E3: Mass Effect 2 Comments by Christian Donlan
Shepard's delight.
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PearOfAnguish
04/06/09 @ 10:45
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So the game is full of insta-death moments that you'll stumble across if you choose the wrong option? I hope I've misinterpreted that, because it sounds shit.
"but you'll no longer need to pause the action to make selections" You don't need to, or you can't? The pausing was handy sometimes. |
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"More importantly, the dialogue system has been tweaked. Conversations and choices are now integrated much more smoothly into the shockingly stylish cinematics, and the butting-in system that was hinted at but never delivered in the first Mass Effect has been implemented, an occasional option to cut someone short now available whenever a left trigger symbol pops up. It works wonders in terms of making the exposition edgier and more natural, but be careful wielding your new powers of interjection: sometimes you'll find yourself racing in with nothing but a snide rebuttal, but on one occasion in the demo, Shepard ends a chat by pushing his conversation partner out of a skyscraper window."
AWE SOME |
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AphoticCosmos
04/06/09 @ 10:46
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@ Pear
On the Gamespot E3 Live demo yesterday they showed the skill wheel. It's still there and you can still pause in combat to make selections. Also, I'm so pumped for ME2, but I'm trying to avoid everything about it in the hope that it'll be as awesome as it can be when I get my hands on it.
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PearOfAnguish
04/06/09 @ 10:50
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My favourite was the one where s/he punches the reporter for asking too many questions. Yeah! Have some space-fist, journalist.
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AphoticCosmos
04/06/09 @ 10:53
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Lol - aye the journalist one was quality.
Conrad Verner as well - "THIS IS HOW A GUN IN YOUR FACE FEELS!" |
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PearOfAnguish
04/06/09 @ 11:02
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Haha yes I made him cry. That was brilliant. I hope he's back in the second.
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RedSparrows
04/06/09 @ 11:13
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no it's not on PS3, for the last time.
Easily the game I want most. The refinements sound like exactly what I wanted, and the technical improvements bode well too. Awesome. |
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AphoticCosmos
04/06/09 @ 11:25
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One more totally random one:
"Because it's a big stupid jellyfish!" I don't know why, but that makes me crack up every time. |
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hiddenranbir
04/06/09 @ 11:33
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I think Bioware needs to stop saying "darker".
They've peddled that word so much I don't actually believe them any more. Nor do I understand what they actually mean by it. What? Another reference to rape as they've done in Generic Age? P.S. I'm still pre-ordering both games. :P
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Ashen-Shugar
04/06/09 @ 12:18
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""You don't get to just walk away from this, Fist!"
BLAM! " I'm really enjoying playing ME again as a baddie after having played the paragon first time through. There may only be mostly superficial changes but somehow it really feels different this playthrough. As others have said, ME is one of the highlights of this generation of gaming. It's incredibly rare to see such mature (not tits'n'ass or gore, but actual maturity), well written and coherent content in a game these days. |
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Slipstream
04/06/09 @ 13:10
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I'm not liking the sound of these drawn out death scenes either, it looks like you're gonna have to save everytime you think a 'choice' is coming. Even then all people will do is reaload and make the right choice, the one that will actuallt see the game through to the end, the 'linear' choice perhaps? Is this really a step forward?
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Ashen-Shugar
04/06/09 @ 13:13
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"I can't tell you how good it feels."
You can tell me, I'm a doctor. |
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AphoticCosmos
04/06/09 @ 13:19
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Just been playing through Bring Down The Sky on my current playthrough . . . so much better than I remember it being. The whole atmosphere of the asteroid is really dark, and the music is awesome.
I still hate the choice at the end though. You can't win :( |
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PearOfAnguish
04/06/09 @ 13:34
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"Even then all people will do is reaload and make the right choice, the one that will actuallt see the game through to the end, the 'linear' choice perhaps? Is this really a step forward?"
There must be more to it because it really doesn't make any sense as described in the article.
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but you'll no longer need to pause the action to make selections.
That was what made the last game's combat bearable, the tactical aspect where you could pause and give orders to your teammates. With that lost, this is just an action game with rpg elements... :( Edit: Nevermind.
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Loved Mass Effect on the 360 even if it was a bit broken technically on that platform. It was one of the few games that had me so engrossed I just had to keep playing it to find out how it ended. And what an ending. Awesome from start to finish. Very Babylon 5-ish in style but a lot more interactive. I'm very excited for the sequel, although I'll get the PC version next time round. I just hope it's released at the same time as the 360 version and isn't delayed. That would be... annoying!
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"...sometimes you'll find yourself racing in with nothing but a snide rebuttal, but on one occasion in the demo, Shepard ends a chat by pushing his conversation partner out of a skyscraper window"
I distinctly remember selecting something like "Oh, SHUT UP!" in the first game which prompted my Shepard to pull her pistol and shoot the guy in the head. This isn't a new feature... -edit- Oh, Dizzy already mentioned this. Anyway, sounds fantastic!
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obscured021
04/06/09 @ 15:48
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sweet that there is going to be a pc version, i played and finished the 360 version and picked up the pc version in the zaffi close down sale for 6 euro, the pc version was a lot better to play control wise and also looked a lot better.
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I'm on my second playthrough, on the first one I aligned with The Force. Now I'm quite an arse and I'm having a bad time... I made the poor hanar preacher go away feeling like his entire race utterly sucked and I feel horrible for it... BRILLIANT GAME!!!
Can't wait for the sequel, just hope people don't fill the internet with impossible to evade spoilers!!! |
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EvilBob_leeds
04/06/09 @ 19:24
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Loved the first one, but my main niggle wasn't mentioned - the non main quest planets; there weren't enough of them and they weren't diverse enough. And all the alien bases on them looked the same. Needed to be surrounded by a Oblivion-esque big wide world of side quests and easter eggs in my opinion.
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AphoticCosmos
04/06/09 @ 19:26
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@EvilBob
The E3 live demo on Gamespot yesterday involved BioWare founders Ray Muzyka and Greg Zeschuk, who said that uncharted worlds are still in, but they feel a lot more unique and handcrafted. /is optimistic. |
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"There must be more to it because it really doesn't make any sense as described in the article. "
I reckon that it will probably have something to do with the support characters. I.e. if wrex where to die at some point in the game (or the previous one) and would have saved your life in the end if he didn't. |
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