A flaw in Mass Effect 2

SpireOfFire

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the biggest flaw with mass effect 2 is combing planets for minerals. thats one of the most tedious things i have ever done in a game, along with getting a job in fable 2.
 

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Normalgamer said:
Let me guess this out of the way, I LOVE mass effect 2, it surpasses the first one easily in my opinion, and is easily one of my favorite if not my favorite game. But there is one thing that tires me to no end about this game:
Your chat options are a lie!
For instance, (Spoilers) when Grunt is talking about how he hates Turians, I saw an option "What about Garrus?". I thought my character would just ask a simple question, but instead he points his finger at him and yells "Don't start any shit on my ship!". This was completetly different from what option I had, and I noticed this happens fairly option were I'll click something thinking it'll be what I want, and end up saying something totally different.

So I have to ask, is this system flawed? Or am I just ranting about something that doesn't matter?


I noticed that to, but most of the chat options are fine, its kinda just a few random ones spread throughout the game
 

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Ridgemo said:
The thing that annoyed me is during Mordin's loyalty mission. All the way through you give him MASSIVE amounts of grief (if you choose Paragon) about the crap he's caused, him "killing" the entire krogan race blah de blah de blah. I actually felt sorry for Mordin and wished Shepard would stop being such a massive douche. But then at the end when you meet up with the other Salarian (can't remember his name) suddenly Mordin is alright and this other guy is the douche because he tests on live subjects and stuff.

The sheer speed at which Shepards point of view changes is abit off-putting, especially when i was actually on Mordin's side, but agreeing with him that he hadn't commited genocide would give me Renengade points ¬_¬
Well the Genophage is a very "the end justify the mean" how is that no renegade

I actually like the parralel between Mordin and his apprentice, Mordin experimented ethnically for horrible purpose, while his apprentice wanted to do something good but through evil means
 

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SpireOfFire said:
the biggest flaw with mass effect 2 is combing planets for minerals. thats one of the most tedious things i have ever done in a game, along with getting a job in fable 2.
And that's why the PC version is superior ;>

camokkid said:
Amnestic said:
"I won't be second guessed on my own ship, by my own ship."

"What about Garrus?" is the lower right option, which means it's Renegade, which mean's Shepard's going to either be a jerk or shoot/punch something.

Just be glad he didn't whip it out.
What if someone uses a female character, like me?
She still whips it out.

Awkward.
 

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Aardvark said:
Poopie McGhee said:
You can get kelly to feed them...
Ganthrinor said:
Make nice with the Head-Shrinker by the Galaxy Map. Invite her up for dinner and she'll offer to feed your fish for you. Among other things.
This isn't about the damn fish. They built a fantastical, magical, wonderful AI that delights in torturing Seth Green, they also built an automated, never-ending fish-feeder, yet never thought to link the two. Go, future techmonkeys.

Besides, Kelly is a ginger. Everybody knows those creatures have no souls. I'd sooner see my fish burn than entrust them to one of those hideous monstrosities.
You can get her to dance for you after the game. And it's kinky. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kDyswgQ4P4]
 

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Amnestic said:
You can get her to dance for you after the game. And it's kinky. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kDyswgQ4P4]
Soulless, bloodsucking creatures of the night. Purify with holy fire. Let them taste the Emperor's Wrath.

While we're bitching about this game, here's something they should have stolen from Oblivion, then fixed. Random, or semi-scripted NPC interaction. Have them wandering around the ship, doing stuff, talking to one-another, instead of making them permanent fixtures.
 

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Aardvark said:
Amnestic said:
You can get her to dance for you after the game. And it's kinky. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kDyswgQ4P4]
Soulless, bloodsucking creatures of the night. Purify with holy fire. Let them taste the Emperor's Wrath.

While we're bitching about this game, here's something they should have stolen from Oblivion, then fixed. Random, or semi-scripted NPC interaction. Have them wandering around the ship, doing stuff, talking to one-another, instead of making them permanent fixtures.
Yeah, because that worked so well in Oblivion.

"Hey there."
"Bye."

And then they stand there like muppets.

Besides, they're meant to be working their lazy ass off keeping my ship running. I don't want them wandering about.
 

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Amnestic said:
Aardvark said:
then fixed.... doing stuff
Yeah, because that worked so well in Oblivion.

"Hey there."
"Bye."

And then they stand there like muppets.

Besides, they're meant to be working their lazy ass off keeping my ship running. I don't want them wandering about.
Do people read posts before they quote them or are you all godless, night-dwelling gingers?

More from my book of shit they need to do.

Batarians. Lamest evil alien race ever. Slavers who whinge about their rights to enslave being taken from them. Waah waah waah, ooooh, look at us, we're so evil, we're going to wipe out a human colony for the sake of it. The other alien scum I'm fine with.

The Turian Death Beam. You can get it early on in the game, the flavour text says is designed to cockpunch the guts out of the collector ship, but genius boy doesn't even think to use it on them after running into them for the first time. If you're going to add resource-hungry stuff that doesn't do anything 'til endgame, explain it away somehow. You do the groundwork, then some team on a space station fits the gear just before you make the final jump. Nobody installs an ubercannon, then just lets it gather dust. They fire the thing like they're ringing in the new year, easter, christmas, Kwanzaa, Armistice day and the Wookie's Life Day, all rolled into one. Hell, I'd be using the thing to take out ground targets, thus saving me the bother of having to land and deal with the latest Merc company going pirate on everybody.

Mining. I've accepted the fact that these super-valuable minerals you can mine are apparently worthless and unsellable because they've got Shepherd germs on them, but there's several planets you mine that are inhabited by space-faring cultures who wouldn't take too kindly to some ship showing up out of nowhere, firing in store-bought mining probes and stealing their minerals wholesale. Yes, the Normandy is apparently all that and a bag of invisible salt crackers, but at least explain it away for the pedantic and anal retentive, like me.

Heavy Weapon ammunition. Your ship has a manufacturing plant built into it that can make a nuke launcher, but for some reason can't make the ammo for it. Infact, nobody can make the ammo for it, or if they can, they're certainly not selling it to your ghostly arse. Med-gel, too. In the first game, I couldn't sneeze without needing to disinfect a med-gel dispenser afterwards. Why can these two items only be found on battlefields?

I think that's all I have to whinge about. Maybe a few niggling issues with the cover mechanics. Other than that, great game. Three thumbs up.
 

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Due to all the comments about getting Renegade for Paragon actions and vice versa, I think I shall post my theory.

You often get points for starting up conversations in the first place, or perhaps just advancing the story line. I doubt you could fill the bar with only interruptions and chat options. Just my two cents.
 
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Volafortis said:
I didn't go in with a Paragon/Renegade mindset. I went in doing what I wanted and got pure awesome out.
Punching reporters, Telling Miranda you want a hit and run. Then go to a planet to save a cat from a tree.

Pure awesome indeed. It's what I did, to an extent. I never went middle man to max out my negotiation skills. It's either murder or donate a kidney.
 

Theron Julius

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Meh it usually doesn't bother me. There are a couple of times I though he would say something cool and collected and he pretty much says "*****, please.". It's just a rough generalization of what he says, but they could describe it all much better imo.