Mass Effect 2 *spoilers around pg 29/30*

[Trippy]

Not surprising since they took that feature out of DA forcing people to go through convoluted mod hacks to get that functionality back.

[Ookii]

Oh, I beat this last night, it's neat.

Of course my roommate played it for 26 hours, and then I played the final mission. But I still beat it!

[caladein]

There isn't an option for it in-game (like in ME1) at least that I saw, but you can turn off Motion Blur in the Configuration Utility.

While that deal-breaker has been fixed, I've still given up on logging into EA Online/Cerberus Network for the day.  I know it's launch day and all that, but I don't want this kind of crap from a single player game.

[Nightblade]

For those on the fence about the PC version, the PC version runs amazingly well. Far, far better than the first game.

The only thing that really bugs me on the PC version is the omission of mouse options. Seriously, would it have killed them to add a mouse sensitivity option? Maybe an option to turn off mouse smoothing?

[Rasix]

For those on the fence about the PC version, the PC version runs amazingly well. Far, far better than the first game.

Yay, thanks.  Now I just have to decide on a quick good guy run or a quick bastard run. 

[Engels]

Good news on the PC playability. I guess there's a silver lining to all these games being made for both console and PC: the PC version isn't gonna go all Vanguard in the sys reqs dept since the 'base code' (forgive my horrible development illiteracy) has to work on a Xbox and PS3, which are, what, 3 years old now?

[Tarami]

A note on alt-tabbing out to Windows if playing in fullscreen, do not do it when:

- There's a loading screen;
- The game is doing a background save, i.e. directly after or before a wave of mobs, at the start of a mission and after certain cutscenes;
- You've just made a manual save, even if the disc icon in the bottom corner has disappeared. Wait another 10 seconds.

Doing so will, atleast on my system (Vista 64), crash the game in a fairly annoying way. Playing in windowed mode has none of these issues because it doesn't freeze the game.

Otherwise you're *mostly* okay, but sometimes it still won't restore properly when you try to go back in. Yay PC gaming!

[Ratman_tf]

I gots this for PC. Lots of little frustrations, like hunting for my old save game through the configurator before getting to import my ME1 character, annoying as fuck hacker mini-game (The one where you match up lines of 'code'), being confused by the interupt system (IS IT LMB OR RMB?!?), and combat is deadly. Pop your head up to fire- dead. And they tightened up the field of vision, so you have less peripheral vision than ME1, which doesn't help when you're being flanked or have some alien dog biting on your ass. I like the damn game, but the control scheme and actual gameplay can be frustrating as hell at times.

[Bunk]

Stormwaltz - please pass this on to anyone you still talk to in Edmonton: who ever designed the ME1 save importer needs a kick in the balls.

It lists my three save games - the top one in Green, then next two in yellow. Move the stick, won't let me select the yellow ones, as if they are invalid...

Multipage thread on the forums about this - turns out: they didn't bother making the menu respond to the Analog stick (found this on page 7 of the thread). Gee thanks, I really enjoyed reolading ME1 and rerunning the final fight again in an effort to fix my save.

Back in to ME2, hit down on the dpad, and now - finally - I'm about to play this fucking game.

[Tarami]

being confused by the interupt system (IS IT LMB OR RMB?!?)

If you mean the karmatic quicktime events - LMB for Renegade actions, RMB for Paragon, this is consistent AFAIK.

[Lakov_Sanite]

Wow, this waiting to connect game is fucking awesome. Oh, another reason why first day DLC can suck my sweaty nutsack. 

1. this proves to me i should never buy another EA game on day one.

2. I am fucking done with DLC bullshit.

I bought the game on steam and not only did I have to wait until days after, where people who bought it in best buy have already beaten the fucking thing but now I can't even play the game i paid for? Fuuuuuck you.

[Nightblade]

Minor Female Shepard spoiler?


This game is a relentless devourer of my free time. I'm paranoid so I'm doing every side quest for Paragon and trying to up my chances at survival. There are a bunch of optional upgradable ship parts you can attach to your ship that I'm assuming just affects your chances at the climax... Unfortunately, you need to do a prob minigame in order to get the necessary resources. It doesn't take too long and it's mildly amusing for a bit... Unless you want to get the 50,000 platinum to remove your scars. I did it anyway just in case.

[Velorath]

Wow, this waiting to connect game is fucking awesome. Oh, another reason why first day DLC can suck my sweaty nutsack. 

1. this proves to me i should never buy another EA game on day one.

2. I am fucking done with DLC bullshit.

I bought the game on steam and not only did I have to wait until days after, where people who bought it in best buy have already beaten the fucking thing but now I can't even play the game i paid for? Fuuuuuck you.

The DLC stuff was fairly painless for me.  You go to social.bioware.com and register your various promo codes, you download the installers for each DLC and run them.  Between decrypting the game, downloading all the DLC and installing it, and importing my ME1 character, I was into the game in around 50 minutes.

[Ratman_tf]

being confused by the interupt system (IS IT LMB OR RMB?!?)

If you mean the karmatic quicktime events - LMB for Renegade actions, RMB for Paragon, this is consistent AFAIK.

