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Sorozone
06/29/22 5:02:34 PM
#51:


Murphiroth posted...
Kasumi's Flashbang is super useful anytime you're fighting Collectors.

It disables powers and basically everything Harbinger does when he possesses a Collector is shut down by the Flashbang. Works best with her version though, the version you can give Shepard is buggy and it's also not instant like hers.

Good to know!

I didn't have that power yet, because I didn't do the loyalty mission prior to Horizon. I forget that it kind of just forces you into the mission once you meet the requirements!

I just did finish up her mission though. Still an all-time great. I do wish you had an option to stealth through the whole thing, or at least different ways to tackle getting into the vault(As far as I am aware you have two ways to get into the bedroom/private quarters. Is there other ways to get the other items done?) though I know that's not what the game is all about. It kind of reminds me of Lady Boyle's last party mission from Dishonored. It's just enough of being different that it elevates it a bit more because it's the only mission really like it.

I like Kasumi enough, but I never really bring her on missions. Not at all a knock on her, the game is just full of fantastic characters and some just don't get proper time to shine. I think I'm going to try to bring some of my less-used members on my femshep run. Right now I tend to bring whoever I think will be the most help, or I think could have relevant dialogue depending on what the mission is. Miranda on the Jack recruitment mission for example.

Speaking of that. I love jailbreak missions, this was another great one. Even the mini-boss bottle was exhilarating because of just everything going on. Jack herself is also great. Man, I love Mass Effect 2.


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Sorozone
07/01/22 5:02:31 PM
#52:


So I do have one nitpick, and honestly it probably wouldn't be too big of a deal if I wasn't playing on insanity but it's still annoying. I don't like that after certain points it forces me to do the collector missions. First it was Horizon, then it was the derelict ship. I get for story reasons and "urgency" but that's also kind of thrown out the window in 3, iirc. Where you obviously need to stop the Reapers in 3, but first let me do this, and this, and this....oh, and also this.

It's just easier to mark it a priority but still give me the option to do it when I want to do it. Once again, being on Insanity makes it a tad bit more annoying than it should be if only because the enemies just completely melt me. If I had the chance to actually choose to go to these missions instead I could finish up the rest of my upgrades in the research center and at least get a little bit more of an edge.

After many trial and error runs, and selecting Sniper Rifle training, I was finally able to get off that damn ship. Overall, still a very fun mission. You get confirmation of some things stated in Mass Effect 1, where it was hypothesize that the Protheans were enslaved in addition to being wiped out. So it's nice to see that connection.

Afterwards went to go recruit Tali. I wish they did more with this dark energy hypothesis. The demolition on the fallen pillar is kind of dumb too, just because...they could easily climb over it? But that's just video gamey stuff. I was once again raging at this mission too as I got destroyed by the Geth when trying to keep Reegar out from fighting so I could save him. Was finally able to get close to the Colossus and was gonna nuke it from my heavy weapon, killed it, but then I died at the same time due to a last second shot by the Colossus. After many more tries was finally able to recruit Tali, and saved Reegar.


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Sorozone
07/03/22 8:44:18 PM
#53:


Thane is so cool.

Mission isnt too bad either! I like how the linked it to the first game without making it overtly obvious. Mainly because it was something you could have completely missed in the first game.

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Leonhart4
07/03/22 9:19:09 PM
#54:


Thane best squadmate

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Sorozone
07/04/22 12:20:06 AM
#55:


It's funny. I brought him along instantly to recruit Samara next, and while talking to the officer I said the order from command was stupid, and Thane mentioned that he would never so no to a command from Shepard, but I've talked to you two times! Shepard is confirmed to be the most charismatic person in the galaxy.

Also, this game is super cheesy, in a good way much like Resident Evil 4. Probably a comparison that you would never think to see but some of the cheese/camp is too good. Like when Shepard can renegade trigger push the Eclipse merch on Thane's recruitment and he peers over the edge of the building and says "How bout' "Goodbye"" It's so stupid and unnecessary to say that but it works. Even though I'm playing Paragon I press it everytime.

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LeonhartFour
07/04/22 12:21:14 AM
#56:


Renegade Shepard is so great in Mass Effect 2. The right blend of cool and camp.

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_PandaMaster_
07/04/22 12:27:35 AM
#57:


Mass Effect 2 gives you a few old people as squadmates and they end up being some of the series' most well written characters.

A drell assassin with a compelling memory and an interesting spirituality.
An asari nearly 1000 years old who's seen and done as much as a person who lives 1000 years could do.
An elderly salarian whose intelligence work reshaped the entire galaxy.
A grizzled old mercenary who has probably killed as many organics AND synthetics as the main character has.

