Now there's no excuse (Mass Effect 2)

SimianWonder wrote:

Superbuu3 wrote:

I'm not sure why but all of that seemed fairly awesome to me, i guess it does make things more interesting can you be lesbian or gay in this out of curiousity?

I don't think there are any gay romances, though if you're a femshep you can romance Liara. She's an Asari, and they're monogendered so they're all female.

As in interspecies relationships, are a lot of the love interests alien cause for me that would be kinda gross.

Yes, a lot of the LI's are alien.

After playing the game though, they won't feel gross at all. You'll grow to love all of your crew. Except for Jack. And Jacob.

Does this game branch significantly or is ti just dialogue changes?

It doesn't "branch" per se, but the choices you make have some tangible consequences, yes. However, the full impact of many of them may not be known until ME3.

I think there's a problem here. I started the game, but the comic didn't pop up, and now I've played for over three hours and recruited Grunt. Is it because I downloaded the free 700MB pack after starting the game?

I don't know about the PS3 game, but on the 360 version if you downloaded something from the ME2 main menu then played the game, you'd have to save, exit the game (as in completely, right back to the 360 dashboard) and reload for the DLC to show.

Ah, I'd have to have installed it first.

So after starting the inevitable romance with Kelly, I have two questions.

1. I know that if you romance two characters, you may have to choose. Does this also apply to Kelly?
2. Why does Garrus calibrate all the time? I miss him already ;_;

Kelly doesn't count as a romance; flirting with her will not get you the trophy for a relationship, and if you import from ME1, it still counts as you being faithful. The implication is that you never have sex with her, no matter how much you flirt. Incidentally, if you finish the game without making any other romance choice, yet have still maxed out the Kelly love, she'll come up to your room and do an "exotic" dance for you in the post-endgame. So, to answer your question, no you don't have to choose if your other is Kelly.

As for Garrus, his insistence upon calibration was one of many meme's ME2 started. You get more dialogue with him if you're a femShep, including the option to romance him if you wish. My femshep rocked his world.

Doing his loyalty mission now so that he'll wuv me. Also, Tali is moe; it's a shame there's no romancing options.

I also noticed how Kasumi and Zaeed don't have any conversation available. Is that because they weren't originally planned to be a part of the main story?

And the conversation the engineers hade about Jack was hilarious. I love 'em

Kaede wrote:

Doing his loyalty mission now so that he'll wuv me. Also, Tali is moe; it's a shame there's no romancing options.

Moe?

Personally, I think of Tali more like a little sister. That said, I did romance her in my first playthrough and she was quite sweet. I still prefer to stick to Liara for my 'canon' run through though.

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I also noticed how Kasumi and Zaeed don't have any conversation available. Is that because they weren't originally planned to be a part of the main story?

Maybe, but given that Zaeed was in the game from day one on the 360, I suspect it's just to differentiate them from the main cast. Kasumi talks about lots of different things, even your romance choice, and she'll constantly update depending on where abouts in the game you are.

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And the conversation the engineers hade about Jack was hilarious. I love 'em

Ken and Gabby? Yeah, they're funny, even if their dialogue is really limited. Try beating them at poker, Shep is the man. Or woman, depending on your choices.

Ken is a champ, he has some of the best lines of the NPCs.

SimianWonder wrote:

Kaede wrote:

Doing his loyalty mission now so that he'll wuv me. Also, Tali is moe; it's a shame there's no romancing options.

Moe?

Personally, I think of Tali more like a little sister. That said, I did romance her in my first playthrough and she was quite sweet. I still prefer to stick to Liara for my 'canon' run through though.

She's cute and endearing. But, alas, I'm not sure who to romance on my male Paragon Shepard. Miranda has a scary face. Jack is scary and I don't like her, although her mission made me unsure. Tali seems good so far. Haven't met Liara. Can you romance Kasumi? She's ok.

Kaede wrote:

She's cute and endearing.

Agreed.

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But, alas, I'm not sure who to romance on my male Paragon Shepard. Miranda has a scary face. Jack is scary and I don't like her, although her mission made me unsure. Tali seems good so far. Haven't met Liara. Can you romance Kasumi? She's ok.

