Mass Effect 2. It felt more like a space game. While I loved the entire series, ME2 was my favourite because of the atmosphere...... and the suicide mission.
Poll: What is your favorite game in the Mass Effect Trilogy?
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Mass Effect 1 by a wide margin. All 3 games have something they do well and something they suck at.
ME1 was the best pure RPG, had the best story, but had the worst combat of the 3.
ME2 had the best characters, but had the weakest story and RPG-elements of the 3.
ME3 had the best combat, but the ending ruined it and there weren't nearly enough squadmates.
ME3 is probably objectively the best of the series overall, but the ending... yeesh.
ME1 was the best pure RPG, had the best story, but had the worst combat of the 3.
ME2 had the best characters, but had the weakest story and RPG-elements of the 3.
ME3 had the best combat, but the ending ruined it and there weren't nearly enough squadmates.
ME3 is probably objectively the best of the series overall, but the ending... yeesh.
I liked the second one the most.
I love them all, but the second one had a "feel" to it that worked. Plus it had the best soundtrack and had the most characters. Also, Legion as a squadmate.
I love them all, but the second one had a "feel" to it that worked. Plus it had the best soundtrack and had the most characters. Also, Legion as a squadmate.
It's not a matter of which one is best, I have to admit the third simply is the best. I voted 2, because it succeeded in all regards, the combat was fun, the characters were good, the dialogue amazing, the atmosphere vastly superior to the first game, in my subjectively of course. It didn't have the terrible business choices that plagued 3, or the terrible combat of 1.
ME3. I think we can all agree that the gameplay was the best an, despite the relative lack of dialogue choices, it's by far the most affecting one. I mean, who amongst us didn't have a tear rolling down your cheek when
Hell, I could go on forever.
Legion sacrificed himself? Or when Mordin went up to the tower, humming his song? Or even the bro-moment with Garrus?
In my opinion ME3 definitely had the best game play of the three, hands down. But Mass Effect (1) had the best story. I really hate to say this but the ending is, in my mind, what stopped the third from taking the cake. The game was itself so good and then... just kinda sputtered. All in all I did enjoy the entire series and would not say any of them were bad.
ME3 was the best because even if you didnt like the ending(and are somewhat reasonable) the rest of the game was dam near perfect.
ME2 is next because the squad missions were alot more fun then the main quest of the first.
ME1 is last due to glitches and broken combat
mind you, all these games would score at least a 9/10 for me.
ME2 is next because the squad missions were alot more fun then the main quest of the first.
ME1 is last due to glitches and broken combat
mind you, all these games would score at least a 9/10 for me.
The third one was the best if you ask me. I realy didin't like the fist one at all. God was that combat broken and was that story boreing. Also out of the 6 squad mates I only liked Wrex that much. Two was much better but I found the combat to be kind of slow. The third fixed that if you ask me. Also the story was much better thought out in 2 and 3.
Mass Effect is pretty much a text book example of "trilogy syndrome"
The first one set the bar.
The second one raised the bar.
The third one fell flat on it's face and wallowed in shit for 40 hours before finally driving the final nail in to the series coffin with the dumbest ending in the history of dumb.
Ah-em. So ME2 was my favorite. ME 1 did a lot of the talking parts better, but you have to admit that the combat was bad (Even though I love the Mako) the powers were useless for the most part and trying to use anything but the sniper on Insanity was a fool's errand. and the interface was messy. 60 levels and a billion points that you had to distribute into skills, it got so bad that adding one point to any skill didn't yield a measurable change.
So then ME 2 comes out with the super streamlined system (Some think it's too streamlined, I do not) powers were much more effective in combat and Shepard didn't have to be max level before (s)he could fire a gun straight. The interrupts were a neat little addition. It wasn't perfect, because how many times did you here "Can it wait for a bit, I'm in the middle of some calibrations." In ME 1 there were 6 missions and a conversation with each squad mate inbetween each one. In ME2 there are like 20 missions and maybe 5 conversations with each squad mate in the whole game, and since they wont even give you the time of day before you take care of their loyalty mission the first half of the game fells really bare and the second half feels really cramped. but the game was just so well put together that I didn't mind going through it 17 times to here all the dialog.
Then EA released some thing that they called Mass Effect 3 which is funny because it's completely unrelated to the events of the first 2 games called Mass Effect. So here I am scratching my head saying something like "Didn't I make Anderson a Councilor?" or "Why is Cerberus mad at me after I gave them a Collector base" and hundreds and hundreds of other massively offensive retcons. then that coupled with the problem that every thing that's not a retcon just neutralized, like the new council is exactly the same as the old council, or Tali's still an Admiral even though she was exiled. There's magically a new Rachnai queen even if you killed the first one. Who the fuck is Kai Leng and why do I care? What the fuck is the Crucible? Why doesn't Liara have a personality? Who the fuck is James Vega and why do I give a damn? Why did Miranda's sister get captured again? Why is Ashley such a ****? Why didn't I save Kaiden on Vermire? Why did Shepard just stand there and watch Kai Leng stab Thane? WHY WONT ANYONE TALK TO ME? How did Cerberus know about the Turian bomb on Tuchanka? Nothing that happened in Mass Effect 3 was good it either neutralized or Retconned every choice you made in the previous two games (Except for what you did with Melon's research data so don't bring that up) it was an unmitigated disaster in every conceivable sense of the word.
I do want to extend the bubble of protection around Samantha Traynor she's an all around amazing character and literally the only saving grace this refuse of gaming has. So the character of Samantha Traynor is excluded from the phrase "Mass Effect 3 is the worst thing humans have done since the Holocaust."
The first one set the bar.
The second one raised the bar.
The third one fell flat on it's face and wallowed in shit for 40 hours before finally driving the final nail in to the series coffin with the dumbest ending in the history of dumb.
