N'Al on 26/8/2009 at 09:10
Does the patch include the
Pinnacle Station DLC as well, by any chance? I doubt it tbh, but I wanted to be sure.
DaBeast on 26/8/2009 at 09:15
Quote Posted by N'Al
Does the patch include the
Pinnacle Station DLC as well, by any chance? I doubt it tbh, but I wanted to be sure.
Theres nothing on EA Download Manager (Yes, I was a big failure and paid EA directly for the right to play ME for 5 years get nothing)
EvaUnit02 on 26/8/2009 at 09:24
Quote Posted by N'Al
Does the patch include the
Pinnacle Station DLC as well, by any chance? I doubt it tbh, but I wanted to be sure.
No, Pinnacle Station is premium content.
(
http://tinyurl.com/loehkb)
Which they're refusing to sell to me, FFS. I've tried several times to buy this thing from the NZ EA Store, using four different web browsers and two OSes (Vista x64 and OSX 10.4). Each time it returns "We are unable to process your order. Please verify your information and try again." In the meantime, I've opened a ticket with EA tech support and posted on the Bioware forum.
Hopefully this bullshit doesn't stop me from getting some of the Dragon Age: Origins and ME2 DLC, or the Mirror's Edge time trial map pack.
Fuck, why can't EA stick their DLC on other digital distribution services, like Impulse and Gamersgate? The EA Store blows chunks.
DaBeast on 26/8/2009 at 09:27
I think I'll wait til one of you gets it and tells me its longer than BDTS.
4 quid isn't breaking the bank, but I'm not giving them it for another hour and a half of gameplay.
Edit: Rated 18....really?
Zygoptera on 26/8/2009 at 21:59
Everything I've seen about Pinnacle suggests it is unadulterated fail, unless you have a hankering for multiplayer modes in a single player game whose combat is nothing special in the first place. Even places which are normally positive seem to hate it.
"I have to hand it to those that designed Pinnacle Station, though. They did manage to create the perfect gameplay scenario for showing off each and every one of Mass Effect's faults. Lots of speed combat means lots of framerate dips and clunky gameplay. If you fail to get first place in one of the combat scenarios, you can't restart it without loading back into Pinnacle Station and then going through the entire loading sequence over again. That means plenty of slow-loading textures and annoying waiting in between bursts of combat that only last a couple of minutes.
The entirety of Pinnacle Station feels uninspired. From the combat environments that look pulled from other sections of the game to the near lack of story, there just isn't anything here that will get you excited about continuing on. Perhaps if each combat scenario had online leaderboards it would be more exciting. Competing against numbers just doesn't cut it. "
From IGN.
IGN
I.G.N
EvaUnit02 on 17/10/2009 at 23:53
Goddammit, it's out too soon. I'll probably still be playing their last released RPG at that time (Dragon Age) and Borderlands. Also looks like I'll be ordering my copy from EB again, as much as I hate them (goddamn store exclusive pre-order bonuses).
Quote:
Mass Effect 2 will be released on January 26 in North America and January 29 in Europe.
As part of the announced launch, we are also announcing special pre-order incentives with key retailers in North America and Europe. Codes for downloading these items will be provided to players who have pre-ordered, usable when the game is released.
In North America, pre-order bonuses* include special-ops armor and weaponry that are designed to boost Commander Shepard's skills and abilities. At GameStop, Terminus Gear is available with pre-orders, which includes the powerful Terminus Assault Armor and the M-490 Blackstorm Heavy Weapon.
- The Terminus Armor is designed for use in extreme planetary conditions, increasing run speed and personal shields, and augmenting weapons with an additional magazine of reserve ammo.
- The M-490 Blackstorm Heavy Weapon generates a high-powered localized gravity well, accelerating particles to near-infinite mass, and ultimately expanding the selection of heavy weapons available to players when they gear up for combat missions in Mass Effect 2.
Players that pre-order Mass Effect 2 at other retail outlets in North America will receive the potent Inferno Armor, which is used by officers to monitor battlefield conditions by recognizing elevated heart rates, and regulates sub-systems with extreme efficiency to allow for greater response times - together these abilities translate in-game into a negotiation bonus for Commander Shepard and an increase in run speed and augmented damage from combat powers.
((
http://meforums.bioware.com/viewtopic.html?topic=698989&forum=144) source)
gunsmoke on 18/10/2009 at 00:09
It is just some shitty in-game code. Why would you spend money with someone you adamantly hate for something so petty? :confused:
Rolander on 18/10/2009 at 17:10
Quote Posted by EvaUnit02
Goddammit, it's out too soon. I'll probably still be playing their last released RPG at that time (Dragon Age) and Borderlands.
You're not the only one who's caught off balance on ME2's sudden release. I just ploughed down the dough on DA:O CE pre-order and was expecting it to last at least 3 solid months of hardcore action with multi playthroughs. (Made 8 preliminary chars all ready to go in 2 weeks.)
I can foresee myself bleeding out for another CE pre-order at the turn of the year :p
EvaUnit02 on 21/11/2009 at 10:28
(
http://www.gametrailers.com/video/exclusive-illusive-mass-effect/58990) Oh hey, it's Martin Sheen. That's pretty cool.
At least I doubt that valuable production dollars that could've been put to better use elsewhere weren't wasted, unlike with a Bethesda RPG.
Guy 1: "Oh hey, let's fly in Captain Picard or Darkman for an afternoon's worth of phoned-in work."
Guy 2: :No, that would totally blow our budget!"
Guy 1: "Don't worry, we'll hire some low rent animators and have our 3 regular voice actors to play two dozen roles each, like we've always done."
CCCToad on 21/11/2009 at 16:42
I think congress needs to step in and set caps on the rates that actors can charge for doing voice work.
