That will let you know your save game is ready for Mass Effect 2. If you want to do a quick check and make sure you are good to go, load up Mass Effect 1 and see if the New Game + option appears. Yes New Game + is making a return to Mass Effect 2! Additionally as mentioned above, make sure you are playing on your Xbox 360 profile that you completed ME1 on and that the profile and save data is present on the Hard Drive and not a MU.

If players start a New Game + after beating the game they will be able to re-use the same character import file they did for their first playthrough. Another perk is if you finished the game as a Paragon or Renegade, part of your alignment will carry over making it easier to access certain dialogue options.įinally, some technical information regarding the feature as well. For example, some of these bonuses include a monetary boost at the start of the game, or additional research resources for use at the Normandy’s Tech Lab.

That being said these bonuses will not put new playthrough characters at a severe disadvantage. Ex, if you finished ME1 as a level 35 character, you will receive a bonus, but if you finished ME1 as a level 50 character, your bonus will be larger. If you finished ME1 as a high level character you will receive greater bonuses than those who finished at lower levels. Up until now we have only discussed the plot impacts of this feature, however, there are also certain gameplay perks as well. Did you save the Council? Who survived Virmire? And how did you handle your most ardent fan? We don’t want to list everything out and spoil the surprises we have in store for you, but rest a*sured you will be pleased when you see just how much carries over into Mass Effect 2. This means that if the player was to complete ME1 12 times, regardless of the number of unique playthroughs used, the 12th save will not be available for import, but saves 1 through 11 will be available.Īt this point we have revealed that the save game import system will carryover all your decisions and plot decisions from ME1 into ME2. * There is a limit of 11 end-of-game saves that can be imported into ME2. * The profile and save data must be present on the hard drive and not an MU. * For Xbox 360 players need to be signed into your profile that you used to play through Mass Effect 1. Bringing in more than one character is possible, this will create a second or additional profile(s), just like in Mass Effect 1. * The Player chooses which character to bring in. I change the flags to the decisions that I want to have carry over, but when I import the character, the game just goes to a black screen during the prologue right when Shepard is introduced. * Upon starting a new game from the main menu, players can import a character save from Mass Effect 1 Hey all, Just trying to use Gibbed's save editor to import a ME2 character into the game to avoid playing through the first mass effect for the 10th time.

Mass effect save editor to import