Mass Effect 2

[Reverend]

Just finished LotSB. It was fantastic! Love the little references to the new omnigel proof locks and the taxi being better than the Mako.
The ending was nice too and yes, my femshep got her blue squeeze back.

I rather like how Liara ends up replacing the old (though not original) Shadow Broker. At least now there's an ally on par with the Illusive Man that I can actually trust.

Random thoughts:

Anyone else notice that vid of that Asari Matriarch bartender on Illium gazing at a picture of Liara? Guess she really might be her father after all. I actually find the idea that meek little Liara is one quarter Krogan to be curiously appealing.

All the personal dossiers are a lot of fun...if rather voyeuristically creepy at time. Who knew Tali was a guilty masturbator with a thing for humans? Yikes!

Not sure what the "investment opportunities" as all about, but I funded them all.

TheGodBen wrote:

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I didn't pay much attention to the pre-release stuff for ME1 so I never associated Mark Meer's voice with the default character so, in my mind, I think of Benedict Shepard whenever I hear it.

I didn't either; indeed I only bought ME1 about a year ago when it was going for just a few quid on steam. I think the problem in this instance stems from my just using the default face in my first maleshep playthrough (couldn't be arsed to muck about much.) Once I finished that play-through I think the voice and face were pretty much engrained.
Actually, it also feels a little weird when I see videos of other people's femsheps too. I think, in my head at least, this will always be the face I associate with that voice.
Hell, just while play ME2 it took me a while to get used to her not having that scar anymore (I tend to think of it as a battle wound she got on Akuze.) I miss that scar...

[Skywalker]

I was never a huge Liara fan, but LotSB was awesome.

I thought the beginning was pretty neat, with the little detective/noir feel, and it was cool to finally meet another Spectre, though I think it was pretty obvious that Vasir was dirty. Then the story shifts gears into pure action, and doesn't look back. I loved holding off the Shadow Broker's agents while Liara hacked the door, listening to Shepard and Liara's back and forth as wave after wave came at them. My only regret there is that, yet again, there was no new squad dialogue. Since I had Garrus with me and Liara for the mission, it would have been nice to hear him chime in on occasion.

And I didn't romance Liara in ME1, so the scene on the Normandy probably didn't have quite as much as it could have, but I thought it was still an excellent little scene that left my Shepard realizing how much he misses his old crew from the SR1--Ashley, Kaidan, Wrex, Liara. I think it also helps if you experience this scene with a Shepard who hasn't yet done the Suicide Mission.

I also liked how Vasir calls Shepard out for working with Cerberus, especially since my Shepard is a Paragon Sole Survivor (finally someone mentions Cerberus' connection to Akuze!). That scene, plus his reminiscing with Liara on the Normandy, really hit home and served to remind my Shepard why he's out there and what he's fighting for.

[John Clark]

Just finished it myself.

Where to start. Both Ms Spectre and the Shadow Broker were a decent enough fight. I'm not sure I enjoyed the mechanics of the taxi chase, but the conversation was fun.

It did leave Li and my primary Shep in a better place than the ME2 game and gives my Shep one reason to make it through alive.

On the downside, I understand why they couldn't bring back all the voice actors for this, but I would have liked some interjection from Tali when my Shep and Liara were bantering in the taxi and on the Shadow Broker ship. I'd also have liked for it to be longer, but that's probably just me.

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[firehawk12]

Hrm, with the ending of the DLC, doesn't that imply that she's not going to be a party member in ME3?

[PsychoPere]

Jax wrote:

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I love how you can basically have access to the network after and how it seems Bioware will update it.

One of the developers confirmed via Twitter "ongoing benefits" of that outcome. I also am looking forward to keeping an eye on it.

firehawk12 wrote:

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Hrm, with the ending of the DLC, doesn't that imply that she's not going to be a party member in ME3?

That was my impression as well, but I hope BioWare finds a story reason to work around it. I'd really like to have Liara on my team again in ME3, especially now that she and my Shepard are together again (sorry, Miss Lawson and low-cut jumpsuit).

[Docbrown777]

Ha ha, I liked when the Shadow Broker had the shield so Shepard says, "Then we do this the hard way" and you have to run up and punch him. There were some great cut scenes during the final fight.

I also liked that they included a level where you have to walk on the exterior of the Shadow Broker's ship. It reminded me of the Citadel Tower level from ME1.

Making the "evil" Asari Specter a Vanguard was a great idea too. She was biotic charging all over the place. Cool.

[SPCTRE]

^ Maybe you'll want to wrap that in spoiler tags

[Niorah]

Has Bioware by any chance announced how many DLC they intend to release for ME2?

[LeadHead]

Many thanks to those who have been using the spoiler cover, sadly I don't get to have a go till the weekend. So you're attempts to leave me unspoiled are greatly appreciated!

[Skywalker]

PsychoPere wrote:

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That was my impression as well, but I hope BioWare finds a story reason to work around it. I'd really like to have Liara on my team again in ME3, especially now that she and my Shepard are together again (sorry, Miss Lawson and low-cut jumpsuit).

Personally, I think she'd be of more use in her current position than she would be running around with Shepard again.

[Reverend]

^As much as I'd like to have had Liara around again as a squad member in ME2, it's true that her talents are wasted in a gunfight. Same goes for Tali really...which is and odd thought really. I mean how many other video games can make you actually care about the lives and careers of it's characters? That's just bizarre.

[SPCTRE]

Another thing I really, really enjoyed was the "Dossiers" console. I think I spent over an hour just reading through all of them.

Gotta love the World of Fantasy references BioWare keeps making

[Reverend]

^Yeah there's some pretty weird stuff in there. Off the top of by head, you learn a little too much about Tali's "special time", that Miranda is trying (unsuccessfully) to get pregnant with the aid of a dating service, that Grunt has developed an interest in Hemingway, that Samara used to be a clothes horse and a dancer, Jack fancies herself a poet and is into online poker and keeps getting banned for flaming, Garrus has a sick mother and a sibling back home, Mordin like amateur dramatics (but we knes that already), Kasumi has a crush on Jacob, and that Legion is an avid FPS gamer ("N7 Code of Honor: Medal of Duty") and is so good he keeps getting accused of hax.

The video logs also have some interesting details. Aside from Liara's father it also has Anderson meeting secretly with someone in a Cerberus uniform on the presidium and that reporter getting punched by someone else. Entertaining stuff!

[Jax]

PsychoPere wrote:

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One of the developers confirmed via Twitter "ongoing benefits" of that outcome. I also am looking forward to keeping an eye on it.

I wonder what the Twitter comment was about? I wonder if there some hidden info buried deep somewhere in the network, have to keep looking I guess.

[SPCTRE]

Well, there is the console that allows you to come back regularly and collect Credits, tech and resources.