Old people in ME=fun.

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LeonhartFour
07/04/22 12:31:14 AM
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well "elderly" for a salarian is like 40

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Sorozone
07/04/22 4:58:15 PM
#59:


Samara's recruitment mission seemed really short comparatively speaking to everyone else. I only know this because I've also been recording my playthrough, but everyone was about 50 minutes to over an hour long to complete, while Samara's only took 40 minutes. Granted it is a bit easier, especially if you can take out the gunship right away(which I did with the nuke gun and couple shots from the shotgun).

Jacob's loyalty mission was also insanely quick. Don't get me wrong, I love that they are a bit shorter. I don't need every mission to be over an hour long so it's nice to get these 'smaller' ones out of the way. Also, I like Jacob. I think his biggest detriment is that he is...normal, and in context of the game a human. Most humans in the game are kind of lame outside of Shepard and Anderson. Jacob is a good dude, and his loyalty mission involving his corrupt dad is interesting. Lots of different ways to brainwash people in this galaxy.

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Leonhart4
07/04/22 5:04:50 PM
#60:


Jacob is a boring character with a really interesting Loyalty Mission.

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_PandaMaster_
07/04/22 5:36:59 PM
#61:


Jacob is alright. Even the game itself gets on his personality, though. From the other squadmates who comment on him. Even The Shadow Broker's dossier of him bluntly asserts he's only placed on Shepard's team because of "emotional stability."

Nice guy. Super bland.

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Murphiroth
07/04/22 5:56:23 PM
#62:


Best human squaddies in the series were the DLC ones.

Vega in 3 is the third best.
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Sorozone
07/05/22 10:08:54 PM
#63:


Viper sniper rifle is the MVP. This gun rocks.

Finished up Miranda's loyalty mission. It's fine. I've never really been a fan of Miranda or her character, her loyalty mission does absolutely nothing to change that. I would go as far to say that she just isn't a very well written character, or realized character. She is supposed to be this genetic modified super human, and obviously she comes off as a bitch or a know-it-all, but she kind of goes off the rails in her loyalty mission. I think not exactly knowing what/who her father is directly hurts in this instance. Miranda is going to say whatever she wants to say about the situation, but we don't have anything other than her word, and she is falling apart at the seams emotionally on this mission. Not only for her sister and her situation, but Niket as well. She is about the murder Niket(only for me to stop her) then she is pissed that Niket died, but only because it was by the Eclipse person. It's just jarring because the dialogue does change depending on how you go about it, but either way in this particular situation the writing after the fact doesn't make up for how it was handled with Niket, or how it's perceived anyway.

I definitely think it's the weakest loyalty mission.

With that being said I do appreciate the little oddities that you can find through the various missions on Illium that you can then bring to solve little side assignments. Makes it feel more connected and it also feels like it's not wasting my time because it just happens to be on the way.

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LeonhartFour
07/05/22 11:34:50 PM
#64:


Locust SMG was my personal favorite for ME2, shame they nerfed it in ME3.

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banananor
07/06/22 2:22:55 PM
#65:


sniper rifles are so good

i went through the entire trilogy back in the day as a sniper-specialization soldier, and it's actually a hindrance for my attempts at a second playthrough

i want to be something more interesting, but in the back of my mind my brain is screaming at me to stand far away high on adrenaline and click on my enemies to win because it would be easier. "the actual shepard would use the best available option" etc

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Sorozone
07/08/22 9:33:50 PM
#66:


Reaper IFF is such a good mission too.

Husks are still annoying especially if you get surrounded. You basically get stun locked. Very annoying, probably not much of an issue on lower difficulties though. Decided to just nuke the reaper core instead having to deal with 3 waves of husks because I was getting frustrated. Awakened Legion of course.


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Leonhart4
07/08/22 11:15:57 PM
#67:


Reaper IFF is one of the tougher missions on Insanity, yeah

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Murphiroth
07/08/22 11:17:51 PM
#68:


Husks are nothing if they don't have armor or shields, because simply knocking them off their feet regardless of health instantly kills them.

It's like the only use for Shockwave on lower difficulties! Shockwave is worthless in general.

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PerfectChaosZ
07/09/22 1:45:42 AM
#69:


I wish you could get Legion sooner
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TheRock1525
07/09/22 2:31:25 AM
#70:


PerfectChaosZ posted...
I wish you could get Legion sooner

Which is funny because I'm 90% sure the first ME2 teaser trailer was Legion.

