i hope bioware somehow. decides. that after ME3. it's time to bring commander shephard back for a ME4 even though they say they won't i hope they choice otherwise
The thing that makes Mass Effect better than Star Wars and Star Trek (IMO, at least) is how you are changing the galaxy by the choices you make, making it a more personal experience. Will you save the Council? Will you kill Wrex? Will you hold onto the Collector Base or destroy it? The choices are what make it truly unique.
@BearFang666 I love how you can compare vast galactic consequences to saving the life of a krogan mercenary. (Even though I agree with everything you said, this still made me lol.)
@MarzX1802 I said it's cute because you believe something as new as this will eventually become as historical as the Star Trek universe. I can see it happening, don't get me wrong, and I see great potential for this franchise in the future. Possible, but unlikely. On the same note, to me, that's like an eight year-old kid saying he'll become the next Beethoven just because he's joined a downtown symphony orchestra.
Then again, I'm a stranger. Does it really matter?
@crazy4sian Well we'll just have to see. But you're right there is great potential for the franchise to continue but it would need to be expanded beyond games.
@MarzX1802 Exactly. There are already books and an animated film in the making. If fans truly love and support it, then it may survive for another decade or two before the company or a different company decides to make another "Mass Effect" in the series. Who knows, maybe a sequel with a different Commander (i.e. Shepard:New Commander :: Kirk:Picard)?
Biggest flaw of ME2 was it's length. Everything else was great, but to center the story about finding a new team member, then going through the loyalty mission with each one of them to go for the first and last mission together.
That's what I missed in ME2 - longer story, a bit more dispersed in the verse and from the final mission.
@b3ckett Yeah, though this is definitely the premise for a great ending (ME3) this way you don't need to focus on characters as much as you would. This game was kind of about characters and advancing into the galaxy. In ME3 they won't have to worry about making as many characters but just a few. The story did not suck AT ALL... just compared to the original it lacked..
Mass effect 3 will bring everything together and I bet Bioware has great things in store for the story. :D
@coldshoulder14 : That's what I'm hoping for. Enough with introducing new characters (well, apart from another new Shepard if he died in ME2) and solely focusing on the story.
It's their moment of truth. ME1 and ME2 succeeded in builing the momentum up. Now it's all up to ME3 and the epilogue. And they damn better deliver, 'cause I'm going through ME1 and ME2 just before ME3... :)
@coldshoulder14 And the best part is that you'll do it all over again just to be prepared for multiple import saves just to check how it turns out in the end.
Like: A renegade Shepard could become the leader of the Reapers :D
@coldshoulder14 I can't do fem Shepard's romances. If she was a bit more sluttish I might have tried that for fun. :P
I prefer Miranda and Ash - Liara was too much of a child to me. And a bit too blue:P)
If Tali's mask is removed in and I like - maybe I'll fancy her for a change
I totally agree with the renegade part - apart from looking badass, the important choices are a bit stupid and leave a bad taste in my mouth (feeling like a moron, not a badass) :) While the good choices are logical.
@coldshoulder14 : As an asset - yep, but a bit risky one (Few rogue ones and here we go again). The collector base - a problematic matter. From what I've heard, Shepard will have some issues with Cerberus in the final installment. Maybe because of either destroying the base (well that pretty well looks like a resignation) or disapproving their methods of salvaging it...
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WHAT?? Mass Effect is a terrible sci-fi, but an OK action game. Have these people been smoking, or were they born yesterday? Seriously, people, are you all this stupid?
defiantly agree that mass effect is the perfect balance between RPG and shooter. in my opinion its the best RPG of all time and definitely in my top 3 shooters list.
Guysseriously, I agree with you. Mass Effect 2 was better as a shooter(and overal gameplay too.), but not as great when came to stories and RPGS. So you grap infamous characters, do their favor, and finish one mission; that was pretty much all me2 story was about. They should have melted character interaction and personality along the main story plot like me1, not overshadow it.
They better not make it anymore of a shooter or else it wll lose what makes mass effect great. I think looking back Mass effect 1 was flawed when it came to combat but its the characters and story which made people love it.
@heavell99 I agree. It isnt fair how this form of media is being criticized for what a bit of making out. Really its a game and 2 did suffer in that area for it.
"You know why you're shooting who you're shooting"
Um, no, I always wondered why I kept encountering the EXACT SAME mercenary groups on ALL the side missions. They are always enemies, yet they don't factor in the plot AT ALL.
So, are you telling me that it's explained that in EVERY SINGLE side mission why the EXACT SAME mercinaries are there? um,...no. Trust me. thats why I play the game, for story.
@Jammed9000 actually they really did go in depth on the mercenary groups and no they arent the same there is three bloodpack, blue suns, and eclipse. So you might wanna check that out next time you play.
