Mass Effect 2: Complete!
(ME2 icon time, hell yeah)
Completed the Suicide Mission with no casualties, first try, boo-ya! That was some epic shit right there. I'm clocked in at around 29 hours, which is almost double what it took me to complete ME1 first time through.
Overall impressions: I loved it. Like a fat kid loves cake. I seriously DEVOURED this thing, I bought it on Friday and somehow managed to play 30 hours by Tuesday, despite having work and uni every day.
Pros: It's beautiful. It's cinematic. It's long. It has an amazing cast of characters. Combat is actually fun this time round. It has a hell of sense of humour. It'd be perfect if it weren't for...
Cons: I need mah stats/inventory back plz! It's just not an RPG unless I get to micromanage the hell out of everything. Planet scanning, dear god. Only opposite-sex love interests, boo.
Me:
I played as a female Shepard I imported from my first ME1 playthrough (mostly Paragon, saved the council, saved Ashley, romanced Liara). Still a Vanguard.
Finished at level...25, I think? With full Paragon and 40% Renegade.
I completed...most of the sidequests, I think. I just had one N7 mission showing up on my log, and I'd gotten tired of scanning planets over and over for more.
In the final mission I had Tali go through the vents, Miranda led the first team, Garrus lead the second, Samara did biotics, Jacob escorted the Normandy and Mordin and Samara were in my final strike team. I almost had a heart attack when Garrus got hit and looked like he was going to die on me, and again when Mordin went tumbling down the falling platform. DON'T SCARE ME LIKE THAT, GUYS.
Destroyed the Collector Base. SUCK ON THAT, TIM.
I don't know what I'm going to do while waiting on ME3, haha
Characters/Relationships:
I didn't romance anyone this time through because I would feel bad cheating on Liara and, well....FemShep's options suck. The scene with Shepard alone in her quarters looking at Liara's photograph was so sweet, I hope the ME1 LIs play a larger role in the next game.
Apart from him looking like a scary dino-man, Garrus and Shep have a beautiful bromance, I couldn't even think of doing anything romantic with him. When he mentioned gettin' it on with the female Turian that beat him I just wanted to give him a bro high-five, the trying the sexy response for the lols just made me feel dirty.
Jacob... I don't know what the hell this dude's problem is, he just stopped talking about anything other than getting drunk at the Citadel like half way through the game. Which is a shame because I liked him a hell of a lot more than Kaidan! I enjoyed his manly hug with Shepard though, haha.
Everything to do with Thane is a little creepy. When having conversations with him I feel like my Shep's just thinking "O_o *back away slowly*. And the fact that she hits on a religious dying man who's just finished talking about his beloved dead wife...yeah, no.
Shepard's ~predatory~ flirting with Kelly was hilarious,with anyone else I'd be getting some sexual harassment suits. She was cute until you find out what an uber-skank she is. HEY COMMANDER, WANT ME TO DO SOME SEXY DANCING UP IN YOUR CABIN? Uh, no thanks, Kelly. Put it away.
I knew Samara would be having none of it, but it was fun to try anyway because I think she's AWESOME. This is weird, but she has the most amazing face I've ever seen in a video game. Rejected!Shepard looked so sad. :(
Mordin is the very model of a scientist Salarian, that is all. (I LOVE HIM)
I paid visits to Miranda's office far too often. If sheer force of will affected the outcomes of games then her and Shepard would've been hookin' up a long time ago. In my head-canon there's definitely something going on there on Miranda's part, but at the least I love that they're becoming BFF.
Jack hated me after I took Miranda's side in their argument and still does, the ungrateful bitch. I maxed-out my Paragon score and the persuasion options are still greyed-out. WHY DO YOU HATE ME, JACK?
Tali is cool. I don't get the rabid fanboy love of her (and fangirl love of Garrus), but she's definitely a great character. Is it just me or are there some leftovers from the DudeShepard!romance? "I never trusted anyone enough to link suits with them, until...well, you know." "Are you blushing, Tali?"
Grunt...meh. I don't like Krogans, they're far too one-dimensional. GRR, FIGHT, STRENGTH, BATTLE, WEAK HUMANS. Yawn.
Zaeed is a fucking bastard, I regret downloading him. Christ. His loyalty mission was one of the hardest choices I had to make. I was kinda hoping he'd make an appearance in the suicide mission and DIE.
