Mass Effect 2/YMMV: Difference between revisions

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* [[Even Better Sequel]]: This is considered amongst the fandom to be ''[[The Empire Strikes Back]]'' of the ''Mass Effect'' trilogy. It even ends the same way, with Shepard looking out at the galaxy and the cliffhanger that the Reapers are now ''very'' close.

* [[Faux Symbolism]]: Go ahead and pick the Renegade ending in the Overlord DLC. Does that final image look familiar at all?

* [[Funny Aneurysm Moment]]:

** During {{spoiler|his mini-mission}}, Joker wonders if he's dooming the galaxy by {{spoiler|hooking up EDI}}. At one point he mutters, "...now I have to spend all day computing pi because Joker plugged in the Overlord." Then comes the [[Tear Jerker|Overlord]] [[Nightmare Fuel|DLC]]...

** A [[YouTube]] user made a [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQvPFNjxxU0&context=C4045cc8ADvjVQa1PpcFPlCObhVG4znLyTaB8NJUflIkyZAeYoiRQ= video] that depicted the series ending like ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]''. It was meant as a joke, but turned out to be prophetic when the third installment came out six months later and the fans' reaction towards the ending being similar to ''Evangelion'''s 16 years earlier.

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** Does the name of Jacob's father's ship (the ''Hugo Gernsbeck'') sound familiar to you? If you're a sci-fi buff, it should. Hugo Gernsbeck is generally considered the father of modern science fiction and founder of the ''[[Amazing Stories (magazine)|Amazing Stories]]'' magazine. It's who the [[Hugo Award]] is named after. Although considering that the ship named after him is populated in the game by a bunch of self-centered jackasses who routinely perform [[Mind Rape]] on their crew, it's not the ''best'' tribute they could have given the father of modern science fiction...

* [[Goddamn Bats]]: Husks, on any difficulty. They don't use guns, they just run up to you and start whacking you. Mowing them down before they can get to you can be hard because they move ridiculously fast. They also tend to swarm you while you're focused on trying to shoot down something else. They have a few [[Weaksauce Weakness]]es (biotics, [[Kill It with Fire|being set on fire]], [[Kill It with Ice|being frozen]], being shot in the legs), but these tend to not be particularly useful if you're facing [[Zerg Rush|ten at once]].

* [[Good Bad Bug]]:

** Hitting melee halfway between the Claymore's reload animation causes it to auto-complete, and you can fire instantly with it. The Claymore is the single-shot uber-tier shotgun, and basically turns into a semi-automatic.

** There was also a button trick that allowed a character as early as level 6 to [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZAq7wcweUQ max out every ability]. This was removed by a patch on May 17, 2010.

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* [[Narm]]: Jacob's famous "Heavy risk... but the priiize..." line.

* [[Narm Charm]]: All of the Harbinger's combat lines.

* [[Paranoia Fuel]]:

** See those cameras in Overlord? They track you. ''Everywhere.'' (At least you can shoot them.)

** The ads on the Citadel, which seem to know ''EVERYTHING ABOUT YOU'', right down to who your [[Love Interest]] is.

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* [[Rewatch Bonus]]: Keep an eye out for someone who has [[Memetic Mutation|assumed direct control]] when watching the surveillance footage on Freedom's Progress.

* [[Ruined FOREVER]]:

** When the [[~~PlayStation~~ 3]] port was announced, an epic [[Internet Backdraft|meltdown]] unfolded over Bioware releasing Mass Effect on another platform.

** When the [[Play Station 3]] port was announced, an epic [[Internet Backdraft|meltdown]] unfolded over Bioware releasing Mass Effect on another platform.

** A small minority of fans felt that ''Mass Effect 2's'' faster-paced combat meant that the game was dumbed down to increase it's appeal to the [[Lowest Common Denominator]].

* [[Special Effects Failure]]: Despite being a visually sound game, it does fall into this on a few occasions. Most common are issues with clipping, which, if you tried to list them all, could probably get a whole page all to themselves.

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'''Kasumi Goto'''

* [[Les Yay]]: A tiny hint in the intro to her loyalty mission. When commenting on how great female Shepard looks in her [[Little Black Dress]], the camera angle makes it seem that Kasumi is staring straight at her boobs. [[Little Black Dress|Being]] [[Memetic Sex God|Shepard]], who wouldn't?

'''Jack'''

* [[Base Breaker]]: Whilst possessing her share of fans, ''many'' dislike Jack for her overly-brazen tomboyishness. Some guys like that, though...

** Even during a romance she is nasty and abrasive.

** And then there are the people who have no problem with overly-brazen tomboyishness, but are extremely put off by her psychopathic, misanthropic, and generally [[Ax Crazy]] tendencies. Although that might have been okay, if she was at least somewhat ''personable'' about it.

* [[Fan Nickname]]: SuZe was her nickname before people knew it was "Jack". Short for "''Su''bject ''Ze''ro". It's fallen out of use now, probably because hardly anyone in the game calls her "Subject Zero."

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* [[Memetic Mutation]]: DAT ASS.

* [[Uncanny Valley]]: Her face looks a little...off at times. [[Fridge Brilliance]] comes in when it's meant to be perfect, thus looks a little off.

* [[Wangst]]: The main reason she's reviled by certain fans. It's not that she doesn't have a reason to be upset, it's because she drones on and on about how much it hurts her to be perfect and how her father was emotionally distant, especially during a romance, whereas every other character besides Jack has much bigger problems that they don't complain about. The fact that she says that she was always given what she wanted and grew up in wealth has not helped matters.

'''Mordin'''

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* [[Ugly Cute]]

* [[Values Dissonance]]: A lot of Legion's dialogue involves it explaining how the geth operate in terms both Shepard and the player can understand. During its loyalty quest, Legion will agree with Renegade Shepard's point that organic and synthetic moral values are fundamentally different when the other teammate questions the moral ramifications of rewriting the programming of the heretics, explaining that organics are individuals and that consensus takes time and effort whereas there are no individuals among synthetics and that communication between them is instantaneous. Legion will even go as far as saying that it would be racist to think otherwise.

** While there are a lot of differences between the geth and organic life, it is still possible to find common ground. The following quote can be [[Values Resonance]] for a lot of people:

{{quote|'''Legion:''' The geth believe all intelligent life must [[wikipedia:Self-determination|self-determinate]].}}

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* [[Epileptic Trees]]: Some believe she's Liara's father. Yep, father, with asari being one sex and all.

** The game itself seems to heavily imply this, as one of the videos Shepard can watch {{spoiler|in the Shadow Broker's archives}} is footage of Aethyta sitting at home alone, drinking, and staring at a holograph of (what is almost undeniably) Liara.

** {{spoiler|Confirmed in Mass Effect 3}}

'''Harbinger'''

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* [[Alas, Poor Villain]]

* [[The Woobie]]: {{spoiler|Many people feel sorry for it considering it was most likely under Harbinger's control it's entire life and the ending cinematic has it looking around in what looks like confusion and sorrow when Harbinger releases control.}}

** {{spoiler|If expressionless bug aliens could make an [[Oh Crap]] face, that's what it would have done right then.}}

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