@MLGplasmamonkey ah lol thats true but fun as da is, the combat could really use a boost, a bit more hack and slash. for me it felt a little too kotor ish.
@xLanKx no, not star wars, even though im not a treky, i doubt the 4 years mass effect has been around, doesnt add up to 80 combined years of star wars and star trek
but i still love mass effect, its one of my favorite game series
What a great documentary... I stand by what they say: "Games can be powerful and emotional and resonate with people the same way movies or television do."
The only two things I was dissapointed with ME 2 about was the Credit music was too short and there were not enough Hanar, apart from that damn it I cant wait for ME 3!!!!!!
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Fuck your PR hype machine Bioware your mission to create games for the masses, and you've stated as much all along. Choice is an illusion in this game, as is character and story.
The plot is basically Shepard's Rock Band, no depth or gravity to any of it.
@SpectreFTL i would agree but if you remember ME1 there was endless different weapons and armor, and on ME2 you have to pay for them as download content. sounds like EAs influence to me
ME2 also totally copied Gears of War's combat controls but that's not a bad thing
@Heatliex24 BioWare is still on the utmost forefront of DLC at this point. They used Dragon Age as a stepping stone, as it has expansion packs. ME2 is unmatched in the sheer amount of "true" DLC. Take the Firewalker DLC pack; MW2 releases only five maps (two of which are retakes, mind you) and charges $15. BioWare has released well over $50's worth of DLC for free. Katsumi's Stolen Memories is going to be well worth the appropriately-priced $7 charge. I look forward to it.
@SpectreFTL Bioware has released content that you already paid for when you bought the game as DLC. None of this is true DLC, it was all developed along side the game you fucking moron.
@Heatliex24 people were bitchin about the ME1 having too much inventory which was'nt a problem for me,but the only thing i wish ME2 had was a crouch buttom it just felt weird playing without one.
as I commented another video, although the game is great, I don't get the feeling my character is as custom as it became in ME1. I don't feel like growing/developing a char that much as mentioned in the vid.
Wrong, the IFF is installed immediately after you return from the Derelict Reaper. The initial mission you attempt after installing it triggers the Collector attack on your ship, as soon as you click the map, Miranda calls you down and the team uses the shuttle to avoid causing issues in systems.
Immediately after the attack your shuttle is back on the Normandy and you are asked whether to build the team, or save the crew.
Played it five times already, going on six. I just finished a perfect play through on Insanity difficulty, saved the whole crew, everyone survived suicide mission, and beat the Reaper in only a few tries.
Tip for anyone after the flawless suicide mission and full crew, don't activate Legion until after you finish the game, if you do you have to do his loyalty mission which causes some of the crew to die in the Collector base.
@lgvereor Not true. You can activate him immediately after the Derelict Reaper, then talk to him and he immediately gives his Loyalty Mission. You have to do a single mission after the DR to get the Collectors attack the Normandy scene, so you can use Legion's Loyalty Mission for that. That way, you can head straight through Omega-4 after that scene, saving the crew in time, and still have a Loyal Legion.
That's what I did my very first time through. And I used Legion for my tech specialist.
Also, you don't have to have every single character Loyal to keep them all alive anyway (though I did my first time through anyway). You only have to have the ones you assign specialist roles to and a majority of the rest.
@XerBlade No, you do need to keep them all loyal depending on the difficulty, the higher the diffficulty the higher chance they can die, on Insanity they can still die even if loyal, where as on Veteran you can get away with no deaths as long as they are loyal.
As for doing Legion's mission right before, false, I tried that and I had crew members dead, though unimportant crew members like the CIC crew nonetheless.
@lgvereor You missed what I said entirely, didn't you? I explained that it is entirely possible to get Legion's Loyalty Mission out of the way before the IFF is ever active and before your crew ever gets abducted in the first place!
It is impossible to go to the Suicide Mission to begin with (EDI will not let you go through the Omega-4 relay if you try) until you have already completed at least one mission after the Derelict Reaper, so you just have to make Legion's mission that one mission.
@lgvereor this guy is wrong. Activate the geth after you finish all the other small quests. the anomalies and everything. And you can do his loyalty quest and still not have your crew die, and your squad members will all survive. Sentinel ftw.
I liked the planet scanning and such... it was interesting to see the planets they came up with and reading the descriptions of the planets, etc... it gave the galaxy you were in a bigger feel to it.
If Bioware is reading this : Guys You've got everything right!!! Just reduce the need for planet probing in ME3 !! The gameplay, the storyline, the combat, the RPG elements, the conversation wheel improvement and even the celebrity video/trailers!! Just reduce the planet resource hunting !! ME2 is a legend in gaming!!!
i'd also suggest doing something with the hacking puzzles, either make them actually challenging or get rid of them. the hacks puzzles in mass effect 2 are so simplistic they're pointless.
