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outsidah said:
I'd always recommend ME1. It's my favorite game.
Just understand that it's a very different experience: The combat is rougher and it's very unpolished. It's much more of an RPG than ME2. I also warn you to expect plenty of texture pop-in and occasional frame rate drops.
Fimbulvetr
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Jerk 2.0 said:
Oh don't worry. She's still clearly biased pro-human above all else.
But seeing her ice burn an entire political party of space racists was too hard to pass up. :lol
Edit: In truth I found the space racist angle wasn't nearly unique enough to be the most interesting thing about her(about 1/20 of the characters you meet are racists).
Been playing ME2, just finished ME. I sort of miss being able to roam around the planets, though I absolutely hated the controls of the APC-ish thing. I'm still going around recruiting characters, but so far the gameplay has been much less RPG and more TPS. I was trying to figure out how to equip my weapons with mods and ammo, found out that it's done by powers or hotkeys. Loving it so far, I didn't really converse with my crew in ME, so I missed some character development. Hoping I don't miss it this time around.
Is there any free DLC for the PC version?
Is there any free DLC for the PC version?
EatChildren
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sca2511 said:
If you own a new copy of the game then yes. You can get the Normandy Crash Site location to explore, the Zaeed character to recruit and do his loyalty mission, the Firewalker pack which includes the Hammerhead tank and a few missions, and a few Cerberus weapons (heavy weapon and a shotgun) as well as some Cerberus armor, and I think that's it.
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Crunched said:
The framerate wasn't that bad on the 360 version. It chugged in certain specific areas, mostly combat heavy ones.
It was rock solid 90% of the time in even the largest environments.
Speaking of which, I miss the epic scale of the levels from ME. I'm not talking about the planet exploring, but the actual levels.
Like the Feros mission in ME1. It had a town areas, with it's own combat sections. Later on separated by a large bridge & underground driving/combat areas. Then another small town hub area & again new & long driving sections & ends with a large multi-tiered skyscrapper area with a boss fight.
Nothing like that in ME2.
I don't know if this has been posted yet, but some did a Phantom Menace analysis style plot analysis thing. Obviously it has spoilers.
Olivero said:
I think it is, at least in terms of both tech and art. Mass Effect 1 looked pretty damn good at times but all of the technical issues like the frame rate and tearing took it down several notches.
Red Dead Redemption has it's moments but overall ME2 is the best I've seen. I've heard good things about Metro 2030 but I haven't seen it yet.
Per your comments I will be looking for a ME copy to start playing. I'm wondering how bad the combat will seem to me after playing ME2.
In other news, I finished ME2. I must admit it came as a surprise to me. Apparently I had been playing for about 28 hrs and didn't notice I had put in so much time into it! I had a great time getting my squad mates and doing their loyalty missions. My only gripe is that other than getting my squad mates and those loyalty missions, I didn't feel like there were enough "story" missions to use my new squad mates on.
I guess they set it up that way on purpose to continue on with ME3.
In other news, I finished ME2. I must admit it came as a surprise to me. Apparently I had been playing for about 28 hrs and didn't notice I had put in so much time into it! I had a great time getting my squad mates and doing their loyalty missions. My only gripe is that other than getting my squad mates and those loyalty missions, I didn't feel like there were enough "story" missions to use my new squad mates on.
I know the last mission was called the suicide mission and all, but I had hopes there would be at least another big mission after it to go kill some more stuff and find out more about the story.
I lost Mordin by sending him down the shaft, Grunt by sending him to lead a squad, and Miranda got carried away by collectors at the end. Not quite sure why Miranda died, she wasn't loyal is the only thing I can point to. Perhaps I should have made her lead a squad?
EatChildren
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What's the best method for forcing AA on an nVidia card?
Is it through the nVidia control panel? I've given it a shot, and while it works it grinds my framerate down a ton. ME2 runs pretty damn well maxed out without it, so its not a big deal, but since it doesn't support a native AA option I was wondering if the control panel is the most optimised method for forcing, or if there's a better option.
Is it through the nVidia control panel? I've given it a shot, and while it works it grinds my framerate down a ton. ME2 runs pretty damn well maxed out without it, so its not a big deal, but since it doesn't support a native AA option I was wondering if the control panel is the most optimised method for forcing, or if there's a better option.
HorribleJames
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I played both games as female shep. I started a male shepard game in ME2 and couldn't believe how flat his line delivery was.
if you care about the story and want the most immersive voice acting possible, you have to go female shepard. the voice acting is in another league.
if you care about the story and want the most immersive voice acting possible, you have to go female shepard. the voice acting is in another league.
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Everyone uses nHancer. ATI users have bigger problems.EatChildren said:
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nHancer is really just the Nvidia control panel dressed up in a way that makes it actually useable. Anyways, judging from your performance complaints, just make sure you are forcing regular MSAA, 8x AA should be a sweet spot and stay away from edge-detect as that will also hurt your framerate.ChoklitReign said:
Forcing AA through the ATI CP works just fine in ME2 and the only place I drop below 60 on a 5850 is on the bridge.
Kazuma Kiryu
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so, what's the verdict on the overlord dlc? worth playing?
played normandy, zaeed, firewalker and kasumi ones, but had to uninstall the game meanwhile, so i'm wondering if it's worthwhile to install it again just for the overlord dlc.
played normandy, zaeed, firewalker and kasumi ones, but had to uninstall the game meanwhile, so i'm wondering if it's worthwhile to install it again just for the overlord dlc.
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Pankaks said:
that's good news
Deepack said:Can you buy a pass to the Cerberus network?
I bought ME2 used, and the voucher is still in the box. I don't know if it has been used already, because I have no Xbox yet. I'm guessing it's used.
Is Zaeed and the other extra stuff worth it?
The stuff that you get when you get a pass for Cerberus Network is Zaed, a firewalker mision pack, some free weapons/armor and Normandy crash site...I wouldn't say that it's worth the 1200 points - Zaed is a great but underdeveloped character and the other stuff is definitely not worth the points.
Save your points and get Kasumi & Overlord DLC's, both are great.
Plywood said:WIN. :lol
Question about Samara loyalty mission:Who's the better of the two? Morinth or Samara? Really tempted to get alien vampire, but if Samara's better then I'll have to go with her.
Really enjoying the game, but they stripped down the RPG stuff, but they tightened the gunplay
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Also since I was an adept, I was really excited when:I got to pick another weapon proficiency, (sniper ftw).
I would suggest the original.
Fimbulvetr
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Plywood said:
Original.
Castor Krieg
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After playing NG+ with MaleShep decided to switch to my ME1 FemShep and do Infiltrator. Picked Insanity, heading to
now, and I don't have Cain. Can you research it before this mission? If not, the
is going to be psycho, my MaleShep had
during that mission, and I still needed to reload couple of times.
Horizon
last battle
Widow & Cain
Fimbulvetr
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Plywood said:Bu-buvampire.
Does she sparkle too?
Castor Krieg
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Jerk 2.0 said:
Had basic sniper rifle + Warp Ammo. Anyway, either I've got better or Infiltrator somehow gives you godlike powers, because that was piss easy.:lol
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