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Mass Effect 2 Hype Thread
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Metroidvania
People called Romanes they go the house?
Meus Renaissance said:
In case you don't care about teh spoilerz,
This has already been confirmed to some extent, though we're not sure about what exactly this Shepard is.
Odd, as one of the trailers, I think it's the VA reveal, shows the team getting out of what looks to be like a "hover" mako, though that could be the dropship...hmm.
EmCeeGramr
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The Lamonster said:I really can't wait another three weeks for this game
hmmmm...
sovereign is about to land on frozen cartman
Meus Renaissance
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Shit, I called it SEVEN MONTHS AGO
Read my post on BioWare's forums
UPDATE: BioWare employee locks my thread there after I bumped it :lol
Read my post on BioWare's forums
The debut trailer showed him to be dead and the E3 trailer shows a clip from Mass Effect 2 where an Asari is surprised to see him (Shepard! I thought you were dead), yet he clearly is alive. In the interviews ascertaining to this question, the developers were reluctant to go into - neither addressing the question of his supposed dead and the fact that he is a playable character in the game.
In the Collectors Edition of Mass Effect, there are some video documentaries showing the development of the game and also future ideas for the franchise. One point a developer made in the game is talk about the ethical implications for where humans combined themselves with Synthetics. I am paraphrasing here but he rhetorically stated "What is it truly to be alive? Do you have to be organic or can you be synthetic?"
Perhaps Shepard does die naturally at some point in the game, but they do something to his body. Maybe clone him or give him synthetic implants? This would fit into BioWare's goals to push the debate of where life begins and ends.
Opinions?
In the Collectors Edition of Mass Effect, there are some video documentaries showing the development of the game and also future ideas for the franchise. One point a developer made in the game is talk about the ethical implications for where humans combined themselves with Synthetics. I am paraphrasing here but he rhetorically stated "What is it truly to be alive? Do you have to be organic or can you be synthetic?"
Perhaps Shepard does die naturally at some point in the game, but they do something to his body. Maybe clone him or give him synthetic implants? This would fit into BioWare's goals to push the debate of where life begins and ends.
Opinions?
UPDATE: BioWare employee locks my thread there after I bumped it :lol
Wiggum2007
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Metroidvania said:
Yup that's the dropship, there is a picture of it in the review. Interesting that the new Mako would be cut though, just because it seemed like not that long ago they were still dropping hints about it.
Haha, yeah that sums it up nicely, its going to be three looooong weeks.The Lamonster said:I really can't wait another three weeks for this game
hmmmm...
Good to see it getting a 9.5, and about their gripe about the story: never did take a gaming magazines assessment of a games story seriously.
There still seems to be some confusion over the vehicle issue, as it wasn't long ago Casey was talking about strafing and vehicular combat you could control.
Maybe the reviewer got it wrong, or was too vague. Maybe the vehicle control only comes into play on main quest worlds. Or maybe Bioware cut it at a really late stage and they're dumb and didn't tell anyone about it. Who knows.
Maybe the reviewer got it wrong, or was too vague. Maybe the vehicle control only comes into play on main quest worlds. Or maybe Bioware cut it at a really late stage and they're dumb and didn't tell anyone about it. Who knows.
Meus Renaissance
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Man some of those people on that forum are complete dicks
The Lamonster
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Agreed. We need to get to the bottom of this.Nab said:
I'll be disappointed if I can't explore uncharted planets with a vehicle.
Meus Renaissance
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Scarring? I'm a little confused here. I read a spoiler which states that
John dies at the very beginning of the game, and they in effect turn him into a Cyborg of some kind.
Wiggum2007
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The scars will get worse for characters that choose Renegade options, but the devs have stated that there will be a research sidequest pretty early on in which you will be able to completely remove them.
Revelations
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Wha!? He looks badass. Like the terminator or something.Sir Fragula said:
Wiggum2007 said:
Well they cut the worst part of the first game but then they could have just copy HALO's scorpion tank with the exact same controls, the whole point of having a vehicle with a turret is you can just blow the crap out of everything, not the buggy-driving which isn't all that fun.
As for the game I hope the AI is good because non-challenging AI would be a no-go for me. Not like the original ME had an epic story, it's a tad disappointing to read the story isn't as good, it's hard to grind through a game like this without a story and characters worth giving a crap about.
Confidence Man
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Lafiel said:If you thought DA had a incredible main story, i somehow doubt ME2 will be that big of a downgrade for you.
Seriously. What was the main story in DA? We have to stop the Blight, let's go convince everyone else to help! The characters' stories are the main attraction in DA, and the same is true of Mass Effect.
Playing through it again now, the main story is cringe-inducing. Honestly I have no interest in the Reapers or the Collectors or whatever the nebulous threat-to-the-galaxy du jour is. The bad guys seemingly have no motivations for what they do - maybe they're just saving the reveal for a future installment, but in the meantime nothing makes any sense.
The characters have always been the most compelling thing, and if ME2 expands the narrative outward by focusing on characters rather than pushing the overarching plot forward it can only be a good thing.
The Lamonster said:
Same. I loved running around in the Mako. I didn't much care for combat with it, as it generally boiled down to me sitting still and firing and then "jumping" incoming missile and what not, which is kind of silly. But as far as driving around moon mountains in a buggy, I thought it was great. Never understood the complaints.
Meus Renaissance
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Lets be honest here guys, the Mako was pretty boring and chore-like after a while
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I wouldn't have minded atleast a flying dropship. One that we could control ourselves. I think that would be pretty cool.
Yeah I loved just driving. :lolv0yce said:
But there was just one planet, that's bitch had the worst, craggiest terrain, with little relief. Every playthrough, I forget which one it is, and I end up landed there like ffffuuuuuu. All I remember is that it's orbiting a yellow sun, and the mountains are blue with green grass.
elrechazado
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one of the greatest moments in ME was driving the mako on luna and seeing earthrise.
Wiggum2007
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elrechazao said:
and then realizing the image of the earth overhead was fucking mirrored!
Wiggum2007
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I just hated combat in the Mako, those sections were always by far my least favorite section of every main quest planet.
MegaKungFuRadio
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The Mako was floaty and limited/boring in combat. On Insane, I would use it out of necessity for transportation only and would always exit it to fight all the giant Geth Destroyers/whatever on foot since it would be way faster/less risky that way even with hazardous environments. As a result, the playthrough on Insanity was probably the LEAST frustrating one for me (aside from the final one I played on easy to mop up achievements.)
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