Mass Effect 2 - concentrated win

[orangerful]

I've only played Mass Effect 2 for a few hours now. A few comments:

WTFrak was I not informed that Yvonne Strahovski ("Sarah" on Chuck) was one of the MAIN characters? I'm totally fascinated with her Aussie accent. I keep chatting with her because the animated on her face is both gorgeous and creepy. I want Miranda and Shepard to hook up but since I picked a female I'm not sure they will let me. Clearly the game thinks I should hook up with Jacob because I went to talk with him and the dialogue was very flirty by default.

Also - Tricia Helfer (BSG's "Six") AND Michael Hogan (BSG's "Col. Tigh")???? I just found Michael Hogan's character, totally recognized his voice - he was ranting off screen when I walked into the room.

And Martin Sheen??? Bioware spared no expense to bring us the finest in video game voice acting. Seriously, voice acting is usually what kills most RPGs for me. But these games I don't mind so much.

So, for those of you wondering, I had not beated ME1 so I had no character to import. So I made a new Shepard. She's an Infiltrator/Colonist and Ruthless. But, as you would expect, I'm having a hard time being a total hardass. I just checked my stats and I've got almost equal points in Paragon and Renegade.

Comments

[girly-scribbles.livejournal.com]

Ant and I haven't bought ME2 yet... it's going to be our present when Ant gets a job... Ant finished ME1 so he's itching to import his character!

[orangerful.livejournal.com]

I never finished ME1 *hangs head in shame* and I just did a mission which I think would have been a lot cooler if I had. But I played it, our Xbox crashed and we lost my save, and I was too lazy to start over. And then we lent it to a friend. Bah!

[lostacanthus.livejournal.com]

Eeee! :D I know, I am totally in love with her accent. I don't watch much Chuck but I'm still like, I can't believe that's Sarah! :O The voice acting is really really great. AAAND IDK IF YOU KNOW THIS BUT IT GETS BETTER: ADAM FREAKING BALDWIN!!! LASFLKAFJ

[orangerful.livejournal.com]

I KNOW I JUST SAW THAT CUZ I WENT TO IMDB TO LOOK AT THE VOICES AND I WAS LIKE OMFG!!!!!!!!

Just picked up Jack and now we're trying to hunt down Vido for Zaeeed(or however many damn "e"s his name has).

I've got enough Renegade points that my face just looks really dry. Maybe I will visit a planet made of lotion and fix it up later. hehe.

[orangerful.livejournal.com]

OH and FYI - drink Dr Pepper by the bottle because you get codes for in-game items. I just got a sweet visor that increases my powers by 5%. Boo-yah.