D.A. fan is back for an ME1 Text Only 'Let's Play' (page 51)

Just take Garrus with you on Mordin's loyalty mission. He has one of the best lines ever in that one.

I like this mission with Erinys and Shiala. It was a little rushed, though. Should have extended it.
Asari are so into touching
I like the way Thane moves when he's killing people.

Awwwwwwwwwwwwww. Conrad Verner. Didn't they call him "biggest fan" or something? On ME1

1. I'm not just comparing ME2 to DAI. I'm comparing ME2 to the entire DA series. But even DAO, which I thought came out a few years before ME2, had more companion discussion. I could ask Alistair, a companion of DAO, about life as a Templar Recruit, the loss of Duncan, his mentor, about the Wardens, a group I'd joined right off the bat. Then one story mission later, I could ask about why he'd kept the King thing a secret, what it was like being raised as a pseudo orphan... And this isn't counting comments he made DURING missions, and the romantic content at all. I could also find plot relevant gifts for him, similar to what Shepherd can do with the Ice Brandy and the Doctor on board the Normandy. Except apply that to all eight companions of DAO. Some people have complained that they feel like they forget the main mission for all the companion content- a thing I would never complain about myself, but gives you an idea of where I'm coming from. A place where you talk to your companions for a solid hour...then go on a mission. Then come back for another half hour to hour of companion discussion content (when going through them all.) Companions can have major reactions to how a major story mission was handled- if a child died on one mission, Alistair has a huge rant prepared for you. If you killed the elves, Zevran has some pretty sharp comments. No matter how the elf thing was resolved, Leliana will sing a song about hope/death right there at the campfire. There is feed back from at least one companion after every mission about the mission. What I'm getting with ME2 is I go on a mission, come back, make rounds, over half of them have nothing to say, I have no plot relevant gifts to spur anything into being... Randomly, Jacob or Miranda will have a few lines about usually their disapproval of dragging someone on board...And considering what you're saying is that ME2 IS it's companions- the bulk being recruitment and loyalty missions- it seems supremely lacking that a companion focused game isn't actually giving you anything but those two paths to get to know your companions. a Third totally optional path to knowing some of your companions is the romance path. Which is tied to mission content rather than how well you got to know them, how well you agreed with them, whether you spent time with them talking to them.

This comparison is all Dragon Age Origins.

2. Well, it's good to know that it isn't only recruitment based. I recruit everyone a first game anyway though, but at least I know I'm voluntarily torturing myself now instead of being required. ^U^

I whined about lack of main story.

Now I'm annoyed they force it on me. I wanted to get caught up on loyalty missions. Will I be allowed to do them all?

I whined about lack of main story.

Now I'm annoyed they force it on me. I wanted to get caught up on loyalty missions. Will I be allowed to do them all?

Sheperd: Tim betrayed us!
Garrus: and here I thought I'd met my quota for murder and betrayal this year.

Haha. Garrus, you silly head.

I really liked Jack's loyalty mission. Still a bit confused about how it's connected to Kaidan's school.

Well, he was carried with the flow in ME1, but the moment Shepard steps beyond what he is comfortable with, out comes the yelling, and he won't even listen. It's not even a calm and measured "let me think about it", oh, no, it's a full blown hysteria. She is not good enough for him just because she put on a different uniform. By being pressed into a compromise. No, in my books, he is not to be trusted after this kind of a betrayal. Loyalty is not blind, loyalty makes you at least ask what happened, and he does not want a single part of it. Well, the feeling is mutual.

See? He's delightful. 



The collector ship is freaky, no?

Yes I was surprised (and not in a good way) by the timed missions, too. I ended up exploiting a loophole for the second timed mission in order to delay it, but depending how many companions you recruited already, that may not be possible. What mission is it forcing on you? The Collector ship?

Not to worry though, you will be able to do all recruitment and loyalty missions. There is a point of no return, but you aren't there yet.

Different uniform?  You mean, like, the uniform of a terrorist organization?