Commander Shepard Raps About Mining for Minerals in Mass Effect 2
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Same for me. I basically completely scanned two clusters and was set for the rest of the game. I probably missed out on a lot of the mini-quests due to my huge amounts of resources. I think I had about 37,000 Eezo at one point, and about 200,000 of the other three. I didn't bother after that.The_Oracle said:
But then I was using a mouse. Perhaps that helped?
Haven't played the game, not listening to the lyrics anyway: that atmospheric beat is seductive and the flow is killer. I'm assuming the music is also sampled from the game, then laid over the beat. That alone has me sold.
I don't know, the fact that you Role Play as a hero with a choice system that still allows you to feel like a hero (although one of the anti- variety) where you determine who you play as exactly (my character ended up being a nice person who near the end of the game had just about had enough and took Renegade options due to both this and the fact that I thought not doing so once had lead to a good friend getting gunned down, as if the events of the game had changed him even though I was the one choosing everything), that you spend as much time talking to people and making decisions about what to say as you do shooting, and that you have to decide on which extra power out of all of your teammates special abilities best suits you character (as well as choosing how every power eventually evolves) sort of made it feel a bit more RPG to me. The elements removed did bring it down a bit, but a lot of those were really annoying. The fact that you had to go through a skill tree to slight upgrade an ability is less fun than getting a large boost in power. While there were more weapons in ME1, it still came down to finding the best gun and using it (and you would change weapons so often you could never really get attached. Yes I would prefer a skill tree where all characters ended up different and different variations of guns rather than just 2 where one is the clear better with some drawbacks (though you do also get to choose once again between playing styles by choosing your weapon of choice).Onyx Oblivion said:
As for the rap, pretty good (for laughs at least), though the video got annoying way too quickly.
It's a simple RPG, but it's a great game.Onyx Oblivion said:
You can't think in terms of absolutes. Is ME2 a better game for not having as many Pen&Paper RPG elements? I think so, it fits better with the pace and atmosphere set in the first game. P&P style RPGs aren't innately superior to the Pseudo-real time shooter shown in ME2 (really the only thing they did away with was in-depth Item collecting and inventory), and this game turned out a better experience without.
I.E. I think you first need to prove that a simplified RPG model is an inherent negative.
Aw, come on. Driving the Mako up a sheer cliff face was awesome!!! It also took you like an hour to get to the top and most of that was just the 6 tires slipping around, but whatever.Hybridwolf said:
Haven't actually played ME2 yet, but I plan on it. I kind of liked this rap cause it was so random (and the lyricist was actually quite good).
I have to agree with this, really.vivaldiscool said:
ME2 is a more simplistic RPG, and it wouldn't work as a number cruncher. One problem I had with ME1 was how minor each upgrade was as you went along and there were a lot of numbers that really seemed to make a difference. At least in ME2 BioWare cut down the amount of numbers you had to pay attention to and instead of 3 types of armor (little difference between Mantis X in medium and heavy, for example) they used the armor to give you useful stats that you could choose yourself. If you want extra ammo - use those leg guards, if you want your biotics to be more powerful - use a certain chest piece and so forth.
ME2 wouldn't work if it had a similar stat system to Dragon Age, and on the other hand Dragon Age wouldnt work as well if it was more simplistic like ME2. You have different types of RPGs for different types of gameplay, and to compare them (IMHO) can be akin to comparing the FPS and the Simulation genres.
I thought this was a troll for a second, then saw that the poster was also John Funk, Games Editor for this website.
Weird.
Weird.
