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there's finally enough stuff to grab that I did a paragon reroll and I've been popping into new missions as I build my team, like it ain't no thing.
the formalwear-and-party spy mission was definitely cute, and it's nice that they're trying something new, but the most fun I've had is with the reimagining of ME1's planet lander missions: the hammerhead hovercraft.
the physics of how it behaves will be instantly recognizable to players of the first game, but they've tipped it over to being fun by adding the jump jets, which sometimes do double duty when they're combined with environmental elements like steam jets. just having some 3-dimensional map exploration -- without the fly-on-the-wall awkwardness of the lander -- is a ridiculously enjoyable bit of gameplay. it can be argued that every game is a platformer on some level, and the jumpjets barely abstract that, yet I didn't care -- I really got off on leaping from rock platform to sinking rock platform on a river of magma.
on top of the fun of flying the hovercraft, the biggest mission chain where you use the hammerhead is Project Overlord, and man. it's a good one. a somewhat predictable, but very creepy story, with some genuinely suspenseful moments and good jolts, especially if you let the sound design get to you. highly recommended.
oh, also. if you make a brown-skinned shepard, make sure to wear gold, for the easter-egg "assless chaps" armour.
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hammerhead dlc is really fun. by up with pod people 07/30/2010, 11:58pm PDT 
hammerhead is the only fun dlc by grasa cachorro 07/31/2010, 5:06am PDT
black people aren't allowed to save the galaxy by Sword of Justice 07/31/2010, 5:08am PDT
Ha ha ha SO MANY CHOICES!! by Jerry Whorebach 07/31/2010, 11:21am PDT
Re: Ha ha ha SO MANY CHOICES!! by Ice Cream Jonsey 07/31/2010, 11:35am PDT
I am angry. Angry about RPG's. NT by Ice Cream Whorebach 07/31/2010, 11:39am PDT
Those aren't the actual responses. NT by Jhoh Cause..... 2 07/31/2010, 1:39pm PDT
I was wondering if ICJ knew this, as well. by up with pod people 07/31/2010, 2:01pm PDT
Yeah, but they still lead to the same node. It's entirely cosmetic. by Jerry Whorebach 07/31/2010, 2:31pm PDT
Actually, if I'm remembering correctly... by Jerry Whorebach 07/31/2010, 2:40pm PDT
Looks like Jerry doesn't know it either. NT by Jhoh Cause..... 2 07/31/2010, 3:16pm PDT
it provides different paragon or renegade points and vas are paid by the word by Sword of Justice 07/31/2010, 3:22pm PDT
jurry didn't actually play the game I think he only played 20 minutes (then keyb by Jhoh Cause..... 2 07/31/2010, 3:27pm PDT
that is a good point, hey what was jirry's point again? oh he didn't have one NT by Sword of Justice 07/31/2010, 3:28pm PDT
I can't seem to find it. *comically checks jacket* NT by Jhoh Cause..... 2 07/31/2010, 3:30pm PDT
Man, FUCK Monkey Island, Sam & Max, etc. NT by Fortinbras 07/31/2010, 3:53pm PDT
Right, but the choices in those games are meant to be cosmetic. by Worm 07/31/2010, 4:33pm PDT
Mediocre corridor shooter + awful writing + minimal interactivity = Sam & Max? NT by I guess it made sense in your head! 07/31/2010, 4:35pm PDT
Sam and Max has awful writing? I have not played it. by Jhoh Cause..... 2 07/31/2010, 4:37pm PDT
Nothing gets more interactive than a point and click adventure game. NT by NOTHING. 07/31/2010, 8:45pm PDT
Ha ha, your hilarious sarcasm has taught us all a valuable lesson about adventur by Jerry Whorebach 07/31/2010, 10:28pm PDT
I'm disappointed by this lack of emphasis on assless chaps. by up with pod people 07/31/2010, 5:04pm PDT
Everquest 1 had them. NT by Worm 07/31/2010, 5:22pm PDT
Much like the new Star Trek movie, ME sucked, with all that action and excitemen NT by Jhoh Cause..... 2 07/31/2010, 6:10pm PDT
Tell me how fast your heart was racing when Tali kissed your little dolly. NT by Jerry Whorebach 07/31/2010, 6:18pm PDT
I wouldn't know I nailed Wrex and Grunt. NT by Jhoh Cause..... 2 07/31/2010, 7:17pm PDT
Bioware fans have become indistinguishable from Square fans. by Jerry Whorebach 07/31/2010, 6:16pm PDT
have you ever enjoyed: a science fiction movie, TV series, or book? by up with pod people 07/31/2010, 7:32pm PDT
I enjoyed Firefly and Dollhouse; Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda, not so much. by Jerry Whorebach 07/31/2010, 10:22pm PDT
did you play ME2 all the way through? by up with pod people 07/31/2010, 11:40pm PDT
I didn't play ME2 at all, so I guess I'll have to take your word for it. by Jerry Whorebach 08/01/2010, 12:16am PDT
on that recommendation I will add it to netflix. ^__^ by up with pod people 08/01/2010, 7:13am PDT
There was by a hole. 08/01/2010, 11:48pm PDT
well things will never be as open ended as a pnp rpg so let's stop trying NT by Worm 07/31/2010, 10:35pm PDT
Party and Play RPG? by Noi Dau "Glass Closet" Don 08/01/2010, 6:06am PDT
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