BioWare: Mass Effect 2 Trailer is "Absolutely True"

[Avatar Roku]

After the events of the first ME there is a serious rift in the alliance between the humans and other alien races. The aliens don't approve of the actions of the first human spectre and the humans don't like Shepherd possibly spilling secrets to his alien compadres. As a result Shepherd becomes "rogue" and given both factions are out for his blood has his death faked.

That's my theory anyway.

Makes sense. Although, if you did the good playthrough, Anderson is essentially Humanity's leader, and he would never turn on Shepard like that. It's pretty much a given that Cerberus is involved, I'd say it has more to do with them.

I seriously don't buy the Robo-Shepard theory. The first game was compelling because it was a human's struggle in an alien environment. Making Shep a robot would instantly get rid of that and/or make him/her less relatable.

 

[Programmed_For_Damage]

After the events of the first ME there is a serious rift in the alliance between the humans and other alien races. The aliens don't approve of the actions of the first human spectre and the humans don't like Shepherd possibly spilling secrets to his alien compadres. As a result Shepherd becomes "rogue" and given both factions are out for his blood has his death faked.

That's my theory anyway.

Makes sense. Although, if you did the good playthrough, Anderson is essentially Humanity's leader, and he would never turn on Shepard like that. It's pretty much a given that Cerberus is involved, I'd say it has more to do with them.

I seriously don't buy the Robo-Shepard theory. The first game was compelling because it was a human's struggle in an alien environment. Making Shep a robot would instantly get rid of that and/or make him/her less relatable.

Good point about Cerberus, I'd forgotten about them! It was an intriguing part of the first game that was left nice and open.

Yeah I reckon there's much credence in the robo-Sheperd theory, after all Bioware said he'd/she'd carry the load through the entire trilogy. That would mean you'd play two-thirds of it as a Geth

 

[Avatar Roku]

After the events of the first ME there is a serious rift in the alliance between the humans and other alien races. The aliens don't approve of the actions of the first human spectre and the humans don't like Shepherd possibly spilling secrets to his alien compadres. As a result Shepherd becomes "rogue" and given both factions are out for his blood has his death faked.

That's my theory anyway.

Makes sense. Although, if you did the good playthrough, Anderson is essentially Humanity's leader, and he would never turn on Shepard like that. It's pretty much a given that Cerberus is involved, I'd say it has more to do with them.

I seriously don't buy the Robo-Shepard theory. The first game was compelling because it was a human's struggle in an alien environment. Making Shep a robot would instantly get rid of that and/or make him/her less relatable.

Good point about Cerberus, I'd forgotten about them! It was an intriguing part of the first game that was left nice and open.

Yeah I reckon there's much credence in the robo-Sheperd theory, after all Bioware said he'd/she'd carry the load through the entire trilogy. That would mean you'd play two-thirds of it as a Geth

Yeah, they handled Cerberus well in the first game, making them appear in enough quests to stand out, but not enough for them to majorly warrant Shep's attention. The reason I said it was a given, though, was that they were made major villains in the second novel.

 

[TWEWER]

I'd say it's pretty obvious what's going on. Shepard does die right at the beginning of the game, and the rest of the game is a flashback.

 

[Avatar Roku]

I'd say it's pretty obvious what's going on. Shepard does die right at the beginning of the game, and the rest of the game is a flashback.

But they said it'd be a trilogy and it would all follow Shepard. I could see that working for one game (albeit completely not Bioware's style), but how could they do a third? Plus, it isn't Bioware's style to leave huge, massive plot points like the Reapers and Cerberus in the air.

 

[Avatar Roku]

Sorry, double post. Bad internet connection.

 

[Programmed_For_Damage]

I wonder if we'll have a face to face meeting with Admiral Hackett in this one? Although having Lance Henrikson's voice float over the ether when viewing the galactic map was kind of cool.

 

[Knight Templar]

What is that picture of?

 

[Lukeje]

Of course! I imagine 90% of the plot is either top secret or not written yet . Its like Valve who is the G-Man? Really?

