Don't know if you can answer this, but can any class use the drones or are there class advantages with them? Like say the engineer can use more than the soldier or there are added benefits. #notebookdump
Combat drones in Mass Effect seems kinda neato. The only problem is that I've always been terrible at managing my party. By the time I get around to attending to their needs, they're likely already out of commission. Let's hope some of these drones can heal. #notebookdump
There has always been ammo that could "freeze or blow up enemies". Now you can just select it from a wheel real time instead of going into the menu and switching a weapon's specifications.
And shit, I hope Bioware doesn't release the entire party roster. We already have about half of them revealed, let us discover and have our "oh shit!" or "oh my fucking god, you're alive?!" moments.
@Trey: well, bioware could change there marketing push just for you or you could just accept the fact that 'oh shit' and 'oh my fucking god' moments are cheap transient thrills with no merit what-so-ever. #masseffect2
@tetracycloide: actually discovering who survived, and what happened to your party is a serious part of the story. how do moments like that carry no merit? #masseffect2
@Twik63: person A survives is not a serious part of the story, how they survived is. it's not the bullet point 'spoiler' facts that make a story, not a good one anyway, it's the details. the parts you want to hear over and over again on multipul play throughs becuase they're so intersting. if the only thing that's interesting about a moment is that you've never experienced it before then that's just not good story telling. you can't spoil a bioware game, they're simply chalk full of moments that are worth hearing again and again. #masseffect2
@tetracycloide: Spoilers are spoilers. The confirmation of someone's fate in a story before the story is out for public conmsumption is a spoiler, and is usually something very interesting or important. I don't mind knowing about these new enemies, but I'd be fucking pissed if Kotaku came out the wordwork like, "they reanimated Saren, he's actually your father, you can now wield lightsabers."
According to you, Raiden in MGS2 wasn't a big deal. Just because it's not important to you doesn't mean they're "cheap thrills" (seriously, you're arguing about "cheap thrills" in a fucking video game?) #masseffect2
@syntrix001: I don't mind a couple being party members being released, but there's something special about meeting a character and they're a total badass, and you're all like, "damn, I hope he's playable/party member" and you finally unlock him and you feel like the fucking man. It's not that easy to say "don't read anything about this super-hyped up game that you are eagerly anticipating, because even though this is an impression of the game and what you should expect from it gameplay and fundamentally-wise, they're going to spoil a pretty big thing for you." At least, it isn't for me. #masseffect2
I'd kill for an announcement of old playable cast members. My party is incomplete without a jaded space cop waxing poetic about the nature of space crime. #masseffect2
@mintycrys is HOT for Bayonetta: While I was down at Pax I asked Bioware about returning Party members and they said as long as they survived the first game they return for the second. #masseffect2
@Vecha: One more Month: Yeah. It would have been better to have them revealed to us in the game. It would have had that Halo effect, when you first encounter The Flood ( I loved it anyway!).
My own fault anyway, I actually swore to myself two months ago that I'd avoid ME2 news stories. #masseffect2
@Vecha: One more Month: I read both novels and really have no idea what you're talking about. Oh, I thought you were talking about the Collector's edition! Nah, the Collector's still sound awesome.
@Vecha: One more Month: umm...no. I read it- thought it was great, even better than the first, and I'm MORE excited for the game. Why would you be disappointed? #masseffect2
I wouldn't avoid the second novel for this alone, there is quite a bit more in the novel besides the collector's...actually I'd say the collector's had a very minor minor minor minor role. #masseffect2
@Vecha: One more Month: Well you have to think of it this way- the Novel is written as cannon. They WANT you to have read the novels so that you can tie in all the information and have a better view of the whole universe. The whole 'feeling' they want to convey. I don't know if you're a Halo fan or not, but the Halo story is a phenominal one- one that's very, very deep and really great Sci Fi. But if you only played the games- you won't know a 3rd of that story. The books- written as cannon pieces of the universe- are almost essential to 'getting it'. I'd guess the same is true of Mass Effect. Sure, ME is an RPG with thousands of lines of dialogue, but there's still so much MORE you get when reading the books. I'd bet they'll still have plenty of room to impress you with the collectors and their storyline... #masseffect2
No...sorry. I played Mass Effect before I read the books. The books only add to the story, whereas with Halo, the books are Needed to get more out of the story(as how you describe Mass Effect.)
After playing Halo, I can say I do not understand the story as fully as I did when I played Mass Effect.
I could read the books for Halo, but I choose not to as the story in the game does not interest me. It's a fun game, but the game's story isn't interesting to me(as it is...the books add tot his I'm told, but I don't feel like reading the books).
Yet, with Mass Effect, the story was really intriguing and interesting to me that I wanted to read the books...which added only a bit of a backstory and the game expands on this. Instead of the other way around with the Halo books. #masseffect2
This game is coming out in Febuary next year right?
