Tenku Plays Mass Effect! Oh Dear, The Romances... (minor spoilers)
I have to thank emeraldstag first of all.
Back when I didn't have a 360, he used to be like "omg mass effect" and "MASS EFFECT *kermit arm flail*" and I kinda hated it bc, I didn't have one and he talked about it so damn much.
So, when I was finally making bank and I found a Black Friday deal for the 360 -- 250GB w/ Halo:Reach and Fable 3 and I've bought maybe 15-16 games since then. I have a massive backlog to go through. Anyway, as time went on, I asked, "What game can I play many times over?" And I asked him again, and of course, said Mass Effect. Normally, I'm not a fan of RPGs so I was a little iffy on it. I sat on the thought of it until I went to the BX and I saw ME2 Platinum Hits for $20. It was cheap, and being the cheap gamer I am...
ME1, not going to lie, I died a lot, and I didn't quite enjoy it until I came about a revelation. (Note: I actually knew what happens in ME1 since I watched Maxwell Adam's LP/stream ) It came about during the Benezia fight when you have to fight the asari commandos and the geth snipers first before you can wail on Benezia. At first I thought, man my (and squad) armor sucks. Well, since I was a Infiltrator, I could only wear Light/Medium armor, Garrus did have some weak armor and Wrex... he could suck it up.
But then no, it wasn't my armor, and I thought, man, maybe my weapons aren't upgraded/modded! No, I had the powerful weapons (at that point)... maybe it's my plan of attack! Normally I sent them up the steps to block that way while I ran to the side to buy time and... well, it worked for a while. I wasn't close to giving up but I was getting pensive. That's when I discovered radioactive rounds, aka, MURDER BULLETS. And it made life easier after that, and I only died probably twice in the entire game after that. With that, Armor Piercing Rounds, and my deadly sniper skills (once I got a good one anyway along with the mods), the game became fun.
I especially had fun with the dialouge choices, as I went full Renegade and somehow had enough points in the end to Paragon Saren. My Fem!Shep, Alexa, was 90% rene and 10% para. The 10% was from my crew and doing stuff for them, with Garrus' side mission and Wrex's family armor. I often said, "BITCH TO MANY, FRIEND TO FEW" in my Shep's case. I helped out Parasini in Noveria, and Emily Wong in various places. Of course I punched the reporter and chortled.
I'm gonna be honest and say that I basically used Wrex and Garrus the whole game. Ashley didn't do shit (and I left her ass on Virmire), and Kaiden... well it was either him or Liara. At the time though, I didn't romance right, so I did not get the sexy scene with Kaiden before Ilos. (in ME3, in the beginning, I regretted not knowing how to do that -- damn he is built, hnnngh). So, with that in mind, I tried again in ME2, only shit went down. Shep died, and Cerebus -- fucking shit up in the first game but at the time, I didn't think too much of it other than, 'Man, these guys are kinda bad'.
So, when they were a major plot point in the 2nd game, the record scratch went off in my head. Techinically Shep is a zombie, but I digress. So, I had to gather up the crew again. I don't remember what order I went, but since I had the DLC installed, Zaeed was first. Never really used him. But then, I heard about this archangel fellow and went "hmm." Color me surprised when it was Garrus. Man, he went from awkward to badass in about a 2 year span. But oh no! a rocket to the face! Nah, he's okay, just scarred.
And of course I romanced Garrus. He's so awesome! Although, at Horizon (or Freedom's Progress), I felt a little bad for Kaiden. He got all mistrust-y on me, but I was set by that point. I was SO happy that everyone survived the suicide mission. I had enough renegade points to stop the Miranda/Jack and Tali/Legion deals, or else I would have had to choose one.
I hate choosing. I was very careful in my selections for the teams too. I also made it a point to not do anything after the crew was kidnapped, and go right for the O4 relay. That way, I didn't lose Kelly. I had to send Mordin with them; and during the Human Reaper fight -- it looked like a giant Terminator! I took Tali and Jack with me, since I did use the wikia -- the more defense you had left behind the better for survival for all crew. I wrecked havoc with the Widow and the Particle Beam.
