Mass Effect 2

[synkr0nized]

Originally Posted by Melfice

EDIT: Ooh, sneaky. Editing in that "though we had some help".
Yeah, disregard me.

That's not the part I managed to edit in before the grace period, though. It was there originally. But I did add the sentence about the relays right after I initially posted that.


Dear Codex Screen: Stop telling me I have unread entries. I did all that in previous playthroughs.

e: I found it interesting to note parallels in the other races' histories to our own. Sure, they were different and the circumstances not the same, but there was some belligerence with the turians, appeals to authority by other races trying to get a say, etc. I liked that, and how the human spirit, or whatever you'd like to call it, appropriately granted us some benefits while also earning disfavour. I had a blast with how we all fit into everything.

e2: Though I did decide not to bother with the pre-order or the collector's edition. I am not sure I will like some of the gameplay decisions or the new characters.

I want mah Reapers and Geth!

[Krylo]

Edit: Got distracted and ninja'd. Whatever.

Well, except the entire crew was made up entirely of aliens, and most of the game went about showing how much humans were exactly the same.

Then you have Williams, whom has never really interacted with aliens except for (probably) Terra Firma holovids being anti-alien, while in the meantime you have Kaiden whom was beaten, broken, watched his friend have her arm broken, and killed a Turian in self defense, coming away from the whole thing saying aliens are just as 'human' as anyone else.

Also: In the First Contact War more Turian lives were lost than human lives. The second fleet was able to decimate what Turian forces were sent to attack humanity, and while a full blown war at that time would have probably gone in their favor, one during the time frame of the actual games probably wouldn't given that the humans have one the strongest militaries in the ME universe (probably owing to the First Contact War).

So, no, paranoia of them 'wiping out humanity without blinking an eye' isn't exactly warranted, nor is any misconception about superior alien technology.

Also, any time speaking with any other race would show that any assumptions anyone was making about the humans not being given a position of power of authority is blatantly false, as humans gained more political power faster than any other race, the council founders aside.

And Mass Effect takes place two full generations after the Alliance was inducted into the council.

So it's not even a 'just woke up and they were there', thing. Ashley would have been raised knowing that aliens exist and all about the politics and what not surrounding them.

[Solid Snake]

Heh.
...Well, I'm glad I'm restarting a new attempt to finish ME1 in preparation for ME2, as I may be in a better state of mind to appreciate some of the subtleties I missed the first time around.

[Aerozord]

well even ignoring technology, the trait of humans compared to the other races is curiosity and empathy. First thing we did with mass relays is experiment and explore as much as possible and expand. Humans are made as a very driven species to the point of obsession, most others are comparitively laid back. Other thing was pointed out with the contact wars, humans are very close. We demonstrated this during contact wars where we retaliated with vengeful fury, while many alien races viewed it as needlessly aggressive.

Its how we progressed so quickly. Some are jealous of the rapid advancement, others view us as foolishly impatient, then you have those that fear what we might one day become and there are those that respect our passion and drive. As was pointed out, their views on us is as varied as our views of them

[DFM]

I like how the Turian strike force sacked one human colony and figured that was the human race in its entirety, now subjugated.

Whoop what's this it's the second fleet say hello to Admiral Drescher.

[Bells]

So... hi there folks.

You see, i just saw a review for this game and it said there that it "reads" how you played ME1 and that your previous choices would "fine tune" ME2 so it would be more personal and unique.

Just wondering... did any of you with the game felt that? Because that actually sounds like a neat feature for sequels

[Osterbaum]

Originally Posted by Krylo

Also: In the First Contact War more Turian lives were lost than human lives. The second fleet was able to decimate what Turian forces were sent to attack humanity, and while a full blown war at that time would have probably gone in their favor, one during the time frame of the actual games probably wouldn't given that the humans have one the strongest militaries in the ME universe (probably owing to the First Contact War).

Still I'm pretty sure that Turians have THE biggest fleet amongst the Citadel Races.

[synkr0nized]

They should, as that goes along with the breakdown of dreadnoughts via the Treaty of Farixen, and as they are the backbone of the peacekeeping forces of the Council.

[DFM]

Yeah, don't humans have like the smallest fleet in the galaxy? By like, a 1 to 8 ratio?

I thought I remembered our only saving grace being the fact that our ships were equipped with VIs and could out fight and out maneuver three similarly classed ships from any of the council races.

[Kim]

Originally Posted by DFM

I thought I remembered our only saving grace being the fact that our ships were equipped with VIs and could out fight and out maneuver three similarly classed ships from any of the council races.

I thought that was just the Normandy.