Mass Effect 2 Discussion - Fight for the Lost

Hmm, so there is more DLC planned then?

I'm torn between picking up the DLC during the sale or waiting for the inevitable GotY. I already made the mistake of not waiting on Dragon Age, and I do like the look of those gun packs and other DLC ME2 has, but this would get me to finally beat it on Insanity. But then I'd have to wait for even more DLC to come out and go on sale.

Decisions, decisions.
 
[quote name='CaptainJoel']I'd say pick up the DLC. At 200 points a pop, it's impossible for me to pass it up.[/QUOTE]

I know!!! I almost jizzed when I saw the price!!
 
picked up shadow broker and will prob pick up overlord as well. Already purchased the other one earlier one.

Good stuff.. loves me more mass effect
 
Trying to decide if I should get all three and have plenty of points left over, or if I should skip one and get the Vietnam map pack for Bad COmpany 2 as well.
 
[quote name='nasum']Trying to decide if I should get all three and have plenty of points left over, or if I should skip one and get the Vietnam map pack for Bad COmpany 2 as well.[/QUOTE]
At this price you really should pick up all three; however, if you must skip one, Overlord is the least essential.
 
[quote name='nasum']Trying to decide if I should get all three and have plenty of points left over, or if I should skip one and get the Vietnam map pack for Bad COmpany 2 as well.[/QUOTE]Pick up all three, since I'm sure the map pack for Bad Company 2 is likely to be discounted sometime in the future, and these might not be discounted again, or for a long while.
 
[quote name='nasum']trying to decide if i should get all three and have plenty of points left over, or if i should skip one and get the vietnam map pack for bad company 2 as well.[/quote]

[quote name='tha xecutioner']do yourself a huge favor and buy all three of these fucking packs.[/quote]:cool:
 
Shacknews.com gave Mass Effect 2 their RPG of the year award for 2010:

http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/66961

For the link lazy:
[quote name='Shacknews article']
In the far reaches of space, one man (or woman, if you'd prefer) holds the key to the salvation and preservation of the human race. In Mass Effect 2 players are introduced to a host of new characters that fight alongside Commander Shepard. While Shepard can be crafted to be as good or as bad as you want him or her to be, the character manages to remain a completely memorable figure in the world of video games for what he or she is able to accomplish.

It may be spoilerish to say (although, it happens within the first five minutes of the game), Shepard literally comes back to life and with him a completely new experience is born. Throwing out much of the original title's gameplay, Mass Effect 2 turns into an intense shooting experience with a focus on telling an incredible story, rather than spending hours buried within menus. Not only is Mass Effect 2 the best role-playing game to come out of 2010, it may be one of the best role-playing titles ever developed.[/quote]


It also picked up a runner-up award for Best Story of 2010, behind Red Dead Redemption:
http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/66954

Link-lazy:
[quote name='Shacknews article']From the moment it begins, it was clear that BioWare was holding no punches in terms of the story of Mass Effect 2. Including everything--and a few space-age kitchen sinks--Mass Effect 2 ties up loose ends from the original (if you completed that quest), introduced fantastic new characters, and revealed the war of good versus evil is muddled with as many gray spots on land as they are in the stars. Although it may be forgotten since it launched in January, Mass Effect 2 was one of the finest games to launch in 2010[/quote]


And yet another award, Best Magic Moment of 2010:
http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/66942

Link-lazy, again:
[quote name='Shacknews article']We do lots of different things in video games but every so often we find ourselves, controller in hand, experiencing one of those "this is why I play video games" moments. In 2010, the best of these came while directing Commander Shepard through conversations in Mass Effect 2. A refined version of the system in the first game, it perfected the ability to naturally guide the course of conversations being held by the characters without having to break and reason out long passages of dialog to select between. Coupled with greatly improved staging of the scenes and more cinematic camera angles, it became almost impossible not to get completely wrapped up in Shepard's saga.[/quote]
 
