Saving galaxies is a job best left for professionals.
Wow, I haven't blogged in an age and a half. I have a lot of pent-up bloggery in store, so watch out - I'm about to talk your ears off about (what else?) Bioware and my continuing love-love -relationship with it, particularly their latest release. Because what else do I have to blog about? My love life is on the same "meh" level (the necessary
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ANYWAY. Uh, first HI. So nice to see you again! ♥ And even more exciting to see you after so long and see you squeeing over Mass Effect! I got into it because of 2, but I played 1 before I did 2 because I'm kind of crazy about doing things right. And it was definitely worth it for all the easter eggs and emails you get. I also totally agree about the default new!Shep being assumed a Renegade jackass. I mean, I know a lot of renegade Sheps who still kept Wrex alive; why do they assume he's dead? D: It's one of the reasons I love that I play on PC -- I found that if you don't want to replay ( ... )
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I was reading this and had to stop to say - wait, you didn't get anything suggestive with Jacob? ... Really? I had to work to not flirt with him. He was like Kaidan was in 1 - unless you were rude, you were flirting. And sometimes when you were rude you were rudely flirting.
Really! I wonder what I did differently, because my main Shepard is also nice and talkative (and yes, I had that same problem with Kaidan when I was romancing Liara), and I figured the game would try to pair her up with Jacob right away. But no. Perhaps it has something to do with finishing his loyalty quest last.
The initial chatting line with Jacob always sounded suggestive to me anyway - "I'm more interested in just talking for a bit" sounds like she's about to follow it up with "you tight-pantsed hunk a' love, you". X ( ... )
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And I'm just utterly impressed by your ability to not hit on Jacob accidentally. Though - "I'm more interested in just talking for a bit" sounds like she's about to follow it up with "you tight-pantsed hunk a' love, you". X) - I lol'd. It's a combination of how she says the line, and the way Shep leans against that table. I got that sort of thing all the time by accident.
The one conversation... where you ask if anyone's waiting back home for him. And you get him to tell you about how he saved the Citadel (speaking of, did you ever play that game on iPhone/iPod touch? It's amazing story-wise. There's totally some Jacob/Miranda going on there.) and he complains about how Shep was used as a poster girl then tossed out. If you go through all the dialogue options (how'd you save the citadel? anyone back home? ... I think there's something else, too) you're forced to flirt. The paragon, neutral, and renegade goodbyes are all flirts. You have to not ask him about saving the citadel or... I ( ... )
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I'm reminded of talking with Zevran in Dragon Age - it's pretty damn hard to stay friends with him, you have to really pick and choose your answers and it can still lead to drama in the camp... But of course that fits Zev's character, the Slutty McSluttinton that he is. X)
speaking of, did you ever play that game on iPhone/iPod touch?Nope. I don't own such fancy thingamajiks. X) And I got a distinct Jacob/Miranda feeling from ME2 itself - I thought it was pretty much canon that they have a past, judging by the conversation after Jacob's loyalty quest, at least ( ... )
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Sort of, but not as dramatic as in 1. If you're already "locked into" romance with one, and try to start flirting with someone else, they all have different things they say (to fit their personality), but it all amounts to "I don't want to be played, Shepard. I know you're with so-and-so." And you either back off there, or go to the other person and do the "nevermind let's not do this" thing. Once you break it off, you can go back and they'll start the romance.
If you kind of string Jacob along, then go for Garrus, he gets all pissy about you leading him on then going for the "cuttlebone". It's kind of funny. I've never gotten it, but a lot of friends have because they accidentally flirted. I might do it once just to get the scene and see/hear it. xD
Actually I took Garrus everywhere with me in both ME1 and 2. I intend to do the same with ME3. :)*high five!!* Yeee-uh! Soul sister! Same thing here. I took him everywhere in 1, and went for him first in 2 so I could ( ... )
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Sort of, but not as dramatic as in 1.
