[Kerrigan]

On my second playthrough as Renegade... not sure I'm too fond of the whole "If you're evil, you're scarred" bit... even with the ability to "fix" yourself. I also noticed theres no Facial Scar option in the game... which makes me a lil peeved because I like imperfect characters and I want my eyebrow/chin scar combo back.... regardless of whether or not Cerberus fixed me :-/

[Maridia]

So I just beat it last night. It took about 42 hours. I was very thorough on getting as much extra stuff as I could and roaming the galaxy to get any extra weapons or planets for experience.

The thought of knowing anyone could die made me very cautious indeed. I did the loyalty missions for everyone and still had some mishaps.

In the end I was sad to say that I still had 2 casualties. Urdnot Grunt died when I picked him for one of the jobs. And at the end they say everyones on board and they showed Mordin Solus laying on the ground. It sucks cause Grunt and Garrus are my 2 boys I always use. For the final fight I was debating Thane or Jack. But Jacks biotics are nasty and since I was an infiltrator and Garrus is my middle of the road guy I needed someone with extra kick if they got close. Since I lost my tank (Grunt) I used Jack. Biotics and a shotgun keep them at a distance.

The games absolutely amazing overall. The mining people hated but I did it for overall 3 hours? And before much of the story picked up so I wasn't scraping what I could together all through the game.

In the first ME Garrus and Wrex were on my team. What was funny is I don't know if it's my teams AI or a weird glitch. But a couple times when I came close to dying Garrus would literally back me in a corner while shooting at the enemies, like to cover me and keep me alive. So since he was my right hand man in that one he was the first guy I went to get. Well by luck.
In this one I usually assigned him the sniper rifle just like I used but wrex would be damage control for anyone who got close. Once again he did great but gave great cover fire and saved me in a couple tight spots. My only complaint with him was I felt there wasn't alot of dialogue open compared to the other characters on the ship. Other than the loyalty he rarely had much to say.

Still overall I can't wait for the third. And am curious how the hell they'll do it. It's gotta be on the next set of consoles though cause they even pushed the 360 to the limits on 2 discs.

Anyone who likes Super Metroid will appreciate I made Shepard have the Varia and Gravity suit.

[Sean]

Beat it tonight.

- Searching for mats wasn't bad, like Maridia said I spent maybe 3 hours total doing it through my play.

- I lost Jack and Grunt, made me sad. =(

- The game seemed awfully lacking in things to do this time. Literally the ONLY things you do this time are recruit people, do their loyalty missions, and do the 5-6 main storyline missions, with maybe a handful of side assignments.

- I screwed up on the downloadable Zaheed loyalty mission. I didn't really think choosing the paragon option to save the people would make me not gain his loyalty, lost 15 points there. =\ I never used him, so I don't really care that I didn't gain his loyalty in the first place.

- Lack of customizations to gear is frustrating. There's only what, 3 space ports? You can only buy gear upgrades in Citadel, Omega, and Illium. The battle rifle I picked up in the main storyline mission onboard the Collector ship was used from there to the end of the game, which frustrated me. I liked the fact I didn't keep picking up useless crap this time, but still.... I would've liked some variety in my weapons choices, and the second battle rifle I picked up ran out of ammo so often that it just became highly frustrating, coupled with the second pistol having shit for ammo, I found myself just taking cover and using my ONE damage ability until I found more clips.

- It was an overall enjoyable experience, but I wound up changing my difficulty up/down all the time just to save on ammo, and some of the missions were just creepy.

- I really enjoyed the fact that I didn't have to drive around on planets surfaces all the freakin' time for missions.

[Arch]

ive nevere played mass effect is it good? and did it come out for ps3 too?

[Jin]

Originally Posted by Arch

and did it come out for ps3 too?

Totally. Go to any Gamestop and ask for Mass Effect on PS3. They'll get it for you.

[Arch]

Originally Posted by Jin

Totally. Go to any Gamestop and ask for Mass Effect on PS3. They'll get it for you.

Your being sarcsstic arent you >.>

[Tiffany]

Originally Posted by Sean

Beat it tonight.

- Searching for mats wasn't bad, like Maridia said I spent maybe 3 hours total doing it through my play.

- I lost Jack and Grunt, made me sad. =(

- The game seemed awfully lacking in things to do this time. Literally the ONLY things you do this time are recruit people, do their loyalty missions, and do the 5-6 main storyline missions, with maybe a handful of side assignments.

