Mass Effect 2 (Spoilers)

[dcalhoun93]

I'm not completely finished, but I think I'm close. I've probably put in 30-40 hours. This is my first play-thru, and it seems I missed a few things. For one, there's some type of hidden character that I didn't get. I went gung-ho into the suicide mission, eventhough I knew there were still plenty of side missions to do. I do this sometimes with games I like. I want to see the ending so bad that I miss a lot of cool side missions. But I digress...

So, I'm almost finished with the suicide mission, I think. And I have two questions. 1) How did I miss the Miranda undressing scene? I completed her side-quest so she could see her sister. Maybe I accidentally skipped over it. And 2) what/ who is the extra character all the way to the left of the character selection screen?

And, since we're at it (without telling the ending), is the suicide mission the end of the game?

[Fijiandoce]

I'm not completely finished, but I think I'm close. I've probably put in 30-40 hours. This is my first play-thru, and it seems I missed a few things. For one, there's some type of hidden character that I didn't get. I went gung-ho into the suicide mission, eventhough I knew there were still plenty of side missions to do. I do this sometimes with games I like. I want to see the ending so bad that I miss a lot of cool side missions. But I digress...

So, I'm almost finished with the suicide mission, I think. And I have two questions. 1) How did I miss the Miranda undressing scene? I completed her side-quest so she could see her sister. Maybe I accidentally skipped over it. And 2) what/ who is the extra character all the way to the left of the character selection screen?

And, since we're at it (without telling the ending), is the suicide mission the end of the game?

1) you needed to talk to her and crap. like, after every mission. which means you would have suffered some of the worst dialogue and voice acting(Shepard).....you're missing nothing here....Besides

Miranda ain't recruitable in ME3

all you get is a bit of bra in ME2. ME3 scene is much better.

2)Zaeed. once again your not missing much here, he adds a bit to the war effort in ME3 other wise he's not that important......but how can you miss him o.O he's practically the first guy you see. he's DLC though.

pretty much. your story is locked down after entering the omega 4 relay. as far as im aware. you can continue playing to finish side missions and stuff, but i don't see the point. they don't help in any way in ME3

[Lethal_NFS]

Mass Effect 2 was better in my opinion. I really enjoyed ME3 as well though.

[Kuro]

I enjoyed me2 better than 3 just my opinion.

[Funeralfog]

the second one felt stale to me, so i didn't bother with 3

[Fenix]

ME2 had the better story, and various others things, especially the end of the game. ME3 had the better gameplay.. so its a toss up for me

[Blacksite]

I enjoyed Mass Effect 2... apart from having inadvertently killed Tali, Thane, Legion, Garrus and Jack. :/

[Fijiandoce]

my spoiler was so few in size i figured i'd be artsy.....dash my dreams why don't you

i personally liked ME1 the best, ME3 did my head in toward the end. not the "ending" just the way enemies literally come out the woodwork!

clearly made with the 'Soldier' class in mind, which was a shame. i liked infiltrators and Vanguards.

ME>ME2>ME3

[MGSfan]

I completed my replay of the entire triology last night.. There were a shitload of decisions I regreted making during my initial play.
ME2 is my favourite out of the three.
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[Naxi]

I thought ME3 had the best of both. 2 being my least favorite - the whole story was recruiting, the hype for the suicide mission was too much, that was severely disappointing, collectors weren't fun enemies to fight. I wasn't hyped for ME3 anymore, but after playing it i loved it.

[dcalhoun93]

Thanx guys. I'm already into my second playthru. Going with Hardcore difficulty. I'm infiltrator, which is okay, but the time it takes for your meter to fill up after you use invisibility really sucks. If I were to start over, I would go with whatever class gives you the biotic armor. You can use that all the time, even while you are using other biotic powers. As an infilitrator, I can't use any other powers while I'm invisible.

