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Finished: Mass Effect 2
Oct. 6th, 2013 08:33 pmI didn't really mean to, but somehow I sped right through picking up Legion, doing his loyalty mission and then zooming straight into act 3 and beyond in an afternoon/evening.
I probably would have finished even sooner, like, a couple of weeks ago, except that I didn't spot that installing the Reaper IFF would trigger a countdown to an ENTIRELY INVOLUNTARY beginning of act 3. And I wasn't nearly ready to begin the suicide mission, but nor was I willing to sacrifice my crew while I faffed around. So I did what any sensible starship captain would do: I went back to my last save before I got the Reaper IFF and resigned myself to playing things twice.
(Star Trek: Voyager taught me many things, including that the reset button is a perfectly valid narrative tool SO THERE. SHUT UP, IT'S GREAT.)
ANYWAY, suicide mission complete, no casualties. Galaxy saved ... FOR NOW.
Okay, so I kind of was playing on the casual level, but first I had a cold, and it's hard to play on 'normal' when you're constantly stopping to blow your nose. And then I found I just didn't have the attention span to cope with massive, endless waves of Husks. Like, I'm not racist, but I really hate reanimated corpses that try to kill you. (Also, I kept mistaking Jack for a Husk. Hey, she's bald and shirtless, they're bald and shirtless. Could happen to anyone!)
Now I'm like, "...Welp." When I unexpectedly finished Mass Effect one night, I turned around and started playing ME2. But I don't have ME3 yet, and can't afford it for about a fortnight. I've ahemmed the Paragon Lost anime thing, but what is the point of ME without Shepard?
(Specifically FemShep. Like, I'm partial to mine, obviously, but at least I recognise the default Jane Shepard. MShep turns up, and I'm like, "Who's that guy?" I also can't tell him apart from Kaidan. It's a problem.)
Maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaybe I will begin a replay with the new, Lucy Liu-based Shepard (Joan) I put together. Although I think I need to start her again, because I really want to play as a Biotic. HMMMMMM.
I probably would have finished even sooner, like, a couple of weeks ago, except that I didn't spot that installing the Reaper IFF would trigger a countdown to an ENTIRELY INVOLUNTARY beginning of act 3. And I wasn't nearly ready to begin the suicide mission, but nor was I willing to sacrifice my crew while I faffed around. So I did what any sensible starship captain would do: I went back to my last save before I got the Reaper IFF and resigned myself to playing things twice.
(Star Trek: Voyager taught me many things, including that the reset button is a perfectly valid narrative tool SO THERE. SHUT UP, IT'S GREAT.)
ANYWAY, suicide mission complete, no casualties. Galaxy saved ... FOR NOW.
Okay, so I kind of was playing on the casual level, but first I had a cold, and it's hard to play on 'normal' when you're constantly stopping to blow your nose. And then I found I just didn't have the attention span to cope with massive, endless waves of Husks. Like, I'm not racist, but I really hate reanimated corpses that try to kill you. (Also, I kept mistaking Jack for a Husk. Hey, she's bald and shirtless, they're bald and shirtless. Could happen to anyone!)
Now I'm like, "...Welp." When I unexpectedly finished Mass Effect one night, I turned around and started playing ME2. But I don't have ME3 yet, and can't afford it for about a fortnight. I've ahemmed the Paragon Lost anime thing, but what is the point of ME without Shepard?
(Specifically FemShep. Like, I'm partial to mine, obviously, but at least I recognise the default Jane Shepard. MShep turns up, and I'm like, "Who's that guy?" I also can't tell him apart from Kaidan. It's a problem.)
Maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaybe I will begin a replay with the new, Lucy Liu-based Shepard (Joan) I put together. Although I think I need to start her again, because I really want to play as a Biotic. HMMMMMM.
