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The decryption game doesn't bother me. I failed it the first time because I didn't know what to expect, but since then I've passed every single one.
BTW, I don't have Liara yet. Should I? I just got control of the ship, but since I picked up Garron, Wrex, and Tali on the Citadel, I'm not sure if I should have her too. I nearly missed getting Wrex on my team.
BTW, I don't have Liara yet. Should I? I just got control of the ship, but since I picked up Garron, Wrex, and Tali on the Citadel, I'm not sure if I should have her too. I nearly missed getting Wrex on my team.
Since you have the luxury of being able to go straight into ME2, I would say to do just that. For those of who were playing before ME2 came out, we spent time replaying ME1 with NG+ to boost levels and to make different choices. But since the combat in ME1 is so mediocre, in your case it would probably be best to just take your Shep straight through. Once you've finished the trilogy, maybe you'll feel energized to go through ME1 again with a new Shep.
As Reverend said, there's no past-game content, although there were two DLC packs released after the game shipped - "Pinnacle Station" and "Bring Down the Sky." You definitely don't want the former; it's all about combat, because the station is a training facility with battle simulations. "Bring Down the Sky" is worth your time and money for additional story content; it's not part of the quest to stop Saren, but your choices in that DLC will come back in ME2 and 3.
I also endorse Evil Twin's planet order.
Yeah, getting Liara is probably the best thing to do after you leave the Citadel. She's a pure biotic and so a very powerful squadmate to have. Plus of course the earlier you get her the more opportunities you have to talk with her.
Don't worry about being penalised for delaying on the other missions, it really makes no difference.
You should make sure to go down there after every primary mission to talk with the crew, you can manage their lockers then. There's no need to do it after the side missions.
Just make sure to talk to your crew, because I somehow missed it for the first half of my first playthrough and had to replay it to access the romance options.
It's a very good idea to pick her up before going to Noveria, and to bring her along on that mission, she has some unique dialogue there that you'd be best not to miss.
In my first playthrough I did Feros -> Therum -> Virmire -> Noveria, and I like that order of doing things, it felt natural in some way. But Evil Twin's mission order is probably the optimal one.
Garrus.
Don't be disrespecting him, I have it on good authority that he has a big stick up his ass that he uses to beat people.
How do i get that since Bioware won't let me register Mass Effect?
Download it from here:
http://masseffect.bioware.com/me1/galacticcodex/bringdownthesky_pc.html
You shouldn't have to register. I could be wrong though. Don't recall having to register although it was years ago since I installed BDTS.
Ah, OK. So far I've just done the side missions and haven't done the primary planets. I think I was going to do Therum first anyway.
I talked to the crew after leaving Citadel, so I'm good there so far. Ashley seemed a little cold to me though... must have done something to upset her.
Whoops on messing up Garrus's name! He is pretty awesome though.
When can you access the DLC? Do you have to complete the game first? I remember in Dragon Age: Origins, you could access some of it in the middle of the game.
I talked to the crew after leaving Citadel, so I'm good there so far. Ashley seemed a little cold to me though... must have done something to upset her.
Whoops on messing up Garrus's name! He is pretty awesome though.
When can you access the DLC? Do you have to complete the game first? I remember in Dragon Age: Origins, you could access some of it in the middle of the game.
You can do Noveria after Virmire? Seems like it would be a really strange order, what with the whole "the Council grounded me but I need to go to Ilos quick to stop Saren!"
I played this back in 2008 and I hated RPG games at the time, never found one I liked. After originally packing it in I came back to it switching from a Solider to an Vanguard and Mass Effect not only got me into moden day RPG's but also the franchise has become my favourite in all of gaming.
ME1 is more dated now that is 2012 but the story among anything made the game so strong I love the feeling I am carving out my own personal story rather than a scripted one. The cover system n gubplay have issues + framerate is not totally stable but the game has such rich characters and the biotic powers are cool IMO that it rises above its issues.
ME2 & 3 are better games so I would deffo carry on.
Virmire becomes available to you after doing any two of the three storyline planets first available to you, so the earliest you can do it is third in order, and save whichever planet you didn't do yet for last.
^Frequency of use has nothing to do with it. The quality of weapons from loot drops and purchases from stores is keyed to your level. There is a tipping point around the Lv20-30 mark where the accuracy of assault rifles becomes noticeably better.
The mistake I think a lot of people make with ARs is to puck the one with the highest damage rating, when really it's the accuracy you should be looking at.
The mistake I think a lot of people make with ARs is to puck the one with the highest damage rating, when really it's the accuracy you should be looking at.
Since you're playing on Xbox 360, you'll need to purchase it via Xbox Live. It's currently 80 MS Points, which equals $1. The link and activation code above will only work for the PC version.
Thanks.
Bring Down the Sky can be played at any time after you get control of the Normandy. It's not great, but it does introduce the Batarians who appear quite a bit in the next two games, so it's worth the dollar. I don't think this is a spoiler, but you can't do any of the side missions once you've completed the game for some odd reason, once the credits end you're dumped back out into the main menu.
You don't get grounded after Virmire, you get grounded once you've completed all four missions. So I went to Virmire, then Noveria, then I was forced back to the Citadel where I was grounded.
I liked that order because of my reaction to the Rachni problem. After Kaiden died on Virmire I was pissed at the whole galaxy for dragging their feet about the threat and my pure paragon swung more towards the renegade side of things. But when I was forced to choose between killing the Rachni Queen or letting her go, my paragon instincts came back and turned me into a paragade, which is what I remained for the next two games. It worked well for personalising my experience with the game.
I liked that order because of my reaction to the Rachni problem. After Kaiden died on Virmire I was pissed at the whole galaxy for dragging their feet about the threat and my pure paragon swung more towards the renegade side of things. But when I was forced to choose between killing the Rachni Queen or letting her go, my paragon instincts came back and turned me into a paragade, which is what I remained for the next two games. It worked well for personalising my experience with the game.
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