Chances are the majority of you, the Destructoid readers, are fast asleep or drunk and dressed like a vampire right now. It’s OK, we understand -- the Halloween season is happening right now. But if you find yourself not in the mood, check out the above Mass Effect 2 image because it might just tickle you in the right ways.
This festive image jogged my memory. Before E3 happened, an issue of Official Xbox Magazine teased advanced ME2 information. The cover, of course, had a shot of a pale and tired Commander Shepard. I immediately thought zombie, but didn’t mention it in our post.
Then, at E3, I saw essentially the same image in the West Hall. It was bigger and had better quality. The same thought occurred to me again. I remember asking Anthony to snap a few more photos of the entrance-side stuff for me to go along with the shot Nick took of the outside banner advertisement. The plan was to just to show all of you how terrible Shepard was looking. And, well, that went to hell after I saw the demo behind-closed-doors.
But, anyway, this is a much more brutal shot of what I was thinking at the time, and a good one to boot considering the holiday. If only those banners had the wicked gaping wounds -- I bet that would have gotten a massive rise out of people at the event.
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2:00 AM on 11.01.2009
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Uh, yeah, ME2, cool stuff.
@CWal37:: If Ice-T is being honest, then there's nothing pathetic about spending an evening with Borderlands...
i was suppose to write an essay and do an outline for my fucking architecture class
but fuck that shit hahaha
and why the fuck are his eyes fucking red? wtf... i still havent beaten the first mass effect and idk wtf is going on...
fuck dude i have the beer farts
ya.
"Shepard".
"Wrex".
Red sand is a stimulant with biotic-enhancing properties... When taken nasally, red sand creates a brief but intense euphoria, and gives the user very short-term telekinetic biotic abilities. Side effects include red-tinting of the user's vision, discolouration of the teeth and longer-term withdrawal symptoms. Red sand is normally sold in small bags. The slang expression for using it is "dusting up" or being "sand-blasted".
http://masseffect.wikia.com/wiki/Red_sand
Thanks for the school. But Shepard looks like someone removed a chunk in his face.
Or... well, his Halloween costume is...
"Sarah Connor?"
The cuts are a bit confusing. They could just be new scar decals but then they do look like they may be bleeding a little bit and his cheek it glowing red a bit too. I'm hoping it has something to do with red sand but then again it could also just be a dream sequence where Shepard's mind is reflecting on the fact that he's going on a suicide mission.
INT. NORMANDY - DREAM SEQUENCE
SHEPARD awakens groggily. Lifting himself from his bed he makes his way to the bathroom. After washing his hands and splashing his face he looks up and closes the cabinet door to see his zombified reflection.
SHARP CUT
INT. NORMANDY - (AINT NO DAY OR NIGHT IN SPACE!)
SHEPARD wakes abruptly in a heavy sweat.
Classic dream sequence.
Dammit now I need to read the books.
Anyway zombie is an interesting theory since the teaser said someone had died.
You know who I hate? I hate Kaidan. Just sayin'. In fact I think Bioware [spoiler?] gave me the option to kill Kaidan because they knew how annoying he was. Just sayin'.
I doubt it's a 'dark path' thing, though. That sort of thing made sense in KotOR because of the Force, but it's a little out of place in ME.
On topic... I only want to know one thing about ME2... and that's whether it'll actually run properly; cause as an experience ME1 is way up there... as a game it was a technical mess, like GTA4 but the other way around... that was a technical triumph... but boring as hell to play.
Maybe Shepard gets tested on somehow.
2) Saren kind of looked like this after Sovreign "implanted" him. Right before his skin fell off and he went ape**** on you.
Just thinkin'
every time, man. every damn time.
@robert
those guys were called husks and i hope we have more interactions with Cerberus. after finishing all the side missions i hated them more than soverign or saren.