Ooooooo. A tip for anyone if they don't know.

After you've finished the last mission you can restart it. Was a life saver to me after I went through to save everyone and that pussy Mordin died on me.

Rather than playing it all again I just restarted the mission and saved his ass (although I'd like to kill him with my bare hands). It's an option in the load screen.

Everyone died with my 2nd run through, apart from Samara. That was quite fun, I really wonder how that will affect ME3, or will Bioware pull a fast one? Hmmm.

To keep Shepard alive, the fewest possible survivors you can have is two.  On one of my playthroughs I intentionally made Tali the sole survivor, but my stupid Shepard died on me regardless.

That YouTube vid I posted earlier just made it seem like Tali was the only one left alive, but there really was one other survivor (Samara just had the courtesy of not stealing Tali's limelight).

Man oh man, this game was a blast.

I regret not siding with Jack on her loyalty mission, though.

Oh well, I'm on my second playthrough now and am focusing on renegade. Though it's not quite as enjoyable as the first time around, I can see several more before the year is through.

I wouldn't bet on them playing a huge part, more similar to Wrex and Liarra than Tali or Garrus, otherwise there will be too many problems with having too many scenarios

Apart from the Prothean language code and historical significance of their race memory, I don't think their knowledge will help Shepard at all (past avoiding Sarens first ambush), since the Reapers basically beat the living crap out of the Protheans in a very short order. The only thing that could benefit the good guys is the Prothean knowledge on mass relays, since they managed to build one - but I'm not so sure Bioware will remember that, come ME3.

And the resurrection thing makes Shepard look even more like Jesus - rising from the dead on the third day year, anyone?

Mainly Incineration and Cryo Blast techs, along with most biotic talents - you can aim them to arc over or around cover to hit enemies behind them.

I still think throwing fireballs with the power of SCIENCE~ is somewhat silly, but meh.

Not every shooter needs to be like Doom in terms of pure bodycount IMO. Especially since ME2 at least appears to be more of a tactical group-based shooter than a pure frag fest.

Well, you still just encounter people that join your merry little band in preparation for a single critical task - like you do in a boatload of other games (Baldur's Gate 2 - stop Irenicus, Planescape: Torment - attempt to break your immortality, Mask of the Betrayer - end the spirit eater curse, Mass Effect 1 - stop Saren, etc.). Granted, Mass Effect 2 is like Dirty Dozen or Ocean's Eleven in that the game focuses on building your team for most of the time, but that still doesn't excuse the main plotline, no matter how interesting the team members are.

I don't really want to dissect the plot in detail ATM, so I'll leave it for a potential future post.

I can understand adding a personal stake for Shepard to the mission . However, the execution's still pretty damn ham-fisted, especially since 1) outside of this incident, EDI never orders you to do anything, let alone in a tone that basically screams "plot point", 2) your entire team just goes SOMEWHERE - particularly jarring when you have n amount of actual missions available to you, and you've never taken your entire team with you until this point, 3) The Collectors actually bothering to take your crew hostage instead of, I dunno - actually ambushing the Normandy with several ships and attempting to destroy it on the spot.

That's not the point - he basically tells them to their faces that he was physically dead for two years, and nobody gives a damn. I mean, is resurrection commonplace in the Mass Effect universe? Did they actually expect Shepard to rise from the dead just because she's, you know, Shepard, or am I missing something here?

The Spectre explanation makes some sense, though - if he would just tell them something like "you don't need to know" or "Top secret" etc.

I think anyone ordering anyone else to get a life on a internet forum is at least slightly hypocritical, for obvious reasons. :p

Meh, I don't usually give a damn about points anyway.

Anybody wants their minds blown? This mostly for Paragons. By the end of the game, you could have the following:

-an army of Geth
-an army of Rachni
-a cure for the genophage
-cybernetic implants thanks to the Lazarus project
-a sentient ship, that has reaper tech
-a powerful Asari matriarch on your side
Sound familiar?

No major story spoilers, but just in case.

I never thought of it like that... I have those apart from the 3rd which I decided against

On the other hand, a renegade player will have human reaper facilities

Shep's renegade eyes look really creepy...

Yeah mordin died for me also the first time I did the suicide mission. Took another try to get them all alive. I love this game.