I agree - or make more types of hacking puzzles. Still - I prefered the puzzles of ME2 over the hugely repetitious "move the pointer to the center" crap in ME1.
I stopped hacking lockers in ME1 simply because I hated doing those puzzles..after repeating them 100 times before!!!
Lol I was reading my own post - I left a sentence unfinished "The gameplay, the storyline, the combat, the RPG elements, the conversation wheel improvement and even the celebrity video/trailers" is FANTASTIC!!!
Yea - I've finished 3 playthroughs of this fking awesome game already. Waiting for the Hammerhead DLC to do my fourth.
I hope they release MAss Effect 3 in 2011, as is being indicated in the tabloids!!!
is it just me, or does the chick who plays Miranda look identical to her video game counter part? lmao, the only other game i've seen that in is MGS with Hayter/Snake
No it's not about what she's like, its the fact that she isn't real. And I know this full well, but I don't care. I suppose i'm feeling what 12 year old girls feel towards Edward Cullen. Maybe it's the fact that every girl i know either has the intelligence, integrity and humility of a toothpick, or that the ones that have those traits also have boyfriends, but right now I am more attracted to a fictional character than to any real-world person I know. Something's not right here.
Actually, I wouldnt say that there was anything really wrong with it. Characters in Mass Effect are far and away far better defined than any other character whether from Anime or other video games. And Tali is one of the best characters, if not THE best, from Mass Effect series. So, I wouldn't be worried. Seriously. XD
Lol same here, I try not to put too much stock in looks but so far its been my experience that if she isn't good looking, she's most likely annoying as fuck to boot haha
Mass Effect 2 , bests Sci-fi game EVER!
LiutiPalestraItalia 1 month ago 5
i really love will wheaton comments .... its just the same way i feel about this game
Basterdbazinga 2 months ago
i hope bioware somehow. decides. that after ME3. it's time to bring commander shephard back for a ME4 even though they say they won't i hope they choice otherwise
gmodzombieteam 6 months ago
@gmodzombieteam nah they will definatlly make another mass effect game but without commander shepard
pkerch00b1 1 month ago
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Alphonse7834 7 months ago
You know what? Bioware needs a Nobel Peace Prize for this game. Video games need a Nobel Peace Prize, and this is what will take it.
Flukyjoker 9 months ago 2
This is the best galaxy imagination ever and i wish it was real minus the reapers.
DBZisthebestanimever 9 months ago
WHEEEEEEEEATON!!!!!!!!!
hurray for big bang theory references
tASup3rhAXm4N 10 months ago
Does The Game actually play games or did he do this just for some money?
mgsfan103 10 months ago
6 peoples days were ruined by Shepard.
ratchetgladiatorfan 10 months ago
I would drink casey hudsons pee
dalbalt 11 months ago
@dalbalt Dude, wtf
So would i
Skidern 10 months ago
SHUT UP, WESLEY!
Balmung32 11 months ago
lol at 4:17 i thought shephards pull power teared that person apart
MrMurther 11 months ago
The thing that makes Mass Effect better than Star Wars and Star Trek (IMO, at least) is how you are changing the galaxy by the choices you make, making it a more personal experience. Will you save the Council? Will you kill Wrex? Will you hold onto the Collector Base or destroy it? The choices are what make it truly unique.
BearFang666 1 year ago
@BearFang666 I love how you can compare vast galactic consequences to saving the life of a krogan mercenary. (Even though I agree with everything you said, this still made me lol.)
FlingyRingy 1 year ago
Bioware is possibly my favorite developer!!
Jpipooly 1 year ago
Wesley!
Shipgate 1 year ago
is there a german version?
Dinorider100 1 year ago
Where is female Shepard? :(
Conchobhar 1 year ago 2
@Conchobhar HELL YEAH! Male Shepard is a poser.
IncandescentInsanity 1 year ago
holy crap, Tricia Helfer!
Mass effect is my second favourite SCI-FI coming up behind battlestar gallactica.
CortanaFTW 1 year ago
Mass Effect is my generation's Star Trek, and I sure hope it lasts just as long.
MarzX1802 1 year ago 87
@MarzX1802 They're only making one more game based on this cannon, but I hope they make more that takes place in this universe.
Baz0kable 1 year ago
@Baz0kable Maybe an RTS? Or a MMORPG where you can play as a hanar!
