After my first hour with Mass Effect 2...

I am very impressed with what I have scene. The story seems a lot more intense this time around ( at least early on ) and the combat (although similar to the first) is definitly polished.

And miranda is going to get wrecked by my shepard as soon as I figure out how to work charm/whatever makes ppl like u in ME2.

Your thoughts on ME2?

I plan on hittin' it with Miranda and that cute lil redhead on the Normandy. Shepard is a man whore

Don't forget, you gotta tap the intergalactic tail too, for PP.

Playa points. Well, either that, or the little numbers that decide how many times your pokemon can do a certain attack before healing it. I forget.

Its easily one of the most intense and well laid out games I have every played. I freakin love it, its so much better than the first (but the first was pretty damn good too). Right now I'm helping everybody with their personal problems.

As for Miranda, I'm way ahead of ya'll lol I already have her loyalty and we almost got it goin! But then she stopped and said she needed to think about it first. :/

Oh and I ran across Ashley, what a bitch! Oh well Miranda is my woman now hahaha

watchman626 wrote:Its easily one of the most intense and well laid out games I have every played. I freakin love it, its so much better than the first (but the first was pretty damn good too). Right now I'm helping everybody with their personal problems.

As for Miranda, I'm way ahead of ya'll lol I already have her loyalty and we almost got it goin! But then she stopped and said she needed to think about it first. :/

Oh and I ran across Ashley, what a bitch! Oh well Miranda is my woman now hahaha

Help a noob out (ME noob), how do you work the charm/affection in the ME universe? I didnt see charm stats on the menus in this one. AND is it just based on specific answers?

Miranda strikes me as a bit cold but into playful verbal sparring, somewhat like morrigan in DA: O.

Rock on ! (I only want her for the achievement for romance, lol)

ImpureKing44 wrote:Rock on ! (I only want her for the achievement for romance, lol)

Hmmm puts a new spin on the phrase "achievement whore" doesn't it?

@King:

It depends on the conversation wheel.

You need to have a high conversation skill to achieve the Charm and Intimidate options.

The conversation wheel is split up into different parts:
The Top Section is for Paragon Choices (Good)
The Medium Section is for Investigate Choices (Neutral)
The Bottom Section is for Renegade Choices (Bad)

When you get a high conversation skill more choices will show up on the left side of the wheel.
The Top Section will be highlighted in a Blue Text, that is the Charm option.
The Bottom Section will be highlighted in a Red Text, that is the Intimidate option.

Conversation choices impact how others react to Shepard, rewards for completing quests, discounts from merchants, romance paths and the Shephard's morality. It is also possible to calm down everybody in tense situations without violence, or provoke it violence.

New characters most likely won't be able to achieve this until later in the game, i continued my game with my lvl60 character from ME1 so I already had all these options unlocked.

Here is a link to a ME wiki that can explain it better.
Mass Effect Wiki - Dialogue

If you want Miranda to like you then select the Paragon choices, otherwise you won't get her to like you. Oh and doing her "Personal Business" mission on Illium will get you on her favorite side.

watchman626 wrote:@King:

It depends on the conversation wheel.

You need to have a high conversation skill to achieve the Charm and Intimidate options.

The conversation wheel is split up into different parts:
The Top Section is for Paragon Choices (Good)
The Medium Section is for Investigate Choices (Neutral)
The Bottom Section is for Renegade Choices (Bad)

When you get a high conversation skill more choices will show up on the left side of the wheel.
The Top Section will be highlighted in a Blue Text, that is the Charm option.
The Bottom Section will be highlighted in a Red Text, that is the Intimidate option.

Conversation choices impact how others react to Shepard, rewards for completing quests, discounts from merchants, romance paths and the Shephard's morality. It is also possible to calm down everybody in tense situations without violence, or provoke it violence.

New characters most likely won't be able to achieve this until later in the game, i continued my game with my lvl60 character from ME1 so I already had all these options unlocked.

Here is a link to a ME wiki that can explain it better.
Mass Effect Wiki - Dialogue

If you want Miranda to like you then select the Paragon choices, otherwise you won't get her to like you. Oh and doing her "Personal Business" mission on Illium will get you on her favorite side.

Ok I think I get it now, thanks man. I want to drill miranda like an oil field, so hopefully this will work. if not, I guess kelly (redhead, floor 2 i think) will have to do for this intergalatic protein shot.

And I am so loving this game, its a polished version of what ME1 should have been imo.

This game is so sick. I went to a house party last night, and ended up conversating with this dude on the many ways this game was awesome. He pretty much gave me a little review of the whole thing and what was really good with the gameplay and made me want to pick it up even more.

Flowless wrote:This game is so sick. I went to a house party last night, and ended up conversating with this dude on the many ways this game was awesome. He pretty much gave me a little review of the whole thing and what was really good with the gameplay and made me want to pick it up even more.

Im sure he cant spit it as real as me, wait until the glg...brings our review (in work)

I got sooo close to pounding mirranda but she shut me down saying the mission was to important but I'll keep at it. Now I'm working on drillin the tattoo chick lol

orange20 wrote:I got sooo close to pounding mirranda but she shut me down saying the mission was to important but I'll keep at it. Now I'm working on drillin the tattoo chick lol

Jack is freakin nasty man.

ImpureKing44 wrote:

Flowless wrote:This game is so sick. I went to a house party last night, and ended up conversating with this dude on the many ways this game was awesome. He pretty much gave me a little review of the whole thing and what was really good with the gameplay and made me want to pick it up even more.

Im sure he cant spit it as real as me, wait until the glg...brings our review (in work)

There is no way you have finished it. BioWare said it was a 30-40hr game, depending on how you play.

watchman626 wrote:

ImpureKing44 wrote:

Flowless wrote:This game is so sick. I went to a house party last night, and ended up conversating with this dude on the many ways this game was awesome. He pretty much gave me a little review of the whole thing and what was really good with the gameplay and made me want to pick it up even more.

Im sure he cant spit it as real as me, wait until the glg...brings our review (in work)

There is no way you have finished it. BioWare said it was a 30-40hr game, depending on how you play.

Never said I did you cynical person you

Doesnt mean I havent gotten part of it done. Once I get a decent amount of wieght to weigh it, then the review is done.

I personally feel 10+ hours with any game solidifies enough of a base for a review personally, which ill easily have by sunday

You are all assholes. Now I have to go buy it today.

I'm working on the red headed Yoeman. Shepard is a playa

watchman626 wrote:

orange20 wrote:I got sooo close to pounding mirranda but she shut me down saying the mission was to important but I'll keep at it. Now I'm working on drillin the tattoo chick lol

Jack is freakin nasty man.

yes she is but she seems easier. She has lower standards lol. Mirranda is stuck up. No mission is to important for a good thumping

Twisted Tony wrote:I'm working on the red headed Yoeman. Shepard is a playa

Red heads FTW!!!!

Me and Miranda got it on!!

Holy Crap!!!!!! The ending of the game was intense. Can't wait for the third game now!!!!!

watchman626 wrote:Me and Miranda got it on!!

Nice ! I think im getting closer to wrecking that, conversations are gttig much "nicer" with her

But I checked online, and it said you dont get to wreck it until right until the end of the game (before final mission).

DARNIT !!!

So is it suggested to play Mass E. 1 first? Its one of twenty-six games in my pile of games to still be played played!

Looks like if you want 100% 'chievos you gotta import your ME1 character

Twisted Tony wrote:Looks like if you want 100% 'chievos you gotta import your ME1 character

NO, you just have to play ME2 twice to get the same chievo

Like I said playthrough the second time on Insanity and then you will get 2 chievos!