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_PandaMaster_
07/09/22 2:35:57 PM
#71:


Legion is great. Seeing people react to a Geth walking around is wonderful.

Legion: Geth do not intentionally infiltrate.

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Sorozone
07/10/22 8:40:07 PM
#72:


Finished up the two Tuchanka loyalty missions.

Mordins is clearly better with the clear ethical questions involved with the genophage and ultimately decided to keep the research and spare Maelon.

I love Grunt and outside of the Thresher Maw encounter this mission is just a lame wave of enemies. One of the weaker loyalty missions, right now its just barely better than Mirandas.

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LeonhartFour
07/10/22 11:13:52 PM
#73:


Best thing about Grunt's Loyalty Mission is hearing every squadmate's reaction to finding out he's hitting a krogan's version of puberty

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LeonhartFour
07/10/22 11:19:25 PM
#74:


actually one of my favorite interactions in the entire series happens on Tuchanka when you talk to Wrex for the first time

Wrex: Now, Shepard. What brings you here? How's the Normandy?

Shepard: Destroyed in a Collector surprise attack. I ended up spaced.

Wrex: Well, you look good. Ah, the benefits of a redundant nervous system!

Shepard: Yeah, humans don't have that.

Wrex: Oh. It must have been painful, then.

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Sorozone
07/10/22 11:22:10 PM
#75:


I love every conversation with Wrex/Grunt.

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TheRock1525
07/10/22 11:42:07 PM
#76:


Shepard.

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Sorozone
07/11/22 10:01:16 PM
#77:


Jack is pretty underrated. She doesn't get a lot of screen time, comparatively. Here recruitment mission and loyalty mission aren't very long either. I've already been over the recruitment level(top notch, can't go wrong with a jail break), but her loyalty mission is also really good. Maybe not so much for gameplay, or even the overall level design(pretty generic), but with the rain outside, the thunder, the run down facility sets the mood enough.

Then you get into everything and find out that everything Jack thought she knew, was wrong. Gives a lot of depth to her character. I brought Miranda along on the mission just to see if she would say anything interesting. She unfortunately does not say much of anything which was a bummer.


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PerfectChaosZ
07/12/22 11:33:50 AM
#78:


if you could romance Jack as a woman I would have a long time ago. What a missed opportunity.
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Sorozone
07/13/22 9:38:48 PM
#79:


I like Samara. Her loyalty mission is a failure in execution, albeit interesting. I like the idea of doing detective work, however Kasumi's just executed this better. This is a very dumbed down version and the game isn't exactly built for this type of gameplay. Don't get me wrong I love reading every little detail when I can, but this was just boring.

I do have Shepard dance every time I enter the clubs though.

Also did Legion's loyalty mission. The geth are hard on insanity. I'm happy they don't really pull any punches considering they were the first main enemy of the first game(outside of Saren and Sovereign). Decided on re-writing the heretics.

-Side note-I totally forget about that once the Reaper IFF is 'ready' is when the abduction happens. So I've been flying around with no crew for a while now because I did that prior to Jack's loyalty mission, and I just finished up a bunch of the side assignments like the Blue Suns and other scanner assignments. While these are vastly improved from the first game, some of these, uhh, not very interesting. Funnily enough I almost died from the mech mining mission because I was next to it when it self destructed at the end and I was caught in the blast.

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Leonhart4
07/13/22 9:40:06 PM
#80:


If you've heard of it, it's already too mainstream for me.

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Sorozone
07/13/22 9:43:02 PM
#81:


My wife catches me playing this in passing, and she thinks the writing is awful. I just tell her she just doesn't understand the Mass Effect universe.

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Sorozone
07/14/22 12:07:56 AM
#82:


Shadow Broker is a lot shorter than I remember.

Tela Vasir was also a stupid fight. She had a fun super powered biotic gimmick too, but she was a total bullet sponge. A nuke to the face shouldn't only do 1/3 of the barrier. While the Shadow Broker himself was piss easy. He kept getting stunned with a shotgun, even with his shield up.

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LeonhartFour
07/14/22 12:12:12 AM
#83:


Yeah, it's a fairly short campaign, but I still love it.

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_PandaMaster_
07/14/22 1:23:05 AM
#84:


Don't forget to read the Shadow Broker dossiers. Always nice to see Grunt likens himself to dinosaurs.

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kevwaffles
07/14/22 4:38:11 AM
#85:


I'm a big fan of Legion's gaming profile.

