Mass Effect 2

[Queequeg]

WTF?  Those are some of the most awesome characters. 

[Caliga]

  Like I wanted it to happen, Spellus.

[Ed Anger]

Like I wanted it to happen, Spellus.

You are a very bad person.

[Caliga]

Oh, I also fucked Kelly, and she survived the final mission as well.

[Scipio]

Beat the game just now. 

I ended up fucking Miranda, but Legion, Mordin, and Zaeed all got killed. 

How the fuck is that possible?  THe damn game is a fucking cakewalk.

[Caliga]

[spoiler]
Legion: I sent him into the ducts instead of Tali, because I had a feeling whoever did that would die no matter what (same as in ME1).  Apparently Legion doesn't die if you do his loyalty mission first, but I didn't do that.  He was the only character whose mission I hadn't gotten to.

Zaeed: I picked him to lead the second fire team.  The game said "pick someone who's a good leader" or something, and I figured he'd count since he founded the fucking Blue Suns.  Guess I was wrong about that... he got killed once they busted the door down.

Mordin: I have no idea why he got killed... I didn't pick him for any of the special roles during the assault on the Collector base.  He just died toward the end (he seemed to be with the group trying to hold back the Collectors while I was killing the Reaper larva).

[/spoiler]

[Ed Anger]

Cal isn't hardcore.

Then again, I haven't played either game. 

[Caliga]

At first I was going to replay the final mission, but I decided not to because it seems more heroic to have people actually die.  To have nobody die on such a dangerous mission makes it seem more like GI Joe to me than a serious story.

I'm really bummed Mordin got killed.  Didn't care so much about the other two (but then again I never developed Legion's story, so I might have cared had I done so).

[MadImmortalMan]

What class do you play? I'm playing an engineer, and it's cool, but I hate the damn submachine gun. I'd rather have a sniper rifle or something. I actually use the pistol the most. 

[Legbiter]

I'm really bummed Mordin got killed.  Didn't care so much about the other two (but then again I never developed Legion's story, so I might have cared had I done so).

Spoiler
Zaeed is not a good platoon leader. He's a solo merc who got shot in the head by his own men. He's great if you need to put down an insurrection or need someone tracked down due to gambling debts. Plus if you talk to him a bit he brags about being the only merc in his group who survived a particular mission, hence he didn't need to share the creds with anyone. His career highlights go downhill from there.  Garrus Jacob and Miranda all have experience leading men in combat and keeping them alive.

Mordin can die if you take enough of the heavy hitters (Garrus, Grunt Zaeed, Jacob) out of the line watching your back while you go finish the final boss. It's best to let Mordin escort the crew back.
/Spoiler

[katmai]

I only had one guy die on hardcore.

[Legbiter]

I only had one guy die on hardcore.

I got it right the first time and saved everyone. I can't bring myself to let anyone die after that. It is very satisfying to play at making the right calls and putting together a top-notch military operation that results in everyone making it out alive.

[katmai]

The only one I lost was because of bug In the loyalty mission.

[Neil]

What class do you play? I'm playing an engineer, and it's cool, but I hate the damn submachine gun. I'd rather have a sniper rifle or something. I actually use the pistol the most. 

My first playthrough was as an engineer on Veteran, but I was quick to get the Assault Rifle skill from the collector ship.  Then I played through as an Infiltrator on Hardcore, and really liked that.  Infiltrator plus sniper rifle equals lots of fun watching guys get headshot, and with the assassination cloak, taking out the last boss gets pretty easy.  Now, I'm playing through as a soldier, and then I will have to play my adept.  They're all imports from Mass1, which makes me think I played that game an awful lot.

[Neil]

I only had one guy die on hardcore.

I got it right the first time and saved everyone. I can't bring myself to let anyone die after that. It is very satisfying to play at making the right calls and putting together a top-notch military operation that results in everyone making it out alive.

Exactly.