TempestDust 1 year ago
@Baz0kable they said ME3 will be the last in Shepards story but more games will be maid in the Mass effect universe
ilboche 1 year ago
@ilboche Yeah most definitely. The books are great too and have nothing to do with shepard.
ccjwarner 1 year ago
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@Baz0kable they said ME3 will be the last in Shepards story but more games will be made in the Mass effect universe
ilboche 1 year ago
@MarzX1802 you are right lets hope we have mass effect for a really loooooong time
AgustinCuca 10 months ago
@MarzX1802 The Original Star Trek was only on for 2 years.
ThicknSwift 10 months ago
@ThicknSwift Yeah but that was during the 60s and their still making stuff in the Star Trek universe
MarzX1802 10 months ago
@MarzX1802 well considering there will only be 3 games...i don't think it will...they're great games though!
jesup25 7 months ago
@jesup25 No, they're continuing the series after ME3. That trilogy will just be the end of the Commander Shepard story.
MarzX1802 7 months ago
@MarzX1802 oh...wait where did you hear that?
jesup25 7 months ago
@MarzX1802 That's cute.
crazy4sian 6 months ago
@crazy4sian I can't tell if you agree with me or are making fun of me.
MarzX1802 6 months ago
@MarzX1802 I said it's cute because you believe something as new as this will eventually become as historical as the Star Trek universe. I can see it happening, don't get me wrong, and I see great potential for this franchise in the future. Possible, but unlikely. On the same note, to me, that's like an eight year-old kid saying he'll become the next Beethoven just because he's joined a downtown symphony orchestra.
Then again, I'm a stranger. Does it really matter?
crazy4sian 6 months ago
@crazy4sian Well we'll just have to see. But you're right there is great potential for the franchise to continue but it would need to be expanded beyond games.
MarzX1802 6 months ago
@MarzX1802 Exactly. There are already books and an animated film in the making. If fans truly love and support it, then it may survive for another decade or two before the company or a different company decides to make another "Mass Effect" in the series. Who knows, maybe a sequel with a different Commander (i.e. Shepard:New Commander :: Kirk:Picard)?
crazy4sian 6 months ago
@crazy4sian And also, I said that I hope it will become as popular as Star Trek, I didn't say that it definitely would.
MarzX1802 6 months ago
@MarzX1802 Sometimes hopes and beliefs cross paths and become one and the same.
crazy4sian 6 months ago
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Lady just call Bioware. :D
coldshoulder14 1 year ago 159
@coldshoulder14 another great canadian developer
YouJussGotCurbed 1 year ago
@coldshoulder14 phone number please?
enterprise0709 1 year ago
@enterprise0709 Look it up. :3
coldshoulder14 1 year ago
Biggest flaw of ME2 was it's length. Everything else was great, but to center the story about finding a new team member, then going through the loyalty mission with each one of them to go for the first and last mission together.
That's what I missed in ME2 - longer story, a bit more dispersed in the verse and from the final mission.
b3ckett 1 year ago
@b3ckett Yeah, though this is definitely the premise for a great ending (ME3) this way you don't need to focus on characters as much as you would. This game was kind of about characters and advancing into the galaxy. In ME3 they won't have to worry about making as many characters but just a few. The story did not suck AT ALL... just compared to the original it lacked..
Mass effect 3 will bring everything together and I bet Bioware has great things in store for the story. :D
coldshoulder14 1 year ago
@coldshoulder14 : That's what I'm hoping for. Enough with introducing new characters (well, apart from another new Shepard if he died in ME2) and solely focusing on the story.
It's their moment of truth. ME1 and ME2 succeeded in builing the momentum up. Now it's all up to ME3 and the epilogue. And they damn better deliver, 'cause I'm going through ME1 and ME2 just before ME3... :)
b3ckett 10 months ago
@b3ckett Yeah I'm playing through them both, doing all the missions. This is the first game I've ever wanted to complete utterly and thoroughly.
Damn you Bioware for making a game I've invested over 100 hours in!! D:
coldshoulder14 10 months ago
@coldshoulder14 And the best part is that you'll do it all over again just to be prepared for multiple import saves just to check how it turns out in the end.
Like: A renegade Shepard could become the leader of the Reapers :D
b3ckett 10 months ago
@b3ckett God, you know... I just can't do renegade! (I mean like the killing innocents part, I can do the funny renegade stuff)
I can't go full renegade, it's just not in me. XD
I have a male and female shepard though. I'll be playing this game till I go to college. XD
Plus there's romances to account for also... though that should be easy.
Mine are Samara (if possible), Liara, Tali and Miranda...
