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How to make Mass Effect 2 mining look fun: create a time-lapse video!

February 22, 2010 in Video comments 15

Neither Mass Effect games can claim to offer the universal remedy for a boring mining experience. Some like the system from the first game with the Mako, others prefer the second method of launching satellites.

Either way, someone realized the satellite method could make for an interesting video. And here you have it, a time-lapse vid of a very bored/creative gamer taking full advantage of mouse-precision to completely exploit Uranus.

RabidChinaGirl via youtube.com »
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    chautemoc Feb 23, 10
    Looks therapeutic.
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    kspiess Feb 23, 10
    Talk about wasting time .
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    Shinobi_razor Feb 23, 10
    looks like a complete pain mining for minerals.
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    Storm Feb 23, 10
    Haha, brilliant, I should do this. xD
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    ruledbysecrecy Feb 23, 10
    I had no problem mining. In fact, I did enjoy it a fair amount. I LOVED the sound effects. They sounded great, and when I would launch a probe that sound effect would boom over my sound system. Good sound design makes all the difference.
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      RabidChinaGirl Feb 23, 10
      Glad I'm not the only person who liked the system in the second game.
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        chautemoc Feb 23, 10
        After my millionth Mako mission, I'm looking forward to it.
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          ruledbysecrecy Feb 23, 10
          The mako kicks so much ass! I don't get it, did people actually have trouble with the Mako or something? I don't remember ever dying.
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          RabidChinaGirl Feb 23, 10
          I think he means that they are boring, which is the main reason why I don't like it. The buildings you go into are cookie cutter, the plants themselves are bland.

          Dying not being the issue, heh.
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          ruledbysecrecy Feb 24, 10
          So wait... people had a problem with the missions not the vehicle itself? I was always under the impression they didn't like the way it controlled? The mako had nothing to do with those missions sucking. I loved how it would elevate me upward depending on my own relative position, not the position of the world. So if I was on the side of a mountain I would blast forward and up. So cool.
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    chautemoc Feb 23, 10
    I enjoyed the missions until around the 25th one. Doing the same shit in the same three buildings 30+ times gets really old.
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      kspiess Feb 23, 10
      I think the important thing to keep in mind is that there is no need to do that. Like, you could have stopped at 20, or just when ever you get bored of doing it. Mass Effect is a pretty easy game too, its not like you need the extra goodies from doing every single planet in the game. You can get by with doing like 1/8 planets.

      The Mako sections never bothered me -- because I just did them in small doses.
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        ruledbysecrecy Feb 24, 10
        Same here, they were fun when you needed a break from the more serious missions.

        Balance is key in everything for enjoyability. You can overdo anything.
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    tekmosis Feb 24, 10
    "You know you have too much time on your hands when...."
    this is awesome.

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