It's Geoff Freeman. Gordon's brother.

Source [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_Fools'_Day].

Edit: since it is now midday, I'm obligated to inform you that the above 'source' is actually a joke link.

 

[B0BX]

My guess is that it is true that Commander Sheppard was reported to be KIA, the report however is probably false and so I think that the game will start with Sheppard having to work his way back to the alliance.

 

[Doug]

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Of course! I imagine 90% of the plot is either top secret or not written yet . Its like Valve who is the G-Man? Really?

It's Geoff Freeman. Gordon's brother.

Source [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_Fools'_Day].

I thought it was Gordon Frohman?

 

[Rascarin]

I can't help but suspect this of being an April Fools day ploy....

 

[Avatar Roku]

I wonder if we'll have a face to face meeting with Admiral Hackett in this one? Although having Lance Henrikson's voice float over the ether when viewing the galactic map was kind of cool.

Yeah, meeting Hackett in person would ruin his mystique.

What is that picture of?

I don't think it''s from Mass Effect. Just there to look cool

 

[GyroCaptain]

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Of course! I imagine 90% of the plot is either top secret or not written yet . Its like Valve who is the G-Man? Really?

It's Geoff Freeman. Gordon's brother.

Source [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_Fools'_Day].

I thought it was Gordon Frohman?

I think you both mean John Freeman [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHxyZaZlaOs], who was one day an office.

SRS: the Geth are leaderless to some extent now. This will be interesting.

 

[GyroCaptain]

What is that picture of?

I don't think it''s from Mass Effect. Just there to look cool

It's one of the concept art pieces for Mass Effect 2, IIRC.

 

[Avatar Roku]

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Of course! I imagine 90% of the plot is either top secret or not written yet . Its like Valve who is the G-Man? Really?

It's Geoff Freeman. Gordon's brother.

Source [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_Fools'_Day].

I thought it was Gordon Frohman?

I think you both mean John Freeman [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHxyZaZlaOs], who was one day an office.

Never gets old.

 

[RebelRising]

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Of course! I imagine 90% of the plot is either top secret or not written yet . Its like Valve who is the G-Man? Really?

It's Geoff Freeman. Gordon's brother.

Source [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_Fools'_Day].

I thought it was Gordon Frohman?

I think you both mean John Freeman [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHxyZaZlaOs], who was one day an office.

Never gets old.

"...and the pants were dead."

 

[Avatar Roku]

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Of course! I imagine 90% of the plot is either top secret or not written yet . Its like Valve who is the G-Man? Really?

It's Geoff Freeman. Gordon's brother.

Source [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_Fools'_Day].

I thought it was Gordon Frohman?

I think you both mean John Freeman [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHxyZaZlaOs], who was one day an office.

Never gets old.

"...and the pants were dead."

"And the birds and the sun was almost down from the top of the sky???"

 

[Death916]

Just give us a legit trailer already! [small]I hate teasers so much...[/small]

Oh well, it'll be interesting to see how this ends up.

Have you seen the GTTV episode on it, as well as the GDC presentation?

Yeah. Cool and all, but I really want some more clues about the story, beyond "Oh yeah, Shepard's dead, but he isn't" and "You may kinda meet the Illusive Man". I guess what I'm really wondering is if those Collectors from the second novel are just Red Herrings, or if they'll actually be important. And I want to know if we go to the Migrant Fleet (although, now that I think about it, it might be more epic if we don't know that part beforehand).

Me too, and I can't wait. But did you notice anything interesting? Because Tali is definitely there at one point; Nassana (as in Dantius) is mentioned.

But the work they're showing on the cutscenes is astounding. The flying car bit was the sort of thing that was visibly an improvement over the first game.

Hm...I didn't really notice Tali or Nassana, but I wouldn't be surprised if they're there (and, as you know, I love Tali, so it's good to know she's coming back). I did notice something interesting in their demo of the new combat (which is already looking more fluid, by the way); They seem to be reloading. Somehow this interests me greatly.

where did you see that demo