Cos this game has as much vid's n screenshots coming out as Assassin Creed n that's out in a few weeks.
Either this game is going to be much longer than the first, or we are going to know most of the games info n plot before the game comes out in 4 months time. #masseffect2
@Stephen Totilo: Only just 2 days being off February. But still, for a game that's coming out in 1/4 of a years time, we are getting an awful lot of info on it at this point.
e.g original dev dairies had stuff about how folks we're going missing and such, so you know it's left ambiguous as to why, something to learn as we play the game, then last nights video pretty much went "it's this insect race called the Collectors, oh they're working with Reavers too" #masseffect2
@hot_heart: The Collectors. They were mentioned in the second novel, but you should watch the vid Kotaku posted earlier for a quicker explanation. #masseffect2
@hot_heart: Agree with you about the first novel. The only interesting bit was in the Epilogue IMO. The second is better, but not by a large margin however.
Luckily for me, I work for the company that publishes them in the UK, so I get them for free! #masseffect2
@TrjnRabbit: They're addictive in a "god, these planets are so boring and repetitive, but dammit if I can't stop!" kind of way. The only sidequest I can say I really liked was the one where you had to go to the moon to destroy a faulty AI or something. Completing it gave you your sub class. #masseffect2
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And shit, I hope Bioware doesn't release the entire party roster. We already have about half of them revealed, let us discover and have our "oh shit!" or "oh my fucking god, you're alive?!" moments.
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According to you, Raiden in MGS2 wasn't a big deal. Just because it's not important to you doesn't mean they're "cheap thrills" (seriously, you're arguing about "cheap thrills" in a fucking video game?) #masseffect2
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Are you currently high/drunk, or did the doctor just drop you on your head when you were born?
This is why I normally avoid articles that involve spoilers. Guess it's time to go back to that philosophy. #masseffect2
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EDIT: I take that back. They look nothing alike.
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Multiple play troughs! #masseffect2
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In before developer blah blah blah!
I really do need to get outside more. #masseffect2
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The mystery is now gone slightly... #masseffect2
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Thanks for the heads-up. Maybe I will avoid the second novel. #masseffect2
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My own fault anyway, I actually swore to myself two months ago that I'd avoid ME2 news stories. #masseffect2
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But, the Collector's weren't insects in the novel. They were unknown creatures...that would swoop down and take their victims...
Now we know they are bugs...with a "hive mind" similar to the Geth...
I just thought there was more to them...
But I haven't lost faith in the game! Just a bit dissapointed.. #masseffect2
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I wouldn't avoid the second novel for this alone, there is quite a bit more in the novel besides the collector's...actually I'd say the collector's had a very minor minor minor minor role. #masseffect2
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Yea...I can't swear the same thing as I wouldn't be able to keep it...
I'm sure there are other unknown things! #masseffect2
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No...sorry. I played Mass Effect before I read the books. The books only add to the story, whereas with Halo, the books are Needed to get more out of the story(as how you describe Mass Effect.)
After playing Halo, I can say I do not understand the story as fully as I did when I played Mass Effect.
I could read the books for Halo, but I choose not to as the story in the game does not interest me. It's a fun game, but the game's story isn't interesting to me(as it is...the books add tot his I'm told, but I don't feel like reading the books).
Yet, with Mass Effect, the story was really intriguing and interesting to me that I wanted to read the books...which added only a bit of a backstory and the game expands on this. Instead of the other way around with the Halo books. #masseffect2
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I heard that vomiting video game assets is a symtpom of swine flu. #masseffect2
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Zing? #masseffect2
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Cos this game has as much vid's n screenshots coming out as Assassin Creed n that's out in a few weeks.
Either this game is going to be much longer than the first, or we are going to know most of the games info n plot before the game comes out in 4 months time. #masseffect2
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e.g original dev dairies had stuff about how folks we're going missing and such, so you know it's left ambiguous as to why, something to learn as we play the game, then last nights video pretty much went "it's this insect race called the Collectors, oh they're working with Reavers too" #masseffect2
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I guess I might pick up the novel before the game hits but the first one wasn't great. #masseffect2
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Luckily for me, I work for the company that publishes them in the UK, so I get them for free! #masseffect2
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I think some of these shots might be for the rogue intelligent Geth that supposedly hunts you throughout the game. #masseffect2
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In the first game, you had to do it by going into the inventory, then applying it as an upgrade on the gun.
The whole inventory system was a pain in the ass in the first one, so making things like ammo upgrades possible in combat? That's awesome.
Now excuse me, I still have to actually beat the first game. . . once I get through just a few more sidequests, they're addictive dammit. #masseffect2
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