[Fijiandoce]

Thanx guys. I'm already into my second playthru. Going with Hardcore difficulty. I'm infiltrator, which is okay, but the time it takes for your meter to fill up after you use invisibility really sucks. If I were to start over, I would go with whatever class gives you the biotic armor. You can use that all the time, even while you are using other biotic powers. As an infilitrator, I can't use any other powers while I'm invisible.

its a shame, if you got this on the PC you could have edited those values.

i tweaked my Vanguard. honest to god improvement being able to use a biotic warrior as described by the game. reduced the recharge time and tweaked the weapon load out (i did not make the class godly, just tweaked). the battle in the 'Lair of the Shadow Broker'

fighting the asari spectre who uses biotic charge to distance herself from you makes for an amazing spectacle as the pair of you near enough teleport around the stage.

Vanguards are by far the most enjoyable class in ME2 (even without tweaking). however, they are nulled in ME3 along with the infiltrator (and possibly every other class outside soldier).

[Naxi]

Vanguards are by far the most enjoyable class in ME2 (even without tweaking). however, they are nulled in ME3 along with the infiltrator (and possibly every other class outside soldier).

How so? Vanguards were way overpowered on the normal difficulty in ME2.

[dcalhoun93]

This sucks...

My character was wearing all the armor from my last game, in my new game. But when I went to change up my armor, it took all my old armor away and only left me with the stock armor.

[Fijiandoce]

How so? Vanguards were way overpowered on the normal difficulty in ME2.

no way, biotic charge might as well have been called Kamikaze. but like i say i only tweaked the regen times so i wasn't a sitting duck. and changed the load out to Shotgun and rifle. minor tweaks, like i say, i didn't make the class godly.

i also got rid of stamina, something bioware mimics in ME3

[Naxi]

no way, biotic charge might as well have been called Kamikaze. but like i say i only tweaked the regen times so i wasn't a sitting duck. and changed the load out to Shotgun and rifle. minor tweaks, like i say, i didn't make the class godly.

i also got rid of stamina, something bioware mimics in ME3

Shockwave destroyed everyone. On harder difficulties, biotics were useless. In ME3 you can at least combine them.

[Fijiandoce]

Shockwave destroyed everyone. On harder difficulties, biotics were useless. In ME3 you can at least combine them.

hmm, but using one power meant all powers needed to recharge....for some reason? so thats why i ended up tweaking them. also got rid of heavy weapons. they looked ridiculous and i never used them anyways (as a vanguard)

in ME3 there are just too many enemies, even on normal. at first it was fun, but it gets too much toward the end when they respawn endlessly (i exaggerate the use 'endlessly'). i ended up dying more often. haven't finished it yet with my Vanguard.

the Vanguard in ME3 is better than the Vanguard in ME2, but the game feels like it was made with the soldier class in mind. so other classes become harder to use.

[Naxi]

hmm, but using one power meant all powers needed to recharge....for some reason? so thats why i ended up tweaking them. also got rid of heavy weapons. they looked ridiculous and i never used them anyways (as a vanguard)

in ME3 there are just too many enemies, even on normal. at first it was fun, but it gets too much toward the end when they respawn endlessly (i exaggerate the use 'endlessly'). i ended up dying more often. haven't finished it yet with my Vanguard.

the Vanguard in ME3 is better than the Vanguard in ME2, but the game feels like it was made with the soldier class in mind. so other classes become harder to use.

My squad had at least 1 more biotic so i could combine them.

I didn't get that feeling. I had a lot more fun with ME3 as a vanguard than i did in 2.

[bigCman123]

NOTE TO OP!

You better make sure you do some side mission in ME3 and make sure you go talk to a character when you ask you to if you want them to live. Everyone easily survived all my ME2 playthroughs, but in ME3 there are time limits on certain things. Also it's easy to miss some really awesome conversations with people, always go see if the crew has something to say.

Personally I think ME3 is superior to ME2 overall. However ME2 is an awesome game, easily GoTY 2010. ME3 was just way more emotional and epic for me. Basically all the epicness from the end of ME2 was replicated many times throughout ME3's campaign.

So much epicness, so many emotions, so many choices that actually have effects DURING the game. Also with the extended endings I can definetly say that ME3 is my favorite. It's prettier, more epic, depending on who you're romancing it's even better, everyone's story comes to finale, and there's even some fun online coop so I can try out all the classes and play as some of my favorite races.

Only thing ME2 has got on ME3 is that it has more hub worlds and there seemed to be a bigger focus on all the characters rather than the actual enemy, which was still a great thing. The characters are one of the biggest reasons why I love Mass Effect.

