Mass Effect 2

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Originally Posted by Mirai Gen

Boy that Mako section sure sucks.I have yet to see anything but I'm pretty sure since these are the dudes who made KOTOR II that might be the case.

Wut.
Unless Obsidian dissolved (I have no idea. Is Obsidian still around?) and those guys met up with and joined Bioware, that's not true. (EDIT: Were you actually responding to Osterbaum? I'm not too sure anymore.)

In any case, Osterbaum: Yes. As I understand it, you'll ALWAYS get quizzed about your past.
If you don't have a save*, you'll be able to establish a past.
If you DO have a save, you'll be corrected if you answer a question wrong about what you did in Mass Effect 1.

* On the Xbox, if you've finished a game, you'll always have a save, unless you wiped the hard-drive. Apparently, the games makes an invisible save upon the end-credits.
I don't know if you've played it on the 360 or PC, though. On the PC, I have no idea if it's the same situation.