As Similar As Two Completely Dissimilar Things In A Pod.

[rionaleonhart]

DEAR MASS EFFECT 2: WHY AM I NOT ABLE TO INVERT THE X AXIS

SERIOUSLY, WHY

No, really, this game allows you to choose the sex of the main character and customise his or her appearance to a considerable degree and alter your armour and choose which skills to improve when you level up, options options everywhere, and yet they couldn't include an

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[nano_moose]

...I am genuinely amazed that is an issue. And maybe laughing a tiny little bit at your flailing. I'm sorry.

So, backstory? Chosen survivor of Virmire? Class? Did you pick a romantic interest or hold off? (I'm a lady Spaceborn Infiltrator War Hero who saved Ashley! And generally I go with Liara as a love interest because cute blue alien lady eeeee.) I'm also Paragon as you are, though I can't resist some of the sillier Renegade options occasionally.

Miranda's...well, she's just like that, it's no commentary on your being supernice or anything (she doesn't like people getting close). Jacob's nice and loyal and easy-going, but he has the extremely unfortunate condition of being nice and loyal and easy-going with no other notable characteristics. Poor man.

Cerberus is a bag of dicks, they just hire some okay people. DO NOT BE TAKEN IN.

[rionaleonhart]

IN MY HEAD, I'M OPERATING A CAMERA ON A PIVOT. TO LOOK UP, YOU SWING THE BACK OF THE CAMERA DOWN; TO LOOK LEFT, YOU MOVE THE BACK OF THE CAMERA RIGHT.

...oh. Oh! I hadn't realised you had to download the prequel comic from the PlayStation Store, so the game just decided what had happened for me. And I got the game preowned, so the code may well not be valid any more. Oh, well. I'm a lady Colonist Soldier War Hero, and apparently the game decided by default (or at random? I've no idea) that I saved Kaidan and got the Council killed.

I shall be wary of Cerberus; thank you for the advice! But I'll still be really nice to everyone there.

[nano_moose]

I only operate that way in Flight-Sims! TRY TO RELOCATE YOUR MENTAL PROJECTION INTO THE CHARACTER'S BRAIN? UM. I'm surprised it's not an option, actually

[rionaleonhart]

I'm actually really angry about this. The only indication on the game box that you don't get to decide what happened in the previous game if you buy it preowned is in tiny, tiny text on the back. If I'd known this, I would have bought the bloody game new! They obviously made it DLC as an incentive to make people buy it new; make it clear! As it is, the DLC costs almost as much as the game itself; buying the game new would have been much cheaper.

I'm going to see if I can get my money back and buy a new copy instead.

EDIT: NO WAIT APPARENTLY ALL THE CERBERUS NETWORK CODES EXPIRED IN JANUARY ANYWAY, WHAT THE HELL

EDIT AGAIN: ...e-except I just tried the code in my box anyway, in a fit of desperation, and it seems to be downloading even though it's apparently an expired code from a preowned game? So I had the extraordinary luck of buying a game previously owned by someone game-savvy enough to trade in but not game-savvy enough to redeem their code? And, moreover, that code still works despite being past the expiration date on the box

[nano_moose]

Iiiiii think that they actually made the Cerberus Network/Genesis content free in preparation with ME3? Or something? I know the same thing happened when I bought my pre-owned copy, anyway.

I AM SO SORRY FOR FREAKING YOU OUT

Well, now you'll be able to see some more neat content, anyway! And have greater control over the major choices of the previous game! I just know if that you go in cold you'll have killed Wrex by default, and that is a TRAGEDY.

...I can't decide which is more stupid - porting the sequel and not the recent original, or not packaging the backstory choices with the ported sequel. Stupid EA. Anyway, yaaay! Good luck in the game! Try not to be too furious over marketing decisions made by amoebas when you play it! D: