WARNING MASS EFFECT 2 ENDING SPOILERS

[rockyoumonkeys]

I'd heard about that deal before I got to the end, so I followed a walkthrough to keep them all alive.

Hey, you'll argue that doing so spoiled the "experience", but I would have hated the ending if anyone had died. Like, ragequit hate.

 

[Aphex Demon]

Every fucker died.
Everyone.

(Pic unrelated)

 

[Super Toast]

On my first playthrough, Jack, Mordin, Thane and Legion died. On my second playthrough, Jack died (Again!). On my third playthough everyone survived, but Miranda hated my guts. Oh well, you can't win 'em all.

 

[Vrex360]

On my first playthrough, Jack, Mordin, Thane and Legion died. On my second playthrough, Jack died (Again!). On my third playthough everyone survived, but Miranda hated my guts. Oh well, you can't win 'em all.

You know I have yet to do a playthrough where Miranda and I were ever on good terms. I always side with Jack in the confrontation. Partly it's because I had sympathy for Jack due to her hardships on the Teltin facility, partly it's because I just liked Jack more than Miranda, partly it was because I had plans to romance Jack (this was only for one playthrough, every other playthrough I just stuck with Ashley) and partly it was because I didn't want the biotic super human death machine to have a reason to dislike me.

So Miranda remains cold to me all the time, but as it turns out she's the best one to keep disloyal because she is really hard to get killed off. Seriously, disloyal Miranda can survive all but one scenario... being with Shepard at the final battle. Otherwise she can recover from everything, even the seeker swarms bizarrely.

But yeah, Miranda and Shepard... in my case, not great friends.

 

[OriginalError]

I lost nobody... because I'm one of those weird freaky completionists that does all the side quests and upgrades the ship 100%

 

[Super Toast]

On my first playthrough, Jack, Mordin, Thane and Legion died. On my second playthrough, Jack died (Again!). On my third playthough everyone survived, but Miranda hated my guts. Oh well, you can't win 'em all.

You know I have yet to do a playthrough where Miranda and I were ever on good terms. I always side with Jack in the confrontation. Partly it's because I had sympathy for Jack due to her hardships on the Teltin facility, partly it's because I just liked Jack more than Miranda, partly it was because I had plans to romance Jack (this was only for one playthrough, every other playthrough I just stuck with Ashley) and partly it was because I didn't want the biotic super human death machine to have a reason to dislike me.

So Miranda remains cold to me all the time, but as it turns out she's the best one to keep disloyal because she is really hard to get killed off. Seriously, disloyal Miranda can survive all but one scenario... being with Shepard at the final battle. Otherwise she can recover from everything, even the seeker swarms bizarrely.

But yeah, Miranda and Shepard... in my case, not great friends.

I actually used to romance her, but I stopped that once I looked past that nice body and realised she was one of the most unlikeable characters in the game. I was still determined to make sure everyone survived the final assault, so I looked up the suicide mission walkthrough on the Mass Effect wiki. Hooray for corner cutting!

 

[Yassen]

I did pretty well on my first try, only lost Mordin as he has the highest probability of dying if you leave him to defend. Oh and I also lost half the crew because I bought some final upgrades on the Citadel after they were abducted. Apparently that kills half of them... woops >.>

But to be honest I find it harder to completely fuck up that final mission than save everyone. I even did a playthrough attempting just that and at least one of my squad still survived. But then, I suppose this is Bioware making sure we can import into ME3 with as many variables as possible.

As for the collector base, I destroyed it. Consider, a single piece of Reaper tech was capable of disabling the Normandy and almost killed everyone on the ship. Now imagine taking an enormous base of Reaper tech and designing our entire offensive and defensive capabilities around it... yeah, not smart. I just wish Shepard's reason to blow it up wasn't so idiotic. There are dozens of logical reasons to destroy the base but he chooses the one that makes him sound like a blind idiot. Well done.

 

[Crazy_Man_42]

I saved everyone but Miranda mainly because I sided with Jack in their argument. Which is strange because I put her as the second team's leader while I was fighting the human reaper and she still died on me.

It's pretty easy to save most of them, the only reason I lost Miranda was because I didn't have enough Paragon points to go for the neutrel option during their fight.

Well at least I had enough for Tali's and Legion's fight, those two are my favorite characters in the game.

 

[I Max95]

i copped out
loaded a save and re did the mission

ill tell you who WOULD'VE died, Jack would have died on the ship and Thane would have died trying to get the door open

 

[Sabinfrost]

I'm the minority, Jack and Zaeed are my favorite characters. I lost no one without using a guide. This is why. The game hints at you constantly, particularly through Jacob that you need to upgrade the ship and get loyalty for people to survive, I did all of that, I also took the hint with not diving straight into the Reaper IFF giving me time to, which was lucky or I would have lost the crew. Providing you manage with that, the rest is pretty basic, you need a leader, you can send the same person twice, any leader in the little dossier that pops up when you are asked to pick works, Miranda is an easy choice. Tali is the obvious choice for tech, Samara/Morinth or Jack for Biotics are both are powerful biotic users (I think I used Samara) and as far as the final stand and escort go. Well leave Grunt and some leaders behind like Garrus as they are the most likely to survive, and use someone that isn't highly important to escort the crew, I used Mordin, as I don't like his playstyle, but everyone that isn't a badass with a big gun will do.

 

[SamStar42]

First runthrough: Jack, Tali, Thane and Jacob died. Second everyone lived.

On the third one, we'll see how it goes

 

[Xaositect]

Nobody died on my playthrough since it was ridiculously transparent and I completed all the competence missions so all my team were competent (I dont find loyalty fits, since the only time their "loyalty" was tested was in arguments that were decided by if I had enough "naughty" or "nice" points.)

What happened though? Besides being underwhelmed by everything bar the tackyness of the games climax, I found myself thinking how much of it all had been a huge waste of time.

All I really needed was Miranda for the Lazarus plothole (well, more a piece of narrative laziness and a cheap reset, but who cares) and Mordin for the seeker swarm plothole (which definitely is one). Then I just needed Legion for the tech role, and Samara for the Biotic, and small squad of those huge mechs from the game.

Most of the squad were so useless and interchangeable I found myself thinking they were only recruited for the sake of recruiting. Maybe Cerberus just like blowing money away.

I literally felt the ME1 team were a) actually a team, b) actually accomplished much more, and c) were far more capable. I found the "suicide squad made up of the best" to be ridiculously overrated since all about 75% of the squad did was keep a load of the collector mooks busy. I bought the marketing spiel about them being the best in the galaxy because I thought they would prove it in game, but none of them did. Ultimately I suppose the overrated squad just fits with the cobbled together and over-the-top and stupid nature of most of the rest of the game sadly.

Heres to hoping I get to assemable a new, REAL squad in ME3 again, preferably featuring Liara, Ash/Kai and Wrex along with a few others, and they actually function and gel together, and also interact more than just two instances of bitching like in ME2.

/rant

 

[SpaceArcader]

Im re-doing from a checkpoint and Miranda and Jack had an argument. First time I sided with Jack, but she died, so I sided with Miranda. I didnt have enough paragon points see. However I have upgraded the ship to its full potential, Just mined for ages. The only problem I have is with the vents in the infiltration bit. Should I use Tali again and risk her getting blown up to the head or use Legion.

 

[IamQ]

Got into the base safely. Send Tali through the vents, and garrus to lead the other group. It all goes well, then Tali dies, when we meet up with Garrus, and try to close the door. Then I leave Garrus and the others to hold the door while I go fight me some Collectors (Oh, and the reaper too. Can't forget that one.). I save the technology of the reaper for the Illusive man, survive the explosion, but apparently Kasumi dies.

 

[Gill Kaiser]

Got into the base safely. Send Tali through the vents, and garrus to lead the other group. It all goes well, then Tali dies, when we meet up with Garrus, and try to close the door.

That shouldn't happen unless they're not loyal...

 

[IamQ]

Got into the base safely. Send Tali through the vents, and garrus to lead the other group. It all goes well, then Tali dies, when we meet up with Garrus, and try to close the door.

That shouldn't happen unless they're not loyal...

Strange. I had done everyone's loyality quests.

 

[Jimmy T. Malice]

First playthrough: Everyone lived
Second playthrough: I skimped on the multicore shielding and Kasumi got fried, and deliberately got Jacob killed as Tech Specialist.

 

[MrRetroSpectacles]

Kasumi i just hired having already completed the game (Arguably the easiest job in the world until ME3 then...) On my first playthrough Mordin died from the "Hold the line" situation, because i had no idea he had such little chance of survival, so i decided that i was going to play again as renegade, which i did (now with Zaeed) and got everyone through it.

After downloading Kasumi, Overlord, LOTSB, and multiple appearance+ weapons packs...i realised i'd traded ME2 in two months previous to pay towards more Microsoft points just to keep them at a healthy number. I do believe that smacks both of irony and stupidity. Looks like GAME are about to get another £5-£10 off me for feck all.

*Facepalms*