jonny_eh

" I've heard conflicting reports that if you stay faithful to your Mass Effect 1 character, you can bring Kelly up to your room at the end. I don't think she actually "counts" as a relationship in the game, no? "

Just finished the game last night and had Kelly come to my room. No spoilers but wow. Make sure you save your crew!

" Found out something on the wikia: 

If Shepard aided Chorban in collecting data on the keepers, he will send a message to Shepard detailing his findings. Chorban has discovered that the keepers are engineered and are designed to react to something like a signal which occurs every 50,000 years or so. This point after every 50,000 year gap is accompanied by minor genetic alterations, suggesting that the Reapers modify the keepers with each cycle of extinction.

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At least the achievements in this game are less of a grind ("Use X power 75 times"). Also, they don't force you to use the same squad mates for the entire game, that annoyed me.

I'm guessing that dinner didn't go well :-/

The only thing he spoiled was who you could have romantic relations with, but only if you mouse-over some hyperlinks.

Wow, I thought the GB forums were better than this. You guys are such jerks, show some sympathy for a fellow gamer. Whatever happened to innocent until proven guilty? 
 
I have also bought games that were missing bonus pack-ins. Way back when Duke 3D first came out, it was supposed to contain a free mouse pad, but my box didn't have it. Mistakes happen! Do you really think  John Ricatello is inspecting every box of Mass Effect 2 to ensure a little card is in each box? Manufacturing is an amazing feat of modern engineering, but there will always be a small percentage of errors/defects.

I'm playing on the 360 and it's one of the best looking games I've ever seen. Just wait until you see the Citadel or Omega (especially Afterlife)... HOLY COW!

I had a friend who opened a Beatles Rock Band kit on Christmas morning only to find the game missing! This was an EA game too, keep in mind. 
 
Mistakes happen, don't assume this guy's a thief right off the bat, that's not very nice.

I learned my lesson from ME1. The collector's edition for the first game sold out really quickly and was nearly impossible to find for a reasonable price. I didn't take a chance with ME2 so I pre-ordered it a month in advance. But silly me, I pre-ordered from best Buy online and it hasn't arrived in the mail yet!