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Mass Effect.
Mar. 18th, 2012 08:57 pmSo here I am, on my seventh playthrough of Mass Effect 1. I won't be able to get ME3 for at least a month, so in the meantime I'm going to mop up the last of the ME1 achievements before taking my primary Shep through 1 and 2 again, with the purpose of taking her into 3.
I've never played on Hardcore difficulty with a brand-new character, though, and this is very challenging. In my most recent mission - the one with the pyjaks (space monkeys) - I went through a dozen game overs before I realised that I would actually have to send Ashley and Wrex off to draw the geth's fire so I could GTFO. Six more tries and it actually worked. Phew.
Something I think Bioware could have done better - party member switching. Why is it that when one of your squadmates die, they can get up again, but when you die, it's a game over? >:(
Regardless, I'm having a lot of fun. I'm taking Alan Shepard, Spaceborn/Ruthless/Engineer through on a Renegade run (because I can) to get the Hardcore achievement and the AI Hacking/Neural Shock masteries. Then, I'm re-taking Renee Shepard, my Adept (can't remember her histories), through on a pure Paragon run, to get the Insanity achievement and the Stasis/Barrier achevements.
Why yes, I am an achievement whore. But I love it. And at least achievements in these games give you some pretty sick bonuses.
So far, being mean to Liara and Tali has been hard. XD But no matter. It's been over a year since playing either ME, and I'm having a lot of fun catching up with my favourite sci-fi universe once more. And I haven't played any of the DLC yet for either game (no spoilers, please!), so this'll be a fun new addition. ^_^
I've never played on Hardcore difficulty with a brand-new character, though, and this is very challenging. In my most recent mission - the one with the pyjaks (space monkeys) - I went through a dozen game overs before I realised that I would actually have to send Ashley and Wrex off to draw the geth's fire so I could GTFO. Six more tries and it actually worked. Phew.
Something I think Bioware could have done better - party member switching. Why is it that when one of your squadmates die, they can get up again, but when you die, it's a game over? >:(
Regardless, I'm having a lot of fun. I'm taking Alan Shepard, Spaceborn/Ruthless/Engineer through on a Renegade run (because I can) to get the Hardcore achievement and the AI Hacking/Neural Shock masteries. Then, I'm re-taking Renee Shepard, my Adept (can't remember her histories), through on a pure Paragon run, to get the Insanity achievement and the Stasis/Barrier achevements.
Why yes, I am an achievement whore. But I love it. And at least achievements in these games give you some pretty sick bonuses.
So far, being mean to Liara and Tali has been hard. XD But no matter. It's been over a year since playing either ME, and I'm having a lot of fun catching up with my favourite sci-fi universe once more. And I haven't played any of the DLC yet for either game (no spoilers, please!), so this'll be a fun new addition. ^_^
