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    Mass Effect 2

    Game » consists of 21 releases. Released Jan 26, 2010

    After a violent death by an unknown force and a timely reanimation by the human supremacist organization Cerberus, Commander Shepard must assemble a new squad in the seedier side of the galaxy for a suicide mission in the second installment of the "Mass Effect" trilogy.

    What is default ME 2 experience like?

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    #1  Edited By Nigglenummy

    So I beat Mass Effect on PC, but I'm going to play ME2 on my 360 since my PC can't run ME2 (and eventually ME3) very well. I'm not really concerned about not being able to transfer my character over, but I was wondering what the "default" ME2 Shepard is like? Is he a nice guy, or a dick, or something in the middle? Just curious. What about for the big decisions made in ME (Virmire decision, etc...)?

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    #2  Edited By The_Laughing_Man
    @Nigglenummy said:
    " So I beat Mass Effect on PC, but I'm going to play ME2 on my 360 since my PC can't run ME2 (and eventually ME3) very well. I'm not really concerned about not being able to transfer my character over, but I was wondering what the "default" ME2 Shepard is like? Is he a nice guy, or a dick, or something in the middle? Just curious. What about for the big decisions made in ME (Virmire decision, etc...)? "
    He is neutral at the start. He let wrex die. And some other stuff. I can not fully remember. 
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    #3  Edited By ShadowofIntent

    Council died.
    Ash saved

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    #4  Edited By Claude

    It's a great game on the 360, but the story is fucked for a default. They should allow more options.

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    #5  Edited By Turambar
    @ShadowofIntent said:
    " Council died. Ash saved "
    Ash saved only if you're male.  It's Kaidan if you're female.  Wrex's brother is on the throne instead of Wrex, you get a single message from the Rachni hinting at involvement in ME3 if you freed them.  There are some other minor things such as slightly different dialogue in some quests like, or just missing minor side quests.  The actual experience is pretty much the same though having a ported over character fleshes out the NPC flavor in some locations.
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    #6  Edited By ___pocalypse

    Start neutral, Wrex died, Council died, opposite gender LI lives. I never actually finished ME (I know, right?) so I went with default Shep. I never felt like I was missing out aside from Wrex being dead.

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    #7  Edited By Yummylee

    Sucky.

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    #8  Edited By Nigglenummy

    Looks like it's not going to flow with exactly what I did in ME. I was male and Ash died, for one. Guess I'll just have to go with it. Or buy a new graphics card lol.

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    #9  Edited By mfpantst

    The default boinked some aliens.  End of story.

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    #10  Edited By jozzy

    Or buy (cheap as hell) and play ME1 on the xbox 360 as well. Heheh, it's an option...

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    #11  Edited By dtat
    @jozzy said:
    "Or buy (cheap as hell) and play ME1 on the xbox 360 as well. Heheh, it's an option... "

    This. Cmon you know you want to play it again...or 3 more times...
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    #12  Edited By TBird13

    It honestly doesn't make a big difference.   
    Like, yes, Wrex is dead, but he doesn't do anything in 2 anyways.  

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    #13  Edited By Arker101

     
    I never played the first, but the default story dosen't hinder too much, but since you already played ME1, it might be irritating.

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    #14  Edited By Dork_Metamorphosis
    @jozzy said:
    " Or buy (cheap as hell) and play ME1 on the xbox 360 as well. Heheh, it's an option... "
    I actually did this just recently.  It'd been so long since i played ME on pc that the interface differences didn't bug me and I had a good time.  Knocked it out in one weekend. 
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    #15  Edited By Nigglenummy
    @Dtat: don't tempt me......heh
     
    I did save Wrex on my playthrough, but if he doesn't do much in 2 than that's not a big deal. I never used him much anyway.  Thanks everyone for your responses. Got more than I expected :)
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