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Sorozone
07/14/22 4:02:37 PM
#86:


Arrival was fun. Thought it was going to be a bit harder than it was going in, but it was pretty swift to go through even on Insanity. Tried to warn the Batarians, but you gotta do what you gotta do. I do think it is a good setup for the start of 3, going to trial for something that was completely dire either way. Moral of the story is to be not messing with Reaper tech/artifacts-Only ends up in indoctrination.

With that said I made sure my team was ready, and went through the Omega 4 relay. Mission, the setup, the music, everything is still as good as I remember. Had Kasumi go through the vents, and Garrus lead the team(s). Tagged along with Grunt and Jack through the base, and then had Samara hold up the barrier. For the last stretch I had Legion and Grunt tag along to finish off the human reaper.

Final battle wasn't too hard. The hardest part was actually running around looking for ammo and not getting hit by crossfire. I also tried to nuke the reaper but completely flubbed and missed lol. Still ended up killing it without dying. Locust SMG too OP.

Mass Effect 2 is still a 10/10 game for me. I was thoroughly interested in everything going on, I listened to all the conversations I could, every character was either great, or their greatest weakness was that they were just boring or flat. Most importantly it improved just about everything from the original. It trimmed down the weapon amounts and other fluff including some of those RPG elements that I mentioned earlier in this thread. It was stuff that was not needed and was superfluous at best. I get if you like the first for story reasons, or the world building, but 2 is better in the gameplay department, the visuals, the art direction. It vastly improved all side assignments, and while they aren't mind blowingly interesting all the time it drastically cut the time down in order to do so.

The biggest complaint I have is just mining for resources in general. It's boring, but luckily you don't have to mine every single planet you come across and there is more than enough to get what you need right away. I also do prefer the galaxy map traversal in other systems in 1 compared to 2. While I like being able to manually fly the Normandy to other systems and locations, I prefer just having to click on a system and go.

Grunt > Mordin > Garrus > Legion > Tali > Thane > Jack > Samara > Zaeed > Kasumi > Jacob > Miranda.

I don't hate Miranda, I just don't like her character all that much and don't care what's going on with her. I've always liked Grunt, I found myself liking him more than ever. I pretty much brought him along on every mission I could.

Loyalty missions: Tali > Mordin > Garrus > Jack > Legion > Kasumi > Jacob > Zaeed > Thane > Grunt > Samara > Miranda.

Tali's loyalty mission is on top as my favorite. It's a good pace breaker with the trial, you get a lot of information regarding Quarians and the Geth. How some are open to peace, and others are looking for war. It gave much more insight into Tali's personal life and how the Quarians are dealing with the migrant fleet and trying to reclaim their home world. There is a bunch of meat in this mission and obviously I brought Legion along. You also get a good combat mission on top of all this on the Alarei. Not to mention call backs to the Quarians you meet along the way in 2. It's a good accumulation of story bits, lore and world building all in one. Which eventually does lead to the climax in 3. Shame they kind of drop the dark energy stuff. It is mentioned a ton.

Quick note-I destroyed the Collector's base.

On to 3~

Probably sometime later tonight or tomorrow.


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Leonhart4
07/14/22 4:20:57 PM
#87:


Yeah I feel like most have either Tali or Mordin on top for Loyalty Missions.

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Sorozone
07/15/22 2:09:48 PM
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3's start is almost as good as 2. Very cinematic, I love all the action and destruction of things in the background too. Exhilarating. Also it's kind of crazy how much the combat and gameplay evolved from the first. Obviously not a crazy opinion or anything that 3 is the best in that regard, but everything from how weapons handle, how they shoot, how you move in combat to the actual environments themselves it's just such a good leap in design. Really the only thing that hasn't evolved all the much is how you command your teammates.

I still don't like the child thing. I get that Shepard(and he even says it outright after meeting the kid) can't save everyone, and that moving forward his dreams/ptsd is mostly about all the people he couldn't save, and then Kaiden get his ass beat by Eva and almost dies. I get what they are trying to do with Shepard's psyche and I'll go as far to say I don't think it's necessarily bad just not my cup of tea on how they explore that aspect.

Also Singularity is so good in this game. No reason to keep Liara out because it's so good for crowd control and combo attacks. Mars Archives is very fun first level. I do really like how the game sets up a ton of drama right from the beginning, and really doesn't let off the gas. With the Reaper invasion, Illusive man's schemes with Reaper tech and trying to control them, which also just leads my brain straight to the ending(s)-and outright makes me feel like control is not the right option at all. On top of that the other option is basically just Saren's option which he committed suicide over, which leads me to believe that isn't the right option either.

I'll get there when I get there, but I suppose I never realized how the 2 of the options basically reflect the ideals of two villain's.

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Leonhart4
07/15/22 2:19:11 PM
#89:


I love Mars as an opening level. It might have my favorite level theme music in the series.

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kevwaffles
07/15/22 3:45:40 PM
#90:


Sorozone posted...
On top of that the other option is basically just Saren's option which he committed suicide over, which leads me to believe that isn't the right option either.
I think Saren's option isn't so much supposed to be like Synthesis necessarily, even if that's comparable to what happened to him specifically.

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Murphiroth
07/15/22 4:08:29 PM
#91:


ME3's gameplay is so good. The addition of tech bursts on top of biotic detonations leads to a lot of wacky shenanigans.
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_PandaMaster_
07/15/22 4:16:21 PM
#92:


Yeah, Saren's perspective is a lot more restrictive in context to the implication of the actual Synthesis decision.

The decision Shepherd makes is built upon the narrative that "the galaxy is ready to live in the state the Catalyst was created to seek for the galaxy." Saren's is more, "The Reapers will kill us all, but if we merge with them, they'll keep us alive due to our value and usefulness!" Shepherd's "Synthesis" is the "Order to the Chaos" the Reapers assumed could never happen due to the endless cycles repeating. Saren's "Synthesis" is willing servitude. Not "Illium-Style indentured servitude contracts" but "you're just a husk now" servitude.

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Sorozone
07/15/22 5:51:17 PM
#93:


Yeah I get there is a bit more nuance involving the actual choices at the end and they arent direct 1 to 1 comparisons from the 2 aforementioned characters. I just thought it was an interesting observation!

I am also just 100% destroy guy if Im role playing my thoughts on the matter so I am little biased towards that option.

Refuse is another story that I would also support if it was actually fleshed out more and not so much kind of a throw away fourth option.

I will get more into the endings when that day comes.

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kevwaffles
07/16/22 9:05:49 PM
#94:


Even taking away the nuance, Saren's solution is "serve willingly to retain even a fraction of yourself". What happened to him specifically is just an extension of that. Maybe the Reapers do that to everyone, maybe they don't, but it didn't really factor into his plan.

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PerfectChaosZ
07/17/22 3:55:28 AM
#95:


My total paragon first time through Shepherd got dark in ME3 had to kill Morton had to kill Wrex and eventually went for Paragon Control Ending which seemed to fit the most. I liked what the ending narration said about it.
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Sorozone
07/18/22 7:42:34 PM
#96:


Y'know how I mentioned I loved all the background cinematics in Mass Effect? 2 trimmed that down somewhat, but 3 brings it back with steroids. I love just sitting and watching the backgrounds with the Reapers/battles for a moment.

Also I can't believe Javik was locked behind pre-order DLC so there is a subsection of the player base who never got all what that DLC provided, and it's a lot.

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_PandaMaster_
07/18/22 11:38:23 PM
#97:


I've reached the point where I CANNOT do (Late-Game Spoilers) Thessia without Javik there. The revelations are too valuable to pass up. Plus, Liara showing some fire in her comebacks against Javik is hilarious.

He's great in general, but the sheer narrative import of him on that specific mission is just top of the top.

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Sorozone
07/19/22 2:25:41 PM
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Yeah for sure. There are certain missions in the whole trilogy that are just better when you bring along certain squad members. Whether it's party interaction, quick funny quips, or just a bunch of insight that a certain member can only provide.

That's why it blows my mind with Javik. They introduce him in the third game of the trilogy, but it's a goddamn Prothean. The one race of aliens that had a mysterious aura around them(even more so than the Reapers, imo), and yet you had to pre order the game in order to get access to him.

Like I get it from a business stand point. Still pretty scummy!

Also after the very hot start of this game, it really slows down. Not that it's necessarily bad but I think it hampers my pacing, and I say my pacing, because this is unique to me(in the sense of how I play the game). I like to do all the side assignments, talk to everyone that I can, go through all the dialogue options before I move onto all the 'important' missions. I even did Palaven, but the pacing does drop to a crawl. Personally I think it hampers the gameplay to have Kaiden/Ashley out along with Javik with these early missions. Though I get it for story reasons. Kaiden got his ass kicked, and Javik has been sleeping for 50,000 years.

Also does anyone know what happens if Garrus is dead and you go to Pavalen? Does that whole thing with him showing up just not happen? Or is he replaced?

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Leonhart4
07/19/22 2:36:34 PM
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I don't think he has a replacement

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PerfectChaosZ
07/19/22 2:38:47 PM
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The General gets a lot of his lines
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