Yet another one for Mass Effect 2, runner-up for Best DLC of 2010 for LOTSB, right behind Red Dead Redemption's Undead Nightmare:
http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/66973

Link-lazy:
[quote name='Shacknews article']Arguably the best quest for our best RPG of 2010, Mass Effect 2's "Lair of the Shadowbroker" pairs Commander Shepard with one the most intriguing characters--and for many players, love interests--from the original game, Liara T'Soni. Their conversations during the course of this mission prove to be the dramatic high point for the series to date[/quote]
 
Should I be pissed off for buying Shadow Broker launch day only for it to be discounted 75% 2 months later? If it had been 50% off I wouldn't be as upset since I would just chalk that up to day 1 play tax, but for it to be 75% off just irks me.
 
That's just the price of buying anything at launch--be it DLC or disc games.

Prices tend to drop very quickly. For my favorite games like Mass Effect I don't mind paying full price at launch for the game and DLC as I want to support the developer and keep the franchise going.

For the vast majority of games, I wait for price drops or sales--and most often just wait and get them off Goozex for disc games.
 
[quote name='MSUHitman']Should I be pissed off for buying Shadow Broker launch day only for it to be discounted 75% 2 months later? If it had been 50% off I wouldn't be as upset since I would just chalk that up to day 1 play tax, but for it to be 75% off just irks me.[/QUOTE]


Well, it's the same as games dropping in price. I paid $60 for Enslaved, here we are 2 months later and I can get it for $13 on the Amazon Warehouse or $20 new from them.

You got it 2 months in front of the people the just got it at least.
 
[quote name='MSUHitman']Should I be pissed off for buying Shadow Broker launch day only for it to be discounted 75% 2 months later? If it had been 50% off I wouldn't be as upset since I would just chalk that up to day 1 play tax, but for it to be 75% off just irks me.[/QUOTE]

Yeah I also had that sentiment but then said to myself well I played it a heck of a lot sooner than anyone paying 75% off for it. It's easy to wait and grab a retail game when the price goes down, that's inevitable. However DLC is just a luck of the draw what will be discounted most of the time, however more than usual DLC with big games are targeted. Look at it the other way where you'd hold off for 2 months with everyone talking about it here and it NOT showing up for the Holiday Sale. You'd be kicking yourself over your decision. Glad a lot of people experienced ME2's DLC which I thought were just getting better with every new DLC release.
 
Bought a 360 on BF and picked up a couple used 360 games at GS including Mass Effect 2 but didn't see 1. Really feel like I want to play 1 first but figured I'd ask if it's really worth waiting until I come across it or should I just go ahead and play 2.

Got other games I'm messing with right now but when I'm done with New Vegas I might need a rpg fix quick.
 
[quote name='nuromutt']Bought a 360 on BF and picked up a couple used 360 games at GS including Mass Effect 2 but didn't see 1. Really feel like I want to play 1 first but figured I'd ask if it's really worth waiting until I come across it or should I just go ahead and play 2.

Got other games I'm messing with right now but when I'm done with New Vegas I might need a rpg fix quick.[/QUOTE]

Play 1 first. You can pick it up pretty cheap anywhere nowadays. Just do yourself a favor and wait a bit.
 
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Decided to play through the game a second time to try to get everyone to survive the last mission. I made a mistake and failed Samara's loyalty mission and lost loyalty from Jack. I am totally screwed, since I need a biotic specialist during the suicide mission.

Although, playing it through the second time has been a blast. I appreciated the game a lot more this time around.
 
[quote name='Ichigo1993']Decided to play through the game a second time to try to get everyone to survive the last mission. I made a mistake and failed Samara's loyalty mission and lost loyalty from Jack. I am totally screwed, since I need a biotic specialist during the suicide mission.

Although, playing it through the second time has been a blast. I appreciated the game a lot more this time around.[/QUOTE]


That sucks. :(

Thankfully I got it on my first playthrough.
 
