Maria Caliban

For those of you who only want offical news. Tali has been confirmed to return. Link It seems mostly women are returning. Close enough. The content is all correct. Thank you very much, Mr. Sawyer!

He might not be able to, but I can.

It exists because there are a ton of people on the ME forums demanding DLC and saying that BioWare ripped them off by not providing a ton of it. Yeah, it's a waste of developer time/resources.

I have no idea why they move so slowly. Then again, I wasn't paying attention to the speed of the sword swings, so I wasn't aware they moved too slowly.

First off, manga has a number of different arts styles. Secondly, the designs are far more reminiscent of 1990s American comic books, especially the Image house style. Giant shoulder pads? Remember Cable? Judge Dread? Warhammer 40k came out in 1987, and it featured Space Marines in ridiculously oversized armor. The idea that Bigger = Better is hardly a strange Japanese cultural meme that Americans have never encountered before. Lastly, they've said the weapons are giant because in combat, you can zoom out to a BG like viewpoint, and they still want you to be to see them clearly.

I had no desire to read the comments until you guys felt the need to bring them up *twice.* They look pretty standard to me.

"You humans are so new to me. You're so short lived and full of energy. Unlike those Salarians who only live 40 years and act like they're minelining coffee. The alien race my people have interacted with for several thousand years. And you humans are so aggressive and goal oriented. Unlike those Korgans my race dealt with while never getting our hands dirty. So, really, your species is hardly unique, but this is a science fiction story, so I have to talk about how strange and exciting the human race is." I like Liara, but most of her conversations were blatant ego stroking.

Is it out already? Edit: It doesn't come out until September for PC.

Possible important NPC update: Jesse Houston interview in German

Liara showed a remarkable amount of thought and level-headedness while still landing a few zingers on Ashley/Kaiden, especially for someone who's never been in a relationship before.

Did you gain XP? The top level is 60.

Yes. They haven't told us. Okay. Edit: I know that some people hate the word 'canon' so how about 'default scenario' just like there's a 'default Shepard?'

Your argument rests on a rather extreme supposition. There are canon choices on Virmire in regards to Wrex or Kaiden/Ashley. Are you telling me that a 'large amount' of people killed Wrex in a single ME saved game and that they will only play ME 2 off that single saved game? It seems more likely that people who are so into ME 1 that they'll only play off saved games will have more than one saved game. And people who just pick up ME2 and play it will have whatever canon situation it starts with. If BioWare is smart, that's with Wrex alive. It's far more likely that the number of players for whom getting Wrex is *impossible* is 0%, while those who stick to only playing off their single ME 1 save where Wrex dies will be minute. This is the same with Kaiden and Ashley. A player who *always* has Ashley die is just as likely as a player who *always* rejects Thane. Given that there

Alanschu, We know that if you romanced Ashley or Kaiden, they

I dislike it when games become too serious. A game where I could pour three months into a character, only to have them die and never return would not appeal to me. Besides, I like doing stupid stuff in MMORPGs. I remember the time I lept into the Great Forge in Ironforge. You never know: there could be something cool under all that moltan lava. There was in Blackmoutain.

There's the human noble origin and the mage origin that both humans and elves can get. I think I've posted links to both of them, but I'll have to look through the old thread. In the noble origin, you're left in charge of the castle while your father and elder brother are away fighting the blight. In the mage origin, you have to undergo the Harrowing, which is where you journey through the Fade and meet the desire demon.

IGN has an article about the city elf origin. It tells you the entire story line. The videos that go with this: City Elf Intro Human Troubles - A woman on the BiotBoards has already asked if she can let the human noble have his way with her. The Evil Laugh is a bit much, but otherwise I like it. Noble Battle

I've no idea what you did to make ME last as long. I searched every single one of those stupid planets, finished every quest and side quest and it wasnt above 22-23 hours total. It's quite possible that you didn't unlock all the planets and sidquests. What level were you at the end of your first playthrough? In all honestly, I assumed that ME 2 would be shorter than ME 1 as they're removing the tedious 'fetch 15 asari sex dolls' quests.

*Thinks World of Warcraft is a good looking game*

I don't know if this included cutscenes or not. Just so you know, a speed run of BG is half an hour. BG II is one hour.

That's a joke right? You've never see the speed run times for various BioWare games, have you?

I've heard this excuse several times, and it doesn't wash for me. As far as we know, there are 12 possible party members, and of them, only two are mandatory. That means that the other 10 may or may not be in a specific play-through for a specific player. If I choose to not pick Thane in play-through X, than that NPC is as much a waste of resources as Ashley is if I choose to kill her in play-through Y. If a player decides to never take Thane, he is as much a waste as Ashley is if a player always chooses to kill her. The wasted resources argument applies to every, single non-mandatory teammate. In fact, it applies to every, single sidequest. According to Patrick Weeks (ME 2 writer), a player could finish ME 2 in three hours if they only did the main story, though they'd get the worst ending. If you do everything possible, ME 2 should be slightly longer than ME 1, and they're working on providing 'richer side-quests' than ME 1. That tells me that the *vast majority* of content in ME 2 is what you call a weaker investment of resources.

Infos: One of the new powers is a purple 'combat drone.' The quarian teamate was seen using it in this image: Image 1. It's the floaty ball. I can't see how this is a bad thing. Though I'd say the best example of 'delayed consequences' comes from FO.

You can instead shoot heroin into your bloodstream, it would be better then WoW. But far more expensive.