Fem Shepard gets Garrus... cuz he's earned some peace... and he's my bro.
coldshoulder14 10 months ago
@coldshoulder14 I can't do fem Shepard's romances. If she was a bit more sluttish I might have tried that for fun. :P
I prefer Miranda and Ash - Liara was too much of a child to me. And a bit too blue:P)
If Tali's mask is removed in and I like - maybe I'll fancy her for a change
I totally agree with the renegade part - apart from looking badass, the important choices are a bit stupid and leave a bad taste in my mouth (feeling like a moron, not a badass) :) While the good choices are logical.
b3ckett 10 months ago
@b3ckett Yeah the Rachni choice? Completely obvious that we should save them. They'll be a huge asset in the war.
the Collector Base choice though.... could go either way.
coldshoulder14 10 months ago
@coldshoulder14 : As an asset - yep, but a bit risky one (Few rogue ones and here we go again). The collector base - a problematic matter. From what I've heard, Shepard will have some issues with Cerberus in the final installment. Maybe because of either destroying the base (well that pretty well looks like a resignation) or disapproving their methods of salvaging it...
b3ckett 10 months ago
me1 and me2 are the 2 best games i have ever played thumbs up if you agree
STARTEDXPENGUIN 1 year ago 3
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WHAT?? Mass Effect is a terrible sci-fi, but an OK action game. Have these people been smoking, or were they born yesterday? Seriously, people, are you all this stupid?
Sinekyre14 1 year ago
@Sinekyre14 get a life, are you seriously arguing about a video game...
mynamesSpartacus 1 year ago
@Sinekyre14 you need to shut the fuck up
TheFinalTimelord2 1 year ago
@Sinekyre14 TROLL
madhatter692 1 year ago
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@Sinekyre14 Lol, go back to your CoD
ABFan010 1 year ago
Mass Effect 2 Art of the game documentary. check it out
Ivo7889 1 year ago
defiantly agree that mass effect is the perfect balance between RPG and shooter. in my opinion its the best RPG of all time and definitely in my top 3 shooters list.
lwfighter109 1 year ago
@Zer0nite oh yeah hes golden gloves fursure lol.
lwfighter109 1 year ago
0:17. Look at Thane's hand speed. Mofo can BOX!
Zer0nite 1 year ago
Guysseriously, I agree with you. Mass Effect 2 was better as a shooter(and overal gameplay too.), but not as great when came to stories and RPGS. So you grap infamous characters, do their favor, and finish one mission; that was pretty much all me2 story was about. They should have melted character interaction and personality along the main story plot like me1, not overshadow it.
rulercoo 1 year ago
They better not make it anymore of a shooter or else it wll lose what makes mass effect great. I think looking back Mass effect 1 was flawed when it came to combat but its the characters and story which made people love it.
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Great Vid. My gameplay really picked up after visiting videogamestrategyguides (.) net
tranquilisolati 1 year ago
Casey Hudson looks stressed
ID3NTICAL 1 year ago
4:22 Is he mocking Dragon Age?
Olemguy 1 year ago
this game is soo much deeper than ppl realize... theres alot more truth to it... i just wish ppl would open thier eyes to it...
wily4 1 year ago
Using Cryo Blast on a still shielded/armored Ymir Mech ? Who let that guy play the game ? :-D
Anyway, ME2 - one of the best games I ever had the pleasure of playing. Several times.
Valbruch 1 year ago
Mass Effect: definitely must become a movie =D
SergeantBeans 1 year ago 4
@SergeantBeans it will. legendary pictures who made 300 are signed up
bushwhack69 1 year ago
@SergeantBeans a Saga at least 10 films to explain all the plot
JuStViCtoR 1 year ago
@SergeantBeans IT WOULD BE THE BEST MOVIE EVER.
RetartedWaffles 1 year ago
God, I wish Fox didn't try and murder Mass Effects love interest options. It's just not fair...
heavell99 1 year ago 4
@heavell99 I agree. It isnt fair how this form of media is being criticized for what a bit of making out. Really its a game and 2 did suffer in that area for it.
RE0514 1 year ago
5:00
"You know why you're shooting who you're shooting"
Um, no, I always wondered why I kept encountering the EXACT SAME mercenary groups on ALL the side missions. They are always enemies, yet they don't factor in the plot AT ALL.
Jammed9000 1 year ago
Someone doesn't know how to read dialogues.
ILOVETODANCELOL 1 year ago 2
@ILOVETODANCELOL
So, are you telling me that it's explained that in EVERY SINGLE side mission why the EXACT SAME mercinaries are there? um,...no. Trust me. thats why I play the game, for story.
Jammed9000 1 year ago
If you're not clever enough to figure it out by simply playing the game, why would I lose my time with you?
ILOVETODANCELOL 1 year ago
@ILOVETODANCELOL
Do you mean waste time? Anyway, you've already done that, but it's your problem. Goodbye.
Jammed9000 1 year ago
@Jammed9000 actually they really did go in depth on the mercenary groups and no they arent the same there is three bloodpack, blue suns, and eclipse. So you might wanna check that out next time you play.
