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Ah fanfic, the worst of all things to ever climb out of the dark pit of evil.
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Valanora wrote:I enjoyed the game, but I felt that there were some very major flaws in the game and I can't help but think that this is a result of EA buying bioware.
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EA is the death of all good video games and the companies that make them, plain and simple.

Oh come on, FIFA 10 wasn't that bad...

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Post-Unity Terra wrote:I don't think that excuses the attempted genocide of (what was at the time) a recently emerged sentient species that had yet to display any aggressive tendencies.

You're blaming Tali and the rest of the Quarians for that? For a single action, however abominable, you blame the descendants? At least with the Quarians, it's got to do with an ongoing action.
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Valanora wrote:EA is the death of all good video games and the companies that make them, plain and simple.

That's why C&C Generals was so awful.

...

Oh, wait.
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Postby Valanora » Fri Mar 19, 2010 2:57 pm

Conserative Morality wrote:
Valanora wrote:EA is the death of all good video games and the companies that make them, plain and simple.

That's why C&C Generals was so awful.

...

Oh, wait.

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Postby Ketrily » Fri Mar 19, 2010 2:59 pm

KenKenpachi wrote:

Ah fanfic, the worst of all things to ever climb out of the dark pit of evil.


Indeed...

*Realises he is in the process of writing one*

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Postby Post-Unity Terra » Fri Mar 19, 2010 2:59 pm

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Post-Unity Terra wrote:I don't think that excuses the attempted genocide of (what was at the time) a recently emerged sentient species that had yet to display any aggressive tendencies.

You're blaming Tali and the rest of the Quarians for that? For a single action, however abominable, you blame the descendants? At least with the Quarians, it's got to do with an ongoing action.


I don't blame them for the action, I'm saying they're retarded for not seeing that blaming the geth for their shitty situation is just plain retarded.

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Postby KenKenpachi » Fri Mar 19, 2010 2:59 pm

Conserative Morality wrote:
Valanora wrote:EA is the death of all good video games and the companies that make them, plain and simple.

That's why C&C Generals was so awful.

...

Oh, wait.

Ehh generals was decent, wasn't a CNC game but still I play it and like it alot. As to ME2, well ME 1 had way too much shit in it, there is no reasson I should throw points into electronics so I can open a damn box. I mean ME2 needed more stats to spend points on, but I feel it should have been like, Attacks, and then traditional RPG stats, hp, def, etc. ME2 was pretty damn good and the infinity Ammo on 1 was a snore feast I just pulsed my shots, stood in one place and pretty much killed every damn thing. And on a side note, at leas the ME team listens to the fans, most games don't do that.

The more recent CNC games though...kinda retarded.
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Postby The Adrian Empire » Fri Mar 19, 2010 3:00 pm

I already owned the first game, and loved it, Mass Effect 2 just took the first stuffed it into a win cannon and shot it into the sun causing a supernova of epicness, you know

I just started playing it but I've already been awestruck by pretty much every feature.

Anyone else have trouble being a paragon this time around? If you ever agree with Cerberus you get renegade points and I agree with Cerberus a lot. Not as bad people as I thought in the first game
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Postby KenKenpachi » Fri Mar 19, 2010 3:01 pm

The Adrian Empire wrote:I already owned the first game, and loved it, Mass Effect 2 just took the first stuffed it into a win cannon and shot it into the sun causing a supernova of epicness, you know

I just started playing it but I've already been awestruck by pretty much every feature.

Anyone else have trouble being a paragon this time around? If you ever agree with Cerberus you get renegade points and I agree with Cerberus a lot. Not as bad people as I thought in the first game

Yeah I pretty much have to use middle options with the Illusive man as the "good" options just piss him off, and well I don't trust him enough to not have a plan to kill me, hence why disspite my better judgement I don't blow the lab up.
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Postby Conserative Morality » Fri Mar 19, 2010 3:01 pm

Post-Unity Terra wrote:I don't blame them for the action, I'm saying they're retarded for not seeing that blaming the geth for their shitty situation is just plain retarded.

