Mass Effect 2

[mgoblue]

Re: Mass Effect 2

So I finished it up last night...

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With no one dying!

I can't wait for ME3. I wish I could start it today.

Question about the New Game+ or whatever it's called. I know you get some bonuses, but if I start over, will I then have two end game saves with that Shepard? One from the first playthrough (of which I made some bad decisions) and one from the New Game+? I'm looking at going through again as my main guy, make the decisions anew, get to Level 30, and import THAT character into ME3. Any problems?

Before that, though, I'm going to hit ME1 again as a fem-Shep Renegade, then ME2 with her.

I looked it up on GameFAQs because I had the same question. When you create the new game with your existing ME2 save it creates a completely new game save/character. You don't lose your existing guy, but your paragon/renegade is reset giving you the choice on what to do. When you beat it with the 2nd you'll then have 2 characters to import into ME3, each with whatever decisions you made on that playthrough.

[burnwood]

Re: Mass Effect 2

So I finished it up last night...

Spoiler

With no one dying!

I can't wait for ME3. I wish I could start it today.

Question about the New Game+ or whatever it's called. I know you get some bonuses, but if I start over, will I then have two end game saves with that Shepard? One from the first playthrough (of which I made some bad decisions) and one from the New Game+? I'm looking at going through again as my main guy, make the decisions anew, get to Level 30, and import THAT character into ME3. Any problems?

Before that, though, I'm going to hit ME1 again as a fem-Shep Renegade, then ME2 with her.

Is there a reason you don't just want to start a new game in ME2 as a female and not importing?

I restarted as a male/new character and you get extra items and resources if you've finished ME2.

[mgoblue]

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Is there a reason you don't just want to start a new game in ME2 as a female and not importing?

I restarted as a male/new character and you get extra items and resources if you've finished ME2.

I think he wants to keep leveling up that specific character and have all the weapons.

I'm running through with an adept, but also tempted to do another runthrough with my main character just cause I enjoy that play style so much.

[Solidice]

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looking forward to continuing my 360 ME1 characters. I basically got a copy of ME2 on 360 for $5. Amazon had it for $55, I had $50 gift card still on account there(forgot about it), picked free shipping(no rush, I have the PC version already). looking forward to playing it. It should be here within the next 2 days.

why do I want it for both PC and 360? dunno... I usually get the console and PC versions of most game I really like(KoToR, Morrowind, Oblivion to name a few). usually it's the other way around though. I normally get the console version, then get the PC version, usually for mods. but after playing ME2 on my friend's 360, I actually like ME2 on 360 more(other than the mining, which is terribly slow on 360 compared to PC), plus I have about 5-6 ME1 characters on my 360 compared to my 1 on PC.

[JohnnytheSkin]

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Is there a reason you don't just want to start a new game in ME2 as a female and not importing?

I want to change a few of the choices I made on ME1. Since I upgraded to an Elite with the larger hard drive I only had one finished save, the male Shepard I already imported and played through with.

I figure I'll go as a fem Shep, and make mostly opposite choices and see how that works going forward in the series.

[Altimus]

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I was doing a paragon playthrough so I did the opposite and the Blue Suns leader got away but I had a charm option and Zaeed ended up loyal anyway.

Same here.

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The way I figured it the mission at first was also to release the Blue Suns' control over the refinery. Killing innocents just so a merc can get revenge over another merc didn't seem like the correct choice for me. Especially since I don't really like Zaed.

Also on my renegade play through now... love the scars and the eyes. Awesome stuff. Looks very badass when the camera cuts to a dark corner and all you see is two glowing red eyes from Shepherd.

[The 24th Letter]

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Finally beat the game and can read through some of these spoiler tags lol

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Mordin died on me....I guess b\c I didnt pick Garrus to lead the second team

[DubTrey1]

Re: Mass Effect 2

Finally beat the game and can read through some of these spoiler tags lol

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Mordin died on me....I guess b\c I didnt pick Garrus to lead the second team

I had the same deal with me:

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Plus I lost jack as well. But I did not like her anyway, so no big deal to me there.

[Solidice]

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Finally beat the game and can read through some of these spoiler tags lol

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Mordin died on me....I guess b\c I didnt pick Garrus to lead the second team

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Mordin seems to die a lot, and randomly(I've seen some people on bioware's site, that he would die, then on a reload with same choices, he would live). it's usually best to not pick him to do anything, or you could bring him with you in your party. Garrus is actually a good choice to lead. as well as Jacob and Miranda. as long as they are loyal that is.

[mgoblue]

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Interesting thought on the end of the game/ME3:

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I wonder how Bioware will take into account that you could theoretically lose your entire team during the final mission, whereas a lot of us got through it without anyone dying. I don't think they'll do the whole "Shep dying" reset again, so it'll be interesting to see what characters they phase out and which they bring back, along with the story/plot reasoning behind it. You gotta think they'll have more new characters as well. We all love some of the old ones, but it's the new ones that'll be more compelling in ME3 because we don't know them yet.

[Candyman5]

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Interesting thought on the end of the game/ME3:

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I wonder how Bioware will take into account that you could theoretically lose your entire team during the final mission, whereas a lot of us got through it without anyone dying. I don't think they'll do the whole "Shep dying" reset again, so it'll be interesting to see what characters they phase out and which they bring back, along with the story/plot reasoning behind it. You gotta think they'll have more new characters as well. We all love some of the old ones, but it's the new ones that'll be more compelling in ME3 because we don't know them yet.

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Thats what I was thinking. How will they do it, who will you play if you shep does die...Lots of questions.

[thaima1shu]

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Thats what I was thinking. How will they do it, who will you play if you shep does die...Lots of questions.

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I read on IGN that if your Shepard dies, you won't be able to import your ME2 save, and you have to start ME3 from scratch.

http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/106/1067323p1.html

[WeLLWeLL]

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I read on IGN that if your Shepard dies, you won't be able to import your ME2 save, and you have to start ME3 from scratch.

http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/106/1067323p1.html

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I didn't even know that Shepard could die. I thought it was just people from your group. Under what circumstances does he and everyone else die?

[goh]

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Mordin seems to die a lot, and randomly(I've seen some people on bioware's site, that he would die, then on a reload with same choices, he would live). it's usually best to not pick him to do anything, or you could bring him with you in your party. Garrus is actually a good choice to lead. as well as Jacob and Miranda. as long as they are loyal that is.

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Send him back with the crew if he's loyal and has his upgrade.

Interesting thought on the end of the game/ME3:

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I wonder how Bioware will take into account that you could theoretically lose your entire team during the final mission, whereas a lot of us got through it without anyone dying. I don't think they'll do the whole "Shep dying" reset again, so it'll be interesting to see what characters they phase out and which they bring back, along with the story/plot reasoning behind it. You gotta think they'll have more new characters as well. We all love some of the old ones, but it's the new ones that'll be more compelling in ME3 because we don't know them yet.

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Mordin will be gone because he's 50 and Salarians are only supposed to last until about 40. Thane will probably be gone because he said he only had 8 months. The game appears to be taking place in July of 2185 (based on one of the in game ads) so if it's in March of 2186 or later for the next game Thane will be gone. That could make a good start to the game if he lived through this. Thane death/funeral.

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Sheppard only dies if everyone else dies so you'd pretty much have to be trying to get killed for that to happen. I had only one person loyal and still had 3 non-Sheppard people live. 5 if you want to be technical about it as I left Grunt in the box and sold off Leigon.

[Solidice]

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I didn't even know that Shepard could die. I thought it was just people from your group. Under what circumstances does he and everyone else die?

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there is an ending where only Joker, Edi, and the Normandy survives.