Anyone else really hyped for Mass Effect 2?

[Sarya]

I thought that word relates to more specific affiliations than abstract concepts. So it's still strange :)

[Retribution]

Don't forget the renegade interrupt with the fanatical Krogan in Mordin's loyalty quest.

 

"You talk too much"

 

So badass.

[rebalious]

Yeah, Zaeed is such a copycat for that. I also like the headbutt in Grunts loyalty, almost as funny.

[JimboUK]

There's been some progress modding the game.

 

NPC clothes and hair complete with some terrible textures.

 

http://img716.imageshack.us/img716/1097/ut32010020822400996.png

 

and the Armour from the first game along with some others.

 

http://img697.imageshack.us/img697/5554/ut32010020822040378.png

 

http://social.bioware.com/forum/1/topic/103/index/889432/1

[LHammonds]

I still have not beat this game. I spent a large portion of this weekend shirking my responsibilities and playing it. My wife said last night "you still have not beat this game yet?!?!?! You must be loosing your mojo or something!"

 

Although I did not beat this the 1st day I got it, I did prove to her that I still have my mojo!

 

While playing this game, I do not feel the need to run through this game just to finish it.

 

I think the savegame utility says I have 34 hours racked up on this game so far but there is no telling how much of it is while I am asleep on the recliner while performing planetary scans. :rolleyes:

 

I did get hold of the Widow sniper rifle and I must say it is a VERY nice weapon to tote around. I love seeing armored and shielded baddies jumping over crates to charge to the next crate only to find that they go down with a single shot to the head. Awesome!

 

I have acquired all of the team except the one you enable online (grrr) and have completed about 5 of the loyalty quests.

 

I had just finished the Miranda loyalty quest and

as soon as I get back on the ship, her and another teammate have an argument and

the choice I made caused her to loose the loyalty I just gained...that sucked wind more than a high-performance windmill! I thought about re-loading the entire quest to choose the other option to see what happens but I think it is really the best answer since she is a Cerberus loyalist. I at least got to have an alternate uniform but I think the original uniform shows off her attributes a bit better. :)

 

I also customized my armor with red, white and blue which kinda made it look like an alternate (dark) Captain America uniform. Looks pretty cool.

 

There was one point where I had the Assassin (with Sniper), Me (with Pistol) and Miranda (with machinegun) posing when it went into a conversation/text selection screen and my 360 controller battery died. I didn't think nothing of it and when I came back into the room from changing my battery, I got the controller back up-and-running and actually noticed what I was seeing on the screen. It looked like a Charlie's Angels poster...I swear! Miranda looked so good in that pose that I called my brother-in-law into the room to take a gander. I should have taken a picture so I could post it but didn't think of it until later. (kicks self in rear).

 

LHammonds

[Retribution]

LHammonds, did you do the renegade interrupt at the start of Miranda's loyalty quest? Picture related. The look on the Salarian's face in the last panel is priceless.

 

http://i49.tinypic.com/1531f2o.jpg

[jaosals42]

I'll admit: It was a greater game in pretty much every aspect. I'd expect that everyone here has pointed all the upsides I would find myself personally in this game.

 

One thing, however - Is it just I, or were there too many biotic (or at least half-biotic) squad members in this game and not quite enough combat members (even with the downloadable character included)?

[Retribution]

Zaeed, Garrus, Grunt, and Samara could use Assault Rifles. Jack, Tali, Jacob, and Grunt could use shotguns. I think that's plenty.

[jaosals42]

I still miss the 4 max weapons that Ashley had back in ME1. I personally would have expected that a former merc-leader like Zaeed be good with every non-heavy weapon except probably snipers (assault rifles, pistols, smgs, shotguns)...

 

Did anyone also get the impression that,

unless you're a total jerk to your squad, or completely oblivious to them, that dying yourself in the final mission was near-impossible?

 

[LHammonds]

LHammonds, did you do the renegade interrupt at the start of Miranda's loyalty quest?

I can't remember that sequence. I did do the paragon interrupt towards the end. If there was a renegade-only interrupt at the beginning, I probably did it. Although there have been at least two times throughout the game that I noticed the interrupt too late and missed them (can't remember where). I am just too dang used to putting the controller down and stretching my fingers when a cut-scene starts playing. lol.

 

Oh, I loved the renegade interrupt option on the assassin (Thane?) mission where you sneak up on a squad leader and he starts talking smack to you (right next to a window in a very tall building). LOVE IT! I had Jack with me and she said something like "Dang Shepard, I need to take notes from you!"

 

I love it when a bad guy is talking smack and is interrupted with a surprising attack without mercy....kinda like head-butting that rival krogan while on the Grunt loyalty mission.

 

LHammonds