Mass Effect 2 Thread

Since 7039 Days

Posted by ManThatYouFear

How many games can you play on the pc using the 360 controller ? is it the standard format now (K&M aside...) or is it only about 12% of games that have use for it like the bloody sidewinder days.

Pretty much all of them.
Its just a few rare games that has a PC special user interface then it wont work...or stupid stuff like World at War, MW and MW2 which doesnt support which is stupid IMO.

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ManThatYouFear

Since 7116 Days

Everyone but Activison games then lol, ta.

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Viginti_Tres

Since 6674 Days

Actually very few PC games support the 360 Controller right of the bat.

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Sath

Since 7039 Days

Posted by ManThatYouFear

Everyone but Activison games then lol, ta.

And Bioware.

Like I said, it depends if they change the user interface to PC exclusive then its not going to support it.
But why the COD games are like this is beyond me because the menus are exactly like the consoles anyways and giving the player the option to use 360 controller and keyboard/mouse is up to the players to decide how they want to play and not restrict them from the freedom of that choice.

So, you have to get one these programs like Xpadder or Pinnacle Game Profile and try your best to map the most important stuff from the keyboard to the controls and deal with it.

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BLackHawkodst

Since 6059 Days

So DC how many hrs and xp points do you think we will get with this DLC, I'm want more 360 achev points :)

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ManThatYouFear

Since 7116 Days

Cheers Sath.

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Sath

Since 7039 Days

Posted by ManThatYouFear

Cheers Sath.

:)

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dcdelgado

Since 7032 Days

Posted by BLackHawkodst

So DC how many hrs and xp points do you think we will get with this DLC, I'm want more 360 achev points :)

Not sure but its five missions and if any of the other side missions are anything to go by, i'd say 1 to 2 hrs and 50pts achev?

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deftangel

Since 7040 Days

So I've one more person to get, Tali then I guess I have the option of going through the relay? I've done just the one loyalty mission thus far so I'm wondering whether to just go for it and see what happens, keeping a save point before or actually go and do all the other stuff so I can be at maximum preparedness for my first run through to the end of the game.

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vspectra06

Since 7878 Days

I only did 2 loyalty missions, and those 2 were the only ones who survived.

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LEBATO

Since 7294 Days

Woot, I finally finished the second game in the series of what is for sure the game of the generation. 38 hrs of awesomeness. The only bland part about it was the planet scanning, but even that was strangely not too bad because I knew it served for upgrades. So thanks for using spoiler tags as much as possible--like Deft said back there, not all of us have so much time to play, this is specially a bad time for me so it took me a while.

Anyways.....

First the "bad". I hated the fact that the characters who die, do so in a seemingly random manner. The fact that some of you try to explain it makes my point--and the others who agree--even more true. For me, Grunt and Mordin died. Why? Who the hell knows. I didn't feel too bad about Grunt, but Mordin? One of the coolest characters? Really? There's really no indicators telling you x character might die. I think it's obvious that if you send a biotic to a tech mission she will die, but come on, these two characters were not involved in the missions directly. I had hoped that bitch Jack would die--she's so boring she doesn't even mention anything after the final mission while everyone else has something to input.

Also, I let Dr. Chackwas--and the rest of the crew--die, oh well, they were cool, but what can I do. I said the mission was more important and sent no one for escort thinking if I did, that character was going to die.

With that said, the story is simply bad ass. The characters are incredible, I just don't see how BioWare can top this, but I'm confident they'll find a way. The gameplay was so much improved, I just loved everything about it, I don't see why I should point out everything you've seen in reviews already. My GOTY thus far of course and pretty much assuring franchise of the generation.

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Woot, I finally finished the second game in the series of what is for sure the game of the generation.  38 hrs of awesomeness.  The only bland part about it was the planet scanning, but even that was strangely not too bad because I knew it served for upgrades.  So thanks for using spoiler tags as much as possible--like Deft said back there, not all of us have so much time to play, this is specially a bad time for me so it took me a while.

Anyways.....

[spoiler]
First the "bad".  I hated the fact that the characters who die, do so in a seemingly random manner.  The fact that some of you try to explain it makes my point--and the others who agree--even more true.  For me, Grunt and Mordin died.  Why?  Who the hell knows.  I didn't feel too bad about Grunt, but Mordin?  One of the coolest characters?  Really?  There's really no indicators telling you x character might die.  I think it's obvious that if you send a biotic to a tech mission she will die, but come on, these two characters were not involved in the missions directly.  I had hoped that bitch Jack would die--she's so boring she doesn't even mention anything after the final mission while everyone else has something to input.

Also, I let Dr. Chackwas--and the rest of the crew--die, oh well, they were cool, but what can I do.  I said the mission was more important and sent no one for escort thinking if I did, that character was going to die.

With that said, the story is simply bad ass.  The characters are incredible, I just don't see how BioWare can top this, but I'm confident they'll find a way.  The gameplay was so much improved, I just loved everything about it, I don't see why I should point out everything you've seen in reviews already.  My GOTY thus far of course and pretty much assuring franchise of the generation.

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mt_sabao

Since 6603 Days

Posted by LEBATO

First the "bad". I hated the fact that the characters who die, do so in a seemingly random manner. The fact that some of you try to explain it makes my point--and the others who agree--even more true. For me, Grunt and Mordin died. Why? Who the hell knows. I didn't feel too bad about Grunt, but Mordin? One of the coolest characters? Really? There's really no indicators telling you x character might die. I think it's obvious that if you send a biotic to a tech mission she will die, but come on, these two characters were not involved in the missions directly. I had hoped that bitch Jack would die--she's so boring she doesn't even mention anything after the final mission while everyone else has something to input.

Also, I let Dr. Chackwas--and the rest of the crew--die, oh well, they were cool, but what can I do. I said the mission was more important and sent no one for escort thinking if I did, that character was going to die.

With that said, the story is simply bad ass. The characters are incredible, I just don't see how BioWare can top this, but I'm confident they'll find a way. The gameplay was so much improved, I just loved everything about it, I don't see why I should point out everything you've seen in reviews already. My GOTY thus far of course and pretty much assuring franchise of the generation.

Absolutely agreed!! In both points.

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First the "bad".  I hated the fact that the characters who die, do so in a seemingly random manner.  The fact that some of you try to explain it makes my point--and the others who agree--even more true.  For me, Grunt and Mordin died.  Why?  Who the hell knows.  I didn't feel too bad about Grunt, but Mordin?  One of the coolest characters?  Really?  There's really no indicators telling you x character might die.  I think it's obvious that if you send a biotic to a tech mission she will die, but come on, these two characters were not involved in the missions directly.  I had hoped that bitch Jack would die--she's so boring she doesn't even mention anything after the final mission while everyone else has something to input.

Also, I let Dr. Chackwas--and the rest of the crew--die, oh well, they were cool, but what can I do.  I said the mission was more important and sent no one for escort thinking if I did, that character was going to die.

With that said, the story is simply bad ass.  The characters are incredible, I just don't see how BioWare can top this, but I'm confident they'll find a way.  The gameplay was so much improved, I just loved everything about it, I don't see why I should point out everything you've seen in reviews already.  My GOTY thus far of course and pretty much assuring franchise of the generation.

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Absolutely agreed!! In both points.

BLackHawkodst

Since 6059 Days

So far it has my GOTY also, as much everyone hated the scanning, i found it not to bad?, and it sucks you lost him randomly as he was one of my fav characters also.

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Jin187

Since 6916 Days

I found the planet scanning strangely addictive lol!

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Since 7044 Days

Posted by LEBATO

Woot, I finally finished the second game in the series of what is for sure the game of the generation. 38 hrs of awesomeness. The only bland part about it was the planet scanning, but even that was strangely not too bad because I knew it served for upgrades. So thanks for using spoiler tags as much as possible--like Deft said back there, not all of us have so much time to play, this is specially a bad time for me so it took me a while.

Anyways.....

First the "bad". I hated the fact that the characters who die, do so in a seemingly random manner. The fact that some of you try to explain it makes my point--and the others who agree--even more true. For me, Grunt and Mordin died. Why? Who the hell knows. I didn't feel too bad about Grunt, but Mordin? One of the coolest characters? Really? There's really no indicators telling you x character might die. I think it's obvious that if you send a biotic to a tech mission she will die, but come on, these two characters were not involved in the missions directly. I had hoped that bitch Jack would die--she's so boring she doesn't even mention anything after the final mission while everyone else has something to input.

Also, I let Dr. Chackwas--and the rest of the crew--die, oh well, they were cool, but what can I do. I said the mission was more important and sent no one for escort thinking if I did, that character was going to die.

