Retro Game Cheats for Mass Effect 3 (Xbox 360)
Effect: Unlocks Prejek Paddlefish Intel Bonus
When:
During the game
How:
If you import a save from Mass Effect 2 with a live Prejek Paddlefish, take care of it carefully! Keep it alive through an entire Mass Effect 3 playthrough AND a Mass Effect 3 New Game+ playthrough you can get a special Intel Bonus from Liara's Quarters on the Normandy. The Prejek Paddlefish Bonus gives you a 10% bonus to either Weapon Damage or Power Damage.
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Effect: Imported Character Bonuses
When:
During the game
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Here are the bonuses you can get from importing a Mass Effect 2 save file.
Your level from Mass Effect 2 will carry over to Mass Effect 3.
Your Squad Members will also start at the same level.
You will get Squad Points to upgrade your Powers based on your imported level. If you import a Level 30 Shepard, you will have 1 point automatically placed for you in one Power, and 59 available to place at your whim.
Your Paragon/Renegade points will bump your Mass Effect 3 Reputation meter up about one quarter. Your Morality choices will be reflected.
Your level from Mass Effect 2 will carry over to Mass Effect 3.
Your Squad Members will also start at the same level.
You will get Squad Points to upgrade your Powers based on your imported level. If you import a Level 30 Shepard, you will have 1 point automatically placed for you in one Power, and 59 available to place at your whim.
Your Paragon/Renegade points will bump your Mass Effect 3 Reputation meter up about one quarter. Your Morality choices will be reflected.
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Effect: Reckoner Knight Armor and Chakram Launcher
When:
During the game
How:
Power on the Kingdom of Amalur: Reckoning demo to unlock the Reckoner Knight Armor and a Chakram Launcher weapon in Mass Effect 3. The armor "will maximize damage done in close-quarters combat while a beefed-up power cell feeds energy into weapon systems to increase projectile velocity," and that the launcher "uses a fabricator to manufacture lightweight, explosive ammunition discs."
7 Easter Eggs
Metal Gear Solid Reference
Submitted by NobleLeader6
Import a file from Mass Effect 2 where Grunt survived the suicide mission. Now you can get a message from him after either saving or condemning the Rachni Quenn on Utukke. At the end of that message, Grunt will type "SHEPERD S HEPAURD SHEPARUD", which is a reference to the message that appears when you die in Metal Gear Solid.
7 Easter Eggs
Metal Gear Solid Reference
Submitted by NobleLeader6
Import a file from Mass Effect 2 where Grunt survived the suicide mission. Now you can get a message from him after either saving or condemning the Rachni Quenn on Utukke. At the end of that message, Grunt will type "SHEPERD S HEPAURD SHEPARUD", which is a reference to the message that appears when you die in Metal Gear Solid.
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Effect: BioWare Area Code Reference
When:
During the game
How:
The 780 seen on the support structures in the loading scenes on the Citadel correspond with BioWare's Edmonton Alberta phone area code.
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Effect: Legion as Cerberus Assassin
When:
During the game
How:
You must import a Mass Effect 2 save in which you turned Legion over to Cerberus. In Priority: Cerberus Headquarters as you fight through the Reaper Heart/Brain room you'll come across a number of Cerberus Nemesis and a Geth named "Legion Assassin" that has the same appearance as Legion.
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Effect: Jack as a Phantom
When:
During the game
How:
You must import a Mass Effect 2 save with Jack alive for this Easter Egg. If you don't rescue Jack in Grissom Academy: Emergency Evacuation before Priority: Citadel 2 she will appear as a Phantom in Priority: Cerberus Headquarters. The lifebar for a Phantom will simply be renamed "Jack" and she will say "I will destroy you!"
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Effect: Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back Reference
When:
During the game
How:
On the side-quest where you evacuate some Cerberus scientists, the AA-Turrets fire a path for the evac-shuttle through enemy fighters, then a voice announces, that the first evac-shuttle has sucessfully started. This is followed by a cheer of the remaining crew, like in the Hoth scene in Star Wars V.
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Effect: Blasto Buddy Cop Movie
When:
During the game
How:
On the Presidium Commons section of the Citadel, head to the Apartments area and, in the hallway, you can activate a movie advertisement on the wall. It involves Blasto, the Hanar Spectre with his Elcor partner.
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