- I screwed up on the downloadable Zaheed loyalty mission. I didn't really think choosing the paragon option to save the people would make me not gain his loyalty, lost 15 points there. =\ I never used him, so I don't really care that I didn't gain his loyalty in the first place.

- Lack of customizations to gear is frustrating. There's only what, 3 space ports? You can only buy gear upgrades in Citadel, Omega, and Illium. The battle rifle I picked up in the main storyline mission onboard the Collector ship was used from there to the end of the game, which frustrated me. I liked the fact I didn't keep picking up useless crap this time, but still.... I would've liked some variety in my weapons choices, and the second battle rifle I picked up ran out of ammo so often that it just became highly frustrating, coupled with the second pistol having shit for ammo, I found myself just taking cover and using my ONE damage ability until I found more clips.

- It was an overall enjoyable experience, but I wound up changing my difficulty up/down all the time just to save on ammo, and some of the missions were just creepy.

- I really enjoyed the fact that I didn't have to drive around on planets surfaces all the freakin' time for missions.

Really? I chose the Paragon option as well for Zaieed's mission and I still unlocked his loyalty, as well as his 2nd outfit.

How high was your Paragon status? Mine was almost 100% by the time I got around to his loyalty mission (I don't use him either, so couldn't be bothered to do it sooner). I had a blue Paragon option and chose that, and he ended up agreeing with me.

I did lose Miranda's loyalty for a bit. After I did Jack's loyalty mission it automatically went to the cutscene where they were duking it out, biotic style. I didn't have enough Paragon points (or renegade points) to use those options, so I lost out on Miranda's loyalty and she refused to update me on anything to do with the ship status. Once I gained full Paragon I was able to chose the "be the bigger person" option and have her loyalty back.

[Tiffany]

Okay! Just beat the game!

Not by frigging choice though... I had no idea that if you go to land somewhere after getting the Reaper IFF that it'd automatically bring you to the end of the game. FFS! I hadn't even done Legion's loyalty quest! I decided to wing it, and I'd tie up the loose ends that I missed this playthrough on my next one. Here's how it played out:

• Sent Legion in the tubes. He was my only casualty. Got smoked by a missile once we got through the doors.

• Had Miranda lead the first squad.

• Had Garrus lead the 2nd squad.

• Had Jack escort the crew survivors back to the ship.

• Had Samara do the biotic barrier.

Not sure if I'm missing anything. My team was Grunt and Thane. Although its strange, my BF was further ahead of me with having stuff completed... and he had such a different (worse) outcome than I did.

He sent Garrus into the tube, Garrus died.

He had Miranda lead the first squad.

He had Grunt lead the second squad, Grunt died.

He also had Jacob escort the crew survivors back to the Normandy.

Then during a cutscene it showed Mordin laying on the ground... but we aren't sure why. Anyone know?

[Rocky]

Damn, actually only losing Legion isn't too bad at all to be honest, nice job!

I'm going to attempt to beat it tonight probably. After about 60 or so reloads, I got past the IFF mission intact. As for me trying to keep everyone alive, that's going to be one big LOL. I've already spiked my controller on the ground a few times from the Insanity difficulty, so as long as I can get that achievement, I'll be alright. I'm trying get all the achievements so I'll obviously have to replay the game at least one more time to get them all.

Seriously, this game seems a lot more glitchy then the first mass effect. I've gotten stuck in the ceiling a couple of times, which has caused me to reload the game a couple of times now. It seems like the AI is really glitchy as well. I've died a couple of times due to Grunt being stuck in a certain place not shooting anything. Frustrating as hell , especially on Tali's loyalty mission, where grunt stood back and watched me die to the shotgun-wielding geth about a dozen times. It was worth it though, the renegade dialogue choice at the trial was probably one of the coolest Shepard scenes in the game. Besides punching the female reporter in the eye. that had me on the ground laughing.

Also, unlike the first game where everyone had their specific traits that made them useful, my party really hasn't varied too much in game. Grunt has been my supertank, and the only one that I can trust not to die in more than three seconds. Miranda is my support as well, the Heavy Pistol weapon lets her pack a decent punch, but I really like her passive ability that gives extra health to Shepard/Grunt, it's saved the team many times. Plus, her Biotic abilites put down the geth/machines veery quickly, even in insanity mode. Everyone else seems really limited in their usefulness, (Jacob), too squishy (Jack, Tali,), or just can't cut it compared to Grunt/Miranda (virtually everyone else).

And who else besides Grunt should use shotguns?! There's a reason he has 600 health people. I dont even Jack has that much in her barrier/health put together lol.

