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Mass Effect 2's Sentinel In Action

Get a guided tour of the hybrid class in BioWare's next sci-fi RPG.

Dec. 15 2009

Posted by: Brad

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Mass Effect 2

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cant wait 4 this

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I would pay a lot of money to have this for the holidays.

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Christina...? :D 
 
 
Anyway, still haven't play the original. Should I get it for 360 or PC?

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Is it me or does the A.I. look really bad in all of these Mass Effect 2 teases? In some of those scenes, the big mechs didn't even look at him while he was tearing them apart and I noticed that the health bar was going down completely because of the damage that the player character was doing.

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this looks so much better than the first, its not even funny. and i loved the first

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I have to pick up the pace on my Mass Effect playtrough before January!

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@nanikore:  
 
Haha i had to play the start 3 times before i got it
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Edited By Agamemnon

thats pure awesome right there.

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Edited By fanboy_hater

yeah i cant wait for this either. i'll be picking this up for my 360. I loved the first ME, and have to finish my second playthrough on the first in preparation for the second...bring it on.
 
damn, 2010 is looking great for both the 360 and ps3.
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I really can't wait for this game! :D

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Edited By Wiseblood

I like how at 34 seconds Shepard gets nailed with a direct rocket hit and shakes it off.

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My defenses are down for that chick that sounds like a dude.

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I 'wasted' 30 hours on Dragon Age trying to find the perfect character.

I fear Mass Effect 2 will do the same to me, I can't decide between Adept / Infiltrator / Engineer.

I have a Renegade Infiltrator and Paragon Adept savegame awaiting this horrible decision I'll have to make :(

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Edited By Blood_for_the_blood_God

those curving biotic powers are awesome

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Damn they really amped up the classes, this game is going to be sick =)

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Edited By BigAlstevens83

I cannot wait for ME 2 I have the collectors edition already pre ordered and I am re playing through as my first Shepard. I cannot wait till this hits in Jan

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Edited By qUaK3R

i guess everyone is going to play sentinel... including me! lol

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saw something new there, you have to reload now :(
 
also that supposed woman sounds like a gay dude

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@qUaK3R said:
" i guess everyone is going to play sentinel... including me! lol "
Hell no! Adept all the way, that Singularity is one big black whole of Imbaness!
 
Excuse the 1337speak
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"...the hybrid class..." I think there's at least two hybrid classes, if ME2 follows the same classes as ME1 the Vanguard would be the class to play (Soldier/Adept):
 
Sentinel (Adept/Engineer) 
Vanguard (Soldier/Adept) 
Infiltrator (Soldier/Engineer)

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Dammit.  I'm gonna have to play through ME1 a third time as a Sentinel now.

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Looking Good!

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@nanikore said:
" Christina...? :D   Anyway, still haven't play the original. Should I get it for 360 or PC? "
For the first game, I'd go with whatever is less expensive.  I think you get the DLC for free on the PC version, but I never bothered trying to find out how.  The game is probably more stable and better optimized for the 360 though.  Overall, it's the same game and if you prefer to use a mouse then get the PC version.  If you prefer a controller I think you can use it with either version.
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I hope this comes out on Steam so I can continue to be a shut-in hermit. It probably will, but I don't think valve has said anything about it.

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@nanikore: PC. I'm actually playing ME for the first time. I got the game along time ago but never got past the first level. The game looks great on the 360 but the FPS arn't too good. If you have a good PC I would go for that. Either way it's a great game no matter what platform.
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How ridiculous does this game look?  Everytime I see this game I am more and more pumped for it.

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I have the special edition of this pre-ordered, and was playing through the original for the fifth time, to have a fresh character and so that I remember all the choices I made.
 
But I never got further than the Citadel. My Xbox RROD'd last night. Can't believe I might not have it back by end of January. And I won't be playing any 360 for holiday neither :(

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@Kaigan said:

" My defenses are down for that chick that sounds like a dude. "

I saw this and had to go back and check.
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The more I see of the hybrid classes the more I wonder why anybody would ever choose one of the pure classes.  Seriously this guy looks like he has the best tech powers and some great biotic powers and on top of that some unique powers.  I'm really hoping that they just didn't show everything for the pure classes and there are some unique powers that they have and are amazing too.
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I can't wait for this game.  I may need to play through the first one again to prepare for it.

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@nanikore said:

Anyway, still haven't play the original. Should I get it for 360 or PC? "

 I played both, and they both have their pros and cons.  Pro and Cons on 360,  bad frame rate, pop in and long load times, but better support and less bugs(no major game ending bugs at least).  A good PC would fix all the performance problems, but its buggy (I had some minor sound issues and in one of the vehicle mission the ground texture was completely missing making that level very hard to play).  I can't stand low frame rates,  that's why I returned the 360 version and played/beat it on PC.
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Damn that's 3 class videos so far, and I want to play all three!

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Still waiting for Vanguard!

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I didn't even hear this trailer i was too distracted trying to work out if that was a Woman or a really camp dude talking.

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Vanguard all the way for me, I need that charge attack.

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As awesome as this looks, I'm think I'm still going to stick with solider.

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Is no one else a little disappointed with the direction they chose for the sentinel?  Oh well. I guess Jeaux is gonna wake up and swear she was an adept the whole time.

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I was waiting for them to give a few drawbacks to the class to show the balance between the different "classes", but it didn't come. 
 
So basically what I got was, "All the cool people will be playing Sent" lol

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It's all about the Vanguard. 

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@nanikore said:
" Christina...? :D   Anyway, still haven't play the original. Should I get it for 360 or PC? "
PC.  The resolution is higher (higher detail textures/shadows etc) and the interface is better.  Plus they worked out the niggles with the inventory.  All of the DLC is available on PC as well.
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Must finish Mass Effect 1 at least three different ways before playing this. Running out of time!!!

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I want to see a soldier video...

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That woman sounds like a Salarian.

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@Reverseface said:
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I didn't even hear this trailer i was too distracted trying to work out if that was a Woman or a really camp dude talking.

"

Dude for real me too!
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Aw man. Why did they have to make all the non-soldier classes actually look cool? Now I have to do another ME1 playthough...

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where is mah vanguard???!!!!
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The class changes in ME2 are so well done.  I actually want to try out all the classes this time, and I'm gonna be even more curious as to what they will do for ME3

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i wish i had this for the @Blair said:

" I would pay a lot of money to have this for the holidays. "
me to, but i could use the time to finish up Dragon age.
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@ArbitraryWater said:
"Aw man. Why did they have to make all the non-soldier classes actually look cool? Now I have to do another ME1 playthough... "

Rumor has it that you can change your class at the beginning of ME2 and still have your choices carried over.