Ah-em. So ME2 was my favorite. ME 1 did a lot of the talking parts better, but you have to admit that the combat was bad (Even though I love the Mako) the powers were useless for the most part and trying to use anything but the sniper on Insanity was a fool's errand. and the interface was messy. 60 levels and a billion points that you had to distribute into skills, it got so bad that adding one point to any skill didn't yield a measurable change.
So then ME 2 comes out with the super streamlined system (Some think it's too streamlined, I do not) powers were much more effective in combat and Shepard didn't have to be max level before (s)he could fire a gun straight. The interrupts were a neat little addition. It wasn't perfect, because how many times did you here "Can it wait for a bit, I'm in the middle of some calibrations." In ME 1 there were 6 missions and a conversation with each squad mate inbetween each one. In ME2 there are like 20 missions and maybe 5 conversations with each squad mate in the whole game, and since they wont even give you the time of day before you take care of their loyalty mission the first half of the game fells really bare and the second half feels really cramped. but the game was just so well put together that I didn't mind going through it 17 times to here all the dialog.
Then EA released some thing that they called Mass Effect 3 which is funny because it's completely unrelated to the events of the first 2 games called Mass Effect. So here I am scratching my head saying something like "Didn't I make Anderson a Councilor?" or "Why is Cerberus mad at me after I gave them a Collector base" and hundreds and hundreds of other massively offensive retcons. then that coupled with the problem that every thing that's not a retcon just neutralized, like the new council is exactly the same as the old council, or Tali's still an Admiral even though she was exiled. There's magically a new Rachnai queen even if you killed the first one. Who the fuck is Kai Leng and why do I care? What the fuck is the Crucible? Why doesn't Liara have a personality? Who the fuck is James Vega and why do I give a damn? Why did Miranda's sister get captured again? Why is Ashley such a ****? Why didn't I save Kaiden on Vermire? Why did Shepard just stand there and watch Kai Leng stab Thane? WHY WONT ANYONE TALK TO ME? How did Cerberus know about the Turian bomb on Tuchanka? Nothing that happened in Mass Effect 3 was good it either neutralized or Retconned every choice you made in the previous two games (Except for what you did with Melon's research data so don't bring that up) it was an unmitigated disaster in every conceivable sense of the word.
I do want to extend the bubble of protection around Samantha Traynor she's an all around amazing character and literally the only saving grace this refuse of gaming has. So the character of Samantha Traynor is excluded from the phrase "Mass Effect 3 is the worst thing humans have done since the Holocaust."
Mass Effect 2. All the games had strong points, the combat for Mass Effect 1 felt freaking awful by comparison and the graphics are just unpleasant to look at. Hard military armor should not look like rubber. And Mass Effect 3...let's just say the ending and leave it at that. Also the dream sequences. They were kind of cool the first time, but after that they overstayed their welcome. My thoughts on the second time "Ohh, Ashley's voice and Mordin's voice? Damn, that's a nice touch, really shows you the Hell that Shepard is going through and how he isn't quite over the death's of this close and dear friends and WHY THE FUCK HASN'T HE GOTTEN OVER THAT LITTLE BRAT'S DEATH YET!? Also why is his jaw slightly open?" I would have liked it better if he was mounding the people he lost under his command and not the brat that he knew for all of five minutes. Seriously, I liked the kid at first, but that was before I knew I was going to have to put up with him all game.
Mass Effect 2. Had the biggest cast of squad mates, fun combat, and a ending that left me sitting on my couch smiling as the Normandy took off and the "No man left behind" achievement popped up on my screen, making me feel like I really did accomplish something epic.
Mass Effect 2. Had the biggest cast of squad mates, fun combat, and a ending that left me sitting on my couch smiling as the Normandy took off and the "No man left behind" achievement popped up on my screen, making me feel like I really did accomplish something epic.
I really enjoyed ME2, mainly because of how much detail went into everything from places to people, though it felt a bit padded at times it was a huge game. Mass Effect 3 felt more tight and controlled but included some things that ME2 had left out but at the same time could've stood to do even more, so more time in development would've really helped the final product. And I really do wish the Extended Cut had been shipped with the original game. Oh well...
EDIT: Also I should probably mention that Bioware failed pretty badly when they dropped a number of squadmates in ME3 but promised characters with more 'depth'. Yeah right.
EDIT: Also I should probably mention that Bioware failed pretty badly when they dropped a number of squadmates in ME3 but promised characters with more 'depth'. Yeah right.
ME3 just beats out ME2 for me. Even with the debacle of an ending, I was somehow able to rationalize it.
The improvements in combat. The whole finality of it being the big showdown with TIM and the Reapers. The feeling of, "This is it," all pushes it just past ME2 for me.
The whole God-Child thing. Well, I just remembered that it was stated that there was a lot more to the Citadel than what was already known. Like in the Keeper sidequest, where do they come from. And when I picked the destroy ending, I immediately thought Joker was fleeing to save EDI. I like it better that way. T_T
The improvements in combat. The whole finality of it being the big showdown with TIM and the Reapers. The feeling of, "This is it," all pushes it just past ME2 for me.
Gonna go with ME1. It has been the time sink of 200+ hours and is still enjoyable. I really like the more diverse squads in 2 but the story was kinda meh. It wasn't great, nor was it terrible. Only terribly forgettable at times. 3 was fun the first time through but the ending bothers me and I wish they had gone indoctrination theory and had more, well, stuff to do that wasn't fetch missions. I really like the new combat though, but was hoping for more than that.
I'm going to say Mass Effect 2 for now, as that is the one I am currently re-playing through but I love each equally in their own ways, as I 've many different experiences with them over the course of the series. best Series of all time BTW.