RPGmasterBoo

Yeah it was annoying. The first one much more because the cover system is unresponsive and the bug kept frying me. The second I saw the other one I shoved a mini nuke down its throat. Most comical of all was a side mission against the Eclipse. As a sort of boss at the end a gunship appears. I let it kill me. Next time before the event trigger I started loading the nuke... and as it was rising -blasted it There was the explosion and... nothing. Vaporized. It looked so funny, because it was supposed to be such an intimidating moment... and the thing just disappeared

I just know they're a dime a dozen in Thailand

+ 60$ is too much for a Thai chick. Not that I'm into hoes of any sort. Or paying for things I can get for free. xD

For some reason the Collectors were the easiest opponents in the game for me. They only came in two or three varietes and all were low on shields so incineration ammo made mincemeat out of them. Most of the time my biotics just threw them off the platforms so I didn't even have to kill them.

Don't be so embarrased about it, you made an honest mistake. At least you didn't have to explain to their pimp why you're declining service.

Dunno why you people bothered, any weapon + incineration ammo + a few upgrades beats everything. Once I maxed out incineration ammo I never switched it off.

Got this wallpaper with my GoG edition of Unreal Tournament. Nice stuff

I understand it, I just can't swallow it. I mean, I'm not a crusader for Christianity, I just know the Islamic mindset. Somehow people are convinced there's such a thing as moderate Islam. They can't seem to understand that the divide that the west has between religious views and politics never reached Islam. Islam is equally a religion and a political agenda. You don't have to be especially educated to see it. I read the Quran, its all there and quite openly put. In short, there is no peace with Islam, its either a cultural war or open war.

You're well informed, yes that was a trick they used in the Rambouillet negotiations. They added an "appendix B" during the negotiations which demanded that NATO troops be allowed anywhere in Serbia. Milosevic couldn't accept and had abandon the negotiations. Its was promptly used to make him appear unwilling to reach a peaceful agreement. English wiki:

But even if there were more builds in ME (I wouldn't know) even back then it had little actual effect on gameplay. The overall experience was pretty much the same no matter what type of shepard you played. Not to mention it had no effect on the storyline whatsoever. I'm not saying its a flaw either, I just don't remember it being significantly different in the first game. Of course having less options than more isn't exactly something to brag about, but I don't see much room for improvement anyway - in ME3. Certain things have gone too far for big changes to be implemented. Its going to be interesting to see how they're going to handle so many characters, plus introducing new ones. Many of them are half baked as it is, and it would be a sorry end if the entirety of ME2 was spent collecting these people not to have them return. After all there's barely 2 hours of gameplay left when you finally assemble the team. *Btw there are those two upgrades you can use to basically rewrite your character for a meager abount of element zero. And get whatever build you desire.

It was pretty painful how an elite soldier is not able to hop over a 3 ft/1 m gap in the floor. But at least it's much better than the Normandy crash site. I still haven't found all dog tags after returning to that place 5 times. Speaking of which.. what were they doing in there? And how did a bunch of fragile crates survive the ship blowing up and crash landing on a planet? They were made of titanium but the crash made them structurally weaker.

What do builds matter in gameplay with so few options? Whatever character you play in both ME's combat is pretty much the same... And there are no non combat skills so... Whats the point?

Who's the guy whose pic he puts in every vid?

That way it would have made sense, from a humanist point of view. A sort of obligation of the stronger to protect the weak and oppressed. The problem is, it just wasn't happening that way. But that's all water under the bridge now, knowing what actually happened goes out of fashion when it stops filling the headlines. I lament that the west chose that course of action because in us they would have had a steadfast ally against islamic fundamentalism. Instead, today Bosnia and Kosovo are a lair of Islamic terrorists, embedded in Europe. Tomorrow, when bombs are exploding in London, Paris or New York the west is going to regret allowing them to reach independence.

Very few. Perhaps 10 minutes altogether.

I love Jin Roh, but its not what the picture suggests. Its drama and of the heavy sort.

I find it incredibly irritating that everyone thinks Killzone invented that armor, when its in fact a complete rip off from the anime movie Jin Roh.

