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Wow, didn't know that. I know one of the books involves Liara helping Sheperd in some form. Anyone read it? Any good? At least better than the Warcraft books? Is it possible Illusive Man is playing some sort of twisted game of forcing the Collectors into the galaxy so humanity can lead the defense and grow/retain their role as rulers? Is this kind of speculation even something anyone outside the Bioware forums is interested in?  |
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Wow, didn't know that. I know one of the books involves Liara helping Sheperd in some form. Anyone read it? Any good? At least better than the Warcraft books?
It's actually the comic book mini-series Mass Effect: Redemption that deals with it. Only 2 out of 4 issues have been released so far. Dialog isn't especially good, but the plot is interesting I guess. |
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Venkman
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Ah ok. I'll wait for the graphic novel then.
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On the Illusive Man...
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Hey, Stormwaltz, is Legion wearing that piece of N7 armor ever going to go somewhere? It must have been decided at some point during development that it's just a gimmick or worth expanding in the sequel.
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I assume you did get to the dialog point where you ask Legion about it? That was one of my favorite lines in the game.
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Hey, Stormwaltz, is Legion wearing that piece of N7 armor ever going to go somewhere? It must have been decided at some point during development that it's just a gimmick or worth expanding in the sequel.
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POW! Right in the Kisser!
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Geth are machines with the ability to evolve, emotions aren't actually a stretch and fits sci-fi tropes well.
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I hope they don't do that, but I obviously won't have any input on the matter. |
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On geth...
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Emotions as an abstract concept are orthogonal to whether a life-form is organic or not. |
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Shrike
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Getting too heavy in here. Interesting, but heavy for a Monday.
So.
I have a question that's just burning a hole in my brain. What's with the knife strapped to Tali's leg? It's odd, considering this character's basic personality and inclinations. I mean, did someone just think it looked cool? Or is it some statement she's making, like a Matthew Ridgeway or George S. Patton Jr? She's no leader type, so that brings me back to cool. Except it'd be more cool for, say, Samara or Zayeed. There's certainly no utility there, especially for an engineer/techie.
Like I said, it's bothering me.
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especially for an engineer/techie.
Wat? I use a knife at work all the damn time. |
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especially for an engineer/techie.
Wat? I use a knife at work all the damn time. A 12" long combat knife? If you're .mil, maybe, but this is Tali we're talking about. |
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especially for an engineer/techie.
Wat? I use a knife at work all the damn time. A 12" long combat knife? If you're .mil, maybe, but this is Tali we're talking about. Tali IS military, of a sort. I mean if all she was, was a techy than she'd never leave the ship, not to mention use pistols. Having a good knife on hand has a hundred different uses out in the field. If this were a jrpg world she'd have a giant wrench strapped to her back and glasses but ME2 tries for a bit more realism and I'm thankful for that. |
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Tali had it on her pilgrimage in ME1. A Quarian doesn't know where they are going or what situations they will encounter. Better to have it and never use it...
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I saw this on reddit. It's not awful, and reasonably funny if you ignore the parts where it kind of sucks. At any rate, here's some guy with too much time's hip hop tribute to probing planets. Link |
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Good enough reason I suppose. I normally carry a Randall #15 when backpacking myself.
I'll have to check ME1 again. I'm about ready for another full playthrough, but I don't recall seeing it before.
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Short version: let's have more SF versions of machine organisms that are just straight-up alien in their pattern of reasoning and feeling rather than the usual conversation about 'what are these things called emotions?'
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Shrike
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Finished my reload paragon soldier Shepard playthrough tonight. Got a shock at the end.
What's kind of cool is despite what I considered a perfect set up it still went off the rails. Surprised the hell out of me. Damnit. Still, good stuff!
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I should also say after a 'from scratch' playthrough I'm going to reinstall ME1 and playthrough it again for another ME2 playthrough. Of course now I'm torn between playing through the first as a Paragon again or properly playing through as a renegade.
Also renegade options were too damn tempting in ME2. Despite being determined to max out paragon I still ended up getting a rank or two of renegade from the odd badass moment I just couldn't resist, especially in cutscenes.
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On my first playthrough, I wasn't anal and lost Jack due to not upgrading the hull. I also didn't max Paragon or Renegade, and so didn't resolve every dilemma. (Tali got exiled, for example) I tucked a copy of that save folder away after finishing. That's the one I'm using for ME3.
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You mean you don't want a perfect playthrough for ME3?!?!?!  WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU MAN?! |
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You mean you don't want a perfect playthrough for ME3?!?!?! WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU MAN?!  |
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