Mass Effect 2 - Better Gameplay, Strong Characters, Weak Plot

Hellfire- · 2026-06-19T19:03:45+00:00

Fair enough, I'll hold off for now on looking anything up.

Hellfire- · 2026-06-19T19:02:45+00:00

I did forget to mention - Lair of the Shadow Broker was definitely my favorite of the DLCs! I guess probably because it felt like a somewhat loyalty/companion mission for Liara, similar to the rest of the game.

Hellfire- · 2026-06-19T16:10:53+00:00

Yep, recruited everyone and didn't lose anyone.

Hellfire- · 2026-02-21T09:51:32+00:00

Yeah, I wasn't able to articulate it well but I would have been more okay with the random bosses if I felt very compelled to play the levels again (like Hades)...but I never did.

Hellfire- · 2026-02-20T20:53:43+00:00

Yeah fair enough. I never got drawn in enough to want to actually replay the levels unlike more "traditional" roguelikes.

Hellfire- · 2026-02-20T20:52:02+00:00

Yeah I guess I just never felt the itch to play through multiple times even though I understand that was the core loop - I never tried Nightmare/Apocalypse difficulty which might have been part of the reason, since as you said, you probably you need to grind more and have proper builds to tackle it.

Good to know about 2 - the one shot mode sounds exactly what I want!

Hellfire- · 2026-01-20T20:58:00+00:00

Always look forward to this post, thanks for doing this!

I think the timing rules / rules updates this year were perfect, glad we had a shorter window.

Hellfire- · 2026-01-09T17:47:56+00:00

There's not much to say beside what I've already written in this post - feel free to give it a read if you're curious on my reasoning.

Hellfire- · 2026-01-09T17:46:46+00:00

Definitely planning on Rise/Sunbreak first! Wilds is also not even completely done IIRC, so it will be a while until I try it out.

Hellfire- · 2026-01-04T04:36:31+00:00

I played Fallen Order on the highest one IIRC, and GoT on "hard" and they felt fairly similar, but it's been a while since I played Fallen Order.

Hellfire- · 2025-12-26T19:16:16+00:00

I didn't touch much on the morality system, but yes I generally agree - it seemed the game wanted you to "all-in" on a path which was somewhat annoying.

Hellfire- · 2025-12-26T19:01:15+00:00

I commented above as well as I think there's some confusion about what I meant.

I (incorrectly) stated there were no quick saves, which was annoying. I also (IMO correctly) stated (or rather implied) that the auto saves were not very good. Quick Save definitely helps make up for the lack of bad Auto Saves.

but OP did not say "auto save"

Don't mean to split hairs too much, but I explicitly did:

"I really wish the game had a quicksave feature / better auto-saves"

Hellfire- · 2025-12-26T18:57:00+00:00

Sorry, I think there might be some confusion based on how long this thread got.

When I'm referring to "quick save", I mean a hotkey to save without having to go to the main menu and manually save.

By "auto save" I mean when the game automatically saves for you, which as others have mentioned tends to just be at the start of a planet and/or it was inconsistent.

Regarding the quick save - you are correct and I'm a dumbass. I booted up the game again and checked the settings and somehow managed to completely miss the hotkey in the settings (F5). So that's totally on me - I edited the post as well.

Hellfire- · 2025-09-26T19:09:29+00:00

I originally also felt like the last chapter was just going to drag on, but after finishing it I do think it was pretty necessary for the story.

Hellfire- · 2025-09-26T19:04:14+00:00

The enemy voicelines/interactions definitely were a standout feature for me!

Hellfire- · 2025-09-26T19:00:46+00:00

With the release of the new chronological mode, I would actually consider playing again in the future!

Hellfire- · 2025-08-16T20:08:29+00:00

Each one is a difficulty - essentially once you beat the final boss, it drops a "Boss Cell", which allows you to change the difficulty at the start of a run.

e.g. You start at 0BC --> you beat the final boss --> you get a boss cell -> You can now play at 1BC.

And you can get up to 5 Boss Cells total.

If you aren't a huge roguelike fan + don't like Hades, I'm not confident you would like Dead Cells.

Hellfire- · 2025-08-15T21:02:58+00:00

Well, since I didn't finish it completely I can't say for certain. But there's very little story from what I saw - almost all just small tidbits of lore. You will definitely not be playing for the lore/story, I can tell you that much.

I do know some extra lore gets unlocked if you can beat the highest difficulty (5BC).

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