[Locutus of Borg]

IT?

YOU RACIST!!!....or is it machinist?

[General Battuta]

Oh, come on, it's clearly an it. What else could it be?

[Rhymes]

"It" is a gender-neutral pronoun that can refer either to objects or to persons.  Legion is a geth, and has no gender.  Therefore, using a pronoun like "he" or "she" is inappropriate.

Yay for grammar.   

[General Battuta]

Actually, maybe we should call Legion 'they'.

[Locutus of Borg]

They are Legion, for they are many

[Ace]

I also love the fact that unlike the Cylons, the Geth have a Plan.

Spoiler:

Constructing a Dyson sphere to house their group intelligence. Who bets that making stars artificially supernova early is part of a plan to create a super huge element zero core for it?

[General Battuta]

Wait, that's their plan? I didn't know that! Where do you learn that?

[NGTM-1R]

Spoiler:

My strategy was Legion for infiltration job first time, Samara for swarm repulsion (hey, I didn't trust Jack not to succumb to the urge to defend herself, she's not exactly the poster girl for self-control), Garrus leads second team whenever it's required, Jacob back to the ship with the crew. Since it worked, I'm busily not screwing with it, though I'm tempted to use Jack reading this.

[General Battuta]

Sounds like a perfect squad setup.

I've been talking with a friend. What I'd like to see in ME3 Wet Dream edition is a squad management system. You would train and develop squads of three just the way you develop characters within them. Squad leaders could pick up new powers to boost their entire squad.

You could then have other teams working alongside your usual three-person unit.

[Locutus of Borg]

Wait, that's their plan? I didn't know that! Where do you learn that?

[Ace]

Wait, that's their plan? I didn't know that! Where do you learn that?

Dialog with

Spoiler:

Legion

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[NGTM-1R]

You know the biggest surprise for me this game was actually pretty pleasant.

The music is awesome. The original had a few very good tracks (Spectre Induction, Vimire Ride, Noveria's ambients, Soverign's theme) and a lot of merely adequate ones.

ME2 has only one track that's just adequate, and the way it's placed (the lower level of Afterlife; weirdly enough it's apparently a remixed version of the upper level's music, but I don't hear the resemblence) something that grates a bit is entirely possible in the gameworld context.

The actual soundtrack you can buy is a two-disc barrage of good music, and most of the club music that's not on there is still good listening. Normally sequels decline in music quality. It's what Homeworld did, it's what Halo did. I guess Mass Effect is just that good.

[General Battuta]

I've been discussing ME2 with friends.

Spoiler:

The biggest problem with the narrative is that there is no Virmire-style choice to make, nor any sense of urgency driving you to make the Omega 4 assault as soon as possible (at least until your crew is abducted.) This makes grinding for crew-saving options the best possible strategy. It would have been better if they'd instituted a tradeoff.

Its biggest flaw compared to ME1 is a lack of narrative drive or tension. But the characters are infinitely superior.

The villain was underwhelming, and the Skeletor reaper embryo potentially incredibly stupid and goofy. I was more scared of Samara's daughter than of Harbinger. The Ardat Yaksshi really freaked me out.

[Locutus of Borg]

I agree with you about the final boss.

[Ransom]

I've been discussing ME2 with friends.

Spoiler:

Well, the game doesn't really have a proper villain. I think that's the problem. The antagonist is an entire species. Worse, it's one the player knows is a subsidiary threat. The Collectors are interesting, but they're small-time, and lack a spokesperson with the charisma of Saren to present their case.

[General Battuta]

I concur.

Spoiler:

As a species they could have been made more terrifying if we had seen entire worlds depopulated rather than little villages...and if the process had seemed to be accelerating, rather than kind of petering out halfway through the game. I was hoping they'd hit something major.

My biggest concern is that they not turn the incredibly menacing Reapers into jokes - which that Terminatorbryo kind of was. I'm so nervous about it that I'm actually trying to figure out a way to get in touch with their writing staff via fan mail.

[Ace]

Spoiler:

I agree that Harbinger should have been more of a constant presence to taunt/goad the player like Saren. Having a few good dialog set pieces that change meaning when you realize it's a Reaper talking to you would have been good as opposed to random taunts. Similarly having Legion in the shadows throughout the game, seemingly hunting you as hinted at in previews, would have been great. The small scale of the depopulations though I think worked well, it make it a threat not taken seriously by anyone but Cerberus. However, the Reaper embryo should have taken a form more like the ones in the concept art. The more fetus-looking form hybridized with a squid would have been very disturbing instead of a terminator.

[General Battuta]

That would've been awesome. Is this concept art available online anywhere?

[Locutus of Borg]

The whole thing seemed contrived honestly. When I first saw it, I wasn't sure whether to be scared or laugh my ass off.

Hopefully the DLC will add some more interesting missions.

[Locutus of Borg]

Hey guys, I don't know if you all 1: already knew this, but you can get some free DLC from Dr. Peppers promo -- WITHOUT A PURCHASE

The DLC consists of three downloads, each containing one helmet

Sentry Interface - Increases shield strength by 5%
Umbra Visor - Increases power damage by 5%
REcon hood - Increases weapon damage by 5%

First, go to the Dr. Pepper promo website : http://www.drpepper.com/promotions/ea/signin/

Sign up for the webste. (you don't need to enter any real info since it doesn't actually verify. You can put your email in as [email protected], and you will still be able to log in)

Second, enter one of these four reusable promo codes

    * CBEEAAA41NWH
    * CBEEAAAE4L9N
    * CBEEAAAFQG9J
    * CBEEAAAE98ZV

Third, select your helmet.

NOTE: you will have to sign up three different times to get all three helmets since you can't pick another one on one account after you've already pciked one.