Stupid Newbie Questions, The Prequel: Mass Effect 1

That sounds about right.  Are you playing on casual difficulty?  If so, you do get a little less XP for the battle sections that you would get if on a higher difficulty.

I deactivated the thieving AI. I think. I mean, nothing really happened, but the journal says "complete."

Next stop, pick up Liara. Had a conversation with Joker and he gave me a bit of an attitude. So many of my old friends just aren't themselves in this game. I guess serving under Shepard changes them for the better?

GREAT! Made it to the turrets, knocked out two of them, then got killed again from hull breach.

So where does the autosave leave me?

Back at the landing site! Of course it does!

That's awesome.
Yes

Remember this post? I said I'm curious what your thoughts will be about......I was referring to the Mako. 

Ok, it actually let me save after the ship landed and dropped off its little geth, but NOT after the three turrets. For some reason, they went down quicker this time.

Edit: Oh, look...a side door. Tali wasn't just shitting around 

Ah, the woes of no face editor. I'm usually able to overlook smaller issues, but if the face is wrong altogether I'll start over. It can be hard to play the wrong face, since you have to stare at it. New games that have the face-change feature do spoil us, don't they?

So I guess you didn't try using her face code from 2/3? Some of the options are not the same but it might give you a more familiar look to work with.

If you decide to keep pushing, just remember you can make an entirely new face for Shepard in 2. Assuming you make it that far with your imposter.

I have yet to create a really decent looking custom Shepard in ME1.  I've given up and just use the default appearance.  I get much better results in ME2... I just head canon that Miranda's perfectionism caused her to make some alterations to Shepard's appearance.

Maybe get through ME1 with this face.  Then, when you import into ME2, use a save editor to change your face to the one you prefer.

When I first played, I was using a keyboard and touchpad.  That was rough with ME2 because planet scanning required a middle mouse button that isn't available on the touchpad.  I had to remap the key, which couldn't be done from within the game itself.  Then I got a mouse and all was well.

I have a TV in the living room but share it with a non-gamer.  Even if I had a console I doubt I'd get a lot of time to use it.  PC works best for me.  Plus, I love mods and they just aren't possible on consoles.

EDIT: Maybe it would be worth it to retrieve my Xbox 360 controller and use a mod to play ME1 with it.  (The 360 is dead, replaced once under warranty, so never felt like paying for a new one.)

I didn't see anywhere to import a face code, but it's likely I just overlooked it. I found this handy site where you can paste in a face code and it will give you the sliders to go with it. It was accurate except for the hairstyle. She looks like my Shepard again, and the freakishly long neck appears to be gone. Come ME2, I'll probably use that rather than try eyeballing again.

I think I'll just try to push through, mostly because those early fights when I have very few powers at my disposal are really annoying. I miss the almost non-existent ME3 cooldowns

I'm pretty happy with the second attempt to re-create "Laura," but the first version...ugh. Do they always have swan necks? I thought maybe the female body model just has an extra long neck all the time, but Ashley doesn't have that problem.

Yes, the one behind the Hanar's shop. It threatened to kill me and I had to randomly start clicking on sections of rings in order to stop it. Nothing exploded, so I assume I was successful. Can it actually kill you if you fail? Game-over-and-you-need-to-reload kill, I mean?

For Joker, I guess I just don't remember him being quite that bitter. Sarcastic, sure, but not outright disrespectful. All the character seem to be different in this game, though, and not in a positive way.

Yeah, I don't think I want to go through the early encounters again after all. I'll just...headcanon that the second face is the one she really has 

I think I could manage to be worse with a controller than with a keyboard, but I haven't used one since college, so who knows. At least the Mako is good for laughs.

Sad, bitter laughs.

Hah! Love it. I tried to climb one of the gates with it, which made it look like a particularly stupid poodle. I guess I could use it to work out some aggression.



Totally off-topic, but as soon as the page loaded for me to type my post, the site wallpaper changed. Where's my DAI-esque desert?  And now we have more smileys? But they're tiny?? Is this one Dorian? :gentleman: