Mass Effect 2

[Syt]

29th here, too. But I can pre-load from D2D.

[Crazy_Ivan80]

29th here, too. But I can pre-load from D2D.

woopdeedoo, preloading is hardly playing eh :p
(i.e. same here)

[DisturbedPervert]

29th here it seems. You'd think they can do synched released with digital versions.

I'm guessing retail in Europe is the 29th.  They don't allow digital before that. 

[viper37]

Nah I was able to play when I got home yesterday.  It might be because they are not in NA and their release date is the 29th...or it could be be a bug.  Who did you get it from?  I get mine directly from EA and despite being an evil corporation their customer service is surprisingly responsive.  I had very good experience getting resolution for my problems with the Dragon Age download.

Check this thread:
http://social.bioware.com/forum/1/topic/106/index/767684/13

I got mine directly from EA, pre-loaded the thing, but could never play until I used a VPN.

[viper37]

  I get mine directly from EA and despite being an evil corporation their customer service is surprisingly responsive.  I had very good experience getting resolution for my problems with the Dragon Age download.

There you see, I know you're lying, because that's impossible.  EA does not give good customer service.  They never did.

Seriously, I've never had a good experience with EA, and neither did the people on Bioware's forum.  One user from Quebec even got directed to EA France 

[Grey Fox]

If you need a PC save of ME1 :

http://www.annakie.com/me/home.htm

[Razgovory]

I still haven't gotten around to playing the first one.  I supose I may give it a shot after I finish Dragon age.

[Slargos]

Question for those of you who've started playing it:

If you start "fresh", do you get a single story line start, or is it possible to set up the storyline as it would've been if you'd played through ME1?

I dislike the idea of playing from someone elses save, it feels a bit like I would imagine wearing someone elses underwear would.

[ulmont]

Single storyline per Penny Arcade.

[Valmy]

There you see, I know you're lying, because that's impossible.  EA does not give good customer service.  They never did.

I might have just gotten lucky with the CSR people I got.

[Scipio]

About fifteen hours in, and it's amazing.  Far better than the first game; if you haven't bought the first game, it may not be worth playing at this point.

[Caliga]

Princesca actually bought this yesterday but I don't think she's checked it out yet.  I am in no rush to play it yet because I still have so many games queued up to play, and I assume it'll have the usual post-launch bugs.

[Scipio]

Princesca actually bought this yesterday but I don't think she's checked it out yet.  I am in no rush to play it yet because I still have so many games queued up to play, and I assume it'll have the usual post-launch bugs.

Some texture ripping/tearing, and one amusing biotic effect bug that ended up with me being launched into the ceiling and getting stuck there.  Otherwise, no bugs experienced yet.

[Queequeg]

About fifteen hours in, and it's amazing.  Far better than the first game; if you haven't bought the first game, it may not be worth playing at this point.

Just beat it with all the main side quests.  Really fucking good. The ending bossfight is a big disappointment though, as it is with basically all post-BG2 BioWare games. 

By the end, on my Veteran play, I had to keep checking if I was still at hardcore level, as I'd basically maxed out my team.  Maxed out sniper, and gave Legion his super-duper awesome unique sniper rifle, as an Adept I chose to use an assault rifle as my tertiary weapon skill and maxed that out as well, and then got Grunt his unique shotgun and maxed that out too. 

It resulted in a lot of dead aliens/fucked up humans.

[katmai]

About fifteen hours in, and it's amazing.  Far better than the first game; if you haven't bought the first game, it may not be worth playing at this point.

Just beat it with all the main side quests. 

Ah to be in college and no social life