Hm, kind of a shame, actually. I was always fond of those "let's bring everyone whom it may concern here and talk this over" moments. (My favourite is in Jade Empire, where you pretty much have to choose the threesome option if you've been romancing both Dawn Star and Silk Fox - they have already bonded, y'see, and if you try to pick just one of them, they both leave you to pursue a romance of their own. :D)
And he damn well better be a crew member again in 3, because the game won't be the same without hearing that voice and his humor all the time.
His voice. ♥ I can't believe I made it this far without mentioning his voice. I really have a thing for certain raspy tones - all the more reason why I feel like I should've liked Kaidan better in ME1, yet didn't...
Though I worry about Liara... but still.Yeah, me too. Her development seemed the most rushed - I can't help feeling like we missed something. From a kind and shy scientist to a hardcore information agent? That's ( ... )
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Personally, I'm hoping for teh dramaz in 3. I think it'd be fantastic to have Kaidan and Garrus or Ashley and Tali fight it out, if Shep romanced one in 1 and the other in 2. I mean, that could be so amazing. And assuming your LIs will be back (which, from what I've read, seems pretty certain as long as you didn't kill them) I can't imagine there not being some sort of "FRSRS?" moment.
... I keep seeing/hearing about Jade Empire and thinking it's another game I have missed out on. Might have to look into that.
His voice. ♥
Unf. He's one of those characters that I never skip through dialogue, even after four playthroughs. Carth was another of them. Thane is almost one - every now and then I'll hurry him along (especially during his flashback things. Those kinda weird me out sometimes XD) but a lot of times I love hearing him talk. I also can't watch a Hornitos commercial without laughing myself silly.
I can't help feeling like we missed something.The comic series clears a lot of that up, ( ... )
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Ha ha, why not just organise some kind of a Normandy-wide version of The Bachelorette? Winner gets to date the Saviour of the Citadel... XD Seriously though, I'm looking forward to the drama, too. They already put so much more thought into the relationships in ME2 compared with ME1; it can only get better... The folks at Bioware are really good at outdoing themselves.
... I keep seeing/hearing about Jade Empire and thinking it's another game I have missed out on. Might have to look into that.
YES
I mean, uh... YES, YOU DEFINITELY SHOULD. :D It's in my top three of all-time RPGs for a reason. The world design is incredible, the characters Bioware- ( ... )
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WELL THEN I SUPPOSE I MUST. Though I'd have to get the PC version, as I don't have an xbox. But that's still something! And I'm too intrigued by this Sir Roderick von Fontlebottom the Magnificent Bastard now to not get it.
Still, I hope we can see Liara (and the Shadow Broker, perhaps?) in ME3, to tie up even more loose ends.
Oooh, have you seen the youtube video? Someone got into the dialogue files and found whole conversations of Liara talking about the shadow broker business. It sounds like it'll be an epic DLC that will be released. Just like Kasumi's dialogue files were in the game before she was, rumor is that these dialogue files are signs of upcoming Liara-centric gameplay.
That's one thing PC gamers have over the X-Boxers - you can get screencaps and voice files and other goodies so much more easilyThat's why I always prefer PC. That, and I like being able to play without taking over the living room to use the TV. Because then I have family listening/watching me play, or ( ... )
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Yay, corruption spreads! :D Apart from a couple of glitches, the PC version should work just fine. It just took them ages to release the PC version; you'd think they'd had time to polish it up...
Oh, and it was the first Bioware game to include a bisexual male love interest, if you're into that kind of thing. ♥Sky!♥
Oooh, have you seen the youtube video?"I've always treasured knowledge, and the Shadow Broker had more than anyone", okay, I like that line a lot... Now all I'm worried about is, if these scenes were originally in and later deleted from ME2, does it mean we won't be getting their equivalents in ME3? :/ DLC is fine and all, but not everyone can access it, and this seems kind of relevant to the main plot ( ... )
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