[Official] Mass Effect 2

[Hedon]

Mass Effect 2 patched on 360

Mineral scanning "optimised"! BioWare has released a patch for Mass Effect 2 on Xbox 360. A PC version "is in the works". Top of of the list is "optimised" mineral scanning, according to community manager Chris Priestly's forum post. Grunt's Fotification ability has been "fixed", as has an "issue" where players could receive additional talent points.

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[lawtai]

I just played through the suicide mission portion of the game. I don't quite get why I didn't get the achievement for everyone to survive. I saw Shepard with a coffin, but I have no clue who died since all the prompts before hand kept saying everyone had survived.

The only one who they showed died was a crew member not one of the playable characters?

[Admodieus]

I just played through the suicide mission portion of the game. I don't quite get why I didn't get the achievement for everyone to survive. I saw Shepard with a coffin, but I have no clue who died since all the prompts before hand kept saying everyone had survived.

The only one who they showed died was a crew member not one of the playable characters?

If you didn't send Mordin back with Chakwas and he wasn't part of your squad during the final boss, there's a good chance it was him. Happened to me the first time I did it too. You need to have him escort the crew back or bring him along to the final fight so he can't die.

This is assuming everyone is loyal, of course.

[lawtai]

ah ok, that makes sense then. I didn't send Mordin back or take him with me to the final fight... I did have everyone loyal.

[LingeringSoul]

ah ok, that makes sense then. I didn't send Mordin back or take him with me to the final fight... I did have everyone loyal.

The same thing happened to me in my first play through. I had everyone loyal, but Mordin died when I didn't send him back. I've heard of some cases where he survives somehow, so I don't really know what it is based on.

That patch sounds pretty neat, though. Good on Bioware for addressing the fans' concerns.

[deletedxyz]

ah ok, that makes sense then. I didn't send Mordin back or take him with me to the final fight... I did have everyone loyal.

Mordin is considered to be a weak choice to block the door as you fight the boss. He's a scientist Salarian who could probably be picked blown away by a gust of wind.

[George P Global Moderator]

The newest news outta Bioware is that they'll extend ME2's story to tie into ME3 more with the future DLC we get. Which is cool, since I'm not a fan of basic DLC that doesn't have anything to do with the story at all.

[deletedxyz]

Down with paid DLC. Put more content if you developers are going to charge us $50-$60.

[George P Global Moderator]

Down with paid DLC. Put more content if you developers are going to charge us $50-$60.

DLC, or the idea behind it, is nothing new. We've had expansion packs for games for a very long time, and those used to cost more than the 800 points most DLC goes for on XBL (which is like $10 iirc?). Besides, for a $60 game (I bought it right away), ME2 has a good chunk of content in it from the get go.

[Yusuf M. Veteran]

A demo for Mass Effect 2 is now available for PC and Xbox 360. You can download the PC version here: http://masseffect.bioware.com/

The filesize for the PC version comes in at 1.9 GB.

[Yusuf M. Veteran]

The Overlord DLC is out for X360/PC. It got an 85 on Metacritic with a user score of 9.0, not bad. Also, patch 1.02 is out for PC: http://social.bioware.com/page/me2-patches

[trag3dy]

Cool, pc patch... maybe I'll finally finish my game after however many months. :laugh:

I think it's kind of good that I stopped playing when I did though because now I have all these dlcs to play without having to start a new game.

[Yusuf M. Veteran]

You can see all the paid DLC here: http://masseffect.bioware.com/info/dlc/

The mission DLC, Overlord and Kasumi - Stolen Memory, cost 560 BioWare points each on the PC (560 Microsoft points on the X360). If you were to buy 560 BioWare points, it would cost you $7 USD. The free DLC is available on the Cerberus Network.

[Sethos]

Anyone else hoping for it to show up in the Steam Deals rotation :D ?

[trag3dy]

I really doubt it because they had it on sale last weekend.

[Sethos]

I really doubt it since they had it on sale last weekend.

Then again, last time Steam had a massive sale, a lot of people ( including me ) thought previous sales wouldn't return but they did, so I'm still hoping.

[Yusuf M. Veteran]

New DLC announced - Lair of the Shadow Broker: http://www.vg247.com/2010/07/22/mass-effect-2-dlc-lair-of-the-shadow-broker-announced/

[Massiveterra]

I always wondered who the Shadow Broker is

[deletedxyz]

This DLC better be on par with Mass Effect 2's quality and deliver an amazing background story and give enough material for a good conclusion in Mass Effect 3.

Liara > all despite how the romance sub options of this game is essentially some glorified harem game you see on Newgrounds.

[Yusuf M. Veteran]

This DLC better be on par with Mass Effect 2's quality and deliver an amazing background story and give enough material for a good conclusion in Mass Effect 2.

Liara > all despite how the romance sub options of this game is essentially some glorified harem game you see on Newgrounds.

I don't think the DLC is intended to "conclude" Mass Effect 2. The two previous mission DLCs (Overlord & Kasumi - Stolen Memory) acted as side stories, separate from the main Mass Effect 2 storyline. It's why you're able to play them after completing the final mission.

[deletedxyz]

I don't think the DLC is intended to "conclude" Mass Effect 2. The two previous mission DLCs (Overlord & Kasumi - Stolen Memory) acted as side stories, separate from the main Mass Effect 2 storyline. It's why you're able to play them after completing the final mission.

That was a typo. I meant ME3, which is rumored to have a Holiday Season 2011 release date.

I always wondered who the Shadow Broker is

I really hope it's not a single person. It would be fantastic to find out that it's an organization that has been there since the beginning of the formation of the Council.

[Ionium]

I made a ME2 video with the reaper IFF mission (spoilers)

[qdave]

I always wondered who the Shadow Broker is

reaper agents? :p

[Yusuf M. Veteran]

The Shadow Broker just sells information to the highest bidder. It could be one person or an entire organisation. I'm guessing the former is more likely.

[Ionium]

I made a ME2 video with the reaper IFF mission (spoilers)

I forgot to mention that Legion encounters Legion in the video too :D