Shepard rises from the galactic grave in gaming's biggest space opera
Oct 23, 2009
“Shepard! But... but you’re dead!” cries a baffled Asari crime lord having been backed into a corner by our hero. “I got better,” replies Shepard, as cool as a penguin’s bum. It’s not a dialogue choice, it’s right there in the cutscene; otherwise we’d have chosen the option along the lines of “I know, after that E3 trailer I’m just as confused as you about the whole thing." ...
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Smoother, more kinetic action meets even tougher moral choices
Aug 13, 2009
Morality. It’s a tricky thing in games. When you’re called on to make some kind of ethical decision in a virtual world, the choices are usually black and white. Kill or arrest. Gift or steal. Rescue or abandon. In the original Mass Effect, the choices were rarely so easy, partly because of the ambiguity of the characters, and also because you weren’t sure what the consequences might be. ...
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Kick the bucket this time and Shepard might not make the third game
Jun 5, 2009
Life or death decisions. Forsaking the fate of the Galaxy for greed and power. Shooting cherished allies in the face. Mass Effect was a pretty dark game. It’s got nothing on its sequel, though, which combines the same tough RPG decision-making moments with grittier, more morally ambiguous action. It’s also a game where death matters like never before. And this time, if you die as protagonist, Commander Shepard, you might not be ...
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ME had you play as a person who could possibly save millions, maybe ME2 will ahve you question how valuable Shepard really is, his life for a single mission...better be a damn good one
Also, looking even deeper into the first ME, Ask the Qurian about her Pilgramige, she needs to "Obtain" a unique piece to a captain at her fleet for her to be apart of the crew. And, she is Permanently staring at your, the Normandy's Ship engine drive, the one that makes the ships 128(?) billion credit ship unique, the concept of stealth technology. Out of everyone in your crew, i least likely trust the Qurian. Everyone else(human btw) Would "Take you to Hell and back"