Thunder Monkey
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I did this last time.Edvardelis said:
Now I'm at the end of my Insanity run using that character and at level 58 almost to level 59.
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Now I'm at the end of my Insanity run using that character and at level 58 almost to level 59.
Thunder Monkey
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Ok I ended it at level 58.
That was easier than a few casual runs I've played.
Insanity with a replay character is easy even if they scale up.
That was easier than a few casual runs I've played.
Insanity with a replay character is easy even if they scale up.
Dice
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I was not aware of that. That is really annoying. Do they explain that to you anywhere? Such a huge thing...Edvardelis said:
Well I could go back and replay the last couple missions making sure to always be on foot, but that isn't worth it. I'll just beat the game with level VII stuff and keep my opinion that they had some really dumb design choices in the way they sell items. 10 million credits (minus one) and not a thing to buy...
Edvardelis
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Dice said:
Nope, but it's pretty easy to see... just kill something inside/outside the Mako and watch the numbers.
Ironically several of the VII upgrades are better than the X ones.
Dice
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Well that was a pretty cool ending, though a couple short sections had an utterly shitacular framerate.
Though with all that happened here and how, the council in ME2 is even more unbelievable.
The credits song is pretty sweet.
I can't believe I convinced Saren to shoot himself. That was awesome.
Though with all that happened here and how, the council in ME2 is even more unbelievable.
I have more than one verbal exchange with a Reaper, Saren is transformed by one, we have the testimony of a good number of people about indoctrination, I save the galaxy with a data disk from the Protheans... and they still don't believe me? Utter bullshit. I can understand when it was just a vision, but all this is far too much evidence to ignore.
The credits song is pretty sweet.
Doncamatic
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Dice said:
You'd think that they would have micro-cameras on spectres. Actually how did the combat team on Eden Prime film Sovereign in the initial mission? Surely if alliance soldiers have cameras on them, then Shepard would.
Dice
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Maybe not. Spectres do their dirty work, so maybe that would be too much of a liability. On the other hand, it seems like omnitools can record anything. Either way, their attitude in ME2 is completely ridiculous. At least we know they get their shit fucked up in ME3. Serves em right.Doncamatic said:
HadesGigas
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Edit: Whoops thought this was about ME2.
As for the question, doesn't the Platinum Hits version of ME1 come with Bring Down The Sky?
As for the question, doesn't the Platinum Hits version of ME1 come with Bring Down The Sky?
MrTroubleMaker
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Yes it come with Bring Down The Sky but doesn't have Pinnacle Station. Pinnacle Station isn't very good but you do get a nice apartment. I want that apartment back in ME3!!HadesGigas said:
http://masseffect.wikia.com/wiki/Pinnacle_Station
Hey guys,
I'm playing this with an almost exclusive focus on story, just trying to get through it asap and have the difficulty set as low as possible to help me with this, so not overly fussed on who has the best skills - was just wondering who the best two squad members are based on dialogue and story alone!?
Thanks
I'm playing this with an almost exclusive focus on story, just trying to get through it asap and have the difficulty set as low as possible to help me with this, so not overly fussed on who has the best skills - was just wondering who the best two squad members are based on dialogue and story alone!?
Thanks
The Technomancer
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I didn't buy any weapons or armor on my recent playthrough, and completely breezed through the game on dropped weapons and upgrades with no problem.
Don't go to Therum early. Save it for last.Gaaraz said:Hey guys,
I'm playing this with an almost exclusive focus on story, just trying to get through it asap and have the difficulty set as low as possible to help me with this, so not overly fussed on who has the best skills - was just wondering who the best two squad members are based on dialogue and story alone!?
Thanks
Wrex and someone else.
I'm guessing most people will say, Garrus.
If someone recommends Tali feel free to ignore them.
I would say Ashley. She has the best character arc and some funny moments with Wrex.
Gaaraz said:Hey guys,
I'm playing this with an almost exclusive focus on story, just trying to get through it asap and have the difficulty set as low as possible to help me with this, so not overly fussed on who has the best skills - was just wondering who the best two squad members are based on dialogue and story alone!?
Thanks
Just take who ever your interested in the most, or try to mix it up, as the dialogue in missions is not that interesting, the main interactions come from talking to your companions on the Normandy.
To get the most out of the story, try to talk to each of your squad members after each main story mission, as they will likely have new things to say.
Thank you guys! I'm still very early in (although I recruited 3 new squad members in around 10 minutes! Odd design choice) so haven't had a chance to see that you still get to chat to them even if they aren't in your squad, will just see who I prefer
Wrex and Ashley does sound good though, thank you!
Wrex and Ashley does sound good though, thank you!
Loving so much about this game, but the huge game world is frustrating - every planet, city, sector seems unnecessarily large and overwhelming - it's so easy to get lost, and even when you do know where to go it can take ages. I was so disheartened when I saw the galaxy map too...
Still, the game has so much going for it, the voice acting is incredible and the dialogue (and sheer amount of it) is breath taking!