"We're no longer on our home planet and are doomed to an eternity of wandering the universe and being more or less reviled because we can't settle down due to our own immune systems! All because the Geth kicked us off our planet!"
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KenKenpachi wrote:Ehh generals was decent, wasn't a CNC game but still I play it and like it alot. As to ME2, well ME 1 had way too much shit in it, there is no reasson I should throw points into electronics so I can open a damn box. I mean ME2 needed more stats to spend points on, but I feel it should have been like, Attacks, and then traditional RPG stats, hp, def, etc. ME2 was pretty damn good and the infinity Ammo on 1 was a snore feast I just pulsed my shots, stood in one place and pretty much killed every damn thing. And on a side note, at leas the ME team listens to the fans, most games don't do that.

The more recent CNC games though...kinda retarded.

Generals was great. Especially the Ranger Drop.

I've actually not played any other C&C games, sans the free original, so no comment there.

And I liked the simple Stats of ME2, made it a lot simpler than many of my other games, RPG and otherwise, yet without reducing player control in any meaningful way.
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Postby Post-Unity Terra » Fri Mar 19, 2010 3:03 pm

Conserative Morality wrote:
Post-Unity Terra wrote:I don't blame them for the action, I'm saying they're retarded for not seeing that blaming the geth for their shitty situation is just plain retarded.

"We're no longer on our home planet and are doomed to an eternity of wandering the universe and being more or less reviled because we can't settle down due to our own immune systems! All because the Geth kicked us off our planet!"
"Don't blame the Geth! They only expelled you from your planet and continue to occupy it!"

They're only stuck on their fleet because they refuse to settle for anything other than their original homeworld.

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Postby The chrisman union » Fri Mar 19, 2010 3:03 pm

Haven't played it. Want to get the first one before I start the second, though ME2 looks awesome.
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Postby Conserative Morality » Fri Mar 19, 2010 3:04 pm

Post-Unity Terra wrote:They're only stuck on their fleet because they refuse to settle for anything other than their original homeworld.

Their immune systems can't exactly handle most planets.

And they discussed colonization aboard the Migrant Fleet in Tali's loyalty mission.
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Postby Post-Unity Terra » Fri Mar 19, 2010 3:05 pm

The chrisman union wrote:Haven't played it. Want to get the first one before I start the second, though ME2 looks awesome.

It's well worth playing through ME1 first so you can import your save in 2.

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Post-Unity Terra wrote:It's well worth playing through ME1 first so you can import your save in 2.

I didn't play through ME1. :unsure:
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Postby Wilgrove » Fri Mar 19, 2010 3:05 pm

Valanora wrote:
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Valanora wrote:I enjoyed the game, but I felt that there were some very major flaws in the game and I can't help but think that this is a result of EA buying bioware.
:palm:

EA is the death of all good video games and the companies that make them, plain and simple.


Truer words were never spoken. Kuju made a train simulator called Kuju's Rail Simulator, and it was distributed in the USA by EA. Well, we were hoping for a realistic train and railroad simulator, what we got instead was a turd in a box. They released two patches, but the project was soon abandoned by EA and eventually Kuju. However, it was brought by a company called RailSimulator.com. They re-released KRS under the name RailWorks and it is tons better, and because it's on Steam, they're able to release fixes and updates faster.

Bottom line: EA is the death of any and all games.

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Postby Conserative Morality » Fri Mar 19, 2010 3:06 pm

Wilgrove wrote:Truer words were never spoken. Kuju made a train simulator called Kuju's Rail Simulator, and it was distributed in the USA by EA. Well, we were hoping for a realistic train and railroad simulator, what we got instead was a turd in a box. They released two patches, but the project was soon abandoned by EA and eventually Kuju. However, it was brought by a company called RailSimulator.com. They re-released KRS under the name RailWorks and it is tons better, and because it's on Steam, they're able to release fixes and updates faster.

Bottom line: EA is the death of any and all games.

