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Darc Requiem said:

I appreciate your responses, it clears up any doubts I had. Also Flux? Flux is the club in the wards. You sure you aren't mixing the name up with something else?

I'm guessing he meant Fist.



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Yes, fist, sorry.

I knew Flux was the other club in the lower market other than Choras Den. However, I couldn't think of the guys name.

Yes, Fist is in ME2 if you save him. On my ME1 character, I used him prior to realizing that it wasn't my 'optimal' decision tree for ME1:

- I saved the council, elected Anderson (real ME1 character let them die)...Obviously, this is pretty big on the storyline
- I saved Kaiden (of course, I would have rather saved Ashley and on my ME1 character, I did)
- I saved Fist (blasted him on most other saves

But yeah, ME2 is a fantastic RPG. It just now has decent tactical TPS elements rather than 'hey lets stay out in the open and win the battle 90% of the time'. In ME2, you CAN NOT take down any number of enemies by the rudimentary tactics used by most ME1 characters.

For example, there's a small side mission you can take by completing other missions for a character on Omega. The reward is the location of containers full of goods that can be sold for a profit.

Unfortunately, the area has 3 of the YMIR heavy mechs which use mini-guns and missile launchers. Guess what? If you stay out in the open, you may take down half of one of its 3 life bars. In ME1, you could probably win by staying out in the open. Heck, I beat Geth Armitures and Colossus that way by running around like a madman.

When people talk about ME2, they are just talking about whats different, not whats the same. As I said, 80% is the same great game. 10-15% is better, 5-10% is worse.



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Also, I would note the battles last a bit longer on this one, and usually contain more enemies.

When you save a party member on Omega (Archangel), you must repel waves of enemies from an apartment complex. I believe that I killed roughly 200 enemies of various origins (mechs, humans, turians, vorchas, ect).

As stated, the battles are a lot more frantic. You die quicker, and they do too. One blast from a heavy weapon usually resolves the battle instantly.



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mrstickball said:
Yes, fist, sorry.

I knew Flux was the other club in the lower market other than Choras Den. However, I couldn't think of the guys name.

Yes, Fist is in ME2 if you save him. On my ME1 character, I used him prior to realizing that it wasn't my 'optimal' decision tree for ME1:

- I saved the council, elected Anderson (real ME1 character let them die)...Obviously, this is pretty big on the storyline
- I saved Kaiden (of course, I would have rather saved Ashley and on my ME1 character, I did)
- I saved Fist (blasted him on most other saves

But yeah, ME2 is a fantastic RPG. It just now has decent tactical TPS elements rather than 'hey lets stay out in the open and win the battle 90% of the time'. In ME2, you CAN NOT take down any number of enemies by the rudimentary tactics used by most ME1 characters.

For example, there's a small side mission you can take by completing other missions for a character on Omega. The reward is the location of containers full of goods that can be sold for a profit.

Unfortunately, the area has 3 of the YMIR heavy mechs which use mini-guns and missile launchers. Guess what? If you stay out in the open, you may take down half of one of its 3 life bars. In ME1, you could probably win by staying out in the open. Heck, I beat Geth Armitures and Colossus that way by running around like a madman.

When people talk about ME2, they are just talking about whats different, not whats the same. As I said, 80% is the same great game. 10-15% is better, 5-10% is worse.

I can't remember which characters I have that saved fist. I know I brought Wrex with me most of the time, so you know what that means. 

Edit: Does the game detect the Pinnacle Station DLC at all? I didn't do that one with all my characters.



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Just got past the second character mission. Jesus it was tough.



Warg - which one was that?



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The game is just SO epic...
This is a REAL RPG.
I mean, you really have o ROLE in here.
And these Renegade and Paragon Triggers! They really mess with your head!



Over 200 enemies, epic.
Only 1 day to go.



I've spent about 7 hours in the game and I've only completed two main story missions and been to 3 planets, spent almost all of my time asking questions and talking to people.



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