Yeah, a time trial-esque mission was called a "dash". It was within the campaign, not a separate mode, but it was essentially the same thing. Very similar.Thanks for the info. I quoted you into this thread since more people seem to be looking for info there: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1063561
I'd be curious what the objectives were like if you want to elaborate. I hear there is a time trial/speed run type one? Was it similar to the first game's? Did it just give you a start and end point or were there different markers to hit along the way?
I believe one of the missions is the billboard one? Was it tricky to figure out how to get there?
Are there little collectibles in the world (I think I saw them in the first footage)? If you can't answer these I understand! I'm just starved for info on the game.
The billboard "puzzle" was hardly that. It was obvious how to get up there, and I accomplished it within seconds. The "secret" I mentioned was harder, but this was clearly meant to be a very easy demo. I make no judgments here. I'm also a very good ME player (three starred all time trials in the original).
There were those golden collectable things. I forget what the game called them, data chips? No story information was unlocked upon collecting maybe seven of them. It's just pretty obvious "explore all the crevices of our painstakingly built city, jerks", but that's fine, I like exploring.