Past saves = Past Characters :f (alien races playable) ?
Hope so :p

I'm really excited about this game.  Hopefully it comes out sometime this year.

that is cool

yes....YES....YES!!!

I suppose this means I better finish the first game.

Still hoping to play to play the first game someday. (My rig can only handle games from the absolute earliest part of this millennia.)

Damn, they do know how to do a teaser.  Lets just hope this game fixes some of the flaws of the first.

Shepard dead?!?!?!?!?!? So who are we going to play as? I'm excited!

OMG, killed in action. Now that was unexpected.

Color me hyped.

I am TOTALLY PSYCHED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Interesting. I'm excited.

I hope its bigger and better with less texture popping then the first!

Ok so I grind to level 60 because I'm told I will be able to move my save to Mass Effect 2

Holy shit, I did not see that coming. Either it's a serious fakeout or I'm going to have to grieve for my Shepard. At least if we have to create a new character I can make my Paragon character a biotic user instead of a soldier this time around.

I'd say....that was pretty.... AWESOME!

KILLED IN ACTION? WAT!?

Holy Crap! This just makes the wait for Mass Effect 2 even more unbearable......come on Bioware hurry!!!

Whether Shepard is only appearing to be killed in action or if he actually was KIA, I do not know. I kinda want to be able to make a new character though. I wasn't much of a fan of Shep's "I'm total military" voice. I usually play more of a mercenary in choice games. Still, whichever way it goes I'm hyped.

Do you know what this means? THAT'S RIGHT!!!

Maybe Shepard is like Jack Bauer, officially killed in action, but unofficially...he felt generous and gave away his fancy space suit

SHEPARD is not fucking dead! I will not buy into that bullshit! NO NO NO NO NO NO! I cant wait for this fucking game!!! AHAHGHRUGHRiuhgoierhgoettoiwrdhng rugols. WHERES SHEP MAN!!! This is the best teaser i have ever seen. I hope shepard is not dead though.

Cereberus. I read the second book.

oh wow. now i am actually interested again.  I played the first one and found it to be great but the gameplay seemed to be lacking for me, though the story was great.  I am guessing as well that your past save just incorporates elements and decisions from your last game.  Or maybe, shepard fakes her death when they find out she had alien lesbo sex to go underground and find a way to stop the invasion of the machines.

I'm on a second play through with sentinel class. Waiting for the upcoming PC patch before carrying on with it though. I don't think I'll take the 'Shepard is dead' bait just yet - Don't fear the Reapers! Kill 'em all!

IVE BEEN TURNED ON!

Jesus Christ on ice skates...I'm so excited for this game!

WAAAAAT!!!!??? How would Shepard be dead if you can pretty much port him to the next game via Mass Effect 2 save file?

still havent played the first....ugh!

Ohhhhhhh snaps.

I do fucking want.

Afroman269 said:

"WAAAAAT!!!!??? How would Shepard be dead if you can pretty much port him to the next game via Mass Effect 2 save file?
"

what!!!!!!!!!!! hes dead!!!!!!!!!!!!

That was... Pure awesomeness!

And people, seriously. You guys are like the most black and white viewing people ever. He's not dead. It's called a teaser.

NOOOOOOOOOOO MY GUY WAS WAY TOO GOOD TO BE K.I.A...................so much for level 60 :'(

ps still MAD EXCITED OMGOMG MY HEAD IS ABOUT TO EXPLODE!!

hell shepard aint dead, its all a ploy, dont believe anything you are told in early teasers, shepards death will be part of the story, believe me he aint dead, why the hell would they show his death so prominently

I'm just glad to see any news about Mass Effect 2, because that means the game is coming along. Either Shepard really is dead (I'm sure this isn't the case, but just keeping an open mind) and your import data will only include information about your actions and perhaps the NPCs, or obviously someone wants to make it look like Shepard was killed. I'm actually kinda hoping it would be the dormer, because that would give you an excuse to start a character from scratch, while also maintaining any of the game-changing decisions you made.

I'm expecting a dissapointing "Shepard is dark and mysterious and everyone thinks he's dead and oh my god this is turning into a Splinter Cell" but it would be funny if after getting a bunch of players to level up their characters Bioware slaps them in the face and says "hey we imported your Shepard, he looks good in that casket." Wait, did Bioware say that you could import just your character's looks or his stats too?

That teaser was sick. I got both the concept wallpapers, their awesome!

Bu the gods let me play this game. Fast as fuck.

I need to finish Mass Effect now, too bad everytime I try to I have to fight the same boss and get 1 hit killed by a respawning enemy :|

Ummmm.....hellz yes?  Gotta play it again seeing as my clear save was on my fried hard drive.

Awesome!!! Bring on Mass Effect 2!!!

Watch Fox News do another segment on the "sex"box now.

Wow i wasnt expecting that in announcement trailer i cant wait now

"Watch Fox News do another segment on the "sex"box now.
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I don't know what to make of this -- if there's anything to make out at all.

I never really understood how carrying over my Sheperd was going to work. This is a Western RPG. Aren't I supposed to get a clean slate? My level 60 Soldier could kill any Geth by raising an eyebrow in their general direction. And my Renegade meter was off the chart. So, what, would I level up that character even more? If I wanted to change it up and play nice with my dialogue options, wouldn't I be contradicting my character? And since Wrex, Kaiden, and Ashley could die, doesn't that exclude them from ME2?

I like the idea of continuity of character -- I wouldn't watch 24 without Jack Bauer -- but the logistics of an RPG tend to complicate things. I'm just very curious to see what they do. But if he is dead, I hope it's not a huge fucking distaction. I remember with KOTOR 2, people were obsessed with all the Revan bullshit that was invented to sweep him under the rug and give the player a clean slate. It overshadowed the plot entirely and gave people misguided expectations for a KOTOR 3 that never happened.

EPIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11111!!!!!!!!!!111111!!!!!!!!!!!!!!