Gezz Lebato if you saved them in time, the least you could have done was make sure they had a safe trip to the shuttle. lol

I posted this in spoiler tags once as a warning to anyone about to undertake the suicide run. In your game Grunt and Mordin died because you answered negatively to Dr Chakwas and didn't escort the survivors. Telling Chakwas that you didn't come for her and the Normandy crew triggers lots of random nastiness for you and your squad. In some cases the ground team that holds the door against the Collectors gets completely KIA'd, and some gamers have even said their Shepard died as a result, although they didn't mention all of the circumstances like loyalty etc.

Scenario One-

Legion in the vents
Jacob leads the Fireteam
Jacob also escorts the survivors back to the Normandy
Jack does the barrier
Miranda leads the 2nd squad

Scenario Two-

Tali in the vents
Garrus leads the Fireteam
Grunt escorts the survivors back to the Normandy
Jack does the barrier
Miranda leads the 2nd squad

NEVER team up with Tali and Samara, Tali will die :(
NEVER team up with Thane and Legion, Legion will die
ALWAYS let Miranda lead the 2nd squad, NEVER give her the responsibility of leading the Fireteam
When you save Dr Chakwas, ALWAYS tell her that you came for her and the crew, ALWAYS send an escort with the Normandy crew.

I recently finished my first Renegade game and I have to say that I couldn't help but feel like the Illusive Man's bitch at the end. The look on his face says it all, LUST, POWER, EVIL. You also come away with the sense that nothing goes on in Cerberus that he truly doesn't know about. So of course that bastard knew about Jack and that facility where she and other biotic kids were being tortured. Illusive even suggests that Liara is working for the Shadow Broker and that wasn't even close to the truth. He's a smooth liar and manipulator, and I already know that giving him the Collector base was a HUGE mistake that's going to have terrible consequences. But I had to have at least one Renegade save for ME3.

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[quote=LEBATO]Woot, I finally finished the second game in the series of what is for sure the game of the generation.  38 hrs of awesomeness.  The only bland part about it was the planet scanning, but even that was strangely not too bad because I knew it served for upgrades.  So thanks for using spoiler tags as much as possible--like Deft said back there, not all of us have so much time to play, this is specially a bad time for me so it took me a while.

Anyways.....

[spoiler]
First the "bad".  I hated the fact that the characters who die, do so in a seemingly random manner.  The fact that some of you try to explain it makes my point--and the others who agree--even more true.  For me, Grunt and Mordin died.  Why?  Who the hell knows.  I didn't feel too bad about Grunt, but Mordin?  One of the coolest characters?  Really?  There's really no indicators telling you x character might die.  I think it's obvious that if you send a biotic to a tech mission she will die, but come on, these two characters were not involved in the missions directly.  I had hoped that bitch Jack would die--she's so boring she doesn't even mention anything after the final mission while everyone else has something to input.

Also, I let Dr. Chackwas--and the rest of the crew--die, oh well, they were cool, but what can I do.  I said the mission was more important and sent no one for escort thinking if I did, that character was going to die.

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[spoiler]Gezz Lebato if you saved them in time, the least you could have done was make sure they had a safe trip to the shuttle.  lol

I posted this in spoiler tags once as a warning to anyone about to undertake the suicide run.  In your game Grunt and Mordin died because you answered negatively to Dr Chakwas and didn't escort the survivors.  Telling Chakwas that you didn't come for her and the Normandy crew triggers lots of random nastiness for you and your squad.  In some cases the ground team that holds the door against the Collectors gets completely KIA'd, and some gamers have even said their Shepard died as a result, although they didn't mention all of the circumstances like loyalty etc.

Scenario One-

Legion in the vents
Jacob leads the Fireteam
Jacob also escorts the survivors back to the Normandy
Jack does the barrier
Miranda leads the 2nd squad

Scenario Two-

Tali in the vents
Garrus leads the Fireteam
Grunt escorts the survivors back to the Normandy
Jack does the barrier
Miranda leads the 2nd squad

NEVER team up with Tali and Samara, Tali will die :(
NEVER team up with Thane and Legion, Legion will die
ALWAYS let Miranda lead the 2nd squad, NEVER give her the responsibility of leading the Fireteam
When you save Dr Chakwas, ALWAYS tell her that you came for her and the crew, ALWAYS send an escort with the Normandy crew.

I recently finished my first Renegade game and I have to say that I couldn't help but feel like the Illusive Man's bitch at the end.  The look on his face says it all, LUST, POWER, EVIL.    You also come away with the sense that nothing goes on in Cerberus that he truly doesn't know about. So of course that bastard knew about Jack and that facility where she and other biotic kids were being tortured.   Illusive even suggests that Liara is working for the Shadow Broker and that wasn't even close to the truth.   He's a smooth liar and manipulator, and I already know that giving him the Collector base was a HUGE mistake that's going to have terrible consequences.  But I had to have at least one Renegade save for ME3. [/spoiler]

BLackHawkodst

Since 6059 Days

Great tips there Grim.

