Kallemort wrote: Joe wrote: It takes ~= 190 hrs. to play it all the way out, NOT INCLUDING DLC. Have fun bro! Maybe if you want to 100% scan every single planet, which is not necessary and in fact is kinda stupid One playthrough takes me around ~30hrs, if on Insanity you can add 10-15 hours.
Just beat it. ♥♥♥♥. What an experience, let me tell you. 24:56, but that was on normal.
I went into this expecting something similar to Too Human. I didn't play ME1 when it came out, so I can't really go back now and enjoy what it did for the genre, so much of my enjoyment comes from those factors that would have seemed old or rehashed from the first game. I played a female soldier, and was pleasantly surprised that there's different things that happen with different events. Like the recruiter who hits on you if you're female, and you get the "Renegade/Bold move" option when he does. I also like how the dialog is slow paced, so that each decision isn't forced on you. You never really have to make a spot decision in regular dialog, with two notable exceptions. I also liked how that was superimposed with the snap-reaction moments when you're forced to decide to react or not, or how to handle a situation, when the prompts come up. You don't get any warning, and you don't get any setup, but I always found that whichever I picked, I could always be satisfied with the way it played out. Especially with the dialog, even though the choices are written quite short, Shepard will always find a way to word it well. Tough decisions can almost always be backed out of for more time to contemplate (again with two notable exceptions), and you always felt like the consequences were a result of your decision. Combat was fun and felt like Gears, and I was never too tight on ammo. A little more would have helped, but oh well. I was a soldier, and I used the Visor for headshot damage and the ammo pack for more ammo (durr). Went mostly Heroic (forget what they're called), with a bit of Evil with it.
SPOLIERS HERE ON DOWN-------------------------------
I was pissed off at two points. When you first enter the collecter ship, you come upon a cache of super-weapons you can perma-bind. Then it told you you could only pick one, and gave no good description on them. Minor inconvinence, since you can ususally get them later for various crew members through specific upgrades. The second, and prehaps the more purposeful time, was when the illusive man asks you to spare the collecter technology for cerberus to collect. That decision, although expected and heavily foreshadowed, was really sudden, and you don't really understand the consequences until you get off. I build relationships with Garreth, Kelly (Who's a ladylike[EDIT: Why is that censored as ladylike?] and will ♥♥♥♥ you no matter what), and Jack. Had sex with Garreth, mostly because he's the coolest. I ususally used Grunt and Jack or Garreth for missions, but my fallback during the final sequence was Legion. Gonna go replay it and go BADASS this time.
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