Saturday, February 6, 2010
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Effects of Mass.
It's been about a month since my last post, and I said I was going to post more... ha!
Before we get too far in... SPOILER ALERT! I'm going to talk about a few things that may spoil the enjoyment of Mass Effect 2.
Anyway, I preordered Mass Effect 2 like the Bioware game lover I am and played that game to hell and back with much enthusiasm. I had finished my third play of the first game, to refresh myself, the night before release, didn't get to do a midnight pickup at Gamestop because we had a snow storm cancel that, and happily played through until I beat the game the following Saturday.
It was awesome.
For me, the game was great and definitely a step up from the first in many areas (the various settings didn't seem as sterile as the first!) but there were things I hated too (It all seemed so much more disconnected than the first.) that pretty much makes this one, while still a step up from the first in many ways, pretty much on par with its predecessor.
I started with the following from ME1:
Commander Jane Shepard (Yes, I went FemShep.)
- A true Paragon.
- Allowed the Rachnai to live, understood the actions of the old Queens were not their own and that this young Queen was not tainted like them.
- Used Charm to resolve an impossible situation, Urdnot Wrex survives. (Because he was awesome.)
- Left Kaiden Alenko behind, he died a hero.
- Fell in love with Liara T'Soni. (Didn't mean to, kinda just happened.)
- Convinced Saren to kill himself, Tali'Zorah and Urdnot Wrex were witnesses.
- Chose Captain Anderson to become a member of the Citadel Council.
Here's the rundown of where things stand at the end of my first playthrough of ME2:
- A true Paragon.
- Earned the Loyalty of all those she commanded. (The alt costumes were all pretty bad ass.)
- Once loved Liara T'Soni but doesn't like how she has changed. (Yeah, thought that kinda sucked.)
- Wanted to synch suits with Tali, sad she wasn't given the chance. (Damn you Bioware! Why no chance of love between Tali and FemShep?)
- Found Legion to be an interesting insight into the Geth Collective, learned they weren't all bad.
- Reprogrammed the Heretics. (Hope that doesn't come back to haunt me.)
- Went on the Suicide Mission with the Normandy's systems fully upgraded.
- Legion successfully hacked the door with Garius leading Team Two. Both Survived.
- Moridin went back to the ship with Doctor Chakwas and the others. They survived.
- Samara protected Shepard and team from the swarms, Garius Vakarian created a diversion. Both Survived.
- Urdnot Grunt and Tali'Zorah accompanied Shepard to the final battle against the nascent Reaper, succeeded.
- Blew up the Collector's station, Legions words about earning the future rather than having it given were the reasoning.
- Shepard survived.
- No one was left behind.
- The Illusive Man was told to fuck off. He was working for Shepard, not the other way around.
- We fought for the lost and won.
Overall, the game rocked and is at the top of my short list of Games of the Year right now, Bayonetta is the other contender at number two.
I'm a sucker for good Science Fiction and Mass Effect 2 brought it in spades. I have a couple of achievements left to get but another play through as a renegade is definitely going to happen despite that, the game is just that good.
Before we get too far in... SPOILER ALERT! I'm going to talk about a few things that may spoil the enjoyment of Mass Effect 2.
Anyway, I preordered Mass Effect 2 like the Bioware game lover I am and played that game to hell and back with much enthusiasm. I had finished my third play of the first game, to refresh myself, the night before release, didn't get to do a midnight pickup at Gamestop because we had a snow storm cancel that, and happily played through until I beat the game the following Saturday.
It was awesome.
For me, the game was great and definitely a step up from the first in many areas (the various settings didn't seem as sterile as the first!) but there were things I hated too (It all seemed so much more disconnected than the first.) that pretty much makes this one, while still a step up from the first in many ways, pretty much on par with its predecessor.
I started with the following from ME1:
Commander Jane Shepard (Yes, I went FemShep.)
- A true Paragon.
- Allowed the Rachnai to live, understood the actions of the old Queens were not their own and that this young Queen was not tainted like them.
- Used Charm to resolve an impossible situation, Urdnot Wrex survives. (Because he was awesome.)
- Left Kaiden Alenko behind, he died a hero.
- Fell in love with Liara T'Soni. (Didn't mean to, kinda just happened.)
- Convinced Saren to kill himself, Tali'Zorah and Urdnot Wrex were witnesses.
- Chose Captain Anderson to become a member of the Citadel Council.
Here's the rundown of where things stand at the end of my first playthrough of ME2:
- A true Paragon.
- Earned the Loyalty of all those she commanded. (The alt costumes were all pretty bad ass.)
- Once loved Liara T'Soni but doesn't like how she has changed. (Yeah, thought that kinda sucked.)
- Wanted to synch suits with Tali, sad she wasn't given the chance. (Damn you Bioware! Why no chance of love between Tali and FemShep?)
- Found Legion to be an interesting insight into the Geth Collective, learned they weren't all bad.
- Reprogrammed the Heretics. (Hope that doesn't come back to haunt me.)
- Went on the Suicide Mission with the Normandy's systems fully upgraded.
- Legion successfully hacked the door with Garius leading Team Two. Both Survived.
- Moridin went back to the ship with Doctor Chakwas and the others. They survived.
- Samara protected Shepard and team from the swarms, Garius Vakarian created a diversion. Both Survived.
- Urdnot Grunt and Tali'Zorah accompanied Shepard to the final battle against the nascent Reaper, succeeded.
- Blew up the Collector's station, Legions words about earning the future rather than having it given were the reasoning.
- Shepard survived.
- No one was left behind.
- The Illusive Man was told to fuck off. He was working for Shepard, not the other way around.
- We fought for the lost and won.
Overall, the game rocked and is at the top of my short list of Games of the Year right now, Bayonetta is the other contender at number two.
I'm a sucker for good Science Fiction and Mass Effect 2 brought it in spades. I have a couple of achievements left to get but another play through as a renegade is definitely going to happen despite that, the game is just that good.
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