In the intro with Miranda and The Illusive Man, your choices at the end of ME1 are not acknowledged in dialog. After importing a save, I somehow got the neutral scene that was originally reserved for players who didn't import and had the Genesis comic installed. This version has a recycled line of dialog for the Illusive Man and is kind of not good. This scene is awkwardly spliced together. Since I imported, I should have had one of the original 2 scenes where The Illusive Man and Miranda acknowledge Spoiler (Highlight to read)the sacrifice of either the Alliance ships or the council.the sacrifice of either the Alliance ships or the council.

When starting a new game in ME2LE with an imported ME1LE save the dialogue between Miranda and the Illusive man is the same generic dialogue that plays with the genesis comic. https://youtu.be/hjT5qlm17xcThis is different from the original dialogue where Miranda would mention your choice regarding the council at the end of ME1 as seen here https://youtu.be/Hia_m36pEpAI know this isn't the game not picking up on your council decision since it mentions it in the opening text crawl afterwards.So I'm wondering if this could be fixed so Miranda and the Illusive man's dialogue are reverted back to the original if you are importing an ME1 save? I'm playing on PS5 by the way. If anyone has a different experience on another console I would be interested to hear it.

Edit: Merged thread. That's why I'm linking to my own post. 😛 You're not alone. I posted a bug thread over here and I saw discussion about this in other communities as well. Let's hope they fix it soon, because it's awkward to hear the Illusive Man say a recycled line that you hear again 15 minutes later.

This is high on my list of things I hope they fix. I think it may be tied to the Genesis DLC, because it's the default "no import + Genesis" conversation. It's very awkward how they just recycled archive footage, including one line you hear again half an hour later. I believe this bug is universal. I haven't read a confirmation yet that someone did get the right conversation.

@AlphaBovine I actually really hate this. The opening of ME2 is one of my favorites in any video game. Scenic, with Miranda and the Illusive Man gazing out at a star, and discussing what Shepard had accomplished. In the original game (on PC and Xbox), Miranda says either of these lines, depending on whether or not you saved the Council in ME1:"Shepard did everything right, more than we could have hoped for. Saving the Citadel, even saving the Council. Humanity has the trust of the entire galaxy -- and still it's not enough.""Shepard did everything right, more than we could have hoped for. Saving the Citadel, but leaving the Council to die. Humanity's place in the galaxy is stronger than ever - and still it's not enough."The LE version of ME2 uses the PS3 version of the intro, acting like it doesn't know whether you saved the Council or not (even though you already imported your save file from ME1). After the first sentence, the Illusive Man interjects "Commander Shepard uncovered the truth", instead of Miranda saying what Shepard actually did. It's an awfully clunky line, jarring, and tarnishes one of my favorite game openings. Meaning ME2LE can never be the definitive version of ME2 with such a glaring change to the opening. Is there any way for BioWare to restore the original opening?#MirandaSaidShepardSavedTheCitadel

Platform | PS4 Pro (Physical)Version | 1.02Miranda, in her initial conversation with The Illusive Man, does not correctly recount the events of the first game. in my play-through of ME1, I saved the council which was not mentioned. The generic non-import dialogue was spoken instead.

[PC] [BUG] Mass Effect 2 prologue doesn't acknowledge imported choices

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Stretchable
5 years ago
@Fred_vdp I'm getting this as well on xbox one. Played alot of this from the old versions and the choices made are reflected from ME1 to ME2 legacy XB360 versions but not in the legendary edition when speaking to Miranda and Taylor before the prologue mission and the freedom's progress mission where you find the quarian on pilgrimage. Kind of annoying.
joe4201
5 years ago
When starting a new game in ME2LE with an imported ME1LE save the dialogue between Miranda and the Illusive man is the same generic dialogue that plays with the genesis comic. https://youtu.be/hjT5qlm17xc
This is different from the original dialogue where Miranda would mention your choice regarding the council at the end of ME1 as seen here https://youtu.be/Hia_m36pEpA
I know this isn't the game not picking up on your council decision since it mentions it in the opening text crawl afterwards.
So I'm wondering if this could be fixed so Miranda and the Illusive man's dialogue are reverted back to the original if you are importing an ME1 save? I'm playing on PS5 by the way. If anyone has a different experience on another console I would be interested to hear it.
DocTheGamer
5 years ago
On Xbox One, I also have the issue where the intro conversation with Miranda and The Illusive Man uses the generic dialogue from the Genesis DLC, and a prompt appears asking if I want to review the story with the Genesis comic (I declined) which probably shouldn't show for an imported save.

I don't have any of the other issues Stretchable is suggesting. Later conversations after the intro with Miranda/Jacob and Tali on Freedom's Progress reflected my decisions from the imported save (e.g. I was able to select the dialogue with Tali about having given her the data for her pilgrimage).
Fred_vdp
Hero+
5 years ago
Edit: Merged thread. That's why I'm linking to my own post. 😛

You're not alone. I posted a bug thread over here and I saw discussion about this in other communities as well. Let's hope they fix it soon, because it's awkward to hear the Illusive Man say a recycled line that you hear again 15 minutes later.
Stretchable
5 years ago
@DocTheGamerI agree the freedom's progress mission is fine as tali does reflect the choice where you gave her the geth data. Its just the intro dialogue with Miranda and the illusive man where saving the council and selecting the human representative are not reflected and on the pre-mission dialogue before the freedom's progress mission where you are tested on your memory by Miranda and Taylor. this happens whether I chose to do the recap comic or not.
DocTheGamer
5 years ago
@Stretchable I don't have this issue either. The pre-mission dialogue with Miranda and Jacob correctly reflected my background and decision on Virmire. I was able to choose between Anderson and Udina in that conversation, which has always been the case for ME2.
dolphin_tequila
5 years ago
@Fred_vdpI experienced the same issue with the opening scene's dialogue, no acknowledgment of me saving the Council. Also the Kodiak conversation with Miranda and Jacob skipped the portion about Udina and Anderson.

Also after importing, the Interactive Comic faded to black before the decision of who I romanced in the previous game. There was a lot left of the comic, but that was all skipped and I couldn't interact with it at all, it proceeded straight into the Lazarus cutscene.
Playing on Xbox Series S
Fred_vdp
Hero+
5 years ago
@dolphin_tequila wrote:

@Fred_vdpI Also the Kodiak conversation with Miranda and Jacob skipped the portion about Udina and Anderson.

ME1 now has an autosave after you make the council decision, so there's no longer any need to make that choice at the start of ME2. Miranda still asks the councilor question if you picked the neutral choice to not nominate a councilor at the end of ME1, which is a choice the developers of ME2 kinda forgot about.
AlphaBovine
5 years ago
Platform | PS4 Pro (Physical)
Version | 1.02

Miranda, in her initial conversation with The Illusive Man, does not correctly recount the events of the first game.

in my play-through of ME1, I saved the council which was not mentioned. The generic non-import dialogue was spoken instead.
AlphaBovine
5 years ago
To confirm I did select the option to import my ME1 character which gave me the string of choices from ME1.