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Mass Effect 2 Vanguard Video

Combat designer Christina Norman walks you through the Vanguard class.

Jan. 6 2010

Posted by: Ryan

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Mass Effect 2

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first

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Two uploads! I didn't realise there was that much hype for Mass Effect 2.

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God I love the visual style of this game :)

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new video player

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well that move is just broken -_-
 
if they don't die in like 2-4 shoots the there tanks

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Im amazed the human mind is malleable enough to comprehend the awesomeness that is Mass Effect 2!

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Hmm, looking really neat.

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@Dirty_Harry: You sure? I'm still seeing the old one
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So the charge is the only thing the vanguard has? ... shall I say lame? heh

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Man, now I'm even more conflicted about what class to choose.

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So the charge is the only thing the vanguard has? ... shall I say lame? heh

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@girdz said:
" @Dirty_Harry: You sure? I'm still seeing the old one "
same here. But the game looks awesome. 
How exactly is it  a "tactial" move. It looks more like a Berserker move than anything else.
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I hate how that lady sounds.
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@John: no, thats just new since last time
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Is the video broken?
Stops like 30seconds in.

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My original main character was a Vanguard, thin I'll stick with it looks good.

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I love how every one of these class videos tells how how each class is the best one.
The low health effect looks horrible, I'm tired of that effect in every game now.

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My class from the first ME was Vanguard and that's the save file that I'm bringing over, I hope it's still good

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@giyanks22 said:
How exactly is it  a "tactial" move. It looks more like a Berserker move than anything else. "
I see it as a way of teleporting around the field, not just bashing into people. It's hard to hit someone when they're moving all over the place and then moving on before you can get a shot off. :3 
 
And if you teleport and someone's in the way, they fly off. And then get a shotgun to the face. 
 
I'm happy about the shotgun. That thing was my one hit kill in ME1 when I upgraded it with the One Shot explosive rounds. XD
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I'm liking the new vid player, i always found it annoying that i couldn't jump forward.

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looks great

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Watching all these videos is making it very difficult deciding if I want to import my soldier.

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Extremely Tactical! Holy Shit!
 
that being said, the vanguard (or whatever it was called) was the best class in ME1, though the soldier was pretty ok.

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That's it! I'm changing from soldier to vanguard.

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@Floppypants: You'll be able to change your class + characters look when you import, only thing thats set is the gender I believe.
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Vanguard was the best class in ME.

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I played as Vanguard in the first Mass Effect.  Might have to go that route again after seeing some of that gameplay.

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That's the only ability?  meh.. guess I'm sticking with my Engineer then.

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That's the only ability?  meh.. guess I'm sticking with my Engineer then.

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@Yzzerdd said:
"I love how every one of these class videos tells how how each class is the best one. The low health effect looks horrible, I'm tired of that effect in every game now. "

Yeah, on the BioWare forums there's been a lot of complaining about those veins but then a developer came in and said the whole team loved the effect so it wasn't going to change (this is about a month ago).
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That's the only ability?  meh.. guess I'm sticking with my Engineer then.

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Interesting, we'll see how it really feels.
 
It's really distracting that uh "Christina" is the narrator, though. It's great and all that the hormones seem to be working though.

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That. Looks. AWESOME.

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I don't feel like this video gave us that good an idea of what the Vanguard class is like. However, that biotic charge is damn cool.

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GET HYPE!!!!

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AWESOME.

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 i wonder if they are going to do this for soldier? 
i want to see what they have changed about the skill set. it seems like hes about ammo use, im not sure if i like that.

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Awesome!!!!!! My save file is a Vanguard so hope they're kickass

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Can't wait to see the Infiltrator video. I loved playing as that class in the first one.

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As excited as I am for this game, I'm not gonna lie, all these classes kinda look the same.

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@TripMasterMunky:
That movie is already up on the main website. Infiltrators get a temporary invisibility so they can 'set up the perfect shot'.
Pretty neat for the name of the class. It was lacking an infiltration skill to begin with :p
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Yup, this is my class.

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Tis be my first ME2 class, since its the Sheperd i'll be bringing from the original ME.
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wouldn't be mass effect without millions of useless, random white boxes lying around.

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So I just looked it up. Christina Norman is, in fact, a woman.  ...I know, right?

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kewl.

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Awesome, glad I went vanguard in the first game.

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New video player is completely broken as far as my internet goes.  Good bye giant bomb.  I loved you so.

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Charge ability thingamajig looks cool but... eh screw shotguns. Also, the health effect burns my eyes. It looks like something a 7th grader would draw on their binder.

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@John: Is that the only comment that John has? ... shall I say lame? heh