Author Topic: Mass Effect -- Action RPG Title made by Bioware
Equal_Protection  158 posts
Registered: Oct '04
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Date Posted: 12/13/07 5:38pm Subject: RE: Mass Effect -- Action RPG Title made by Bioware
I also hope that the Bioware store gets more medium t-shirts in soon.

Also, where are the Mass Effect hoodies? plain

 

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Espaldapalabras  4826 posts
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Date Posted: 12/13/07 6:09pm Subject: RE: Mass Effect -- Action RPG Title made by Bioware
One thing I realized is that if you are a renegade with the consort you don't get her little thing that opens up an anomoly where a big silver ball puts a Cro-Magnum man's protheian abduction into your head.

 

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wild_karrde  27755 posts
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21785_Talon Karrde
Date Posted: 12/15/07 12:37pm Subject: RE: Mass Effect -- Action RPG Title made by Bioware - Date Edited: 12/15/07 12:41pm (1 edits total) Edited By: wild_karrde
Just finished my first play through (and listening to the awesome end credits song). Played as a male Vanguard and it took me 45 hrs 07 mins. Got to level 47. ME, without doubt, has the best story of any game I've ever played. Can't wait for the sequels!

Achievements I got on 1 go:

- Distinguished Service Medal (Complete Eden Prime)
- Spectre Inductee (Player is Spectre)
- Scholar (Find all primary Alien: Council Races, Extinct Races and Non-Council Races codex entries)
- Honorarium of Corporate Service (Complete Noveria)
- Medal of Exploration (Land on an uncharted world)
- Shotgun Expert (150 Shotgun Kills)
- Throw Mastery (Use biotic Throw 75 times)
- Dog of War (150 organic enemy kills)
- Search and Rescue (Found Liara in Artemis Tau Cluster)
- Rich (Exceed 1,000,000 Credits)
- Geth Hunter (250 synthetic enemy kills)
- Paragon (75% of total Paragon points)
- Medal of Heroism (Complete Feros)
- Completionist (Complete the majority of the game)
- First Aid Specialist (Use medi-gel 150 times)
- Charismatic (Resolved impossible situation with Charm or Intimidate)
- Warp Mastery (Use biotic Warp 75 times)
- Council Legion of Merit (Complete Virmire)
- Paramour (Complete romance subplot)
- Medal of Honor (Complete Mass Effect Playthrough)
- Tactician (Complete playthrough with shield damage greater than health damage)

 

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BLemelisk  999 posts
Registered: Aug '03
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Date Posted: 12/15/07 5:39pm Subject: RE: Mass Effect -- Action RPG Title made by Bioware
I'm just excited because I was able to find the torrent and download the soundtrack

 

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Star_Rocker  3451 posts
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Date Posted: 12/15/07 5:42pm Subject: RE: Mass Effect -- Action RPG Title made by Bioware
I agree that the ending credits song is very cool

 

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zacparis  18120 posts
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Date Posted: 12/15/07 6:34pm Subject: RE: Mass Effect -- Action RPG Title made by Bioware
The soundtrack is quite easy to get. Plus there's also the hardcopy you can buy from the BioWare shop.

 

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Handmaiden_Yane  11057 posts
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Date Posted: 12/15/07 8:32pm Subject: RE: Mass Effect -- Action RPG Title made by Bioware
So, I'm really frustrated.

I'm at the part where the romantic subplot is supposed to make me choose, and no one confronted me! Then Kaiden starts blathering about some childhood story and doesn't make any romantic discussion at all!! Is there any hope of any romantic subplot in my game or do I have to restart? sad I don't know how I got to this point! I totally encouraged romance with Kaiden and totally flatout discouraged it with Liara, and nothing!!!

 

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Star_Rocker  3451 posts
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Date Posted: 12/15/07 9:17pm Subject: RE: Mass Effect -- Action RPG Title made by Bioware
Who'd you send onto the other team on the Virmire mission?

 

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zacparis  18120 posts
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Date Posted: 12/16/07 8:03am Subject: RE: Mass Effect -- Action RPG Title made by Bioware
Handmaiden_Yane posted:
So, I'm really frustrated.

I'm at the part where the romantic subplot is supposed to make me choose, and no one confronted me! Then Kaiden starts blathering about some childhood story and doesn't make any romantic discussion at all!! Is there any hope of any romantic subplot in my game or do I have to restart? sad I don't know how I got to this point! I totally encouraged romance with Kaiden and totally flatout discouraged it with Liara, and nothing!!!



The cutscene that makes you choose can happen after different missions, or it might not happen at all. I think it only happens if you flirt with both Kaiden and Liara. If, like you say, you've avoided romancing Liara, then you probably won't be confronted.

As long as you speak to Kaiden as much as you can, the romantic subplot should play out. Just wait until you travel to Ilos, and it should kick in from there.

 

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jangoisadrunk  2318 posts
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Date Posted: 12/16/07 9:28am Subject: RE: Mass Effect -- Action RPG Title made by Bioware
If you pick the "tactical appraisal" covo choice even once with Kaiden it kills the romance subplot. Same goes for Ashley, except it's the "what do you think of the last mission" option.

 

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zacparis  18120 posts
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Date Posted: 12/16/07 11:12am Subject: RE: Mass Effect -- Action RPG Title made by Bioware
Does it? I've done that with both of them, it certainly didn't stop the romance.

 

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zacparis  18120 posts
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Date Posted: 12/16/07 1:32pm Subject: RE: Mass Effect -- Action RPG Title made by Bioware
Well I've just finished a playthrough on Insanity. After initially trying it with a new character I swapped to my previous Adept character who was at level 47 and started again. Insanity mode was far more enjoyable after that - being able to use all my high level powers and items I was able to just tear through the game. I stuck to the main story only, and the game seemed far more focused and fast paced without spending countless hours wandering around in that dreadful Mako.

I went from level 47 to 57 in that single playthrough, the gap between levels was nearing 100,000 XP at that stage. Looks like I'm going to have to do another playthrough to get to 60.

But I still have all the ally achievements to get, I'm not done with this game yet. grin

 

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wild_karrde  27755 posts
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21785_Talon Karrde
Date Posted: 12/16/07 2:53pm Subject: RE: Mass Effect -- Action RPG Title made by Bioware
Started on Veteran with a new Shepard (female this time). For some reason she's a lot more of a bitch than I originally intended her to be. Oh well tongue Next go round I'll go back to my level 47 male and do a run through on Hardcore.

 

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Asterix_of_Gaul  1987 posts
Registered: Sep '07
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Date Posted: 12/16/07 4:24pm Subject: RE: Mass Effect -- Action RPG Title made by Bioware
So I've been playing this game for about 15 hours in total and it's one of the best RPGs I've ever played. I played Kotor I and II, but this...just with the dynamic conversations alone blows almost all other RPGs out of the water--well it would if it wasn't plagued with some pretty frustrating glitches. Still, I absolutely love this game--it's taking over my soul.

Anyone get the limited edition? I'm wondering what came with that and what I'll be missing out on.

Also did anyone notice how similar the story about the Rachni is to Ender's Game?

 

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wild_karrde  27755 posts
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21785_Talon Karrde
Date Posted: 12/16/07 4:40pm Subject: RE: Mass Effect -- Action RPG Title made by Bioware
The LCE comes with a Galactic Codex that has nothing that's not in the in-game codex and an art book. But it also comes with a DVD that has over 1 hr of making of featurettes.

 

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