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dcdelgado

Since 7032 Days

I used a combo of them, playing again now.

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LEBATO

Since 7294 Days

Posted by GrimThorne

Gezz Lebato if you saved them in time, the least you could have done was make sure they had a safe trip to the shuttle. lol

I posted this in spoiler tags once as a warning to anyone about to undertake the suicide run. In your game Grunt and Mordin died because you answered negatively to Dr Chakwas and didn't escort the survivors. Telling Chakwas that you didn't come for her and the Normandy crew triggers lots of random nastiness for you and your squad. In some cases the ground team that holds the door against the Collectors gets completely KIA'd, and some gamers have even said their Shepard died as a result, although they didn't mention all of the circumstances like loyalty etc.

Scenario One-

Legion in the vents
Jacob leads the Fireteam
Jacob also escorts the survivors back to the Normandy
Jack does the barrier
Miranda leads the 2nd squad

Scenario Two-

Tali in the vents
Garrus leads the Fireteam
Grunt escorts the survivors back to the Normandy
Jack does the barrier
Miranda leads the 2nd squad

NEVER team up with Tali and Samara, Tali will die :(
NEVER team up with Thane and Legion, Legion will die
ALWAYS let Miranda lead the 2nd squad, NEVER give her the responsibility of leading the Fireteam
When you save Dr Chakwas, ALWAYS tell her that you came for her and the crew, ALWAYS send an escort with the Normandy crew.

I recently finished my first Renegade game and I have to say that I couldn't help but feel like the Illusive Man's bitch at the end. The look on his face says it all, LUST, POWER, EVIL. You also come away with the sense that nothing goes on in Cerberus that he truly doesn't know about. So of course that bastard knew about Jack and that facility where she and other biotic kids were being tortured. Illusive even suggests that Liara is working for the Shadow Broker and that wasn't even close to the truth. He's a smooth liar and manipulator, and I already know that giving him the Collector base was a HUGE mistake that's going to have terrible consequences. But I had to have at least one Renegade save for ME3.

Alright, I will replay the mission and prove you wrong. And I like how you assumed what I did, lol.

Who said I responded negatively to Chakwas? I didn't. The only thing I did was not to send a squad member back with them.

But yeah, I want to have a game save with Mordin alive, there is no way I will accept that crap. Grunt can die (although he's not too bad), and Jack can burn in hell for all I care. I wish I could just go down there and shoot her, lol.

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[spoiler]Gezz Lebato if you saved them in time, the least you could have done was make sure they had a safe trip to the shuttle.  lol

I posted this in spoiler tags once as a warning to anyone about to undertake the suicide run.  In your game Grunt and Mordin died because you answered negatively to Dr Chakwas and didn't escort the survivors.  Telling Chakwas that you didn't come for her and the Normandy crew triggers lots of random nastiness for you and your squad.  In some cases the ground team that holds the door against the Collectors gets completely KIA'd, and some gamers have even said their Shepard died as a result, although they didn't mention all of the circumstances like loyalty etc.

Scenario One-

Legion in the vents
Jacob leads the Fireteam
Jacob also escorts the survivors back to the Normandy
Jack does the barrier
Miranda leads the 2nd squad

Scenario Two-

Tali in the vents
Garrus leads the Fireteam
Grunt escorts the survivors back to the Normandy
Jack does the barrier
Miranda leads the 2nd squad

NEVER team up with Tali and Samara, Tali will die :(
NEVER team up with Thane and Legion, Legion will die
ALWAYS let Miranda lead the 2nd squad, NEVER give her the responsibility of leading the Fireteam
When you save Dr Chakwas, ALWAYS tell her that you came for her and the crew, ALWAYS send an escort with the Normandy crew.

I recently finished my first Renegade game and I have to say that I couldn't help but feel like the Illusive Man's bitch at the end.  The look on his face says it all, LUST, POWER, EVIL.    You also come away with the sense that nothing goes on in Cerberus that he truly doesn't know about. So of course that bastard knew about Jack and that facility where she and other biotic kids were being tortured.   Illusive even suggests that Liara is working for the Shadow Broker and that wasn't even close to the truth.   He's a smooth liar and manipulator, and I already know that giving him the Collector base was a HUGE mistake that's going to have terrible consequences.  But I had to have at least one Renegade save for ME3. [/spoiler][/quote]
Alright, I will replay the mission and prove you wrong.  And I like how you assumed what I did, lol.

