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    Mass effect 1 side missons...

    I know it's an old game but the story is so good i had to play it also it would be stupid to not play the first one before the second one! anyway back to my post,

    I got abit into the story and forgot about the side missons.....do i really need to do them? will i gain anything from doing them when i move onto the second one?

    I've done a few of them, just not all of them XD Thanks!
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    Re: Mass effect 1 side missons...

    if you do want to do them don't finish the game... its not like other games where after you have finished the main story you can still roam around, once the main story is finished thats it no going back.
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    Re: Mass effect 1 side missons...

    ah ye i know, thats why ive asked lol
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    Re: Mass effect 1 side missons...

    I didn't bother, but now I've got really into the ME series so I will probably play them all on my second run-through.

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    Re: Mass effect 1 side missons...

    Some of them are worth doing as they interlink with the main story, for example if you are the lone survivor of acuse (or however you spell it) one of the side missions explains why sheperds team was wiped out by thresher maws and by who.

    But by far and large you do them for items and money, by the end of my run through everyone had spectre guns

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    Re: Mass effect 1 side missons...

    If you're planning on doing a second playthrough in order to unlock the level 50 cap achievement & carry your shephard over with max xp plus bonuses into ME2, then yes. Otherwise, it's up to you, though some side missions are brought up in ME2.

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    Re: Mass effect 1 side missons...

    so i should do a second play through to break this then...damit and i was looking forward to playing ME2 lol
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    Re: Mass effect 1 side missons...

    Not really, no. They're mostly very boring, feel incomplete and don't always stick to canon. Bring down the Sky is okay, the only other ones that have a decent-ish storyline are the cerberus ones but Mass Effect 2 makes so much more sense if you don't do them.

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    Re: Mass effect 1 side missons...

    What do you mean mass effect 2 makes more sense if i DONT do them? lol is that a typo or really true XD
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    Re: Mass effect 1 side missons...

    Quote Originally Posted by razer121 View Post
    What do you mean mass effect 2 makes more sense if i DONT do them? lol is that a typo or really true XD
    No that wasn't a typo. There is a certain bunch of missions which if you do them will annoy you when playing through ME2 - you learn a certain amount of lore about something and then when you play ME2 it's pretty much brushed aside with just a few 'but what about?' type explanations which are completely unsatisfying yet you have no choice to do any different.

    ME2 is still great fun to play as a shooter, but if you're wanting to develop a character and think you have any semblance of deciding how to play Shepard you'll be disappointed. But this can all be avoided if you don't bother with those bunch of missions.

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    Re: Mass effect 1 side missons...

    Ah ok well i think i will use the save and just buy ME2 then
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    Re: Mass effect 1 side missons...

    If you can wait for a few weeks, you might be able to get a bargain during the Easter Steam sale.

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    Re: Mass effect 1 side missons...

    Quote Originally Posted by ArtAddiction View Post
    If you can wait for a few weeks, you might be able to get a bargain during the Easter Steam sale.
    thats a great idea! and all the more reason to get a second play through aswell im going to do select missons i reckon, any which i should really take note of?
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    Re: Mass effect 1 side missons...

    Depending on where you are at the moment with the game, after each main & side mission, talk to Garrus, he has a dark history & an agenda that will get you interested. The geth & cerberus missions, Bring down the Sky & there is a starship trooper sort of side quest, it's basically you join a small group of soldiers holding off a waves of husks (& bugs I think). The mineral gathering/dog tag collecting I didn't really bother completing, bit of a bore chore.

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    Re: Mass effect 1 side missons...

    Ye we did go off and murder some psyco docter at one point....really was abit easy mind! i may attempt it at the hardest difficulty this time round! i didnt die once on my first play through....
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