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I finished Mass Effect on Saturday night at 4AM, because I just couldn't stop, and it wasn't like I had to be anywhere in the morning. So, 5 years after picking up the 360 controller for the first time, I finally restart it on the PC and blitz through it in a week. *facepalm* And by "blitz", I mean in the panzer sense, since I hit level cap before the final dungeon due to side-quest time-attack. Or something.
Amusingly, I had a hard time sleeping Saturday night because of "OMG, want to find out how ME2 starts". Which, in retrospect, was really kinda stupid of me. (neboat: "You know, you could have just...started it.") ME2 is much, much shinier than the first game. Oh my god, my f!Shepard has facial expressions now. Even better, facial expressions that often match the look on my face at the moment. I'm also liking the two hacking mechanics in 2 over the one in the original (either 360 or PC version). Maybe it's the EE training.
I'm actually rather surprised that my f!Shepard seems to be developing a character arc when I wasn't really looking. It will be interesting to see how this plays out. Possibly also heartbreaking. (I did not intend for the name I gave her to be in any way prophetic. AND YET.) Based on some of the hints I've been picking up from ME1 and so far into ME2, if I'm interpreting them correctly, I'm probably going to end up with having an Unpopular Fannish Opinion and liking the ending I get. *shrug* Worse things have happened.
On the super downside, my constant stressing of Bahamut has brought my attention to a serious problem. That would be that my power supply unit's fan has a cracked bearing, and the entire damn thing needs to be replaced. So Bahamut's getting it's first major upgrade (hopefully tomorrow), and since it's going to be a beefier PSU, I can start thinking about updating graphics cards. The current one's still working fine, but it might be getting about time to upgrade. It's been 3.5 years.
Amusingly, I had a hard time sleeping Saturday night because of "OMG, want to find out how ME2 starts". Which, in retrospect, was really kinda stupid of me. (neboat: "You know, you could have just...started it.") ME2 is much, much shinier than the first game. Oh my god, my f!Shepard has facial expressions now. Even better, facial expressions that often match the look on my face at the moment. I'm also liking the two hacking mechanics in 2 over the one in the original (either 360 or PC version). Maybe it's the EE training.
I'm actually rather surprised that my f!Shepard seems to be developing a character arc when I wasn't really looking. It will be interesting to see how this plays out. Possibly also heartbreaking. (I did not intend for the name I gave her to be in any way prophetic. AND YET.) Based on some of the hints I've been picking up from ME1 and so far into ME2, if I'm interpreting them correctly, I'm probably going to end up with having an Unpopular Fannish Opinion and liking the ending I get. *shrug* Worse things have happened.
On the super downside, my constant stressing of Bahamut has brought my attention to a serious problem. That would be that my power supply unit's fan has a cracked bearing, and the entire damn thing needs to be replaced. So Bahamut's getting it's first major upgrade (hopefully tomorrow), and since it's going to be a beefier PSU, I can start thinking about updating graphics cards. The current one's still working fine, but it might be getting about time to upgrade. It's been 3.5 years.
