[Pred the Penguin]

http://www.annakie.com/me/home.htm


Giant savegame archive of complete ME1 saves, for those of you looking for a specific setup without replaying ME1.

Damn I wish I had a better computer...

[TrashMan]

Mrh. I'll rather start a new game than use someone elses save.

[Demitri]

Woohoo mine's has finally been posted. Tho knowing play.com i'll get it just in time for ME3 coming out!!!

[Colonol Dekker]

Lol my card bounced. . . As i'm technically skint til tomorrow. . I'll just re order it. . . . .  As long as I don't lose my terminus armour.

[Ashrak]

loved it. finished it just now. cant wait for ME3 and beyond.

[Colonol Dekker]

Well if it was that short. . . . Maybe I shouldn't bother.
 
 
Do you still get to go joyriding to any planet you want in a pimped APC?

[NGTM-1R]

Do you still get to go joyriding to any planet you want in a pimped APC?

No. No you don't.

I'm not impressed, here. The combat owes way too much to Gears of War and far too little to the original Mass Effect (ammo based weapons? Seriously? lolwtf?), and someday I hope to meet the one responsible for the new exploration system.

SO I CAN CRUSH THEIR GONADS WITH PLIERS.

[General Battuta]

I thought they were expendable heatsinks, not ammo.

No spoilers in this thread, plz? I have been avoiding it.

[NGTM-1R]

I thought they were expendable heatsinks, not ammo.

They function exactly like ammo. I mean, if they were just a system for instantly flushing coolant if you overheat the weapon (and that's what it sounded like when described in the codex), sure. But that's not how they work, you have a set shot allowance per sink. Doesn't matter if you fire half and wait three hours, you've still only got half left. Why they felt the need to replace the existing heatsink system (which offers comparable performance, and frequently better for chrissakes) completely with this effectively ammunition-based abomination that will prohibit you from firing if you run out because there's no backup system(!) is...

...well it's a really ugly concept, because the only way it can possibly be explained is designer fiat. Every time you swap it's an instant breaking of immersion because it's not a rational or sane progression from the gameworld of the first game.

[TrashMan]

I thought they were expendable heatsinks, not ammo.

They function exactly like ammo. I mean, if they were just a system for instantly flushing coolant if you overheat the weapon (and that's what it sounded like when described in the codex), sure. But that's not how they work, you have a set shot allowance per sink. Doesn't matter if you fire half and wait three hours, you've still only got half left. Why they felt the need to replace the existing heatsink system (which offers comparable performance, and frequently better for chrissakes) completely with this effectively ammunition-based abomination that will prohibit you from firing if you run out because there's no backup system(!) is...

...well it's a really ugly concept, because the only way it can possibly be explained is designer fiat. Every time you swap it's an instant breaking of immersion because it's not a rational or sane progression from the gameworld of the first game.

And the original WASN'T immersion breaking? Guns that fire projectiles that never runs out of ammo?
Puhleeeeease. I for one am glad that they make guns behave a bit more sane. Still, would have been better if they put in real ammo clips.

[Fury]

Rather than fighting over ammo, I'm more interested whether inventory system was finally made intuitive.

[Colonol Dekker]

I'm not sure about this game now. . . . No Mako, no freestyle. I want less boob and more freedom.
 
 
Is it worth my preorder re application or should I wait til it's cheaper?

[pecenipicek]

its good. i'm not paying for it in any way shape or form, however, simply because it is EA.


if you really think you can part with that moneys, get it. if not, pirate it. the end effect is the frikkin same



now on a more serious note, the heatsink mechanic is retarded. ME1's way of doing things with ammo was well explained. ME2 is like "the geth were doing it, so everyone else must too since its omgwtfpretty!111"


scanning planets gets very very veeeery old very very very fast.

[TrashMan]

Limitless ammo is "well explained" to you????

[NGTM-1R]

Limitless ammo is "well explained" to you????

Absolutely. Or did you not read the Codex? This isn't a chemical-propellent firearm. You're firing a bit of metal, magnetically accelerated to hypersonic velocities, about the size of a grain of sand at most. It's not unlimited; it's just that burning through your entire stock of ammunition in a single engagement is impossible under any reasonable circumstances.

[NGTM-1R]

Rather than fighting over ammo, I'm more interested whether inventory system was finally made intuitive.

What inventory system?

[TrashMan]

Limitless ammo is "well explained" to you????

Absolutely. Or did you not read the Codex? This isn't a chemical-propellent firearm. You're firing a bit of metal, magnetically accelerated to hypersonic velocities, about the size of a grain of sand at most. It's not unlimited; it's just that burning through your entire stock of ammunition in a single engagement is impossible under any reasonable circumstances.

Precisely.
And that explanation sucks. Even that grain of sand has to come from somewhere, and you can fire off thousands during a mission easily.
Secondly, a grain of "sand" fired at railgun-like speeds would be rather innefective. It would burn up from friction in an instant, or would really cause such pitiful damage it would be unnoticable.
A microscopic wound would heal in a minute - what you describe is LESS than being pricked by a needle (ok, more like, a super-small needle going trough you, but with a opening that small, you wouldn't even need a band-aid)

[pecenipicek]

Its a better explanation than what i've seen in any game where something similar was availible.


And it was much more fun than forcing us to switch to another weapon if we run outta ammo.

[Ransom]

The reloading mechanic doesn't do the game any favours, but aside from that I'm enjoying the refined combat. The original's was always a bit of a clumsy half-breed. I lament the lack of equipment choices more. That and the absence of substantial sidequests, but then again the first game didn't have many of those either.

At least the roleplaying and story is as good as ever. Better, if anything. The new characters have a lot of personality and the dialogue seems sharper. I like it.

[Pred the Penguin]

How long is it?