Completed the Suicide Mission with no casualties, first try, boo-ya! That was some epic shit right there. I'm clocked in at around 29 hours, which is almost double what it took me to complete ME1 first time through.
Overall impressions: I loved it. Like a fat kid loves cake. I seriously DEVOURED this thing, I bought it on Friday and somehow managed to play 30 hours by Tuesday, despite having work and uni every day.
Pros: It's beautiful. It's cinematic. It's long. It has an amazing cast of characters. Combat is actually fun this time round. It has a hell of sense of humour. It'd be perfect if it weren't for...
Cons: I need mah stats/inventory back plz! It's just not an RPG unless I get to micromanage the hell out of everything. Planet scanning, dear god. Only opposite-sex love interests, boo.
Me:
I played as a female Shepard I imported from my first ME1 playthrough (mostly Paragon, saved the council, saved Ashley, romanced Liara). Still a Vanguard.
Finished at level...25, I think? With full Paragon and 40% Renegade.
I completed...most of the sidequests, I think. I just had one N7 mission showing up on my log, and I'd gotten tired of scanning planets over and over for more.
In the final mission I had Tali go through the vents, Miranda led the first team, Garrus lead the second, Samara did biotics, Jacob escorted the Normandy and Mordin and Samara were in my final strike team. I almost had a heart attack when Garrus got hit and looked like he was going to die on me, and again when Mordin went tumbling down the falling platform. DON'T SCARE ME LIKE THAT, GUYS.
Destroyed the Collector Base. SUCK ON THAT, TIM.
I don't know what I'm going to do while waiting on ME3, haha
Characters/Relationships:
I didn't romance anyone this time through because I would feel bad cheating on Liara and, well....FemShep's options suck. The scene with Shepard alone in her quarters looking at Liara's photograph was so sweet, I hope the ME1 LIs play a larger role in the next game.
Apart from him looking like a scary dino-man, Garrus and Shep have a beautiful bromance, I couldn't even think of doing anything romantic with him. When he mentioned gettin' it on with the female Turian that beat him I just wanted to give him a bro high-five, the trying the sexy response for the lols just made me feel dirty.
Jacob... I don't know what the hell this dude's problem is, he just stopped talking about anything other than getting drunk at the Citadel like half way through the game. Which is a shame because I liked him a hell of a lot more than Kaidan! I enjoyed his manly hug with Shepard though, haha.
Everything to do with Thane is a little creepy. When having conversations with him I feel like my Shep's just thinking "O_o *back away slowly*. And the fact that she hits on a religious dying man who's just finished talking about his beloved dead wife...yeah, no.
Shepard's ~predatory~ flirting with Kelly was hilarious,with anyone else I'd be getting some sexual harassment suits. She was cute until you find out what an uber-skank she is. HEY COMMANDER, WANT ME TO DO SOME SEXY DANCING UP IN YOUR CABIN? Uh, no thanks, Kelly. Put it away.
I knew Samara would be having none of it, but it was fun to try anyway because I think she's AWESOME. This is weird, but she has the most amazing face I've ever seen in a video game. Rejected!Shepard looked so sad. :(
Mordin is the very model of a scientist Salarian, that is all. (I LOVE HIM)
I paid visits to Miranda's office far too often. If sheer force of will affected the outcomes of games then her and Shepard would've been hookin' up a long time ago. In my head-canon there's definitely something going on there on Miranda's part, but at the least I love that they're becoming BFF.
Jack hated me after I took Miranda's side in their argument and still does, the ungrateful bitch. I maxed-out my Paragon score and the persuasion options are still greyed-out. WHY DO YOU HATE ME, JACK?
Tali is cool. I don't get the rabid fanboy love of her (and fangirl love of Garrus), but she's definitely a great character. Is it just me or are there some leftovers from the DudeShepard!romance? "I never trusted anyone enough to link suits with them, until...well, you know." "Are you blushing, Tali?"
Grunt...meh. I don't like Krogans, they're far too one-dimensional. GRR, FIGHT, STRENGTH, BATTLE, WEAK HUMANS. Yawn.
Zaeed is a fucking bastard, I regret downloading him. Christ. His loyalty mission was one of the hardest choices I had to make. I was kinda hoping he'd make an appearance in the suicide mission and DIE.