And then ME3 came about a few weeks of me completing ME2. I was pumped -- way more than I have been since I've started gaming -- I had the preorder and everything. I've... well, Reapers are fucking shit up in everyway. So's Cerebus and I'm a little suspiscious. I speculated briefly to emeraldstag about TIM (Illusive Man) about how he could be Reaper related. I mean, his eyes for one thing, and I compared them to a Husk's. They have that same... weirdness to them.
Everyone was up in arms about Vega, but you know what? I actually like him. No, I wasn't worried about the potential bro-ness. Actually, I was distracted by his little brother shirt thing he has going on. JFC, Bioware, that right there? And then later on in the game when he get's a tattoo HNNNGH, why didn't you make him romancable? Shep said it best, "You're a tease."
And Kaiden, I didn't know he was that built too! But, I wasn't wavered in my love for Garrus, so I squeed a little when I got the chance to rekindle that romance. It came into a cultivation last night, and while some people weren't statisfied with that, I definitely was. It's just the way I roll apparently. There were, *ahem* other opportunities for other romanceable things too but, nope. But I really wanted Vega to be one. There's always fics though. I might even write a drabble.
At least for this playthough, but I am playing my head!canon -- Earthborn, Ruthless, Infiltrator, Renegade*.
*This is actually not true in ME3. Case in point, the geth and quarians. I practically lost my shit over a choice I picked first; so much that I had to replay about 40 minutes just to pick the other one. I couldn't live with myself. Actually, a lot of choices in ME3 were pretty hard to choose, and yes, there are some parts that are just... rage-worthy. I just hope that I made it right or at least not as damaging to the final story.
I don't know what point I am in the game, as I gotta help out the asari. I've done very little sidequests but I hope the game doesn't kick me straight back to Earth as soon as I do what I gotta do.
Still, very good series. I don't have that many qualms with it as some other people do.
Back when I didn't have a 360, he used to be like "omg mass effect" and "MASS EFFECT *kermit arm flail*" and I kinda hated it bc, I didn't have one and he talked about it so damn much.
So, when I was finally making bank and I found a Black Friday deal for the 360 -- 250GB w/ Halo:Reach and Fable 3 and I've bought maybe 15-16 games since then. I have a massive backlog to go through. Anyway, as time went on, I asked, "What game can I play many times over?" And I asked him again, and of course, said Mass Effect. Normally, I'm not a fan of RPGs so I was a little iffy on it. I sat on the thought of it until I went to the BX and I saw ME2 Platinum Hits for $20. It was cheap, and being the cheap gamer I am...
- Example being that I picked up DJ Hero with the controller for $7 and Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood CE for $42 the other day. I saved about $130. They were the last copies for the 360. Hell yeah.
ME1, not going to lie, I died a lot, and I didn't quite enjoy it until I came about a revelation. (Note: I actually knew what happens in ME1 since I watched Maxwell Adam's LP/stream ) It came about during the Benezia fight when you have to fight the asari commandos and the geth snipers first before you can wail on Benezia. At first I thought, man my (and squad) armor sucks. Well, since I was a Infiltrator, I could only wear Light/Medium armor, Garrus did have some weak armor and Wrex... he could suck it up.
But then no, it wasn't my armor, and I thought, man, maybe my weapons aren't upgraded/modded! No, I had the powerful weapons (at that point)... maybe it's my plan of attack! Normally I sent them up the steps to block that way while I ran to the side to buy time and... well, it worked for a while. I wasn't close to giving up but I was getting pensive. That's when I discovered radioactive rounds, aka, MURDER BULLETS. And it made life easier after that, and I only died probably twice in the entire game after that. With that, Armor Piercing Rounds, and my deadly sniper skills (once I got a good one anyway along with the mods), the game became fun.
