Mass Effect 2

[goh]

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Spoiler

It's the third one there.

The six classes available are lifted verbatim from the first game. Today, though, it's the Infiltrator's turn to shine. Its powers raise the hair on the back of the neck: Tactical Cloak; Incinerate, AI Hacking, sniper rifle, heavy pistol, sub machine gun, cryo ammo, disruptor ammo… oh my.

Now a level two Infiltrator, skill points are available. Do I improve Disruptor Ammo, which rips through shields and synthetics, or Tactical Cloak, which allows her to disappear for a short period of time? What about Operative, which improves her overall abilities? Choices… choices…

I hope incinerate is to set people on fire. I wanted a flamethrower so was thinking of switching to a soldier in my main play but that'll work too for my infiltrator so I won't have to switch.

On another note did we ever meet Hackett in ME 1? Wonder if he'll be in ME 2 if we didn't.

[jmood88]

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Wasn't really anything there that wasn't already known. Other than the infiltrator abilities. I decided to make my 2nd character expendable just to see what it leads to in ME 3,already an infiltrator there so I won't have to change my main if those abilities do what I think they do.

I don't know what you've been reading but there has been plenty out there that wasn't known. Most previews covered the first two hours of the game, none of that information was released beforehand.

[goh]

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I read the 3 links Tha_Kid posted.

Where's the other 90 minutes being covered?

[jmood88]

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I read the 3 links Tha_Kid posted.

Where's the other 90 minutes being covered?

Every preview released so far

[goh]

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Oh my bad you said 2 hours. Still though...

Hands on Mass Effect 2 - The first 90 Minutes

We got to play the first 90 minutes of the game.

Recently, BioWare allowed us media to play the first 90 minutes of Mass Effect 2

Well that's not every preview is it?
Is 90 minutes 2 hours where you live? It's only 1 hour and 30 minutes here.

This one does mention a bit more at least...

http://pc.gamezone.com/gzreviews/p37656.htm

So ok there's the 2 hours.

[Flawless]

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[jmood88]

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Oh my bad you said 2 hours. Still though...

Hands on Mass Effect 2 - The first 90 Minutes





Well that's not every preview is it?
Is 90 minutes 2 hours where you live? It's only 1 hour and 30 minutes here.

This one does mention a bit more at least...

http://pc.gamezone.com/gzreviews/p37656.htm

So ok there's the 2 hours.

What the hell are you babbling about?

[goh]

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Nevermind dude,just nevermind.

That male voice sounds pretty bad in the new IGN vid. Ah well don't have to deal with it.
Is that Conrad at 2:12?
Second in command Batarian from the DLC at 3:12?

Just thought I'd mention from ME 1 about Tali I found out in my 4th play through with the expendable Sheppard...

Spoiler

her father can override the council so that earlier trailer where she gets kicked out there's a good chance that doesn't stick.

[SoxFan01605]

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Oh my bad you said 2 hours. Still though..


Well that's not every preview is it?
Is 90 minutes 2 hours where you live? It's only 1 hour and 30 minutes here.

The third link (videogamers.com) mentions it's the first two hours of the game...that's where you'd get two hours from.

Interesting stuff. I'm currently getting set to run back through with my first Paragon character

Spoiler

who did save the council as I recall

since I never went through the second playthrough with him. He was a Vanguard, though from what I understand it won't matter too much in terms of how you choose fro ME2.

Can't wait!

[Tha_Kid]

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ah.. after reading the interview about the bonuses for importing a maxed (60) Shepard, i might have to play again. I did 3 playthroughs, different characters. I guess i'll give infiltrator Shepard another go.

[gbeazy]

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ah.. after reading the interview about the bonuses for importing a maxed (60) Shepard, i might have to play again. I did 3 playthroughs, different characters. I guess i'll give infiltrator Shepard another go.

Let me ask you how do I get AI Hacking for a infiltrator? Any help would be welcome

[goh]

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Part of the opening + character creation: http://www.gamestar.de/index.cfm?pid=1589&pk=13257 but it's in ze German. Character stuff starts at 2:20 but doesn't last very long.

[Tha_Kid]

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Let me ask you how do I get AI Hacking for a infiltrator? Any help would be welcome

In Mass Effect 1? I guess the only way to do that would be to beat the game as a Sentinel or Engineer and then add that as your extra ability for a new character. It isn't one of the options for infiltrators. My infiltrator was my second character (after a vanguard) and i gave him warp (and instantly regretted it).

So I guess my last question for ME2 is, can you change how Shepard looks when you import your save? I thought they said many times that this was the case but one of the previews said it wasn't. I'm thinking they misheard.

[Chizzypoof]

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ah.. after reading the interview about the bonuses for importing a maxed (60) Shepard, i might have to play again. I did 3 playthroughs, different characters. I guess i'll give infiltrator Shepard another go.

Can you explain the bonuses? I am trying to stay away from these interviews because of the major spoilers. I didn't want to know what happened but scanning through them kind of spoiled the whole Sheppard thing.

I enjoyed Dragon Age so much because I was staying away from these previews.

[Tha_Kid]

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The interview was actually pretty cagey about the bonuses, take a look:

VideoGamer.com: Have you decided how the game will acknowledge players who reached the level cap in Mass Effect 1?

AC: I asked my lead designer before I left, I was like, I want to make sure I know exactly what… because I was like, ah I'm going to get ambushed! I'm an artist, right, so I was like, I'm going to get a whole bunch of designer/writer questions [laughs]. She said, if you max out at 60, which is the highest level, you will have, paraphrasing my lead game system designer, Christina Norman, you will have a distinct advantage over those who don't import their characters, or if you start afresh. She described this mapping process. Me as an artist didn't understand. I said, well, is it going to have an impact? She said, yes. It'll have a big impact on hardcore players. They'll notice the advantage we give them. Which is, of course, great. It's a good service. It's not a disservice. We want to reward those who played the first game, who went through 60 hours, 80 hours to level up their character. They're going to notice there's a little bonus for them.

I'd say anyone who completed the game on Insanity and played through 3 playthroughs is hardcore so while i didn't play twice with the same character I think i would deserve the type of reward you get from importing a level 60 guy.

Speaking of bonuses, the interview also said that the preorder stuff is going to trickle out to DLC, and mentioned potentially free DLC.

Videogamer.com - Interview with Producer Adrien Cho

Gamespot had a video interview with Adrien Cho, and that answered my question about importing, you still get to choose your looks if you want to change.

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