More Shacknews awards:

Best Xbox 360 Exclusive, beating out the runner-up, Halo Reach:
http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/66966

Link-lazy:
[quote name='Shacknews article']
Though it is also available on the PC (and soon to be released on the PS3), for the purposes of this category, we were looking at console exclusives and of the bunch, Mass Effect 2 was the clear winner for the Xbox 360 this year. We loved the game's updated combat system, simplified--and console friendly--menu system, and consequences. The story captivated us as Shepard assembled a team of space toughs on his second quest to save the universe. We're eager to see which decisions and events affect the conclusion in Mass Effect 3.
I'm Commander Shepard and this is my favorite game on the Xbox 360.]
 
[quote name='Ichigo1993']
Does anyone know if I can gain Jack's loyalty back after I get the IFF?
[/QUOTE]Nope. You're pretty much boned.
 
[quote name='shrike4242']Nope. You're pretty much boned.[/QUOTE]

Alright. Probably going to have to somehow crank out the side missions to get a 100% paragon. I don't know if it's even possible at this point.
 
[quote name='Ichigo1993']Alright. Probably going to have to somehow crank out the side missions to get a 100% paragon. I don't know if it's even possible at this point.[/QUOTE]I'd certainly make sure you hit all of the side missions, though since you picked up the IFF, I wouldn't wait too long before using it.

I know I had it drilled into my head to make the IFF the last mission to do and get all the other side missions done beforehand. Once you have it, it's pretty much leads to the endgame without much chance to do other missions.
 
[quote name='Ichigo1993']Talk about depressing...I am at, to what looks like, at 98% paragon and I seem to be out of side missions and exhausted all the crew....hmm[/QUOTE]
It's not even really a question of having 100% anyway. The event you mentioned is governed by how much Paragon or Renegade you have weighted against how much you had the chance to get. So even if you fill up the bar, any Paragon points that you missed along the way still count against you.To successfully resolve that event you pretty much need the full morality import bonus from ME1, plus most of the possible Paragon points in ME2.
 
[quote name='Ichigo1993']Talk about depressing...I am at, to what looks like, at 98% paragon and I seem to be out of side missions and exhausted all the crew....hmm[/QUOTE]

I got 100% paragon well before the suicide mission. I had imported a level 48ish character though, with like 70% paragon. x:
 
[quote name='Ryuukishi']It's not even really a question of having 100% anyway. The event you mentioned is governed by how much Paragon or Renegade you have weighted against how much you had the chance to get. So even if you fill up the bar, any Paragon points that you missed along the way still count against you.To successfully resolve that event you pretty much need the full morality import bonus from ME1, plus most of the possible Paragon points in ME2.[/QUOTE]

Hm...gotcha. I'll probably have to play through it again before ME3 comes out. Thanks for the advice.
 
So Ive done all the dlc missions and still not level 30 on my old first game.. there really seems like nothing left to do to level up..

Guess ill keep playing my 2nd character
 
[quote name='guyver2077']So Ive done all the dlc missions and still not level 30 on my old first game.. there really seems like nothing left to do to level up..

Guess ill keep playing my 2nd character[/QUOTE]

I was able to get to level 30 on one playthrough, but not after I finished almost all of the side missions and dlc. It most definitely is possible.
 
[quote name='guyver2077']So Ive done all the dlc missions and still not level 30 on my old first game.. there really seems like nothing left to do to level up..

Guess ill keep playing my 2nd character[/QUOTE]On my first playthrough on ME2, which had a Level 50 ME1 import (starts as ME2 Level 3), I was able to get Level 30 after doing all the side missions, Kasumi's Stolen Memory and partway through Overlord.

With all the DLC, as long as you've done all the side missions, you should hit Level 30 even from a clean start without a ME1 import.
 
One more thing, which I noticed in a playthrough I'm in currently.

