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Is this game more like Oblivion or KOTOR?
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It's KOTOR meets Stargate. Or something.
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mech wrote:It's amazing how much better the main storyline is than the side missions. If they'd had half the care applied to them this would have been such a better game. I seem to remember KOTOR's side missions being pretty good.
There are some awesome side missions. "The Fan" is the best.
I've been wondering about that... anything I have to do to trigger it? Or just have a look around? I've got a note about meeting him on the Citadel, but that's it.

I'm fucking pissed off that I can't finish one of the side missions. I did the water stuff on Feros, and it says I have to talk to someone to complete the mission - but the person is missing from their spot (still marked by an exclamation mark). Fuck that shit :(
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Just keep going back to the Citadel, for the fan. It's pretty funny.

Not as funny as when

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I'm being good, no punching for me :(
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mech wrote:I'm fucking pissed off that I can't finish one of the side missions. I did the water stuff on Feros, and it says I have to talk to someone to complete the mission - but the person is missing from their spot (still marked by an exclamation mark). Fuck that shit :(
You probably killed them. I know I went through blasting everyone in sight and didn't bother with the antidote grenades.
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Yep. Either grenades or melee attack (NOT the running one).
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:lol: :lol: :lol:

I finished that mission BEFORE they all turned into mindless zombie freaks 8)

About The Fan, I was so sure he was going to doctor the photo he took etc. to blackmail me or something. I was disappointed to find he really was just a fan.

One of my favourite missions was the one where the woman and her brother-in-law were arguing about gene therapy for the woman's unborn child. Renegade responses rock! :lol:

But by the end of the game I still ended up with the Paragon achievement.
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pilonv1 wrote:
mech wrote:It's amazing how much better the main storyline is than the side missions. If they'd had half the care applied to them this would have been such a better game. I seem to remember KOTOR's side missions being pretty good.
There are some awesome side missions. "The Fan" is the best.
I've been wondering about that... anything I have to do to trigger it? Or just have a look around? I've got a note about meeting him on the Citadel, but that's it.

I'm fucking pissed off that I can't finish one of the side missions. I did the water stuff on Feros, and it says I have to talk to someone to complete the mission - but the person is missing from their spot (still marked by an exclamation mark). Fuck that shit :(
I had the same problem, only with the antenna? I think thats what it was. I took it down, then carried on with the mission and completed that planet. COuldnt report back to him as where the exclamation mark was, there was no one.


THe Fan mission I never completed cos I was going for Renegade so just kept telling him to fuck off. :D

Started again with a female this time, I want some lesbian love scene *grabs toilet roll*
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pilonv1 wrote:Yep. Either grenades or melee attack (NOT the running one).
Yeah, I used that, only thought I killed one or two people. Think that's the only renegade I have, been Paragon all the way through otherwise.
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Ambrose Burnside wrote::About The Fan, I was so sure he was going to doctor the photo he took etc. to blackmail me or something. I was disappointed to find he really was just a fan.
:lol: I told him he was a pussy and he should fuck off, so he ran away crying.
One of my favourite missions was the one where the woman and her brother-in-law were arguing about gene therapy for the woman's unborn child. Renegade responses rock! :lol:
:lol: That one was awesome too.
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I may have lost all my saves, but because the achievements are still tied to my gamertag I was able to choose hardcore difficulty from the start.

Im not sure about the spectre items available yet though as I just got Spectre status and have saved my game on the Normandy ready for my first mission. Hopefully they are.

Oh yeah, Paragon path is gay.
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The only thing I don't like about Renegade is that sometimes you feel like you're just being a rude prick instead of totally evil.
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But you get more money! Ka-ching!
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This game fucking rules. GOTY 07
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omfg - this guy is retarded :lol:

http://www.townhall.com/Columnists/Kevi" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; ... ments=true

He literally sounds insane. WTF is he on about?
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I wish I had his copy of the game. I wanted to make my female character a bit more 'perkier' *nugde nudge* *wink wink*


What a knob.
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mech wrote:omfg - this guy is retarded :lol:

http://www.townhall.com/Columnists/Kevi" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; ... ments=true

He literally sounds insane. WTF is he on about?
I couldn't read all of that... the guy is insane and more than likely whacked off to the scene in the game. Then loaded the hot coffee mod in gta and whacked off to that too, then loaded doa4 for some jiggly goodness while beating off to Lara Croft in Tomb Raider Legend on another screen, high five it's a 3some.
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I really want to smack that fucker in the head to knock some sense into him. What an absolute retard.
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I want Ags to bend his daugther over and show her a little 'Mass Effect'

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I only found out that the Mako had a cannon in the last hour of the game.... the rest of the time I was just using the turret....
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AgOnNy wrote:I only found out that the Mako had a cannon in the last hour of the game.... the rest of the time I was just using the turret....
hey mech2, read the manual



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AgOnNy wrote:I only found out that the Mako had a cannon in the last hour of the game.... the rest of the time I was just using the turret....
:lol: :lol: Turret is shit, cannon is where it's at. Sounds like the losers at GAF who didn't work out that you couldn't aim it until late in the game.
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AgOnNy wrote:I only found out that the Mako had a cannon in the last hour of the game.... the rest of the time I was just using the turret....
Mak0wned. :lol:

What a n00b! :io:
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Man, I'm really tempted to buy this game - what's the cheapest price going around at the moment?
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