RE0514 1 year ago
@RE0514
I know there is three. It's just I never saw anything that explained them in depth. And yes I will play through again.
Jammed9000 1 year ago
@xLanKx Not really, but I do think it stands shoulder to shoulder with them.
bebomac5 1 year ago
I'm Commander Shepard, and this is my favorite extranet vid on the Citadel.
aresef 1 year ago
id love to c bioware do another d and d game like neverwinter nights with the mass effect look and gameplay approach
wertsith 1 year ago
@wertsith dragon age much?
MLGplasmamonkey 1 year ago
@MLGplasmamonkey ah lol thats true but fun as da is, the combat could really use a boost, a bit more hack and slash. for me it felt a little too kotor ish.
wertsith 1 year ago
Bioware could practacly crap out some game and put it out on the market...
and it would still kick so much ass every1 would buy it
RizonReason 1 year ago
Question: What was the name of the author Adam Sessler mentions when referring to "high minded fiction"? I can't make it out in the video.
CaptainBrawnson 1 year ago
@CaptainBrawnson Issac Asimov
LVStud71 1 year ago
mass effect puts star trek and star wars into the ground
xLanKx 1 year ago 157
@xLanKx couldn't agree more.. sorry luke skywalker. :D
coldshoulder14 1 year ago
@xLanKx
only until the old republic comes out.
bioware FTW
icemoomoo 1 year ago
@icemoomoo At least it's it's own IP and their own idea and universe, unlike star wars
indefinitepit 1 year ago
@xLanKx To be fair, Star Wars is more of a fantasy set in space than it is sci-fi. It has sci-fi elements, but that's about it.
plasticgiantcatbear 1 year ago
@xLanKx For sure!!!!!
Firrodrigolosofia 1 year ago
@xLanKx Dunno about that... it's the MODERN STAR WARS as far as I'm concerned... but just.. better. XD
coldshoulder14 1 year ago
@xLanKx star trek yes, star wars no.
asn8744 1 year ago
Too right mate.
DJBerryman 1 year ago
@xLanKx no, not star wars, even though im not a treky, i doubt the 4 years mass effect has been around, doesnt add up to 80 combined years of star wars and star trek
but i still love mass effect, its one of my favorite game series
cereal343 1 year ago
@xLanKx I wouldn't say to the ground, Star Wars and Trek are a huge universe, Mass Effect has a lot of catching up to do.
Sairium 11 months ago
videogames in the past have beenpercieved as pointless mind numbing violence, which isnt always true, either way this game is a huge step foreward
shimmerspear 1 year ago
What a great documentary... I stand by what they say: "Games can be powerful and emotional and resonate with people the same way movies or television do."
HonorGuard117 1 year ago 2
lol 3.07. Leader of Axis of Anarchy from show "The Guild" . Felicia also has his babies.
Postaldewd 1 year ago
The only two things I was dissapointed with ME 2 about was the Credit music was too short and there were not enough Hanar, apart from that damn it I cant wait for ME 3!!!!!!
Hydra000001 1 year ago
@Hydra000001 I CAN'T FKN WAIT EITHER!!
Keyblade660 1 year ago
@Hydra000001 I want Blasto in my crew next game damnit!!!!
audallas841 1 year ago
This game is amazing. I'm about 13 hours in.
Ortej331 1 year ago
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Fuck your PR hype machine Bioware your mission to create games for the masses, and you've stated as much all along. Choice is an illusion in this game, as is character and story.
The plot is basically Shepard's Rock Band, no depth or gravity to any of it.
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This video is a fucking joke.
UnorthodoxEntertainm 1 year ago
ea is some momey hogs.
they overprice evey single good game they make
gangsterdragon2 1 year ago
Holy shit, Wil Wheaton.
SpectreFTL 1 year ago
i love bioware
buzai12 1 year ago 126
@buzai12 You'd have to be a Reaper not to love them. :D
coldshoulder14 1 year ago
love mass effect
love it even more if EA didnt own it
Heatliex24 1 year ago
i agree
ghostfire119 1 year ago
It seems to me like Bioware is given full freedom. Most likely because they put out such high-quality work, EA won't even interfere. Which kicks ass.
SpectreFTL 1 year ago
@SpectreFTL i would agree but if you remember ME1 there was endless different weapons and armor, and on ME2 you have to pay for them as download content. sounds like EAs influence to me
ME2 also totally copied Gears of War's combat controls but that's not a bad thing
Heatliex24 1 year ago
@Heatliex24 BioWare is still on the utmost forefront of DLC at this point. They used Dragon Age as a stepping stone, as it has expansion packs. ME2 is unmatched in the sheer amount of "true" DLC. Take the Firewalker DLC pack; MW2 releases only five maps (two of which are retakes, mind you) and charges $15. BioWare has released well over $50's worth of DLC for free. Katsumi's Stolen Memories is going to be well worth the appropriately-priced $7 charge. I look forward to it.
SpectreFTL 1 year ago
@SpectreFTL Bioware has released content that you already paid for when you bought the game as DLC. None of this is true DLC, it was all developed along side the game you fucking moron.
UnorthodoxEntertainm 1 year ago
@Heatliex24 people were bitchin about the ME1 having too much inventory which was'nt a problem for me,but the only thing i wish ME2 had was a crouch buttom it just felt weird playing without one.
antberry19 1 year ago
Hmm Ive never thought about this but can we go through the whole without activating grunt or legion?
Atonil 1 year ago
No, because the primary objective in 90% of the game is Assemble the team, if you do not have the whole team you cant start the Suicide Mission.
danielkronos 1 year ago
actually yes you can
Raidenx101x101x 1 year ago
as I commented another video, although the game is great, I don't get the feeling my character is as custom as it became in ME1. I don't feel like growing/developing a char that much as mentioned in the vid.
cero815 1 year ago
The A.V. clubs guy's prototypical " long winded RPG backstory" sounds a lot like the premise of Dragon Age.
lol'd
crazybeff 1 year ago 2
Wrong, the IFF is installed immediately after you return from the Derelict Reaper. The initial mission you attempt after installing it triggers the Collector attack on your ship, as soon as you click the map, Miranda calls you down and the team uses the shuttle to avoid causing issues in systems.
Immediately after the attack your shuttle is back on the Normandy and you are asked whether to build the team, or save the crew.
lgvereor 1 year ago
Played it five times already, going on six. I just finished a perfect play through on Insanity difficulty, saved the whole crew, everyone survived suicide mission, and beat the Reaper in only a few tries.
Tip for anyone after the flawless suicide mission and full crew, don't activate Legion until after you finish the game, if you do you have to do his loyalty mission which causes some of the crew to die in the Collector base.
lgvereor 1 year ago
@lgvereor Not true. You can activate him immediately after the Derelict Reaper, then talk to him and he immediately gives his Loyalty Mission. You have to do a single mission after the DR to get the Collectors attack the Normandy scene, so you can use Legion's Loyalty Mission for that. That way, you can head straight through Omega-4 after that scene, saving the crew in time, and still have a Loyal Legion.
That's what I did my very first time through. And I used Legion for my tech specialist.
XerBlade 1 year ago 2
Also, you don't have to have every single character Loyal to keep them all alive anyway (though I did my first time through anyway). You only have to have the ones you assign specialist roles to and a majority of the rest.
XerBlade 1 year ago
@XerBlade No, you do need to keep them all loyal depending on the difficulty, the higher the diffficulty the higher chance they can die, on Insanity they can still die even if loyal, where as on Veteran you can get away with no deaths as long as they are loyal.
As for doing Legion's mission right before, false, I tried that and I had crew members dead, though unimportant crew members like the CIC crew nonetheless.
lgvereor 1 year ago
@lgvereor You missed what I said entirely, didn't you? I explained that it is entirely possible to get Legion's Loyalty Mission out of the way before the IFF is ever active and before your crew ever gets abducted in the first place!
It is impossible to go to the Suicide Mission to begin with (EDI will not let you go through the Omega-4 relay if you try) until you have already completed at least one mission after the Derelict Reaper, so you just have to make Legion's mission that one mission.
XerBlade 1 year ago
@lgvereor this guy is wrong. Activate the geth after you finish all the other small quests. the anomalies and everything. And you can do his loyalty quest and still not have your crew die, and your squad members will all survive. Sentinel ftw.
WhoStoleTreki 1 year ago
not if you save his mission for last.
Bleu098 1 year ago
im frigen addicted to this game...i have to force myself to put down the controller even tho ive beat it twice already
S3cr3tSu1c1d3 2 years ago 2
Lol, I didn't recognize him at all until all of the sudden I looked down at the name and I was like OMG IT'S WIL FUCKING WHEATON.
minisiets 2 years ago
dudes it's Wil Wheaton! from Star Trek next gen!
T0pcatFilms 2 years ago
I love this game!! Good Job Bioware!!!
RebeltubeProductions 2 years ago 4
I liked the planet scanning and such... it was interesting to see the planets they came up with and reading the descriptions of the planets, etc... it gave the galaxy you were in a bigger feel to it.
HypnoPants 2 years ago
Has Bioware ever made a game that wasn't totally awesome? Curse you 4rthur4elves, I was going to say excactly what you said.