EDIT: I heard that exact same thing about Mordin as well. I think the game got glitchy at that part too, but he ends up dying sometimes or surviving sometimes, though what triggers it is unknown at the time. =/ People are still trying to figure out what works and what doesnt during that part as of right now, so only time will tell.

EDIT2: After doing some looking up on some websites, some guy was able to keep everyone alive using the following combo.

Legion went to the vents.

Garrus was the 2nd team leader.

Samara in the bubble.

Thane was the escort.

Jacob was on the second #2 team.

He also kept Mordin in the party, which kept him alive. I will probably try this combination tonight and see what kind of results I get. (he had everyone loyal on his team too btw)

[Jin]

The trick is as follows:

1) Loyalty for all. I don't know if this is 100% mandatory, but it doesn't hurt.

2)Research everyone's special tech contributions. Same as point 1 - I don't know if it's mandatory, but it doesn't hurt.

3) To get Legion's loyalty in time, talk to him directly after you get him and do his loyalty quest immediately. Your crew won't be abducted until after the quest so long as it's the absolute first thing you do.

4) After your crew is taken, go find them immediately. You can save most of them if you're quick.

5) Choose Tali to be the tech specialist.

6) Choose Garrus to lead squad 2.

7) Choose anyone loyal to escort your crew back to the ship.

8) Choose Jack as the biotic specialist that creates the shield around your party.

9) Once again, choose Garrus to lead squad 2.

There are other workable combinations, but this is what I used to get a "No One Left Behind" ending.

[Maridia]

I found having high renegade or paragon paid off alot. I was an Infiltrator and had chose when I reached tier 4 to bump whatever my renegade and paragon were so I had full paragon and half renegade by the end of the game. Pretty much having the quick out to say something to defuse whatever was happening saved me many times. From Zaeed, Tali, and the Jack and Miranda beef.

I did miss the amount of customization the guns had in the first. But I can't say I was too pissed about it either.

[Tiffany]

I was maxed out Paragon. I even did the "retrain powers" so I could re-boost my paragon by 100% (or whatever the stat was) a second time. Although I played as an Engineer.

I chose to do a 2nd playthrough from the beginning... but going renegade this time. Love the lines, lmao!

[Sean]

Originally Posted by Tiffany

Okay! Just beat the game!

Not by frigging choice though... I had no idea that if you go to land somewhere after getting the Reaper IFF that it'd automatically bring you to the end of the game. FFS! I hadn't even done Legion's loyalty quest! I decided to wing it, and I'd tie up the loose ends that I missed this playthrough on my next one. Here's how it played out:

• Sent Legion in the tubes. He was my only casualty. Got smoked by a missile once we got through the doors.

• Had Miranda lead the first squad.

• Had Garrus lead the 2nd squad.

• Had Jack escort the crew survivors back to the ship.

• Had Samara do the biotic barrier.

I had Legion (Loyal) in the tubes, he lived.

I had Jacob (Loyal) lead the first squad, no deaths.

I had Grunt (Loyal) lead the second squad, he died.

I had Jack (Not loyal) escort, she died.

I had Samara (Loyal) do the biotic barrier, no problems.

The only team I remember using was my final one against the final boss, used Thane and Garrus, but the fight was over quick since I just nuked the ****ing thing.

I have a save just before I did Legion's loyalty mission, I might go back and redo it and fix Jack's loyalty with Paragon points then try again.

[Tiffany]

Potential spoiler?

SPOILER!!:

I read somewhere that if you have Mordin escort the survivors back to the Normandy (so long as he's loyal) that it'll save him... as its rather random if he makes it or not.

[Rocky]

Beat it! Got like over 500 points from getting all the achievements at the end, haha.

I kept everyone alive, had all the ship upgrades, most of the other ones as well, got to level 27 as a Vanguard. I just got all the DLC stuff downloaded, so I'll probably work on that and finish up some of the achievements I missed. None of them are too hard, I just have..

*Brawler

*Master at Arms

*Tactician

*Incineration Specialist

*Power Gamer

and whatever else the DLC has. Now I gotta find some other game to play while I'm waiting for mass effect 3, lol.

[Tiffany]

I went back to my first save, and re-did it and got the No One Left Behind achievement. I didn't want to carry over that save and not have Legion in my party. So, the only things I changed was Tali in the tubes (as she was loyal, so she made it) and I had Mordin escort the survivors back to the Normandy (just to make sure he made it too).

It worked. So now I can carry over a full team for ME3.