[spoiler]Who said I responded negatively to Chakwas?  I didn't.  The only thing I did was not to send a squad member back with them.

But yeah, I want to have a game save with Mordin alive, there is no way I will accept that crap.  Grunt can die (although he's not too bad), and Jack can burn in hell for all I care.  I wish I could just go down there and shoot her, lol.  [/spoiler]

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dcdelgado

Since 7032 Days

Come on cut the girl some slack She was abused as a child and taught to hate and kill all before her :)

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Since 5582 Days

LMAO @ Lebato.

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Tomarru

Since 6244 Days

Did rescue the krogan on insanity today, almost went insane doing it. The final fight in the area was made doubly difficult by the idiotic AI, either getting stuck behind doors, running out into the open or just forgetting to shoot. Finally did it after a dozen tries as the AI on one of the enemies crapped out and decided to just play dead during the whole of the fight.

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deftangel

Since 7040 Days

The Praetorian on the collector ship drove me bonkers for a good hour playing on hardcore. Proper gamepad gripping frustration. I managed to take the wrong squad mates I think Tali and Miranda.

Have to say, I'm very unimpressed with the Vanguard class. Presumably if I start a second playthrough with my Shepard I can change it again?

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Viginti_Tres

Since 6674 Days

When you choose NG+ by importing your ME2 character you can't change classes. It's not recommended to do that on higher difficulties anyway, the enemies scale to your own level but you don't have any weapon upgrades which would boost the damage considerably.

My first play through was with a Vanguard, and I didn't like it as well. It's probably the best class if you abuse Biotic Charge. You can even go head to head in a fight with a Colossus. I'd recommend Infiltrator or Adept. Adept is very good if you combine your biotics and use warp detonation to your advantage (instantly kills everyone in a radius of 7m and under influence of a biotic). Infiltrator is the slickest class of them all. Very powerful against bosses but lacks the ability to manage hordes of enemies.

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Tinks

Since 7102 Days

You get to re choose your class on the 2nd playthrough yeah. Plus you get an XP boost (10 or 25 percent) for beating the game and going on a second playthrough so your stats get maxed pretty fast. Not only that but they reward you with something like barrier as an extra ability.

As for the end of the game I only lost Jacob, which I'm not really sure I care about. Also it should be noted you can also use Thane to bring the crew back safely. I chose Jacob because I figured someone was going to die in the vents no matter what, so I decided he would die

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Since 7044 Days

Posted by Viginti_Tres

My first play through was with a Vanguard, and I didn't like it as well. It's probably the best class if you abuse Biotic Charge.

I won't play the Vanguard class again, the Biotic Charge was worthless to me. I maxed it out and still enemies instantly recovered from it and were on top of me within a second of using it. Furthering the downside of the class is that the Vanguard really needs the assault or sniper rifle to balance his act out, but instead is given the pistol, shotgun and smg.

The Sentinel is fantastically balanced, far better than the Vanguard this time around IMO. AP ammo as a bonus and Sniper or AR training makes this class the most fun for me. Because of this class I've never felt the need to play as an Engineer.

The Adept class is a carry over favorite although Singularity feels alot less effective in ME2. And we don't need both Throw and Pull, one of those should have been enough. But I give the adept a Geth rifle through AR training and it's good to go.

I wish we were given the option to choose our weapons and I don't like that have to spend points on ammo types.

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My first play through was with a Vanguard, and I didn't like it as well. It's probably the best class if you abuse Biotic Charge.[/quote]

I won't play the Vanguard class again, the Biotic Charge was worthless to me.   I maxed it out and still enemies instantly recovered from it and were on top of me within a second of using it.   Furthering the downside of the class is that the Vanguard really needs the assault or sniper rifle to balance his act out, but instead is given the pistol, shotgun and smg.

The Sentinel is fantastically balanced, far better than the Vanguard this time around IMO.  AP ammo as a bonus and Sniper or AR training makes this class the most fun for me.  Because of this class I've never felt the need to play as an Engineer.

The Adept class is a carry over favorite although Singularity feels alot less effective in ME2.  And we don't need both Throw and Pull, one of those should have been enough.  But I give the adept a Geth rifle through AR training and it's good to go.

I wish we were given the option to choose our weapons and I don't like that have to spend points on ammo types.

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