Well playing ME2 was a full three day ordeal. The clock says it took me 25 hours to finish the game, and my estimate is that I've see about 90-95% of the content. So overall its not significantly longer than ME. The opinions of the press are misleading to say the least. Having piled unconditional praise on the first Mass Effect, and having to top that now leads to vastly inflated scores. The game is very good. Perhaps even excellent, depending on your mileage and considering that there are no competitors. A timeless classic it is not. *Spoilers* First of all, the storyline. The storyline adds little of significance to the overall conflict with the Reapers. In fact it adds a twist (Collector/Prothean), which is more or less the same deal from the first game. Only this time its not the Geth doing the bidding of the reapers, its the Collectors. Difference is minimal and the revelation that they are the Protheans is just a fact... and not a very surprising or significant one. A major disappointment was that the entirety of the game is spent collecting a team and preparing for what turned out to be a one hour mission. And a very easy one at that. In a sense it was very anti-climatic because the game builds up huge dread and expectation and then falls flat. The final boss in particular is a mystery. Who thought it up and got away with its ridiculous King Kong design is beyond me. Unfortunately it was also quite easy to kill. That leaves the loyalty missions and minor side quests. The loyalty missions are the best part of the game in general, and only because the game's best point are its characters. Their individual stories are the only thing of note, though the prevalence of daddy issues really raises eyebrows. Still, that's the most creative part of the game. The minor side quests (anomalies) are all unique, but bland sci fi stock material. They are also incredibly short, from 5 to 10 minutes. There are also too few of them, in general one per system, which amounts to around 15 overall. Other fetch quests are also present, but in even smaller numbers than the anomalies. I suppose I should also put the setting here. After impressing with Omega station, the realization that there are only 4 "cities" comes as a disappointment. Out of those 4 the Krogan homeword barely counts, since its so small. The biggest letdown was the Quarian flotilla, which turned out to be a generic spaceship/tunnel. On the other hand, Omega, Citadel and Illium are a triumph of graphical design and creativity. Unfortunately there just isn't much to do in them but gawk at the visuals. In short the story is a tighter package than the original - the presentation is much improved, but the content is practically the same. 8/10 The gameplay. 1. shooting + minigames 2. talking 3. scanning planets. -The shooting is functional, even though the mission structure is entirely predictable. They're almost all 20 minutes in length, linear (a tunnel) and finish with a mini boss fight. The hacking minigames are jarring in the way they take you out of the game world, but too easy to be truly annoying. -The talking is the best part, with the dialog being mostly appropriate - except Shepard's who can't be developed into a meaningful character no matter what you do. He's either a good grunt, or a thug and both ways not particularly deep. The way he acts is more appropriate to supporting character, not a great leader or devious tactical mind. In short he's no "Picard". - Scanning planets is the worst offender. Insufferably boring and annoying, how it managed to be included in the game is beyond me. luckily you only have to mine a small fraction of the resources to upgrade everything. I won't even mention the lack of usual RPG traits such as stat based development, inventory and item collection because - they don't exist. 8/10 The graphics Already been discussed. 9/10 Sound (voice overs, music, effects). Same as above. 9.5/10 -The game gets pluses for stability and technical polish. - Superior to Mass Effect in every respect, in almost every to KOTOR (KOTOR has better integration of gameplay elements, with no annoying interludes) and Jade Empire (Jade has better dialog, and a more original setting). Overall grade: 8.8

Who's making excuses? They're all the same to me, one one hand is a permanent enemy (Islamic world) on the other an upstart empire. I'm not rallying for anyone's cause, I just despise the high moral opinion the US has of itself. In Iran they want to destroy a rival. Then say so, don't cover it with bullsh!t democratic rethoric. -They're authoritarian so they can't have nukes? Pfft. China is equally authoritarian and I don't see anyone complaining. Same goes for Pakistan and to a certain extent Russia. -They're religious fanatics and unpredictable? I don't see the US as any more predictable. They bombed my country, and I can tell you no one saw that coming considering the traditional good relations we shared. Iran delenda est. But for the right reasons.

That is historically incorrect. Completely.

Just finished the game. Will post final thoughts tomorrow, too tired now. Overall it was a bit of a letdown.

Death Mask is the best. I just like seeing his face.

Do not mess.

Obviously I meant you as in the US. Since he's a Brit s' my bad. We kept on talking about US policy so much I ass u med he was a Yank.

The game is mediocre crap, time to lock up. And for the drunks to go home.