I especially had fun with the dialouge choices, as I went full Renegade and somehow had enough points in the end to Paragon Saren. My Fem!Shep, Alexa, was 90% rene and 10% para. The 10% was from my crew and doing stuff for them, with Garrus' side mission and Wrex's family armor. I often said, "BITCH TO MANY, FRIEND TO FEW" in my Shep's case. I helped out Parasini in Noveria, and Emily Wong in various places. Of course I punched the reporter and chortled.
I'm gonna be honest and say that I basically used Wrex and Garrus the whole game. Ashley didn't do shit (and I left her ass on Virmire), and Kaiden... well it was either him or Liara. At the time though, I didn't romance right, so I did not get the sexy scene with Kaiden before Ilos. (in ME3, in the beginning, I regretted not knowing how to do that -- damn he is built, hnnngh). So, with that in mind, I tried again in ME2, only shit went down. Shep died, and Cerebus -- fucking shit up in the first game but at the time, I didn't think too much of it other than, 'Man, these guys are kinda bad'.
So, when they were a major plot point in the 2nd game, the record scratch went off in my head. Techinically Shep is a zombie, but I digress. So, I had to gather up the crew again. I don't remember what order I went, but since I had the DLC installed, Zaeed was first. Never really used him. But then, I heard about this archangel fellow and went "hmm." Color me surprised when it was Garrus. Man, he went from awkward to badass in about a 2 year span. But oh no! a rocket to the face! Nah, he's okay, just scarred.
And of course I romanced Garrus. He's so awesome! Although, at Horizon (or Freedom's Progress), I felt a little bad for Kaiden. He got all mistrust-y on me, but I was set by that point. I was SO happy that everyone survived the suicide mission. I had enough renegade points to stop the Miranda/Jack and Tali/Legion deals, or else I would have had to choose one.
I hate choosing. I was very careful in my selections for the teams too. I also made it a point to not do anything after the crew was kidnapped, and go right for the O4 relay. That way, I didn't lose Kelly. I had to send Mordin with them; and during the Human Reaper fight -- it looked like a giant Terminator! I took Tali and Jack with me, since I did use the wikia -- the more defense you had left behind the better for survival for all crew. I wrecked havoc with the Widow and the Particle Beam.
And then ME3 came about a few weeks of me completing ME2. I was pumped -- way more than I have been since I've started gaming -- I had the preorder and everything. I've... well, Reapers are fucking shit up in everyway. So's Cerebus and I'm a little suspiscious. I speculated briefly to emeraldstag about TIM (Illusive Man) about how he could be Reaper related. I mean, his eyes for one thing, and I compared them to a Husk's. They have that same... weirdness to them.
Everyone was up in arms about Vega, but you know what? I actually like him. No, I wasn't worried about the potential bro-ness. Actually, I was distracted by his little brother shirt thing he has going on. JFC, Bioware, that right there? And then later on in the game when he get's a tattoo HNNNGH, why didn't you make him romancable? Shep said it best, "You're a tease."
And Kaiden, I didn't know he was that built too! But, I wasn't wavered in my love for Garrus, so I squeed a little when I got the chance to rekindle that romance. It came into a cultivation last night, and while some people weren't statisfied with that, I definitely was. It's just the way I roll apparently. There were, *ahem* other opportunities for other romanceable things too but, nope. But I really wanted Vega to be one. There's always fics though. I might even write a drabble.
At least for this playthough, but I am playing my head!canon -- Earthborn, Ruthless, Infiltrator, Renegade*.
*This is actually not true in ME3. Case in point, the geth and quarians. I practically lost my shit over a choice I picked first; so much that I had to replay about 40 minutes just to pick the other one. I couldn't live with myself. Actually, a lot of choices in ME3 were pretty hard to choose, and yes, there are some parts that are just... rage-worthy. I just hope that I made it right or at least not as damaging to the final story.
I don't know what point I am in the game, as I gotta help out the asari. I've done very little sidequests but I hope the game doesn't kick me straight back to Earth as soon as I do what I gotta do.
Still, very good series. I don't have that many qualms with it as some other people do.