The Cerberus Daily Network screen at the main window had a new message. Apparently, they're going to be done on the 24th of this month, and then they'll only come up twice more, once for the week leading up to the next DLC and two weeks before ME3 launches.

I found the specific post on the Mass Effect wikia site, and it's as such:
[quote name='CDN post']OUT-OF-GAME NOTICE: The Cerberus Daily News will begin a hiatus on January 24th, finishing its run of one full year. Daily postings will cease except for three weeks in 2011: a week of posts will precede a downloadable content release, and two more weeks will lead up to the release of Mass Effect 3. The CDN team thanks fans for their attention, comments, and feedback (both in and out of character!). We are sorry to go, but we had fun -- we hope you did, too!”[/quote]

I guess this means we'll get one last major DLC before make the push into ME3, and then we'll have the ME3 release. This is probably the "unifying" DLC they've talked about before as the bridge between ME2 and ME3. Doubt we'll get much else in regards to DLC besides that, since I know that all of the major DLC gets noted in the CDN window.

I didn't realize that the Wikia site listed all the CDN posts, which you can find here:
http://masseffect.wikia.com/wiki/Cerberus_Daily_News
 
[quote name='shrike4242']One more thing, which I noticed in a playthrough I'm in currently.

The Cerberus Daily Network screen at the main window had a new message. Apparently, they're going to be done on the 24th of this month, and then they'll only come up twice more, once for the week leading up to the next DLC and two weeks before ME3 launches.

I found the specific post on the Mass Effect wikia site, and it's as such:


I guess this means we'll get one last major DLC before make the push into ME3, and then we'll have the ME3 release. This is probably the "unifying" DLC they've talked about before as the bridge between ME2 and ME3. Doubt we'll get much else in regards to DLC besides that, since I know that all of the major DLC gets noted in the CDN window.

I didn't realize that the Wikia site listed all the CDN posts, which you can find here:
http://masseffect.wikia.com/wiki/Cerberus_Daily_News[/QUOTE]

Thanks for the link. :)
 
[quote name='shrike4242']One more thing, which I noticed in a playthrough I'm in currently.

The Cerberus Daily Network screen at the main window had a new message. Apparently, they're going to be done on the 24th of this month, and then they'll only come up twice more, once for the week leading up to the next DLC and two weeks before ME3 launches.

I found the specific post on the Mass Effect wikia site, and it's as such:


I guess this means we'll get one last major DLC before make the push into ME3, and then we'll have the ME3 release. This is probably the "unifying" DLC they've talked about before as the bridge between ME2 and ME3. Doubt we'll get much else in regards to DLC besides that, since I know that all of the major DLC gets noted in the CDN window.

I didn't realize that the Wikia site listed all the CDN posts, which you can find here:
http://masseffect.wikia.com/wiki/Cerberus_Daily_News[/QUOTE]Aw, only 1 DLC left until ME3. :(

Probably going to be around E3 or GDC with a new ME 3 trailer.:bouncy:
 
Man, only one DLC release left? I'm hoping that means one more Shadow Broker-esque mission pack, and doesn't rule out more costumes and weapons.
 
[quote name='shrike4242']On my first playthrough on ME2, which had a Level 50 ME1 import (starts as ME2 Level 3), I was able to get Level 30 after doing all the side missions, Kasumi's Stolen Memory and partway through Overlord.

With all the DLC, as long as you've done all the side missions, you should hit Level 30 even from a clean start without a ME1 import.[/QUOTE]

Yea I never did complete ME1.. I should get back to that eventually.

I think my second character has a good chance of hitting 30..been doing almost everything so we'll see.

Also random q:

I was not aware you can recruit Morinth into your team inplace of Samara.

Supposedly you can choose between em but I never got the option in that fight scene
 
The past non-mission DLC packs I think had entries in the CDN window, though I could see them not doing that with other ones they'd bring out. Character appearance packs are easy for them to put out and they're cheap in MSP costs, so I could see the rest of the appearance packs being put out with any CDN notification. Weapon packs take a bit more, and they're also cheap, so they might also not get any CDN notification.

