciate the
universe - you don't really know where you are
and where you're going.

[In Mass Effect 2], we have a completely new
system for any time you go from one place to
another, and it almost goes the other way - now
the transitions are interesting, informative, and
pretty enough that you want them to take longer.
In the case of the Citadel, you see a schematic of
where you are, where you're going, and how
you're transiting. Through that. you'llieam a
lot more about what's happening and where
you're going in a way that looks so good that it's
over before you've fully enjoyed it. And the load
actually is faster in terms of seconds, so it has
double effect.

Also.. and this may be speculation, but Bioware is making it seem like we may have a geth on our team that can communicate with us. Just a wild guess based on what was said. They say he isn't a new enemy type and it's a character that players will really connect with.

could he be the Mass Effect version of the epic HK47 from Kotor? :D

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Yea, I doubt we'll get any more info, but perhaps with how excited they seem to be about their new lighting engine, and I'm sure the graphics, they may do a bit more talking about what they did in regards to such areas.

Here is another part on the inventory management. I'm happy to read the select all delete comment haha. That inventory system really needed to go.

[quote]OXM: How about inventory management?

HUDSON:The inventory system that was in Mass
Effect 1 is completely gone - [that] was the only
part of the game that we did "Select All·Delete."
The way you customize your armor and weapons is
completely different; you don't have to do so much
fiddling with parts and pieces to upgrade your
armor and your weapons. Selecting which weapon
you're going to use has a new interface where you
can pick from 11 different weapons without having
to go rummage in an inventory.

We also have a new system for customizing
your armor that gives you much, much richer
control of what you're wearing [without] rifling
through an infinite bag of armors and their
associated parts. It's just a better system, and
it gives you all the choice that you had before -
actually, a lot more.[/quote]

The elevator improvements please me a great deal

[quote]OXM: And what about etenters? It's become an
industry joke, but in a loving way.

HUDSON:It has! [smiles] First of all, the actual
problem with the slow elevators - and it's mainly
in one place, the Citadel- is what we weren't
showing you. In the Citadel, you're in a space
station that's five times the size of Manhattan
island, and you're going from one end to the other.
We didn't show you that that's what's happening;
the pod closed, and you assumed you were going
up three floors or something. It's also a problem
with getting to understand and appreciate the
universe - you don't really know where you are
and where you're going.

[In Mass Effect 2], we have a completely new
system for any time you go from one place to
another, and it almost goes the other way - now
the transitions are interesting, informative, and
pretty enough that you want them to take longer.
In the case of the Citadel, you see a schematic of
where you are, where you're going, and how
you're transiting. Through that. you'llieam a
lot more about what's happening and where
you're going in a way that looks so good that it's
over before you've fully enjoyed it. And the load
actually is faster in terms of seconds, so it has
double effect.[/quote]

Also.. and this may be speculation, but Bioware is making it seem like we may have a geth on our team that can communicate with us. Just a wild guess based on what was said. They say he isn't a new enemy type and it's a character that players will really connect with.

could he be the Mass Effect version of the epic HK47 from Kotor? :D

Hironobu Sakaguchi is coming back to reclaim the throne :)

Seeing it in motion on your HDTV, will blow your mind!!

Don't ask any questions just shut up and buy Halo : Ghosts of the Onyx one of the greatest books ever.

pssh! more like electronic g

dcdelgado

Since 7024 Days

Its the geth from the trailer and the OXM magazine, my guess is it could even have remnants of Sarens memory, that big hole in its chest reminds me of sarens chest plate only he had some type of electronics there?

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** Yes We CAN!! **

Kaz Hirai - Sony

"We don't provide the 'easy to program for' console that [developers] want, because 'easy to program for' means that anybody will be able to take advantage of pretty much what the hardware can do" LOLOLOLOL!!

Optimusv2

Since 7056 Days

Yep, I'm thinking the same.

I suspect Saren might've pulled a fast one on Sovereign even as he was being used?

I'm feeling pretty confident that he'll be a member of our squad. Perhaps he'll be an evolution of sorts that took place right under the nose of the geth. What better tech specialist do you need when you have a geth in your squad? Even better what if he also has biotic capabilities?

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Hironobu Sakaguchi is coming back to reclaim the throne :)

Seeing it in motion on your HDTV, will blow your mind!!

Don't ask any questions just shut up and buy Halo : Ghosts of the Onyx one of the greatest books ever.

pssh! more like electronic g

BLackHawkodst

Since 6050 Days

Very interesting, guess we will find out on Monday?

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Optimusv2

Since 7056 Days

Just imagine the kind of reaction sheperd and his squad would get having a geth walking around with them?