I don't get you people. Does EA release lots of sub-par games and crap? Certainly. But, does EA also continue to release good and quite excellent games much of the time? Also certainly true.
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Postby Post-Unity Terra » Fri Mar 19, 2010 3:06 pm

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Post-Unity Terra wrote:It's well worth playing through ME1 first so you can import your save in 2.

I didn't play through ME1. :unsure:


Ah, you missed out on quite a bit. It's really worth getting ME1.

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Postby KenKenpachi » Fri Mar 19, 2010 3:07 pm

Conserative Morality wrote:
KenKenpachi wrote:Ehh generals was decent, wasn't a CNC game but still I play it and like it alot. As to ME2, well ME 1 had way too much shit in it, there is no reasson I should throw points into electronics so I can open a damn box. I mean ME2 needed more stats to spend points on, but I feel it should have been like, Attacks, and then traditional RPG stats, hp, def, etc. ME2 was pretty damn good and the infinity Ammo on 1 was a snore feast I just pulsed my shots, stood in one place and pretty much killed every damn thing. And on a side note, at leas the ME team listens to the fans, most games don't do that.

The more recent CNC games though...kinda retarded.

Generals was great. Especially the Ranger Drop.

I've actually not played any other C&C games, sans the free original, so no comment there.

And I liked the simple Stats of ME2, made it a lot simpler than many of my other games, RPG and otherwise, yet without reducing player control in any meaningful way.

Well the other ones are just damn silly, like Attack bears being shot out of cannons and etc. Generals is good but I have some issues with some things in it. Anyways yes I liked the more simple interface, but its the RPG fan boy in me that likes seeing big numbers next to the lvl button. So a few small stats would have been nice, and more weapons, (not nearly as many as in 1 though, too much shit imo)

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Post-Unity Terra wrote:I don't blame them for the action, I'm saying they're retarded for not seeing that blaming the geth for their shitty situation is just plain retarded.

"We're no longer on our home planet and are doomed to an eternity of wandering the universe and being more or less reviled because we can't settle down due to our own immune systems! All because the Geth kicked us off our planet!"
"Don't blame the Geth! They only expelled you from your planet and continue to occupy it!"

They're only stuck on their fleet because they refuse to settle for anything other than their original homeworld.


Actully they have some support for finding another world but they have hardliners who refuse that, though I would not be surprised to see in ME3 shepard making some "peace deal" with them allowing both to live in the system.
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Post-Unity Terra wrote:Ah, you missed out on quite a bit. It's really worth getting ME1.

Don't have the money, kind of saving up for Iron Maiden's upcoming concert. After that I still need AC2, and then, possibly, I'll purchase ME1. Assuming that Splinter Cell: Conviction isn't released before that.
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Conserative Morality wrote:
Valanora wrote:EA is the death of all good video games and the companies that make them, plain and simple.

That's why C&C Generals was so awful.

...

Oh, wait.

Generals rocked! Best in the series (to my knowledge)!
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Conserative Morality wrote:
Post-Unity Terra wrote:Ah, you missed out on quite a bit. It's really worth getting ME1.

Don't have the money, kind of saving up for Iron Maiden's upcoming concert. After that I still need AC2, and then, possibly, I'll purchase ME1. Assuming that Splinter Cell: Conviction isn't released before that.

It's only $20 and IMO, a better game than AC2 and I loved AC2.
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Postby Mirkana » Fri Mar 19, 2010 3:13 pm

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Post-Unity Terra wrote:I couldn't get over the fact Tali is basically a massive racist.

Yeah I noticed that towards the Geth, but thats not really all that strange, I'm sure if Mexico ran all Americans into Canada we would hate them too.

I found her hatred of geth understandable. My Shepard had a shoot-on-sight policy for geth until I met LEGION. Tali's views will (hopefully) be moderated by the time of ME3. I intend to get the geth to give the quarians back their homeworld (which they probably will). Then I have both the geth and the quarians on my side for when the Reapers arrive. I should also be able to get Wrex and his krogan, and of course my devoted army of rachni.
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