Bypass

Many objects and areas in Mass Effect 2 can only be accessed after completing a Bypass minigame. When Shepard finds an object or doorway that requires bypass to unlock, a chip background appears on screen that requires 3-4 sets of symbol nodes be matched. These symbols can be revealed if the provided cursor is hovered over, but once a symbol is selected all other symbol nodes become hidden. All nodes are connected by a series of lines among the background. These lines can become skewed due to their close proximity to one another, thus providing little assistance in the process. Bypass is run in real time, if Shepard takes damage during the process the attempt automatically fails.