Let's talk about why you should be playing vanguard. Again.
Pull kicks ass. Sometimes I light up a shit ton of bogeys with pull and let Garrus snipe while they fly through the air.
The Shadow Broker's base's gravity is so low that anything you hit with pull?
It just floats the fuck off.
The game forces you to use Liara in this section, but really, she's kind of a hindrance, because she keeps tossing stasis around and keeps baddies from floating up. If you could take Samara and Jack? Holy shit.
Right, anyway, let's bust into the Shadow Broker's base.
There's a cool game mechanic here. When you're not busting guys up with pull, find one of the lightning rods on the ship.
Once inside, who is it we meet?
Ah hell! We all remember Feron, right?
Let's review really quick, because if you're not familiar with Feron and Redemption, this whole story makes no damn sense.
- Shadow Broker had Shepard's dead body. He wanted to sell it to the collectors
so that Harbinger could use it as a sex doll. - Feron the Shadow Broker agent is gonna make the deal go down.
- Except for the fact that he meets Liara and decides to help her and Miranda get Shepard's body back.
- Liara and Feron kick the Shadow Broker's ass and retrieve the body.
- Surprise! Feron is a double agent, really working for Cerberus.
- The Shadow Broker got pissed and tied Feron up as we see him today.
Fuckin'a, everything's just going to get shocked, isn't it.
Seriously, because then you don't have to go futzing around in the garage.
Okay! But freals! Let's go see the Shadow Broker!
Oh, shit, sorry 'bout that one. Here, I'll extend the frame so you can see the Shadow Broker.
Okay, not really, but wouldn't you die? Wouldn't you die if fuckin' Monobear popped out.
Here, fine, here's the Shadow Broker:
That's supposed to be Gendo Ikari, because I'm some kind of nerd comedian, I am. Hey, the Shadow Broker's sitting there in his best Gendo Ikari pose!
Speaking of, maybe I should actually draw that fucker.
Touchy touchy, you giant red son of a bitch! Poor Garrus isn't in commission for this fight, on account of the fact that he's taken yet another projectile to the face and is out cold again. Poor dude.
Have I mentioned Shepard is my favorite character? She just runs up and fucking punches the Shadow Broker in the face. That's how she do. It how she roll.
It also works out nicely for her.
Everything gets electrocuted in this post. All of the everythings.
In the aftermath, Liara comes across the Shadow Broker's terminal, which he can't use right now on account of the fact that he's a burning husk.
NEXT TIME: Garrus gets his third face of the game.
Ermahgerd, the Gendo Ikari pose!
ReplyDeleteGendo Ikari, lmao. Great comparison. Shadow Broker is one of those DLC that just...yeah. Thanks for the laugh, makes my next playthru that much better!
ReplyDeleteI remember the days when I played Solider, and husks were the bane of my existence. Now, I play Vanguard (of course) and whenever I come up against husks I use nothing but it. With it's one second cooldown, it almost feels unfair.
ReplyDeleteAlmost.
I already had a vision of the future of the series as a franchise. ME4 is going to be a 4x strategy game. It takes place a very short amount of time after ME3 and deal with the fallout of the mass relay system.
ReplyDeleteThe galaxy's fleet is all at Earth, which cannot sustain them. You must research tech until finding a way to travel faster than light without draining fuel. Then you must guide fleet members home safely past angry vorcha and batarians to get them to their home solar systems. On the way, new and existing crew members will point out known locations like Ilia, Omega, and the Citadel, where you may carry out transactions and interact with personalities from throughout the series. Keep 'em! Collect 'em! Trade 'em with your friends!