Mass Effect 2

[born_bad]

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Ordered a used copy of ME1 off Amazon last night so I can play it through and import to ME2 when I'm done. I'm scared to ask, but how long do you guys figure it would take for a full play-through of ME1?

depends what you mean by "full." You can stick to the main plot line and probably finish in 10 -12 hours. It's all based on how long you want to keep the conversations going, too. There's almost always an option to wrap up the conversation quickly or to extend it.

[Jasong7777]

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Counting down to midnight.

[Altimus]

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Can't believe we are here.

I took tomorrow off. Me and the Xbox will be spending a lot of quality time tomorrow.

[quaziemoto3]

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anyone know if best buy is doing a midnight release. i didn't see anything on their website.

[Cyros]

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Counting down to midnight.

I thought that was a real picture for a second.

[allBthere]

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30-35 hours.

I agree with that, but to take in all types of gamers I'd say

15-45. I don't think I'll finish my latest playthrough before tomorrow and I'm 27 hrs in. I could if I stop all side missions though. There's more than I remembered and the main quest is more than I remembered too. My guy is stacked now though...more than my first playthrough which leads me to this:


paragon is much longer with more missions and stuff.

renegade you don't have as many things being a badass etc. My 2 playthroughs have been both extremes. I think in 2 I'll decide things exactly as I would in every situation which will lead to probably 2/3 renegade.

imo you have to take too much ish and bend principles too much to be paragon.

[PBlast]

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I'm thinking I'm just interested in getting through main plot now, that's the only aspect that will carry over when I import to the new one right? I figure if I want I can go back through the side quests if I so choose, I just picked up a used copy mainly to be able to continue it on to the new game.

[quaziemoto3]

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I'm thinking I'm just interested in getting through main plot now, that's the only aspect that will carry over when I import to the new one right? I figure if I want I can go back through the side quests if I so choose, I just picked up a used copy mainly to be able to continue it on to the new game.

actually no. some sidequests will carry over. i am not sure which ones, but i have heard rumblings about several decisions in sidequests carrying over.

[Pokes]

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I'm thinking I'm just interested in getting through main plot now, that's the only aspect that will carry over when I import to the new one right? I figure if I want I can go back through the side quests if I so choose, I just picked up a used copy mainly to be able to continue it on to the new game.

I believe Bioware said some sideplots would carry over as well.

[PBlast]

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Well that's good to know, in that case I'll probably invest a bit more time into the first.

[Solidice]

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Well I just finished a playthrough on the PC version of ME1 and it took me 25 1/2 hours. I pretty much did everything I could think of(even the mineral quest, even though I wasn't really actively going for it ), didn't skip any conversations either. but I knew where everything was already since I have played the game so many times, so I didn't have any wondering around time looking for things, lol.

[frostbyte06]

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I plan on wrapping up my 2nd playthrough for ME1 tonight, I gave up on all the side missions and trying to get to level 60 when I found out how much exp you need to get from 59-60.

[Cyros]

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I plan on wrapping up my 2nd playthrough for ME1 tonight, I gave up on all the side missions and trying to get to level 60 when I found out how much exp you need to get from 59-60.

That doesn't sound good. I'm at level 57 and starting Noveria as my first stop.

[fishepa]

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Gamefly shipped!!!

[BlueNGold]

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Since everyone else is mapping out their playthrough plans and I have nothing else to do but wait for my Xbox to come back to me, I'll lay mine out too.

What I think I'm gonna do is go through the second game as soon as my Xbox returns. I already have a save from ME1 when I originally beat it and I was pretty happy with how things turned out in that save. The thing is, it's been so long since I've played it that I can't remember half the things people are talking about like what each class consists of and all that stuff so I wish I was able to play through one more time before the game drops just to refresh the whole ME universe in my head but it's too late for that.

Anyways, my plan after that is once I beat ME2, I'm gonna go through 1 again, make my choices in that game and then go through 2 again. Can't wait.