The ending was a disappointment at first, but my biggest problems with it were completely fixed by the extended cut.

[Firefox]

Surprised people are picking 2 over 3. ME3 had much more customization over weapons and abilities, better combat, decisions which make a huge difference (entire species can be affected).. and even to the point that if you don't do something right in ME2.. choices don't appear for you in ME3. It also had so many brilliant moments personally.

[Fijiandoce]

Surprised people are picking 2 over 3. ME3 had much more customization over weapons and abilities, better combat, decisions which make a huge difference (entire species can be affected).. and even to the point that if you don't do something right in ME2.. choices don't appear for you in ME3. It also had so many brilliant moments personally.

the two characters from ME2 that i liked both die!
why would i like ME3!?


i joke, i joke.

at least they died for something,

i was all sniffling during the Tower scene on Tuchanka. and he was singing his little song too T.T

ME3 sort of came across as weird to me.

the galaxy is going to hell and im saving a single turian moon.....instead of the actual planet? and the quarians want to take back their homeworld whilst galactic genocide is happening? to what end? they'll be dead.
the story wasn't structured anywhere near as good as 2.

the gameplay was better, a WHOLE lot better, but as i said before, too many enemies especially the final push. i get that it should have lots of enemies but they didn't pace this at all. enemies just spawn near continuously

also, the endings don't make sense. EDI, and subsequently the Normandy, should be murdered as well as the Geth, but she's strangely omitted.

ME2 had less to complain about. and was constructed a lot better, even if it lacked the polish of 3

[Firefox]

You should spoiler-tag the entire post.. the OP hasn't played ME3.

Who cares about there being less to complain about? (Though for me ME3 had less to complain about) For me there were so many great moments in ME2 that were amazing just as a fan since the first game. ME2 didn't have that really.

And in reply.. it makes sense for that to happen in ME3 because you need allies and to defend on multiple fronts.. I mean if Palaven or other places totally went down and they never had support.. they wouldn't have helped Earth would they.

ME3 SPOILERS...
The ending makes sense to me..

Synthesis means the Geth and EDI dont' die.. if you picked destroy of course you don't see them.

[Fijiandoce]

i only missed spoiler tagging a tiny bit.

i can see where you'd come from with your comments about ME2, and i'd agree with them, but i personally wouldn't change my opinion. i just thought ME2 was better paced. yeah the story was iffy and all that but at least it flowed well. ME3 was a better GAME, in a traditional sense, but id still go for ME2 for the well constructed story.

in ME3, it makes no sense for the quarians to be waging war on the geth. this irks me the most and i have no say in the matter. in fact it made me hate the quarians for winning their homeworld back. it didn't feel good. add the fact my other favourite character dies in it T.T

but i know why i needed to get them, its just a shame i couldn't dissuade them from the current course.
personally, i would have liked the geth and quarians to not war, the turians to give up their world for dead (or let me save it proper), salarians to get off their high horses and the asari to be more involved. but thats just me.

i was only talking about the one red ending, i picked blue. that green one i felt was wrong; to force change on everybody. but thats just me. i wasn't one of those up at arms about the endings i quite liked them all....but like i say, they structured the story so badly. no one introduces a new character 10 mins before the end of a story. crescendo it was not.
also, illusive man? im still scratching my head. i think i might hit up the wiki page to find out how he pulled all that.

the whole story was also missing a clear antagonist. Saren in ME, Harbinger in ME2, ME3......im not sure who it is, the reapers were given very little importance, what with me quelling the geth wars and fending off cerberus and the rachnii, curing the genophage (im not sure why this is paramount over survival?? surely if you all die being able to reproduce comes as little comfort)

and i could go on and on, i never had this with ME2......and its not as if i've played through it 100 times and analysed every little detail, i've finished it once.

im not saying its bad though, please don't assume this, coz that is furthest from the truth. ME series is the best series this gen.

[bigCman123]

ME3 is my favorite, but I still love ME2. I bought ME1 and 2 for pc last year for cheap (also got ME2 on ps3) during the holiday steam sales. I still need to play through ME1. The combat is a lot worse than its sequels.