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mysticwolf said:
Khuutra said:
mysticwolf said:
Haven't played the first Mass Effect, so it's a little confusing, but i don't think it's a big deal. I have a good PC that's always an option if I ever want to play it.

I'm playing Mass Effect 2 on PS3 and I'm currently about 20 hours in, right after the Collectors invade the Normandy.

It's a pretty big deal, and I'd suggest playing the first Mass Effect at some point, if just for the sake of completeness. Now that you've played ME2, though, you may never be able to go back to ME1's gameplay.

How are you enjoying it?

It's pretty good, but I never really got a sense of danger until the Collectors boarded the Normandy

Mass Effect really gives you that sense throughout. First the Prothean Beacon and your first vision of the Reapers, and then the threat of Sovereign, who was way better as a villain than Harbinger in ME2, because he actually spoke to you without parroting canned dialogue again and again.



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Kantor said:

Mass Effect really gives you that sense throughout. First the Prothean Beacon and your first vision of the Reapers, and then the threat of Sovereign, who was way better as a villain than Harbinger in ME2, because he actually spoke to you without parroting canned dialogue again and again.

I agree. Plus, Sovereign had one of the coolest line of dialogue in the trilogy: "You exist because we allow it, and you will end because we demand it."

Such an awesome line. Shoot, that whole conversation was great.



New endings and dialog is a bit better filled out, which is nice. Kind of make me wonder how they got away with all this not existing in the first place.



Hmm, pie.

noname2200 said:
Kantor said:

Mass Effect really gives you that sense throughout. First the Prothean Beacon and your first vision of the Reapers, and then the threat of Sovereign, who was way better as a villain than Harbinger in ME2, because he actually spoke to you without parroting canned dialogue again and again.

I agree. Plus, Sovereign had one of the coolest line of dialogue in the trilogy: "You exist because we allow it, and you will end because we demand it."

Such an awesome line. Shoot, that whole conversation was great.

In terms of the "cosmic horror" angle, that's still the watershed moment of the franchise for me.

"You are not Saren."



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New Earth DLC characters have leaked.

All taken from gibbed on the SA forums, who has never failed in leakign this shit before.

Power list:

(Adept) N7 Fury: Throw, Annihilation Field, Dark Channel
(Soldier) N7 Destroyer: Multi-Frag Grenade, Missile Launcher, Devastator Mode, T5-V battlesuit?
(Engineer) N7 Demolisher: Homing Grenade, Arc Grenade, Supply Pylon, has an explosive Omni-Tool.
(Sentinel) N7 Paladin: Snap Freeze, Incinerate, Energy Drain, has an Omni-Shield.
(Infiltrator) N7 Shadow: Tactical Cloak, Shadow Strike, Electric Slash, has a guddam sword *is Kai Leng I'm assuming*.
(Vanguard) N7 Slayer: Phase Disruptor, Biotic Charge, Biotic Slash, has a guddam sword.

Edit: added more.

Descriptions:

Fury: "Fury operatives use implants to fuel biotics and their incredible movement speed. These operatives wind an unpredictable path on the battlefield, moving in and out of combat before returning to unleash a sweeping biotic attack on their unsuspecting targets."
Destroyer: "The Destroyer's T5-V Battlesuit gives these strong-but-slow soldiers mech-like protection. Driven by eezo-assisted actuators, these frontline troopers carry heavy weapons onto the battlefield."
Demolisher: "The Demolisher uses grenades to attack at range and to terrorize the battlefield. Demolishers can also create a supply pylon that stocks allies with an unending reserve of grenades and thermal reloads."
Paladin: "The Paladin carries a powerful omni-shield onto the battlefield to block enemy fire. The Paladin also uses the shield as a heavy-melee weapon that, when modified with incindiery or cryo upgrades, creates a devastating combination attack."
Shadow: "Shadow infiltrators use implants to dramatically improve agility, making them slippery combatants on the battlefield. Their monomolecular blades are a menace from cover and close range."
Slayer: "Slayers use implants to dramatically improve mobility. Their dizzying sword attacks can hit multiple opponents, and the Slayer's ability to slip fire makes them hard to pin down on the battielfield."

Shadow and Slayer both have 'Martial Arts' listed in their descriptions.

Appearances:

Who's excited? I'm excited.

DLC lands next Tuesday. Think I'm going to be playing some Gold this week in hopes of unlocking.



If anyone needs help getting through this weekend's N7 operation on the 360, let me know.

I will do my best to help you out.



So who

Played

Leviathan?

It's a very good DLC; it fleshes out the world in interesting ways and throws all of the endings into new light, as well as effectively recontextualizing large swathes of the series up to now in an engaging way.

It also manages to supplant Sovereign's initial conversation as the most bad-ass and ominous dialogue in the franchise.



Leviathan and the extended cut redeemed Mass Effect 3 for me, I enjoyed Mass Effect 3 for the most part, but I was very disappointed with it's nonsensical conclusion. After unsuccessfully trying to Make sense of it all the extended cut arrived and I was delighted to see the effort they put in to fix the endings and make them both logical, consistent and to provide closure, it wasn't perfect but it was still pretty good, I still had a few questions about the reaper and catalyst origins but they were answered in leviathan.
As much as many people don't like the current explanation of reapers I think it's actually pretty good, there's just something cool about how an AI gone mad situation escalated to a galactic harvest.

It's disappointing how the whole ending situation has ruined the BSN and left it's boards with a negative atmosphere made up of arguing and complaining.

Mass Effect is easily my favourite game series and has the most loveable and awesome characters, fun gameplay and a good story full of choices.



Yeah, the Extended Cut did a lot to improve things, for sure. Leviathan was also very good for that, though it was also very good on its own; I'd probably rank it somewhere between Overlord and Lair of the Shadow Broker in terms of best Mass Effect DLC.

Minding spoilers (there's instructions on how to hide them in the second post of the thread):

What did you like about leviathan?