The What Changed Thread [Spoilers, duh]

ME1 used animations from Jade Empire, so FemShep glided around like Wu the Lotus Blossom. In ME2, she started stomping around with a broken neck and man-spreading.

Maybe they fixed this. We can hope, but it seems unlikely.

The camera has been moved slightly so you don’t see Miranda’s ass or FemShep’s breasts during Kasumi’s loyalty quest.

In Thane’s loyalty mission, you can listen to the xenophobic Turian candidate’s entire dialogue without Thane demanding updates every two seconds.

Also, I don’t know if this is a change or was in the original, but there’s friendly fire for the enemies now in ME2. When I was fighting Eclipse on Ilium, a heavy killed a vanguard that got in her line of fire with a rocket to the back. I know this because I saw it in my scope, the vanguard fell forward, and no one in my squad had concusive shot.

Nah that’s poor grammar on my part.

Kasumi’s mission is still single only and I’m talking about chatting up Miranda in her quarters on the Normandy.

I just met Conrad with my paragon Shepard and got so iritated that I punched him. From now on my paragon Shepards won't interact with Conrad at all.

The M-490 Blackstorm was part of the Terminus Weapon and Armor DLC pack, probably why you did not see it in the OGs. It's a black hole gun basically, but I always preferred other heavy weapons over it.

I figured as much, but I thought I had all the Armor and weapons DLC packs.

It was pre-order bonus, from GameStop/EB Games I think? It was never released post-launch as a separate DLC.

Collector Assault Rifle was a digital exclusive that never made it to consoles. It looked on par with the Avenger and Geth Pulse Rifle though, so it was rarely used, especially once the Mattock was released as DLC.

Huh, I'm pretty sure I preordered my copy of ME2 from GameStop... I think it was the last game that I did pre-order from them. Did I just never redeem the code or something?

Yeah, there was. I remember lining up those Blue Suns Centurions with the Rocket Launchers folks on Okeer's Mission. Was pretty awesome, because Korlus used such a tight space.

I'm several days behind most of you, just now truly getting into the heart of ME1.

I like the Mako changes, for the most part. It feels lighter and more prone to float, in my opinion. I used to sort of glide off of junps with it. Now, I have to be careful because its pitch controls more like an aircraft than an airborne tank.

The booster is useful and welcome.

I saw a discussion about the controls being different on PC, and there being a toggle for old/new approach. No such thing on PS4. It controls like it always has, and I'm glad for it.

I really mastered the art of targeting distant enemies that were barely a smudge on the horizon. While I enjoyed that and am mildly proud of those skills, the new zoom is great. I love it.


In general, a few NPCs look weird, but overall the game just looks better. Textures load in a timely manner. Lighting is good. I even like the "less frequent, more meaningful" 1 to 30 leveling system. There are a lot of common sense changes, so far.

I got the echoes in the council chambers. I don't have an actual dedicated sound card, though. I have onboard audio and use SoundBlaster X-Fi MB3 to unlock EAX through software emulation. (I don't think this software is being sold anymore.)