I just hope that the last mission-type DLC is bigger than LoTSB, since it's supposed to be the "bridge" DLC into ME3, so hopefully, it'll be 3-5 hours in length. Even more would be nice, though I think that might be wishful thinking. Longer length would also drive up the cost and download size as well.

[quote name='guyver2077']Yea I never did complete ME1.. I should get back to that eventually.

I think my second character has a good chance of hitting 30..been doing almost everything so we'll see.

Also random q:

I was not aware you can recruit Morinth into your team inplace of Samara.

Supposedly you can choose between em but I never got the option in that fight scene
[/QUOTE]As long as you complete ME1 once and do Bring Down The Sky DLC, you should be able to hit Level 50 with a charcter export, so you'd start out in ME2 as Level 3. If you bring a Level 60 character over from ME1, which needs 3 playthroughs with the same character in ME1, you'd start in ME2 at Level 5.

For your random Q:
When you have the fight going on between Morinth and Samara, you can choose to help Morinth over Samara, which is a huge Renegade action. She ends up trying to blend in as Samara on the Normandy, which works almost all of the time. It does give you a new ability as well, Dominate.

Here's the particulars:
http://masseffect.wikia.com/wiki/Morinth
 
[quote name='dmaul1114']Yeah, I hope it's a solid one too, since waiting on it will kill the resale/Goozex value of ME2! :D[/QUOTE]

LOL, my thoughts exactly.
 
[quote name='guyver2077']Yea I never did complete ME1.. I should get back to that eventually.

I think my second character has a good chance of hitting 30..been doing almost everything so we'll see.

Also random q:

I was not aware you can recruit Morinth into your team inplace of Samara.

Supposedly you can choose between em but I never got the option in that fight scene
[/QUOTE]

You can get through ME 1 pretty quickly, I did a speed go through in about 11-12 hours if I recall correctly. Unless you want the 50/60 level bonuses. On that playthrough I got to the mid 40's.
 
[quote name='Ryuukishi']It's not even really a question of having 100% anyway. The event you mentioned is governed by how much Paragon or Renegade you have weighted against how much you had the chance to get. So even if you fill up the bar, any Paragon points that you missed along the way still count against you.To successfully resolve that event you pretty much need the full morality import bonus from ME1, plus most of the possible Paragon points in ME2.[/QUOTE]

Ahh that's so much bull lol. Looks like I'll be going back to Mass Effect to make my perfect goodie two shoes character.;)
 
[quote name='shrike4242']The past non-mission DLC packs I think had entries in the CDN window, though I could see them not doing that with other ones they'd bring out. Character appearance packs are easy for them to put out and they're cheap in MSP costs, so I could see the rest of the appearance packs being put out with any CDN notification. Weapon packs take a bit more, and they're also cheap, so they might also not get any CDN notification.

I just hope that the last mission-type DLC is bigger than LoTSB, since it's supposed to be the "bridge" DLC into ME3, so hopefully, it'll be 3-5 hours in length. Even more would be nice, though I think that might be wishful thinking. Longer length would also drive up the cost and download size as well.

As long as you complete ME1 once and do Bring Down The Sky DLC, you should be able to hit Level 50 with a charcter export, so you'd start out in ME2 as Level 3. If you bring a Level 60 character over from ME1, which needs 3 playthroughs with the same character in ME1, you'd start in ME2 at Level 5.

For your random Q:
When you have the fight going on between Morinth and Samara, you can choose to help Morinth over Samara, which is a huge Renegade action. She ends up trying to blend in as Samara on the Normandy, which works almost all of the time. It does give you a new ability as well, Dominate.

Here's the particulars:
http://masseffect.wikia.com/wiki/Morinth
[/QUOTE]

Regarding my Q.. My 2nd playthrough had been mostly Renegade but I unforunately did not get the charm/intimidate options... oh well..
 
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