Still, the game has so much going for it, the voice acting is incredible and the dialogue (and sheer amount of it) is breath taking!
One thing the game really needed (and thankfully it was introduced in ME2) was information on what planet you've already explored and what missions (that you know about) are available on each planet. The first time I've played ME1 I wrote down all planets in each system and manually checked them down after visiting it, just to be sure that I haven't missed anything.
Thunder Monkey
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Yeah, once this game "clicks" it's fucking easy as pie.The_Technomancer said:
I'm exactly the same Melciah! Really not a fan of open-world/sandbox games at all, much prefer something a little more structured (and linear!) like Uncharted, ICO, God of War etc.
What you mentioned sounds like a huge improvement too Mr_Zombie - would love if they had implemented something like that for the first game in the form of a patch or something. Even being able to see exactly where your next objective is would be a huge bonus!
Quick question: Assuming I want to get through this as quickly as possible, and barely explore the game world at all - is there a guide anywhere that will help me to go the right planets at the right times to just exclusively do useful and interesting side quests? Preferably ones that add a lot of character development and story, without any of the filler quests and exploration.
Cheers!
What you mentioned sounds like a huge improvement too Mr_Zombie - would love if they had implemented something like that for the first game in the form of a patch or something. Even being able to see exactly where your next objective is would be a huge bonus!
Quick question: Assuming I want to get through this as quickly as possible, and barely explore the game world at all - is there a guide anywhere that will help me to go the right planets at the right times to just exclusively do useful and interesting side quests? Preferably ones that add a lot of character development and story, without any of the filler quests and exploration.
Cheers!
Gaaraz said:
Did none of you realize there's a Quest Guide in your journal? And that it divides things between story missions and side missions? Follow that, and it'll tell you exactly where to go.
As it is, the Galaxy Map has markers pointing to all the story quest locations. Follow those, it'll take you to the relevant planets.
The only exception is finding Liara, and that's the only story mission that forces you to explore.
But if you REALLY hate exploring that much, here's her location:
Artemis Tau/Knossos/Therum (second planet).
And if you're not a fan of more sandbox games, maybe Mass Effect isn't for you? Nothing says you have to like every game. Why force yourself to play something you don't enjoy?
Oh I see, thank you! I was making good use of the journal, and quick travel too, so it wasn't that frustrating at times... I think I'm just at the point of finding Liara now,
so yeah that might explain why I was annoyed by the lack of clear guidance.
I just remember it saying "somewhere within the whatever sector" and there are like 20+ planets in that sector...
Thank you for the location btw, in case I've got it wrong - it will be useful for when I get to that point Also enjoying lots about the game, despite the sandboxness, so will preserve - but good point that there's nothing wrong in just giving up on something half way through if you're not enjoying it.
just after you get the ship, and you go to a planet where they have over zealous security guards, and you help a guy out when they're searching his hotel room for evidence on his computer?
I just remember it saying "somewhere within the whatever sector" and there are like 20+ planets in that sector...
Thank you for the location btw, in case I've got it wrong - it will be useful for when I get to that point
Also enjoying lots about the game, despite the sandboxness, so will preserve - but good point that there's nothing wrong in just giving up on something half way through if you're not enjoying it.So i bought this game on Steam after hearing lots of good impressions. Only had time to play 10 minutes since the game took nearly 5 hours to download and finished at 11pm.
I have a question, maybe its just the fact that the game is 4 years old, but is it just me or the textures are pretty low res even when i put everything on high? The hair especially. It look horrible on women. The faces looks alright, but then there is the fugly hairs that looks like cheap wigs.
But maybe i just got spoiled after playing Witcher 2 ha.
I have a question, maybe its just the fact that the game is 4 years old, but is it just me or the textures are pretty low res even when i put everything on high? The hair especially. It look horrible on women. The faces looks alright, but then there is the fugly hairs that looks like cheap wigs.
But maybe i just got spoiled after playing Witcher 2 ha.
Dice
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It's a bug with the Steam version. Open the Mass Effect launcher, go to configure, repair, then hit Delete Local shader cache files. That should fix it. If not, go to My Documents\BioWare\Mass Effect\Published\CookedPC and remove the UPK file (LocalShaderCache-PC-D3D-SM3.upk).
Edit: But yeah, the hair is shit.
Edit: But yeah, the hair is shit.
Lime said:
The armor didn't impress me, it looked like low or medium at best. Even the alien in the ship at the beginning didn't looked high res.
Hell, even armor from the latest expansion of WoW seems higher res than this game.
Then again maybe i'm asking too much from a 2007 game.
I'll just try to enjoy it how it is later today.edit : just saw the above post, i'll do that later and see if it change anything.
Dice
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MrTroubleMaker
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There is another spot that you might need to delete ( I had to) that same file.Dice said:
steam install folder
Steam\steamapps\common\mass effect\BioGame\CookedPC\
Yeah that fixed the low texture glitch, looks better now. Although something odd happened when Shepard got near the beacon at the beginning. For some reason Kaidan was invisible and i didnt realize it at first and thought Shepard was fighting some invisible entity, before he float in midair that is. :lol
Wonder if that will happen again.
