mass effect questions

MumboJumbo · 1 Jan 2008 at 22:20

Hey i managed to miss the charactor creation when i started and now i found out i could have chosen other options.

i wondered what ive missed.

Could i have been a difference race?

Is the soldier the best class to play through the first time?

have i missed anything else?

Also are there any unlockable races to play as after completing the game?

Zefan · 1 Jan 2008 at 22:22

No other playable races, just humans.

I played through as a soldier first time and it was great. I didn't feel like I was missing out on any of the biotics/tech stuff really.

MumboJumbo · 1 Jan 2008 at 22:25

mmm thanks. Some people said ther are unlockable things like weapon abilities or something?

Katoom · 1 Jan 2008 at 22:26

Choose a different class next time around.

Zefan · 1 Jan 2008 at 22:26

Yeah you get skills through the game when you level up, and you can use that character to play through the game again and again.

MumboJumbo · 1 Jan 2008 at 22:28

do you not get enough experiance points to max out your charracter then? i think i might have wasted them on the other charracters because i point them all into combat then relised i shouldn't have done that.

Kainz · 1 Jan 2008 at 22:28

All classes are fine to start off with. My first char is a lv60 soldier, my second is a lv45 biotic and my third is a lv44 engineer.

It is slightly easier as a soldier because you get weapons aplenty and half decent armour drops, which help you should you feel the urge to go toe to toe against some of the harder enemies.

MumboJumbo · 1 Jan 2008 at 22:34

did u max out all the levels on ** character then?

MumboJumbo · 1 Jan 2008 at 22:39

also is there any difference between the different backstorys you can choose and reputations. You know the sole surviver and all that.

Zefan · 1 Jan 2008 at 23:34

I believe it does affect it in some way yes. It's very flexible like that!

MumboJumbo · 2 Jan 2008 at 16:24

mmmm i do love flexibility

lol.

When you play through with the same character a second time are the enermys scaled to your level so its not a walk over?

ScarySquirrel · 2 Jan 2008 at 16:27

8igdave said:
mmmm i do love flexibility lol.

When you play through with the same character a second time are the enermys scaled to your level so its not a walk over?

Yes they are, although I have heard it reaches a point for some people where their character seems unstoppable. I can't confirm that myself though as I am only a level 20 (or so) soldier on my first play through.

Drake · 2 Jan 2008 at 16:35

I've recently got this game and I'm struggling a bit with the combat, playing a Vanguard and I just get hammered all the time - currently stuck very early on where you have to disarm a series of bombs.

Is there any key ability/tactic I'm missing? as currently the only tactic that seems available is to try run up close and gun down the enemy (which so far has resulted in 100% failure) :<

MumboJumbo · 2 Jan 2008 at 16:40

vangaurd? whats that?

OO i got stuck on the bombs, i was going the wrong way. Disable the first one then go up the ramp and turn right then disable the one down that walkway then go across to your right and then disable that one. its actually quite easy.

Remember you can save any time but you gota have your weapons holstered as well so save jut after doing it.

Inazuma · 2 Jan 2008 at 21:26

Hope you don't mind me hijacking your thread but I have a question of my own.
In reviews and the like, people always mention the elevators in Mass Effect. What exactly is so crazy about the elevators?

Sareth · 2 Jan 2008 at 21:35

SebC said:
Hope you don't mind me hijacking your thread but I have a question of my own.
In reviews and the like, people always mention the elevators in Mass Effect. What exactly is so crazy about the elevators?

Aliens, FTL spacecraft and AI yet elevator technology has regressed to the point where you may as well take the stairs. Its being used to mask load times but its ridiculously slow. I did laugh when the cheesy elevator music replaced the normal soundtrack when you're in the citadel ones though.

MumboJumbo · 2 Jan 2008 at 22:02

yeah i do find the elevators rather lame.

Kainz · 2 Jan 2008 at 22:17

The elevator that leads to the lower deck of the normandy drives me mad. It's sooo slow.

Kyle009 · 2 Jan 2008 at 23:05

the elevators arent all that bad to be fair! id rather have them than an immersion breaking "loading" screen.

MumboJumbo · 3 Jan 2008 at 20:47

Anyone else get things stuck on their screen? I had a question mark which didn't have anything around it i looked both under ground and above it. I also had a silly bar on screen after dissarming that AI/bomb thing in the citidel and it wouldn't go until i saved and reloaded. They were really annoying,thought they might be stuck their for ever.