I was confused when it first popped up. I didn't know if I should click whenever seeing the popup, or only when it was the one I wanted (Paragon or Renegade.) After it happened a few times I saw that the responses are color coded and appear on either side of the screen.

Still, the first few times I didn't know what the hell was going on, even after it was described in the game, so I had to skip them. Or click and pray.

Oh, and it's fun looking it up in the instruction booklet, which say LMB for Renegade, RMB for Paragon, and then the illustration shows the exact opposite.  

[Engels]

The DLC stuff was fairly painless for me.  You go to social.bioware.com and register your various promo codes, you download the installers for each DLC and run them.  Between decrypting the game, downloading all the DLC and installing it, and importing my ME1 character, I was into the game in around 50 minutes.

currently social.bioware.com is just spitting out php errors at me. I sometimes get in, log on, then when I try to register, I get another php db crash on their end. I think their system must be getting hammered.

[AutomaticZen]

Wow, this waiting to connect game is fucking awesome. Oh, another reason why first day DLC can suck my sweaty nutsack. 

1. this proves to me i should never buy another EA game on day one.

2. I am fucking done with DLC bullshit.

I bought the game on steam and not only did I have to wait until days after, where people who bought it in best buy have already beaten the fucking thing but now I can't even play the game i paid for? Fuuuuuck you.

The DLC stuff was fairly painless for me.  You go to social.bioware.com and register your various promo codes, you download the installers for each DLC and run them.  Between decrypting the game, downloading all the DLC and installing it, and importing my ME1 character, I was into the game in around 50 minutes.

Yeah.  Decrypting took longer than getting the DLC for me.  Mostly painless.

[waffel]

I love DLC. I downloaded ALL of the game's content via a .torrent file. Anyone else try one of these? Was pretty simple.

[CmdrSlack]

Yarrrr! Hur-dur.

[Rasix]

I love DLC. I downloaded ALL of the game's content via a .torrent file. Anyone else try one of these? Was pretty simple.

Did you pay for it? 

[AutomaticZen]

I love DLC. I downloaded ALL of the game's content via a .torrent file. Anyone else try one of these? Was pretty simple.

Yeah, the system for Dragon Age was a bit better if they didn't want the DLC floating around out there.

[waffel]

I will gladly throw 50 dollars to Bioware if the game seems worth multiple replays and the DLC/online stuff seems worth it. However, after buying a slew of Bioware games in the past I was a tad let down by the lack of replayability in DA:O after I eagerly pre-ordered it. Not to mention the junk DLC and upcoming 40 dollar x-pac.

I know you guys love Bioware to death, I do too. My original post was more of a joke than anything.

[AutomaticZen]

I will gladly throw 50 dollars to Bioware if the game seems worth multiple replays and the DLC/online stuff seems worth it. However, after buying a slew of Bioware games in the past I was a tad let down by the lack of replayability in DA:O after I eagerly pre-ordered it. Not to mention the junk DLC and upcoming 40 dollar x-pac.

I know you guys love Bioware to death, I do too. My original post was more of a joke than anything.

The only thing I'm sad I missed was the Terminus Armor.  Everything else came through fine on Steam DDE.

[Lakov_Sanite]

bioware social works fine.  its when you get in game and it tries to connect you to EA a LOT of people couldnt connect so even if they had dlc registered, if they didnt connect to ea they couldnt use it.  this was me for an hour.  it's a server side issue with ea, also wtf i have to register and re=register just for the content i paid for lame?

that said, the first 30min of the game are awesome.

[Fabricated]

I just re-completed Mass Effect 1 in time. I still have Assassin's Creed 2 and Uncharted 2 to play however.

[Tarami]

I will gladly throw 50 dollars to Bioware if the game seems worth multiple replays and the DLC/online stuff seems worth it. However, after buying a slew of Bioware games in the past I was a tad let down by the lack of replayability in DA:O after I eagerly pre-ordered it. Not to mention the junk DLC and upcoming 40 dollar x-pac.

Since I've had the game for a few days (thank you Webhallen.se), I think I can safely say that DA:O has nothing on ME2 in terms of polish, voice-acting and storytelling. Hell, I even like most of the crew/party, which is just extraordinary for me. My only real complaint is the loading screens. There are just too many of them for a PC game, especially when onboard the ship.

Where DA:O was campy fun, ME2 is serious business, in a good way. Two fat thumbs up here.

[schild]

15 minutes in, this is one of the worst player experiences I've ever had the displeasure to play. The entire control scheme on the PC is a laughable fucking mess.

[Trippy]

A BioWare game with a crappy UI? Say it isn't so!

[schild]

Lol, if it were only the UI.

[schild]

Let's start with the ugliest armor on earth and make it too amazing not to use and then not give me an option to take the helmet off.

The entire game is a lack of fucking options.

[Phildo]

Ammo.

[schild]

Multi-Function Spacebar.

[schild]

Inventory.

[Trippy]

Is there anyway to skip through cut scenes? God damn it's a fucking pain in the ass to fix the look of your character.

[schild]

Having to click a + mark to expand things.

[schild]

Not being able to skip anything.