Wonder if that will happen again.
Item collection and in-depth stat building aside, one thing I really missed about ME1 was high explosive rounds. Especially when paired with the shotgun. Man that shit was fun, getting enemies stuck in random inaccessible areas was hilarious. I guess I can see why Bioware removed it though...
Admiral Bone to Pick
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Is it worth re-playing Mass Effect to import the save file for Mass Effect 2? I hated how all of the outcomes in Mass Effect 2 were based off of the bad/evil decisions you could have made in the first game.
Thinking of doing an insanity run, as that is the only achievement I have left in ME1 (got 100% of ME2) and I have a quick question.
I have a lvl 60 soldier with maxed out gear, but the only problem is since I used the same character to get the Paragon and Renegade achievements, the character has both maxed out Charm and Intimidate skills, all those Intimidate points could've gone into some other more useful skill. Should I just play with the lvl 60 Shepard on Insanity, or start a new one? Which would give me the easiest time on insanity?
I have a lvl 60 soldier with maxed out gear, but the only problem is since I used the same character to get the Paragon and Renegade achievements, the character has both maxed out Charm and Intimidate skills, all those Intimidate points could've gone into some other more useful skill. Should I just play with the lvl 60 Shepard on Insanity, or start a new one? Which would give me the easiest time on insanity?
Typographenia
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I don't know if it's necessarily "worth it," but I enjoyed keeping my playthroughs consistent. Also, the bonus money/minerals from ME1>ME2 was nice.Mr. Serious Business said:
If you liked the first game, definitely just replay it.
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Use Nvidia Inspector and make sure the Mass Effect profile is set to this AA compatibility: 0x080100C5Bisnic said:
Another question about the textures, is this normal for regular npcs to look like this? This is with textures set to "Ultra-High" by the way.
http://i.imgur.com/gDvHh.jpg
It's weird, because some aliens like the blue women, looks good, while some like these little guys are horribly low res.
I did delete that cache file someone mentioned sooner though. But maybe all of this is normal and i'm worrying for nothing.
http://i.imgur.com/gDvHh.jpg
It's weird, because some aliens like the blue women, looks good, while some like these little guys are horribly low res.
I did delete that cache file someone mentioned sooner though. But maybe all of this is normal and i'm worrying for nothing.
jackdoe said:
Does ME2 look better at least? Except for some textures like you said.
Oh yeah, something else, is it possible to track some of the quests on the map? I have to find 21 keepers and the last ones might be hard to find, the Citadel is huge.
BIONIC-ARRRMMM!!
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Wait a second, was the title changed for the new google rules or was it always like this?
lol either way
lol either way
cybercircuit1
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Interesting, I was just thinking of posting in this thread the other day.
I started playing ME for the first time finally and I have a dilemma; do I NEED to choose one path, Renegade or Paragon? I would like to just choose whatever comments seem to make the most sense for me, and have that silly meter just lie somewhere in the middle. What are the benefits of getting your Shep to full one side or the other?
My desire raises another problem entirely, however; I hate when I read an option, and go "yeah, that sounds right" and then choose it, at which point assface Shephard says something totally not in line with what I inferred from the option! Any tips for me getting over my OCD? It's been a month since I last played the game, and was only a couple of hours in, so maybe I should just start the hell over anyway.
I started playing ME for the first time finally and I have a dilemma; do I NEED to choose one path, Renegade or Paragon? I would like to just choose whatever comments seem to make the most sense for me, and have that silly meter just lie somewhere in the middle. What are the benefits of getting your Shep to full one side or the other?
My desire raises another problem entirely, however; I hate when I read an option, and go "yeah, that sounds right" and then choose it, at which point assface Shephard says something totally not in line with what I inferred from the option! Any tips for me getting over my OCD? It's been a month since I last played the game, and was only a couple of hours in, so maybe I should just start the hell over anyway.
metareferential
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SGSSAA really does wonders for this game.
And thank you guys for the steam texture bug explanation, I was ready to give up and replay it on the 360, again.
Now it's something else.
For those interested, in nvidia inspector (compatibility 0x080100C5, though it should detect it automatically, if you choose Mass Effect from the game list) use 4x multisampling aa, then 4x sparse grid aa in transparency multisampling, and adjust lod bias to -1 if textures get blurred.
And thank you guys for the steam texture bug explanation, I was ready to give up and replay it on the 360, again.
Now it's something else.
For those interested, in nvidia inspector (compatibility 0x080100C5, though it should detect it automatically, if you choose Mass Effect from the game list) use 4x multisampling aa, then 4x sparse grid aa in transparency multisampling, and adjust lod bias to -1 if textures get blurred.
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4x msaa should be matched with 4x sparse-grid (2x msaa with 2x sparse) and you really should up the LOD bias to 1.5ish at 4x.