Yeah, Miranda's character model is a bit screwed up - the actress who plays Miranda is much more attractive than Miranda, who looks like she's suffering from mild facial swelling sometimes. Jack... yeah, I don't like her either. Kasumi isn't a potential LI so she's out, and you meet Liara on Ilium, at which point the Shadow Broker DLC comes into play (though I'd recommend leaving it until after the main story). Liara was a possible LI in ME1, and personally I think that continued romance option feels the most mature and interesting.

Wow, Tali's loyalty mission was so much more fun than Miranda's! I especially like the end, where

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Now I need to do Mordin and Grunt's loyalty missions, recruit Thane and Liara, do their missions, perhaps the Shadow Broker mission, and then I can go die or whatever.
Also started romancing Garrus. That was one really fun conversation.

Kaede wrote:

Wow, Tali's loyalty mission was so much more fun than Miranda's!

The best parts of that mission are twofold;

Renegade Shep tearing a strip off the admirals, and hearing Tali say "it's fun watching you shout," afterwards, but primarily for the paragon interrupt where you hug her. Even when playing renegade I can't help but hit that trigger.

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Now I need to do Mordin and Grunt's loyalty missions, recruit Thane and Liara, do their missions, perhaps the Shadow Broker mission, and then I can go die or whatever.
Also started romancing Garrus. That was one really fun conversation.

Garrus gets very awkward when you romance him, it's quite good fun watching him squirm! Also, do the Shadow Broker DLC after you've finished the main story. That's where it seems to fit best.

SimianWonder wrote:

Kaede wrote:

Wow, Tali's loyalty mission was so much more fun than Miranda's!

The best parts of that mission are twofold;

Renegade Shep tearing a strip off the admirals, and hearing Tali say "it's fun watching you shout," afterwards, but primarily for the paragon interrupt where you hug her. Even when playing renegade I can't help but hit that trigger.

Neither could I. She's so sweet, I just wanted to hug her and tell her that it's all going to be okay ;_;

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Now I need to do Mordin and Grunt's loyalty missions, recruit Thane and Liara, do their missions, perhaps the Shadow Broker mission, and then I can go die or whatever.
Also started romancing Garrus. That was one really fun conversation.

Garrus gets very awkward when you romance him, it's quite good fun watching him squirm! Also, do the Shadow Broker DLC after you've finished the main story. That's where it seems to fit best.

But doesn't the game end after the main story? Or can I still do stuff?

Kaede wrote:

But doesn't the game end after the main story? Or can I still do stuff?

The game carries on. You can do leftover sidequests, shopping, whatever you like.

Be warned though,

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Not reading that spoiler. Proud.
But sure, then I'll do it afterwards.

It's not that big a spoiler, really, but kudos for not peeking; it just concerns the consequences of the endgame, most of which is likely common knowledge by now. That said, if you genuinely don't know about events leading into the end of the story, then don't look. I had no idea what was coming and enjoyed it all that much more because it was a surprise.

Apparently a new DLC, Arrival, comes out today. I'll give it a try and edit this post, although from what I've seen it doesn't look quite as good as LotSB. Seems to be very combat heavy which, although not a bad thing, isn't as interesting as far as I'm concerned.

Well I was wrong about it being combat heavy, at least so far. You're contacted by Admiral Hackett (who ME1 players should know) and asked to go on a solo mission to rescue an Alliance scientist who apparently found proof of an impending Reaper invasion, not that it wasn't already obvious to everyone who isn't on the Council. I was initially a little worried about not having a squad but the mission has been 'stealth based' so far, that is to say almost all the fights can be avoided by not walking through the clearly signposted laser tripwires and the others can just be skipped.

So I just finished it, not bad but not as good as Shadow Broker imo. Gets very combat heavy around the half way mark, then ends with a little tease of what could happen in ME3.

oh this has finally gone back to its normal (albeit cheaper) price, but i got like 5 games to play through >_>.

Just finished, and holy shit! I am so satisfied right now, can't wait to get going on my Paragon male Shepard.

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