I can't wait to bring a geth into the Citadel and most other parts of the universe lmao :D

I suspect that geth, whoever or whatever it is, will serve as a symbol for what would've been had things gone right. I can't remember exactly, but didn't Saren have a lot of technology implanted into himself that changed him from what he originally was? Or am I just imagining that?

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Hironobu Sakaguchi is coming back to reclaim the throne :)

Seeing it in motion on your HDTV, will blow your mind!!

Don't ask any questions just shut up and buy Halo : Ghosts of the Onyx one of the greatest books ever.

pssh! more like electronic g

dcdelgado

Since 7024 Days

I think we will play as this geth character for a period in the game, my second theory is that maybe Shepard is transfered somehow into this geth then sent to infiltrate the geth main hub to see what they are up too?

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** Yes We CAN!! **

Kaz Hirai - Sony

"We don't provide the 'easy to program for' console that [developers] want, because 'easy to program for' means that anybody will be able to take advantage of pretty much what the hardware can do" LOLOLOLOL!!

blmbox

Since 6495 Days

Posted by dcdelgado

Its the geth from the trailer and the OXM magazine, my guess is it could even have remnants of Sarens memory, that big hole in its chest reminds me of sarens chest plate only he had some type of electronics there?

Well, if I remember correctly, Tali says something about being able to retain some of a Geth's memory core of whatever. Perhaps the same can be done with Saren?

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Optimusv2

Since 7056 Days

Interesting theory delgado.

Kaiden, and whatever was going on with him, will play a big role in part 2 i'm thinking.

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Hironobu Sakaguchi is coming back to reclaim the throne :)

Seeing it in motion on your HDTV, will blow your mind!!

Don't ask any questions just shut up and buy Halo : Ghosts of the Onyx one of the greatest books ever.

pssh! more like electronic g

deftangel

Since 7032 Days

Release date is January 2010 according to some eagle-eyed spotter;-

http://www.vg247.com/2009/06/01/mass-effect-2-comi...

At this rate there will be nothing left to announce!

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RC_Master

Since 7066 Days

Posted by Optimusv2

Kaiden, and whatever was going on with him, will play a big role in part 2 i'm thinking.

Unless he's dead of course...

I think I saved Ashley more often because I found her more useful in combat.

Anyway, trailer looks damned awesome. I should really replay the first mass effect game sometime and create a "star" character that I'm going to carry over.

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Ignorance is the true enemy of all things.

Suhweet!

Viginti_Tres

Since 6666 Days

lol, yes I'm going to replay it as well. All my characters look dumb. ;o

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Optimusv2

Since 7056 Days

I think the fact that he's dead will play up his story even more.

There was something significant going on with him.

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Hironobu Sakaguchi is coming back to reclaim the throne :)

Seeing it in motion on your HDTV, will blow your mind!!

Don't ask any questions just shut up and buy Halo : Ghosts of the Onyx one of the greatest books ever.

pssh! more like electronic g

blmbox

Since 6495 Days

I'm currently on my second playthrough. On my first playthrough, which is the one I'll be using first in ME2, I saved Ashley instead of Kaiden - I mean, it would have been rude not to after I boned her - and killed Wrex (actually, I think Ashley might have killed him).

On my second (and current) playthrough, I intend to do things a bit differently. That way, I have two vastly different scenarios set up for ME2, with two very contrasting characters to play as.

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Doom_Bringer

Since 6487 Days

Mass Effect ROCKS!! Can't wait for this baby, Day 1 purchase no previews necessary! Also the new lighting tech looks hawt

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dcdelgado

Since 7024 Days

Full Extended Trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBRo7JWy744&feature...

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** Yes We CAN!! **

Kaz Hirai - Sony

"We don't provide the 'easy to program for' console that [developers] want, because 'easy to program for' means that anybody will be able to take advantage of pretty much what the hardware can do" LOLOLOLOL!!

BLackHawkodst

Since 6050 Days

Thanks DC

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Prepare To Drop!!

Optimusv2

Since 7056 Days

Seems a lot of the crew ejected from the Normandy to save themselves.

Sheperd stays on eh? Pretty interesting. I wonder what he ends up going through on the Normandy by himself.

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Hironobu Sakaguchi is coming back to reclaim the throne :)

Seeing it in motion on your HDTV, will blow your mind!!

Don't ask any questions just shut up and buy Halo : Ghosts of the Onyx one of the greatest books ever.

pssh! more like electronic g

BLackHawkodst

Since 6050 Days

nEW Website:Jan 2010 confirmed!!!!!!!

http://masseffect.bioware.com/game_info/faq

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