Its on the second playthrough with the same shepard, im only on eden prime again but on the second playthrough you keep your old stats and equipment from the end of the first game.
Enemies level up and the items found in lockers etc all level up as well, for example on the first eden prime area i found a Banshee X in the first crate, damage of about 330!
The other thing i noticed is that as also get all the equipment and armour from your old squadmates, so once you get them back again you can suit them up with their old kit.

lol, your Separd looks like Shia LaBouff - that goit in Transformers and Indy4!Here is my "Separd" (lol) ...
http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m77/marcprinceuk/myshep02.jpg

SNIP
MAT DAAAAAMON
Here is mine. I couldn't imagine him looking any different than this now.
Level 40 Paragon.

Isn't there a love scene with a female ?![]()
anyway pervs read on . . .At first my female shepard had kaidan hanging off her like a leech. He obviously didnt appreciate my refusal of his sexual advances so in one of the later missions i sent him into certain deathServes him right.
Then i noticed a kind of pseudo human/alien lesbo relationship developing between shepard and the asari crew member (cant remember her name but its not important shes my bitch now)
So naturally in the interests of humanity and plot i embarked on a quest for the furry cup extrodinaire!!!
Sure she neede da bit of softening up, a few kind words, a few demanding words and she was putty in my , um or i mean shepards hands!
I was suprised to see how far it went what witha full blown lesbo sex scene but hey that instantly gave the game a big "thumbs up" well i think it was my thumb that was up![]()