Mass Effect Thread - Remastered Version Out Now

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  1. prerecordedlive

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    Same. Tali primarily. Wrex or Garrus.
     
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  2. Illinihockey

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    Wrex and Garrus
     
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  3. DUCKMOUTH

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    Once Tali is loaded out with all the tech she’s a bad bitch
     
  4. DUCKMOUTH

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    This will probably be my 5th or 6th play through of ME1. First time I’ve ever used Assault Rifles
     
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  5. Illinihockey

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    played soldier first run through so assault rifle heavy, infiltrator this time so sniper and pistols
     
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  6. Illinihockey

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    Kaiden is the only person I never take into any missions
     
  7. ButchCassidy

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    Tali and Garrus.
     
  8. DUCKMOUTH

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    Almost done with 1. Doing about 80% of the side missions, but plan on doing all again in two and three.
     
  9. Illinihockey

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    Had to let the council die this time. Fuck them
     
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  10. DUCKMOUTH

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    Did the same: fuck em
     
  11. DUCKMOUTH

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    About to star 2. Thinking going full engineer.
     
  12. Illinihockey

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    forgot how huge of a jump 2 was compared to 1. 1 was great, 2 is just epic
     
  13. DUCKMOUTH

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    Working ny way back through 2 now. Just love it so much. I’ve played through 1 and 2 probably 8 times. Only did 3 once.. can’t wait to dive into 3
     
  14. Illinihockey

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    grunt just wrecks shit, he’s always in my team. Been doing more of a renegade this time around but apparently my paragon and renegade both were high enough to mediate the Miranda/Jack dispute to keep them both in line. I remember very little about 3 outside of the ending
     
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  15. DUCKMOUTH

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    Grunt always in the crew. Kusami with the Shadow Strike is a nice one too
     
  16. Illinihockey

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    How in the world did they not do more with this property? There’s so many mass effect games they could have made besides andromeda. How about a first contact war prequel? How about a game where the rachni war is the backdrop? This universe is so incredible and unexplored
     
  17. IowaHuskerFan3

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    I need a new game to play. I’m for some reason in a tech/sci-fi kick right now.

    Which game should I play? What should I expect?
     
  18. Illinihockey

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    and you’ve played the mass effect games? Outer worlds was fun but left me wanting more
     
  19. IowaHuskerFan3

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    I have not. I tried Outer Worlds but it felt bare. Could try and go back to that
     
  20. ButchCassidy

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    ME2 is one of the best games ever. ME1 has a great story and a great introduction, but a little slow. ME3 is really really good, as well.
     
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  21. DUCKMOUTH

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    I would jump into ME1 and go all the way to 3. ME1 gameplay fun enough, but can be a bit wonky. ME2 the gameplay is great.

    Play it slow; take in all the dialogue. Read and listen to everything that gets added to to codex.. It’s an incredible SCi Fi universe if you take it all in.
     
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  22. DUCKMOUTH

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    It’s my favorite SCi fi setting back story of any. That includes movies, books, etc.
     
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  23. DUCKMOUTH

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    Also you should start at 1. Story and companions build and if you started at two or three you would be missing out in some great build and character development
     
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  24. Illinihockey

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    totally agree which is why I posted what I did above. How did they not get more mileage out of this universe
     
  25. DUCKMOUTH

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    So many directions they could go. Aren’t they developing a live action series ?
     
  26. yaywaffles

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    good to start with 1 if you're doing Mass Effect for the first time. the remastered makes the gameplay a bit more palatable, though it still pales in comparison to the sequels. but the story and characters make it worth playing through if you've never experienced it before

    Outer Worlds lifts some stuff from Mass Effect. The crew relationship, dialogue trees, etc. should feel familiar, though Mass Effect does it better.
     
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  27. slhorn

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    I think Netflix is.
     
  28. Illinihockey

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    Tried to do more renegade stuff and it ended up with a squad member not being loyal and dying in the suicide mission because I couldn’t mediate a dispute. Also I thought you could do the final loyalty mission before going through the final relay and still save all of the crew….guess not
     
  29. Illinihockey

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    Went back in and went right to the collectors mission to save all of the crew and saved legions loyalty mission until after and he fucking died. Guess I fucked this play through up
     
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  30. Illinihockey

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    So before I jump into 3, do I save legion or half the crew? I always choose destroy at the end so brokering peace between the quarians and geth seems like a waste of time
     
  31. ButchCassidy

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    I think the game is coming to Game Pass soon. I'm a little into 2 on PC. Just finished Miranda's loyalty mission.
     
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  32. Illinihockey

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    dont finish jacks until you have very high paragon or renegade
     
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  33. ButchCassidy

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    ooooo I just unlocked hers, too. I played when the game first launched, but only did one playthrough.
     
  34. Illinihockey

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    I remembered how to save all of the team even if some aren’t loyal, ready to boot up ME3 now
     
  35. IowaHuskerFan3

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    Pretty clutch, Jan. 6 is when it’s accessible.
     
  36. Craig Pettis

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    pretty sure everybody has to be loyal to survive the suicide mission. The way to do it is to do everything but Tali and Legion’s loyalty missions before the Reaper IFF mission. At the completion of that a timer starts, and if you do more than 2 missions you lose at least half the crew.
     
  37. Illinihockey

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    they don’t, I just had everyone survive with 3 members not loyal at the time
     
  38. Super Vegeta

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    I always made sure i never lost anyone on the Suicide mission because i hated missing out on any content from the characters.
     
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  39. Illinihockey

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    it’s why I went back and reran the mission
     
  40. IowaHuskerFan3

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    Free on GamePass. What’s the ranking in order?

    andromeda that bad?
     
  41. Illinihockey

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    i enjoyed andromeda but I adore everything about mass effect.

    1 is the worst just because it’s so old, the graphics are rough. 2 is an absolute masterpiece. 3 is very good but people got mad about the ending, I didn’t think it ruined the game like some did
     
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  42. Super Vegeta

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    2>3>>>1

    1 suffers from just being antiquated with repetitive Mako missions, but it does an amazing job as a world builder if nothing else. I've played this one more than I have the others combined.

    3 gets shit on a lot for the ending, and rightfully so, but 99.9% of that game is amazing. I also think they cut out the boring as shit resource mining. Not to mention I thought the multiplayer was incredibly fun.

    2 is great at everything. Underrated aspect of it is the amazing voice acting throughout. Most of the companions are very fun, but I hate that it means I couldn't take some of my favorites along (wrex and liara, but at least liara gets the shadowbroker dlc)

    Couldn't get past the 2nd planet in andromeda. The facial animations were the worst from a AAA title I have ever seen from this era.
     
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  43. Illinihockey

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    My biggest problem with andromeda was they left a ton to do then said lol no sequel, no dlc.
     
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  44. ButchCassidy

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    I've been playing on PC. Now its available via game pass. Wonder if I should download it on the pass, and if my saves will carry over? Get them achievements!
     
  45. TrustyPatches

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    1 has some suck to it for sure but it is actually a really deep RPG
     
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  46. Manny

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    1 has such an amazing story I will always love it. Can't wait to put Ashley and Kaiden on the bench though.
     
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  47. bwi2

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    the worst part about the Virmire mission is that one has to survive
     
  48. Illinihockey

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    Forgot how hot 3 starts
     
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  49. Illinihockey

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    It’s crazy how much I remembered about ME2 and how little I remembered about ME3
     
  50. slhorn

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    I’ve played two dozens of times. I’ve played three only once.