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11/28/09
11/27/09
I'll buy this game regardless of whatever Bioware does; but, if they can achieve that same feeling of control and finesse I had in the first game (by the time my enemies hit the floor, they were dead), I'll be quite satisfied.
11/27/09
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11/27/09
Well..if it ends up that there is no choice and it is an event no matter what...well...I'll think they need a new PR guy(really...I've played many bioware games and while there are many choices...I don't remember events being that dynamic).
11/27/09
*minor spoiler*
For instance, there was a mother who put herself between her unconscious child [whom I had unwittingly beat into a pulp ] and myself and when I tried to reason with her and she realized it would only end one way she screamed 'DON'T KILL MY BABY!'. Suffice to say, she won out with that though there was the option to knock her out as well and slit the child's throat while she was unconscious. I personally found I just couldn't do it even though I knew it wasn't real life. Kudos to the DA:O writing staff and the voice actors for making me feel like a horrible human being.
11/27/09
I have played and beaten the game.
I'm a huge bioware fan.
But have not played a single bioware game that lead to choice like sky described.
11/27/09
11/27/09
Of course they do. I'll definitely agree with that statement.
But there are limits...and I don't see how they can make it to where you A.) don't have a trial B.) have a trial C.) Get Tali D.) Don't get tali and mix that with other choices in the game.
Unless the trial takes 5 minutes and not much goes into it I suppose.
11/27/09
Either way, I never had Tali in my party in my multiple playthroughs, but I'm going to utilize her eventually. I always took the time out to advance her dialogue, though. It was interesting how her people were (spoilers) the creators of the Geth (spoilers are over). And if this video is anything to go by, shit just got real on the flotilla.
This vid also shows of a lot of AI Hacking. I rarely used that skill.
11/27/09
11/27/09
And the entire room just laughed at him.
I'm glad to see their improving on the character by the looks of the trailer, I hope she's a little less useless this time round for me. And the new Biotic powers look fucking brilliant, I'm definitely glad my main shepard is a Vanguard!
11/27/09
Creating AI being driven from their homeland, growing up in suits that they almost never take off, living in cubicles for their lives.
11/27/09
11/27/09
She's a balanced and very likeable character that doesn't seem to fall under any archetype or cliche that I can think of (that's pretty good considering ME is not just a video game, but a BioWare video game). I also love her voice.
Tali is my space princess.
11/27/09
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11/27/09
But, hey, if others did, more power to 'em. It not for me to tell you how to enjoy Mass Effect.
11/27/09
As soon as I discovered the all-too-rare, high level armour for Tali she became a permanent part of any playthrough where Shep wasn't a tech (i.e. nearly all of them). The revelation that some Geth were broadcasting an old Quarian song from one of their bases offered much more depth to the backstory than Garrus' vengeance melodrama.
If Luke Plunkett had Tali in any of his squads then I'd really like to know why he found her so forgettable. If he didn't then why bother with such an irrelevant remark? After all, even Wrex can be labelled forgettable if left utterly ignored.
11/27/09
11/27/09
I didn't know Jill was in this game...
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.... I need to get round to playing my copy of the first game...
11/27/09
I wonder what kind of biotics the Vanguards have this time around. The one they showed for the Adept looked pretty badass - but then, so did the Vanguard charge that's been floating around too. I wonder if there are any crossover abilities. I kind of wanted to keep my Shepard as a Vanguard again - but I don't know, the Adepts look much improved.
I'm starting to be desperate to wanting to dive back into the Mass Effect universe, but seeing all the improvements that have been made to the game make it impossible to want to play through the first one again. :-\
11/26/09
11/26/09
I liked the gritty look of the film grain in the first.
11/26/09
I am fairly certain they will have that as an option you can turn on though so don't worry, it will probably just be off by default this time.
11/26/09
Well the film grain gave my overly-sensitive eyes a headache for the first few days I played it, but I came to love it.
11/26/09
You will blow through the game at the higher levels. They are pretty much unstoppable.
Tali was awesome.
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