Username00071 2 years ago 2
@Username00071
- Canadian games ftw? :P
Even better... I live IN Edmonton, Alberta... their HQ is here :) I pass by it on the bus everytime I go write an exam, hehehe.
HypnoPants 2 years ago
@Username00071 I came from the future when you actually posted this, I've read it and then returned back to past to post it before you. lol
4rthur4lves 1 year ago
lolSessler.
SageVallant 2 years ago
Instant fucking classic.
noodleneck03 2 years ago
If Bioware is reading this : Guys You've got everything right!!! Just reduce the need for planet probing in ME3 !! The gameplay, the storyline, the combat, the RPG elements, the conversation wheel improvement and even the celebrity video/trailers!! Just reduce the planet resource hunting !! ME2 is a legend in gaming!!!
TheSebulba1978 2 years ago 4
i'd also suggest doing something with the hacking puzzles, either make them actually challenging or get rid of them. the hacks puzzles in mass effect 2 are so simplistic they're pointless.
otherjoe1234 2 years ago
I agree - or make more types of hacking puzzles. Still - I prefered the puzzles of ME2 over the hugely repetitious "move the pointer to the center" crap in ME1.
I stopped hacking lockers in ME1 simply because I hated doing those puzzles..after repeating them 100 times before!!!
TheSebulba1978 2 years ago
oh, you must have played the PC version of ME1, the console puzzles on that were even simpler. but yeah, ME2's puzzles were just pathetically easy.
otherjoe1234 2 years ago
@TheSebulba1978
More RPG elements! Deeper conversations with support cast! Less Garrus calibrating!
SageVallant 2 years ago
Just finished! the game is absolutely fantastic - and i join you on your pov on resource gathering - though i consider it a mini game.
jfunf 2 years ago
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Lol I was reading my own post - I left a sentence unfinished "The gameplay, the storyline, the combat, the RPG elements, the conversation wheel improvement and even the celebrity video/trailers" is FANTASTIC!!!
Yea - I've finished 3 playthroughs of this fking awesome game already. Waiting for the Hammerhead DLC to do my fourth.
I hope they release MAss Effect 3 in 2011, as is being indicated in the tabloids!!!
TheSebulba1978 2 years ago
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Dude mass effect 2 is awesome! This game is so fun, best thing about it though, i got it free at
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TubeTweaks 2 years ago
@BeingTheHuman Maybe it's his accent! :P
scarey2k7 2 years ago
@scarey2k7
Yeah, or the fact he is a bad boy now. There is something about him though that makes him...well...hot.
BeingTheHuman 2 years ago
OMG, Wil Wheaton was in "The Guild"!
georgedaman1221 2 years ago
is it just me, or does the chick who plays Miranda look identical to her video game counter part? lmao, the only other game i've seen that in is MGS with Hayter/Snake
meantrentgreen 2 years ago
yep, she was modelled off her
ghostrj 2 years ago
@ghostrj you mean Jess?
zezimine2 2 years ago
@meantrentgreen Most of the time they model the characters to look like the actors.
LionexHunter 2 years ago
I feel genuine attraction towards Tali, a fictional, digital, alien character in the game. And am disgusted and appalled at myself for it.
gofojibwas 2 years ago
Why be disgusted and appalled? Seriously?
Tali is...cute, sweet, smart, funny and yeah...shes a hottie even if you CANT see what she looks like.
BeingTheHuman 2 years ago 2
No it's not about what she's like, its the fact that she isn't real. And I know this full well, but I don't care. I suppose i'm feeling what 12 year old girls feel towards Edward Cullen. Maybe it's the fact that every girl i know either has the intelligence, integrity and humility of a toothpick, or that the ones that have those traits also have boyfriends, but right now I am more attracted to a fictional character than to any real-world person I know. Something's not right here.
gofojibwas 2 years ago 2
Actually, I wouldnt say that there was anything really wrong with it. Characters in Mass Effect are far and away far better defined than any other character whether from Anime or other video games. And Tali is one of the best characters, if not THE best, from Mass Effect series. So, I wouldn't be worried. Seriously. XD
BeingTheHuman 2 years ago
Haha that's true. I guess it's not all that bad..
gofojibwas 2 years ago
@BeingTheHuman I prefer Garrus myself! (Not in THAT way... ;D)
scarey2k7 2 years ago
@scarey2k7
I dunno man. There is something about Garrus that makes him interesting in THAT way.
BeingTheHuman 2 years ago
@gofojibwas Tali W00T W00T :P
I feel you though, the only hot girls in my class are idiot bimbos, and the ugly ones are the ones that excel at academics
georgedaman1221 2 years ago
Lol same here, I try not to put too much stock in looks but so far its been my experience that if she isn't good looking, she's most likely annoying as fuck to boot haha
gofojibwas 2 years ago